Books - General
Mahadwaram (The Telugu translation of the book The Green Years)
by Fariborz Sahba
Description: This book on the life of the Báb has been authored by Fariborz Sahba, the renowned architect of the Baha'i House of Worship in New Delhi and the writer and editor of the Bahá’í Children’s magazine Varqa.
The book has been written for children to introduce them to the life of the Báb. In a lucid and evocative style it chronicles the major events in the life of the Báb and of His followers during the Bábí Dispensation. |
Price: $2. Soft cover. 100 pages.
The Nation as a Moral Idea: An Interpretive Framework for Studying the Concept of Nation in Indian English Fiction
by Arash Fazli
Description: This book studies the evolution of the concept of the nation as a moral idea both in terms of its content and its form--the values and qualities that the idea is meant to communicate as well as the narrative devices and strategies used to convey a sense of the nation's purity, goodness and timelessness. The evolution of the moral is traced along three seminal moments in post-independence Indian history--Partition, Emergency and the post-90s era of Globalization. The analysis is carried out through the study of selected fictional texts that vigorously interrogate the original Nehruvian idea at each of these moments in modern Indian history.
About the author:
Arash Fazli is a Senior Researcher with the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity. Prior to joining the Institute, Dr. Fazli worked as a journalist with The Times of India, The Hindu and Technology Media Group. He is a gold-medallist in Journalism and Mass Communication from Osmania University, India and he has a doctorate in English Literature from the same university
About the author:
Arash Fazli is a Senior Researcher with the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity. Prior to joining the Institute, Dr. Fazli worked as a journalist with The Times of India, The Hindu and Technology Media Group. He is a gold-medallist in Journalism and Mass Communication from Osmania University, India and he has a doctorate in English Literature from the same university
Price: $5. Soft cover. 281 pages.
The Cure for Mankind
by Kiser Barnes
Price: $3.50. Soft cover. 48 pages. |
Description: Suddenly confronted with the challenge of doing something meaningful that might help eliminate unfair treatment, dislikes, confrontations and misunderstandings between students at their high school, Chandru, Monireh, Pritam and Sushila decide they must tell their classmates what it is that is really awful at the school and why it causes prejudices and hatred.
In a wonderful, dramatic way, the Bahá’í youth show that this basic affliction encompasses the entire human race. Learn what that horrible condition is. Learn the sure remedy for it, having for its purpose the cure for mankind. Discover with the boys and girls that learning is best when it leads to action. The Cure for Mankind by noted Bahai author Mr. Kiser Barnes follows the exploits of these four young people who believe and act on the belief that the cure for humankind's greatest ills is now within reach. The book also includes a selection of verses from the Holy writings on the theme of service. |
A Path of Justice: Building Communities with the Power to Shape the World
by Holly Hanson
Price: $9 (Softcover), $11 (Hardcover). 158 pages. |
Description: A Path of Justice explores the question, “How do we translate our longing for justice into concrete actions that will contribute to the creation of a just society?” The author Holly Hanson, a Historian at Mount Holyoke College, draws on insights from the Bahá’í Revelation and a critical rereading of modern history to show how the sense of impotence that paralyzes individual and collective action towards creating justice is the result of oppressive thought structures that are based on false assumptions about human and social reality. These assumptions have over the centuries solidified into structures that have severely limited what we can imagine possible. They have given us the unjust world we have today. Hanson shows how through following the will of God, communities the world over can begin to channelize the vast unexplored human potential locked up within them to create a world based on justice. She explains how the everyday actions of ordinary people in neighborhoods, villages, and towns may contribute to bringing into existence the era of peace and justice which all the world’s religions have foretold. In the course of her analysis, Hanson also presents a fundamentally new understanding of the concepts of power, justice and economic activity.
The latter section of the book includes an extensive, original compilation of quotes from the Bahá’í Writings related to justice, including themes such as ‘Justice as a Human Capacity’, ‘Justice as the Foundation of Civilization’, and ‘The Instruments of Justice’. |
Creating a
Bahá’í Identity in Our Children: A Practical Guide
by Sovaida Ma'ani Ewing
Price: $7 (Softcover). 64 pages. |
Description: This very useful book provides parents with simple and practical tips about the things parents can do in their day-to-day life to inculcate a Baha'i identity in their children. Written in an uncomplicated style, the book is based on the author's own experiences and her extensive interviews with Baha'i parents and youth on this subject.
Sovaida Ma'ani Ewing is a barrister-at-law of England and Wales, an LLM graduate in International Law and European Union Law from Cambridge University and an attorney-at-law in the United States. She has authored two other books namely Collective Security Within Reach and Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas. |