Traces of Herman Melville are everywhere. Works directly or loosely inspired by the nineteenth-century writer abound, from adaptations and artistic experiments to parodies and cheeky references. They are as distinct as Sena Jeter Naslund’s novel Ahab’s Wife, Laurie Anderson’s mixed-media spectacle Songs and Stories from Moby-Dick, Maurice Sendak’s queer illustrations of Pierre, and the collaborative Emoji Dick. Melville turns up in opera, concrete poetry...

One of the largely untold stories of Orientalism is the degree to which the Middle East has been associated with "deviant" male homosexuality by scores of Western travelers, historians, writers, and artists for well over four hundred years. And this story stands to shatter our preconceptions of Orientalism.To illuminate why and how the Islamicate world became the locus for such fantasies and desires, Boone deploys a supple mode of analysis that reveals how the cultural exchanges be...

PREPARE YOURSELVES, OLYMPIANS! THE TITANS ARE WAKING! WILL YOU ANSWER THE CALL OF THE OLYMPIANS AND END THE REIGN OF THE TITANS?!While the gods celebrate Juno's wedding, an ancient enemy stirs within the depths of tartarus. Do the Olympians have what it takes to defeat their immortal enemies once again? Find out in Gods and Titans: Battle For Earth

Do you want the encouragement and wisdom to propel your life on a new course away from mere success to true significance? In this book, author Joseph Chew provides master principles on which we can lead a happy life touched by Christ. You will learn about riches and wealth, love and sacrifice, and Gods view of money, assets including talents and skills with a blend of personal insight and true-life examples from Josephs own life lessons. You Will Discover * The mindset we should have when ...

An immigrant grandmother who sells roses to gay customers at a West Hollywood bar; a deaf-mute masseur and sex worker plying his trade; a transient nesting in the lilac bushes of a New England college campus—these are a few of the characters in Conditions of Precarity who find their existences at grave risk in a world in which every choice impacts an uncertain future.Exquisitely wrought stories. Boone's range of character, setting and development is remarkable, as is his ability to...

Over the past several years, the question of men’s relation to feminism has become a fiercely and sometimes bitterly debated subject. Engendering Men demonstrates the creative impact that feminist modes of inquiry have already had on a new generation of male critics.In the wake of feminism, many men have found it imperative to begin the task of retheorizing the male position in our culture. This collection of new essays brings together seventeen male critics whose work – o...

T.E.D. Klein's highly acclaimed first novel The Ceremonies—which Stephen King called "the most exciting novel in my field to come along since Straub's Ghost Story—established him in the top rank of horror writers. Now, with the four novellas gathered here, Klein proves himself to be a master of this classic shorter form.The collection opens with "Children of the Kingdom", a beautifully crafted chiller that gradually reveals the horrors that lurk behind the shadows of the city. In "...

In God's Gym, the celebrated author John Edgar Wideman offers stories that pulse with emotional electricity. The ten pieces here explore strength, both physical and spiritual. The collection opens with a man paying tribute to the quiet fortitude of his mother, a woman who "should wear a T-shirt: God's Gym." In the stories that follow, Wideman delivers powerful riffs on family and fate, basketball and belief. His mesmerizing prose features guest appearances by cultural luminaries as diverse...

This book comes as a result of an article I once wrote on Faithwriters. This article had to do with Sexual Dreams. Also this is a build up to my first book, Uncommon Destiny Uncommon Partner on some of the barriers to good relationships.For centuries men and women have dreamnt dreams. Many have managed to land huge exploits and heed warnings by understanding their dreams. Whilst many dreams have many manifestations that follow them, there are also peculiar manifestations that accom...

Shivers and spirits . . . the mystical and macabre . . . our darkest fears and sweetest fantasies . . . the fun and frivolity of tricks, treats, festivities, and masquerades. Halloween is a holiday filled with both delight and dread, beloved by youngsters and adults alike. Celebrate the most magical season of the year with this sensational treasury of seasonal tales—spooky, suspenseful, terrifying, or teasing—harvested from a multitude of master storytellers.

In recent years there have been some excellent books written about faith in the workplace.But as I talk to normal, everyday Christians, I've found that very few people seem to really believe and embrace the truth that the Holy Spirit wants to help believers in their daily work just as much as when they contribute at church. He wants to come alongside us at the office, on the building site, in the home, or wherever our workplace is.As we surrender our workplace skills to Him...

"A deeply beautiful book, with the fierce galloping pace of a great novel."—Liz Rosenberg Boston GlobeInformed by the death of a beloved brother, here are the stories of childhood, its thicket of sex and sorrow and joy, boys and girls growing into men and women, stories of a brother who in his dying could teach how to be most alive. What the Living Do reflects "a new form of confessional poetry, one shared to some degree by other women poets such ...