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Aesop's Mirror

Author : Maryalice Huggins
Publisher : Sarah Crichton Books
ISBN 13 : 1429935952
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Aesop's Mirror written by Maryalice Huggins and published by Sarah Crichton Books. This book was released on 2010-02-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Everything I needed to know about Fox and Grapes mirror, I knew the moment I first saw it" What antiques restorer Maryalice Huggins knew when she stumbled across the mirror at a country auction in Rhode Island was this: She was besotted. Rococo and huge (more than eight feet tall), the mirror was one of the most unusual objects she had ever seen. Huggins had to have it. The frame's elaborate carvings were almost identical to a famous eighteenth-century design. Could this be eighteenth-century American? That would make it rare indeed. But in the rarefied world of American antiques, an object is not significant unless you can prove where it's from. Huggins set out to trace the origins of her magnificent mirror. Fueled with the delightfully obsessive spirit of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief, Aesop's Mirror follows Huggins on her quest as she goes up against the leading lights of the very male world of high-end antiques and dives into the historical archives. And oh, what she finds there! The mirror was likely passed down through generations of the illustrious Brown family of Providence, Rhode Island. Throughout history, mirrors have been seen as having mystical powers, enabling those who peer into them to connect the past and the future. In Aesop's Mirror, Maryalice Huggins does just that, creating a marvelous, one-of-kind book about a marvelous, one of-a-kind American treasure.

The Aesop's Fable Paradigm

Author : K. Brandon Barker
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253059240
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Aesop's Fable Paradigm written by K. Brandon Barker and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Aesop's Fable Paradigm is a collection of essays that explore the cutting-edge intersection of Folklore and Science. From moralizing fables to fantastic folktales, humans have been telling stories about animals—animals who can talk, feel, think, and make moral judgments just as we do—for a very long time. In contrast, scientific studies of the mental lives of animals have professed to be investigating the nature of animal minds slowly, cautiously, objectively, with no room for fanciful tales, fables, or myths. But recently, these folkloric and scientific traditions have merged in an unexpected and shocking way: scientists have attempted to prove that at least some animal fables are actually true. These interdisciplinary chapters examine how science has targeted the well-known Aesop's fable "The Crow and the Pitcher" as their starting point. They explore the ever-growing set of experimental studies which purport to prove that crows possess an understanding of higher-order concepts like weight, mass, and even Archimedes' insight about the physics of water displacement. The Aesop's Fable Paradigm explores how these scientific studies are doomed to accomplish little more than to mirror anthropomorphic representations of animals in human folklore and reveal that the problem of folkloric projection extends far beyond the "Aesop's Fable Paradigm" into every nook and cranny of research on animal cognition.

Aesop’s Animals

Author : Jo Wimpenny
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472966937
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book Aesop’s Animals written by Jo Wimpenny and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite originating more than two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Aesop's Fables are still passed on from parent to child, and are embedded in our collective consciousness. The morals we have learned from these tales continue to inform our judgements, but have the stories also informed how we regard their animal protagonists? If so, is there any truth behind the stereotypes? Are wolves deceptive villains? Are crows insightful geniuses? And could a tortoise really beat a hare in a race? In Aesop's Animals, zoologist Jo Wimpenny turns a critical eye to the fables to discover whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of the animal kingdom. She brings the tales into the twenty-first century, introducing the latest findings on some of the most fascinating branches of ethological research – the study of why animals do the things they do. In each chapter she interrogates a classic fable and a different topic – future planning, tool use, self-recognition, cooperation and deception – concluding with a verdict on the veracity of each fable's portrayal from a scientific perspective. By sifting fact from fiction in one of the most beloved texts of our culture, Aesop's Animals explores and challenges our preconceived notions about animals, the way they behave, and the roles we both play in our shared world.

Aesop's Fables 01-30 (伊索寓言（第一篇至第三十篇）)

Author : Aesop
Publisher : Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aesop's Fables 01-30 (伊索寓言（第一篇至第三十篇）) written by Aesop and published by Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Aesop's Fables

Author : John Esten Keller
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 9780813132457
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (324 download)

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Download or read book Aesop's Fables written by John Esten Keller and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1489 Johan Hurus printed the first collection of fables in Spain, Lavida del Ysopetconsusfabulas hystoriadas. Illustrated with nearly 200 woodcuts, this work quickly became the most-read book in Spain, beloved of both children and adults. Reprinted many times in the next three centuries and carried to the New World, it brought to Spanish letters a cornucopia of Aesopic fables, oriental apologues, and folktales that were borrowed by such writers as Cervantes, Lope de Vega, and especially the fabulists Iriarte and Samaniego. John Keller and Clark Keating now present the first English translation of this important literary work. The Latin and German lineage of La vida was significant, for it placed Spain in the mainstream of European fable lore. The highly fictitious life of Aesop, the misshapen Greek slave who reached the highest social level, contributed to the development of medieval romance and the picaresque novel. The book is thus important to students of comparative literature, literary history, and the development of the Spanish language. Of equal value are the woodcuts, which depict the daily life of medieval Europe and contribute to a better understanding of fifteenth-century art history, bookmaking, natural history, and the visualization of narrative. La vida del Ysopet thus constitutes one of the finest concordances of text and illustration in European literary history.

Aesop's Fables

Author : Aesop
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191606286
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Aesop's Fables written by Aesop and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2002-07-18 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The story goes that a sow who had delivered a whole litter of piglets loudly accosted a lioness. "How many children do you breed?" asked the sow. "I breed only one", said the lioness, "but it is very well bred!"' The fables of Aesop have become one of the most enduring traditions of European culture, ever since they were first written down nearly two millennia ago. Aesop was reputedly a tongue-tied slave who miraculously received the power of speech; from his legendary storytelling came the collections of prose and verse fables scattered throughout Greek and Roman literature. First published in English by Caxton in 1484, the fables and their morals continue to charm modern readers: who does not know the story of the tortoise and the hare, or the boy who cried wolf? This new translation is the first to represent all the main fable collections in ancient Latin and Greek, arranged according to the fables' contents and themes. It includes 600 fables, many of which come from sources never before translated into English. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Aesop's Fables

Author : Aesop
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book Aesop's Fables written by Aesop and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-10-08 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aesop's Fables, attributed to the legendary storyteller Aesop from ancient Greece, comprise a collection of succinct and timeless moral tales. These fables feature animal characters, each symbolizing human qualities or foibles, and they convey essential moral lessons through engaging and straightforward narratives. Their hallmark characteristics include simplicity, accessibility, and universal themes that explore human behavior, ethics, and wisdom across a wide range of scenarios. These fables remain enduring classics, such as "The Tortoise and the Hare" and "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," continuing to captivate readers of all ages by imparting moral wisdom through memorable storytelling.

Aesop's Fables

Author : Aesop
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781853261282
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book Aesop's Fables written by Aesop and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 1994 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of animal fables told by the Greek slave Aesop.

Aesop's Fables

Author : Aesop Aesop
Publisher : Xist Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1623957257
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Aesop's Fables written by Aesop Aesop and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Aesop's Fables have been touchstone tales for thousands of years. Stories like "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Boy who Cried Wolf" and "The Fox and the Grapes" are just as relevant for today's audiences as they ever were. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes

Aesop's Fables

Author : Aesop
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Aesop's Fables written by Aesop and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Aesop’s Animals

Author : Jo Wimpenny
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1399401521
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book Aesop’s Animals written by Jo Wimpenny and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turns a critical eye on Aesop's Fables to ask whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of his animals. Despite originating more than two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Aesop's Fables are still passed on from parent to child, and are embedded in our collective consciousness. The morals we have learned from these tales continue to inform our judgements, but have the stories also informed how we regard their animal protagonists? If so, is there any truth behind the stereotypes? Are wolves deceptive villains? Are crows insightful geniuses? And could a tortoise really beat a hare in a race? In Aesop's Animals, zoologist Jo Wimpenny turns a critical eye to the fables to discover whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of the animal kingdom. She brings the tales into the twenty-first century, introducing the latest findings on some of the most fascinating branches of ethological research – the study of why animals do the things they do. In each chapter she interrogates a classic fable and a different topic – future planning, tool use, self-recognition, cooperation and deception – concluding with a verdict on the veracity of each fable's portrayal from a scientific perspective. By sifting fact from fiction in one of the most beloved texts of our culture, Aesop's Animals explores and challenges our preconceived notions about animals, the way they behave, and the roles we both play in our shared world.

Aesop's Human Zoo

Author : Phaedrus
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022680612X
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Aesop's Human Zoo written by Phaedrus and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us grew up with Aesop's Fables—tales of talking animals, with morals attached. In fact, the familiar versions of the stories attributed to this enigmatic and astute storyteller are based on adaptations of Aesop by the liberated Roman slave Phaedrus. In turn, Phaedrus's renderings have been rewritten so extensively over the centuries that they do not do justice to the originals. In Aesop's Human Zoo, legendary Cambridge classicist John Henderson puts together a surprising set of up-front translations—fifty sharp, raw, and sometimes bawdy, fables by Phaedrus into the tersest colloquial English verse. Providing unusual insights into the heart of Roman culture, these clever poems open up odd avenues of ancient lore and life as they explore social types and physical aspects of the body, regularly mocking the limitations of human nature and offering vulgar or promiscuous interpretations of the stuff of social life. Featuring folksy proverbs and satirical anecdotes, filled with saucy naughtiness and awful puns, Aesop's Human Zoo will amuse you with its eccentricities and hit home with its shrewdly candid and red raw messages. The entertainment offered in this volume of impeccably accurate translations is truly a novelty—a good-hearted and knowing laugh courtesy of classical poetry. Beginning to advanced classicists and Latin scholars will appreciate the original Latin text provided in this bilingual edition. The splash of classic Thomas Bewick wood engravings to accompany the fables renders the collection complete.

Aesop's Fables - Complete Collection

Author : Aesop
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1365219968
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (652 download)

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Download or read book Aesop's Fables - Complete Collection written by Aesop and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-06-26 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aesop's Fables is a collection of stories credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Of diverse origins, the stories associated with Aesop's name have descended to modern times through a number of sources and include such favorites as The Fox and the Grapes, The Tortoise and the Hare, The Farmer and the Stork, The North Wind and the Sun, The Ant and the Grasshopper and hundreds more.

More Aesop's (oh So Slightly) Updated Fables

Author : Kim Esop Wylie
Publisher : Baker's Plays
ISBN 13 : 9780874401271
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book More Aesop's (oh So Slightly) Updated Fables written by Kim Esop Wylie and published by Baker's Plays. This book was released on 2000 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

350 Aesop's Fables - Caxton Edition: Greek Translation by Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend, M.A.

Author :
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0978870662
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (788 download)

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Download or read book 350 Aesop's Fables - Caxton Edition: Greek Translation by Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend, M.A. written by and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Artful Dodgers

Author : Bernard Ewell
Publisher : Abbott Press
ISBN 13 : 1458215369
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (582 download)

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Download or read book Artful Dodgers written by Bernard Ewell and published by Abbott Press. This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who really knows how the art market works? Here, for the first time, art detective, veteran appraiser and international art expert Bernard Ewell opens the door and gives you a tour of the world's most unregulated market, one unlike any other which does not even follow the rules of modern economics. There are actually two art markets, with one operating as if it was the other, while both depend on The Six Myths That Drive The Art Market. Perception is everything and pervasive secrecy is the unbreakable rule. The players, the con men and the larger than life personalities are better than the characters created by novelists. You'll meet the crooks and their victims and realize that both are actually our creation. We all participate in the fraud and foolishness that props up an art market that buys and sells civilization's greatest treasures and most horrible junk. Be prepared to put aside everything you think you know and have heard from art dealers and read in the press. The international auction houses, the big name galleries, superstar artists, and the museums are haunted by fakes and forgeries which collectors usually buy for all the wrong reasons. Arrogance or ignorance? It's both. The art market is where the intent to deceive meets contributory negligence and willful ignorance and most of those who have been defrauded don't even know it. This book will entertain you as it gives you the tools to more fully enjoy and safely buy art.

Grappling with Legacy

Author : Sylvia Brown
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480844187
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Grappling with Legacy written by Sylvia Brown and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-08 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fascinating and intellectually honest work about a remarkable family that has played a major role in the history of Providence and Rhode Island. Sylvia Brown has made a tremendous contribution in writing this wonderful book. It is clearly a labor of love, and we should all be grateful to her for it. Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation of New York, former President of Brown University A splendid work of history---an honest, clearly written, and solidly based account of the private and public lives through four centuries of one of Americas most important and fascinating families. Gordon Wood, Pulitzer Prize for History, Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University What fuels a familys compulsion for philanthropy? Self-interest? A feeling of guilt? A sense of genuine altruism? Charitable giving is such an intrinsic part of American culture that its story deserves to be told, not in a dry, academic tome but through the tale of a colorful, multifaceted family. Since 1638, the Browns of Rhode Island have provided community leaders in one of the nations most idiosyncratic states. In the 18th century, they excelled at maritime commerce, were pioneers of the American industrial revolution, and adorned their hometown of Providence with public buildings, churches, and a university. In the 19th century, they pioneered the modern notion that universities can be forces for social good. And, in the 20th century, they sought to transform the human experience through great art and architecture. Over three hundred years, the Browns also wrestled with societys toughest issuesslavery, immigration, child labor, the dispossessedand with their own internal family tensions. Author Sylvia Brown tells the story of the ten generations of Browns that came before her with warmth and lucidity. Today, in an era of wealth creation and philanthropic innovation not seen since the Gilded Age, Grappling with Legacy provides fascinating insights into a unique aspect of Americas heritage.