{"product_id":"threads-of-peace-how-mohandas-gandhi-and-martin-luther-king-jr-changed-the-world","title":"Threads of Peace","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Inviting and original.\" -\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMohandas Gandhi and Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. both shook and changed the world in their quest for peace among all people, but what threads connected these great activists together in their shared goal of social revolution?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA lawyer and activist, tiny of stature with giant ideas, in British-ruled India at the beginning of the 20th century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA minister from Georgia with a thunderous voice and hopes for peace at the height of the civil rights movement in America.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn more than a half-century apart, with seemingly little in common except one shared wish, both would go on to be icons of peaceful resistance and human decency. Both preached love for all human beings, regardless of race or religion. Both believed that freedom and justice were won by not one, but many. Both met their ends in the most unpeaceful of ways-assassination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut what led them down the path of peace? How did their experiences parallel...and diverge? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThreads of Peace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e keenly examines and celebrates these extraordinary activists' lives, the threads that connect them, and the threads of peace they laid throughout the world, for us to pick up, and weave together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChildren’s \/ Teenage: General interest\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAge: From 9 years\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUma Krishnaswami\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e336 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH: 229mm W: 191mm Spine: 25mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 862 grams\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SIMON \u0026 SCHUSTER","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42498024964246,"sku":"9781481416795","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/products\/jacket---2023-03-02T165904-729.jpg?v=1677729614","url":"https:\/\/www.tawabooksandpost.co.nz\/products\/threads-of-peace-how-mohandas-gandhi-and-martin-luther-king-jr-changed-the-world","provider":"Tawa Books \u0026 Post","version":"1.0","type":"link"}