До XVI века Европа и не подозревала о существовании Страны восходящего солнца. Впрочем, «открытие» Японии оказалось кратковременным: уже в начале XVII столетия немногочисленные европейцы были изгнаны с островов, а сама Япония вступила в период «блистательной изоляции», замкнувшись в собственных границах. Географическая и культурная отдаленность Японии привела к возникновению того самого феномена, который сегодня довольно расплывчато именуется «японским менталитетом».Одним из проявлений этого феномена является японская мифология — уникальная система мифологического мировоззрения, этот странный, ни на что не похожий мир. Японский мир зачаровывает, японский миф вовлекает в круг идей и сюжетов, принадлежащих, кажется, иному измерению (настолько они не привычны) — и все же представимых и постижимых.Познаваемая в мифах, в этой сокровищнице «национального духа», Япония становится для нас ближе и понятнее.
Эта книга, в которой собраны квайданы, - традиционные японские рассказы о призраках и сверхъестественных явлениях, поможет читателю познакомиться с представлениями о таинственных явлениях жителей Японии. Кроме того, в книге рассматриваются представления японцев о сверхъестественном, о потусторонних духах и жизни после смерти. Переводчик Владимир Соколов
This special edition Ebook features exclusive extra content by the author, with an extended Historical Note and two contemporary accounts of the Battle of Poitiers.Go with God and Fight like the Devil.The Hundred Years War rages on and the bloodiest battles are yet to be fought. Across France, towns are closing their gates, the crops are burning and the country stands alert to danger. The English army, victorious at the Battle of Cr?cy and led by the Black Prince, is invading again and the French are hunting them down.Thomas of Hookton, an English archer known as Le B?tard, is under orders to seek out the lost sword of St Peter, a weapon said to grant certain victory to whoever possesses her. As the outnumbered English army becomes trapped near the town of Poitiers, Thomas, his men and his sworn enemies meet in an extraordinary confrontation that ignites one of the greatest battles of all time.
Andrew Vachss' pre- novel was written in 1973. It was rejected by every publisher, one of whom described it as a "political horror story," others of whom berated it for its "lack of realism," including such things as Chinese youth gangs and the fall of Haiti. And the very idea of someone entering a high school with the intent of destroying every living person inside was just too ... ludicrous. Readers of Vachss' Burke series will immediately recognize Wesley, the main character of . This is his story.
It is the summer of 1958 in Dewmont, Texas, a town the great American postwar boom passed by. The kids listen idly to rockabilly on the radio and waste their weekends at the Dairy Queen. And an undetected menace simmers under the heat that clings to the skin like molasses... For thirteen-year-old Stanley Mitchell, the end of innocence comes with his discovery of the mysterious long-ago demise of two very different young women. In his quest to unravel the truth about their tragic fates, Stanley finds a protector in Buster Lighthorse Smith, a black, retired Indian-reservation cop and a sage ...
Christmas is an ancient Roman festival, not to be celebrated by decent folk in the Scottish Highlands. Police Constable Hamish Macbeth has always loved the festivities, but this year his family is vacationing in sunny Florida. He is stuck with the long, lonely Christmas shift in freezing Lochdubh. A cranky old lady kicks off the holidays by reporting her cat missing. Then the Christmas lights and tree in a nearby village disappear soon after the local council voted to allow decorations. As Hamish finds a way to bring Christmas to the Highlands and make a little girl's dreams come true, he finds – to his delight – that he has the best Christmas ever.
