The Lonely Soldier, Helen Benedict, April 2009, cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-6147-3
NBC Nightly News; click to watch Helen Benedict—she is on towards the end and referred to as an expert on the subject. She is named, along with the title of the book; aired March 17th
Weekend Edition March 21st; Interview with one of the soldiers in the book and the actress who played her in The Lonely Soldier Monologues
Hollowing Out The Middle, Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas, October 2009, cloth, $26.95, 978-0-8070-4171-0
Hollowing Out The Middle is a Midwest Connections Pick for October! Bookseller comments below:
The book is compelling. It could be the right book for the right times as we look ahead with the economy in mind. Young people are more than ever examining their options.--Patty AcheyCutts, University Book & Supply, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
“Wow! It looks like a powerful book, and would be a great addition to the Midwest Connections program. It's hard to find pertinent books for our non-fiction readers....and this is right at home. It's the story I see unfolding every day in Oskaloosa....”--Nancy Simpson, The Book Vault, Oskaloosa, IA
Early Spring, Amy Seidl, cloth, March 2009, $24.95, 978-0-8070-8584-4
Early Spring author Amy Seidl will be featured at the New England Independent Booksellers Association “All About the Books” event in Brattleboro Vermont on June 17th
The Student Loan Scam, Alan Michael Collinge, February 2009, cloth, $22.95, 978-0-8070-4229-8
Democracy Now; click to watch Alan Collinge with Jessie Jackson; the piece starts at minute 14, Alan joins the conversation at minute 17; it’s a nice long interview with great mentions of and questions about the book; interview aired Thursday March 12th at 8 a.m.
Salon; read Kathryn Joyce’s article on Vyckie Garrison, a Quiverfull adherent who recently left the movement; the article already has over 250 comments and is getting picked up throughout the web.
The Journal of Americans for Religious Liberty, review in the current issue
“[An] excellent, frightening new book . . . Quiverfull merits wide readership.”
The Student Loan Scam, Alan Michael Collinge, February 2009, cloth, $22.95, 978-0-8070-4229-8
Democracy Now; click to watch Alan Collinge with Jessie Jackson; the piece starts at minute 14, Alan joins the conversation at minute 17; it’s a nice long interview with great mentions of and questions about the book; interview aired Thursday March 12th at 8 a.m.
LibrariesAlive; review in Volume 51, No 1; to run Winter 2009
Beacon Backlist:
Uncertain Peril, Claire Hope Cummings, March 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-8580-6
Sierra Club Magazine; the book was mentioned in the “Green Life” blog book roundup section, posted March 11th
Economic Botany Journal; a nice review, pub date to come
“Uncertain Peril is a beautifully scripted, clearly articulated warning about the hazards of genetically engineered crops…This landmark book brings greater transparency to industry and government cover-ups of the consequences and impacts of this technology on an unsuspecting citizenry, and it points the way to changing our course for greater global food security in the future. Make this book number one on your reading list!”
H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online; review posted on Feb 12th 2009
Inheriting the Trade, Thomas Norman DeWolf, January 2008, cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-7281-3
Record-Courier, Portage County Ohio - review in “One for the Books” section in the February 13th issue
The Boston Italians, Stephen Puleo, cloth, May 2007, $26.95, 978-0-8070-5036-1
Dark Tide, Stephen Puleo, September 2004, paperback, $15.00, 978-0-8070-5021-7
Beverly Reads/North End-Dark Tide Tour; Puleo’s tour was a success; 200 people showed up to his Sunday, March 15th event
Chronicle; rerun of the North End vs. South End episode aired Tuesday, March 17th; Puleo (along with jacket art) appears towards the end of the segment
Awards:
Drifting Toward Love, Kai Wright, January 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7968-3
Both books are finalists for the Lambda Literary Awards!
Beacon Acquisition:
Beacon is pleased to announce the acquisition of a Forrest Church reader: a collection of writings by Forrest Church, author/editor of more than 20 books and Minister of Public Theology of All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in New York. This book will present, for the first time, an overview of Church’s universalist theology and liberal faith, and will fill a gap in the impressive oevre of this remarkable liberal theologian. Spring 2010.
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