Hearn: 261 books

This book, first published in 1903, is an account of Lafcadio Hearn’s insights and experiences of Japan. Hearn, known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo, was an international writer who was best known for his books about Japan and Japanese culture. This book will be of interest to students of history and Asian Studies.

This is an omnibus edition of two early Hearn collections—*Stray Leaves from Strange Literature* (1884) and Fantastics and Other Fancies (published posthumously in 1914). The collections contain some of Hearn's first published works, pieces of journalism, sketches, and ghost stories that appeared in the New Orleans newspaper the Daily Item. 

Published posthumously in 1905, this book contains some of Hearn’s uncollected workand is a charming interpretation of Japanese culture. In “The Romance of the Milky Way,” Hearn examines the stories behind the age-old Tanabata festival. “Goblins” discusses poetry and some supernatural subjects...

  If it bleeds, it leads. It’s a media mantra—the most gruesome stories always run on the front page to get people’s attention. But when Corina Vasquez lands a bloody lead story she attracts the attention of a killer, in IF IT BLEEDS.   Newly promoted as the assistant...

Las leyes del destino se ciernen en un japón mítico y medieval habitado por guerreros y asesinos, fantasma y espíritus guardianes. De la autora de "Leyendas de los otori", serie que ha vendido más de 4 millones de copias en cerca de 40 idiomas. Un joven guerrero de gran...

Una arrebatadora historia de amor y guerra, de mujeres y hombres, del nacimiento del Japón moderno. Japón, 1857. La época de los samuráis está a punto de terminar y es el momento de que nazca el nuevo Japón. Una joven se aventura en este revuelo. Tsuru se ve arrastrada por la subversión,...

  Where is the line between love and obsession?   The body of a San Francisco priest is discovered in Golden Gate Park, and the killer remains at large.   Leta Blackburn, award-winning journalist for the San Francisco Times, would be covering the sensational story...

Now available for the first time – the Geri LaRue newspaper thriller series in a boxed set! Hearing-impaired reporter Geri LaRue belongs to neither the world of the hearing nor the world of the deaf. She never swears before five, she’s a terrible liar—most of all, she’s a survivor. From...

NOT EVEN MURDER CAN GUARANTEE SILENCE . . . A Phone Call. Burdened with a devastating secret, the former mistress of an American president chooses a young woman named Reebie Mahoney as her confessor. There is only one condition: Reebie has to come meet with her immediately – tonight....

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (h??rn; 27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904) in Greek ?at?????? ?e???d??? ?e?? , known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo, was an international writer, known best for his books about Japan, especially his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan...

Lafcadio Hearn, né en 1850 en Grèce, ayant vécu seize ans aux États-Unis, reste un nomade jusqu'au jour où il découvre dans le Japon la patrie de son esprit au point de s'y fixer en 1890. De cette date jusqu'à sa mort en 1904, il produit une suite de livres – romans et contes – sur ce pays,...

In this new edition of "stories and studies of strange things" accompanied by illustrations by Lester Banzuelo, Lafcadio Hearn draws from his life in Japan and sketches a delicate, haunting world of snow maidens and faceless ghosts, corpse-eaters and trickster demons, soul mountains and enchanted sleep....

"Men of the World will be seized upon by academics and activists facing up to the persistence, proliferation and transnationalization of patriarchies." - Cynthia Cockburn, City University, London and University of Warwick "This is an important, thought-provoking and incredibly...

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (h??rn; 27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904) in Greek ?at?????? ?e???d??? ?e?? , known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo, was an international writer, known best for his books about Japan, especially his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan...