“Charlemagne just might be the original Bad Monkey. As detailed in
a remarkable new book from theologians and historians Rita Nakashima Brock
and Rebecca Ann Parker, Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love
of This World for Crucifixion and Empire, Charlemagne's 8th Century
Christian jihad against the stubbornly pagan Saxons led to a new Western
obsession with death and a deep belief in redemption through violence.”
The Opinion
Makers, David W. Moore, September 2008, cloth, $23.95, 978-0-8070-4232-8
Upcoming Ads:
Columbia Journalism Review; 1/6 page ad in September/October 2008
issue
The Nation; 1/4 page ad in October 6th issue
Pollster.com; sidebar ad on website for two months
Upcoming Broadcast:
Progressive Forum / KPFT-FM; author interview 8:00 -8: 40 p.m. (PST)
Thursday, September 4th
KPOJ / Morning Show; author interview live by phone; Tuesday, September
9th; 7:00 – 7:15 PST (10:00-10:15am Eastern)
NECN/Morning News; author interview live in studio; Tuesday, September
16th; 7:45 – 8:00 a.m. (EST)
Greater Boston/WGBH TV; author interview; in studio taping; Monday,
September 22nd; 4:00 – 4:45 p.m. (EST)
Upcoming Events:
Water Street Bookstore; Tuesday, September 16th; 7:00 p.m.; Exeter, NH
McNally Robinson Booksellers; Thursday, October 9th; 7:00 p.m.; New York,
NY
Cambridge Forum; Wednesday, October 15th; 7:30 p.m.; First Parish (Unitarian
Universalist) Cambridge, MA
Women’s Review of Books; upcoming review in November/December
or January/February issue
Cape Cod Magazine, interview with Stuart, date to come
The Commercial Dispatch (Columbus, MS weekly) review forthcoming;
to be picked up by The Times of Acadiana (Lafayette, LA)
The Wilson Quarterly; review with cover art in Summer 2008 issue
American History; featured excerpt in August issue
Illegal People,
David Bacon, September 2008, cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-4226-7Upcoming Broadcast:
Bob Edwards Show/XM Radio, Wednesday, September 10th; 10:00 –
11:00 a.m.; taped interview, airdate to come
Jim Bohannon Show/Westwood One; Wednesday, September 10th; 10:00
- 11:00 p.m.; live in studio
Democracy Now, Friday, September 12th; 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.; live in
studio
KVON/Late Mornings with Jeff Schectman, September 25th at 7:30 a.m.
PST (10:30EST); live via phone
Traveling
Light, Kath Weston, September 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-4137-6
Charlottesville Daily Progress; review ran August 17th
“It is clear that Weston approached her research with an open mind
and a receptive heart. She is gifted in making real contact with the most
unlikely people who are not unlikely to her.”
Greater Media Detroit; Weston will be taping an interview with Peter
Werbe of Greater Media Detroit on September 3rd; interview will air
on 3 stations in the Detroit area-WRIF, WMGC, and WCSX; air date to come
Foreword; review in October print issue and at www.foreword.com
Library Journal; review forthcoming
Drifting
Toward Love, Kai Wright, January 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7968-3
The Gay & Lesbian Review; review in July/August issue
“Wright explores these difficult and troubling stories with intelligence
and compassion, offering poignant insight into an often overlooked population.”
Seeds of Change; book is mentioned in the August Newsletter of the most
respected seed saving organizations in America
“…That gardening can connect us deeply to our cultural roots
and form a foundation for a joyful existence regardless of our physical
location has perhaps never been articulated as well as Patricia Klindienst
manages to do in The Earth Knows My Name…. This is a book you will
want to savor as you would a long, slow meal with friends, absorbing and
reflecting on each flavor and experience while garnering a greater understanding
of the cultural forces which shape our food future.”
Our World,
Mary Oliver and Molly Malone Cook, October 2007, cloth, $24.95,
978-0-8070-6880-9
The Gay & Lesbian Review; review in July/August issue
“Our World [is] a collection of Cook’s striking black-and-white
photographs, which Oliver has generously annotated with succinct, insightful
memoirs…”
Beacon Press is a department of the Unitarian Universalist Association