Old Man Who Wished He Coulda Cry

Author : Sharon Barcan Elswit
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476663043

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The Caribbean Story Finder by Sharon Barcan Elswit Pdf

The Caribbean islands have a vibrant oral folklore. In Jamaica, the clever spider Anansi, who outsmarts stronger animals, is a symbol of triumph by the weak over the powerful. The fables of the foolish Juan Bobo, who tries to bring milk home in a burlap bag, illustrate facets of traditional Puerto Rican life. Conflict over status, identity and power is a recurring theme--in a story from Trinidad, a young bull, raised by his mother in secret, challenges his tyrannical father who has killed all the other males in the herd. One in a series of folklore reference guides by the author, this volume shares summaries of 438 tales--some in danger of disappearing--retold in English and Creole from West African, European, and slave indigenous cultures in 24 countries and territories. Tales are grouped in themed sections with a detailed subject index and extensive links to online sources.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Nelson Thornes
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0748748180

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Stanley Thornes Primary Literacy by Anonim Pdf

An essential, integral part of the daily lesson High quality layout and production, with superb illustrations Designed to whet children's appetite for new material The substantial extracts are taken from wide ranging sources Excellent value for money

Author : Patti K. Rudge
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781770974876

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Crying A Dead Man's Tears by Patti K. Rudge Pdf

Angelina Griffin and her partner Jeep Nelson own a search and rescue operation with a solid reputation and a successful past. When Angie gets the call from her long-time friend, Natalie, that her daughter is missing, Angie throws her search gear into their vehicle, gathers her canine search companions, Mo and Jerri, and heads for the Black Hills of South Dakota. Two women have been attacked at Mt. Rushmore National Monument, a malevolent force has arrived and the small town of Keystone is threatened with unrest like they've never seen.

Author : David Hess
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781483429014

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Ambush by David Hess Pdf

DEA Supervisor Von Crocker has never liked dead bodies, especially since he served in Vietnam. Even though it is now 2003, the mere sight of a corpse propels Crocker back into his memories when he was a teenager coerced into participating in a drug smuggling operation with his superior officers, never realizing the impact this experience would have on his future. As Crocker travels back in time, he recalls stumbling through his early days at the DEA-until a fellow agent involved him in an investigation that Crocker hoped would finally bring closure to the guilt related to his choices in Vietnam. But as present day events lead him out of his memories, Crocker's personal demons complicate a drug bust resulting in the questionable killing of a dealer. Now only time will tell if he can gain control of his future, before it is too late. In this suspenseful tale, a DEA supervisor and Vietnam vet trapped between the past and present must open old wounds in order to find answers, healing, and resolution.

Author : Jay Franklin,Richard Wormser,John G. Schneider
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479428311

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The Comic Novel MEGAPACK® by Jay Franklin,Richard Wormser,John G. Schneider Pdf

Included are three comic novels: CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE, by Jay Franklin: When Charles E. Hoskins wishes for champagne and it suddenly materializes, he finds that his powers of conjure extend to all intoxicants. In the many predicaments this provokes, Charles is committed into the hands of a psychiatrist, escapes, decides to open up a bar but runs afoul of the union and later of Treasury agents, is summoned by Washington and is wanted as a good will gesture by the British Ambassador, is taken by the Russians who are about to deport him.... PAN SATYRUS, by Richard Wormser: The thirteenth chimp launched into orbit returns with the strange and sudden ability to speak... THE GOLDEN KAZOO, by John G. Schneider: The bestselling novel about Madison Avenue and its wildly hilarious captaign to elect a colorless candidate President, using the greatest vote-getting gimmick of them all! If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

Author : Salman Rushdie
Publisher : Random House
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473523289

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Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie Pdf

Blending history, mythology and a timeless love story, this is a satirical, magical masterpiece. In the near future, after a storm strikes New York City, the strangenesses begin. A down-to-earth gardener finds that his feet no longer touch the ground. A graphic novelist awakens in his bedroom to a mysterious entity that resembles his own comic book creation. Abandoned at the mayor's office, a baby identifies corruption with her mere presence, marking the guilty with blemishes and boils. A seductive gold digger is soon tapped to combat forces beyond imagining. Unbeknownst to them, they are all descended from the whimsical, capricious, wanton creatures known as the jinn. Centuries ago, Dunia, a princess of the jinn, fell in love with a mortal man of reason. Together they produced an astonishing number of children, unaware of their fantastical powers, who spread across generations in the human world. 'A riotous, exuberant and sometimes maddening celebration of the power of storytelling' Sunday Times

Author : Edgar Allan Poe,Edith Wharton,Saki,Charles Dickens,O. Henry
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1998-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780375752162

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The Raven and the Monkey's Paw by Edgar Allan Poe,Edith Wharton,Saki,Charles Dickens,O. Henry Pdf

The third in the Modern Library's series of original compilations, The Raven and the Monkey's Paw is a collection of classic tales and poems to engage our fear-seeking senses. The beauty of these stories and poems lies in their readability: ideal for sharing aloud around the campfire or for a quick, thrilling dip . . . under the covers with a flashlight. The writing itself sends as many awe-inspired shivers down the spine as do the ghosts and goblins on these pages. Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the horror story and the chiming lyric poem, opens the volume with his best-loved stories: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Black Cat," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Premature Burial," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "Berenice," and "Ligeia." Every bit as chilling now as on the day they were written, these tales retain their power to stir the reader again and again. Poe, who was as well known for his poems as for his stories, is also represented by such verse standards as "The Raven," "Lenore," "To Helen," "Ulalume," and "Annabel Lee," among others. Numerous other practitioners of the supernatural story are included: Edith Wharton, with her gripping "Afterward"; Charles Dickens and his famed ghost story "The Signalman"; W. W. Jacobs, with this compilation's inspiration, "The Monkey's Paw." Also here are Saki's engrossing "Sredni Vashtar"; O. Henry's story of love lost and hopes dashed, "The Furnished Room"; Wilkie Collins's lively "A Terribly Strange Bed"; and "The Boarded Window," Ambrose Bierce's tale of the bizarre. A year-round collection for reading aloud—and frightening your friends—The Raven and the Monkey's Paw will gratify all manner of thrill-seekers.

Author : Mary Mapes Dodge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Animal welfare
ISBN : HARVARD:32044019981604

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The Irvington Stories by Mary Mapes Dodge Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1931
Category : Communism
ISBN : IND:32000001547662

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Literature of the World Revolution by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : IND:30000080777166

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Cassell's Family Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015086852863

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Cassell's Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 6639 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547678274

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THE SCREAM - 60 Horror Tales in One Edition by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Pdf

This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was a leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. Table of Contents: Novels & Novellas: Uncle Silas The Cock and Anchor The House by the Church-Yard Wylder's Hand Guy Deverell The Tenants of Malory Haunted Lives The Wyvern Mystery Checkmate Willing to Die The Haunted Baronet Spalatro Short Story Collections: In a Glass Darkly: Green Tea The Familiar Mr Justice Harbottle The Room in the Dragon Volant Carmilla The Purcell Papers: The Ghost and the Bone-Setter The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh The Last Heir of Castle Connor The Drunkard's Dream Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess The Bridal of Carrigvarah Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter Scraps of Hibernian Ballads Jim Sulivan's Adventures in the Great Snow A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family An Adventure of Hardress Fitzgerald The Quare Gander Billy Maloney's Taste of Love and Glory Other Tales: Madam Crowl's Ghost Squire Toby's Will Dickon the Devil The Child That Went with the Fairies The White Cat of Drumgunniol An Account of Some Strange Distrubances in Aungier Street Ghost Stories of Chapelizod Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling Sir Dominick's Bargain Ultor de Lacy The Vision of Tom Chuff Stories of Lough Guir The Evil Guest The Watcher Laura Silver Bell The Murdered Cousin The Mysterious Lodger An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House The Dead Sexton A Debt of Honor Devereux's Dream Catherine's Quest Haunted Pichon and Sons The Phantom Fourth The Spirit's Whisper Dr. Feversham's Story...

Author : John C. Pelkey
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781434307668

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Runners by John C. Pelkey Pdf

Shy Jon Perone is just getting by when an incident introduces him to the world of running. When he meets pretty Jennifer Carling, a new student in his school, he falls for her, hard. Overcoming his fear of everyone and everything to be in her life, he joins the track team and excels. Jennifer rewards his effort when she asks him to teach her how to run. However, a web of deceit and neglect rules Jennifer's life and snares Jon, ill equipped to handle both his emotions and the downward spiraling situation. Can Jon overcome the barriers of innocence, youth, and fear to succeed in life and find happiness with Jennifer? You'll have to read RUNNERS to find out.

Author : W. Somerset Maugham
Publisher : eBookIt.com
Page : 2840 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781456613907

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The Essential W. Somerset Maugham Collection by W. Somerset Maugham Pdf

Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by W. Somerset Maugham The Explorer The Hero The Land of Promise The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia Liza of Lambeth The Magician Moon and Sixpence Of Human Bondage Orientations The Trembling of a Leaf

Author : John Grafton,Mike Ashley
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780486461434

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Great Horror Stories by John Grafton,Mike Ashley Pdf

A collections of horror stories that includes some of the best and most famous authors of the genre includint Edgar Allen Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, and Bram Stoker.