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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 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
The Blooming of a Lotus Revised and Expanded
Author: Thich Nhat Hanh
Product Code: 9462
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 10/01/2024
 

A revised and expanded edition of Thich Nhat Hanh’s classic introduction to guided meditation for a world in search of mindfulness


 
 
Price: $17.95
The Choice We Face
Author: Jon Hale
Product Code: 3162
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 08/09/2022
 

A comprehensive history of school choice in the US, from its birth in the 1950s as the most effective weapon to oppose integration to its lasting impact in reshaping the public education system today.


 
 
Price: $16.95
The Cost of Being Undocumented
Authors: Alix Dick, Antero Garcia
Product Code: 9724
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 06/17/2025
 

An undocumented activist and a social scientist come together to tally of the structural costs of undocumented life

Available for pre-order


 
 
Price: $28.95
The Cost of Fear
Author: Meg Stone
Product Code: 9707
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 02/25/2025
 

A violence prevention expert helps targets of gender-based violence discern fact from fiction around what keeps us safe and support social change
Personal safety shouldn’t mean living in fear, nor should it come at the expense of political progress


 
 
Price: $26.95
The Court v. The Voters
Author: Joshua A. Douglas
Product Code: 9339
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 05/14/2024
 

An urgent and gripping look at the erosion of voting rights and its implications for democracy, told through the stories of 9 Supreme Court decisions—and the next looming case


 
 
Price: $29.95
The Death of Josseline
Author: Margaret Regan
Product Code: 4901
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 10/12/2010
 

Dispatches from Arizona—the front line of a massive human migration—including the voices of migrants, Border Patrol, ranchers, activists, and others


 
 
Price: $18.00
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