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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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Relinquenda
Author: Alexandra Lytton Regalado
Product Code: 3187
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 10/11/2022
 

A 4-part poetry collection that explores women’s roles in familial dynamics, immigration, and El Salvador’s civil war while reflecting on the death of the poet’s father


 
 
Price: $16.00
Rescuing Jesus
Author: Deborah Jian Lee
Product Code: 6519
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 10/25/2016
 
An inside look at the young, diverse, progressive Christians who are transforming the evangelical movement.
 
 
Price: $19.95
Revive Us Again
Author: William J. Barber II
Product Code: 6780
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 12/04/2018
 
A collection of sermons and speeches that lay out a groundbreaking vision for intersectional organizing, paired with inspirational and practical essays from activists in today’s Poor People’s Campaign
 
 
Price: $18.00
Rolling Warrior
Author: Judith Heumann   With: Kristen Joiner
Product Code: 5834
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 06/15/2021
 
One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her story of fighting to belong in school and society
 
 
Price: $14.95
Sacred Ground
Editor: Eboo Patel
Product Code: 2900
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 09/03/2013
 
In Sacred Ground, author and renowned interfaith leader Eboo Patel says this prejudice is not just a problem for Muslims but a challenge to the very idea of America.
 
 
Price: $16.00
School Clothes
Author: Jarvis R. Givens
Product Code: 9348
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 06/25/2024
 

A chorus of Black student voices that renders a new story of US education—one where racial barriers and violence are confronted by freedom dreaming and resistance


 
 
Price: $17.95
Shout, Sister, Shout!
Author: Gayle F. Wald
Product Code: 3198
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 01/31/2023
 

The essential biography of America's godmother of rock 'n' roll whose exuberant singning and guitar playing captivated audiences and inspired generations of musicians from the 40s to today.


 
 
Price: $18.95
 
A diverse collection of autistic voices that highlights how parents can avoid common mistakes and misconceptions, and make their child feel truly accepted, valued, and celebrated for who they are
 
 
Price: $18.00
Social Insecurity
Author: James W. Russell
Product Code: 5459
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 04/07/2015
 

How 401(k)s have gutted retirement security, from charging exorbitant hidden fees to failing to replace the income of traditional pensions.


 
 
Price: $20.00
Some of My Friends Are...
Author: Deborah Plummer
Product Code: 6934
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 01/21/2020
 
An insightful look at how cross-racial friendships work and fail within American society
 
 
Price: $15.95
Some of the Light
Author: Tim Z Hernandez
Product Code: 3205
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 03/28/2023
 

25 years of writing from one of our most gifted Latinx poets, featuring work from early explorations of machismo to new meditations on life as a single father, immigrant detention, and spiritual inquiry


 
 
Price: $17.00
Song for Almeyda and Song for Anninho
Author: Gayl Jones
Product Code: 8930
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 04/05/2022
 

From the highly acclaimed author of Corregidora and The Healing - two epic poems, the love songs of fugitive slaves, set in 17th-century Brazil; continuing the unforgettable journey told in Gayl Jones’s masterwork, Palmares


 
 
Price: $23.95