Beacon Weekly Report

Archive: September 6, 2006

• Read the latest report

Publicity, Reviews, and Praise:

Epic Journeys of Freedom, Cassandra Pybus, paperback, February 2007, $16.00, 0-8070-5515-8

• The Boston Globe, review in August 30 th issue:

Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son, Kevin Jennings, cloth, August 2006, $24.95, 0-8070-7146-3

• C-Span/Book TV, will tape appearance at San Francisco Public Library on Tuesday, September 12th
   
• Horace, review in September issue
   
• Independent School, review in Fall issue
   
• Genre, review in September issue
   
• New York Blad e, feature review, early September
   
• The Gay & Lesbian Review, review in November/December issue
   
• Lambda Book Report, review in Fall issue
   
• Winston-Salem Journal, feature forthcoming

Not in Our Classrooms, Eugenie C. Scott and Glenn Branch, paperback original, October 2006, $14.00, 0-8070-3278-6

• Library Journal, review in September 1st issue:
  
  “The book offers a substantial synopsis of the crux issues for lay readers, and it could serve as an excellent resource for students looking for a well-documented yet succinct pro-evolution overview…Recommended for public and academic libraries.”        
   
• Teacher Magazine, review in Fall issue
   
• Rethinking Schools, review in September issue

People's Movements, People's Press, Bob Ostertag, cloth, May 2006, $23.95, 0-8070-6164-6

• Z Magazine, review in September issue:
  
  “Any progressive activist will learn from the book, and any media activist will feel proud to be following the lead of the brave and principled “accidental journalists” it chronicles.”

The Engaged Spiritual Life, Donald Rothberg, paperback, October 2006, $16.00, 0-8070-7725-9

• Tikkun, excerpt in September/October issue

Making Art Together, Mark Cooper with Lisa Sjostrom, cloth, August 2006, $26.95, 0-8070-6618-4

• Perspective (Journal of YMCA Professionals), review in August or September issue
   
• Teacher Magazine, review in Fall/Winter issue
   
• School Arts, review assigned

Just Released

The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi, cloth, October 2006, $24.95, 0-8070-0308-5

• Advertising in The New York Review of Books, The Nation, Foreign Affairs
   
• This Fall Khalidi will embark on a national tour. Current plans are set as:

  New York

  Steven's Institute of Technology (Hoboken, NJ)
  Wednesday, September 27th; 12:30 – 2:30pm
  Location TBA

  Open Society Institute/Middle East and North Africa Initiative
  Thursday, September 28th; 12:30pm
  400 W. 59 th Street, 4 th Floor, Between 9 th and 10 th Avenues

  Labyrinth Books
  Monday, October 9th; 7:00pm
  536 West 112th Street

  Foreign Policy Association
  Wednesday, November 15th; 5:30-7:30pm
  The Grupo Santander
  45 East 53rd Street (Between Park & Madison Ave)

  Boston

  Cambridge Forum/Harvard Bookstore
  Wednesday, October 4th; 7:30pm
  First Parish Church, 3 Church Street in Cambridge

  Chicago

  Loyola University
  Thursday, October 5 th at 2:30pm
  International Studies Program
  6525 N. Sheridan Road

  Council on Foreign Relations
  Thursday, October 5th; 5:30pm
  Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan

  Chicago Humanities Festival
  Saturday, November 11th; 10:30-11:30am
  Northwestern University School of Law; Thorne Auditorium

  Detroit

  Detroit Council for World Affairs
  Wednesday, October 11th; 2:00pm; Location TBA

  Seattle

  World Affairs Council
  Thursday, October 12th; 6:30pm
  Location TBA

  Washington DC

  Politics and Prose
  Tuesday, October 17th; 7:00pm
  5015 Connecticut Ave. NW

  Middle East Institute;
  Wednesday, October 18th; 12:00-1:00pm
  1761 N. Street NW

  Atlanta

  Southern Center for International Studies
  Wednesday, October 18th; 5:30-9:00pm
  320 West Paces Ferry Road

  San Francisco

  World Affairs Council of Northern California
  Wednesday, October 25th; 6:00pm
  Helen Brown Lombardi Library of International Affairs
  312 Sutter Street, 3rd Floor

  Los Angeles

  Pomona College
  Thursday, October 26th; 11:00am
  Hart Institute for American History; 333 N. College Way (Claremont, CA)

  Levantine Cultural Center
  Thursday, October 26th; evening
  8424A Santa Monica Blvd. N.

  Houston

  World Affairs Council
  Thursday, November 9th; 6:30pm
  Location TBA