Have you entered MY BOOK GIVEAWAY? The Lewis book giveaway is there . (There's a very SPECIAL PRIZE being given away) Hurry! Ends May 6! (Also, FOUR GIVEAWAYs are up at my other blog, A Bookworm's Diary ) Peace Author: Barry Miles Publisher: Readers Digest Book Description Readers of PEACE: 50 YEARS OF PROTEST will discover: Why textile designer Gerald Holtom's concept of combining Naval semaphoric signals for the letters "N" and "D" as a clarion call for "Nuclear Disarmament" was met with initial apathy from many protest organizers. How the success of the Aldermaston protest saved the confusing logo from probable oblivion. How religion and fine art inspired Holtom, along with the Goya paintings that most influenced his design. How the first peace signs were intentionally made of clay so that they would survive a nuclear inferno. The multi-layered, informal and formal network that launched the peace sign's popularit
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