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Author: Ryunosuke Akutagawa Publisher: SCB Distributors ISBN: 1935548301 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 108
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3 Strange Tales presents new translations of this classic Japanese author's most well-known stories: Rashomon; A Christian Death; the never-before-published-in-English story, Agni; and a bonus story, In a Grove.
Author: Ryunosuke Akutagawa Publisher: SCB Distributors ISBN: 1935548301 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 108
Book Description
3 Strange Tales presents new translations of this classic Japanese author's most well-known stories: Rashomon; A Christian Death; the never-before-published-in-English story, Agni; and a bonus story, In a Grove.
Author: Publisher: Marvel ISBN: 9780785148234 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 0
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Wolverine is the best there is at what he does - fighting in mutant-mixed-martial-arts tournaments, handing out relationship advice and eating hot dogs! Spider-Man issues the ultimate challenge to one of his deadliest enemies - an invitation to the prom! The Mighty Thor forges a powerful new alliance - with a cleverly disguised farm animal! Fear not, Friends of Old Marvel - you haven't fallen prey to the illusions of Loki. You've simply discovered Strange Tales II! A band of the best and brightest talents in independent, alternative and online comics joins forces with the Earth's Mightiest Heroes for a sequel to the acclaimed Strange Tales anthology, one that critics are calling "better than any of the previous run" (Douglas Wolk, Time.com's Techland). Hilarious, haunting and horrifying (sometimes all at once), it's Marvel gone strange!
Author: Publisher: Tuttle Publishing ISBN: 146292252X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 415
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Prepare to be spooked by these chilling Japanese short stories! Strange Tales from Japan presents 99 spine-tingling tales of ghosts, yokai, demons, shapeshifters and trickster animals who inhabit remote reaches of the Japanese countryside. 32 pages of traditional full-color images of these creatures, who have inhabited the Japanese imagination for centuries, bring the stories to life. The captivating tales in this volume include: The Vengeance of Oiwa--The terrifying spirit of a woman murdered by her husband who seeks retribution from beyond the grave The Curse of Okiku--A servant girl is murdered by her master and curses his family, with gruesome results The Snow Woman--A man is saved by a mysterious woman who swears him to secrecy Tales of the Kappa--Strange human-like sprites with green, scaly skin who live in water and are known to pull children and animals to their deaths And many, many more! Renowned translator William Scott Wilson explains the role these stories play in local Japanese culture and folklore, and their importance to understanding the Japanese psyche. Readers will learn which particular region, city, mountain or temple the stories originate from--in case you're brave enough to visit these haunts yourself!
Author: Pu Songling Publisher: Jain Publishing Company ISBN: 089581045X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 409
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"The subjects of Pu Songling's short story collection include supernatural creatures, natural disasters, magical aspects of Buddhism and Daoism, and Chinese folklore"--Provided by publisher.
Author: R. R. Busse Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ISBN: 0316362638 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 99
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A journal based on the new movie, Marvel's Doctor Strange! Stephen Strange was once a brilliant but arrogant surgeon who finds hope and healing from a powerful mystic.
Author: Mircea Eliade Publisher: Shambhala Publications ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 148
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So speaks a character in Two Strange Tales, a pair of novellas in which Westerners are caught up in the uncanny realm of Eastern religion and magic. In "Nights at Serampore," three European scholars, traveling deep in the forests of Bengal, are inexplicably cast into another time and space where they witness the violent murder of a young Hindu wife. In "The Secret of Dr. Honigberger," a respectable Rumanian physician vanishes without a trace after experimenting with yogic techniques in his quest for the legendary invisible world called Shambhala.
Author: Publisher: Marvel ISBN: 9780785128021 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 0
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Marvel is proud to present this hotly-anticipated anthology schowcasing its greatest characters re-imagined by the best, most exciting cartoonists working in independent comics today. Featuring the long-awaited Peter Bagge "Incorrigible Hulk." COLLECTING: Strange Tales #1-3, The Megalomaniacal Spider-Man, All Select Comics 70th Anniversary Special
Author: Pu Songling Publisher: Jain Publishing Company ISBN: 0895810433 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 447
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The weird and whimsical short stories in Strange Tales from Liaozhai show their author, Pu Songling (1640-1715), to be both an explorer of the macabre, like Edgar Allan Poe, and a moralist, like Aesop. In this first complete translation of the collection's 494 stories into English, readers will encounter supernatural creatures, natural disasters, magical aspects of Buddhist and Daoist spirituality, and a wide range of Chinese folklore. Annotations are provided to clarify unfamiliar references or cultural allusions, and introductory essays have been included to explain facets of Pu Songling's work and to provide context for some of the unique qualities of his uncanny tales. This is the second of 6 volumes.
Author: Publisher: Marvel ISBN: 9780785155492 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 0
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It's Dr. Strange as you've never seen him before: as an eye-patch-wearing wielder of black magic! See him take on the deadliest foes in any dimension: Khat, Erlik Khan, Shuma-Gorath, Enitharmon the Weaver and more! Guest-starring the Defenders, Valkyrie, Cloak and Dagger, and some of Strange's closest friends - including Rintrah, Topaz, Clea and Wong! Collecting the Dr. Strange stories from STRANGE TALES (1987) #1-19 and the Cloak & Dagger story from #7.
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