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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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As Long as Grass Grows
Author: Dina Gilio-Whitaker
Product Code: 6959
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 03/31/2020
 
The story of Native peoples’ resistance to environmental injustice and land incursions, and a call for environmentalists to learn from the Indigenous community’s rich history of activism
 
 
Price: $16.00
Asian American Histories of United States
Author: Catherine Ceniza Choy
Product Code: 3213
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 04/23/2023
 

An inclusive and landmark history, emphasizing how essential Asian American experiences are to any understanding of US history.


 
 
Price: $18.95
Asian American is Not a Color
Author: OiYan A. Poon
Product Code: 9331
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 04/30/2024
 

A mother and race scholar seeks to answer her daughter’s many questions about race and racism with an earnest exploration into race relations and affirmative action from the perspectives of Asian Americans

Available for Preorder!


 
 
Price: $27.95
At Blackwater Pond
Author: Mary Oliver
Product Code: 5053
Binding Info: CD
Publisher: Beacon
Publication Date: 04/15/2006
 

The first-ever Mary Oliver recording, featuring the poet reading her selection of forty poems.

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Price: $19.95
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 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: $16.00
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
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
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