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1) Gandhi
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born at a time when his home country was choked under the oppression of British rule. Many thought that violence was the only way to fight back, but Gandhi disagreed. Instead, he successfully used his teachings of non-violence and civil disobedience to win his country's freedom, and to promote his philosophy of peace and equality. In this biography for kids ages 8-12, see how Gandhi--called Mahatma, or 'great soul,...
2) Gandhi
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Mahatma Gandhi was the celebrated leader of the Indian independence movement, and an inspiration for many similar movements around the world. Gandhi began his push for nonviolent civil disobedience as an expatriate lawyer in South Africa, eventually bringing the practice to India where he led the Indian National Congress. He is referred to as the Father of the Nation, and remains a symbol of freedom and nonviolence to this day"--Publisher's description....
3) Gandhi
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[1982]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of Gandhi beginning with his political activities in South Africa during the late 1890's and ending with his assassination at the hands of a Hindu extremist in 1948. Shows the development of his philosophy of non-violence as he leads the people of India to independence from the British.
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
As a young man, Mohandas Gandhi dreamed of unity for all peoples and religions. Inspired by this idea, he led peaceful protests to free India from British rule and unite the country--ending violence and unfair treatment. His bravery and free thinking made him one of the most iconic people of peace in the world, known as "Mahatma" meaning "great soul." This inspiring story of the "Father of India's life features a facts and photos section at the back....
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books/Jeter Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Arun Gandhi was just twelve years old when his parents dropped him off at Sevagram, Mahatma Gandhi's famous ashram. To Arun, the man who fought for India's independence and was the country's beloved preeminent philosopher and leader was simply a family member. Arun came to the ashram an angry young boy having difficulty expressing his emotions. During the two years he lived under his grandfather's wing, he learned to harness his anger and see it...
7) I am Gandhi
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Through his quietly powerful leadership and influential use of nonviolent resistance in India's struggle against the British Raj, Mahatma Gandhi became one of the most revered figures of the modern era. While history has recorded Gandhi's words and deeds, the man himself has been eclipsed by maxims of virtuosity that seem to have little resonance in our everyday lives. In Gandhi, the third volume in our exciting new manga biography series, created...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Arabic
Description
LITTLE GANDHI is a powerful documentary that follows the life of iconic Syrian peace activist Ghiyath Matar, who became internationally known as “Little Gandhi” for his initiative of facing down violent government security forces with flowers and bottles of water. Matar was a key organizer of peaceful protests in his hometown of Daraya against one of the most vicious regimes in the 21st century, inspiring people worldwide. His brutal torture and...
10) Mahatma Gandhi
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Learn about the life of Mohandas "Mahatma"Gandhi, who is perhaps the 20th century’s most well-regarded political activist. You’ll trace his life from his young manhood in India to his education in Britain to his activism in South Africa and India. In this lecture, an admirable—but complex—figure emerges.
11) Mahatma Gandhi
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
A frail man who taught nonviolence, he was a revolutionary the British feared and the leader India followed to independence.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Investigate Gandhi's early life and how he became a nationalist leader. Study the elements of his political philosophy, the political tools of ahimsa (no harm) and satyagraha (force of truth), and the forces of modernity and British rule that Gandhi critiqued. Finally, examine the 1919 event that thrust him onto the national stage.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Mahatma Gandhi is considered the father of the partition of the Indian Empire into India and Pakistan. Over 50 years later it is critical to analyze Gandhi's struggles in context with the simmering tensions that headline world events today.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Born in privation and civil war, divided by caste, class, language and religion, independent India emerged, somehow, as a united and democratic country. This remarkable book tells the full story--the pain and the struggle, the humiliations and the glories--of the world's largest and least likely democracy. Social historian Guha writes of the protests and conflicts that have peppered the history of free India, but also of the factors and processes...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Your introduction to the thought of Gandhi reveals him as even more radical than Nietzsche. Although a realization of Gandhi's views would admittedly sacrifice many of modernity's benefits, including much of technology, medicine, and law, it is a price he says we must be willing to pay.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
In this fast-paced epic, best-selling historian and master storyteller Arthur Herman spotlights two giants of the 20th century. Gandhi Churchill shows how their 40- year rivalry revolutionized India and the British Empire, paving the way for a new era. Gandhi championed India's independence, Churchill the British Empire.
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