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Available for pre-orderA bold takedown of the ways women are terrorized about fatness, and a treatise on the revolutionary power of fat fury.Anti-fatness and fat-shaming are used most often as a way to inspire fear in others about being or becoming fat….
Hardcover | From Beacon PressTagged as: Social Justice -
Available for pre-orderSpotlights the tireless work of Black teachers in a historic New Orleans public school, one of countless public schools now part of a school closing crisis in cities nationwideTime and again, teachers of color have been blamed for every conceivable wrong in urban schools, a…
Paperback | By Kristen L. Buras | From Beacon PressTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, Education, Social Justice -
Available for pre-order4 stories of resilience, mutual aid, and radical rebellion that will transform how we understand the Great DepressionDrawing on little-known stories of working people, What Can We Learn from the Great Depression? amplifies voices that have been long omitted from standard…
Paperback | From Beacon PressTagged as: Activism, Depression, History, History -
Available for pre-orderThe extraordinary tale of how a Boston shoemaker became an enduring symbol for the American Revolution.A limited Beacon Classics edition, with a gorgeous spot gloss cover and retro, classic palette.George Robert Twelves Hewes, a Boston shoemaker who participated in such key…
Hardcover | By Alfred F. Young | From Beacon PressTagged as: History, History -
Viktor E. Frankl and the Search for Meaning: 21 Reflections on Living Life with Purpose, A Companion
Available for pre-orderInspired by the enduring wisdom of best-selling author, psychiatrist, and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl, a guided journaling companion on finding meaning in an unpredictable world.The perfect gift for soul searchers—224 pages of journaling prompts, quotes, and writing…
Hardcover | By Moira Hummel, Pam Roy | From Beacon PressTagged as: Meaning, Personal Inspiration -
Available for pre-orderAn urgent and gripping look at the erosion of voting rights and its implications for democracy, told through the stories of 9 Supreme Court decisions—and the next looming caseThe August 2024 Justice and Spirit: Unitarian Universalist Book Club selection.In The Court v. The…
Paperback | By Joshua A. Douglas | From Beacon PressTagged as: Democracy, Justice, Politics, Voting Rights -
Available for pre-orderThe first comprehensive trade history of sex ed in American schools—and an impassioned call to reform sex ed into a powerful tool for reproductive justice and social equality.The US has some of the highest rates of STIs and teen pregnancies in the industrialized world. A…
Hardcover | By Margaret Grace Myers | From Beacon PressTagged as: Education, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Sexuality -
One of the 20th century’s most important pieces of social and economic theory, highlighting the rise and reality of capitalism as it shaped our world.A limited Beacon Classics editionIn this classic work of economic history and social theory, Karl Polanyi tracks the economic and social changes…
Hardcover | By Polanyi Karl | From Beacon PressTagged as: History, History -
A new edition of the book many have called James Baldwin’s most influential work
Paperback | By James Baldwin | From Beacon PressTagged as: Anti-Racism, Oppression, Race/Ethnicity, Racial Justice -
An urgent, on-the-ground look at some of the “new American radicals” who have laid everything on the line to build a stronger climate justice movement
Paperback | By Wen Stephenson | From Beacon PressTagged as: Climate Change, Climate Justice, Environment
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