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Fall 2011 Releases from Beacon Press

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Beacon Press Fall 2011 Book Catalog

Books being published by Beacon Press between September 1 and December, 2011.

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  • 03 / 09 / 2011
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Blue Revolution, Chapter 1

Click here to read Chapter 1, "The Illusion of Water Abundance", from Cynthia Barnett's Blue Revolution: Unmaking America's Water Crisis (http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=0137...

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  • 09 / 16 / 2011
9 p.

"Remembering the Music, Forgetting the Words", excerpt

Read Chapter 9 from Kate Whouley's "Remembering the Music, Forgetting the Words: Travels with Mom in the Land of Dementia"(http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=0319), a chronicle...

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  • 09 / 01 / 2011
18 p.

Chapter 5, Showdown

Read Chapter 5, "The Washington Whiteskins", from Thomas G. Smith's "Showdown: JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins" (http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=0074)—a cl...

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  • 08 / 31 / 2011
1 p.

5 Principles for a Water Ethic in Your Community by Cynthia Barnett

5 principles for a water ethic in your community, by Cynthia Barnett, author of Blue Revolution: Unmaking America's Water Crisis, available now from Beacon Press.

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  • 09 / 30 / 2011
22 p.

The Odd Clauses, Chapter 6

Read an excerpt from Jay Wexler's The Odd Clauses: Understanding the Constitution through Ten of Its Most Curious Provisions — an innovative, insightful, and often humorous look at the Co...

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  • 10 / 14 / 2011
11 p.

Introduction, God vs. Gay?

Read the Introduction from Jay Michaelson's God vs. Gay?: The Religious Case for Equality (http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=0159), which argues that the "God vs. gay" divide i...

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  • 10 / 19 / 2011
6 p.

A Reader's Guide for God vs. Gay? by Jay Michaelson

A reader's guide for God vs. Gay?: The Religious Case for Equality

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  • 10 / 24 / 2011
17 p.

"Thou, Dear God",

Read an excerpt from "Thou, Dear God": Prayers That Open Hearts and Spirits (http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=8603).Thou, Dear God" is the first and only collection of sixty-e...

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  • 10 / 26 / 2011
16 p.

Prophetic Encounters, Introduction

Click here to read the Introduction from Daniel McKanan's Prophetic Encounters (http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=1315). Though in recent years the religious right has been a p...

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  • 10 / 31 / 2011
7 p.

See Me Naked, Introduction

Read the Introduction from Amy Frykholm's See Me Naked (http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=0466), in which she examines how the strict purity ethic and rules-based culture of Am...

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  • 10 / 31 / 2011