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Author: Paul Murray Publisher: Psychology Press ISBN: 1873410239 Category : Americans Languages : en Pages : 410
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Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) has long been marginalised as a failed Victorian Romantic whose writings on Japan were poetic but inconsequential; as a person, he emerges as a one-dimensional neurotic. In this new study, based on a wealth of hitherto unpublished sources, as well as a fresh reading of Hearn's writings, Paul Murray reveals a multi-faceted character of considerable depth, intelligence and literary skill. This is a book, therefore, that will appeal on many levels. The story of Hearn's life makes fascinating reading; his fantastic journey took him from conception outside marriage on a Greek island to a protected upbringing in Dublin; from a Gothic education in England to Cincinnati in the United States where, as Paddy Hearn, he established himself as a journalist of the macabre par excellence. In New Orleans, in the 1860s, he transformed himself into Lafcadio Hearn, litterateur and a man of the South. Finally after two years in the West Indies, he spent the last fourteen years of his life in Japan - arriving in 'the land of the gods' in the spring of 1890. Although it was always to be an ambiguous relationship with his adopted country, Hearn gave to the world some of the most valuable and enduring insights into Japanese society and culture that continue to stand the test of time. For students of the Anglo-Irish tradition, a little explored strand of Hearn's heritage, this book is also essential reading, providing substantial insights into Hearn's mastery of the literary horror genre. Equally, students of Japan will want to understand, for the first time, the make-up and motivation of one of its greatest ever Western interpreters.
Author: Paul Murray Publisher: Psychology Press ISBN: 1873410239 Category : Americans Languages : en Pages : 410
Book Description
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) has long been marginalised as a failed Victorian Romantic whose writings on Japan were poetic but inconsequential; as a person, he emerges as a one-dimensional neurotic. In this new study, based on a wealth of hitherto unpublished sources, as well as a fresh reading of Hearn's writings, Paul Murray reveals a multi-faceted character of considerable depth, intelligence and literary skill. This is a book, therefore, that will appeal on many levels. The story of Hearn's life makes fascinating reading; his fantastic journey took him from conception outside marriage on a Greek island to a protected upbringing in Dublin; from a Gothic education in England to Cincinnati in the United States where, as Paddy Hearn, he established himself as a journalist of the macabre par excellence. In New Orleans, in the 1860s, he transformed himself into Lafcadio Hearn, litterateur and a man of the South. Finally after two years in the West Indies, he spent the last fourteen years of his life in Japan - arriving in 'the land of the gods' in the spring of 1890. Although it was always to be an ambiguous relationship with his adopted country, Hearn gave to the world some of the most valuable and enduring insights into Japanese society and culture that continue to stand the test of time. For students of the Anglo-Irish tradition, a little explored strand of Hearn's heritage, this book is also essential reading, providing substantial insights into Hearn's mastery of the literary horror genre. Equally, students of Japan will want to understand, for the first time, the make-up and motivation of one of its greatest ever Western interpreters.
Author: Torben Kuhlmann Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0735844445 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 126
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"When an inventive mouse misses the biggest cheese festival the world has ever seen, he's determined to turn back the clock. But what is time, and can it be influenced? With the help of a mouse clockmaker, a lot of inventiveness, and the notes of a certain famous Swiss physicist he succeeds in traveling back in time. But when he misses his goal by eighty years, the only one who can help is an employee of the Swiss Patent Office, who turned our concept of space and time upside down."--Amazon.com
Author: Ray Kurzweil Publisher: Rodale ISBN: 0452286670 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 466
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A leading scientist and an expert on human longevity explain how new discoveries in the fields of genomics, biotechnology, and nanotechnology could radically extend the human life expectancy and enhance physical and mental abilities, and introduce a cutting-edge program designed to enhance the immune system and slow the aging process on a cellular level. Reprint.
Author: Martin Handford Publisher: Candlewick ISBN: 1536210978 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 33
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Where’s Waldo? Enjoying a refreshed cover on his fantastic adventure — plus two new pages of games and searches! On an epic journey that takes him from a feast of gobbling gluttons to fighting foresters and deep-sea divers, Waldo accompanies the Wizard Whitebeard and seeks out the twelve scrolls that will reveal the truth about himself. Join the search and help Waldo make it to the end!
Author: Martin Handford Publisher: Where's Wally ISBN: 9781406313215 Category : Picture puzzles Languages : en Pages : 0
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Face the fiendish and fantastical Wally challenge in this classic mini-edition with free magnifying glass. Join Wally on his quest through magical and bizarre fantasy lands. Hidden in every intricately-detailed scene are Wally and his friends - so let the hunt begin! Full of eye-boggling extras and hours of fun, this third classic Wally adventure comes in a fiendish mini edition with free magnifying glass. Wow! Amazing! The Where's Wally? series has sold over 75 million books worldwide.
Author: Gerald Durrell Publisher: House of Stratus Limited ISBN: 9780755113361 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 156
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Great-Uncle Lancelot, redoubtable explorer and enthusiastic naturalist, takes his niece and twin nephews on an extraordinary journey around the world, introducing them to a wide variety of animals.
Author: Isaac Asimov Publisher: Bantam ISBN: 0553275720 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 210
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A fabulous adventure into the last frontier of man! Attention! This is the last message you will receive until your mission is completed. You have sixty minutes once miniaturization is complete. You must be out of Benes’ body before then. If not, you will return to normal size and kill Benes regardless of the success of the surgery. Four men and one woman reduced to a microscopic fraction of their original size, boarding a miniaturized atomic sub and being injected into a dying man's carotid artery. Passing through the heart, entering the inner ear where even the slightest sound would destroy them, battling relentlessly into the cranium. Their objective . . . to reach a blood clot and destroy it with the piercing rays of a laser. At stake . . . the fate of the entire world.
Author: Isaac Asimov Publisher: Spectra ISBN: 9780553273274 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 385
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From the phenomenal Isaac Asimov, Fantastic Voyage II, the fabulous sequel to bestselling Fantastic Voyage, is a powerful high-tech thriller set in the near future and in a human brain! A band of Americans and Russians are miniaturized in a joint effort to extract vital information from a comatose scientist's brain. Certain to become a science fiction classic.
Author: Azalea L Dabill Publisher: ISBN: 9781943034161 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Imaginative fiction invites us to search beyond what we see for truth, to dig deeper for courage. To discern friends and possibilities with our inner eye, to touch and to taste the truths of life in realms near and far.
Author: Joseph Caminiti Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1663209723 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 90
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This story begins on Earth, with someone who’s involved an accident, Near dying, her brain is cryogenically frozen. Soon, shock occurs and the brain is affected, conjuring up the most wild s journey beginning a distant planet, through space and to earth by Iclopsian creatures who stand near eight feet tall, have one eye, great intellect and have enormous strength. Millions of years later, after living in the prehistoric era the offspring steal a spacecraft and travel back to Iclopsia.