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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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The Dragon from Chicago
Author: Pamela D Toler
Product Code: 9406
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 08/06/2024
 

For fans of unheralded women’s stories, a captivating look at Sigrid Schultz—one of the earliest reporters to warn Americans of the rising threat of the Nazi regime


 
 
Price: $29.95
The Drone Eats with Me
Author: Atef Abu Saif
Product Code: 6496
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 07/05/2016
 
An ordinary Gazan’s chronicle of the struggle to survive during Israel’s 2014 invasion of Gaza
 
 
Price: $20.00
The Echo Machine
Author: David Pakman
Product Code: 9710
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 03/25/2025
 

How right-wing extremism has led to the fall of critical thinking and rise of reactionary politics—and what we can do about it to save our democracy


 
 
Price: $27.95
The Facilitator’s Guide to White Affinity Groups
Authors: Robin DiAngelo, Amy Burtaine
Product Code: 3164
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 08/09/2022
 

A first of its kind, accessible, in-depth resource for leading effective white racial affinity groups—an essential tool in anti-racism for building the skills and perspectives needed to challenge racism.


 
 
Price: $22.00
The Fearless Benjamin Lay
Author: Marcus Rediker
Product Code: 5918
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 09/04/2018
 

The little-known story of an eighteenth-century Quaker dwarf who fiercely attacked slavery and imagined a new, more humane way of life


 
 
Price: $21.00
The Good Death
Author: Ann Neumann
Product Code: 6556
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 02/07/2017
 

Following the death of her father, journalist and hospice volunteer Ann Neumann sets out to examine what it means to die well in the United States.


 
 
Price: $22.00
The Harlem Ghetto
Author: James Baldwin
Product Code: 9404
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 07/02/2024
 

This collectible edition celebrates James Baldwin’s 100th-year anniversary, revealing and critiquing the realities of Black life in mid-century US


 
 
Price: $20.00
The Healing
Author: Gayl Jones
Product Code: 6930
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 12/03/2019
 
A new edition of a National Book Award finalist follows a black faith healer whose shrewd observations about human nature are told with the rich lyricism of the oral storytelling tradition
 
 
Price: $17.00
The Heritage
Author: Howard Bryant
Product Code: 6876
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 01/29/2019
 
Following in the footsteps of Robeson, Ali, Robinson and others, today’s Black athletes re-engage with social issues and the meaning of American patriotism
 
 
Price: $17.00
The Hivemind Swarmed
Author: David Wolinsky
Product Code: 9410
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 08/13/2024
 

An incisive oral history that brings together the voices of major figures in gaming, tech, media, and politics to reflect on the long shadow of Gamergate


 
 
Price: $27.95
The Jefferson Bible
Author: Forrest Church   Afterword By: Jaroslav Pelikan
Product Code: 6087
Binding Info: Hardcover
Publisher: Beacon
Publication Date: 10/01/1995
 
The Jefferson Bible offers extraordinary insight into the logic of Thomas Jefferson and the Gospel of Jesus.
 
 
Price: $18.00
The Kural
Translated by: Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma   Foreword bys: Andrew Harvey, Archana Venkatesan
Product Code: 5911
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 01/11/2022
 

A new translation of the classical Tamil masterpiece, uniquely rendering the unforgettable humanity, vitality, and wisdom of its verse in incandescent English.


 
 
Price: $24.95