Beacon Press imprint: 746 books
A City So Grand
The Rise of an American Metropolis: Boston 1850-1900
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
Once upon a time, "Boston Town" was an insulated New England township. But the community was destined for greatness. Between 1850 and 1900, Boston underwent a stunning metamorphosis to emerge as one of the world's great metropolises-one that achieved national and international prominence...
Ethical Chic
The Inside Story of the Companies We Think We Love
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
In this age of social activism, pinpoint marketing, and immediate information, consumers demand everything from the coffee, computer, or toothpaste they buy: an affordable, reliable product manufactured by a company that doesn't pollute, saves energy, treats its workers well, and doesn't hurt animals—oh,...
by Paul Robeson
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1998
Robeson's international achievements as a singer and actor in starring roles on stage and screen made him the most celebrated black American of his day, but his outspoken criticism of racism in the United States, his strong support of African independence, and his fascination with the Soviet Union...
Banned in Boston
The Watch and Ward Society's Crusade against Books, Burlesque, and the Social Evil
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2010
“I want to be intelligent, even if I do live in Boston.”
—an anonymous Bostonian, 1929
In this spectacular romp through the Puritan City, Neil Miller relates the scintillating story of how a powerful band of Brahmin moral crusaders helped make Boston the most straitlaced city in America,...
Fast Future
How the Millennial Generation Is Shaping Our World
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
A millennial examines how his generation is profoundly impacting politics, business, media, and activism
They’ve been called trophy kids, entitled, narcissistic, the worst employees in history, and even the dumbest generation. But, argues David Burstein, the millennial generation’s unique...
The New Media Monopoly
A Completely Revised and Updated Edition with Seven New Chapters
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
When the first edition of The Media Monopoly was published in 1983, critics called Ben Bagdikian's warnings about the chilling effects of corporate ownership and mass advertising on the nation's news "alarmist." Since then, the number of corporations controlling most of America's daily newspapers,...
by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
**Dr. King’s best-selling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during the spring and summer of 1963 **
On April 16, 1963, as the violent events of the Birmingham campaign unfolded in the city’s streets, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., composed a letter from his prison cell in response...
Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners, and Smart-Cookin' Mamas
Fighting Back in an Age of Industrial Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
In an age of uncertainty about how climate change may affect the global food supply, industrial agribusiness promises to keep the world fed. Through the use of factory “farms,” genetic engineering, and the widespread application of chemicals, they put their trust in technology and ask consumers...
Marketplace of the Marvelous
The Strange Origins of Modern Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
An entertaining introduction to the quacks, snake-oil salesmen, and charlatans, who often had a point
Despite rampant scientific innovation in nineteenth-century America, traditional medicine still adhered to ancient healing methods such as induced vomiting and bleeding, blistering, and sweating...
Harvest the Wind
America's Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Stability
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
Winds sweeping across the Great Plains once robbed the Farm Belt of its future, stripping away overworked topsoil and creating the dreaded Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Today, those winds are bringing new hope to the declining rural communities of the central United States. Nowhere is wind's promise more...
Reimagining Equality
Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
From the heroic lawyer who spoke out against Clarence Thomas in the historic confirmation hearings twenty years ago
At the historic Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings, Anita Hill spoke out courageously about workplace sexual harassment. Now she turns to the topic of home. As our country reels...
The World in Flames
A Black Boyhood in a White Supremacist Doomsday Cult
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
A memoir of growing up with blind, African-American parents in a segregated cult preaching the imminent end of the world
When The World in Flames begins, in 1970, Jerry Walker is six years old. His consciousness revolves around being a member of a church whose beliefs he finds not only confusing...
Salaam, Love
American Muslim Men on Love, Sex, and Intimacy
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
**From the editors of the groundbreaking anthology Love, InshAllah comes a provocative new exploration of the most intimate parts of Muslim men’s lives. **
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Muslim men are stereotyped as either oversexed Casanovas willing to die for seventy-two virgins in heaven or controlling, big-bearded...
Ruined By Reading
A Life in Books
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2001
A Los Angeles Times Book Review Best Book of 1996
'Without books how could I have become myself?' In this wonderfully written meditation, Lynne Sharon Schwartz offers deeply felt insight into why we read and how what we read shapes our lives. An enchanting celebration of the printed word.