In a place where all gods and demons co-exist, Avis, Mystal's supreme god, must dig deep if he is to remove himself, his wife and their two children from the clutches of Hell. Not an easy thing to do, when the ruling pantheon of Hell is his own accursed in-laws who despise everything about him; with good reason.
In the same way that Susan Brownmiller's Against Our Will transformed our understanding of rape by moving the stigma from the victim to the perpetrator, Schulman's Ties That Bind calls on us to recognize familial homophobia.
“A truly wonderful tale of spirit, faith and true friendship” in the quilting series from the New York Times bestselling author of Threading the Needle (Fresh Fiction).
Third Sister in the Tao family, Ailin has watched her two older sisters go through the painful process of having their feet bound.
In Inventing the Ties that Bind, Francesca Polletta questions this popular solution for healing our rifts. Talking the way that friends do is not the same as equality, she points out.
In Ties that bind, Tiya Miles explores the interplay of race, power, and intimacy in the nation's early days, providing a full picture of the myriad complexities, ironies, and tensions among African Americans, Native Americans, and whites ...
The Civil War has ended, and the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads are locked in a high-stakes competition to link the eastern states with their western counterparts.
This book shows how the Arthurian legend may be structured into a workable mystery system comprised of three primary grades of attainment. The book concludes with an exploration of the Greater Mysteries.
The Ties that Bind: A Pair of One-act Plays
IntroductionIs blood really thicker than water?
"In this sequel to the NAMA award-winning debut, The Haunted Trail, Phillip Kundeni Chidavaenzi returns with the story of Chiedza Jacha, the young promising chartered accountant whose life was shattered after she had tested HIV positive.