An Autobiogaphy: The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Gandhi - Gandhi’s nonviolent struggles in South Africa and India had already brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation, and controversy that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself. Although accepting of his status as a great innovator in the struggle against racism, violence, and, just then, colonialism, Gandhi feared that enthusiasm for his ideas tended to exceed a deeper understanding. He says that he was after truth rooted in devotion to God and attributed the turning points, successes, and challenges in his life to the will of God. His attempts to get closer to this divine power led him to seek purity through simple living, dietary practices, celibacy, and ahimsa, a life without violence. It is in this sense that he calls his book The Story of My Experiments with Truth, offering it also as a reference for those who would follow in his footsteps.
The Penquin Gandhi Reader by Gandhi, Rudrangshu Mukherjee (Editor) - divided into eight sections central to Gandhi’s philosophy: rejection of what is known as modern materialistic civilization, the doctrines of swaraj and swadeshi, the creed of non-violence, his role in mass movements, his views of women and sex, his arguements against caste and untouchability, his thoughts on capitalism and socialism, his commitment to a united India, his firm belief in religious tolerance and his lifelong struggle towards both Home Rule and Self Rule.
Gandhi on Non-Violence by Gandhi, Thomas Merton (editor) - selections of the basic statements of principle and interpretation which make up Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violence (AHIMSA) and non-violent action (SATYAGRAHA). Sections deal with "Principles of non-violence", "Non-violence, true and false", "Spiritual dimensions of non-violence". "The political scope of non-violence", and "The purity of non-violence".
All Men Are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections by Gandhi, Krishna Kripilani (Editor) - collection of quotations from principle works were originally issued by UNESCO as an introduction to his thinking.
The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings by Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (Edit.) - collection of the significant writings by and about Mahatma Gandhi, culled form 500 volumes, newspapers, and magazines.
Book of Prayers by Gandhi (Editor), Mahatma Gandhi, John Strohmeier (Edit.) - Throughout his adult life, in religious communities he founded and led, Mahatma Gandhi officiated at group prayer services twice each day. Over a period of four decades, he compiled a breviary of some of the most profoundly moving lyrics in sacred literature, drawn from Hindu, Christian, Moslem, Jain and Sikh traditions.
Gandhi: A Life by Yogesh Chadha - making copious use of Gandhi’s collected writings, Chadha presents a highly detailed portrait that lends new insight into one of the 20th century’s most profound spiritual leaders.
Mahatma Gandhi: Nonviolent Power in Action by Dennis Dalton - Featuring a new preface by the author, this book moves from the birth of Gandhi’s method of nonviolent resistance in South Africa to an in-depth analysis of two of his signal triumphs: the civil disobedience movement of 1930 and his historic Calcutta fast of 1947. By focusing on these critical years, Dalton makes it clear that political leadership and a lifelong career in national politics gave Gandhi an opportunity to develop and refine his ideas and to test and perfect his ideals. The book concludes with a comparison of Gandhi to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, confirming Gandhi’s relevance to the study of race and political leadership in America.
Gandhi, the Man: The Story of His Transformation by Eknath Easwaran, Michael N. Nagler - Gandhi the Man tells how Gandhi remade himself from a shy, tongue-tied, average little man to a Mahatma whose life can serve as an inspiration for our own transformation.
Community, Violence, and Peace: Aldo Leopold, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Gautama the Buddha in the Twenty-First Century by A. L. Herman - Community, Violence, and Peace explores the concept of community and the belief that it can resolve the dilemmas of excessive violence and insufficient peace in the twenty-first century. Herman begins by analyzing two fictional communities, the spiritual community of Plato and the materialistic community of Aldous Huxley. He then investigates four historical communities, the biotic community of Aldo Leopold, the ashramic community of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the beloved community of Martin Luther King Jr., and the karmic community of Gautama the Buddha.
Gandhi: The Father of Modern India (What’s Their Story) by Pratima Mitchell - biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian statesman who led his country to freedom from British rule through his policy of nonviolent resistance. (Ages 4-8)
Gandhi by Demi- Author-illustrator as created a simple, straightforward, and reverent biography of India’s great soul, an excellent introduction to the subcontinent’s most famous son. (Ages 5-10)
