Author : William Seabrook
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 49,76 MB
Release : 2016-04-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 048679962X
This 1929 volume offers firsthand accounts of Haitian voodoo and witchcraft rituals. Author William Seabrook introduced the concept of the walking dead to the West with this illustrated travelogue.
Author : William Buehler Seabrook
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,51 MB
Release : 2019
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Elizabeth Waterston
Publisher : Oxford University Press Canada
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 19,55 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
L.M.Montgomery grew up in Prince Edward Island, a real place of "politics and potatoes." But it's her fictional island, a richly textured imaginative landscape that has captivated a world of readers since 1908, when Anne of Green Gables became the first of Montgomery's long string of bestsellers. In this wide-ranging and highly readable book, Elizabeth Waterston uses the term "magic" to suggest that peculiar, indefinable combination of attributes that unpredictably results in creative genius. Montgomery's intelligence, her drive, and her sense of humour are essential components of this success. Waterston also features what Montgomery called her "dream life," a "strange inner life of fancy which had always existed side by side with my outer life." This special ability to look beyond the veil, to access vibrant inner vistas, produced deceptively layered fictions out of a life that saw not just its share of both fame and ill fortune, but also what Waterston calls "dark passions." A true reader's guide, Magic Island explores the world of L.M. Montgomery in a way never done before. Each chapter of Magic Island discusses a different Montgomery book, following their progression chronologically. Waterston draws parallels between Montgomery's internal "island," her personal life, her professional career, and the characters in her novels. Designed to be read alongside the new biography of Montgomery by Mary Rubio, this is the first book to reinterpret Montgomery's writing in light of important new information about her life. A must-read for any Montgomery fan, Magic Island offers a fresh and insightful look at the world of L.M. Montgomery and the "magic" of artistic creation.
Author : Doug Hansen
Publisher : Heyday Books
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 45,15 MB
Release : 2014-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781597143325
Summoned by Queen Calafia to the island of California, twenty-six animals of the state of California introduce themselves, their homeland, and the people who dwell there.
Author : Joe Ollmann
Publisher : Drawn & Quarterly
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,41 MB
Release : 2021-04-29
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1770463607
The daring and destructive life of the man who popularized the word "zombie" In the early twentieth century, travel writing represented the desire for the expanding bourgeoisie to experience the exotic cultures of the world past their immediate surroundings. Journalist William Buehler Seabrook was emblematic of this trend – participating in voodoo ceremonies, riding camels cross the Sahara desert, communing with cannibals and most notably, popularizing the term “zombie” in the West. A string of his bestselling books show an engaged, sympathetic gentleman hoping to share these strange, hidden delights with the rest of the world. He was willing to go deeper than any outsider had before. But, of course, there was a dark side. Seabrook was a barely functioning alcoholic who was deeply obsessed with bondage and the so-called mystical properties of pain and degradation. His life was a series of traveling highs and drunken lows; climbing on and falling off the wagon again and again. What led the popular and vivid writer to such a sad state? Cartoonist Joe Ollmann spent seven years researching Seabrook’s life, accessing long neglected archives in order to piece together the peripatetic life of a forgotten American writer. Often weaving in Seabrook’s own words and those of his biographers, Ollmann posits Seabrook the believer versus Seabrook the exploiter, and leaves the reader to consider where one ends and the other begins.
Author : Michael Teitelbaum
Publisher : Golden Books
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 29,76 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780307117540
Author : Elizabeth Goudge
Publisher :
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 14,35 MB
Release : 2008-03-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781434890733
Island Magic (1934), a beautiful story of the Channel Islands in the nineteenth century, was Elizabeth Goudge's first novel and stands as one of her finest. It tells of Rachel and Andre du Froq and their exuberant children, and the mysterious stranger who washes up from the sea and becomes entwined in their lives. [Also available: the sequel, "Make-Believe" by Elizabeth Goudge.]
Author : Irene Edwards
Publisher :
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 38,82 MB
Release : 2020-11-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781838280505
A 'magical' illustrated adventure fantasy tale for children of dragons, wizards and witches. Imagine yourself making a wish...and it suddenly becoming granted.
Author : Zai Whitaker
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,88 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)
ISBN : 9788123765006
Author : Nicole Magistro
Publisher : Read Island, LLC
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 37,32 MB
Release : 2021-09-14
Category :
ISBN : 9781736523308
Join a very brave girl and her furry friends on an adventure to Read Island! Through the power of imagination and the pleasure of reading, this curious trio set sail for a magical island made of books. On their way they discover a joyful collection of animals converging by sea and land, just in time for an unforgettable story hour. A rhyming celebration of nature, books and the importance of stories, Read Island invites you to experience the diversity and wonder of a hidden and wild place. In the company of sea wolves, humpback whales and spirit bears, readers will discover simple meditations that summon a magical destination - one filled with beloved friends, safe spaces and stories to be revisited again and again. For make-believe though it may look, There is an island made of books. This world of stories, safe and true, Is always here to welcome you.
