{"product_id":"lives-of-moral-leadership-men-and-women-who-have-made-a-difference-paperback","title":"Lives of Moral Leadership: Men and Women Who Have Made a Difference - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Coles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this rich and illuminating book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author Robert Coles creates a portrait of moral leadership--what it is, and how it is achieved--through stories of people who have led and inspired him: Robert Kennedy, Dorothy Day, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Erik Erikson, a Boston bus driver, teachers in college, medical school, and elementary school, among others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eColes tells how to be a moral leader and shows how the intervention of one person can change the course of history, as well as influence the day-to-day quality of life in our homes, schools, communities, and nation. We need to \"hand one another along\" in life, says Coles, quoting his friend Walker Percy, and in \u003cb\u003eLives of Moral Leadership\u003c\/b\u003e he explores how each of us can be engaged in a continual and mutual life-giving process of personal and national leadership development. Coles discusses how the actions of the American president affect the way people feel about themselves and the country, and-citing the influence of Shakespeare's Henry V on Robert Kennedy, and of Tolstoy's \u003cb\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/b\u003e on his own mother--explains how reading literature can motivate action and growth. The way in which moral leaders emerge today, and for all time, comes vividly to light in this brilliant book by one of America's finest teachers and writers.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this rich and illuminating book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author Robert Coles creates a portrait of moral leadership--what it is, and how it is achieved--through stories of people who have led and inspired him: Robert Kennedy, Dorothy Day, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Erik Erikson, a Boston bus driver, teachers in college, medical school, and elementary school, among others. \u003cbr\u003eColes tells how to be a moral leader and shows how the intervention of one person can change the course of history, as well as influence the day-to-day quality of life in our homes, schools, communities, and nation. We need to \"hand one another along\" in life, says Coles, quoting his friend Walker Percy, and in Lives of Moral Leadership he explores how each of us can be engaged in a continual and mutual life-giving process of personal and national leadership development. Coles discusses how the actions of the American president affect the way people feel about themselves and the country, and-citing the influence of Shakespeare's Henry V on Robert Kennedy, and of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina on his own mother--explains how reading literature can motivate action and growth. The way in which moral leaders emerge today, and for all time, comes vividly to light in this brilliant book by one of America's finest teachers and writers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Coles is a professor of psychiatry and medical humanities at the Harvard Medical School and a research psychiatrist for the Harvard University Health Services. His many books include the Pulitzer Prize-winning five-volume \u003cb\u003eChildren of Crisis\u003c\/b\u003e and the bestselling \u003cb\u003eThe Moral Intelligence of Childre\u003c\/b\u003en and \u003cb\u003eThe Spiritual Intelligence of Children\u003c\/b\u003e. He is also the James Agee Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard. He lives in Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755304845600,"sku":"9780375758355","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4638d0939c63aa80e9a6be971c9a2124.webp?v=1780054990","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lives-of-moral-leadership-men-and-women-who-have-made-a-difference-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}