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Hōjōki Chōmei Kamo · 1892 · ★ 3.8 · 79p · ≈ 2h · Challenging A luminous translation of the classic Buddhist poem.Japan's capital city of Kyoto was devastated by earthquake, storm, and fire in the late 12th century. Retreating from "this unkind world," the poet and Buddhist priest Kamo-no-Chomei left the capital for the forested mountains, where he eventually constructed his famous "ten-foot-square" hut.  From this solitary vantage point Chomei… Shares: Japanese Literature, Japan, Social life and customs

Tales of old Japan A. B. Mitford · 1871 · 383p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Compiled by a British diplomat and published in 1871, "Tales of Old Japan" is an anthology of short stories that makes earlier centuries of Japanese life vibrantly immediate to the contemporary reader. They focus on various facets of everyday existence in ancient Japan, from numerous rituals, like hara-kiri and marriage, to sermons and fairy tales indicative of desirable traits and… Shares: Japan, Tales, Social life and customs

雨月物語 上田 秋成 · 1903 · ★ 3.8 · 244p · ≈ 8h · Challenging 巷に跋扈する異界の者たちを呼び寄せる深い闇の世界を、卓抜した筆致で描ききった短篇怪異小説集。秋成壮年の傑作。崇徳院が眠る白峯の御陵を訪ねた西行の前に現れたのは Based on the first woodblock edition of 1776 with illustrations and an introduction for Western readers. Translated and edited by Leon M. Zolbrod Ugetsu Monogatari, or Tales of Moonlight and Rain numbers among the best-loved Japanese classics. These nine illustrated tales of the supernatural from eighteenth-century… Shares: Japan, Tales, Paranormal, Social life and customs

Scary stories to tell in the dark Alvin Schwartz · 1981 · ★ 4.4 · 111p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories. Shares: American Ghost stories, Tales

The wind in the rose-bush Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman · 1903 · ★ 4.2 · 148p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Six ghost stories from small-town 19th century America. Shares: American Ghost stories, Paranormal, Social life and customs

The Room In The Dragon Volant Sheridan Le Fanu · 2002 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The Room in the Dragon Volant is somewhat unusual for le Fanu, since it’s not really a supernatural tale. It does however have plenty of gothic elements and some genuine horror, and it’s an ingenious and entertaining tale. Shares: Paranormal

Cameos Marie Corelli · 1895 · ★ 3.4 · 291p · ≈ 9h · Challenging The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century’s most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of… Shares: Paranormal

The essence of Japanese cuisine Michael Ashkenazi · 2000 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The past few years have shown a growing interest in cooking and food, as a result of international food issues such as BSE, world trade and mass foreign travel, and at the same time there has been growing interest in Japanese Studies since the 1970s. This volume brings together the two interests of Japan and food, examining both from a number of perspectives. The book reflects on the social and… Shares: Japan, Social life and customs

The Book of Tea Okakura Kakuzō · 1900 · ★ 3.9 · 54p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the eighth century, it entered the realm of poetry as one of the polite amusements. The fifteenth century saw Japan ennoble it into a religion of aestheticism - Teaism. Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual… Shares: Japan, Social life and customs

Barefoot Gen Vol. 4, Barefoot Gen Vol. 5 (Splitting Works needed) 中沢 啓治 · 1978 · ★ 5.0 · 284p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In this graphic depiction of nuclear devastation, three survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima--Gen, his mother, and his baby sister--face rejection, hunger, and humiliation in their search for a place to live. Shares: Japan, Social life and customs

The Alhambra Washington Irving · 1800 · ★ 3.6 · 104p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Verhalen over het gebouwencomplex in Granada, dat eigendom was van de laatste islamitische vorsten in Spanje. Shares: Tales, Social life and customs

Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden · 1997 · ★ 4.2 · 551p · ≈ 18h · Moderate A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and startlingly immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. It begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a… Shares: Japan, Social life and customs

Ghost story Peter Straub · 1979 · ★ 3.9 · 507p · ≈ 16h · Moderate In a seedy motel in Florida, a young man holds captive a little girl in a soiled pink dress. He is anxious, tormented, introspective. She is calm, passive, strangely detached. She says her name is Angie Maule. Shares: Paranormal

The elixir of life (Auriol) William Harrison Ainsworth · 1844 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Auriol: or, The Elixir of Life is a novel by British historical novelist William Harrison Ainsworth. It was first published in 1844 in serial form, under the title Revelations of London. Auriol, written 1844, is slightly unusual in the Ainsworth repertoire as the action is entirely couched as a fantasy, so that the supernatural element (which occurs also, for instance, in his Guy Fawkes and his… Shares: Paranormal

With the immortals Francis Marion Crawford · 1888 · 314p · ≈ 10h · Challenging The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century’s most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of… Shares: Paranormal

Blackfoot Lodge Tales George Bird Grinnell · 1892 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Challenging This collection of powerful stories reveals the complex and wondrous world of the Blackfoot nation in the nineteenth century. The thirty tales transcribed by George Bird Grinnell provide an intimate look into Blackfoot culture and philosophy and remind us of tribal values to be upheld and taught. Shares: Tales, Social life and customs

Eat, Slay, Love Jesse Petersen · 2011 · ★ 3.7 Two zombie apocalypse survivors search for a cure and fight the undead together in this inventive and darkly funny romantic comedy perfect for fans of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Sarah and David have survived the zombie apocalypse. They stood side by side and fought the undead, mad scientists, and even bionic monsters until the unthinkable happened. A zombie bite. But not even that could… Shares: Paranormal

Never Whistle at Night Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. · 2023 · ★ 3.8 · 444p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai’po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear—and… Shares: Paranormal

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