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Across the Nightingale Floor

Author : Lian Hearn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780733635229
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Across the Nightingale Floor written by Lian Hearn and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-27 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the Nightingale Floor is Book 1 in the five-part Tales of the Otori series. More than four million copies have been sold in over 36 countries.'The best story of magic, love, sex, revenge and suspense to have come this way since Philip Pullman' Independent On Sunday (UK) In his fortress at Inuyama, the murderous warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it unheard. Brought up in a remote village among the Hidden, a reclusive and spiritual people, Takeo has learned only the ways of peace. Why, then, does he possess the deadly skills that make him so valuable to the sinister Tribe? These supernatural powers will lead him to his violent destiny within the walls of Inuyama - and to an impossible longing for a girl who can never be his. His journey is one of revenge and treachery, beauty and magic, and the passion of first love. 'masterful storytelling ... a fantastic read' The Age Coming soon - the spellbinding new TALE OF SHIKANOKO, set 300 years before Otori: THE EMPEROR OF THE EIGHT ISLANDS (Books 1 & 2 in THE TALE OF SHIKANOKO) and THE LORD OF THE DARKWOOD (Books 3 & 4).PRAISE FOR THE TALES OF THE OTORI 'An engrossing fantasy saga of literary quality.' The Age'Lian Hearn's marvellous storytelling talent ... makes reading these books a moment of pure bliss.' Le Monde'an enthralling and original work of fantasy' The Times

The Harsh Cry Of The Heron

Author : Lian Hearn
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0733625290
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (336 download)

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Download or read book The Harsh Cry Of The Heron written by Lian Hearn and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-05-11 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOUR MILLION COPIES SOLD. In 40 languages. One of the most thrilling series of our time. Enter the feudal world of the Otori - filled with magic, treachery and intrigue - inspired by medieval Japan and created by acclaimed Australian author, Lian Hearn. 'The best story of magic, love, sex, revenge and suspense to have come this way since Philip Pullman.' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Lord Otori Takeo and his consort Kaede have ruled for over sixteen years. The Three Countries are rich, peaceful and prosperous. The sacred birds, the Houou, nest at Terayama and a fabled creature, the Kirin, has appeared on their shores. Heaven seems to smile on them. Yet their very success has drawn them to the attention of the distant Emperor and his general, the warlord Saga Hideki, who covet the wealth of the Three Countries,especially Takeo's heir, his eldest daughter Shigeko, now of marriageable age. At the same time, the renegade Tribe family, the Kikuta, seek revenge on Takeo for the murder of their leader. Everything Takeo and Kaede have achieved is threatened. INCLUDES an extract from HEAVEN'S NET IS WIDE PLUS three chapters of EMPEROR OF THE EIGHT ISLANDS, the first novel in Lian Hearn's spellbinding new Tale of Shikanoko series. 'One of the most thrilling series of our time.' THE TIMES '... a world that is rich with character and detail, yet effortless to read' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 'An engrossing fantasy saga of literary quality.' THE AGE 'Lian Hearn's marvellous storytelling talent ... makes reading these books a moment of pure bliss.' LE MONDE

Grass for His Pillow

Author : Lian Hearn
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0330477226
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Grass for His Pillow written by Lian Hearn and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grass for His Pillow is the second novel in Lian Hearn's astonishingly beautiful series inspired by feudal Japan, Tales of the Otori. In the ancient Oriental lands of the Otori, amidst a time of violent war, famine and treacherous alliances, the fate of the young lovers Otori Takeo and Shirakawa Kaede hangs in the balance . . . Takeo, heir to the great Otori clan, has pledged his life to the secret Tribe. His supernatural skills of virtual invisibility and acute hearing make him their most deadly assassin. But he must deny the solemn oath of vengeance he made, his adopted birthright of wealth, land and power – and his love for Kaede. If he does not devote himself entirely to the brutal ways of the Tribe, they will kill him. Whichever path he chooses, it will lead to hardship and sacrifice in the bitter winter of the high mountains, and test him to the limits of his being. Kaede, heiress to vast lands, is now the valuable pawn of ruthless warlords. She must use her intelligence, beauty and cunning to assert her place in a world of all-powerful men – who must never suspect the dangerous secret she hides.

Brilliance of the Moon

Author : Lian Hearn
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781594480867
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Brilliance of the Moon written by Lian Hearn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-06-07 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Nightingale Floor delves deeper into the complex loyalties that bind its characters from birth. Filled with adventure and surprising twists of plot and fortune, this third book in the Tales of the Otori series travels beyond the Three Countries, to the outside influences that threaten to intrude upon this isolated realm.

Grass for His Pillow

Author : Lian Hearn
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1594480036
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (944 download)

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Download or read book Grass for His Pillow written by Lian Hearn and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grass for His Pillow is the second book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn. Don't miss the related series, The Tale of Shikanoko. Praised for its epic scope and descriptive detail, Across the Nightingale Floor, the first book in the Tales of the Otori series, was an international bestseller and critical success, named by the London Times as "the most compelling novel to have been published this year." With Grass for His Pillow, Book Two, we return to the medieval Japan of Lian Hearn's creation—a land of harsh beauty and deceptive appearances. In a complex social hierarchy, amid dissembling clans and fractured allegiances, there is no place for passionate young love. The orphan Takeo has been condemned to work as an assassin—an enforced occupation that his father sacrificed his own life to escape. Meanwhile, Takeo’s beloved Shirakawa Kaede, heir to the Murayama and alone in the world, must find a way to unify the domain she has inherited, as she fights off the advances of would-be suitors and hopes against fading hope that Takeo will return to her...

Grass for His Pillow

Author : Lian Hearn
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1509837817
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Grass for His Pillow written by Lian Hearn and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Across the Nightingale Floor

Author : Lian Hearn
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101215623
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Across the Nightingale Floor written by Lian Hearn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-06-03 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An international bestseller, Across the Nightingale Floor is the first book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn. Don't miss the related series, The Tale of Shikanoko. In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it unheard. The youth Takeo has been brought up in a remote mountain village among the Hidden, a reclusive and spiritual people who have taught him only the ways of peace. But unbeknownst to him, his father was a celebrated assassin and a member of the Tribe, an ancient network of families with extraordinary, preternatural skills. When Takeo's village is pillaged, he is rescued and adopted by the mysterious Lord Otori Shigeru. Under the tutelage of Shigeru, he learns that he too possesses the skills of the Tribe. And, with this knowledge, he embarks on a journey that will lead him across the famed nightingale floor—and to his own unimaginable destiny...

The Crossover Novel

Author : Rachel Falconer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135865019
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book The Crossover Novel written by Rachel Falconer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-10-21 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Highly recommended" by Choice While crossover books such as Rowling's Harry Potter series have enjoyed enormous sales and media attention, critical analysis of crossover fiction has not kept pace with the growing popularity of this new category of writing and reading. Falconer remedies this lack with close readings of six major British works of crossover fiction, and a wide-ranging analysis of the social and cultural implications of the global crossover phenomenon. A uniquely in-depth study of the crossover novel, Falconer engages with a ground-breaking range of sources, from primary texts, to child and adult reader responses, to cultural and critical theory.

Crossover Fiction

Author : Sandra L. Beckett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135861293
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Crossover Fiction written by Sandra L. Beckett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-11-24 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Crossover Fiction, Sandra L. Beckett explores the global trend of crossover literature and explains how it is transforming literary canons, concepts of readership, the status of authors, the publishing industry, and bookselling practices. This study will have significant relevance across disciplines, as scholars in literary studies, media and cultural studies, visual arts, education, psychology, and sociology examine the increasingly blurred borderlines between adults and young people in contemporary society, notably with regard to their consumption of popular culture.

Six Summers - A Memoir

Author : Vincent Tipre
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN 13 : 159858412X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Six Summers - A Memoir written by Vincent Tipre and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary writer Patricia Highsmith is best remembered today for her chilling psychological thrillersThe Talented Mr. RipleyandStrangers on a Train. A critically acclaimed best seller in Europe, Highsmith has for too long been underappreciated in the United States. Starting in 2011, Grove Press will begin to reissue nine of Highsmith’s works.Elevenis Highsmith’s first collection of short stories, an arresting group of dark masterpieces of obsession and foreboding, violence and instability. Here naturalists meet gruesome ends and unhinged heroes disturb our sympathies. This is a captivating, important collection from “one of the truly brilliant short-story writers of the twentieth century” (Otto Penzler).

Here Be Dragons

Author : Stefan Ekman
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 081957323X
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Here Be Dragons written by Stefan Ekman and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First in-depth study of the use of landscape in fantasy literature

Brilliance of the Moon

Author : Lian Hearn
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101217286
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Brilliance of the Moon written by Lian Hearn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-06-07 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Nightingale Floor delves deeper into the complex loyalties that bind its characters from birth. Filled with adventure and surprising twists of plot and fortune, this third book in the Tales of the Otori series travels beyond the Three Countries, to the outside influences that threaten to intrude upon this isolated realm.

Connecting Boys with Books 2

Author : Michael Sullivan
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 0838909795
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Connecting Boys with Books 2 written by Michael Sullivan and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2009 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work, Sullivan digs deeper, melding his own experiences as an activist with perspectives gleaned from other industry experts to help you learn about the books that boys love to read, uncover the signs that point to the reading gap, find creative programming ideas to match boys' interests, and more.

Serving Boys through Readers' Advisory

Author : Michael Sullivan
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 0838990150
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Serving Boys through Readers' Advisory written by Michael Sullivan and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on more than twenty years’ experience working to get boys interested in reading, Michael Sullivan now offers his first readers’ advisory volume.

Teaching Creative Writing

Author : Graeme Harper
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780826477262
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (772 download)

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Download or read book Teaching Creative Writing written by Graeme Harper and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-06-23 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring a collection of twelve teaching-focused essays, this work includes an introduction to the subject of creative writing by Graeme Harper. Each chapter draws on key points about the nature of teaching and learning creative writing, and covers vario

Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy [2 volumes]

Author : Robin Anne Reid
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313054746
Total Pages : 789 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy [2 volumes] written by Robin Anne Reid and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 789 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Works of science fiction and fantasy increasingly explore gender issues, feature women as central characters, and are written by women writers. This book examines women's contributions to science fiction and fantasy across a range of media and genres, such as fiction, nonfiction, film, television, art, comics, graphic novels, and music. The first volume offers survey essays on major topics, such as sexual identities, fandom, women's writing groups, and feminist spirituality; the second provides alphabetically arranged entries on more specific subjects, such as Hindu mythology, Toni Morrison, magical realism, and Margaret Atwood. Entries are written by expert contributors and cite works for further reading, and the set closes with a selected, general bibliography. Students and general readers love science fiction and fantasy. And science fiction and fantasy works increasingly explore gender issues, feature women as central characters, and are written by women writers. Older works demonstrate attitudes toward women in times past, while more recent works grapple with contemporary social issues. This book helps students use science fiction and fantasy to understand the contributions of women writers, the representation of women in the media, and the experiences of women in society.

Lafcadio Hearn in International Perspectives

Author : Sukehiro Hirakawa
Publisher : Global Oriental
ISBN 13 : 9004213473
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Lafcadio Hearn in International Perspectives written by Sukehiro Hirakawa and published by Global Oriental. This book was released on 2007-03-29 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The East-West controversy over the significance and relevance of Lafcadio Hearn as a writer, thinker and interpreter of Japan continues unabated. Not surprisingly, the centenary of his death in 2004 presented an occasion for renewed debate and discussion by both sides of the divide. This volume, edited by one of Hearn’s leading contemporary apologists, in which he is also a significant contributor, presents twenty-two diverse essays drawn from over seventy papers delivered at conferences held in four cities in Japan in 2004, as well as at other international conferences that took place earlier. The contributors are Joan Blythe, John Clubbe, Susan Fisher, Ted Goosen, George Hughes, Yoko Makino, Peter McIvor, Hitobe Nabae, Cody Poulton and Masaru Toda. Their contributions range from Sukehiro Hirakawa’s ‘ A Reappraisal’ to Joan Blythe’s ‘Enduring Value of Lafcadio Hearn’s Tokyo Lectures’.