Download or read book Tall Tales for Tired Times written by David Lewis Paget and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-12-14 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once again this teller of tales has assembled a collection, and what a collection! Included here is his 1,000th Poem entitled 'The Terror', a look back into childhood paranoia. But there is humour here as well, and riveting scenes of horror that will make your hair stand on end, (if you have any left, which he doesn't). There are sixty-four different scenarios here that will keep your imagination titivated, and your heart perpetually halted in expectation of the worst that can happen, only to discover he has fooled you yet again. It is the twist in his endings that readers have come to love and anticipate, and the driving rhythms that force each story along to its eventual conclusion. Oh yes, this is poetry at its finest, rhyme, metre, all executed with a nonchalance that makes the reader smile in approbation. It would be advisable to read only one poem per night, but of course, you won't be able to, because once begun on that dark ride, you will find yourself pushing on inevitably to the end. Enjoy!
Download or read book A Tale Dark Grimm written by Adam Gidwitz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-10-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edible houses, and outwitted witches. Fairy tales have never been more irreverent or subversive as Hansel and Gretel learn to take charge of their destinies and become the clever architects of their own happily ever after.
Download or read book The Obelisk written by David Lewis Paget and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Narrative Poetry by Australian Poet David Lewis Paget.
Download or read book Goblin Dell written by David Lewis Paget and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-01-06 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Goblin Dell, the repository for yet another collection of narrative poems from my pen, the thirteenth. Within this colourful Dell are the imaginative streams of an alternative world, a world that we all visualise at times if only to escape the one we're in. This new world of ours doesn't adhere to the physical laws, rules and regulations that presently bind us. It transcends all that, being beholden only to the limits of our imaginations, taking us to distant countries and landscapes where we may meet the strange and untrammelled denizens of these regions without suffering their infections, or paying the price for their incapacities. Though they will fill your eyes and mind with the temporary shock of amazement, you will still be able to part from them, and find your way home, this I promise you. But I won't promise that you will get this book back if you lend it out....
Download or read book Butterflies written by David Lewis Paget and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps your life is humdrum, banal or unimaginative. On your return from the daily ritual, you have nothing exciting to shake off that feeling of ennui. Well you have now, once you've taken the plunge, and purchased this book. Whole new worlds will open before your eyes, characters and situations will enthrall and delight you. Improbable scenarios will light up your mind, and engage your imagination. Too good to be true? Not at all. These works, the latest in a series of narrative poems from the Australian Poet David Lewis Paget have been called brilliant and compulsive reading. None of your freeform psychobabble here. These are strange tales, conveyed in strict rhyme and metre from the eccentric mind of one of the greatest living storytellers. Sixty four of these tales are yours for the asking in this eleventh volume of his narrative works. Wipe the cobwebs off that wallet, and get your copy now! It won't break the bank.
Download or read book Tall Tales and Short Stories written by Chimp Robertson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His younger brothers and sisters were in shock. BEN ROBERTSON, fifteen, son of a South Texas share-cropper and with dreams of being a cowboy, started walking toward town. He climbed in a boxcar and rode three days and nights to Channing, Texas where his older brother, FRED ROBERTSON, was working on a ranch. Fred got him a job and Ben spent the rest of his life, mostly horseback. Four years later, his younger brother, ALTON ROBERTSON, also fifteen, walked that same dusty road with the smaller kids running along behind, pulling on his sleeve and begging him to come back. But, he climbed into a boxcar, riding day and night with no food or water, and hopped off in Channing, just as Ben had done. He caught a ride with a supply wagon out to the ranch where Fred and Ben were working and they got him a job. His childhood was spent riding rough horses, rounding up cattle, branding, shipping, and sleeping on the ground. Alton and Ben learned the cowboy life the hard way, by experience. Life on big Texas ranches in the twentys was hard. Long days in the saddle for weeks at a time caused many a cowboy to look toward the horizon, in the direction of some small town where occasional Saturday night dances were held. Alton and Ben made many of those rough-house dances where pretty girls were scarce and fights were common and they never turned down either, the pretty girls or the fights. Bucking horses, runaway horses, wild horses, and lots of good horses, Alton learned the cowboy way just as many other young men had done before him. Ride those bucking horses or draw your pay and hike back to town. As time passed, he found a sweetheart, got married, lived in a one room shack without the benefit of electricity, plumbing or running water, raised a family, and served his country in the US Army. Later in life, Alton owned a wind mill rig with Ben, broke horses, worked at the sale barn in Dalhart, Texas, purchased a tough bar in Lawton, Oklahoma from his brother-in-law, EMERY COWLEY, and eventually bought a good grass ranch in the northwest Arkansas town of Green Forest. He settled down there for the reminder of his life, running a small cow herd, helping his neighbors, and meeting the three best friends of his life, CLAY THARP, and his brothers, Claude, Clell, and Clinton. The lives of true cowboys are colored into this account of four generations of a family that lived, enjoyed and overcame the hardships of working on the ranges of Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. It is compiled for the appreciation of all who have been cowboys or have ancestors whose lives were enriched by cowboy life. This book opens the corral gate beckoning to the young ones who feel the calling to live in an honorable, hard-working and determined commitment to life that few find nowadays. Enjoy the hardscrabble humor, sweat and endurance of those who have preceded us in this great adventure of the American West. Chimp Robertson
Download or read book Sleepyheads written by Sandra J. Howatt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready for bed with this soothing sleepy story—now available as a Classic Board Book! The sun has set, and sleepyheads all across the land are tucked into their cozy beds. Rabbit is snoozing in the weeds, and Duck is snuggled in the reeds. Bear is nestled in his cave, and Otter is rocking on a wave. But there’s one little sleepyhead who’s not in his bed. Where, oh where, could he be? This sweet and snuggly bedtime book with irresistible illustrations by Joyce Wan is the perfect read-aloud story to prepare little ones for a cozy night’s sleep.
Download or read book The Widow of Martin Black written by David Lewis Paget and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-07 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edgar Allan Poe is considered by many to be the premier writer of the macabre, both in story and in poetry. Yet it is my pleasure to introduce to you the man who continues where Poe left off. David Lewis Paget is an accomplished Australian Poet. His narrative poems are of such high quality both in rhyme and meter that there are few his equal. Over the past forty years or more, David Lewis Paget has honed his skill as a Narrative Poet to such a degree that his ability to scare and yet also touch the heart are as sharp as any knife. I became acquainted with David's writings only a year ago while searching for a good volume of poems to read during October, and was considering more of Edgar Allan Poe's work when a copy of "The Devil on the Tree & Other Poems of Dysfunction" appeared on the internet. I took a chance on it, read it in one sitting, cover to cover, and found myself chilled to the bone. Read this one for yourself, and see. (Keith A. Fowler)
Download or read book The Angel of Lygon Street written by David Lewis Paget and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-05-08 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once more a collection of 70 narrative poems, with disparate themes, something, in fact, for everybody. This is my fifteenth collection, beginning with Timepieces, which was largely Gothic, to the present collection which are rather less bloodthirsty than those early volumes. I like to think of most of the subject material as bizarre these days, more subtle perhaps, but just as interesting in their wayward themes. The fact that most of them are written at night, in a dim, quiet room, probably adds to the flavour. There are ghost stories, weird stories, strange characters who inhabit eerie buildings and live lives of quiet desperation, and who may only be found between the pages of this book. There is the odd bit of humour as well, to lighten the atmosphere if one is getting over tense. You can read it in the study, in bed, even take it into the bathroom with you if you don't want to break the thread of a good tale. But keep it away from the neighbours, or you'll lose it for good.
Download or read book The Mind Catcher written by David Lewis Paget and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-12-03 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 65 Narrative poems by Australian Poet David Lewis Paget, the fourteenth book in the series. Weird and wonderful tales from the edge of darkness, told in a magical rhyme and metre that will impress these stories onto your imagination, and leave you looking for more.
Download or read book The child s popular fairy tales told for the hundredth time written by Henry William Dulcken and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Complete Fairy Tales written by George MacDonald and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George MacDonald occupied a major position in the intellectual life of his Victorian contemporaries. This volume brings together all eleven of his shorter fairy stories as well as his essay "The Fantastic Imagination". The subjects are those of traditional fantasy: good and wicked fairies, children embarking on elaborate quests, and journeys into unsettling dreamworlds. Within this familiar imaginative landscape, his children's stories were profoundly experimental, questioning the association of childhood with purity and innocence, and the need to separate fairy tale wonder from adult scepticism and disbelief.
Download or read book English Fairy Tales written by Compiler : Joseph Jacobs and published by Namaskar Books. This book was released on 2024-10-28 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into a world of enchantment and wonder with *English Fairy Tales* compiled by Joseph Jacobs. This delightful collection brings together timeless stories that have captivated readers for generations, blending the magical with the moral. What secrets lie within the pages of these beloved tales? From cunning foxes to brave knights, Jacobs’ carefully selected stories transport you to a realm where anything is possible, and every twist is a lesson waiting to be learned.Featuring classics such as *“Jack and the Beanstalk,”* *“The Three Little Bears,”* and *“The Princess and the Pea,”* this anthology captures the imagination and spirit of English folklore. Each tale is rich with vibrant characters and timeless themes that resonate with readers of all ages. Are you prepared to rediscover the magic of childhood through these enchanting stories? *English Fairy Tales* invites you to journey back to a time when fairies danced in the moonlight and heroes were made through acts of courage.Join in the adventure and relive the excitement that has inspired countless adaptations and retellings. This collection is not just a book; it’s a gateway to imagination and creativity, making it a perfect gift for young readers and a nostalgic treasure for adults. Don't miss your chance to experience the charm of English folklore—purchase *English Fairy Tales* today and let the magic unfold!
Download or read book Louisa May Alcott s Fairy Tales and Fantasy Stories written by Louisa May Alcott and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While these stories can make no claim to being great art, they are an important segment of Alcott's canon. They demonstrate that, while she was exploring new territory with some of her work, she was also working within the existing tradition of the didactic fairy tale.
Download or read book Belgian Fairy Tales written by William Elliot Griffis and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Elliot Griffis was an American orientalist, Congregational minister, lecturer, and prolific author. Griffis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of a sea captain and later a coal trader. Belgian Fairy Tales is a collection of tales penne by Griffis. Contents include: The War Storm And Baldy The Horse - The Swan Maidens And The Silver Knight - A Congress Of Belgian Fairies - The Ogre In The Forest Of Hazel Nuts - The Fairy Of The Poppies - The Story Of The Fleur-De-Lys - The Irish Princess And Her Ship Of Sod - Wine-Crust, The Blue-Beard Of Flanders - Lyderic, The Orphan - The Long Wappers, And Their Tricks - The Pilgrim Pigeons - The Fairy Queen And The Carrier Doves - The Far Famed Oriental - Puss Geiko And Her Travels - The Marriage Of The Fairies - The Enchanted Windmill - Turk, Turban, Tulip And Dragon - Up And Down And Up Again - The Golden Dragon Of The Boringue - The Red Caps And The Hunters - The Split Tailed Lion - Rinaldo And His Wondeful Horse Bayard - The Belgian Bunny - The Fairies Of The Kitchen - A Society To Make Fairy Tales Come True. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Download or read book Fables and Fairy Tales written by Aesop and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 949 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four timeless anthologies of cherished fables, fairy tales, and bedtime stories from Aesop, Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, and Andrew Lang. The most enchanting stories of childhood are included in this sweeping collection. These are the classic tales—of princes and princesses, monsters and magic, enchanted forests and fantastic creatures—that have thrilled readers around the world for generations. Aesop’s Fables: In ancient Greece, a storyteller named Aesop captivated his listeners with tales both beautiful and instructive. From “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” to “The Tortoise and the Hare,” his fables retain the power to guide and entertain. Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Inspired by ancient Danish legends as well as Arabian Nights, Andersen’s classic stories—including “The Emperor’s New Clothes” and “The Snow Queen” (the basis for Frozen)—are composed with a directness that children and adults still find refreshing. The Brothers Grimm: From “Rapunzel” to “Hansel and Gretel” to “Little Red Riding Hood,” the German folktales the Brothers Grimm brought to the world’s attention have become part of the very fabric of our culture. The Blue Fairy Book: Originally published in 1889, this first volume of Andrew Lang’s renowned Fairy Books includes such favorites as “Beauty and the Beast,” “Puss in Boots,” “Aladdin,” and “Jack the Giant-Killer.” To read these stories is to be transported to a realm of imagination. Here, the most important life lessons are imparted through the irresistible magic of storytelling.
Download or read book World Famous Adventures Collection Alice s Adventures in Wonderland Grimm s Fairy Tales The Adventures of Tom Sawyer written by Lewis Carroll;Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm;Mark Twain and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2022-04-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Combo Collection (Set of 3 Books) includes All-time Bestseller Books. This anthology contains: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Grimm’s Fairy Tales The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
