Tales of Old San Francisco: The Rich Past of America`s Most Magical City, Earnshaw Graham
Автор: Earnshaw Graham Название: Tales of Old Shanghai ISBN: 9881762111 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789881762115 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3308.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: There has never been a place like Shanghai - the layers and depth of richness that the city possesses is extraordinary with its rich and cosmopolitan mixture of East and West. This book provides a glimpse into that world with a mish-mash of photos, newspaper clippings, cartoons and writings to bring back to life those far-off days.
Описание: "The Formosa Fraud," known for most his life as George Psalmanazar, prepared his memoirs for publication after his death in 1764, but even then he did not directly admit the fraud, and never revealed what his real name was. The Memoirs of "* * * *"--that is, the memoirs of George Psalmanzar--are a crucial part of the story of the deception, and provide a highly entertaining account of his youth in France. His pretense of being a Formosan allowed him to escape rural poverty and live most of his life in the world's great city of the time--London.
This book is a companion to The Formosa Fraud, by Graham Earnshaw, which details the stupendous fraud perpetrated by Psalmanazar. He claimed he was born on the island of Formosa (Taiwan) and made up an entire fantasy for the island with a fake history, a fake language and long list of outrageous claims that became the book, A Description of Formosa, which was a publishing sensation in London in 1704. Even the Bishop of London swallowed Psalmanazar's story and invited him to teach his (fake) Formosan language at Oxford University. The Memoirs of "* * * *" provides the background to the story of one of the great frauds in literary history.
Автор: Earnshaw Graham Название: Lost China: Travel Classics from the Ages ISBN: 9888552120 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789888552122 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3515.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Foreign adventurers have been tramping around China for centuries, and this book presents some of the best of the stories from the dozens of travel memoirs published, particularly in the golden era of the late nineteenth century. These accounts, abridged and explained, concentrate on the gripping details with a constant commentary on the significance of what is being recounted. They are a window into old China and also into the mentality of the adventurers. Lost China is a digestible and exciting way of meeting some of the greatest travelers of a bygone age.
Автор: Earnshaw, Steven Название: Existential drinker ISBN: 0719099617 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719099618 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 17952.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Looks at the nineteenth-century convergence of a new kind of excessive, habitual drinking, and a new way of thinking about the self, which we came to label `existential`. -- .
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