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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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Success Through Diversity
Author: Carol Fulp
Product Code: 6916
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 09/03/2019
 
Explores how investing in a racially and ethnically diverse workforce will help make contemporary businesses more dynamic, powerful, and profitable
 
 
Price: $17.95
Superior
Author: Angela Saini
Product Code: 6964
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 05/05/2020
 
A powerful look at the non-scientific history of “race science,” and the assumptions, prejudices, and incentives that have allowed it to reemerge in contemporary science
 
 
Price: $16.00
Swan
Author: Mary Oliver
Product Code: 4496
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 03/27/2012
 

 
 
Price: $15.00
Sweet Movie
Author: Alisha Dietzman
Product Code: 9314
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publication Date: 10/17/2023
 

A National Poetry Series winner selected by Victoria Chang, Sweet Movie confronts romantic and religious masochism to interrogate spiritual, sexual, and moral agency


 
 
Price: $17.00
Swole
Author: MIchael Andor Brodeur
Product Code: 9342
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 05/28/2024
 

From a Washington Post critic and self-described meathead: a witty, incisive, poignant exploration of male body image, from the history of the gym to the politics of superheroes to the world of manfluencers


 
 
Price: $28.95
Talking about Death
Author: Earl A. Grollman   Illustrated By: Susan Avishai
Product Code: 4229
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon
Publication Date: 10/01/1993
 
Compassionate guide for adults and children to read together.
 
 
Price: $24.00
Ten Lives, Ten Demands
Author: Solomon Jones
Product Code: 3172
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 01/10/2023
 

Told through the powerful stories of Black lives that were ravaged by racism, this manifesto holds 10 demands to rectify racial injustice


 
 
Price: $14.95
The Animals' Agenda
Author: Marc Bekoff
Product Code: 6751
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 04/10/2018
 

A compelling argument that the time has come to use what we know about the fascinating and diverse inner lives of other animals on their behalf


 
 
Price: $17.00
The AOC Generation
Author: David Freedlander
Product Code: 8927
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 03/29/2022
 

A grassroots look at the future of US politics as the next generation of progressive organizers - sparked by the unstoppable rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - leads us toward a new direction


 
 
Price: $16.95
The Beauty Suit
Author: Lauren Shields
Product Code: 6754
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 05/15/2018
 
A young feminist finds herself questioning why “hotness” has become necessary for female empowerment—and looks for alternatives.
 
 
Price: $18.00
The Behavioral Code
Authors: Benjamin Van Rooij, Adam Fine
Product Code: 3174
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 09/13/2022
 

Freakonomics for the law—how applying behavioral science to the law can fundamentally change and explain misbehavior


 
 
Price: $18.95
The Black Practice of Disbelief
Author: Anthony Pinn
Product Code: 9340
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 05/21/2024
 

A short introduction to Black Humanism: its history, its present, and the rich cultural sensibilities that infuse it


 
 
Price: $24.95