Ava Chin’s memoir is an expansive family history encompassing perilous journeys, sensational crimes and social change. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-04-24 12:37:54 UTC ]
She spent decades campaigning for social change, fighting to limit air pollution in New York City and to rethink conventional yardsticks for economic development. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-05-23 23:59:08 UTC ]
The Dalai Lama expounds on emptiness, and environmentalist Bill McKibben reflects on faith, patriotism and social change, are among the upcoming titles from religion and spirituality publishers in May. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
In upcoming titles, scholars, activists, and pastors take on racism, climate crises, social change, politics, and mental health. In fiction, love for God is, as always, written into the ending. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw’s “Songs of America” looks at music’s role in our nation’s history. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-07-10 13:53:10 UTC ]
Whether its books on racial tensions, single parenting, social change or social media, religion publishers are satisfying a demand for books that help parents address the most challenging issues of the day. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jesuit scholar and moral theologian Thomas Massaro's book, "Mercy in Action," details the pontiff's urgent call for social change. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jessica Kingsley Publishers is releasing 30 Years of Social Change, a collection of original essays exploring the past, present and future of many of the helping or altruistic professions, to mark 30 years of publishing books on social justice and difference. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Haymarket Books, the book publishing arm of Chicago’s progressive Center for Economic Research and Social Change, has enjoyed a 43% spike in sales this year, driven by a hot title and the Occupy movement. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]