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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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Eva's Man
Author: Gayl Jones
Product Code: 8498
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 10/20/2020
 
Imprisoned for the bizarre murder of her lover, Eva Medina Canada recalls a life tormented by sexual abuse and emotional violence
 
 
Price: $14.95
Everybody's Protest Novel
Author: James Baldwin
Product Code: 9344
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 06/04/2024
 

This collectible edition celebrates James Baldwin’s 100th-year anniversary, probing the shortcomings of the American protest novel and the harmful representations of Black identity in film and fiction


 
 
Price: $20.00
Evidence
Author: Mary Oliver
Product Code: 4934
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 09/14/2010
 

 
 
Price: $16.00
Expand Social Security Now!
Author: Steven Hill
Product Code: 6482
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 05/10/2016
 
Why Social Security is not only sustainable but should be substantially expanded
 
 
Price: $15.00
Faith Ed

Product Code: 6485
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 09/06/2016
 
An intimate cross-country look at the new debate over religion in the public schools
 
 
Price: $20.00
Faitheist
Author: Chris Stedman
Product Code: 2902
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 10/01/2013
 

 
 
Price: $16.00
Faux Feminism
Author: Serene Khader
Product Code: 9467
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 10/29/2024
 

For readers of Hood Feminism and Against White Feminism

An incisive examination of why the pillars of feminism have eroded—and how all women, not just the #girlbosses, can rebuild them


 
 
Price: $28.95
Field Guide for Accidents
Author: Albert Abonado   Commentator: Mahogany L. Browne
Product Code: 9466
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 10/22/2024
 

An irreverent poetry collection that wrestles with questions of family, mortality, cultural history, and identity from the Filipinx-American experience

“you showed him your teeth, you dared him to look into your mouth to see the metal bands straightening your jaw into an American smile.”—from Field Guide for Accidents


 
 
Price: $18.00
Fighting for Recovery
Author: Phyllis Vine
Product Code: 9312
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 09/26/2023
 

An essential history of the recovery movement for people with mental illness, and an inspiring account of how former patients and advocates challenged a flawed system and encouraged mental health activism


 
 
Price: $23.95
For All of Us, One Today
Author: Richard Blanco
Product Code: 2919
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 11/19/2013
 

For All of Us, One Today is a fluid, poetic memoir anchored by Richard Blanco's experiences as America's fifth inaugural poet.


 
 
Price: $15.00
For Want of Water
Author: Sasha Pimentel   Foreword by: Gregory Pardlo
Product Code: 6711
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 10/17/2017
 

Searing verses set on the Mexican border about war and addiction, love and sexual violence, grief and loss, from an American Book Award–winning author. Selected by Gregory Pardlo as winner of the National Poetry Series.


 
 
Price: $20.00
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood...and the Rest of Y'all Too
Author: Christopher Emdin
Product Code: 6544
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 01/03/2017
 

A Race, Education, and Democracy Series Book

Merging real stories with theory, research, and practice, a prominent scholar offers a new approach to teaching and learning for every stakeholder in urban education.


 
 
Price: $16.00
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