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King Oliver novels volume 2
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English
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After being asked to investigate the charges against a white nationalist accused of treason and murder, Joe King Oliver, with help from bodyguard and mercenary Oliya Ruez, embarks on a winding quest to expose the truth.
When friend of the family and multi-billionaire Roger Ferris comes to Joe with an assignment, he's got no choice but to accept, even if the case is a tough one to stomach. White nationalist Alfred Xavier Quiller has been accused of...
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"Why has nationalism come roaring back? Trump in America, Brexit in the U.K., anti-EU parties in Italy, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, and Hungary, and nativist or authoritarian leaders in Turkey, Russia, India, and China -- why has nationalism suddenly returned with a vengeance? Is the world headed back to the fractious conflicts between nations that led to world wars and depression in the early 20th Century? Why are nationalists...
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Madrid 1939. Carlos Tejada Alonso y León is a sergeant in the Guardia Civil, a rank rare for a man not yet thirty, but Tejada is an unusual recruit. The bitter civil war between the Nationalists and the Republicans has interrupted his legal studies in Salamanca. Second son of a conservative Southern family of landowners, he is an enthusiast for the Catholic Franquista cause, a dedicated, and now triumphant, Nationalist.
This war has drawn international...
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Mahatma Gandhi is among the most beloved and respected figures worldwide. This info-packed biography introduces young readers to the Mahatma and his role in the Indian independence movement. Readers will learn how protests such as the Salt March and fasting helped bring about the end of British rule in India. Particular attention is paid to Gandhi's use of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience and how inspirational his methods became to freedom...
7) I am Gandhi
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Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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This book tells the story of how Gandhi used the principles of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience to fight discrimination against Indians in South Africa and to end British rule in India. Like the series biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi's story focuses on his peaceful heroism in the struggle for civil rights and social change.
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Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Gandhi has inspired civil rights and liberation movements the world over. Yet he was also a man of many contradictions. His resistance to racism strikes a thoroughly modern note, but his vision of India was that of an almost medieval society. Adams delineates Gandhi's incredible drive, including his relentless reinvention of his own persona.
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Berkley Trade
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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"India Black's double life operating a high-class brothel and running high-stakes espionage for Her Majesty's government can take its toll. But there's no rest for the weary-particularly when an international conspiracy comes knocking; India Black is one of Victorian London's most respected madams-not a bloody postmistress. So when Colonel Francis Mayhew forwards a seemingly innocuous shipping bill to her address, she's puzzled. And when three thugs...
10) Gandhi
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DK Publishing
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2014.
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English
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A biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian political and spiritual leader who led his country to freedom from British rule through his policy of nonviolent resistance.
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Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Gandhi is an intimate history of the evolution of a mischievous, fun-loving boy into the Mahatma. From his schooling and early marriage in Kathiawar to his first brushes with the grandeur of London; from his chance employment for a legal case in South Africa to a train ride in Pietermaritzburg that led to his first fight for equality; from a relatively unsuccessful lawyer to a globally celebrated crusader for human rights-Gandhi was that rare rebel...
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Papercutz
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Modern day kids Annie and Nico go on a magical history tour to find out how modern-day India became the way it is. Much of which is due to one man who practiced peaceful resistance... Gandhi. This man, a tireless defender against oppression, fought all his life for independence from the British colonists who ruled India. He practiced non-violent demonstrations and went on hunger strikes to help bring attention to his cause."--Amazon.com.
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