Ball Tales
Ball Tales

Author: Michelle Nolan

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-11-26

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0786458305

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This history of American sports fiction traces depictions of baseball, basketball and football in works for all age levels from early dime novels through the 1960s. Chapters cover dime novel heroes Frank and Dick Merriwell; the explosion of sports novels before World War II and its influence on the authors who later wrote for baby boom readers; how sports novels persisted during the Great Depression; the rise and decline of sports pulps; why sports comics failed; postwar heroes Chip Hilton and Bronc Burnett; the lack of sports fiction for females; Duane Decker's Blue Sox books; and the classic John R. Tunis novels. Appendices list sports pulp titles and comic books featuring sports fiction.

Matzoh Ball Gumbo
Matzoh Ball Gumbo

Author: Marcie Cohen Ferris

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 0807882313

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From the colonial era to the present, Marcie Cohen Ferris examines the expressive power of food throughout southern Jewish history. She demonstrates with delight and detail how southern Jews reinvented culinary traditions as they adapted to the customs, landscape, and racial codes of the American South. Richly illustrated, this culinary tour of the historic Jewish South is an evocative mixture of history and foodways, including more than thirty recipes to try at home.

The Ball Book
The Ball Book

Author: Joshua David Stein

Publisher:

Published: 2019-08-06

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9780714878676

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Bounce along with this rhyming read-aloud about all kinds of balls From footballs to eyeballs, beach balls to meatballs, if you can roll it, this book has it! With his signature whimsy and wordplay, author Joshua David Stein compares and contrasts different kinds of balls in this part-reference, part-comedy act. The book invites readers to identify various sports balls, while simultaneously weaving in a whole selection of unexpected rollable objects. A winning formula for every young reader who loves to kick, throw, catch, or giggle.

Trickster Tales
Trickster Tales

Author:

Publisher: august house

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780874834505

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Stories from cultures including ancient Babylonia, China, India, Eastern Europe, Morocco.

Gypsy Folk-tales
Gypsy Folk-tales

Author: Francis Hindes Groome

Publisher:

Published: 1899

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13:

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Gypsy Folk-Tales by Francis Hindes Groome, first published in 1899, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

Buddhist Folk Tales
Buddhist Folk Tales

Author: Kevin Walker

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2022-03-03

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 0750999802

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Buddhist Folk Tales is a wonderful collection of ancient and modern stories from the Buddhist tradition. From short, snappy tales to longer narratives, they will entertain and tantalise the emotions. Laugh, sigh and cry at stories about previous lives, why the Monkey King wanted to be Master of the Universe, the grimace that comes with the phrase 'out of the mouths of babes', and ever-endearing mother love. This is a book to treasure, and read time and again.

Russian Fairy Tales from the Skazki of Polevoi
Russian Fairy Tales from the Skazki of Polevoi

Author: P. Polevoi

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-11-22

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13:

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"Russian Fairy Tales from the Skazki of Polevoi" by P. Polevoi is a collection of classical Russian tales. The volume contains: The Golden Mountain, Morozko, The Flying Ship, The Muzhichek-As-Big-As-Your-Thumb-with-Moustaches-Seven-Versts-Long, The Story of the Tsarevich Ivan, and of the Harp that Harped Without a Harper, The Story of Gore-Gorinskoe, Go I Know Not Whither—Fetch I Know Not What, Kuz'ma Skorobogaty, The Tsarevna Loveliness-Inexhaustible, Verlioka, The Frog-Tsarevna, The Two Sons of Ivan the Soldier, The Woman-Accuser, Thomas Berennikov, The White Duck, The Tale of Little Fool Ivan, The Little Feather of Fenist the Bright Falcon, The Tale of the Peasant Demyan, The Enchanted Ring, The Brave Labourer, The Sage Damsel, The Prophetic Dream, Two Out of the Knapsack, and The Story of Marko the Rich and Vasily the Luckless.

The Complete Russian Folktale: v. 3: Russian Wondertales 1 - Tales of Heroes and Villains
The Complete Russian Folktale: v. 3: Russian Wondertales 1 - Tales of Heroes and Villains

Author: Jack V. Haney

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-08-15

Total Pages: 473

ISBN-13: 1315482517

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These stories of magic and heroism, and of terrifying encounters with Baba Yaga, Zmei the serpent, and Koshchei the Immortal, are surely the best-known and best-loved folktales of Russia. A wondertale tells of a young person's first venture into a perilous world, where he or she must solve a riddle, pass a test of character, or perform a heroic feat. In the course of the tale, villainy is foiled, disaster is averted, and the young person is transformed by this successful struggle into an adult. The two hundred and fifty wondertales collected and translated here represent at least one example of every tale type known in Russia. Each tale is accompanied by commentary and the volume includes a substantial introduction by the editor.

Modern Fairy Tales
Modern Fairy Tales

Author: Lori Butler

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2015-05

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 1329108590

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This collection of short stories is presented by the Freedom High School Communications Academy, The Freedom High School Graphic Design classes and the Creative writing classes. It was edited and compiled by Lori Butler and Susan Wilson with the help of several dedicated students. It includes original artwork and designs by student artists. The stories are an imaginative set of modern day fairy tales, and the images are directly and indirectly inspired by the writing. We hope you enjoy them!