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John Fraser
Think Zen and the Art of Spending the Night in a Haunted House, a celebration of the dream of finding something undiscovered and different.
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ETERNITY concludes the long series of tales, novellas and novels by John Fraser as he explores the multitude of forms of human life.
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Fraser's latest novel is about Life: mysteries and chance, the impossibility of making a philosophy from what is determinate and universal, and what is invention and potential.
Dr John Fraser
The Samoan Story of Creation by Dr. John Fraser delves into the ancient origins of Samoa, exploring the rich heritage of the Samoan people.
John Foster Fraser
"The Amazing Argentine" is a travelogue written by John Foster Fraser. Published in 1914, the book likely explores various aspects of Argentina during that time, including its culture, society, and…
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James Alexander Fraser, John Fraser
This book is a moving tribute to the life and career of John Fraser, a distinguished soldier and statesman of the 19th century. Drawing on personal recollections and archival materials…
James Alexander Fraser
Memoir of the Life of Lieutenant-General John Fraser is a biographical account of the life of John Fraser, a Lieutenant-General in the British Army during the 18th and early 19th…
What happens when the universe of rules, reason, order and controlled disorder comes apart? How do intellectuals - devoted to inquiry and reflection, offering work and refuge to the displaced…
Join Jon Fraser on an immersive journey through Japan as he delves into the wonders of this captivating country. This intriguing book offers a glimpse into expat life in Japan…
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Is the Poltergeist ‘Syndrome’ the only type of paranormal phenomena that can really be proven?
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1879.
John Fraser’s critical essays explore conflicting attitudes towards self-affirmation and social order. Important concerns that touch these essays are ideas of energy, power, and personal plenitude, and the way in…
What is victory? What would victory actually be in our present world? What would revolution be - and what would happen after? In John Fraser’s latest novel, Mack leaves his…
A novel containing three thematically linked stores. Two Palestinians escape to humble, humiliating work in Belgium. A bright country girl, seduced by her teacher, seeks speed, which does not end…
An attempt to prove that vaccination with its compulsory law, - Instead of being a general blessing, is a universal curse: in a series of letters addressed to the Right…
John Fraser’s latest work of fiction, Happy Always, asks: what is human culture? Does it change through time, or is it always rooted in our species, the animal within? Do…
‘S’ is a novel about what makes a person a person - and a ‘good’ person or ‘bad’ one - and poses the question: What do we become when we…
With Hints On Success In Life; Examples Of Successful Men; The Blessings Of Loving Mothers, Careful Housewives, Clean, Cozy Homes, Ballads, Poetry, Fiction, Etc., Etc.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.
Chaucer to Longfellow - A choice selection of lectures on English literature; giving a comprehensive survey of the Saxon language; and how to master it. Vol. 2 is an unchanged…
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1887 Edition.
Also Illustrated By A. Vogt And W. L. Fraser.
John Fraser explores a paradox about the USA: that a country dedicated to rationality, progress, equality and success has always had a strong attachment to the medieval ideas of nobility…
Or round the globe in sixty chapters: showing how to get on in the world with hints on success in life; examples of successful men; the blessing of loving mothers…
Fraser’s novel about political commitment and liberation set around the year 1968 reflects the high season of Guevara in Bolivia and attempts to insert a revolutionary foco in places where…
A selection of short stories and poems together with the novella ‘Black Masks’.
The Red Tank is a contemporary literary novel by a dazzlingly inventive writer looking anew at the human project in the globalized 21st century as though from a Martian point…
Fraser’s Hard Places consists of three novellas, Red Snow, The Rock and The Sea, which focus on human struggles with nature and human natures.
Runners is a contemporary remake of Machiavelli’s Prince with a nod to Gramsci’s Modern Prince, the revolutionary party. It is a tale of complicity between leaders, the nature of political…
Young Soviet intellectuals, bright but not brilliant, confront a future threatened with war and stagnation, but still with the impetus of post-Stalinist regeneration.
John Fraser’s Medusa is a stunning fable for our times, in which the stories of Medusa, the Gorgon and the French ship Medusa are intertwined to create a Pilgrim’s Progress…
John Fraser’s last work of fiction, Hard Places, was a series of novellas concerning physical and moral dilemmas, left unresolved at the expense of the protagonist. This sequel, Soft Landing…
An Illusion of Sun is the first of John Fraser’s 14 novels (12 published, two forthcoming). ‘I wanted to do a novel that smelled of fascism (I hope not a…
The latest \“tour de force\” in speculative fiction from Fraser consists of three tales running consecutively. First, the adventures of a narrator following the fortunes of a leader of a…
Three policy experts are at a conference, where their principals are swept away by a storm. One of the experts is held for ransom, but is released in time to…
Wayfaring is the latest of John Fraser’s tour de forces in experimental fiction. It consists of three novellas, with the common theme of travelling in difficult places. ‘Coming in to…
