Charles Fowkes Libros

English, Chinese, Japanese

Cuentos maravillosos, fábulas de animales, historias de amor, relatos de crímenes, narraciones picarescas, literatura de viajes, cuentos de carácter didáctico, novelas de caballería, etc., son sólo algunos de los materiales que forman el texto íntegro de Las Mil y Una Noches, uno de los libros más maravillosos de la literatura universal. Julio Samsó ha incorporado a esta antología, de la que también es traductor, las muestras más interesantes del mismo, entre las que no pueden faltar los viajes de Sindbad el Marino, así como otros relatos llenos de prodigios, exotismo y sabiduría oriental.

Posing as a wandering dervish, Burton gained admittance to the holy Kaabah and to the tomb of the prophet at Medina and participated in all the rituals of the Hadj (pilgrimage). A treasury of material on Arab life, beliefs, manners and morals, and much more. Volume One starts with the Preface to the Memorial Edition by his wife, Isabel Burton

A guide to the capital’s most terrifying and spooky corners – enter at your peril.London has been the site of executions, murders, betrayals and treason. It is said you can see the Ripper’s victims on street corners, hear the screams of Guy Fawkes at the Tower of London, and much, much more.Discover what lurks behind the normal life of the capital city. Watch out for the mysterious monk commemorating the only act of violence in Westminster Abbey and keep your eyes peeled in Whitechapel for the tragic ghostly figure of Mary Ann Nicholls, the first victim of the gruesome Jack the Ripper.Step inside this guide and walk the ancient streets of Haunted London. Grouped by area and covering hundreds of years of supernatural spooky tales, this guide is sure to shock anyone. A city almost as full of ghosts as it is of tourists, London is full of ghoulish and eerie histories to make you shudder – read on if you dare…

Der zweite Band des ursprünglichen Leitfadens für die Liebe, gefüllt mit zeitloser Weisheit über die Beziehungen zwischen den Geschlechtern und illustriert von dem großen französischen erotischen Künstler Georges Pichard.