tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post4399442257850324961..comments2024-03-14T04:35:06.209+13:00Comments on Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community: Beattie's Book Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01505389626725979100noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-56575693739175161082006-12-14T11:03:00.000+13:002006-12-14T11:03:00.000+13:00This is great stuff. It sounds like he is in much ...This is great stuff. It sounds like he is in much the same vein as UC-Berkeley Professor Michael Nagler, who wrote "Is There No Other Way? The Search for a Nonviolent Future" (for more info go to the Metta Center website--you can even listen to his classes audiostreamed at UC-Berkeley if you follow the links).<br />I am trying to get the word out about my new children’s fantasy adventure “The Call to Shakabaz,” which teaches young people the fundamental principles of nonviolence as practiced by Dr. King and Gandhi and is a rollicking good read to boot. This book is exceptionally different because it does not depend on a gory violent battle scene for the climax. Instead it demonstrates a peaceful resolution to conflict. In addition, all the characters in the book are Black. There are very few books for children in this genre with all Black characters. The book will be officially “launched” on January 15, 2007, in honor of Dr. King’s birthday, but copies are already in print and are selling like hotcakes in my little part of the world. Children, parents, teachers, and librarians are reading this book and loving it (Bob Spear at “Heartland Reviews” identified the book as a recommended title for reluctant readers because you can’t put it down). Please help me get the word out! Visit my website at www.wozabooks.com.<br />This book is a great way to introduce children and teens to new perspectives on the uselessness of war and the power of peaceful conflict resolution.<br />AmyAmy at Woza Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923794427157681446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-43370133081493328502006-12-13T19:27:00.000+13:002006-12-13T19:27:00.000+13:00I've got the two children's books he wrote. I doub...I've got the two children's books he wrote. I doubt they made it to Aust or NZ. In the US Putnam published The Cod's Tale and University of Nevada Press published The Girl Who Swam to Euskadi. They were both, its fair to say, spin offs from his adult books on Cod and The Basque people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-53715815510836944622006-12-13T19:18:00.000+13:002006-12-13T19:18:00.000+13:00He's bloody good Kurlansky, I've read everything h...He's bloody good Kurlansky, I've read everything he has written apart from this two kids books, did they ever some to Australia (where I live) or NZ?.<br />Who published them?<br />I found this latest book perhaps the most important thing he has written. Such an important issue today, I guess it has always been an important issue,and he really goes out to bat for it.<br />Go Mark!<br />You know, his other books were entertaining but Non Violence is seriously thought provoking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-14894488958837105892006-12-13T14:07:00.000+13:002006-12-13T14:07:00.000+13:00Ted is right. I often listen to stuff I've missed ...Ted is right. I often listen to stuff I've missed on National Radio<br />while I'm at the office.<br />That Radion NZ website is an excellent one which I recommend to any of their listeners who have't yet seen/listened to it. You can also get National Radio and Concert FM live on it through your computer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-29097970407406680722006-12-13T13:30:00.000+13:002006-12-13T13:30:00.000+13:00Thanks for this. I can't listen to National Radio ...Thanks for this. I can't listen to National Radio during the day when I'm at work but I go to their website in the evening and listen to the interviews/reviews etc that have been on that day.<br />So I got to hear you that way.<br />I lke Kurlansky too, manages to make ordinary stuff amazingly interesting e.g.his books on Cod and Salt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com