Recommended by Ann Carlson

Creating True Peace:  Ending Violence in Yourself,  Yourself, Your Community, and the World, by Thich Nhat Hanh.

Our globe’s epidemic of social malice and distressing news challenges us. Should we respond?   What needs to change?  Where to turn for guidance? Where do we have power and where are we powerless? What can we do individually and collectively to heal our world ?

“Creating True Peace is both a profound work of spiritual guidance and a practical blueprint for inner and global change. It is the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh’s answer to our deep-rooted crisis of violence and our feeling of helplessness, victimization, and fear. … Thich Nhat Hanh uses a beautiful blend of visionary insight, inspiring stories of peacemaking, and a combination of meditation practices and instruction to show us how to take Right Action. A book for people of all faiths, it is a magnum opus — a compendium of peace practices that can help anyone practice nonviolent thought and behavior, even in the midst of world upheaval” –  book jacket