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Fall 2010 releases from Beacon Press
Beacon Press books released September through December 2010.
Beacon Press Fall 2010 Catalog of Forthcoming Titles
The Beacon Press catalog of Fall 2010 titles. Titles coming out between September 2010 and December 2010.
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White Coat, Black Hat: Adventures on the Dark Side of Medicine
Read the introduction from White Coat, Black Hat: Adventures on the Dark Side of Medicine, by Carl Elliott (http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=6144). Description: Over the last...
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Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence (A True Story in Black &...
The brilliant graphic adaptation of a backlist classic by the renowned activist and children's advocate Oprah Winfrey called "an angel from God" Long before President Barack Obama praise...
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Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists by Courtney E. Martin
Read an excerpt from Do It Anyway (http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=0047) If you care about social change but hate feel-good platitudes, Do It Anyway is the book for you. Cou...
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Banned in Boston: The Watch and Ward Society’s Crusade against Books, Burlesq...
An excerpt from Banned in Boston (Beacon Press, September 2010, http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=5111). A lively history of the Watch and Ward Society—New England's notoriou...
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Acts of Faith by Eboo Patel
Read chapter 2, "Growing Up American, Growing Up Other" from Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation, by Interfaith Youth Core Founder Eb...
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Fist Stick Knife Gun by Geoffrey Canada
Read Chapter 20, "The Community Concept" from Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence by Geoffrey Canada (http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=4461). This new editio...
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Love in a Headscarf
Read Chapter 1 from Love in a Headscarf by Shelina Zahra Janmohamed (http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=0080). Description: One woman's hilarious and thought-provoking quest t...
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Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners, and Smart-Cookin’ Mamas
Read Chapter 3 of Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners, and Smart-Cookin’ Mamas (http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=4733). Description: How communities across America are saying no...
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Power in Words: The Stories behind Barack Obama's Speeches, from the State Ho...
Read the Introduction from Power in Words: The Stories behind Barack Obama's Speeches, from the State House to the White House by Mary Frances Berry and Josh Gottheimer (http://www.beacon...
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The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona Borderlands
Now in paperback, read the prologue from The Death of Josseline (http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=0130). She was a little girl with a big name—Josseline Jamileth Hernández Qu...
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The Trumpet of Conscience by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Read part four, "Nonviolence and Social Change" from The Trumpet of Conscience by Martin Luther King, Jr (http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=0171). In November and December 196...
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Biocidal by Ted Dracos
Read chapter 8: "PCBs, Breast Cancer, and Hidden Agendas" from Biocidal: Confronting the Poisonous Legacy of PCBs (http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=0632). Polychlorinated bip...
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American Plastic: Boob Jobs, Credit Cards, and Our Quest for Perfection by La...
Read an excerpt from American Plastic (http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=0055). Plastic surgery has become "the answer" for many Americans, and in American Plastic sociologist...
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