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Author : Sally Watson
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2006-09-26
The Wayward Princess written by Sally Watson and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-26 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
A Gypsy lad named Finch arrives at Wychwood Castle to find it a tangle of muddled chivalry and magic. Though four royal children conform to rules of chivalry, Princess Elaine is a red-haired hoyden who can't faint, wants to study witchcraft rather than marrying, and whose magic spells always go wrong (and so do most others). Prince Arthur wishes that just once, people would follow the rules of chivalry-but they never do-not even Thunder, his warhorse, who loves to cheat at tournaments. Finch, fascinated, stays as stable boy and tone-deaf troubadour to join Elaine in scrapes. What with the awful Fer de Lance family, a wicked enchantress, a mad magician, two witches, three cats, a sourcerous hive of bees, a spell-casting mouse, and some temperamental horses, they manage to enchant broomsticks, palace guards, a feather duster, a footstool, troubadours and even Elaine herself. King Godobert, determined to find husbands for his daughters, holds a Quest. No one wants Elaine, so, betrothed willy nilly to a perfect stranger, she rages that she won't marry him. Finch vanishes. Elaine misses him-but when a pink magpie delivers a "save me, save me, save me" message, life promises to be interesting despite everything.
The Wayward Princess
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Author : Sally Watson
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2006-09
The Wayward Princess written by Sally Watson and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
A Gypsy lad named Finch arrives at Wychwood Castle to find it a tangle of muddled chivalry and magic. Though four royal children conform to rules of chivalry, Princess Elaine is a red-haired hoyden who can't faint, wants to study witchcraft rather than marrying, and whose magic spells always go wrong (and so do most others). Prince Arthur wishes that just once, people would follow the rules of chivalry-but they never do-not even Thunder, his warhorse, who loves to cheat at tournaments. Finch, fascinated, stays as stable boy and tone-deaf troubadour to join Elaine in scrapes. What with the awful Fer de Lance family, a wicked enchantress, a mad magician, two witches, three cats, a sourcerous hive of bees, a spell-casting mouse, and some temperamental horses, they manage to enchant broomsticks, palace guards, a feather duster, a footstool, troubadours and even Elaine herself. King Godobert, determined to find husbands for his daughters, holds a Quest. No one wants Elaine, so, betrothed willy nilly to a perfect stranger, she rages that she won't marry him. Finch vanishes. Elaine misses him-but when a pink magpie delivers a "save me, save me, save me" message, life promises to be interesting despite everything.
The Wayward Wife
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Author : Alberto Moravia
language : en
Publisher: London, Secker & Warburg
Release Date : 1960
The Wayward Wife written by Alberto Moravia and has been published by London, Secker & Warburg this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with Short stories, Italian categories.
Tales Of The Dervishes
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Author : Idries Shah
language : en
Publisher: Octagon Press Ltd
Release Date : 1982
Tales Of The Dervishes written by Idries Shah and has been published by Octagon Press Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Sufi parables categories.
A mysterious chest is buried unopened. A wondrous caravan brings fortune to a simple cobbler. An outcast princess creates a new life in the wilderness. Some of the 78 tales in this remarkable book first appeared in print over a thousand years ago; others are medieval classics. Yet each has a special relevance for us at the dawn of the 21st century. All are told with Idries Shah's distinctive wit and grace and the author's own commentary notes. These are teaching stories in the Sufi tradition. Those who probe beyond the surface will find multiple meanings to challenge assumptions and foster new ways of thinking and perceiving. Tales of the Dervishes is essential reading for anyone interested in Sufi thought, the significance and history of tales, or simply superb entertainment.
Agent Princess Too Beautiful
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Author : Qing Mu
language : en
Publisher: Funstory
Release Date : 2020-09-08
Agent Princess Too Beautiful written by Qing Mu and has been published by Funstory this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-08 with Fiction categories.
With his eyes open, what was he planning to do in this ancient room?
Queen Bea
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Author : Margaret Blanchard
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2005-07
Queen Bea written by Margaret Blanchard and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07 with Businesswomen categories.
Bea Chance is an exceptional woman, inventor and entrepreneur, with a thriving business, successful marriage and four grown children: Dick, her right-hand man; Bruce, a Vietnam veteran; Corey, her only daughter, and John, a disc jockey. A musician and pioneer in technology, she combined her musical and computer expertise to develop a system for musical composition and simultaneous recording and playback which she applied to the teaching of music in schools. When she decides suddenly to retire, partially in response to the death of her husband, her departure sends her family and her corporate, as well as corporeal, systems into chaos. This novel describes how she moves from being a woman with power to becoming a powerful, compassionate woman. Her personal transformation, in turn, has dynamic effects on her own mother, Mildred; her children; her co-worker and left-hand woman, Clare; and her friend Pearl. A reflection on gender and power, loss, metamorphosis and love, this novel explores issues of mothering, inheritance, and generation for modern women. An "oppositional narrative" based on Shakespeare's King Lear, Queen Bea explores what happens when the king becomes a queen and when an ancient tale is translated into a contemporary idiom. "Blanchard's book is bound to become a classic for women's studies and contemporary literature courses alike because it grounds an engaging second wave feminist novel in explicating essays that both honor and explode the typical canon of options used." -Ida Kialutsi, artist and professor
The River Of Lost Footsteps
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Author : Thant Myint-U
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2011-02-03
The River Of Lost Footsteps written by Thant Myint-U and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-03 with History categories.
Burma is currently ruled by a harsh dictatorship unmoved by Western activists and sanctions. It is also the sight of the longest-running conflict in the world. Drawing both on his own family's stories and his years of hands-on political experience working with the United Nations, Thant Myint-U has written an illuminating account of how Burma's rich past informs its violent present, and of how the world might transform the country's future. In The River of Lost Footsteps, Thant Myint-U tells the story of modern Burma, in part through a telling of his own family's history, in an interwoven narrative that is by turns lyrical, dramatic, and appalling. His maternal grandfather, U Thant, rose from being the schoolmaster of a small town in the Irrawaddy Delta to become the UN secretary-general in the 1960s. And on his father's side, the author is descended from a long line of courtiers who served at Burma's Court of Ava for nearly two centuries. Through their stories and others, he portrays Burma's rise and decline in the modern world, from the time of Portuguese pirates and renegade Mughal princes through the decades of British colonialism, the devastation of World War II, a sixty-year civil war that continues today, military repression and the immergence of Nobel Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.The River of Lost Footsteps is a work both personal and global, a distinctive contribution that makes Burma accessible and enthralling. Thant Myint-U is the author of Where China Meets India and has written articles for the New York Times, the Washington Post and the New Statesman.
Samantha Honeycomb
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Author : Scott Zarcinas
language : en
Publisher: DoctorZed Publishing
Release Date : 2006
Samantha Honeycomb written by Scott Zarcinas and has been published by DoctorZed Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Fiction categories.
Wrongly punished for breaking the ancient laws, Samantha Honeycomb is expelled by the queen into the wild and untamed Crazy Lands. Her only hope of redemption is an impossible quest – to find the fabled hive of Beeblyon and bring back its secret of Infinite Richness. But there are others who would see her fail. Evoking the wisdom and mystery of the ancient sages, Scott Zarcinas reveals through the trials and tribulations of Samantha Honeycomb that the surface appearance of unpleasant and torturous experiences are, in fact, essential ingredients in the melting pot of our future joy, security and acceptance, our destiny...
Scheherazade S Sisters
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Author : Marilyn Jurich
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 1998-08-20
Scheherazade S Sisters written by Marilyn Jurich and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-08-20 with Literary Criticism categories.
Based on the author's discovery of a new folktale type, the female trickster, Jurich's book identifies and celebrates those female protagonists in folktales who use trickery to save themselves and others, to find new directions for their lives, and to declare their individual autonomies, especially in societies that diminish and oppress women. Through creative strategies depending on verbal facility, psychological acuity, and diplomatic know-how, these women tricksters—better named trickstars—uncover the absurdity, hypocrisy, and corruption in the larger patriarchal society. Through the trickstar's efforts, the system is circumvented or foiled, often enlightened, and usually improved. This multicultural, comparative study reveals universal human traits as well as gender differences between female and male tricksters and realizes the values and attitudes which shape the trickstar's character and behavior. Trickstars also appear outside of the oral folktale tradition; the author discusses their roles in contemporary feminist revisionist tales, as well as in mythology, biblical narratives, Shakespearean comedy, novels, plays, and opera. How the female trickster differs from her male counterpart is, for the first time in folklore studies, illustrated through a comparison of their functions in the narrative scheme of the tale. These functions include the diverting or amusing role, the morally ambiguous or reprehensible role, the role of the manipulator or strategist, and the role of the transformer or culture bringer who reforms and improves the nature of her society. Jurich delineates the specific types of tricksters who perform these functions, suggests how trickstar tales variously affect listeners and readers, and shows how particular types of trickstar characters contribute to the intent of the tale. Feminist views of the protagonists are analyzed as well as contemporary revisionist tales which seek to reverse negative female images and to present independent women characters who can and do make positive contributions to society. For the first time in folklore studies, both female and male tricksters are defined and differentiated, their functions are illustrated through analyzing narrative schemes, and the term trickstar, invented by the author, is used to define and describe a female trickster.
Swords Of Dragonfire
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Author : Ed Greenwood
language : en
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Release Date : 2011-11-22
Swords Of Dragonfire written by Ed Greenwood and has been published by Wizards of the Coast this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-22 with Fiction categories.
A fast-paced sword and sorcery adventure that reveals the origin stories of the Knights of Myth Drannor—from the creator of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting The kingdom of Cormyr is in need of heroes. Only the bravest and most loyal stand a chance in the trials to come. Standing tall against the darkness that besieges their homeland, a band of youthful adventurers answer that call. They are the Knights of Myth Drannor. Newly beknighted, Florin Falconhand and his companions roam far from the pastoral comfort of their home in Espar, into bright cities with dark underbellies, into the twisted bowels of their namesake dungeon, and into the deep trouble of sword and coin. Together, they must untangle the webs of lies that surround them before the threat to the kingdom eclipses their abilities to defend it. Fighting for the love of Cormyr is more dangerous, more work, and more fulfilling than they could have possibly imagined. Their swords are being forged in the fires of adventure—the stuff of which destinies are made.