Author: James/Lyle Hayhurst/Parascension PressPublisher: Adventures of Mercury Lane
ISBN: 0615182127
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The Adventures of Mercury Lane
Author: James/Lyle Hayhurst/Parascension PressPublisher: Adventures of Mercury Lane
ISBN: 0615182127
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The Adventures of Jack Lime
Author: James LeckPublisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1554533651
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
A film-noir novel featuring a hard-boiled, narcoleptic teenage PI who solves mysteries for his fellow high schoolers.
Lone Star Rising
Author: William C. DavisPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684865106
Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Originally published: New York: Free Press, 2004.
Arabian Nights, in 16 volumes
Author: A. V. Williams JacksonPublisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1605205907
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Notorious for the delight he took in tweaking the sexual taboos of the Victorian age-as well as the delight he took in the resulting shock of his bashful peers-British adventurer, linguist, and author CAPTAIN SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON (1821-1890) is perhaps best remembered for his unexpurgated translation of the Eastern classic The One Thousand and One Nights, more famously known today as The Arabian Nights. Originating in Persian, Indian, and Arabic sources as far back as the ninth century AD, this collection of bawdy tales-which Burton was the first to bring to English readers in uncensored form-has exerted incalculable influence on modern literature. It represents one of the earliest examples of a framing story, as young Shahrazad, under threat of execution by the King, postpones her death by regaling him with these wildly entertaining stories over the course of 1,001 nights. The stories themselves feature early instances of sexual humor, satire and parody, murder mystery, horror, and even science fiction. Burton's annotated 16-volume collection, as infamous as it is important, was first published between 1885 and 1888, and remains an entertainingly naughty read. Volume VII includes: [ "Harun Al-Rashid and the Arab Girl" [ "Al-Asma'i and the Three Girls of Bassorah" [ "Ibrahim of Mosul and the Devil" [ "The Badawi and His Wife" [ "The Lovers of Bassorah" [ "Ishak of Mosul and His Mistress and the Devil" [ "Story of Prince Sayf Al-Muluk and the Princess Badi'a Al-Jamal" [ and others.
The Further Adventures of Jack Lime
Author: James LeckPublisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1554537401
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Iona High School's self-styled private eye Jack Lime investigates a disappearing quarterback, a stolen painting, and a stolen comic book.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
Author: Leonard Charles SmithersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Arabian Nights, in 16 volumes
Author: Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1605205915
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Notorious for the delight he took in tweaking the sexual taboos of the Victorian age-as well as the delight he took in the resulting shock of his bashful peers-British adventurer, linguist, and author CAPTAIN SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON (1821-1890) is perhaps best remembered for his unexpurgated translation of the Eastern classic The One Thousand and One Nights, more famously known today as The Arabian Nights. Originating in Persian, Indian, and Arabic sources as far back as the ninth century AD, this collection of bawdy tales-which Burton was the first to bring to English readers in uncensored form-has exerted incalculable influence on modern literature. It represents one of the earliest examples of a framing story, as young Shahrazad, under threat of execution by the King, postpones her death by regaling him with these wildly entertaining stories over the course of 1,001 nights. The stories themselves feature early instances of sexual humor, satire and parody, murder mystery, horror, and even science fiction. Burton's annotated 16-volume collection, as infamous as it is important, was first published between 1885 and 1888, and remains an entertainingly naughty read. Volume VII includes: [ "Harun Al-Rashid and the Arab Girl" [ "Al-Asma'i and the Three Girls of Bassorah" [ "Ibrahim of Mosul and the Devil" [ "The Badawi and His Wife" [ "The Lovers of Bassorah" [ "Ishak of Mosul and His Mistress and the Devil" [ "Story of Prince Sayf Al-Muluk and the Princess Badi'a Al-Jamal" [ and others.
A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
Author: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
Author: Irish Ghost Stories
Author: Patrick ByrnePublisher: Mercier Press Ltd
ISBN: 1856357279
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
Irish Ghost Stories contains stories that tell of spooky goings-on in almost every part of the country. They include the tales of the Wizard Earl of Kildare, the Scanlan Lights of Limerick, Buttoncap of Antrim, Maynooth College's haunted room, Loftus Hall in Wexford, and an account of how the poet Francis Ledwidge appeared to an old friend in County Meath. The country of Ireland is full of old castles with secret rooms, and while some of the stories are obvious figments of lively imaginations, there are other tales that cannot be easily explained away.