Beacon: 545 books
The Coming Population Crash
and Our Planet's Surprising Future
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
A leading environmental writer looks at the unexpected effects—and possible benefits—of a shrinking, graying population
Over the last century, the world’s population quadrupled and fears of overpopulation flared, with baby booms blamed for genocide and terrorism, and overpopulation singled...
Fallout
Disasters, Lies, and the Legacy of the Nuclear Age
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
An investigation into our complicated 8-decade-long relationship with nuclear technology, from the bomb to nuclear accidents to nuclear waste.
From Hiroshima to Chernobyl, Fukushima to the growing legacy of lethal radioactive waste, humanity’s struggle to conquer atomic energy is rife with...
Inheriting the Trade
A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2008
In 2001, Thomas DeWolf discovered that he was related to the most successful slave-trading family in U.S. history, responsible for transporting at least ten thousand Africans. This is his memoir of the journey in which ten family members retraced their ancestors' steps through the notorious triangle...
Quality Education as a Constitutional Right
Creating a Grassroots Movement to Transform Public Schools
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2010
In 2005, famed civil rights leader and education activist Robert Moses invited one hundred prominent African American and Latino intellectuals and activists to meet to discuss a proposal for a** campaign **to guarantee a quality education for all children as a constitutional right—a movement that...
by Howard Thurman
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
In this classic theological treatise, the acclaimed theologian and religious leader Howard Thurman (1900-1981) demonstrates how the gospel may be read as a manual of resistance for the poor and disenfranchised. Jesus is a partner in the pain of the oppressed and the example of His life offers a solution...
by Marian Wright Edelman
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
The founder of the Children's Defense Fund and author of The Measure of Our Success presents prayers and meditations to inspire all those, such as parents, teachers, and ministers, who work on the behalf of children.
Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund,...
The Tyranny of the Meritocracy
Democratizing Higher Education in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
A fresh and bold argument for revamping our standards of “merit” and a clear blueprint for creating collaborative education models that strengthen our democracy rather than privileging individual elites
Standing on the foundations of America’s promise of equal opportunity, our universities...
Radical Equations
Civil Rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2002
At a time when popular solutions to the educational plight of poor children of color are imposed from the outside-national standards, high-stakes tests, charismatic individual saviors-the acclaimed Algebra Project and its founder, Robert Moses, offer a vision of school reform based in the power of...
The Measure of our Success
A Letter to My Children and Yours
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
A beautiful gift edition of the number one New York Times bestseller—from the founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund.
When God Isn't Green
A World-Wide Journey to Places Where Religious Practice and Environmentalism Collide
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
In this lively, round-the-world trip, law professor and humorist Jay Wexler explores the intersection of religion and the environment.
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• In Hong Kong and Singapore, Taoists burn paper money to appease “hungry ghosts,” filling the air with smoke and dangerous...
In Jerusalem
Three Generations of an Israeli Family and a Palestinian Family
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2019
A fresh lens on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that examines the life-shaping reverberations of wars and ongoing tensions upon the everyday lives of families in Jerusalem.
An American, secular, diasporic Jew, Lis Harris grew up with the knowledge of the historical wrongs done to Jews. In...
Fanpire
The Twilight Saga and the Women Who Love it
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
An author immerses herself in the frenzied fandom of Twilight, the young-adult vampire romance series that has captivated women of all ages
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer’s young-adult vampire romance series, has captivated women of all ages, from teenagers who swoon over the film adaptations to college-educated...
The Coming of Lilith
Essays on Feminism, Judaism, and Sexual Ethics, 1972-2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
This first collection of Judith Plaskow's essays and short writings traces her scholarly and personal journey from her early days as a graduate student through her pioneering contributions to both feminist theology and Jewish feminism to her recent work in sexual ethics.
Accessibly organized...
When I Spoke in Tongues
A Story of Faith and Its Loss
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
A memoir of the profound destabilization that comes from losing one's faith--and a young woman's journey to reconcile her lack of belief with her love for her deeply religious family.
Growing up in poverty in the rural backwoods of southern Maryland, the Pentecostal church was at the core of...