Forbidden Journeys

Forbidden Journeys
Author: Nina Auerbach
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2014-12-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 022623052X

This “darkly entertaining” story collection is “a significant contribution to nineteenth-century cultural history, and especially feminist studies" (United Press International). In the 1870s and 1880s, children’s literature saw some astonishingly bold and innovative writing by women authors. As these eleven dark and wild stories demonstrate, fairy tales by Victorian women constitute a distinct literary tradition, one that was startlingly subversive for its time. While writers such as Lewis Carroll and J.M. Barrie wrote nostalgic tales that pined for lost youth, their female counterparts had more serious—at times unsettling—concerns. From Anne Thackeray Ritchie’s adaptations of "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood" to Christina Rossetti’s unsettling anti-fantasies in Speaking Likenesses, the stories collected here are breathtaking acts of imaginative freedom, by turns amusing, charming, and disturbing. Besides their social and historical implications, they are extraordinary works of fiction, full of strange delights for readers of any age. "The editors’ intelligent and fascinating commentary reveals ways in which these stories defied the Victorian patriarchy."—Allyson F. McGill, Belles Lettres

Forbidden Journey

Forbidden Journey
Author: Ella K. Maillart
Publisher: Hesperides Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2008-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 144372310X

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Journey Through the Forbidden Forest

Journey Through the Forbidden Forest
Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2017-02-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481480596

Travel through the mysterious Forbidden Forest in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read book based on Sony Pictures Animation’s all-new, fully computer animated feature film, Smurfs: The Lost Village. Smurfs: The Lost Village—starring the voices of Demi Lovato as Smurfette, Rainn Wilson as Gargamel, Mandy Patinkin as Papa Smurf, Jack McBrayer as Clumsy, Danny Pudi as Brainy, and Joe Manganiello as Hefty—hits theaters April 7, 2017! Take a tour of the Forbidden Forest and discover the lost village of Smurfs in this book that reads like a visitor’s guide! Fans of the movie will love meeting the new Smurfs, seeing how they protect their village from intruders, learning about dragonfly-riding, and more!

Danziger's Travels

Danziger's Travels
Author: Nick Danziger
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1993
Genre: Asia
ISBN: 0586087060

This account describes the author's adventures during an 18-month journey beyond forbidden frontiers in Asia. With minimal equipment and disguised as an itinerant Muslim, he hitch-hiked and walked through southern Turkey, and the Iran of the Ayatollahs, entering Afghanistan illegally in the wake of a convoy of Chinese weapons and then spent months dodging Russian helicopter gunships with the rebel guerillas. He was the first foreigner to cross from Pakistan into the closed western province of China since the revolution on 1949.

When Faith Is Forbidden

When Faith Is Forbidden
Author: Todd Nettleton
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2021-03-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802499465

Winner of the ECPA Book Award Journey alongside Persecuted Christians Take a 40-day journey to meet brothers and sisters who share in the sufferings of Christ. When Faith Is Forbidden takes you to meet a Chinese Christian woman who called six months in prison "a wonderful time," an Iraqi pastor and his wife just eight days after assassins' bullets ripped into his flesh, and others from our spiritual family who've suffered greatly for wearing the name of Christ. Each stop on this 40-day journey includes inspiration and encouragement through the story of a persecuted believer. You’ll also find space for reflection and a suggested prayer as you grow to understand the realities of living under persecution—and learn from the examples of the bold believers you'll meet. For more than 20 years, Todd Nettleton (host of The Voice of the Martyrs Radio) has traveled the world to interview hundreds of Christians who’ve been persecuted for the name of Christ. Now he opens his memory bank—and even his personal journals—to take you along to meet bold believers who will inspire you to a deeper walk with Christ.

Forbidden Journey

Forbidden Journey
Author: Barbara M. Foster
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Total Pages: 430
Release: 1987
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Alexandra David-Neel was a writer, explorer and traveler, pioneer feminist and authority on Tibetan Buddhist trantric rites. Born in Paris in 1868, she led a life marked by adventure and fame. She is especially celebrated for her journey, at age 54, through bandit-filled forests in the dead of winter to Lhasa, Tibet.

Journey to the Forbidden City

Journey to the Forbidden City
Author: Deepa Agarwal
Publisher: India Puffin
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2020-01-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9780143449911

Nineteenth-century Tibet was an unknown entity, a complete geographical mystery to the West. Where did its capital city Lhasa lie? Which rivers, lakes and mountains stretched across this land? Where were its fabled monasteries and legendary goldfields? And did the magical flying lamas actually exist? It was next to impossible for a white man to enter this rigorously guarded territory. And so was chosen an intrepid Indian explorer from the mountains of Kumaon-Nain Singh Rawat. Trekking across this country, he risked life and limb and donned innumerable clever disguises as he surveyed the vast expanses and identified countless villages, cities and people. From putting Lhasa accurately on the world map to earning the title of Pundit, his eventful and often arduous travels led to his name being permanently engraved in the annals of Indian exploration. Based on his actual diaries, this gripping narrative is also a tribute to the indomitable spirit of this fascinating man, who rose from being an impoverished village schoolteacher to a legendary hero.

The Forbidden Garden

The Forbidden Garden
Author: Ellen Herrick
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2017-04-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0062499963

“Captivating [...] Herrick weaves a rich tapestry of family lore, dark secrets, and love.” —Brunonia Barry, New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader and The Fifth Petal Perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Sarah Jio, comes a lush imaginative novel that takes readers into the heart of a mysterious English country garden, waiting to spring to life. Every garden is a story, waiting to be told… At the nursery she runs with her sisters on the New England coast, Sorrel Sparrow has honed her rare gift for nurturing plants and flowers. Now that reputation, and a stroke of good timing, lands Sorrel an unexpected opportunity: reviving a long-dormant Shakespearean garden on an English country estate. Arriving at Kirkwood Hall, ancestral home of Sir Graham Kirkwood and his wife Stella, Sorrel is shocked by the desolate state of the walled garden. Generations have tried—and failed—to bring it back to glory. Sorrel senses heartbreak and betrayal here, perhaps even enchantment. Intrigued by the house’s history—especially the haunting tapestries that grace its walls—and increasingly drawn to Stella’s enigmatic brother, Sorrel sets to work. And though she knows her true home is across the sea with her sisters, instinct tells her that the English garden’s destiny is entwined with her own, if she can only unravel its secrets…

Journey to the Forbidden China

Journey to the Forbidden China
Author: Steven W. Mosher
Publisher:
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1985
Genre: History
ISBN:

An anthropologist offers a portrait of a China few foreigners ever see--an area of extreme poverty, malnutrition, and ignorance in the forbidden heartland of modern China.

The Forbidden

The Forbidden
Author: Lori Holmes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2020-04-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781838029821

As the blood settles into the snow, Rebaa's life will never be the same again. Lost, alone and damingly burdened with her murdered lover's Forbidden offspring, Rebaa must learn to survive in a freezing and hostile world. Hunted by a murderous chieftain, a man hell-bent on possessing her mysterious powers for his own, Rebaa calls upon all of her cunning and extraordinary gifts to evade capture. Facing relentless danger, Rebaa must attempt to reach the one place that surely promises salvation; she can only hope that her ancestral home is the haven she needs it to be... But can any haven truly exist for one who bears...The Forbidden?