Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea - Mark Kurlansky

Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times bestselling and James A. Beard Award--winning author of Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World ; Salt: A World History; 1968: The Year That Rocked the World; The Basque History of the World; and The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell ; as well as the novel Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue and several other books. He lives in New York City.