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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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At the Broken Places
Authors: Mary Collins, Donald Collins
Product Code: 6569
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 04/25/2017
 

In this collaborative memoir a mother and trans son reflect on the emotionally complex journey they shared as Donald transitioned from female to male.


 
 
Price: $17.00
Before Gender
Author: Eli Erlick
Product Code: 9720
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 05/27/2025
 

Explore the trailblazing lives of 30 trans people who radically change everything you’ve been told about transgender history

Available for pre-order


 
 
Price: $28.95
Before They're Gone
Author: Michael Lanza
Product Code: 4966
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 04/09/2013
 
A veteran outdoors writer embarks on a one-year journey to introduce his children to the grandeur of America's national parks before they are radically altered by the effects of climate change.
 
 
Price: $16.00
Being Both
Author: Susan Katz Miller
Product Code: 2934
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 10/28/2014
 
A book on the growing number of interfaith families raising children in two religions.
 
 
Price: $20.00
Being Heumann
Author: Judith Heumann   With: Kristen Joiner
Product Code: 8437
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 02/23/2021
 
One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human
 
 
Price: $16.99
Beyond $15
Author: Jonathan Rosenblum
Product Code: 6557
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 03/14/2017
 

The inside story of the first successful $15 minimum wage campaign that renewed a national labor movement


 
 
Price: $16.00
Beyond Limits
Author: Shelley Sella, M.D.
Product Code: 9722
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 06/03/2025
 

A compassionate perspective on late-term abortion that challenges preconceived notions of who gets abortions and why

Available for pre-order


 
 
Price: $27.95
Birdcatcher
Author: Gayl Jones
Product Code: 9309
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 09/12/2023
 

Legendary writer Gayl Jones returns with a stunning new novel about Black American artists in exile


 
 
Price: $17.00
Blue Iris
Author: Mary Oliver
Product Code: 4108
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon
Publication Date: 10/04/2006
 

Elegantly illustrated, Blue Iris brings together ten new poems, two dozen of Mary Oliver's favorite poems, and two previously unpublished essays.


 
 
Price: $16.00
Boomerang/Bumerán
Author: Achy Obejas
Product Code: 8911
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 09/07/2021
 

A bilingual poetry collection from a Cuban-American writer-activist that explores themes of identity, sexuality, and belonging


 
 
Price: $16.00
Borderline
Author: Alexander Kriss
Product Code: 9714
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 04/22/2025
 

An intimate, compassionate, and expansive portrait of Borderline Personality Disorder that rejects the conventional wisdom that the condition is untreatable and those diagnosed with it are “difficult,” told by a psychologist who specializes in BPD


 
 
Price: $19.95
boy maybe
Author: W.J. Lofton
Product Code: 9711
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 03/25/2025
 

51 achingly eloquent poems from a young Cave Canem fellow: W. J. Lofton’s verses explore Black queer Southern identity, grief, love, and intimacy while enduring and witnessing unfreedom in America


 
 
Price: $17.00
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