A Fistful Of Tales
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A Fistful Of Tales
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Author : Ayodele Arigbabu
language : en
Publisher: DADA books
Release Date : 2009
A Fistful Of Tales written by Ayodele Arigbabu and has been published by DADA books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Short stories, African (English) categories.
Short stories.
A Fistful Of Pearls And Other Tales From Iraq
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Author : Elizabeth Laird
language : en
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Release Date : 2008-09-01
A Fistful Of Pearls And Other Tales From Iraq written by Elizabeth Laird and has been published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Secret serpents, devilish demons, mysterious magicians - the folk tales of Iraq teem with otherworldly creatures, magic and earthy humour. Award-winning novelist Elizabeth Laird has gathered together the very best Iraqi stories during her time in the Middle East - stories ranging from thieving porcupines who get their come-uppance to the hilarious tale of the chaos caused by a handsome stranger who knocks at a house inside which lurks a marriageable daughter. Meticulously researched and elegantly retold, the stories reveal the true, traditional heart of Iraq, far removed from today's news headlines.
A Fistful Of Pearls And Other Tales From Iraq
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
A Fistful Of Pearls And Other Tales From Iraq written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Tales categories.
Mythical creatures, enchanted encounters, strange serpents, and wise magicians are brought together in a rich compilation of Iraqi folk tales.
Folktales Of Egypt
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Author : Hasan M. El-Shamy
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2010-03-15
Folktales Of Egypt written by Hasan M. El-Shamy and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-15 with Social Science categories.
In this book Hasan M. El-Shamy has gathered the first authentic new collection of modern Egyptian folk narratives to appear in nearly a century. El-Shamy's English translations of these orally presented stories not only preserve their spirit, but give Middle Eastern lore the scholarly attention it has long deserved. "This collection of seventy recently collected Egyptian tales is a major contribution to African studies and to international distribution studies of folktales. In the face of the recent anthropological trend to use folkloric materials for extra-folkloric purposes, the preeminence of the text must be asserted once more, and these are obviously authentic, straightforwardly translated, fully documented as to date of collection and social category of informant, and for all that . . . readable."—Daniel J. Crowley, Research in African Literatures "Western knowledge of virtually all facets of contemporary Egyptian culture, much less the roots of that culture, is woefully inadequate. By providing an interesting, varied, and readable collection of Egyptian folktales and offering clear and sensible accounts of their background and meaning, this book renders a valuable service indeed."—Kenneth J. Perkins, International Journal of Oral History
Irish Folk Tales
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Author : Henry Glassie
language : en
Publisher: Pantheon
Release Date : 2012-09-19
Irish Folk Tales written by Henry Glassie and has been published by Pantheon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-19 with Fiction categories.
Here are 125 magnificent folktales collected from anthologies and journals published from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning with tales of the ancient times and continuing through the arrival of the saints in Ireland in the fifth century, the periods of war and family, the Literary Revival championed by William Butler Yeats, and the contemporary era, these robust and funny, sorrowful and heroic stories of kings, ghosts, fairies, treasures, enchanted nature, and witchcraft are set in cities, villages, fields, and forests from the wild western coast to the modern streets of Dublin and Belfast. Edited by Henry Glassie With black-and-white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
A Fistful Of Rice
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Author : Vikram Akula
language : en
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Release Date : 2010-11-09
A Fistful Of Rice written by Vikram Akula and has been published by Harvard Business Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-09 with Business & Economics categories.
Around the globe, poverty has held too many people in its grip for too long. While microfinance - small loans to impoverished individuals - initially attracted attention in the press, it didn't achieve the scale, scope, and profitability necessary to substantially combat poverty. All that changed with Vikram Akula's creation of SKS Microfinance. In this highly personal narrative, A Fistful of Rice, Akula reveals how he pieced together the best of both philanthropy and (to his surprise) capitalism to help millions of India's poor transition from paupers to customers to business owners. As thoughtful as Barack Obama's personal journey in Dreams from My Father, as harrowing as Paul Farmer's battle against infectious disease in Mountains Beyond Mountains, and as gripping as Greg Mortensen's fight for education in Three Cups of Tea, Akula's story shows how traditional business principles can be brought to bear on global problems in new ways. A Fistful of Rice offers not only inspiration but also lessons for anyone seeking to transform tenacity, creativity, and innovation into potent tools for fighting even the most seemingly intractable human burdens.
The Complete Russian Folktale V 4 Russian Wondertales 2 Tales Of Magic And The Supernatural
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Author : Jack V. Haney
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-07-23
The Complete Russian Folktale V 4 Russian Wondertales 2 Tales Of Magic And The Supernatural written by Jack V. Haney and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-23 with History categories.
These stories of heroism and magic, and of terrifying encounters with Baba Yaga, Zmei the serpent and Koschchei the Immortal, represent at least one example of every wondertale type known in Russia.
Fairy Tale Review
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Author : Kate Bernheimer
language : en
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 2015-06-06
Fairy Tale Review written by Kate Bernheimer and has been published by Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-06 with Fiction categories.
When we speak of grey as a location, placing a thing into a grey area, the color represents territory where the definite becomes lost. Grey lets us know that the truth is not always clear; even the most well-known paths can turn strange when a low grey cloud of fog rolls in. Grey is an act of subtraction, the loss of sun, joy, and color. Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs, said Dickens. Since grey is a symbol for the loss of youth, it seems a fitting issue for a theme about youth who are lost. Getting lost is one of the most widely used narrative vehicles of all time. Once characters become lost, they can stumble upon anything—it’s a light-speed bullet train between credibility and suspension of disbelief. Falling down a rabbit hole or stepping off the trail in a labyrinthine wood can transport a character to another world entirely in a manner of seconds. When a protagonist starts to get lost, something exciting is about to happen.
A Fistful Of Sky
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Author : Nina Kiriki Hoffman
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2004-05-25
A Fistful Of Sky written by Nina Kiriki Hoffman and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-05-25 with Fiction categories.
Gypsum LaZelle had nearly given up. She’d already watched her two older siblings experience the transition—the sudden, debilitating process that turned them from ordinary children into mages, gifted spellcasters like their beautiful mother. Perhaps she was a late bloomer, she thought until her younger siblings came into their powers as well. Now, at twenty, Gypsum fears that she must accept her fate: a mundane life without magic. She can live with being ordinary, an outsider. After all, someone in the family had to take after her father…But one day, alone at home wither family away, Gypsum falls terribly ill. And when the symptoms pass, something has changed. Something she’s dreamed of for such a long time—and suddenly, isn’t ready for at all. “One of the most original and important writers of fantasy working in America today.”—The New York Review of Science Fiction
A Fistful Of Fig Newtons
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Author : Jean Shepherd
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2010-11-10
A Fistful Of Fig Newtons written by Jean Shepherd and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-10 with Fiction categories.
From the wild and wacky world of favorite funnyman Jean Shepherd, a dozen truer-than-life tales of tailgating on the Jersey Tumpike, infuriating infants, and other everyday catastrophes, defeats, and humiliations that are the familiar fate of Americans everywhere. Jean Shepherd was one of America’s favorite humorists, his most notable achievement being the creation of the indefatigable Ralphie Parker and his quest for a BB gun in the holiday classic A Christmas Story. But he was so much more, a comic Garrison Keillor–like figure whose unique voice transcended the airwaves and affected a whole generation of nostalgic Americans. A Fistful of Fig Newtons is classic Jean Shepherd—sidesplittingly funny and sardonically irreverent. It is a brilliant comic assessment of American life—all of them delivered in Jean Shepherd’s witty, classy, unforgettable style.