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From the Publisher: Surprising firsthand accounts from the front lines of abortion provision reveal the persistent cultural, political, and economic hurdles to access. More than thirty-five years...

A harrowing and indispensable first-hand account of the experience of the first 85 days of the Israeli invasion of Gaza, from a prominent Palestinian writer. In the morning I read the news. The news...

Follows the stories of three young women activists of color fighting for some of today?s most pressing movements of defunding the police, environmental justice, and arts education Girls of color have...

A highly anticipated, rediscovered collection from Viktor Frankl, published for the first time in the United States, exploring freedom, responsibility, and how we can draw meaning from the temporary...

James Baldwin was born for truth. It called upon him to tell it on the mountains, to preach it in Harlem, to sing it on the Left Bank in Paris. . . . He was a giant. ? Maya Angelou This collectible...

I am completely indebted to Jimmy Baldwin?s prose. It liberated me as a writer.?Toni Morrison This collectible edition celebrates James Baldwin?s 100th-year anniversary, probing the shortcomings of...

Long before President Barack Obama praised his work as ?an all-encompassing, all-hands-on-deck anti-poverty effort that is literally saving a generation of children,? and First Lady Michelle Obama...

A candid and riveting memoir from the founder of Harlem Children's Zone, taking readers through his Canada in which violence stalked every street corner. Long before the avalanche of praise for his...

The 20th-anniversary edition of Kelley?s influential history of 20th-century Black radicalism, with new reflections on current movements and their impact on the author, and a foreword by poet Aja...

A New York Times Best Seller Merging real stories with theory, research, and practice, a prominent scholar offers a new approach to teaching and learning for every stakeholder in urban education...

Gandhiaautobioaphy - The Story of My Experiments With TruthAuthor: Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) GandhiPublisher: Beacon PressPublication Date: November 01, 1993Number of Pages: 560 pagesLanguage:...

The true?nd unsolved?tory of unabashedly greedy men, their exploitation of Muscogee land, and the hunt for the ghost of a boy who may never have existed For readers of David Grann? award-winning...

The unlikely narrator through this tale of misadventures is one Curt Marder: gambler, drinker, cheat, and would-be womanizer. It's 1871, and he's lost his farm, his wife, and his dog to a band of...

Winner of the American Book Award A classic of the Black Arts Movement brought back to life in a refreshed edition ?A lion in literature?s forest. When she writes she roars, and when she sleeps other...

This collection of poems by Mary Oliver once again invites the reader to step across the threshold of ordinary life into a world of natural and spiritual luminosity. Tell me, what is it you plan to...

A timely and moving collection from the renowned inaugural poet on issues facing our country and people?immigration, gun violence, racism, LGBTQ issues, and more. Through an oracular yet intimate and...

?Incisive and compelling, reflecting the painful wisdom and knowledge that Bill Ong Hing has accrued over the course of fifty years . . . ??Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow First book...

?Profound and revelatory, Racial Innocence tackles head-on the insidious grip of white supremacy on our communities and how we all might free ourselves from its predation. Tanya Katerí Hernández is...

Author: Eva SaulitisPublisher: Beacon PressPublication Date: Feb 25, 2014Number of Pages: 268 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 080701446XISBN-13: 9780807014462

Famously known as the text that Martin Luther King Jr. sought inspiration from in the days leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott, Howard Thurman?s Jesus and the Disinherited helped shape the civil...

All of the published poetry of James Baldwin, including six significant poems previously only available in a limited edition During his lifetime (1924?1987), James Baldwin authored seven novels, as...

A Good Morning America 2021 Top Summer Read Pick The visionary author?s masterpiece pulls us?along with her Black female hero?through time to face the horrors of slavery and explore the impacts of...

When someone you love dies, Earl Grollman writes, "there is no way to predict how you will feel. The reactions of grief are not like recipes, with given ingredients, and certain results. . . . Grief...

Winner of the 2019 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Nonfiction Winner of the Shilts-Grahn Triangle Award for Lesbian Nonfiction Winner of...

A transformative spiritual companion and deep dive into disability politics that reimagines disability in the Bible and contemporary culture An essential read that will foster and enrich...

Submitting to unwanted sex destroyed Kate?s love for her husband But she considered killing herself before she could imagine leaving In this electrifying literary memoir, Kate Hamilton deftly traces...

A book for finding purpose and strength in times of great despair, the international best-seller is still just as relevant today as when it was first published. ?This is a book I reread a lot . . ...

The 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...

Meditations of the Heart is a beautiful collection of meditations and prayers by one of our greatest spiritual leaders. Howard Thurman, the great spiritualist and mystic, was renowned for the quiet...

An investigation into the mental health crisis affecting young adults today, and an impassioned argument for creating learning environments characterized both by compassion and challenge Alarming...