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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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Guns Don't Kill People, People Kill People
Author: Dennis Henigan
Product Code: 6488
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 08/09/2016
 
Debunking the lethal logic behind the pervasive myths that have framed the gun control debate
 
 
Price: $16.00
Harnessing Grief
Author: Maria J. Kefalas
Product Code: 5914
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 01/18/2022
 

The inspiring story of a mother who took unimaginable tragedy and used her grief as a force to do good by transforming the lives of others


 
 
Price: $16.95
History Teaches Us to Resist
Author: Mary Frances Berry
Product Code: 6878
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publication Date: 02/05/2019
 
Historian and civil rights activist proves how progressive movements can flourish even in conservative times.
 
 
Price: $18.00
Homegirls & Hand Grenades
Author: Sonia Sanchez
Product Code: 3203
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 03/21/2023
 

A classic of the Black Arts Movement brought back to life in a refreshed edition


 
 
Price: $16.00
Homeland of My Body
Author: Richard Blanco
Product Code: 9315
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 10/24/2023
 

A rich, accomplised, intensely intimate collection with two full sections of new poems bookending Blanco’s selections from his five previous volumes


 
 
Price: $25.95
House for Hope
Authors: John A. Buehrens, Rebecca Ann Parker
Product Code: 6293
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 05/03/2011
 

Affirms that the shared hopes of religious progressives from many traditions can create a movement far stronger than fundamentalism: a liberal religious renaissance.


 
 
Price: $18.00
House of Light
Author: Mary Oliver
Product Code: 4424
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon
Publication Date: 03/01/1994
 

 
 
Price: $16.00
How Does It Feel to Be Unwanted?
Author: Eileen Truax
Product Code: 6767
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 09/11/2018
 
In an era of increasing anti-immigrant sentiment and bigotry, each of these thirteen stories illuminates the issues affecting the Mexican community and shows the breadth of a frequently stereotyped population.
 
 
Price: $18.00
How to Be a Muslim
Author: Haroon Moghul
Product Code: 6577
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 06/06/2017
 

A young Muslim leader’s memoir of his struggles to forge an American Muslim identity

2024 General Assembly Featured Speaker


 
 
Price: $17.00
How to Be Less Stupid About Race
Author: Crystal Marie Fleming
Product Code: 6914
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 08/20/2019
 
A unique and irreverent take on everything that’s wrong with our “national conversation about race”—and what to do about it
 
 
Price: $14.95
How to Love a Country
Author: Richard Blanco
Product Code: 6958
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 03/24/2020
 

A new collection from the renowned inaugural poet exploring immigration, gun violence, racism, LGBTQ issues, and more, in accessible and emotive verses.


 
 
Price: $14.00
Humanizing Immigration
Author: Bill Ong Hing
Product Code: 9316
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 10/24/2023
 

First book to argue that immigrant and refugee rights are part of the fight for racial justice; offers a humanitarian approach to reform and abolition


 
 
Price: $27.95
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