The Storytelling Animal
The Storytelling Animal

Author: Jonathan Gottschall

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 0547391404

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A provocative scholar delivers the first book on the new science of storytelling: the latest thinking on why we tell stories and what stories reveal about human nature.

Stories of Your Life and Others
Stories of Your Life and Others

Author: Ted Chiang

Publisher: Knopf

Published: 2010-10-26

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1931520895

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From the author of Exhalation, an award-winning short story collection that blends "absorbing storytelling with meditations on the universe, being, time and space ... raises questions about the nature of reality and what it is to be human" (The New York Times). Stories of Your Life and Others delivers dual delights of the very, very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar, often presenting characters who must confront sudden change—the inevitable rise of automatons or the appearance of aliens—with some sense of normalcy. With sharp intelligence and humor, Chiang examines what it means to be alive in a world marked by uncertainty, but also by beauty and wonder. An award-winning collection from one of today's most lauded writers, Stories of Your Life and Others is a contemporary classic. Includes “Story of Your Life”—the basis for the major motion picture Arrival

Wise Words
Wise Words

Author: Peter J. Leithart

Publisher: Canon Press & Book Service

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1591280141

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A collection of original fairy tales illustrating selections from the biblical book of Proverbs.

The Illustrated Book of Sayings
The Illustrated Book of Sayings

Author: Ella Frances Sanders

Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Published: 2016-09-13

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 1607749343

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Translation and Eating the Sun, a charming illustrated collection of more than fifty expressions from around the globe that explores the nuances of language From the hilarious and romantic to the philosophical and literal, the idioms, proverbs, and adages in this illustrated collection address the nuances of language in the form of sayings from around the world. From the French idiom “to pedal in the sauerkraut” (meaning, “to spin your wheels”), to the Japanese idiom “even monkeys fall from trees” (meaning, “even experts can be wrong”), The Illustrated Book of Sayings reveals the remarkable diversity, humor, and poignancy of the world’s languages and cultures.

The Sayings and Stories of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
The Sayings and Stories of the Desert Fathers and Mothers

Author:

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 2021-03-15

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 0879071125

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2022 Catholic Media Association second place award in theology: history of theology, church fathers and mothers The Sayings and Stories of the Desert Fathers and Mothers offers a new translation of the Greek alphabetical Apophthegmata Patrum, The Sayings of the Desert Fathers. For the first time in an English translation, this volume provides: extensive background and contextual notes significant variant readings in the alphabetical manuscripts and textual differences vis-à-vis the systematic and anonymous Apophthegmata reference notes to both quotations from Scriptures and the many allusions to Scripture in the sayings and stories. In addition, there is an extensive glossary that offers information and further resources on people, places, and significant monastic vocabulary. Perfect for students and enthusiasts of the desert tradition.

The Book of who Said That?
The Book of who Said That?

Author: Ltd Publications International

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781680227543

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"Words you'll never forget by people you can't remember."--Cover.

It's Kind of a Funny Story
It's Kind of a Funny Story

Author: Ned Vizzini

Publisher: Disney Electronic Content

Published: 2010-09-25

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 1423141083

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Like many ambitious New York City teenagers, Craig Gilner sees entry into Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School as the ticket to his future. Determined to succeed at life—which means getting into the right high school to get into the right college to get the right job—Craig studies night and day to ace the entrance exam, and does. That's when things start to get crazy. At his new school, Craig realizes that he isn't brilliant compared to the other kids; he's just average, and maybe not even that. He soon sees his once-perfect future crumbling away.