Hearn: 261 books

According to the Preface: "...the rare charm of Japanese life, so different from that of all other lands, is not to be found in its Europeanised circles. It is to be found among the great common people, who represent in Japan, as in all countries, the national virtues, and who still cling to their delightful...

  A captivating novel of political scandal, about men in power and the women who love them.   April Wayne, 23 years old, is interning for a charismatic senator from California. When she disappears one night, suspicion falls on the senator who was the last one to see her. When...

Upon his arrival in Japan in 1890, Lafcadio Hearn found himself enamored with the culture, people, and stories of the country, and would make Japan his home until his death in 1904. His collections of stories published during this time became the most popular of Hearn's writings, and earned him veneration...

Upon his arrival in Japan in 1890, Lafcadio Hearn found himself enamored with the culture, people, and stories of the country, and would make Japan his home until his death in 1904. His collections of stories published during this time became the most popular of Hearn's writings, and earned him veneration...

A traveler with insatiable wanderlust, journalist and ethnographer Lafcadio Hearn spent much of his life journeying to new and unfamiliar cultures. After spending some time in New Orleans, Hearn became interested in the fate of a barrier island off the Gulf Coast that had been destroyed by a tropical storm. It is this doomed island that forms the centerpiece of Hearn's engrossing novel Chita.

Letters from the Raven: Correspondence of L. Hearn with Henry Watkin is a Posthumous anthology written by  international writer Lafcadio Hearn.  This book is one of many works by him. It has already Published in 1907. Now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in...

His loyalty and love for his adopted country was unflagging throughout his life. In his work there are attempts that sociological analysis of Japan (a country that was still exotic and unknown to the West) and tales of horror inspired by Japanese legends, that gained new colors with the talent of...

Ubazakura Jikininki Jiu-roku-sakura Mujima Oshidori Diplomacia El espejo y la campana El secreto de la muerta En una estación de ferrocarril Reflejos Riki-Baka Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (Santa Maura, isla de Leucada, mar Jónico, Grecia, 27 de junio de 1850 - Tokio, 26 de septiembre de 1904) fue un...

BONNIE HEARN HILL'S BRAND NEW NOVEL OF SUSPENSE Abby Walsh has a gift she doesn’t want. Every time she reads someone’s handwriting, she sees a lot more than just words and letters. She can, for a moment, become the person who originally wrote those words. She hears their thoughts. She knows...

This classic collection of Japanese ghost and folk stories is of enormous importance to the field of Japanese studies. Japanese curios, with sundry cobwebs, excite the curiosity and imagination of a master spinner of tales, and the result is Kotto, another Lafcadio Hearn classic about old Japan....

In Diaspora and Trust Adrian H. Hearn proposes that a new paradigm of socio-economic development is gaining importance for Cuba and Mexico. Despite their contrasting political ideologies, both countries must build new forms of trust among the state, society, and resident Chinese diaspora communities...

La cinquantaine d'histoires recueillies par Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) d'après le folklore japonais révèlent un éventail thé­matique très ouvert, allant du conte de fées aux histoires d'ogres et de vam­pires... Mais l'imaginaire japonais ne force pas seulement les portes de la mort, il entrouvre...

«Darei non so che cosa per essere un Colombo letterario, per scoprire un'America Romantica in qualche regione delle Indie Occidentali, del Nordafrica o dell'Oriente dove i comuni cristiani non amano andare!» scriveva Lafcadio Hearn. Sin dall'inizio, del resto, la vita lo aveva passo dopo passo indirizzato...

This delightful book presents seven pieces from the rich heritage of Lafcadio Hearn—one of the first and most preeminent scholars to travel to and write about Japan. They are a natural outgrowth of Hearn's peerless philosophy: "If you have any feeling—no matter what—strongly latent in the...