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Book cover of Modern Superstition
by Lafcadio Hearn
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009

That superstitions outlive religions is a truth too palpable to require much dwelling upon, especially at this epoch of folklore studies, when modern superstitions are being traced back not only to Greek or Roman days, but beyond them through the dust of dead civilizations back to ages of primitive fetich-worship....
Book cover of Gleanings in Buddha-Fields Studies Of Hand And Soul In The Far East
by Lafcadio Hearn
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

OF whatever dimension, the temples or shrines of pure Shintô are all built in the same archaic style. The typical shrine is a windowless oblong building of unpainted timber, with a very steep overhanging roof; the front is the gable end; and the upper part of the perpetually closed doors is wooden...
Book cover of Japan, An Attempt At Interpretation
by Lafcadio Hearn
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

A THOUSAND books have been written about Japan; but among these,--setting aside artistic publications and works of a purely special character,--the really precious volumes will be found to number scarcely a score. This fact is due to the immense difficulty of perceiving and comprehending what underlies...
Book cover of Japan (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Japan (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

An Attempt at Interpretation

by Lafcadio Hearn
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011

Published posthumously in 1904, this masterful volume focuses on religion, from its early expression as ancestor worship, through more sophisticated native evolutions and foreign admixtures, as the prime shaper of Japanese culture.  The most influential single account of Japan written by a Westerner...
Book cover of In Ghostly Japan
by Lafcadio Hearn
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015

And it was at the hour of sunset that they came to the foot of the mountain. There was in that place no sign of life,--neither token of water, nor trace of plant, nor shadow of flying bird,-- nothing but desolation rising to desolation. And the summit was lost in heaven.
Book cover of Gleaings in Buddha-Fields
by Lafcadio Hearn
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

A LIVING GOD OF whatever dimension, the temples or shrines of pure Shinto are all built in the same archaic style. The typical shrine is a windowless oblong building of unpainted timber, with a very steep overhanging roof; the front is the gable end; and the upper part of the perpetually closed doors...
Book cover of Hazel

Hazel

A Novel

by Julie Hearn
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009

Every family has its secrets. . . . Hazel Louise Mull-Dare has a good life, if a bit dull. Her adoring father grants her every wish, she attends a prestigious school for the Daughters of Gentlemen, and she receives no pressure to excel in anything whatsoever. But on the day of the Epsom Derby—June...
Book cover of The End of Olympus
by Kate O'Hearn
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016

Emily and Pegasus face their greatest challenge yet when they venture back to Earth to save a friend in this sixth and final book of an exciting series that puts a modern thrill into ancient mythology. After the events in Hawaii, Emily is contending with diminished powers, a new body, and the...
Book cover of Shadow of the Dragon: Kira
by Kate O'Hearn
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011

Under no circumstances are girls EVER to be allowed anywhere near dragons.  THE PENALTY FOR ANY GIRL CAUGHT BREAKING THE FIRST LAW IS DEATH.   Kira is twelve, and strong willed. The daughter of a retired dragon knight, she yearns for adventure and dreams of following in her father's footsteps...
Book cover of The Runaway
by Kate O'Hearn
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017

Freya searches for a missing Valkyrie in this second book of an exciting series that School Library Journal described as perfect for “those looking for Rick Riordan read-alikes.” Valkyrie: Norse Goddess. Reaper of Souls. Defender of the Weak. But could she also start a war? In the...
Book cover of War of the Realms
by Kate O'Hearn
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018

Freya and the Valkyries must stop a war before two worlds are destroyed in this third book of an exciting series that School Library Journal described as perfect for “those looking for Rick Riordan read-alikes.” In the world of Asgard, living among Odin, Thor, and Loki, are the Valkyries...
Book cover of If Anything Should Happen
by Bonnie Hearn Hill
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015

A California talk radio host turns amateur sleuth to solve her mother’s murder—and prevent her own—in this mystery series debut. When Kit Doyle’s near-perfect mother tells her about the letter she’s written and locked away—a letter to be read only “if anything should happen”...
Book cover of Star Crossed: Taurus Eyes
by Bonnie Hearn Hill
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010

Having been accepted into the summer writing camp in Monterey, CA, Logan worked so hard for in Aries Rising, she is on her way to becoming a real published author! She needs to impress the camp’s instructor, Henry Jaffa, a renowned journalist, paranormal investigator, and fellow Aquarian, whom she...
Book cover of Star Crossed: Aries Rising
by Bonnie Hearn Hill
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010

Aquarius Logan McRae is a high school sophomore in Terra Bella Beach, CA and has been working all semester to impress her teachers in order to get into the summer writing camp she desperately wants to attend. But when this ordinary girl finds an extraordinary book, Fearless Astrology, her life is...
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