This nationally-acclaimed book shows how popular movements used nonviolent action to overthrow dictators, obstruct military invaders and secure human rights in country after country, over the past century. Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall depict how nonviolent sanctions--such as protests, strikes and boycotts--separate brutal regimes from their means of control. They tell inside stories--how Danes outmaneuvered the Nazis, Solidarity defeated Polish communism, and mass action removed a Chilea...

A sad, forgotten, New York City phone booth becomes a hero in this story of community and caring for others.The Phone Booth on the corner of West End Avenue and 100th Street was one of the last remaining phone booths in New York City. Everyone used it―from ballerinas and birthday clowns, to cellists and even secret agents. Kept clean and polished, the Phone Booth was proud and happy until, the day a businessman strode by and shouted into a shiny silver object, "I'll...

Today the deadliest conflicts are not between states but rather within them, pitting tyrants against the populations they oppress. Over a century of data shows that civil resistance campaigns-employing strikes, boycotts, mass protests, and many other nonviolent tactics-are the most powerful means for societies to confront authoritarians. The Checklist to End Tyranny is dedicated to enabling dissidents to become more strategic in their thinking and therefore more skillful in their ...

Events of the last decade demand new approaches to atrocity prevention that are adaptable, innovative and independent of a state-centered doctrine. With the aim of reducing risk factors such as civil war, Ackerman and Merriman argue for a new normative framework called The Right to Assist (RtoA), which would strengthen international coordination and support for nonviolent civil resistance campaigns demanding rights, freedom and justice against non-democratic rule.RtoA would:

A brand spanking new bedroom farce about three couples who say what they oughtn’t, do what they shouldn’t, and deliver terrific one-liners while doing it!An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Jeffrey Donovan, Richard Kind, Mandy Siegfried, Alan Mandell, Clea Lewis and Joey Slotnick.

What do fast-talking, New York octogenarians, Abe and Mabel, do when their life-long grocery store, Pepperstein Produce, is driven out of business by Wonder Food? They embark on the ultimate road trip with a nineteen year-old stoner, Wisdom, to Los Angeles to become actors.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production, starring Edward Asner, Jonathan Banks, Ed Begley Jr., Emily Bergl, Dan Castellaneta, Derek Cecil, Bob Edwards, Clea Lewis, Anne Meara, Kendall Schmidt and Susan Stamber...

Precursor by Vasyl Shevchuk tells the story of Hryhoriy Skovoroda, Ukraine’s “wandering philosopher” of the 18th century. A defender of justice and freedom, Skovoroda lived an unsettled life, challenging social and religious hypocrisy in his search for truth.In Precursor, Vasyl Shevchuk offers a compelling portrait of Hryhoriy Skovoroda, one of Ukraine’s most celebrated thinkers and a unique figure of the 18th century. Known for his philosophical parables and folk...

A story of friendship - and lives changed forever.Adelaide, 1977. The year Elvis died. And the year twelve-year-old Jake Taylor meets Rory Macbeath. Until then, Jake's world was small, revolving around his street, his school, and the courthouse where his mum, Harry, was a barrister. His best friend lives only a few houses away.For them daylight is for spinning a cricket ball, riding bikes around the neighbourhood and swimming at the pool until their skin is...

Is there no rest for the travel worn and weary? Not if you’re Nathaniel Fludd, the world’s youngest beastologist-in-training! All Nate really wants is to track down his missing parents, but when a unicorn falls mysteriously ill, Nate’s Aunt Phil makes it clear where a beastologist’s duty lies: to the beasts.And if taking care of the world’s beasts isn’t difficult enough, Nate and Aunt Phil must also keep them safe from the villainous Obediah Fludd, who intends to do them harm. With...

Money Talks. Secrets Walk.Jasmine Green is the daughter of a major Hollywood studio head. She lives the kind of life that makes people salivate (while hating her): bottomless bank account, vintage car, mansion, and birthday parties that end up splashed across the pages of People magazine.But even fabulously wealthy girls (and their family and friends) have skeletons in their walk-in closets. Just to clear her head, Jasmine anonymously writes a thin...

ANGELINA LOVES PIZZA. So much so that when she hears that there is a Leaning Tower of Pisa, and mistakenly thinks it’s made of pizzas, she is so distressed that she must go see it for herself!

Let Red the Time Dragon take you on an action-packed adventure through history in this new series for beginning readers."I'm Red the Time Dragon! I will be your guide to the Middle Ages! But we have to be careful. Dragons aren't exactly popular here."So begins Joe and Lilly's first magical adventure back in time. They have tons of questions about everything, so Red shows them what life was really like in the year 1200. But they'll have to stay one step ahead of an angry mob, wild b...