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Book How to Make a Golem  and Terrify People

Download or read book How to Make a Golem and Terrify People written by Alette Willis and published by Floris Books. This book was released on 2012-04-19 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You think you're a fairy godmother or something?" I asked."Or something," Michael agreed. Edda is tired of her nickname, 'Mouse', and wants to be braver. But when her house is burgled on her twelfth birthday, Edda is more afraid than ever. That is until new boy Michael Scot starts school. There's something peculiar -- and very annoying -- about know-it-all Michael. He claims to be a great alchemist who can help Edda overcome her fears by teaching her to build a golem. But surely they can't bring a giant mud monster to life? Can they? Winner of the Kelpies Prize 2011.

Book Young Adult and Canonical Literature

Download or read book Young Adult and Canonical Literature written by Paula Greathouse and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-03-10 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last decade alone, the world has changed in seismic ways as marriage equality has been ruled on by the supreme court, social justice issues such as #metoo and BlackLivesMatter have arisen, and issues of immigration and deportation have come to the forefront of politics across the globe. Thus, there is a need for an updated text that shares strategies for combining canonical and young adult literature that reflects the changes society has – and continues to - experience. The purpose of our collection is to offer secondary (6-12) teachers engaging ideas and approaches for pairing young adult and canonical novels to provide unique examinations of topics that teaching either text in isolation could not afford. Our collection does not center canonical texts and most chapters show how both texts complement each other rather than the young adult text being only an extension of the canonical. Within each volume, the chapters are organized chronologically according to the publication date of the canonical text. The pairings offered in this collection allow for comparisons in some cases, for extensions in others, and for critique in all.

Book Dancing with Trees

    Book Details:
  • Author : Allison Galbraith
  • Publisher : The History Press
  • Release : 2017-04-03
  • ISBN : 0750982845
  • Pages : 236 pages

Download or read book Dancing with Trees written by Allison Galbraith and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The oral storytelling traditions of the British Isles have connected people to the land and to their plant and animal neighbours for centuries. This collection brings together story wisdom from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland that speaks to the heart of humanity's relationship with nature. Whether it's traditional stories about native birds and animals or tales of living in harmony with the landscapes we call home, there's something here for everyone who believes that a more beautiful world is within our reach. Richly illustrated with thirty original drawings, these enchanting tales will appeal to everyone interested in nature and in environmental conservation and will be enjoyed by readers, storytellers and listeners time and again.

Book Storytelling for Sustainability in Higher Education

Download or read book Storytelling for Sustainability in Higher Education written by Petra Molthan-Hill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To be a storyteller is an incredible position from which to influence hearts and minds, and each one of us has the capacity to utilise storytelling for a sustainable future. This book offers unique and powerful insights into how stories and storytelling can be utilised within higher education to support sustainability literacy. Stories can shape our perspective of the world around us and how we interact with it, and this is where storytelling becomes a useful tool for facilitating understanding of sustainability concepts which tend to be complex and multifaceted. The craft of storytelling is as old as time and has influenced human experience throughout the ages. The conscious use of storytelling in higher education is likewise not new, although less prevalent in certain academic disciplines; what this book offers is the opportunity to delve into the concept of storytelling as an educational tool regardless of and beyond the boundaries of subject area. Written by academics and storytellers, the book is based on the authors’ own experiences of using stories within teaching, from a story of “the Ecology of Law” to the exploration of sustainability in accounting and finance via contemporary cinema. Practical advice in each chapter ensures that ideas may be put into practice with ease. In addition to examples from the classroom, the book also explores wider uses of storytelling for communication and sense-making and ways of assessing student storytelling work. It also offers fascinating research insights, for example in addressing the question of whether positive utopian stories relating to climate change will have a stronger impact on changing the behaviour of readers than will dystopian stories. Everyone working as an educator should fi nd some inspiration here for their own practice; on using storytelling and stories to co-design positive futures together with our students.

Book How to Make a Golem and Terrify People

Download or read book How to Make a Golem and Terrify People written by Alette J. Willis and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new boy at school tells 12-year-old Edda he can help her stop being afraid by building a golem -- a mud monster. A spooky story, both quirky and funny, about facing your fears.

Book PROJECT

    Book Details:
  • Author : James Desborough
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2018-11-16
  • ISBN : 0244696624
  • Pages : 116 pages

Download or read book PROJECT written by James Desborough and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-11-16 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A roleplaying game of (somewhat) superhumans in a fractured universe, holding back the strangeness from the other side.

Book The Golem  Methuselah  and Shylock

Download or read book The Golem Methuselah and Shylock written by Edward Einhorn and published by Theater 61 Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward Einhorn blends absurdist humor with philosophy in these critically acclaimed plays about legendary Jewish figures. Golem Stories retells an old Kabalistic legend. It's a ghost story and a love story, about a childlike clay man who may be a demon inside. In The Living Methuselah, the oldest living man survives every disaster is human history, with the help of his wife Serach, the oldest living woman. But when a doctor tells him he will only live until the end of the play, will this be his final curtain? To find the title character of A Shylock, Jacob Levy interrogates every character in The Merchant of Venice, but oddly Hamlet may know the most-although this Hamlet is a woman. And in One-Eyed Moses and the Churning Red Sea, Rabbi Tzipporah Finestein dreams Moses is a pirate captain, but what do the dreams mean? Two congregants hold the key.

Book Stuffed Animals

Download or read book Stuffed Animals written by Wayne Johnston and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stuffed Animals is a collection of haunting, sparsely wrought micro fiction. Each story invites the reader in and then delights and torments them with surprises and plot twists. Whether you are in the mood for black humour, spine-tingling horror, or soul-wrenching tragedy, you will find it within these pages. While the stories explore a wide range of themes and genres, they share an interest in word play and conceptual games. With complex imagination, compelling characters, and gripping storylines, Stuffed Animals asks the reader to sit down, dig in, and not let go. It captures an unsettling balance of beauty and repulsion, the writing versing more as artistic expression than conventional storytelling.

Book Interactive Read alouds

Download or read book Interactive Read alouds written by Linda Hoyt and published by Firsthand. This book was released on 2009 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linda Hoyt's Interactive Read-Alouds will help you make the most of read-aloud time by showing you creative ways to use popular children's literature to teach standards, fluency, and comprehension. Combining award-winning text and engaging conversations with reflective thinking, Linda's lessons will add drama to your literacy block and will teach your young readers strategies they will use across the curriculum.

Book Visualizing Jewish Narratives

Download or read book Visualizing Jewish Narratives written by Derek Parker Royal and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining a wide range of comics and graphic novels – including works by creators such as Will Eisner, Leela Corman, Neil Gaiman, Art Spiegelman, Sarah Glidden and Joe Sacco – this book explores how comics writers and artists have tackled major issues of Jewish identity and culture. With chapters written by leading and emerging scholars in contemporary comic book studies, Visualizing Jewish Narrative highlights the ways in which Jewish comics have handled such topics as: ·Biography, autobiography, and Jewish identity ·Gender and sexuality ·Genre – from superheroes to comedy ·The Holocaust ·The Israel-Palestine conflict ·Sources in the Hebrew Bible and Jewish myth Visualizing Jewish Narrative also includes a foreword by Danny Fingeroth, former editor of the Spider-Man line and author of Superman on the Couch and Disguised as Clark Kent..

Book The Golem

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gustav Meyrink
  • Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
  • Release : 2023-11-06
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 186 pages

Download or read book The Golem written by Gustav Meyrink and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-06 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Golem" is a novel written by the Austrian author Gustav Meyrink. It was first published in 1915 and is considered a classic of early 20th-century horror and supernatural fiction. The novel is set in the Jewish ghetto of Prague and is heavily influenced by the legend of the golem, a creature brought to life through mystical means. The story follows the character of Athanasius Pernath, an alchemist and antiquarian who becomes embroiled in the mysteries of the ghetto, including the enigmatic Rabbi Löw and the legend of the golem. The novel weaves elements of mysticism, the occult, and the supernatural into a dark and atmospheric narrative. Gustav Meyrink was known for his interest in the esoteric and the mystical, and "The Golem" reflects his fascination with these themes. The novel has had a lasting impact on the horror and supernatural fiction genres and is celebrated for its eerie and atmospheric storytelling. It continues to be a significant work in the realm of early 20th-century horror literature.

Book Atta Boy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Cally Fiedorek
  • Publisher : University of Iowa Press
  • Release : 2024-04-02
  • ISBN : 1609389425
  • Pages : 266 pages

Download or read book Atta Boy written by Cally Fiedorek and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 2018, we meet Rudy Coyle, a bar owner’s son from Flushing, Queens, in the throes of a major quarter-life crisis. Cut out of the family business, he gets a Hail Mary job as a night doorman in a storied Park Avenue apartment building, where he comes under the wing of the family in 4E, the Cohens. Jacob “Jake” Cohen, the fast-talking patriarch, is one of a generation of financiers who made hundreds of millions of dollars in the cutthroat taxi medallion industry in the early 2000s, largely by preying on the hopes and dreams of impoverished immigrant drivers. As Jake tries to stop the bleed from the debt crisis now plaguing his company, clawing back his assets from an increasingly dangerous coterie of Russian American associates, Rudy gets promoted from doorman to errand boy to bodyguard to something like Jake’s right-hand man. By turns a gripping portrait of corruption and a tender family dramedy, Atta Boy combines the urban cool of Richard Price with the glossy, uptown charm of Taffy Brodesser-Akner. Here is a novel richly attuned to its time and place, but with something for everyone—high-wire prose and a story wedding ripped from the headlines, social realism with the warmth, angst, and humor of its indelible voices.

Book The Sorcerer King of Destruction and the Golem of the Barbarian Queen  Light Novel  Vol  2

Download or read book The Sorcerer King of Destruction and the Golem of the Barbarian Queen Light Novel Vol 2 written by Northcarolina and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fleeing their dark fate, Nemaki and his faithful partner Goltarou have at least reached human civilization. However, Nemaki's search for answers is soon interrupted by his desire to help his fellow man. When he rescues an indebted shopkeeper, he makes himself the target of a criminal organization--and it's up to Goltarou to protect him from revenge.

Book Chronicles of the Planeswalkers  Part One

Download or read book Chronicles of the Planeswalkers Part One written by B. T. Robertson and published by B.T. Robertson. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world that is being plagued by an unseen evil and growing chaos, on Krayn elf will go searching for his destiny. Aerinas, son of Tristandor, will journey to lands far beyond those he has ever traveled before. A group of elves, giants, men, and other beings will be required to uncover the mystery locked within the secrets of the Planes. Aerinas and the others alike will face challenges that will affect them physically, emotionally, and psychologically, and ultimately face an enemy that taunts them from beyond the borders of the physical realm.

Book George Eliot  Judaism and the Novels

Download or read book George Eliot Judaism and the Novels written by S. Nurbhai and published by Springer. This book was released on 2001-12-17 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first study to argue that Jewish Mysticism influenced all Eliot's novels and not just her Jewish novel, Daniel Deronda , and leaves the reader with a very different George Eliot from that assumed by most previous criticism. Though previous studies have attempted to qualify the still-dominant view that George Eliot is firmly as part of the realistic tradition, this study goes further by demonstrating that a cohesive mythic structure with its basis in Jewish mysticism is identifiable in her fiction. Providing helpful background and factual information about the Golem and other aspects of Kabbalah, this work will appeal to anyone interested in the myth of the Golem, the re-writing of Victorian culture from a Judaic perspective, and George Eliot studies in general.

Book Eastern Europe

    Book Details:
  • Author : Godfrey Blunden
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1965
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 396 pages

Download or read book Eastern Europe written by Godfrey Blunden and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book War Scare

    Book Details:
  • Author : Morris Redman Spivack
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1939
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 126 pages

Download or read book War Scare written by Morris Redman Spivack and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: