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1) I am Gandhi
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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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In this ambitious, original study, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lelyveld sets out to measure Gandhi's accomplishments as a politician and an advocate for the downtrodden--against Gandhi's own expectations and in light of his complex, conflicted feelings about his place in Indian history.
10) Gandhi
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Color illustrations fill this chronicle of legendary pacifistic social activist Mahatma Gandhi, whose work to change India's caste system and free India from British rule inspired both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nelson Mandela.
14) Gandhi
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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.
16) Mahatma Gandhi
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A biography of the Indian political and spiritual leader who furthered a strategy of nonviolent civil disobedience to coerce Britain into granting independence to India in 1947.
17) Mahatma Gandhi
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Discusses the life of Mahatma Gandhi, a civil rights leader who opposed apartheid and helped India gain independence. His peaceful protests inspired many other great leaders.
18) Mahatma Gandhi
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A biography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, who developed a system of nonviolent civil disobedience while fighting racial discrimination in South Africa and India and eventually led his homeland to independence from Great Britain.