Hearn: 261 books

By the year 2050, the United States will no longer have a majority ethnic group. The nation's population will be majority-minority. This future nationwide reality has already been a present reality in several cities, including many in the urban south, for nearly a decade. In a 2011 State of...

Dr. Theresa Hearn Haynes was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Determined to leave the violence of gangs, she struck out early to pursue her dreams of a quality education and better life, leaving Chicago and the safety and comfort of her home, family, and friends and to go to Upper Iowa University...

Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) "Quand on se dirige vers le midi, se rendant de la Nouvelle-Orléans aux Iles, on passe par les détours sinueux de diverses rivières, à travers un étrange pays jusqu'à une mer étrange..." Le 10 août 1856, un ouragan tropical dévaste Last Island...

Lafcadio Hearn a écrit Le Japon en 1903, et il en corrigea les épreuves l’année même de sa mort, qui survint à Tokyo, le 26 septembre 1904.  II en avait composé les vingt principaux chapitres pour répondre à l’offre qui lui avait été faite d’une série de conférences à l’Université...

A Japanese magic-lantern show is essentially dramatic. It is a play of which the dialogue is uttered by invisible personages, the actors and the scenery being only luminous shadows. Wherefore it is peculiarly well suited to goblinries and weirdnessess of all kinds; and plays in which ghosts figure...

In Exotics and Retrospectives, Lafcadio Hearn plays the role not only of tour guide, but also dreamscaper. Whether through his narrative recounting of Japanese customs and traditional tales, or while sharing his personal observations and flights of fancy, Hearn's graceful and poetic prose enables...

The Third Ghost Story Megapack selects 26 more choice hauntings for your reading pleasure. Included this time are: THE DEAD AND THE COUNTESS, by Gertrude Atherton THE CEDAR CLOSET, by Lafcadio Hearn THE WRAITH OF BARNJUM, by F. Anstey THE JOLLY CORNER, by Henry James THE ROLL-CALL OF THE REEF,...

"The Second Ghost Story Megapack" selects 25 more choice haunts for your reading pleasure. Included this time are: THE SIGNAL-MAN, by Charles Dickens THE SOUL OF THE GREAT BELL, by Lafcadio Hearn PRESENT AT A HANGING, by Ambrose Bierce CANON ALBERIC’S SCRAP-BOOK by M. R. James THE...

The Harsh Cry of the Heron is the fourth book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn. Don't miss the related series, The Tale of Shikanoko. A dazzling epic of warfare and sacrifice, passionate revenge, treacherous betrayal, and unconquerable love, The Harsh Cry of the Heron takes the...

  ​​Kathleen Fowler, successful California businesswoman, is found dead – her battered body dropped from the balcony of her home and sprawled on the jagged rocks under the cliffs below it. It’s a big story, but what shocks newspaper journalist Geri LaRue is that she has been named...

In the opening pages of the action-packed Book One of Lian Hearn's epic Tale of Shikanoko series--all of which will be published in 2016--a future lord is dispossessed of his birthright by a scheming uncle, a mountain sorcerer imbues a mask with the spirit of a great stag for a lost young man, a stubborn...

An epic four-volume adventure in mythical medieval Japan: a world of warriors and assassins, demons and spirits In The Tengu’s Game of Go, the final book of Lian Hearn's epic Tale of Shikanoko--all of which will be published in 2016--the rightful emperor is lost; illness and murder give rise...

The 15 classic essays collected in Kokoro examine the inner spiritual life of Japan. The title itself can be translated as "heart," "spirit" or "inner meaning," and that's exactly what this collection teaches us about Japan. Sometimes touching and always compelling,...

Brilliance of the Moon is the third book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn. Don't miss the related series, The Tale of Shikanoko. A beautiful, haunting evocation of the medieval Japan of Lian Hearn's imagination, this thrilling follow-up to Grass for His Pillow and Across the...