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Author : Charles Godfrey Leland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Legends of Florence written by Charles Godfrey Leland and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400884675
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths written by and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first anthology ever to present the entire range of ancient Greek and Roman stories—from myths and fairy tales to jokes Captured centaurs and satyrs, talking animals, people who suddenly change sex, men who give birth, the temporarily insane and the permanently thick-witted, delicate sensualists, incompetent seers, a woman who remembers too much, a man who cannot laugh—these are just some of the colorful characters who feature in the unforgettable stories that ancient Greeks and Romans told in their daily lives. Together they created an incredibly rich body of popular oral stories that include, but range well beyond, mythology—from heroic legends, fairy tales, and fables to ghost stories, urban legends, and jokes. This unique anthology presents the largest collection of these tales ever assembled. Featuring nearly four hundred stories in authoritative and highly readable translations, this is the first book to offer a representative selection of the entire range of traditional classical storytelling. Set mostly in the world of humans, not gods, these stories focus on figures such as lovers, tricksters, philosophers, merchants, rulers, athletes, artists, and soldiers. The narratives range from the well-known—for example, Cupid and Psyche, Diogenes and his lantern, and the tortoise and the hare—to lesser-known tales that deserve wider attention. Entertaining and fascinating, they offer a unique window into the fantasies, anxieties, humor, and passions of the people who told them. Complete with beautiful illustrations by Glynnis Fawkes, a comprehensive introduction, notes, and more, this one-of-a-kind anthology will delight general readers as well as students of classics, fairy tales, and folklore.
Author : Rev. Thomas Parkinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Yorkshire Legends and Traditions written by Rev. Thomas Parkinson and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles G. Leland
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486170209
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)
Download or read book Algonquin Legends written by Charles G. Leland and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-02-10 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic study of the myths and folklore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes. Glooskap, the divinity; Lox, the mischief-maker; Master Rabbit, more. 12 black-and-white illustrations.
Author : Tim O'Shei
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1429645725
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)
Download or read book Creepy Urban Legends written by Tim O'Shei and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2011 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes scary urban legends, including The Vanishing Hitchhiker and The Babysitter on the Phone"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Alan Brown
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467153362
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Tennessee Legends and Lore written by Alan Brown and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-02-13 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spooky Side of the Volunteer State Tennessee is steeped in legend. From strange sightings to odd and macabre crimes, the Volunteer State is no stranger to lore. Author Alan Brown details the haunts, troubling crimes and spooky past.
Author : Troy Denning
Publisher : Random House Worlds
ISBN 13 : 0345510569
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)
Download or read book Invincible: Star Wars Legends (Legacy of the Force) written by Troy Denning and published by Random House Worlds. This book was released on 2008-05-13 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No war can last forever. Now, in the long and punishing battle between the defiant champions of the New Jedi Order and the juggernaut that is the Galactic Alliance, the endgame is finally at hand. With so much lost–and nothing less than the course of the future still at stake–there can be no turning back. No matter the consequences. The rebel cause is losing ground under the twin blows of Admiral Gilad Pellaeon’ s assassination and the death of Mara Jade Skywalker. At the same time, having gained the support of the Imperial Remnant and its ruthlessly efficient forces, the Galactic Alliance, with the extraordinary power and dark brilliance of newly ascendant Sith Lord Darth Caedus at its helm, may be unstoppable. Tormented and torn between the call of duty and the thirst for vengeance, Luke has searched the Force and beheld an unspeakable vision of the galaxy enslaved under tyranny more monstrous than even Palpatine’s. Now it seems that the last, best hope lies in mobilizing the scattered Jedi for one decisive search-and-destroy mission. The objective: eliminate Darth Caedus. It’s a plan that will be as difficult and dangerous to execute as it is daring. For Caedus is a scion of both the Skywalker and Solo bloodlines whose command of the Force surpasses even that of his grandfather Darth Vader. There is only one who is bound by destiny to stand against him in what will surely be a duel to the death, only one with an outside chance of bringing down the dark lord who was once Jacen Solo. Failure is not an option. The furious final moments between power and peace are here, and whoever confronts Darth Caedus will decide the outcome–and the fate of those left standing. Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!
Author : Xuân-Lan Nguyễn
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN 13 : 1631352377
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (313 download)
Download or read book Legends of the Promised Land written by Xuân-Lan Nguyễn and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legends of the Promised Land is the passionate memoir recounting the forced immigration of a Vietnamese family to the U.S., following the Vietnam war and the rise of communism in their homeland. In her own words, traditional aphorism, and the voices of her children and husband, the matriarch of the family describes her family’s inspirational realization of the American dream, beginning with her lone arrival in the U.S. as a penniless boat person. Xuan-Lan Nguyen tells how for six generations her hard-working family amassed wealth that was all lost when the Vietnamese Communists arrived in Saigon in 1975. Her husband, a well-known lawyer in Vietnam and a seventeen-year prisoner of the Vietnamese Communists, eventually joined her, becoming a writer and orator now living with his family in America. She says proudly, “We have three daughters, now three doctors in the medical field in the U.S.”
Author : Mrs. Jameson (Anna)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Legends of the Monastic Orders written by Mrs. Jameson (Anna) and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kevin Anderson
Publisher : Random House Worlds
ISBN 13 : 0307796264
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Tales of the Bounty Hunters: Star Wars Legends written by Kevin Anderson and published by Random House Worlds. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a wild and battle-scarred galaxy, assassins, pirates, smugglers, and cutthroats of every description roam at will, fearing only the professional bounty hunters-amoral adventurers who track down the scum of the universe...for a fee. When Darth Vader seeks to strike at the heart of the Rebellion by targeting Han Solo and the Millennium Falcon, he calls upon six of the most successful-and feared-hunters, including the merciless Boba Fett. They all have two things in common: lust for profit and contempt for life... Featuring original stories by Kevin J. Anderson, M. Shayne Bell, Daniel Keys Moran, Kathy Tyers and Dave Wolverton. Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!
Author : Michael A. Stackpole
Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 0345541081
Total Pages : 3679 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)
Download or read book The X-Wing Series: Star Wars Legends 9-Book Bundle written by Michael A. Stackpole and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 3679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The X-Wing/Wraith Squadron adventures are one of the most popular series in the Star Wars universe. Through nine thrilling novels, this handy eBook bundle features the action, the intrigue, and the entire evolving story of these unique space corps—units that are comprised of a diverse group of pilots determined to fight the good fight. This bundle includes the following titles: ROGUE SQUADRON WEDGE’S GAMBLE THE KRYTOS TRAP THE BACTA WAR WRAITH SQUADRON IRON FIST SOLO COMMAND ISARD’S REVENGE STARFIGHTERS OF ADUMAR
Author : Adrienne Mayor
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691245614
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book Fossil Legends of the First Americans written by Adrienne Mayor and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The burnt-red badlands of Montana's Hell Creek are a vast graveyard of the Cretaceous dinosaurs that lived 68 million years ago. Those hills were, much later, also home to the Sioux, the Crows, and the Blackfeet, the first people to encounter the dinosaur fossils exposed by the elements. What did Native Americans make of these stone skeletons, and how did they explain the teeth and claws of gargantuan animals no one had seen alive? Did they speculate about their deaths? Did they collect fossils? Beginning in the East, with its Ice Age monsters, and ending in the West, where dinosaurs lived and died, this richly illustrated and elegantly written book examines the discoveries of enormous bones and uses of fossils for medicine, hunting magic, and spells. Well before Columbus, Native Americans observed the mysterious petrified remains of extinct creatures and sought to understand their transformation to stone. In perceptive creation stories, they visualized the remains of extinct mammoths, dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and marine creatures as Monster Bears, Giant Lizards, Thunder Birds, and Water Monsters. Their insights, some so sophisticated that they anticipate modern scientific theories, were passed down in oral histories over many centuries. Drawing on historical sources, archaeology, traditional accounts, and extensive personal interviews, Adrienne Mayor takes us from Aztec and Inca fossil tales to the traditions of the Iroquois, Navajos, Apaches, Cheyennes, and Pawnees. Fossil Legends of the First Americans represents a major step forward in our understanding of how humans made sense of fossils before evolutionary theory developed.
Author : Anon E. Mouse
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 8828351764
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (283 download)
Download or read book LEGENDS OF HAWAIIAN VOLCANOES - 20 Legends about Hawaii's Volcanoes written by Anon E. Mouse and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herein are 20 legends of Hawaii’s volcanoes and the demigods which occupy them. Many of these legends are about Pele who according to Polynesian myth lives in Kilauea. The story of Pele’s arrival and occupation of Kilauea can be found in the very first story, “AI-LAAU, THE FOREST EATER.” Ai-laau lived in the volcano spewing forth his fire from the great crater when Pele came to the seashore far below. On seeing Pele, Ai-laau was fearful and fled leaving the volcano to her, where until this day she digs and continues to release plumes of fire and rivers of lava. Herein you will find the legends of: Ai-Laau, The Forest Eater How Pele Came To Hawaii Pele And The Owl Ghost-God The Hills Of Pele Pele And The Chiefs Of Puna Pele's Tree Pele And Kaha-Wali Pele And Kama-Puaa Pele And The Snow-Goddess Genealogy Of The Pele Family Pele's Long Sleep Hopoe, The Dancing Stone Hiiaka's Battle With Demons How Hiiaka Found Wahine-Omao Hiiaka Catching A Ghost Hiiaka And The Seacoast Kupuas Lohiau The Annihilation Of Keoua's Army The Destruction Of Kamehameha's Fish Ponds Kapiolani And Pele We invite you to download and read this very topical edition of Legends Of Hawaii’s Volcanoes, the activity of which was just as important to the ancient, original inhabitants of Hawaii as they were to the second generation of Americans who have arrived on the islands in relatively recent times. Instead of wading through the scientific explanations for the recent volcanic activity, just maybe there is another, hitherto, unexplained reason for the eruptions, some of which also give an interesting perspective on Hawaiian history. =========== KEYWORDS/TAGS: fairy tales, folklore, myths, legends, children’s stories, children’s stories, bygone era, fairydom, fairy land, classic stories, children’s bedtime stories, happy place, happiness, laughter, history, historical, Hawaii, Islands, , Pele, Hiiaka, lava, great, fire, Lohiau, beautiful, Kauai, crater, chief, goddess, forest, Kilauea, sister, power, water, volcano, journey, winds, spirit, Kama-puaa, dragons, Puna, pit, Hilo, smoke, Hopoe, clouds, fires, ferns, Kapiolani, struck, volcanic, islands, ancient, death, earth, fish, Wahine, omao, Kamehameha, lightning, mountains, Hawaiians, Pana-ewa, skirt, magic, waves, deep, leap, ocean, Kaha-wali, pig, stone, precipice, erupt, flowers, Poliahu, battle, anger, destroy, divine, river, flee, prophet, pour, native, Mauna, sleep, chant, holua, birds, evil, Na-maka-o-ka-hai, fire-goddess, dragon, Haumea, floods, lehua, king, surf, tabu, lover, ghost-gods, Oahu, Maui, Pau-o-palae, au-makuas, missionary, earthquake, sacrifice, Moo-lau, , canoe, Kane, west, kupuas, Keoua, Pii, Ku-waha-ilo, Lono-makua, Ai-laau, Kahuku, bones, Keaau, Kane-hoa-lani, Ka-moho-alii, whirlwind, traveller, guardians, Hiiaka
Author : Mrs. Jameson (Anna)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Legends of the Monastic Orders as Represented in the Fine Arts written by Mrs. Jameson (Anna) and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anon E. Mouse
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 8828367121
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (283 download)
Download or read book LEGEND LAND Vol. 2 - 15 further legends from Poldark Country written by Anon E. Mouse and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description The myths and legends of England’s South West are full of what is called "local colour" and are richer in legend than any other part. The legends in this volume are infused with Celtic poetry and symbolism, inherent in the blood of the people of the West They afford us not only glimpses of ancient times and of old habits of thought and life, but also of the country itself at different times of the year. Stories like THE LOST LAND OF LYONESSE which for part of the Arthurian legends, home to Tristan, which is said to have sunk beneath the waves. However, almost 100 years ago, the Great Western Railway realised the value of these stories to travellers and has saved 12 of these precious remnants of old England and put them into print for us. The stories in this volume are: The Church the Devil Stole The Parson and the Clerk The Weaver of Dean Combe The Demon Who Helped Drake The Samson of Tavistock The Midnight Hunter of the Moor The Lost Land of Lyonesse The Piskie's Funeral The Spectre Coach St. Neot, the Pigmy Saint The Old Man of Cury The Hooting Carn The Padstow May Day Songs (Supplement) Because so many old stories were passed on orally by storytellers, with the advent of the industrial revolution printed books became more common and these stories became “lost” as less attended the once popular storytelling sessions. Then in 1870 the UK Education Act undertook to teach all children how to read and the art of storytelling all but died out altogether. This volume is sure to keep you enchanted for hours, if only not because of the content, but because of their quality, and will have you and your young wards coming back for more time-and-again. ============ KEYWORDS/TAGS: folklore, fairy tales, myths, legends, children’s stories, bedtime, fables, wonder tales, West country, myth, legend, land, , Abbey, ancient, awe-inspiring, beasts, beautiful, black, Bodmin, Brent, Buckfast, Buckfastleigh, Buckland, Carn, cave, centuries, Church, clerk , Cornish, Cornwall, Dartmoor, Dawlish, Dean, demon who helped drake , Devil, Devon, discover, Dodge, Drake, Exeter, gates, glorious, golf, grave, Great, headless, heart, Hooting, hooting carn , hound, journey, King, Knowles, lamentation, Land's End, Lanreath, Lelant, Lizard, Looe, lost land of lyonesse , love, magnificent, mermaid, midnight hunter of the moor , miners, moor, moorland, Mullion, neighbour, Neot, night, old man of cury, Bodmin Moor, Ordulph, padstow may day songs , Parson, Penzance, picturesque, piskie's funeral , pixie, Plymouth, prehistoric, priest, Queen, railway, Richard, rock, saint, samson of tavistock , sand-hills, Scillies, Isles of Scilly, sea, Seven, spectre coach , spectre-pack, spirit, st. neot the pigmy saint , stole , Stones, stupendous, Talland, Tavistock, Tavy, thieves, thunder, Tor, transform, weaver of dean combe , weird, West, wild, Wish, world
Author : T. Crofton Croker
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486468143
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Irish Fairy Legends written by T. Crofton Croker and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2008-11-24 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1812 to 1816, folklorist T. Crofton Croker roamed southern Ireland, listening to stories of changelings, pixies, and other supernatural creatures. His collection of folktales, recounted in plain but colorful language, was an overnight bestseller. This edition of Croker's ever-popular compilation is illustrated with scores of winsome engravings.
Author : J. Price Ph.D.
Publisher : eBooks2go, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1545750548
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (457 download)
Download or read book Rock Lake’s Stellar Pyramids: Legends of Wisconsin’S Sunken Site a Preliminary Study written by J. Price Ph.D. and published by eBooks2go, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-02-22 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1988, a side-scan sonar reading of Rock Lake, Wisconsin's underwater structures was recorded by drivers, under the direction of University of Wisconsin Professor of Civil Engineering Dr. James Scherz. After viewing the image, the author worked with Sac and Fox Nation elders in Wisconsin and Stroud, Oklahoma, to obtain the translations of the Medewigan, or Medicine Lodge. Similar legends are described in Ashinaubig, Menominee, Ojibway, and Winnebago (Ho Chunk) traditions and in an 1890 Ojibway text. However, the oldest written record of the Sauk Tribe is found in an 1100 B.C. Chinese Imperial record that describes the Emperor's notation of similarity in the warriors' archery skills and red-plumed Mohawks, which recalled their own Red Phoenix creation legends.
