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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 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
The Lively Place
Author: Stephen Kendrick
Product Code: 6499
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 04/05/2016
 
The story of one of the Boston area’s most famous attractions, the Mount Auburn Cemetery, and how its founders and “residents” have influenced American culture
 
 
Price: $16.00
The Miracle of Mindfulness
Author: Thich Nhat Hanh   Illustrated By: Vo-Dinh Mai   Translated By: Mobi Ho
Product Code: 5016
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon
Publication Date: 04/01/1995
 

 
 
Price: $16.00
The Miracle of Mindfulness, Gift Edition
Author: Thich Nhat Hanh
Product Code: 8310
Binding Info: Hard cover
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 10/25/2016
 

A new gift edition of the classic guide to meditation and mindfulness, featuring archival photography and beautiful calligraphy by Thich Nhat Hanh

More on order


 
 
Price: $20.00
The New Science of Social Change
Author: Lisa Mueller
Product Code: 9413
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 08/20/2024
 

In this accessible guide for activists, scholar Lisa Mueller translates cutting-edge empirical research on effective protest to show how to make movements really matter


 
 
Price: $27.95
The New Wild
Author: Fred Pearce
Product Code: 6480
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 04/05/2016
 
A provocative exploration of the “new ecology” and why most of what we think we know about alien species is wrong
 
 
Price: $20.00