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The distinguished Oxford professor of modern history presents evidence that Chinese scholar and author Sir Edmund Backhouse, long thought to have lived as a virtual hermit in Peking, was in reality a forger, trickster, and eccentric

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Tracing its distant origins to the villa of the Roman emperor Hadrian in the second century AD, the eccentric phenomenon of the ornamental hermit enjoyed its heyday in the England of the eighteenth century It was at this time that it became highly fashionable for owners of country estates to commission architectural follies for their landscape gardens. These follies often included hermitages, many of which still survive, often in a ruined state. Landowners peopled their hermitages either with imaginary hermits or with real hermits - in some cases the landowner even became his own hermit. Those who took employment as garden hermits were typically required to refrain from cutting their hair or washing, and some were dressed as druids. Unlike the hermits of the Middle Ages, these were wholly secular hermits, products of the eighteenth century fondness for 'pleasing melancholy'. Although the fashion for them had fizzled out by the end of the eighteenth century, they had left their indelible mark on both the literature as well as the gardens of the period. And, as Gordon Campbell shows, they live on in the art, literature, and drama of our own day - as well as in the figure of the modern-day garden gnome. This engaging and generously illustrated book takes the reader on a journey that is at once illuminating and whimsical, both through the history of the ornamental hermit and also around the sites of many of the surviving hermitages themselves, which remain scattered throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland. And for the real enthusiast, there is even a comprehensive checklist, enabling avid hermitage-hunters to locate their prey.

Some journeys take you where you need to be.Tanyth Fairport makes her way through the Lammas Wood to discover the last of the Old Witch Women isn't exactly what she expected. When greedy businessmen from the mainland threaten those she loves, Tanyth must put aside her fear and give herself over to her gifts.A journey twenty winters in the making may come to naught when Tanyth learns the secret of The Hermit of Lammas Wood.

With the help of an unexpected inheritance, a lowly clerk is able to quit his job and spend his time observing people

Excerpt from A Hermit's Wild Friends: Or Eighteen Years in the WoodsOh, that was easy. When she heeled too much, I shook her up, and kept her from taking in water. Shook her up, was a new phrase to me.Below my Eyrie lay the little hamlet called the Cut. Some of its cottages had straggled up to the base Of the cliff just below the tent.I could look down on a long stretch of Western Avenue beginning at the Cut and ending in Ward Five, beyond the Cut Bridge. The latter was a drawbridge, and when open the city of Gloucester was on an island, with the exception of Ward Eight, which lies on the west side Of Annisquam River.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

How did medieval hermits survive on their self-denying diet? What did they eat, and how did unethical monks get around the rules? The Egyptian hermit Onuphrios was said to have lived entirely on dates, and perhaps the most famous of all hermits, John the Baptist, on locusts and wild honey. Was it really possible to sustain life on so little food? The history of monasticism is defined by the fierce and passionate abandonment of the ordinary comforts of life, the most striking being food and drink. A Hermit's Cookbook opens with stories and pen portraits of the Desert Fathers of early Christianity and their followers who were ascetic solitaries, hermits and pillar-dwellers. It proceeds to explore how the ideals of the desert fathers were revived in both the Byzantine and western traditions, looking at the cultivation of food in monasteries, eating and cooking, and why hunting animals was rejected by any self-respecting hermit. Full of rich anecdotes, and including recipes for basic monk's stew and bread soup -- and many others -- this is a fascinating story of hermits, monks, food and fasting in the Middle Ages.

Sir Edmund Backhouse lived like a hermit, but swindled millions in fake deals. A witty piece of historical sleuthing.

The spunky sleuth from Decked returns. A pantyhose convention in Miami takes a deadly turn as someone tries to kill the inventor of run-less pantyhose. Murder is afoot and Regan Reilly is on the case; the clues are opaque and the plotting is seamless.

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Tracing its distant origins to the villa of the Roman emperor Hadrian in the second century AD, the eccentric phenomenon of the ornamental hermit enjoyed its heyday in the England of the eighteenth century It was at this time that it became highly fashionable for owners of country estates to commission architectural follies for their landscape gardens. These follies often included hermitages, many of which still survive, often in a ruined state. Landowners peopled their hermitages either with imaginary hermits or with real hermits - in some cases the landowner even became his own hermit. Those who took employment as garden hermits were typically required to refrain from cutting their hair or washing, and some were dressed as druids. Unlike the hermits of the Middle Ages, these were wholly secular hermits, products of the eighteenth century fondness for 'pleasing melancholy'. Although the fashion for them had fizzled out by the end of the eighteenth century, they had left their indelible mark on both the literature as well as the gardens of the period. And, as Gordon Campbell shows, they live on in the art, literature, and drama of our own day - as well as in the figure of the modern-day garden gnome. This engaging and generously illustrated book takes the reader on a journey that is at once illuminating and whimsical, both through the history of the ornamental hermit and also around the sites of many of the surviving hermitages themselves, which remain scattered throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland. And for the real enthusiast, there is even a comprehensive checklist, enabling avid hermitage-hunters to locate their prey.

Vinyl LP pressing. Remastered reissue of the second album from the guitarist, former Guns N' Roses member [2006-2014], and current member of the Art Of Anarchy supergroup. Originally released in 1997. Contains the unreleased track "Sticks And Stones."

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In this medieval mystery set in the cloisters of England, a strange series of events threatens the fragile equilibrium of life. Brother Cadfael must leave his herb garden and devote himself to tracking down a ruthless murderer.

Author William J. O'Hern-known as "Jay" to his many friends and readers-has once again shown himself to be a tireless researcher. And while letters, journals and old newspapers and magazines are valuable to his work, Jay favors a more hands-on approach. A seasoned Adirondack adventurer himself, he has always preferred to interview people who have knowledge about his subjects. Moreover, he likes to visit the places he writes about. Jay has spent many years backpacking into those wild places, adding to his extensive collection of remembrances and photos of the Cold River hermit shared by those who trekked in to the wild territory to share time with their friend Noah John Rondeau. In The Hermit and Us, Jay describes those treasured meetings. For all, their most important destination was Cold River Hill, site of Noah John Rondeau's hermit home, which he often called "Wig Wam City, Population 1." Of course, Rondeau was not your average hermit, in that he had many friends and gave a proper mayor's welcome to pretty much anyone who stumbled into his "city." The Hermit and Us: Our Adventures with Noah John Rondeau includes reminiscences of Richard Smith, Clarence Petty, Adolph Dittmar, Helen Colyer Menz, Mary Colyer Dittmar, Clarence and Stacia Whiteman, Charlie and Polly Russ, and many other old-time associates the author interviewed, people who mountain-hiked to the Cold River Town Hall where the hermit stacked his wigwam-like habitation. The Hermit and Us: Our Adventures with Noah John Rondeau invites readers to relive the experiences of dozens of Noah's closest friends and relatives. The book is richly enhanced with dozens of photos that have never been published until now. You will enjoyed your virtual trip so much that at times you will be sure you caught a whiff of warm balsam air or heard loons calling far off. It's the kind of armchair trip you enjoy so much, you hate to turn the last page.

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A young monk had come to the cave of the old blind hermit, to learn something of his wisdom. "When I was young," the hermit told him, "I had many painful experiences. I left our great city of Lhasa and wandered blind in the wilderness. Starving, ill, and unconscious, I was taken to a place - I know not where - and instructed in preparation for this day. When my knowledge has passed to you, my life's work is ended, and I can go in peace to the heavenly fields." An hour later, the young man was sitting before the elder, listening to a story that was enthralling as it was strange: the story of "The Hermit."

Physical description; 224 p. ; 14 cm. Notes; Price-clipped. First edition and first printing. Subjects; Fiction in English - (1900-1945) - Texts. Genre; Fiction.

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