Bridge Press imprint: 70 books
The Pearl Jacket and Other Stories
Flash Fiction from Contemporary China
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
"Modern Chinese fiction . . . looks to have made a great leap towards the bookshelves of [Western] readers."—Guardian
Hugely popular in China, flash fiction is poised to be the most exciting new development in contemporary Chinese literature in a decade. Integrating both vernacular...
Building Business Value
How to Command a Premium Price for Your Midsized Company
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
Are You Building Maximum Value in Your Business? Why do some companies sell for a superpremium price while others don't? And if you are an executive of a midsized company, what do you need to be doing right now to build business value and command the highest possible price for your company? Successful...
New Rules for Women
Revolutionizing the Way Women Work Together
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Dr. Anne Litwin’s research into women’s relationships and communication at work reveals startling paradoxes. In New Rules for Women, she exposes key sources of confusion and misunderstanding between women colleagues and offers powerful tools for preventing and resolving conflict that result in better...
Influence Across Boundaries
How to Succeed in a Global Business Environment
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
When you're managing a diverse team distributed across many time zones, you need a unique set of knowledge, skills, and abilities. You have to be able to influence the attitudes and behavior of others even when you don't have formal authority or dedicated resources. Influence Across Boundaries offers...
Next Generation Leaders
Getting Tomorrow's Leaders Ready Today
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Virtually all CEOs say the development of their companies' middle managers is a critical success factor, but research indicates that only 28 percent of companies have a program in place that addresses their needs. To turn the tide, organizations need to support and develop middle managers so they can...
by Kenji Miyazawa
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
One night, alone on a hilltop, a young boy is swept aboard a magical train bound for the Milky Way. A classic in Japan, this tender fable is a book of great wisdom, offering insight into the afterlife.One of Japan’s greatest storytellers, Kenji Miyazawa (1896–1933) was a teacher, author, poet, and scientist.
by John Haylock
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1998
Hot and sticky describes the ancient Japanese city of Kyoto in summer. And that is just the situation Peter Meadowes finds himself in when he flees to Kyoto for his summer vacation. During the rest of the year the middle-aged Meadowes teaches in Tokyo, a circumstance which conveniently enables him to...
Speak and Read Japanese
Fun Mnemonic Devices for Remembering Japanese Words and Their Meanings
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Speak and Read Japanese provides language learners simple, fun, and imaginative ways to remember essential Japanese words and characters. Mastering basic vocabulary and kanji is one of the first challenges any Japanese learner faces. This book addresses this challenge head on, complementing the content...
by Masaaki Tachihara
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1998
The story of Mizue, a housewife, and Kase, a traditional-style garden designer hired by her husband to landscape their home. As the garden takes shape, Mizue wakens to a new sensuality and desire, and her carefully structured life begins to crumble. Explores the psychology of human passion in an oblique language filled with references to art and aesthetic values.
The Rabbi Finds Her Way
A Pearl Ross-Levy Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
This rabbi gig. People have no idea what it's all about.
The Rabbi Finds Her Way follows Pearl Ross-Levy's first two years as associate rabbi at a large Reform congregation in California.
This compelling, inspiring, and often funny narrative weaves the experiences and insights that shape...
Staubs and Ditchwater
A Friendly and Useful Introduction to Hillfolks' Hoodoo
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
After years of pondering, Byron Ballard has finally written a primer for the kind of magic she practices. Driven to it by colleagues, friends, and students, writing this little book is an act of stubborn devotion to a fading culture. This deceptively simple system of folk magic has come down to modern...
Inevitable and Imminent
On Becoming a House of Prayer - The Process
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
We’ve been duped into removing prayer from the center of our churches and have placed it on the periphery or semi-periphery. What we’re witnessing today in our churches, and in society at large, is that legacy of prayerlessness. Church leadership may be hesitant and embarrassed to admit it,...
Chosen for Charlie
When God Gifts You with a Special-Needs Child
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
“I chose you to be her mom.”
When faced with a diagnosis that says your child will never be “normal” or that he or she will always have “special needs,” you don’t feel chosen. You feel fearful, angry … confused. Questions race through your mind:
Why did this happen?
What...
9 Traits of a Life-Giving Marriage
How to Build a Relationship That Lasts
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Is it possible to enjoy a strong and healthy marriage-- 'till death do you part? Yes... with God! Sharing with honesty and transparency, Sue Detweiler identifies the essential elements of a life-giving marriage. • Heal the broken places in your marriage • Strengthen your relationship with your...