Stone Bridge Press: 69 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...
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...
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...
Love Not Given Lightly
Profiles from the Edge of Sex
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Love Not Given Lightly is the first collection of nonfiction stories from award-winning filmmaker, journalist, and advocate Tina Horn. In her vast experience in sexual undergrounds, Tina has befriended pro-dommes, porn stars, kinky fetishists, rent boys, and more. Instead of writing a sex worker memoir,...
Coming Out Like a Porn Star
Essays on Pornography, Protection, and Privacy
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
This one-of-a-kind book shares intimate personal stories of porn performers "coming out" to family, friends, partners, lovers, and community. The contributors represent a wide range of races, ethnicities, and genders. They include Joanna Angel, Annie Sprinkle, Betty Blac, Nina Hartley, Candida Royalle,...
Gentlemen Prefer Asians
Tales of Gay Indonesians and Green Card Marriages
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016
The author, a gay Indonesian who feels he is "not much of a looker," immigrates to the USA and is inundated with shirtless joggers, same-sex public displays of affection, and the constant drive to psychoanalyze. In this poignant, witty, flippant, and trenchant collection of personal essays the author...
by Wendy Tokuda, Richard Hall
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1992
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1992
Wrong-way Humphrey is saved after swimming into San Francisco bay
Witches, Sluts, Feminists
Conjuring the Sex Positive
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
Slut-shaming is a manifestation of bullying with epidemic proportions in the USA. Sandra Fluke appeared on the cover of Ms. magazine in 2012 above the title: "You Called Me What?" The notorious walk in Game of Thrones launched a pervasive "Shame" meme in 2015. Organizations are...
Ethical Porn for Dicks
A Mans Guide to Responsible Viewing Pleasure
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
Our media is filled with confusing, polarizing messages about the dangers of porn, while at the same time sexually explicit images are pronounced in advertising and entertainment. Using a natural question/answer format for people feeling fear and shame about porn use, this accessible, funny, and well-informed...
by Donna George Storey
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2012
The story of an American woman’s love affair with Japan and her intimate relationships with the many men and women she meets along the way. This modern reimagining of Ihara Saikaku’s bawdy 17th-century novel of the pleasure quarters, The Life of an Amorous Woman, offers a graphic, erotic tale that challenges everything we think we know about Japan.
China Smart
What You Don’t Know, What You Need to Know— A Past & Present Guide to History, Culture, Society, Language
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2019
Targets the many Americans interested in China
China is the world's number one tourist destination.
98.8 million people traveled to China in 2015 for tourism, business, or work.
Americans are the fourth biggest nationality of foreign China tourists. In 2016, 2.25 million...