Tag: Tales

Free Download Jack Zipes, "Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion"
English | 2011 | pages: 288 | ISBN: 0415610257, 1138834807 | EPUB | 0,6 mb
The fairy tale is arguably one of the most important cultural and social influences on children’s lives. But until the first publication of Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion, little attention had been paid to the ways in which the writers and collectors of tales used traditional forms and genres in order to shape children’s lives – their behavior, values, and relationship to society.

Free Download Feng Jicai, "Faces in the Crowd: 36 Extraordinary Tales of Tianjin"
English | ISBN: 1838905014 | 2019 | 290 pages | EPUB | 16 MB
In the gateway city, only the best stories survive

Free Download A Reader’s Book of Days: True Tales from the Lives and Works of Writers for Every Day of the Year By Tom Nissley, Joanna Neborsky
2013 | 464 Pages | ISBN: 0393239624 | EPUB | 6 MB
A witty and addictively readable day-by-day literary companion. At once a love letter to literature and a charming guide to the books most worth reading, A Reader’s Book of Days features bite-size accounts of events in the lives of great authors for every day of the year. Here is Marcel Proust starting In Search of Lost Time and Virginia Woolf scribbling in the margin of her own writing, "Is it nonsense, or is it brilliance?" Fictional events that take place within beloved books are also included: the birth of Harry Potter’s enemy Draco Malfoy, the blood-soaked prom in Stephen King’s Carrie. A Reader’s Book of Days is filled with memorable and surprising tales from the lives and works of Martin Amis, Jane Austen, James Baldwin, Roberto Bolano, the Brontë sisters, Junot Díaz, Philip K. Dick, Charles Dickens, Joan Didion, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Keats, Hilary Mantel, Haruki Murakami, Flannery O’Connor, Orhan Pamuk, George Plimpton, Marilynne Robinson, W. G. Sebald, Dr. Seuss, Zadie Smith, Susan Sontag, Hunter S. Thompson, Leo Tolstoy, David Foster Wallace, and many more. The book also notes the days on which famous authors were born and died; it includes lists of recommended reading for every month of the year as well as snippets from book reviews as they appeared across literary history; and throughout there are wry illustrations by acclaimed artist Joanna Neborsky.Brimming with nearly 2,000 stories, A Reader’s Book of Days will have readers of every stripe reaching for their favorite books and discovering new ones. 100 illustrations

Free Download Tales of the Celestial Kingdom: Celestial Kingdom, Book 3 (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0C4VCZ3QQ | 2024 | 4 hours and 32 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 252 MB
Author: Sue Lynn Tan
Narrator: Ewan Chung, Natalie Naudus

Free Download Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CSZ775TG | 2024 | 3 hours and 38 minutes | M4B@192 kbps | 301 MB
Author: Amy Jeffs
Narrator: Lucy Paterson
Journey into the wilderness of northwestern Europe between the sixth and tenth centuries, an oft forgotten time in a mystical and magical place where the terror of the wilderness was surpassed only by its potential for salvation. This unique audiobook features 7 original songs-musical illustrations composed and performed by the author and her collaborators. In Wild, Amy Jeffs journeys-on foot and through medieval texts-from landscapes of desolation to hope, offering the listener an insight into a world at once distant and profoundly close to home. The seven chapters, entitled Earth, Ocean, Forest, Beast, Fen, Catastrophe, Paradise, open with fiction and close with reflection. They blend reflections of travels through fen, forest and cave, with retelling of medieval texts that offer rich depictions of the natural world. From the Old English elegies to the englynion and immrama of the Celtic world-stories that largely represent figures whose voices are not generally heard in the corpus of medieval literature: women, outcasts, animals.

Free Download Michael Winner, "Tales I Never Told"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1849543933, 1849541639 | EPUB | pages: 306 | 1.4 mb
Michael Winner’s life as a movie director, food critic and general mover and shaker has brought him in touch with many of the most famous people in the world. In his acclaimed autobiography he told some stories but kept back a wealth of others up to the present time which are recounted herewith his customary wit and humour. The stories that form the basis of Tales I Never Told. feature stars of film and TV, figures from his personal life and things in general that have amused him and will amuse the reader. Names included are Simon Cowell, Marlon Brando, Faye Dunaway, Sophia Loren, Charles Bronson, Michael Caine, Anthony Hopkins, Orson Welles, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Robert Mitchum, Oliver Reed, Jack Palance, Ernest Borgnine, Alain Delon, Leslie Caron, Frank Sinatra The book will also contain the last one year of the ‘Winner’s Dinners’ reviews from The Sunday Times so those who keep up with the restaurants and hotels and glamorous places to which he goes will have an updated version following his Winner’s Dinners book and his last year book Unbelievable! My Life in Restaurants and Other Places.

Free Download Father Berard Haile O. F. M., Karl W. Luckert, "Navajo Coyote Tales: The Curly Tó Aheedlíinii Versio"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 0803223307, 0803272227 | EPUB | pages: 146 | 1.6 mb
Coyote is easily the most popular character in the stories of Indian tribes from Canada to Mexico. This volume contains seventeen coyote tales collected and translatedby Father Berard Haile, O.F.M., more than half a century ago. The original Navajo transcriptions are included, along with notes. The tales show Coyote as a warrior, a shaman, a trickster; a lecher, a thief; a sacrificial victim, and always as the indomitable force of life. He is the paradoxical hero and scamp whose adventures inspire laughter or awe, depending upon what shape he takes in a given story.

Free Download Diane Holmberg, "Thrice Told Tales"
English | ISBN: 0805841008 | 2003 | 246 pages | EPUB | 524 KB
Researchers have studied marriage for decades, but how is the transition to married life actually experienced by the couples involved? From an insider’s perspective, Thrice Told Tales examines married couples’ own stories of their relationship. A representative sample of 199 African-American and 177 White married couples were asked to tell the story of their relationship. It provides accounts of courtships, weddings, honeymoons, their adjustment in the early years, and hopes for the future. These stories were first collected a few months after their weddings, and again in the third and seventh years of their marriages.

Free Download John Randle, "Battle Tales from Burma"
English | 2004 | ASIN: B00GSCX7YU, B00DN5TV40 | EPUB | pages: 199 | 0.7 mb
A collection of autobiographical stories from an officer in the British Indian Army during World War II.

Free Download American Revolution Stories: Forgotten Tales of Bravery, Betrayal, and Triumph during the Revolutionary War (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9798868615528 | 2024 | 3 hours and 31 minutes | M4B@192 kbps | 289 MB
Author: Ahoy Publications
Narrator: Jay Herbert
Take a deep dive into the history of the American Revolution. From unusual heroes to lesser-known narratives showcasing courage and determination, this audiobook offers a unique blend of facts that shaped the events of the American Revolution. In this audiobook, you will: Learn how the Culper Spy Ring was formed and what its purpose was. Explore the stories of Guerrilla Warfare in the South, along with the life of one of its most prominent actors, Francis Marion. Learn who Deborah Sampson was and why she disguised herself as a soldier of the Revolutionary War. Dive into stories of pain and hardship, exploring the dark days of Valley Forge. Gain a deeper understanding of how the Battle of Saratoga led to the turning of the tide.