Rebecca Bradley: 10 books

Was Moses really such a great liberator? How did a thug as thick as Samson get to be a hero? Wasn't the miracle at Bethesda about as merciful as pulling the wings off flies? The fifteen stories in The Lateral Truth follow selected biblical themes through to their illogical conclusions, building on...

In an era when Stone Age tribes share the world with the earliest civilizations, a young nomadic hunter accidentally brings doom upon his people, and a curse upon himself. Seeking to lift the curse, he and a few other survivors must leave the forest and journey to the greatest city of all, where they...

The dark side of life, and the light side of hell—from a haunted refrigerator to an ancient demon, these thirteen tales range from the monstrous and spectral, to the grotesque shadows cast by the most ordinary of things. Praise for Hong Kong Macabre ‘...entertaining twist-in-the-tale...

For more than 70 years exiled Scions have returned to their beloved country to seek the Lady, conjure her powers, and reclaim their heritage. Now its Tigrallef's turn to sacrifice himself for the greater good - but he's not a hero. He needs the help of the Web and an entrancing woman named Calla....

Wielding the power of the magical Lady in Gil, Tig destroys the barbarians and wishes to return to his peaceful, ordered life, but his brother has plans to marry him off. An ebook edition of the sequel to LADY IN GIL.

At the dawn of the world, the Old Ones called it Harashil. A thousand years before, Oballef called it the Lady in Gil. Tigrallef calls it the Pain ¿ when he¿s being polite. For more than twenty years he has carried it inside him, a private demon dutifully bent on bringing down the world...

The clothes we wear tell stories about us—and are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of ethnic dress, their history, and their cultural significance within the United States. The clothing...

Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire...

Sex Work Matters brings together sex workers, scholars and activists to present pioneering essays on the economics and sociology of sex work. From insights by sex workers on how they handle money, intimate relationships and daily harassment by the police, to the experience of male and transgender...

"Questo paese è proiettato verso il il futuro, ma il suo passato è una miniera di meraviglie. Grande Muraglia, templi in cima alle montagne, città sull'acqua, sublimi grotte buddhiste, villaggi dimenticati dal tempo: cercate di scoprire qual è la vostra destinazione" (Damian Harper,...