Beacon: 545 books

The first full account of the scientific and political dynamics of global PCB contamination, and its threat to human health and the environment ** ** Whether or not you've heard of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), it's likely that this toxic chemical can be found in your cells. PCBs were invented...

A collection of Christmas stories written by African-American journalists, activists, and writers from the late 19th century to the modern civil rights movement. Back in print for the first time in over a decade, this landmark collection features writings from well-known black writers, activists,...

In the twenty years since its publication, this best-selling classic (which has sold more than 200,000 copies) has become famous for its groundbreaking demonstration of how sexual stereotypes restrict men's and women's psychological development. Toward a New Psychology of Women revolutionized concepts of strength and weakness, dependency and autonomy, emotion, success, and power.

Makes a powerful argument for adopting a model of restorative justice as part of the Innocence Movement so exonerees, crime victims, and their communities can come together to heal. In Rectify, a former Innocence Project director and journalist Lara Bazelon puts a face to the growing number...

Young love, first kisses and the infernal influence of old movies. Or: the dangers of smoking.

Chef Nana Knows PTSD offers a quick, easy, no measuring comfort food with a helping hand. These are my favorite recipes. They are quick, and you should have the ingredients in the cupboard. These recipes will never make it in the Good Housekeeping magazine or the Eat Healthy for Your Heart...

The Gypsy. A steampunk airship of belly dancers travel to the courts of european kings and queens, dancing for their suppers. However Lady C, Lilly, Gertie, Penny, and Sera are more than just dancers, they are spies for Queen Victoria and the British Empire! This is the first of...

Don Whitman was a high school boy who did a bad and bloody thing. Now the pipe's all filled with cement and the adults tell his name to scare us—all except Mr. Gregor: Mr Gregor knows the truth. He told it to me once, with details...

Parker Cardell is still struggling with the death of his best friend, Connor, a victim of a horrendous car accident that Parker miraculously survived. His "survivor's guilt" is an enormous burden, and his friends and family rally around him in support. But when Parker starts receiving strange...

Jack McKenzie has returned to L.A., a city he kind of hates, to get back to some things he really loves: ice hockey, his friends, and his sidelined career in set design. He soon discovers that someone has been looking for him—and not for a video production. Nathanial Sinquah may have missed...

On screen and off, silver screen heroes Dane Pierce and Cory "Mac" MacKendall are as different as cognac and Perrier, and newcomer Jessica Taylor loves them both. Despite his tantalizing green eyes and raw sexuality, Dane is not the man she thinks she needs. It is the solid and devoted -...

Five hundred years before Columbus, the Vikings discovered North America. That much is known. What they found there was not -- until now. Goblins & Vikings in America is the epic saga of Dvalinn the Riverraider and his quest to find his son, Framarr; a quest that will take him and his ragtag...

Poetry is the soul in words. The soul’s language is truth; this is a vibration that resonates in the heart of all sentient beings. Poetry does not require explanation, it is a feeling within. Poetry is a universal language that is understood in the heart of any nature open enough to receive it. The...

Five hundred years before Columbus, the Vikings discovered North America. That much is known. What they found there was not -- until now.  Goblins & Vikings in America is the epic saga of Dvalinn the Riverraider and his quest to find his son, Framarr; a quest that will take him and his ragtag...