by Kabir Sehgal
First published 2018
Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus teams with coauthors Kabir Sehgal, Monica Yunus, and Camille Zamora to examine twenty Nobel Peace Prize recipients through an innovative lens. The authors assign each laureate a specific superpower that captures the core principle behind their world-changing work. Alfred Nobel's 1896 bequest created six annual prizes, and over 130 peace laureates have emerged since the award's inception. This narrative explores how seemingly modest actions by individuals from diverse backgrounds created profound community transformation. The book reveals the common threads connecting these champions across cultures and eras. Musical compositions by Grammy-nominated artists Lori Henriques Quintet and Joey Alexander accompany the profiles, creating a multimedia experience. The authors demonstrate that ordinary people can harness extraordinary principles to build what they call a legion of peace, showing readers practical lessons from each laureate's journey.
Genres: biography, non-fiction, activism, academic
Vibes: lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: champions, ordinary-people
Period: 1896
125 pages · Kindle Edition · Hachette Originals