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Book Synopsis Monkey Tales and Other Short Stories by : Mahmoud Hirji
Download or read book Monkey Tales and Other Short Stories written by Mahmoud Hirji and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2022-07-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monkey Tales and other Short Stories is a collection of 14 short stories based on the author’s life growing up in East Africa, his global travels, experiences working in Canada and abroad, and more. Hirji deftly blurs the boundaries between memoir and fiction, creating vivid characters such as Aziz, who stars prominently in many stories, along with nefarious biker and monkey gangs, a gruesome toilet cleaner, a beautiful haunted spirit, endearing old women, sexy girlfriends, nudes and others who leap off the pages in their largesse. Stories come to life with Hirji’s vivid prose: you can practically smell the puri bubbling in oil and feel the victim’s terror when he takes on an unlikely intruder in a riotous showdown. Although Monkey Tales teases out humour and suspense in its stories, there’s plenty of poignancy in the collection, too. Whether facing financial hardship or racial bias, the characters demonstrate resilience and good nature as they struggle for survival between both humankind and the animal kingdom. This book is registered with the US Copyright Office
Book Synopsis The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales by : W.W. Jacobs
Download or read book The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales written by W.W. Jacobs and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteen humorous tales of the macabre and supernatural from W.W. Jacobs, including his classic, “The Monkey’s Paw.” Considered one of the foremost humorists in England at the turn of the century, W.W. Jacobs (1863–1943) is best known for his masterpiece of horror, “The Monkey’s Paw.” He was the author of thirteen volumes of short stories—all of which were commercially successful—and eighteen of these are included together for the first time in this gripping collection of macabre fiction. This book features Gothic narratives, stories of the macabre and supernatural tales. But they are also infused with shrewd and sardonic humor, for which Jacobs was justifiably famous. They demonstrate vividly his masterful instinct for weaving terror and suspense into scenes of ordinary life. His boyhood memories of South Devon Wharf lend authenticity to the many stories with nautical backgrounds or that feature seamen as protagonists. Because of its immense popularity, “The Monkey’s Paw” has tended to overshadow a good deal of Jacobs’ other work, and it is undoubtedly the most readily recognized and by far the most anthologized story in the collection. But readers will be delighted to know that Jacobs’ craftmanship is abundantly apparent in many of his other tales, as they will discover in this volume. Horror and mystery aficionados will be intrigued and delighted by his range of skillful and witty prose; and they will at last come to appreciate a writer whose other work has been for so long “lost” to the general public. “Eighteen of [Jacobs’] admirably rich stories are gathered in this collection, which shows off to advantage his absolute mastery of the form. Obvious in his stories is a vein of humor, regardless of whether they are conventional mysteries or tales of the macabre or the supernatural. . . . These stories will be at home in the hands of any admirer of the form.” —Booklist
Book Synopsis Slow Monkeys and Other Stories by : Jim Nichols
Download or read book Slow Monkeys and Other Stories written by Jim Nichols and published by Carnegie-Mellon University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You will be Jim Nichols."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis Love in Infant Monkeys by : Lydia Millet
Download or read book Love in Infant Monkeys written by Lydia Millet and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals and celebrities share unusual relationships in these hilarious satirical stories by an award-winning contemporary writer. Lions, Komodo dragons, dogs, monkeys, and pheasants—all have shared spotlights and tabloid headlines with celebrities such as Sharon Stone, Thomas Edison, and David Hasselhoff. Millet hilariously tweaks these unholy communions to run a stake through the heart of our fascination with famous people and pop culture in a wildly inventive collection of stories that “evoke the spectrum of human feeling and also its limits” (Publishers Weekly, Starred Review). While in so much fiction animals exist as symbols of good and evil or as author stand-ins, they represent nothing but themselves in Millet's ruthlessly lucid prose. Implacable in their actions, the animals in Millet’s spiraling fictional riffs and flounces show up their humans as bloated with foolishness yet curiously vulnerable, as in a tour-de-force, Kabbalah-infused interior monologue by Madonna after she shoots a pheasant on her Scottish estate. Millet treads newly imaginative territory with these charismatic tales. “These incredibly crafted stories, with their rare intelligence, humor, and empathy, describe the furious collision of nature and science, man and animal, everyday citizen and celebrity, fact and fiction. Lydia Millet’s writing sparkles with urgent brilliance.” —Joe Meno
Book Synopsis A Monkey Among Us by : Dave Horowitz
Download or read book A Monkey Among Us written by Dave Horowitz and published by HarperFestival. This book was released on 2004-05-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He's a monkey among us... among a fungus... now HUMONGOUS. What will that monkey get up to next?
Download or read book No Touch Monkey! written by Ayun Halliday and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2003-10-28 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From taming the wild dog packs of Bali to requiring the services of a bonesetter in Sumatra, Ayun Halliday offers up the best of her itinerant foibles as examples of how not to travel abroad.
Book Synopsis The Tales of Eon Monkey by : Eon Monkey
Download or read book The Tales of Eon Monkey written by Eon Monkey and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-13 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collected tales of Eon Monkey from the first three books: 1) Monkey Tales, 2) Gone Fishin' 3) Matilda and the Missing Button. The stories previously only available in eBooks published for the first time in paperback. Anytime, anywhere, everyday stories for everyone.
Download or read book Monkey Tales written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Every imaginable kind of monkey appears in these three boldly illustrated classic tales from around the world" Cf. Our choice, 1999-2000.
Book Synopsis Tricky Monkey Tales by : Chris Schweizer
Download or read book Tricky Monkey Tales written by Chris Schweizer and published by Graphic Universe ™. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monkey is searching for adventure! Can he learn how to fly on a cloud? Will he defeat a fearsome monster? Maybe he can become a brave sailor—but if he’s not careful, he might wind up the prisoner of pirates! In these Chinese Monkey tales, YOU decide what happens next! Six journeys to follow! Which will YOU take?
Download or read book The Monkey Bridge written by Joy Cowley and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Monkey Tales Around the World by : Terry L. Norton
Download or read book Monkey Tales Around the World written by Terry L. Norton and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-09-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are 63 traditional stories from world folklore about our nearest relatives: monkeys and apes. As with many tales about other animals, those about monkeys and apes sometimes reflect what we as humans admire about ourselves. However, the stories more frequently embody features that we dislike. Whether they depict monkeys and apes as annoying or clever pranksters, imitative nuisances and troublemakers, loyal and wise friends, or heroic and noble characters who sacrifice themselves for others, the selections in this anthology about our closest primate kin can tell us much about ourselves and what it means to be human.
Book Synopsis Monkey Jack and Other Stories by : Palmer Cox
Download or read book Monkey Jack and Other Stories written by Palmer Cox and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monkey Jack and Other Stories by Palmer Cox. Children's poetry and stories.
Download or read book Monkey Tales written by Lynda and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-12-29 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated book for beginning readers is only six chapters long. Its subjects include losing teeth, digging tunnels, observing the work habits of ants, and swinging on vines; all high interests for the children in its target audience. Mee-key is bored and sad. Mama-mo is having a busy day, and his older brother can go everywhere and do anything. Why does it take so long for a small monkey to grow bigger? However, Mee-key decides that being little has some advantages when his older brother can no longer fit on their mother's lap during a thunderstorm. "Sometimes I like to be little, and sometimes I want to be big," he concludes. "Little and big are both good. But when it storms, I'm happy to be little." The author is a mother of two grown daughters and a retired teacher with two degrees in elementary education.
Book Synopsis More Tales for Your Monkey's Mind by : Steve Michael Reedy
Download or read book More Tales for Your Monkey's Mind written by Steve Michael Reedy and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Tales For Your Monkey's Mind is another collection of six illustrated short stories written in the vein of Shel Silverstein, Roald Dahl, and Dr. Seuss. Each story looks at how the side effects of our social structure affect children and adults. As a child, author Steve Michael Reedy was inspired by the children's cartoons, movies, and books of the late 1960s and early 1970s, many of which had philosophical undertones. Later, after working as a counselor with children and adults, he decided to write a book about what he learned using a children's fable format. He did this for two reasons. First, he believed that the information would be more interesting if written with witches, toy factories, magical storybooks, and rhyme. Second, it would be more fun to write.The themes are multilayered, universal, and reflect the timeless issues that are always with us no matter what generation we may find ourselves in. Reedy wrote it as a means to create open conversations between adults and children. Clarion Reviews says it, "could prove to be one of those rare juvenile fiction books that survives adolescence to one day be read fondly by (or to) another generation."In the book Alex daydreams of working in the Wallerwood Toy Factory, and he sets off to learn the secrets kept hidden behind the factory's front doors. Jessica wants to become the best clown that Clown Town has ever seen. Then she learns that being a clown is not as much fun as she thought. Angela worries about what will happen to her when she dies, until she discovers there are others things to think about instead. Andrew wants a magical storybook of his very own, but then he hears a story that may change his mind. Josh and Kalyn accidentally break a witch's spell that was cast over the children of their town, and they set off on a journey to make things right. Little Fey searches for something to make her happy one-day, but she realizes that her search is pushing her happiness further away.
Download or read book Monkey Business written by Shirley Climo and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of monkey lore, fables, and stories from around the world.
Book Synopsis The Monkey King & Other Stories by : Griffin Ondaatje
Download or read book The Monkey King & Other Stories written by Griffin Ondaatje and published by New Delhi : HarperCollins Publishers India. This book was released on 1995 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retelling of traditional tales from the East. Through Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim tales, this collection celebrates the centuries-old tradition of storytelling. Richly imaginative and inspiring stories that speak of animal kings and flying elephants, monks, thieves and gods.
Book Synopsis Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales by : Robert S. Bader
Download or read book Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales written by Robert S. Bader and published by Applause Theatre & Cinema. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Applause Books). Groucho Marx was a comic genius who starred on stage and in film, radio, and television. But he was also a gifted writer the author of a play, two screenplays, seven books, and over 100 articles and essays. This newly expanded collection presents the best of Groucho's short comic pieces, written over a period of more than fifty years between 1919 and 1973 for the New York Times , the New Yorker , the Saturday Evening Post , Variety , the Hollywood Reporter , and other newspapers and magazines. Here is the one and only Groucho on his family, his days in vaudeville, his career, World War II, taxes, and other topics from his love of a good cigar to his chronic insomnia, from "Why Harpo Doesn't Talk" to "The Truth About Captain Spalding." The familiar irreverence, wordplay, and a dash of self-deprecation bring Groucho's wisecracking voice to life in these pages, firmly establishing him as one of the world's great humorists. Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales (a title of Groucho's own choosing) is essential reading for Marx Brothers fans, and a hilarious and nostalgic trip through the twentieth century.
