In less than two decades, large retail chains have become the most powerful corporations in America. In this deft and revealing book, Stacy Mitchell illustrates how mega-retailers are fueling many of
Donald Rothberg has committed his life to two vocations: social change and exploring the depths of human consciousness to awaken our deeper spiritual nature. In his work as a dedicated teacher, activ
At a time when a lasting peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis seems virtually unattainable, understanding the roots of their conflict is an essential step in restoring hope to the region.
In Blue Iris, Mary Oliver collects ten new poems, two dozen of her poems written over the last two decades, and two previously unpublished essays on the beauty and wonder of plants. The poet consider
After graduating from Yale University, Sarah Sentilles joined Teach for America and was assigned to a rundown elementary school in Compton, California. Through moving portraits of inspiring children,
Drawing from a rich understanding of dreaming in culture, history, psychology, and modern dream study, Kelly Bulkeley and Patricia Bulkley’s Dreaming Beyond Death explicitly addresses three com
Introducing a new way of thinking about health: public health experts Tom Farley and Deborah A. Cohen show us that the antidote to our ever-growing rates of obesity and chronic diseases, such as hea
Weaving together the sociological, the historical, and the personal, Barbara Katz Rothman looks at the contemporary American family through the lens of race, race through the lens of adoption, and al
In the fall of 1848, a five-year-old African American girl named Sarah Roberts walked past five white schools to attend the poor and densely crowded all-black Abiel Smith School on Boston’s Bea
In Storming Caesars Palace, historian Annelise Orleck tells the compelling story of how a group of welfare mothers built one of this country’s most successful antipoverty programs. Declaring &#
In the first anthology of its kind, Lila Azam Zanganeh argues that although Iran looms large in the American imagination, it is grossly misunderstood—seen either as the third pillar of BushR
Within these pages Mary Oliver collects twenty-six of her poems about the birds that have been such an important part of her life-hawks, hummingbirds, and herons; kingfishers, catbirds, and crows; swa
In this all-new sequel to the Beacon bestseller Poems to Live By in Uncertain Times, editor Joan Murray has once again gathered an astonishing group of poems that speak to our personal and shared conc
Through vivid anecdotes and firsthand accounts, White and White expand our historical ear from the 1700s through the 1850s, showing how profoundly slaves shaped the American soundscape. The Sounds of
Queer Quotes is a compendium of wit and wisdom from well-known historical and contemporary cultural figures - from Oscar Wilde to Rita Mae Brown, from Quentin Crisp to Sandra Bernhard, and from James
Mary Oliver has been writing poetry for nearly five decades, and in that time she has become America’s foremost poetic voice on our experience of the physical world. This collection presents th
No One Gardens Alone tells for the first time the story of Elizabeth Lawrence (1904-1985). Like classic biographies of Emily Dickinson and Edna St. Vincent Millay, this fascinating book reveals Lawren
Jennifer Harbury's investigation into torture began when her husband disappeared in Guatemala in 1992; she told the story of his torture and murder in Searching for Everardo. For over a decade since,
Known as Little Pakistan, the community of Midwood, Brooklyn, has suffered a remarkable exodus in the years since 9/11. One sixth of the community—20,000 people—has left in search of libe
In Teaching Toward Freedom, William Ayers proposes a new way of looking at the craft of education: how it can be used in authoritarian ways at the service of the state, the church, or a restrictive e
The Buried Soul is a worldwide exploration of the rites and rituals of death. Timothy Taylor’s search spans all of human history and interweaves the author’s own experience of bewildering
It was a spring day on the Las Vegas strip in 1971 when Ruby Duncan, a former cotton picker turned hotel maid, the mother of seven, led a procession. Followed by an angry army of welfare mothers, the
In this first collection of her essays and short writings, Judith Plaskow, one of the founders of feminist theology and the founder of Jewish feminist theology, documents her personal and scholarly e
Documented throughout time and across cultures, dreams experienced by those on the verge of death can offer profound insight into the process of dying and provide deep spiritual solace for the indivi
Charles C. Calhoun’s Longfellow gives life, at last, to the most popular American poet who ever lived, a nineteenth-century cultural institution of extraordinary influence and the “one po
From the mythic rescue of PFC Jessica Lynch to the high-profile trial of Lynndie England, the war in Iraq has highlighted women’s presence within the military as never before. Carol Burke, a fo
Barbara Katz Rothman, a noted sociologist who has explored motherhood in four previous books and has more recently explored the social implications of the human genome project, now turns her eye towa
America spends more than twice as much for health care as any other nation. So why are Americans among the sickest people in the industrialized world? Introducing a new way of thinking about health,
Lucinda, of "A Miracle," is visited by a red-haired man in a pinstriped suit who turns out to be God - somewhat shy and insecure, but the only savior she's likely to encounter. Emigre Olga, "The Woman
Rashid Khalidi’s powerful book examines the record of Western involvement in the Middle East and analyzes the likely outcome of our most recent incursions into the area. Drawing on his encyclop
Allowing us to eavesdrop on the past, The Sounds of Slavery is a fascinating, innovative, and accessible account of the aural dimension of slavery. Through vivid anecdotes and firsthand accounts, Wh
Villains of All Nations explores the “Golden Age” of Atlantic piracy (1716–1726) and the infamous generation whose images underlie our modern, romanticized view of pirates. Rediker
“Mary Oliver continues to tutor us in attention, gratitude, and reverence in this new collection of forty-seven poems.”—Frederick and Mary Brussat, Spirituality and HealthPraise for
“An important voice in the spirited public debate over what ‘the best interests of the child’ are in the . . . untidy world of adoption.”—Joseph P. Kahn, Boston GlobeJ
A debut essay collection by one of the best new nature writers“It’s been a while since I stopped being surprised by nature in New York City, which is, after all, simply a name we’ve
Strikingly redesigned to accompany the publication of New and Selected Poems, Volume TwoPraise for the poetry of Mary Oliver:“One of the astonishing aspects of Oliver’s work is the consis
The extraordinary and untold story of John Brewster Jr., a preeminent Deaf American artistUntil his death 150 years ago, John Brewster Jr. was one of the most prominent portrait painters in America.
A groundbreaking anthology for women searching for spiritual guideposts to the second half of lifeBreaking Free is a collection of personal essays by women in the second half of their lives—ess
"Dark Tide is the definitive account of America’s most fascinating and surreal disaster.” —John Marr, San Francisco Bay GuardianShortly after noon on January 15, 1919, a fifty-foot-
In Blue Iris, Mary Oliver collects ten new poems, two dozen of her poems written over the last two decades, and two previously unpublished essays on the beauty and wonder of plants. The poet consider
