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My Mother's Son

David Hirshberg

My Mother's Son

"Hirshberg's debut novel packs both emotional punch and a vivid portrait of Jewish American life in post-WWII Boston. . . . Readers will find connections here to Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay and to Saul Bellow's classic The Adventures of Augie March ." — Booklist (ALA), starred review "This amazing mosaic of fact and fiction will hold readers in its grip from the first to last page." — Library Journal ,...

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Hawaii's Religions

John F. Mulholland

Hawaii's Religions

This is a comprehensive guide to the diverse religious history of Hawaii.Beginning with the religion of ancient Hawaii, depicting the arrival of the first missionaries, and, religion by religion, covering each faith as it came to Hawaii, the author thoroughly describes the inception and harmonious development of Hawaiian religions. Christianity, Judaism, Japanese and Chinese Buddhism, Shinto, the new religions from Japan (such as Tenrikyo), Baha'ism, and other religions are discussed, their...

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John F. Mulholland

Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan

Yasushi Inoue

Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan

The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan presents an accurate portrait of this era in Japanese history. Originally published in Japanese in 1959, this classic novel by Yasushi Inoue takes place during the Japanese Warring Era (1467-1573)—a time when a fractured Japan was ruled by three powerful young warlords: Takeda Shingen, Iwagawa Yoshimoto and Hojo Ujiyasu. The story focuses on Takeda Shingen and his one-eyed, crippled strategist, Yamamoto Kansuke. The brilliant strategies of Kansuke,...

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Yasushi Inoue

Pele and Hiiaka

Nathaniel B. Emerson

Pele and Hiiaka

Pele and Hiiaka are Hawaii's most spectacular female deities, and this story of their conflict over the mortal Lohi'au stands at the fountainhead of Hawaiian myth, oral tradition, and dance. For centuries, however, it was a varied collection of disparate versions told by widely scattered Hawaiian poets, raconteurs, and dancers.Author, Dr. Nathaniel Emerson spent years traveling, talking to Hawaiians, and compiling notes in an attempt to organize and preserve its text. The result of his...

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Nathaniel B. Emerson

Spiritual Stories from India

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Spiritual Stories from India

This classic collection of Indian fables and spiritual stories offers an intimate and joyful glimpse at the deep, mythical tradition of India.India is the Home of Fables, which are usually associated western mind with the Greek slave mentioned by Herodotus, by the name of Aesop. Few people realize that these stories, their special form and technique can be traced to very remote sources in India. The same can be said of Gypsy stories all over the world. The Gypsies are forgotten sons and...

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Romance of the Three Kingdoms Volum...

Lo Kuan-Chung

Romance of the Three Kingdoms Volume 2

[b]This epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death, forms part of the indelible core of classical Chinese culture and continues to fascinate modern-day readers. In 220 EC, the 400-year-old rule of the mighty Han dynasty came to an end and three kingdoms contested for control of China. Liu Pei, the legitimate heir to the Han throne, elects to fight for his birthright and enlists the aid of his sworn brothers, the impulsive giant Chang Fei and the...

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Lo Kuan-Chung

Myths & Legends of Polyns

Andersen

Myths & Legends of Polyns

Myths & Legends of the Polynesians is an account of the history, art and mythology of the Polynesian peoples.The Polynesians had many myths and legends, but through the ages they had been circulated by word of mouth, and not recorded. They were recalled from the vast storehouse of time and memory by the old priests who treasured the old traditions, and by the kahuna or sorcerers who constantly relived the legends and sang the old songs.Polynesians have always had a strong romantic appeal to...

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Andersen

Shank's Mare

Ikku Jippensha

Shank's Mare

This classic Japanese story of humor and adventure is available here for the first time in digital format.A pair of irrepressible scoundrels are the heroes of this madcap chronicle of adventure, full of earthy humor, along the great highway from Tokyo to Kyoto. The lusty tale of their disreputable doings is Japan's most celebrated comic novel.Shank's Mare was originally issued serially beginning in 1802, and was so successful that the author wrote numerous sequels, appearing year by...

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Ikku Jippensha

Genji Monogatari

Murasaki Shikibu

Genji Monogatari

Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji) is the Japan's earliest novel and the most famous work in Japan's literary history. It remains the finest portrayal of court life in the classical Heian period, some ten centuries ago. The author, Murasaki Shikibu (Lady Murasaki) was a member of the celebrated Fujiwara clan, which virtually created the history and culture of the Heian age.The novel has for its theme the many loves of the radiantly charming Prince Genji, son of the emperor and...

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Murasaki Shikibu

Romance of the Three Kingdoms Volum...

Lo Kuan-Chung

Romance of the Three Kingdoms Volume 1

[b]This epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death forms part of the indelible core of classical Chinese culture and continues to fascinate modern-day readers. In 220 EC, the 400-year-old rule of the mighty Han dynasty came to an end and three kingdoms contested for control of China. Liu Pei, the legitimate heir to the Han throne, elects to fight for his birthright and enlists the aid of his sworn brothers, the impulsive giant Chang Fei and the...

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Lo Kuan-Chung

Lily the Silent

Tod Davies

Lily the Silent

Readers won’t need to have read Snotty Saves the Day to fall in love with Lily the Silent, which takes place next in the history of Arcadia, telling the story of the country’s first queen, Lily the Silent, through the eyes of her daughter Sophia the Wise. . . . .with the additions of a legend, an Arcadian fairy tale, and the story of how the book came to Exterminating Angel Press. With its winning female protagonists, accessible storyline, fantastical settings, Arthur Rackham-like...

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Tod Davies

The Three Kingdoms, Volume 3: Welco...

Luo Guanzhong

The Three Kingdoms, Volume 3: Welcome The Tiger

This exciting new translation with footnotes is more readable than past versions and will appeal to modern readers. The Three Kingdoms is an epic Chinese novel written over six centuries ago. It recounts in vivid historical detail the turbulent years at the close of the Han Dynasty when China broke into three competing kingdoms and over half the population were either killed or driven from their homes. Part myth, part fact, readers will experience the loyalty and treachery, the brotherhood and...

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Luo Guanzhong

A Late Chrysanthemum

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A Late Chrysanthemum

This collection of Japanese short stories reveals a rapidly changing Japanese society and the deep draw of its traditional culture.The first half of this century saw the coming of age of the Japanese short story. Influenced by Western literary techniques, such innovative writers as Shiga Naoya, Ozaki Shiro, Yasunari Kawabata, Shimaki Kensaku, Hayashi Fumiko, Dazai Osamu, and (somewhat later) Kobo Abe reassessed the Japanese story tradition and brought new vigor to the uniquely Japanese sense of...

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The Three Kingdoms, Volume 1: The S...

Luo Guanzhong

The Three Kingdoms, Volume 1: The Sacred Oath

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Luo Guanzhong

Japanese Tales from Times Past

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Japanese Tales from Times Past

This collection of translated tales is from the most famous work in all of Japanese classical literature—the Konjaku Monogatari Shu . This collection of traditional Japanese folklore is akin to the Canterbury Tales of Chaucer or Dante's Inferno —powerfully entertaining tales that reveal striking aspects of the cultural psychology, fantasy, and creativity of medieval Japan—tales that still resonate with modern Japanese readers today. The ninety stories in...

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The Sacred Door and Other Stories

Makuchi

The Sacred Door and Other Stories

The Sacred Door and Other Stories: Cameroon Folktales of the Beba offers readers a selection of folktales infused with riddles, proverbs, songs, myths, and legends, using various narrative techniques that capture the vibrancy of Beba oral traditions. Makuchi retells the stories that she heard at home when she was growing up in her native Cameroon. The collection of thirty-four folktales of the Beba showcases a wide variety of stories that capture the richness and complexities of an agrarian...

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Makuchi

The Greening of Ben Brown

Michael Strelow

The Greening of Ben Brown

MICHAEL STRELOW WEAVES THE STORY OF A TOWN and its mysteries in his debut novel, The Greening of Ben Brown, an Oregon Book Award Finalist for fiction 2005. Ben Brown, the protagonist, becomes a citizen of East Leven, Oregon, after he recovers from an electrocution that has not left him dead but has turned him green. He befriends eighteen year-old Andrew James and together they unearth a chemical spill cover-up that forces the town to confront its demons and its citizens to choose sides....

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Michael Strelow

The Gallows Pole

Benjamin Myers

The Gallows Pole

A violently poetic English western inspired by the true story of the Cragg Vale Coiners and as wild as the moors on which it is set. Set in the moorland hills of 18th century Yorkshire, The Gallows Pole is the true story of an organized crime of forgers known as the Cragg Vale Coiners. Lead by the charismatic King David Hartley, a man prone to violence and mystical visions, they rise to glory until the bloody murder of a government official brings them to the attention of the authorities. An...

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Benjamin Myers

The Dao in Action

Jwing-Ming Yang

The Dao in Action

Bringing the Dao to life for readers of all generations Fables entertain us, enlighten us, and guide us. We recognize ourselves in the characters, be they emperors, village children, or singing frogs. They help us see our own weaknesses, our strengths, and the many possibilities. Their lessons transcend time and culture, touching what it really means to be alive. Whoever we are, wherever we’re going, these short tales help us along the path—the Way. Some offer a moral compass. Some...

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Jwing-Ming Yang

Walker on Water

Kristiina Ehin

Walker on Water

A woman cultivates a knack for walking on water, but is undermined by her husband's brain, which he removes each night when he returns home from work; a couple overcomes the irksome mischief of the gods; a skeptical dragon wonders what sex is all about: this is the world of Kristiina Ehin. From the 2007 British Poetry Society Popescu prize winner for European poetry in translation: a series of comic, surreal adventures. Kristiina Ehin's quirky voice takes each story directly from the...

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Kristiina Ehin

El beso de Badra

Diana Amiama

El beso de Badra

Elisa escribe teatro y asiste al estreno de una de sus obras en EspaÃ±a, invitada por la compaÃ±Ãa. El viaje es motivo para recorrer, descansar, recordar. <br><br>A lo largo del relato cambian los lugares geogrÃ¡ficos y la cronologÃa se altera. Los hechos pasados, yuxtapuestos y alternando con el presente derivan hacia las historias de personajes periféricos,...

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Diana Amiama

Popular Tales from Norse Mythology

George Webbe Dasent

Popular Tales from Norse Mythology

Embodying the fears, fantasies, and forebodings of the people who lived in northern Europe when the world was a darker and more frightening place, these 42 authentic folktales were culled from the rich legacy of Norse and German mythology by noted folklorist George Webbe Dasent. They include stories of princes and princesses who have been transformed into animals, trolls, and maneating giants who possess magical powers, and good-hearted, clever young men and women, often poor and ridiculed, who...

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George Webbe Dasent

The Rainbow Fairy Book

Andrew Lang

The Rainbow Fairy Book

Here are thirty-one enchanting selections drawn from Andrew Lang's famous series of colorfully titled fairy tale anthologies. Scholar, poet, novelist, and literary critic, Lang tirelessly collected magical stories from cultures all over the world—stories, according to Lang, that «have been inherited by our earliest civilised ancestors, who really believed that beasts and trees and stones can talk if they choose, and behave kindly or unkindly.»The best single-volume collection of...

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Andrew Lang

Legends, Charms and Superstitions o...

Lady Wilde

Legends, Charms and Superstitions of Ireland

Nowhere in the nineteenth century did interest in folklore and mythology have a more thorough revival than in Ireland. There, in 1887, Lady Francesca Speranza Wilde, Oscar Wilde's mother and a well-known author in her own right, compiled this collection of charming, authentic folk tales. Collected from among the peasantry and retaining their original simplicity, the myths and legends reveal delightfully the Irish people's relationship with a spiritual and invisible world populated by...

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Lady Wilde

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