Basil: 239 books

*Considered to be a guiding work for westerners on the subject of Japan and things and topics particular to Japan

Cornwalls Legend Land, Volume 1, is a collection of the folk tales in Cornwall, England. The collection includes tales originating from the cities on stops by the Great Western Railway, which first published the book. This version is illustrated, specially formatted, and includes a Table of Contents.

“The Rose of Persia; or, The Story-Teller and the Slave” is a comic musical opera written by Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert in 1899. Gilbert and Sullivan were a Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the librettist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)....

The story of a minister who, suffering from an incurable disease, passes through the pangs of death--and experiences a sort of Pantheistic revelation, in which he discovers God manifest even in his bedroom furniture! The book no doubt is fruit of the author's sincere desire to answer for himself and his fellows some of the eternal questionings of the soul. 

It only took an instant for the world to come crashing down. The bombs came first, and the troops were close behind. Life in the dream that was America ceased when a deadly new alliance of Communist states from Russia, China, and their allies invaded from the North. The invasion splits...

A nearly forgotten bunker in the frozen wastes of Alaska is hiding a weapon that could end the world. And only Marcus Johnson and his team can keep it from falling into the worst possible hands. Retired Marine Master Sergeant Marcus “Mojo” Johnson – returned to his family homestead in...

This volume is the first to provide a book-length study of Pinter’s overtly political activity. With chapters on political drama, poetry, and speeches, it charts a consistent tension between aesthetics and politics through Pinter’s later career and defines the politics of the work in terms of...

Some of the soldier poets of the Great War, 1914 to 1918: Ivor Gurney, Robert Graves, Charles Sorley, Seigried Sassoon, Rupert Brooke, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, Edgell Rickword , John McCrae , Ewart Alan MacIntosh, Robert Nichols, Wilfred Wilson Gibson, Julian Grenfell, John William Streets,...

In recent years, great interest has been focused on the field of neurobiology. In the last decade, various international and regional meetings, symposia, seminars and workshops have been organized to discuss brain regions such as the hypothalamus, cerebellum, medulla, cortex and hippocampus. A number...

This comprehensive reference work describes and illustrates some 200 types of inshore craft that once fished and traded, under oar and sail, around the coasts of the British Isles. The types are arranged by coastal area and each is described in terms of its shape and design, fitness for location...

Of all the mass of Japanese literature, which lies before us as the result of nearly twelve centuries of book-making, the most important Monument is the work entitled "Ko-ji-ki"1 or "Records of Ancient Matters," which was completed in A. D. 712. It is the most important because it has preserved for us...

This book is written for those who are aware of their situation. They are believers who know the powers of darkness to overcome. It is a guide to enter into the supernatural arena armed with the precious blood of Jesus Christ to destroy the work of the devil. He does this by leading the believers...

Subjects and Simulations presents essays focused on suffering and sublimity, representation and subjectivity, and the relation of truth and appearance in the twenty-first century. Inspired by the work of Jean Baudrillard, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe and JeanLuc Nancy, sixteen authors study how the real...

Now fully revised and updated The Book of Saints is a comprehensive biographical dictionary of saints canonised by the Roman Catholic Church. It contains the names of over 10,000 saints, including all modern ones, with significant information about their lives and achievements. Each section begins...