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Beacon Press books seek to change the way readers think about fundamental issues, promoting such values as freedom of speech and thought, the importance of economic and social justice issues, religious pluralism, respect for our environment, and the importance of the arts in a civil society.Beacon has published several national bestsellers, and its books are frequently reviewed and discussed in national print and broadcast media.They are also used in university and secondary school curricula, citywide reading programs, and reading groups, and within a variety of organizational and faith - based reading programs.

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Looking for Lorraine
Author: Imani Perry
Product Code: 6919
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 09/17/2019
 

Imani Perry is the 2023 UUA General Assembly Ware Lecturer

A revealing portrait of one of the most gifted and charismatic, yet least understood, Black artists and intellectuals of the twentieth century.


 
 
Price: $17.95
Love and Death
Author: Forrest Church
Product Code: 5668
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 07/01/2009
 

An intimate and compelling work from a beloved minister facing his own imminent death

Temporarily out of stock.


 
 
Price: $17.95
Love's Promises
Author: Martha M. Ertman
Product Code: 6505
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 05/26/2016
 
Blends memoir and legal cases to show how contracts can create family relationships
 
 
Price: $20.00
Loving
Author: Sheryll Cashin
Product Code: 6749
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 02/13/2018
 
How interracial love and marriage changed history, and may soon alter the landscape of American politics.
 
 
Price: $18.00
Loving Our Own Bones (p)
Author: Julia Watts Belser
Product Code: 9415
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 09/10/2024
 

A transformative spiritual companion and deep dive into disability politics that reimagines disability in the Bible and contemporary culture

A 2024 National Jewish Book Award winner and essential read on disability, spirituality, and social justice


 
 
Price: $18.95
Man's Search for Meaning
Author: Viktor E. Frankl   Foreword: John Boyne
Product Code: 6558
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 04/15/2017
 

A young readers’ edition of the best-selling classic about the Holocaust and finding meaning in suffering, with a photo insert, a glossary of terms, a chronology of Frankl’s life, and supplementary letters and speeches


 
 
Price: $10.99
Man's Search for Meaning
Author: Viktor E. Frankl
Product Code: 5064
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 06/15/2006
 
A book for finding purpose and strength in times of great despair, the international best-seller is still just as relevant today as when it was first published
 
 
Price: $15.00
Man's Search for Meaning - Gift Edition
Author: Viktor E. Frankl
Product Code: 7629
Binding Info: Hard cover
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 10/28/2014
 
A new gift edition of a modern classic, with supplemental photographs, speeches, letters, and essays
 
 
Price: $22.95
Many Miles
Author: Mary Oliver
Product Code: 4419
Binding Info: CD
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 04/01/2010
 

Beloved poet Mary Oliver reads a selection of forty-one of her poems


 
 
Price: $18.95
Marching Toward Coverage
Author: Rosemarie Day
Product Code: 6996
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 03/03/2020
 
A lively, clear explanation of the American healthcare reform movement from a noted expert - giving women the tools they need to demand fair and affordable coverage for all people
 
 
Price: $16.95
Mayor of the Tenderloin
Author: Alison Owings
Product Code: 9416
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 09/10/2024
 

The unforgettable account of Del Seymour, who overcame 18 years of homelessness and addiction to become one of the most respected advocates in San Francisco


 
 
Price: $28.95
Me Dying Trial
Author: Patricia Powell
Product Code: 6931
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 12/03/2019
 
From a major voice in Caribbean literature - this is a story of Gwennie Glaspole, a schoolteacher trapped in an unhappy marriage, fighting to resist Jamaican cultural expectations and for her independence
 
 
Price: $16.00