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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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Undocumented
Author: Aviva Chomsky
Product Code: 2926
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 05/13/2014
 

Explores what it means to be undocumented in a legal, social, economic and historical context.


 
 
Price: $16.00
Undoing the Knots
Author: Maureen O'Connell
Product Code: 3195
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 11/15/2022
 

A personal and historical examination of white Catholic anti-Blackness in the US told through 5 generations of one family, and a call for meaningful racial healing and justice within Catholicism


 
 
Price: $19.95
Unfit Parent
Author: Jessica Slice
Product Code: 9713
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 04/15/2025
 

Navigating the joys, stigma, and discrimination of disabled parenting—and how the solutions offered by disability culture can transform the way we all raise our kids


 
 
Price: $28.95
Until I Am Free
Editor: Keisha N. Blain
Product Code: 3159
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 10/04/2022
 

Explores the Black activist’s ideas and political strategies, highlighting their relevance for tackling modern social issues including voter suppression, police violence, and economic inequality.


 
 
Price: $16.95
Vinegar Hill
Author: Colm Toibin
Product Code: 3207
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 04/11/2023
 

From the New York Times best-selling author of Brooklyn, Colm Tóibín’s first collection of poetry explores sexuality, religion, and belonging through a modern lens


 
 
Price: $16.00
Walden
Author: Henry David Thoreau   Introduction By: Bill McKibben
Product Code: 6590
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 06/27/2017
 

In honor of the bicentennial of Henry David Thoreau’s birth, this edition of Walden features an introduction and annotations by renowned environmentalist Bill McKibben


 
 
Price: $12.95
We Need to Build
Author: Eboo Patel
Product Code: 3215
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 05/09/2023
 

From the former faith adviser to President Obama comes an inspirational guide for those who seek to promote positive social change and build a more diverse and just democracy


 
 
Price: $18.95
We Want to Do More than Survive
Author: Bettina L. Love
Product Code: 8497
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 02/04/2020
 

Winner of the 2020 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award

Drawing on personal stories, research, and historical events, an esteemed educator offers a vision of educational justice inspired by the rebellious spirit and methods of abolitionists


 
 
Price: $16.00
We Wear the Mask
Editors: Brando Skyhorse, Lisa Page
Product Code: 6704
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 10/10/2017
 

Why do people pass? Fifteen writers reveal their experiences with passing—including racial, ethnic, sexual orientation, gender, and economic forms of passing.


 
 
Price: $18.00
What Can We Learn from the Great Depression?
Author: Dana Frank
Product Code: 9464
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 10/08/2024
 

4 stories of resilience, mutual aid, and radical rebellion that will transform how we understand the Great Depression


 
 
Price: $39.95
What Is Marriage For?
Author: E. J. Graff
Product Code: 4559
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon
Publication Date: 04/01/2000
 
In the wake of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s historic Goodridge decision, a reissue of the bible of the same-sex marriage movement
 
 
Price: $26.00
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat
Author: Aubrey Gordon
Product Code: 5910
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 11/16/2021
 

An explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people that will move us toward creating an agenda for fat justice


 
 
Price: $14.95