The Khaarijee, J. Malcolm Garcia, September 2009, cloth, $26.95, 978-0-8070-0057-1
Update on J. Malcolm Garcia:
Malcolm Garcia, author of the forthcoming book The Khaarijee: A Chronicle of Friendship and War in Kabul is returning to Afghanistan for the month of August to report on their upcoming election for The Virginia Quarterly Review and McSweeney’s. He will also be reuniting some of the people he features in the book, including his longtime translator and friend, Khalid (aka, Bro) and the war-orphaned boys they took-in off the streets. He will return in September, just before the publication of his book.
Sowing Crisis, Rashid Khalidi, March 2009, cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-0310-7
New York Review of Books; review in the August 13th/Summer issue
Until it Hurts, Mark Hyman, April 2009, cloth, $23.95, 978-0-8070-2118-7
New York Times; click to read Mark Hyman’s article, which ran in the sports section of the July 25th issue
BUST Magazine; review with cover art in the August (Fall Preview) issue
“Whether or not you agree with the concept of a purity bath, you can find inspiration in the stories these women share about their experiences, in life and at the mikveh.”
Lilith; review to come in the Fall issue; print date to come
Zeek; excerpt to come in mid August; print date to come
Feminist Review; review to come in mid August; print date to come
Tablet Magazine; podcast author interview to stream on website mid-end of August; air date to come
“Kim Nielsen overcomes all the obstacles her recalcitrant subject throws in her path, and creates a portrait of Sullivan's life that is complex with all its contradictions and inconsistencies.”
The Republic (Springfield, MA local paper); click to read the author interview, which ran in the Sunday, August 2nd issue
Booklist, review with cover art in the July 27th online edition
“An important, thoughtful contribution to the literature on homeschooling in particular and the literature on education in general.”
Homeschooling Research Notes (blog); click to read Milton Gaither’s two part review
“Write these Laws is a fascinating hybrid of a book. At its core are six in-depth case studies of Christian homeschooling families representing a wide range of family sizes, economic circumstances, geographic locations, and pedagogical approaches. . . Kunzman takes this immersion and spins narrative gold, telling each family’s story with great power and detail.”
Childhood Matters/ KISS-FM (SF Bay Area); August 16th from 7 to 8 a.m. PST and streaming live on Childhoodmatters.org. Jeremy will be on with guest host Dr. Will Courtenay, The Men’s Doc.
Stride Toward Freedom, Martin Luther King, Jr., January 2010, paperback, $14.00, 978-0-8070-0069-4
“Martin Luther King's early words return to us today with enormous power, as profoundly true, as wise and inspiring now, as when he wrote them fifty years ago.”
“Carole Joffe is without question the most astute and well-informed analyst of contemporary abortion politics in the United States today. Bringing together the critical depth and acuity of a skilled social scientist with the immediacy and compassion of a front-line reporter, her thirty years of dedication and intelligent observation of this embattled terrain have won her the trust of reproductive health providers throughout North America. For anyone wishing to understand the full complexity of “the abortion wars” in our time—at every level, from national politics and culture to the personal struggles and triumphs of clinicians and patients—this lucidly written book is a must.”
—Rosalind Petchesky, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Hunter College & the Graduate Center, City University of New York
Beacon Acquisition:
Beacon is delighted to announce the acquisition of a new anthology, Power in Words: Barack Obama’s Speeches from the State House to the White House, by distinguished historian and civil rights activist Mary Frances Berry and former presidential speechwriter Josh Gottheimer. It’s no secret that Obama’s speeches are his most powerful and persuasive political tools. In Power in Words, Berry and Gottheimer introduce and analyze 20 of his most effective and memorable speeches—from his address against the Iraq war in 2002 to his obscure first speech on the Senate floor commemorating John Lewis’s birthday to his historic inaugural address. Each introduction features historical context, political analysis, and commentary straight from the speechwriter’s mouth, including remarks from former presidential speechwriters Ted Sorenson (JFK), Richard Goodwin (JFK, LBJ, RFK), Doris Kearns Goodwin (LBJ), William Safire (Nixon), Michael Waldman (Clinton), and Michael Gerson (Bush). A rich and enduring collection, Power in Words delivers the behind-the-scenes account behind Obama’s rhetoric legacy. Fall 2010 in time for midterm elections.
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