Lantern Books is an American

United States

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 book publisher since 1998, first located in Union Square (New York City)

Union Square (New York City)

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, and now with offices in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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. It "publishes books for all wanting to live with greater spiritual depth and commitment to the preservation of the natural world." The subject areas that Lantern Books covers include vegetarianism, environmentalism, animal advocacy, spirituality, natural healing, and social justice. Lantern Books is a division of Booklight Incorporated. Lantern Books distributes books published by American Mental Health Foundation Books, Chiron Publications, Samhita Publications, Ryce Publications, and Stealth Technologies. Lantern is in turn distributed by Steiner Books (dedicated to books by and about Rudolf Steiner

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).

Lantern Books is the publisher of 2004 Nobel Peace Prize

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-winning author Wangari Maathai

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’s book The Green Belt Movement

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. Other notable authors include Carol J. Adams, Steven Best

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, Brooks Brown, Bruce Friedrich

Bruce Friedrich

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, Thomas Keating

Thomas Keating

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, Andrew Linzey

Andrew Linzey

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, Ingrid Newkirk

Ingrid Newkirk

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, Richard H. Schwartz

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 and Ruth Westheimer

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.

Notable books published

• Rosebraugh, Craig
  Craig Rosebraugh
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  . Burning Rage of a Dying Planet: Speaking for the Earth Liberation Front, 2004. ISBN 1-59056-064-7
• Best, Steven
  Steven Best
  Steven Best is an American animal rights activist, author, talk-show host, and associate professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at El Paso...
  
  , and Nocella, Anthony J. Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals, 2004. ISBN 1-59056-054-X
• Brown, Brooks, and Merritt, Rob. "No Easy Answers: The Truth Behind Death at Columbine", 2002. ISBN 978-1-59056-031-0
• Keating, Thomas
  Thomas Keating
  For the famous art forger of the same name, see Tom Keating.For the American football player of the same name, see Tom Keating .Fr...
  
  . "Fruits and Gifts of the Spirit", 2007. ISBN 978-1-93005-121-8
• Miedzian, Myriam. "Boys Will Be Boys," 2002. ISBN 978-1-59056-035-8

External links

• Lantern Books Lantern Books official website.
• Lantern Media Lantern's internet division.