Rejoice in My Gladness: The Life of Tahirih Average Rating: 

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Rejoice in My Gladness is a biography of one of the leading feminists, Tahirih, of the 1800s. The book tells how she began teaching the equality between men and women in largely Muslim Persia and how she was eventually martyred for her outspokenness and courage in the face of the male governing establishment in Persia.

A Love Which Does Not Wait Janet Ruhe-Schoen remembers Baha'i pioneers Lua Getsinger, May Maxwell, Martha Root, Keith Ransom-Kehler, Hyde Dunn, Susan Moody, Dorothy Baker, Ella Bailey, and Marion Jack in these stories, anecdotes and personal correspondences that demonstrate their exemplary characteristics.

Arising Average Rating: 

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Arising is the autobiography of Kevin Locke—a member of the Lakota tribe and a renowned hoop dancer, flutist, and storyteller—who has traveled the world as a performer and a promoter of principles such as the oneness of humankind.

Hands of the Cause of God Average Rating: 

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A brief history of Hands of the Cause of God: Amelia Collins, Dorothy Baker, and Tarazu'llah Samandari.

Robert Sengstacke Abbott: A Man, a Paper, and a Parade

Robert Sengstacke Abbott (1870-1940) was an influential African American who founded the newspaper The Chicago Defender in 1905, one of the first newspapers written for the African American community. Through the newspaper Abbott strongly encouraged African Americans living in the South to move north. Abbott was instrumental in organizing the Bud Billiken Parade. Abbott became involved in the Bahá’í community late in his life, attracted to the teachings on religious and racial unity. This is the first book in the Change Maker Series, highlighting people connected with the Bahá’í Faith who worked to bring about social change.

John David Bosch Average Rating: 

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An inspiring biography on the life of John Bosch and his wife Louise. Perhaps best known for their efforts and selfless generosity in helping to establish a Bahá’í school in northern California, they were also among a small group of pilgrims present at the time of the Master’s passing and their experience of the event and the special tasks they performed are shared in detail.

Man of the Trees

Richard St. Barbe Baker was an inspirational visionary and pioneering environmentalist who is credited with saving and planting billions of trees. He saved lives, too, through his ceaseless global campaign to raise the alarm about deforestation and desertification and by finding effective, culturally sensitive ways for people to contribute to a more peaceful and greener world. Richard was a Bahá’í and met the Guardian during his visit to the Holy Land in 1929. Shoghi Effendi became a lifetime member of St. Barbe Baker’s environmental organization, Men of the Trees (later renamed International Tree Foundation), and they continued to correspond with each other through letters over the course of many years. With a foreword by Prince Charles of Wales and an introduction by Jane Goodall, this biography is sure to inspire environmentally-conscious readers everywhere.

Champions of Oneness: Louis Gregory and his Shining Circle Average Rating: 

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Taking as its focus the years 1898–1921, Champions of Oneness portrays the lives of a handful of brilliant pioneers of race amity in the United States who gave everything they could to promote the principle of the oneness of humanity. The thread common among each of their lives was the Bahá’í Faith.

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Average Rating: 

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John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was a jazz musician who pioneered a new style of jazz music, known as bebop, in the 1940s. This book, written for junior youth, chronicles Dizzy’s life, beginning with his childhood in South Carolina, his move to New York City, and his eventual travels around the world. Dizzy Gillespie became a Bahá’í in 1968 and strove to be of service to others through his unique gift in music.

Richard St. Barbe Baker Richard St. Barbe Baker dedicated his life to planting trees all over the world to help cool our overheated environment. He was called “the world’s greatest conservationist” and was a pioneer in protecting the world’s forests, creating sustainable forestry methods, and educating people about the importance of planting trees. He was a world traveler who taught people everywhere about environmentalism, and who stood up against racial discrimination and worked to empower local populations wherever he went. Richard St. Barbe Baker was a “Change Maker” who left an enduring legacy on the world.

Hazel Scott: A Woman, a Piano and a Commitment to Justice Average Rating: 

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Hazel Scott was a champion for civil and women’s rights. Born in Trinidad in 1920, she moved with her family to the United States in 1924. She was a musical wonder— studying and performing on the piano from the time she was a child. She became an accomplished singer as well, and appeared in Broadway musicals, films, and recorded her own albums. She made headlines by standing up for the rights of women and African Americans, and she refused to play for segregated audiences. She learned about the Bahá’í Faith from Dizzy Gillespie and became a Bahá’í.

We invite you to learn more about this “Change Maker” and the enduring impact she had on race relations through her performing arts.

Art of Empowering Others A biography on the life of Gayle Woolson, a pioneer to Latin America for many years, and a Knight of Baha'u'llah for the Galapagos Islands. After returning to the U.S. after years of service as a pioneer, she served as an educator for Baha'i children for many years.