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  • Old-World Japan

    Legends of the Land of the Gods (Illustrations)

    by Frank Rinder, Thomas Heath Robinson ...
    History and mythology, fact and fable, are closely interwoven in the texture of Japanese life and thought; indeed, it is within relatively recent years only that exact comparative criticism has been able, with some degree of accuracy, to divide the one from the other. The accounts of the God-period contained in the Kojiki and the Nihongi—“Records of Ancient Matters” compiled in the eighth century ... Read more

    $3.11 CAD

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  • The Prophet

    by Kahlil Gibran ...
    "The Prophet" is a book of 26 poetic essays written in English by the Lebanese artist, philosopher and writer Khalil Gibran. It was originally published in 1923 and it is Gibran's best known work. "The Prophet" has been translated into every major language. The prophet Al-Mustafa who has lived in the foreign city of Orphalese for 12 years is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is ... Read more

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  • Japanese Fairy Tales

    (18 Tales With over 280 color Illustrations)

    by D. (David) Thomson, B. H. Chamberlain, Kate James and Mrs.T.H. James ...
    Series series Joe's Family Publication
    A Collection of Japanese Traditional Tales(18 Stories with Color Images) is timeless classic tale for children by D. (David) Thomson, B. H. Chamberlain and Mrs.T.H. James.In this book (A Collection of Japanese Traditional Tales) contains 18 stories with more than 280 color images :1.Momotaro : Japanese Fairy Tale First Series No. 1 (1885)2.The Tongue Cut Sparrow : Japanese Fairy Tale First Series ... Read more

    $2.97 CAD

  • The Light of Asia

    The Great Renunciation

    by Edwin Arnold ...
    The Light of Asia, subtitled The Great Renunciation, weaves through its poetic verses the life and philosophy of Prince Siddhartha Gautama who attained enlightenment under the bodhi tree and became the Buddha. Receiving high acclaim since its publication in 1879, Edwin Arnold's work was adapted from the Lalitavistara Sutra (The Unfolding of the Play.) In the time before this work came out, little ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Noh Plays of Japan

    by Arthur Waley ...
    The Noh Plays of Japan is the most respected collection of Noh plays in English.The classic Japanese plays can be read for their great literary merit and also provide the reader with an understanding of a unique theatre art and important insights into the cultural, spiritual and artistic traditions of Japan.The Noh Plays of Japan, first published in 1921 and justly famous for more than three ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Sonnets to Orpheus and Duino Elegies

    by Rainer Maria Rilke ...
    The cycle of 55 sonnets that comprise Rainer Maria Rilke's "Sonnets to Orpheus" were written in a period of three weeks during 1922, a time which the poet himself described as a "savage creative storm." Inspired by the death of his daughter's friend, Wera Knoop, Rilke commenced to the production of "Sonnets to Orpheus," a work filled with mythological and biblical allusions. During the same burst ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • The Garden of the Prophet

    by Khalil Gibran ...
    Almustafa, the chosen and the beloved, who was a noon unto his own day, returned to the isle of his birth in the month of Tichreen, which is the month of remembrance. And as his ship approached the harbour, he stood upon its prow, and his mariners were about him. And there was a homecoming in his heart. And he spoke, and the sea was in his voice, and he said: "Behold, the isle of our birth. Even ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Children's Stories from Japanese Fairy Tales & Legends - Illustrated by Harry G. Theaker

    by N. Kato ...
    The stories in this edition of ‘Japanese Fairy Tales and Legends’ include: ‘The Land of the Rising Sun’, ‘The Old Man who made Withered Trees to Bloom’, ‘The Marriage of the Rat’s Daughter’, ‘The Story of Raiko and the Deamon’, and many more. Accompanying the enchanting storytelling, are the colour and black-and-white illustrations by Harry G. Theaker. This collection of ‘Children’s Stories from ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hindu Tales From the Sanskrit

    by S. M. Mitra ...
    The Magic Pitcher. Long, long ago there lived far away in India a woodcutter called Subha Datta and his family, who were all very happy together. The father went every day to the forest near his home to get supplies of wood, which he sold to his neighbours, earning by that means quite enough to give his wife and children all that they needed. Sometimes he took his three boys with him, and now and ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fruit-Gathering

    by Rabindranath Tagore ...
    Tagore is an artist of rare lyrical powers, who understands the human soul. Tagore's poems are devotions, mystical, sublimated ecstasy. They are the thoughts of a seer, the perfect union of beauty and truth in poetry. Contents: Fruit Gathering; The Oarsmen; Song of the Defeated; Thanksgiving. ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD

  • Specimens of Ainu Folk-lore

    by John Batchelor ...
    The following specimens of Ainu folk-lore form a small portion of matter which the writer has himself collected, from time to time, during a period of nearly six years. They are merely specimens. Many other examples might be given. But it is presumed that the following half-dozen samples will be fully sufficient to illustrate the manner in which this crude race of men, in the absence of books, ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Yukara Epos Of The Ainus

    by Kiyoko Miura ...
    YUKARA epos of the Ainus study and translation of Kamuy-Yukaraby Kiyoko MiuraMY DEAR UNCLE "T" had so enthusiastically recommended me to read the Ainu epics and given one of the books as a special present. The title of the book as translated into English might read: "The Appreciation of the Yukara". When I had just opened it to take a quick look through, I had never imagined that the book would ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD