Beacon Press: Weekly Report

Beacon Weekly Report

July 17, 2008

Headlines:

Love & Death, Forrest Church, September 2008, cloth, $22.00, 978-0-8070-7293-6

Inside Track:

NPR’s Fresh Air; author interview; air date to come; taping September 14th

Without a Map, Meredith Hall, cloth, April 2007, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7273-8

#13 on this week’s Book Sense NEIBA Bestseller List for paperback non-fiction (16th week)

Inheriting the Trade, Thomas Norman DeWolf, January 2008, Cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-7281-3

CBS Early Show; view the segment on the CBS Early Show homepage as well as co-anchor Harry Smith’s follow-up online post

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/earlyshow/main500202.shtml

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/24/opinion/smith/main4205737.shtml

Queen of the Oil Club, Anna Rubino, June 2008, cloth, $29.95, 978-0-8070-7277-6

C-Span / Book TV; taping of Rubino’s event at the Barnes and Noble/Winston-Salem; Saturday, July 19th; air date to come

Publicity, Reviews, and Praise:

The Blue Cotton Gown, Patricia Harman, October 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7289-9

Publishers Weekly; review in July 14th issue

“. . . shares poignant stories about her patients over the course of a year. . . Wearying of the financial pressures and tensions with Tom, Harman tells in this heartfelt memoir that she dreamed of leaving the practice, though a genuine love for helping women, and her great faith both in God and her spouse, sustained her.”

(Not) Keeping Up With Our Parents, Nan Mooney, May 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-1138-6

U.S. News & World Report; Kimberly Palmer writes in her alpha-consumer blog about reader feedback to her Q&A with Nan Mooney “from people who vehemently disagreed,” including her own editor:

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/alpha-consumer/2008/07/10/debate-over-standard-of-living-changes.html.

American Dreamers, Kelly Bulkeley, July 2008, cloth, $23.95, 978-0-8070-7734-8

Publishers Weekly; American Dreamers is reviewed in “web exclusive” coverage this week

Sundays in America, Suzanne Strempek Shea, April 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7224-0

Presbyterians Today; review in upcoming issue

Sun Herald (Biloxi, MI); review forthcoming

Religion News Service; Cecile Holmes interviewed author via email for forthcoming story

Spartanburg Journal (South Carolina); story forthcoming about author’s visit
Providence Journal; review in Sunday, July 13th issue

“Shea (a former Journal reporter) approaches each church with an open heart, a serious mind, and a transparent devotion to finding the truth of her faith.”

http://www.projo.com/books/content/BOOK-SUNDAYS-IN-AMERICA_07-13-08_GNAOGQR_v7.11066a1.html#

Baltimore Magazine; review in “Read It” section of July issue

“Because her account is so even-handed, this book comes across as a document of curiosity as much as faith.”

http://www.baltimoremag.com/article.asp?t=1&m=1&c=30&s=481&ai=71789

Surprised by God, by Danya Ruttenberg, August 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-1068-6

Lilith; review in Summer 2008 issue
World Jewish Digest; excerpt forthcoming
The Forward; author profile forthcoming

Maria Mitchell and the Sexing of Science, Renee Bergland, April 2008, cloth, $28.95, 978-0-8070-2142-2

Choice Magazine / Choice Reviews Online; review in September 2008 issue; selected as an “Editor’s Pick”

“. . . captivating . . . highly recommended”

The Muse of the Revolution, Nancy Rubin Stuart, July 2008, cloth, $27.95, 978-0-8070-5516-8

The Wilson Quarterly; review in Summer 2008 issue
American History; featured excerpt in August issue

Souls in the Hands of a Tender God, Craig Rennebohm with David Paul, May 2008, cloth, $23.95, 978-0-8070 -0042-7

Upcoming Broadcast:

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

Love You to Pieces, Suzanne Kamata, paperback original, June 2008, $17.00, 978-0-8070-0030-4

Brain, Child!; review currently in Summer 2008 issue

“. . . a reminder of life’s changeability; surprises occur and parents persevere, even in seemingly fixed situations.”

Abilities Magazine; review in summer issue

ForeWord; Kamata interviewed for a parenting feature in the July/August issue

The Court and the Cross, Frederick S. Lane, cloth, June 2008, $24.95, 978-0-8070-4424-7

American Prospect; quarter page vertical ad in the July/August 2008 issue (issue on sale June 30th through August 4th

Upcoming Broadcast:

Live! With Lisa / WNLK-AM (CT talk radio), Saturday July 19th, air time to come

Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage, Nancy D. Polikoff, February 2008, Cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-4432-2

Michigan Law Review; review forthcoming

The Paradise of All These Parts, John Hanson Mitchell, August 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7148-9

Yankee Magazine; will post online adapted excerpts of natural histories of Boston landmarks; date to come in August

The Post-Gazette; review in August issue

Awards:

The Missing Class, Katherine S. Newman and Victor Tan Chen, September 2007, Cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-4139-0

Closing the Food Gap, Mark Winne, January 2008, cloth, $23.95, 978-0-8070-4730-9

The Missing Class and Closing the Food Gap were selected as finalists for the 2008 Harry Chapin Media Awards (formerly the World Hunger Media Awards)

This Week in Beacon Broadside, a project of Beacon Press (www.beaconbroadside.com):

Work-in-Progress: Dylan Edwards on Creating Beacon’s First Graphic Book by Dylan Edwards

Link Roundup: Slow Food Nation, Black Conservatives for Obama, Faith-Based Initiatives

Is Talking About Age “Ageist”? by Lillian Rubin (great piece on McCain’s “age issue”)

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