Beacon Press
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The Court V. the Voters: The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights
$29.95 Read moreAn 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 case
In The Court v. The Vo- Author: Douglas, Joshua A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 807010936
- Language: English
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Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World
$30.00 Add to cartThis classic work of comparative history explores why some countries have developed as democracies and others as fascist or communist dictatorships
Originally published in 1966, this classic text is a- Author: Moore, Barrington
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 586
- Publish Date: September 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0807050733
- Language: English
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Thousand Pieces of Gold
$17.00 Read moreThe extraordinary biographical novel about a Chinese-American woman who fought for independence and dignity in the American West–“an important contribution to the history of pioneer women” (Ms. Magaz… [more below]
- Author: Lum McCunn, Ruthanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: July 21 2015
- ISBN10: 0807083267
- Language: English
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Two Billion Caliphs: A Vision of a Muslim Future
$16.95 Read moreExplains the attraction of Muslims to their faith, and discusses the challenges contemporary Islam confronts, and how we might imagine an Islamic theology and identity ready to face tomorrow
Islam is- Author: Moghul, Haroon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: May 16, 2023
- ISBN10: 080700815X
- Language: English
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Surprised by God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion
$18.00 Add to cartAt thirteen, Danya Ruttenberg decided she was an atheist. As a young adult, she immersed herself in the rhinestone-bedazzled wonderland of late 1990s San Francisco-drinking smuggled absinthe with weal… [more below]
- Author: Ruttenberg, Danya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0807010693
- Language: English
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Breathe: A Letter to My Sons
$17.00 Read moreWith a New Preface by the author
“Breathe is a parent’s unflinching demand, born of inherited trauma and love, for her children’s right simply to be possible.”–The New York Times 2020 NAACP Image Aw- Author: Perry, Imani
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0807016268
- Language: English
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Mayor of the Tenderloin: del Seymour’s Journey from Living on the Streets to Fighting Homelessness in San Francisco
$28.95 Read moreThe unforgettable account of Del Seymour, who overcame 18 years of homelessness and addiction to become one of the most respected advocates in San Francisco
In Mayor of the Tenderloin, journalist Alis- Author: Owings, Alison
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0807020575
- Language: English
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Transfarmation: The Movement to Free Us from Factory Farming
$27.95 Read moreThe story of factory farmers, rescued farm animals, and rural communities standing up to big corporations and constructing their own new world that will change the way we eat
In Transfarmation, presid- Author: Garc?s, Leah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0807014907
- Language: English
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Migration Letters: Poems
$18.00 Read moreA poetry collection that reflects on intimate aspects of Black history, culture, and identity, revealing an uncommon gaze on working-class Philadelphia from the 1960s to the present day
In 55 poems, M- Series: Raised Voices
- Author: Keita, M. Nzadi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0807008079
- Language: English
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White Fragility: Why Understanding Racism Can Be So Hard for White People (Adapted for Young Adults)
$25.95 Read moreA reimagining of the best-selling book that gives young adults the tools to ask questions, engage in dialogue, challenge their ways of thinking, and take action to create a more racially just world.
- Author: Diangelo, Robin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0807007366
- Language: English
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On Gold Hill: A Personal History of Wheat, Farming, and Family, from Punjab to California
$28.95 Read moreA young South Asian American woman’s story of reconnecting with her identity, family, and heritage through sustainable farming
In 2012, 25-year-old Jackie Moyer–the daughter of a forbidden marriage b- Author: Moyer, Jaclyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 0807045306
- Language: English
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A Modern Buddhist Bible: Essential Readings from East and West
$26.00 Add to cartThe first book to bring together the key texts of modern Buddhism
In the last hundred years, the world, especially the West, has increasingly embraced the teachings of Buddhism. A Modern Buddhist Bibl- Author: Lopez, David S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 308
- Publish Date: November 18 2002
- ISBN10: 0807012432
- Language: English
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You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
$18.95 Add to cartIf you’re both overcome and angered by the atrocities of our time, this will inspire a “new generation of activists and ordinary people who search for hope in the darkness” (Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor). … [more below]
- Author: Zinn, Howard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 18 2018
- ISBN10: 807043842
- Language: English
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One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race
$22.95 Read moreChallenges narrow perceptions of Blackness as both an identity and lived reality to understand the diversity of what it means to be Black in the US and around the world
What exactly is Blackness and w- Author: Blay, Yaba
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0807013218
- Language: English
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Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color
$21.00 Add to cart“A passionate, incisive critique of the many ways in which women and girls of color are systematically erased or marginalized in discussions of police violence.” –Michelle Alexander, author of The Ne… [more below]
- Author: Ritchie, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0807088986
- Language: English
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Lieutenant Nun: The True Story of a Cross-Dressing, Transatlantic Adventurer Who Escaped from a Spanish Convent in 1599 and Lived as a
$17.00 Add to cartTHE TRUE STORY OF A CROSSDRESSING, TRANSATLANTIC ADVENTURER WHO ESCAPED FROM A SPANISH CONVENT IN 1599 AND LIVED AS A MAN–GAMBLING, FIGHTING DUELS, AND LEADING SOLDIERS INTO BATTLE
Named a New York T- Author: de Erauso, Catalina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 30 1997
- ISBN10: 0807070734
- Language: English
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The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality
$17.95 Read moreFor fans of Sapiens and The Dawn of Everything, a groundbreaking exploration of gendered oppression–its origins, its histories, our attempts to understand it, and our efforts to combat it
For centuri- Author: Saini, Angela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0807093335
- Language: English
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Walden: With an Introduction and Annotations by Bill McKibben
$14.95 Add to cartIn honor of the bicentennial of Henry David Thoreau’s birth, this edition of Walden features an introduction and annotations by renowned environmentalist Bill McKibben
“Bill McKibben gives us Thoreau’- Series: Concord Library
- Author: Thoreau, Henry David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: June 27 2017
- ISBN10: 0807098132
- Language: English
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What We Don’t Talk about When We Talk about Fat
$25.95 Read moreFrom the creator of Your Fat Friend and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people.
Anti-fatness is everywhere. In What- Author: Gordon, Aubrey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 17, 2020
- ISBN10: 0807041300
- Language: English
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Borderline: The Biography of a Personality Disorder
$29.95 Read moreAn 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,… [more below]
- Author: Kriss, Alexander
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0807007811
- Language: English
