Love &
Death, Forrest Church, September 2008, cloth, $22.00, 978-0-8070-7293-6
Inside Track:
NPR’s Fresh Air; author interview, tape date to come in early September
First print of 10,000 to release 7/16/09
The AAUP has announced its 2008 University Press Books Selected for Public
and Secondary School Libraries.
Of the 13 titles submitted by Beacon Press, the following 7 books were recommended
for high school readers by a panel of AASL and PLA librarians. Beacon will be
promoting these titles to the school market throughout the year .
Acts of Faith,
Eboo Patel, PB, July 2008, $13 978-0-8070-7727-6
Come Out and
Win, Sue Hyde, paperback original, June 2007, $13.00, 978-0-8070-7972-0
From the Palmer
Raids to the Patriot Act, Chris Finan, PB, May 2008, $18 978-0-8070-4429-2
Without a Map,
Meredith Hall, PB, April 2007, $14, 978-0-8070-7274-5
Plain Secrets,
Joe Mackall, June 2007, PB, $13, 978-0-8070-1065-5
Inheriting
the Trade, Thomas Norman DeWolf, January 2008, Cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-7281-3
CBS Early Show; live interview to air July 14th
P.O.V. / PBS; Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North, the Sundance
selected documentary companion to DeWolf’s book had its national broadcast
premiere June 24th
Publicity, Reviews, and Praise:
The Opinion Makers,
David W. Moore, September 2008, $23.95, 978-0-8070-4232-8
Publishers Weekly; review in July 7th issue
“. . . succinct and damning critique . . . keen and witty throughout.”
The Blue Cotton
Gown, Patricia Harman, October 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7289-9
ForeWord Magazine; review forthcoming in the September /October
issue
A selection of the SIBA Holiday Gift Catalog
Indie Next Galley Campaign now underway. Please encourage nominations before
August 2nd!
Illegal People,
David Bacon, September 2008, cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-4226-7
Publishers Weekly; starred review in July 7th issue
“Bacon’s timely analysis is as cool and competent as his labor
advocacy is unapologetic. In mapping the political economy of migration,
with an unwavering eye on the rights and dignity of working people, Bacon
offers an invaluable corrective to America’s hobbled discourse on
immigration and a spur to genuine, creative action.”
Surprised
by God,
by Danya Ruttenberg, August 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-1068-6
Grace Matters with Rev. Peter W. Marty / Weekly Radio Program of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (broadcasts on nearly 180 stations
internationally); 30 minute interview with Craig Rennebohm was taped on
June 30th; to air in September, exact air date to come
Christianity Today; 50 M impressions, horizontal banner online ad across
the top of the page, posted on July 2008
http://www.christianitytoday.com
Love You to
Pieces, Suzanne Kamata, paperback original, June 2008, $17.00,
978-0-8070-0030-4
Brain, Child!; review in summer issue
Abilities Magazine; review in summer issue
ForeWord; Kamata interviewed for a parenting feature in the July/August
issue
Upcoming Advertising:
Exceptional Parent; horizontal banner online ad posted June through
August 2008
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