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21) Appaloosa
Author
Series
Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2005.
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch arrive in Appaloosa, they find a small, dusty town suffering at the hands of renegade rancher Randall Bragg, a man who has so little regard for the law that he has taken supplies, horses, and women for his own and left the city marshal and one of his deputies for dead. Cole and Hitch, itinerant lawmen, are used to cleaning up after opportunistic thieves, but in Bragg they find an unusually wily adversary-one who...
22) Blue-eyed devil
Author
Series
Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch volume 4
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
276 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Refusing recruitment by ambitious new chief Amos Callico, itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch protect local merchants whom the chief is harassing for protection money, a situation that escalates to the shooting of a politically connected landowner's son.
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xv, 203 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Peace dreamer was written from the part of my soul that believes in the goodness of people. I have faith that we can heal divisions and prejudices by listening to each other and shifting our mind and hearts from fear to love. I am here to feed your inner spirit with hope, grand dreams, idealism and optimism and to encourage you to never give up on yourself or on the world, no matter how messy life becomes, The dream for inner peace and peace in our...
24) Peace train
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Readers are invited to hop on the Peace train and join its growing group of passengers who are all ready to unite the world in peace and harmony. Featuring the timeless lyrics of Cat Stevens's legendary song and illustrations by New York Times bestselling artist Peter H. Reynolds, this hopeful picture book inspires tolerance and love for people of all cultures and identities"--
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 58 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Roni Hirshenzon is a 60-year-old Israeli man who has suffered as much as any parent can imagine. Both of his sons are dead. Each died at the age of 19 as a direct result of the conflict in the region. Putting hatred and anger aside, Roni co-founded the Parents Circle, a support group for bereaved families, Israelis and Palestinians together. Another Side of Peace follows Roni's efforts to reach reconciliation and to come to terms with the deaths of...
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
©2008
Physical Desc
232 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve previously unpublished writings on war and peace include such pieces as an essay on the destruction of Dresden, a story about the first-meal fantasies of three soldiers, and a meditation on the impossibility of shielding children from the temptations of violence.
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
The cacophony of modern life can be deafening, leaving us feeling frazzled and uneasy. In this book, Prem Rawat teaches us how to turn down the noise to "hear ourselves"--to listen to the subtle song of peace that sings inside each of us. Once we learn to truly "hear ourselves" and the voice of peace within, then we can hold on to that as we face all the noise of the world. If we allow ourselves to listen, what we hear is the extraordinary miracle...
Author
Series
Publisher
Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 304 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"As U.S. troops prepare to withdraw, the shocking tale of how the American military had triumph in sight in Afghanistan--and then brought the Taliban back from the dead. In the popular imagination, Afghanistan is often regarded as the site of intractable conflict, the American war against the Taliban a perpetually hopeless quagmire. But as Anand Gopal demonstrates in this stunning chronicle, top Taliban leaders were in fact ready to surrender within...
29) Peace
Author
Publisher
NorthSouth
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"From saying hello and pronouncing your friend's name correctly to giving more than you take and saying I'm sorry, this simple concept book explores definitions of peace and actions small and big that foster it"--
Publisher
Festival Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Profiles the full range of Thich Nhat Hanh's life and work, documenting his efforts to help heal a world in conflict and provide tools for anyone, from any tradition, to lead a mindful and meaningful life. Includes rare archival footage of his peace work in Vietnam during the war.
DVD bonus features: Touching peace: an evening with Thich Nhat Hanh (public talk by Thich Nhat Hanh in Berkeley, California ; 90 min.); trailer.
31) Peacemaker
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
156 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A twelve-year-old Iroquois boy rethinks his calling after witnessing the arrival of a mystical figure with a message of peace in this historical novel based on the creation of the Iroquois Confederacy"--
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Armistice of November 1918 ended the fighting, but the Great War will not be over until a Peace Treaty is drawn up and signed by all parties. Representatives from the Allies are gathering in Paris, and already ominous signs of disagreement have appeared. Sister Bess Crawford, who has been working with the severely wounded in England in the war's wake, is asked to carry out a personal mission in Paris for a Matron at the London headquarters of...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
Hiawatha, a Mohawk, is plotting revenge for the murder of his wife and daughters by the evil Onondaga Chief, Tadodaho, when he meets the Great Peacemaker, who enlists his help in bringing the nations together to share his vision of a new way of life marked by peace, love, and unity rather than war, hate, and fear. Includes historical notes.
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
134 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Through letters to his little sister, who is living in a different foster home, sixth-grader Lonnie, also known as "Locomotion," keeps a record of their lives while they are apart, describing his own foster family, including his foster brother who returns home after losing a leg in the Iraq War.
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When someone is willing to disturb the status quo and stand for the dream of a free and secure world, who will stand with them? Follow former enemy combatants, Israeli soldiers from elite units and Palestinian fighters, many of whom served years in prison, who have joined together to challenge the status quo and say enough. The film reveals their transformational journeys from soldiers committed to armed battle to nonviolent peace activists, leading...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 90 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
A revisionist perspective on Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer rewrites the history of colonialism from the point of view of the colonized. Cameroonian filmmaker Bassek ba Kobhio provides a fascinating revisionist perspective on Albert Schweitzer, Noble Peace Prize winner and secular saint of the colonial era. This film begins to rewrite the history of colonialism from the point of view of the colonized. Le Grand Blanc de Lambaréné is not,...
Publisher
Dirt Road Documentaries
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (70 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"It was 1969 and the World Health Organization had made the eradication of smallpox its top priority. Young women trained by the Peace Corps to vaccinate joined teams of male vaccinators in Afghanistan to meet the challenge. Go with them to the villages vaccinating each family, house by house, staying wherever the village could accomodate them"--Container.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[38] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1869, a woman whose "can-do" attitude had shaped her life was instrumental in making Wyoming the first state to allow women to vote, then became the first woman to hold public office in the United States.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Newly appointed as Territorial Marshals, Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are traveling by train on a mission to escort Mexican prisoners to the border. But when the Governor of Texas climbs aboard with his wife, daughters, and $500,000 in tow, the journey becomes a lot more complicated. An old enemy--still carrying plenty of scars from the last time he saw Virgil--has hitched a ride. He's not alone. And he's got vengeance on his mind."-- From amazon.com....
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
©2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
384 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded with the coming of the railroad, cattle drives, eager miners, settlers, and various entrepreneurs passing through to populate the expanding West. Before long, Dodge City's streets were lined with saloons and brothels and its populace was thick with gunmen, horse thieves, and desperadoes of every sort. By the 1870s, Dodge City was known as the most violent...
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