Download or read book The Jester written by James Patterson and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fools Are Everywhere written by Beatrice K. Otto and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively work, Beatrice K. Otto takes us on a journey around the world in search of one of the most colorful characters in history—the court jester. Though not always clad in cap and bells, these witty, quirky characters crop up everywhere, from the courts of ancient China and the Mogul emperors of India to those of medieval Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas. With a wealth of anecdotes, jokes, quotations, epigraphs, and illustrations (including flip art), Otto brings to light little-known jesters, highlighting their humanizing influence on people with power and position and placing otherwise remote historical figures in a more idiosyncratic, intimate light. Most of the work on the court jester has concentrated on Europe; Otto draws on previously untranslated classical Chinese writings and other sources to correct this bias and also looks at jesters in literature, mythology, and drama. Written with wit and humor, Fools Are Everywhere is the most comprehensive look at these roguish characters who risked their necks not only to mock and entertain but also to fulfill a deep and widespread human and social need.

Download or read book Critical Role The Mighty Nein Origins Jester Lavorre written by Sam Maggs and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's a nice tiefling like Jester doing in a party like the Mighty Nein? Jester Lavorre had an unconventional upbringing, even for one born in cosmopolitan Nicodranas. Daughter of the famed Ruby of the Sea, she had many opportunities for mischief as a small child, of which she took full advantage! Dive into the mystery of Jester's early years, her first meeting with the Traveler, and the fateful events that set her on a path to eventually join the Mighty Nein. Jester's story is brought to life by writer Sam Maggs (Captain Marvel; The Unstoppable Wasp) with art by Hunter Severn Bonyun, in direct consultation with Laura Bailey! It's available as a gorgeous hardcover, ready to take its place in your Critical Role library!

Download or read book Jester s Fortune written by Dewey Lambdin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1796. A diminutive, Corsican-born French general has inherited a ragtag army and turned it into an unstoppable fighting force. Within months, Napoleon's storm rolls across Italy and strikes a lethal blow against the Austrian empire. But while the soil of Piedmont and Tuscany runs with blood, another battle takes shape on the mysterious Adriatic Sea. Alan Lewrie and his 18-gun sloop, HMS Jester are part of a squadron of four British warships and sail into the thick of things. But with England's allies falling, Napoleon busy rearranging the world map, and their squadron stretched dangerously thin along the Croatian coast, the British squadron commander strikes a devil's bargain: enlisting the aid of Serbian pirates.

Download or read book This Is How You Die written by David Jester and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The violent, dark, and twisted journey of an emotionless, hate-filled, obsessive teen who becomes a clinical and prolific serial killer. Herman isn’t like other teens his age. He isn’t like the academic elite, the geeky students who get all the grades and are adored by their teachers. He isn’t like the extroverts, the socially adept and popular kids who never want for anything and always have a shoulder to cry on. And he isn’t like the bullies, the ones who taunt and beat him on a daily basis. Herman isn’t like any of his peers, or indeed anyone he knows. The person Herman identifies with the most, the person he idolizes and yearns to be, is The Butcher, a brutal and prolific serial killer. Following yet another beating by the kids he despises at a school he hates, Herman returns home to his inconspicuous existence with his solitary, silent, and coldhearted father. But life for Herman is about to change. The shackles that have held him to mediocrity and anonymity are about to be broken. Not only does Herman discover his father has died, but on further examination, he also discovers his dad was The Butcher, the very man whom everyone had feared and whom he had worshipped. Life had been cruel to his father and death had been cruel to his legend, but Herman decides that he will carry on his father’s work. He may not have his father’s experience, but with a little practice, Herman knows he can become the man in the shadows, the thing that everyone fears. Now, if only Homicide Detective Lester Keats would just leave him alone . . .

Download or read book The Ridiculously Wacky Adventures of Princess Penelope written by Evelyn Wrenwood and published by XinXii. This book was released on 2023-08-12 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Princess Penelope on a whimsical journey through a kingdom filled with enchanting adventures! In this delightful collection of 20 magical chapters, young readers aged 6-8 will be captivated by Princess Penelope's peculiar day, where rubber chicken crowns, flying teacups, and invisible bananas are just the beginning. As Princess Penelope navigates her way through a ticklish castle, dances with talking turtles, and slides down rainbow-colored slides, she brings laughter and joy to every corner of her kingdom. With her loyal companions, Sir Barks-a-Lot and Percy the parrot, and the help of spellcasters and courtiers, each mischievous escapade leads to delightful discoveries and heartwarming connections. From upside-down kingdoms to bouncy ballrooms, and even a castle where rooms play hide-and-seek, readers will be enchanted by the imaginative and playful world of Princess Penelope. With every turn of the page, children will giggle along as they follow her on her adventures, uncovering the magic in the ordinary and the joy in the unexpected. Perfect for young readers who love whimsical tales and light-hearted laughter, 'Princess Penelope's Peculiar Adventures' is a charming and engaging book that celebrates friendship, creativity, and the joy of embracing the unexpected. Whether read aloud or enjoyed independently, this enchanting collection is sure to leave kids eagerly anticipating each new chapter and dreaming of their own peculiar adventures!"

Download or read book The Phantom Tollbooth written by Norton Juster and published by Yearling. This book was released on 1988-10-12 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With almost 5 million copies sold 60 years after its original publication, generations of readers have now journeyed with Milo to the Lands Beyond in this beloved classic. Enriched by Jules Feiffer’s splendid illustrations, the wit, wisdom, and wordplay of Norton Juster’s offbeat fantasy are as beguiling as ever. “Comes up bright and new every time I read it . . . it will continue to charm and delight for a very long time yet. And teach us some wisdom, too.” --Phillip Pullman For Milo, everything’s a bore. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he’s got nothing better to do. But on the other side, things seem different. Milo visits the Island of Conclusions (you get there by jumping), learns about time from a ticking watchdog named Tock, and even embarks on a quest to rescue Rhyme and Reason. Somewhere along the way, Milo realizes something astonishing. Life is far from dull. In fact, it’s exciting beyond his wildest dreams!

Download or read book Jester Leaps In written by Alan Gordon and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-11-12 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring Theophilos of the Fool's Guild.

Download or read book The Book of Mischief written by Steve Stern and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the 25 years since [Stern] published his first book, younger Jewish writers have run with a similar shtick . . . But Stern was there first." —The Toronto Globe and Mail The Book of Mischief triumphantly showcases twenty-five years of outstanding work by one of our true masters of the short story. Steve Stern's stories take us from the unlikely old Jewish quarter of the Pinch in Memphis to a turn-of-thecentury immigrant community in New York; from the market towns of Eastern Europe to a down-at-the-heels Catskills resort. Along the way we meet a motley assortment of characters: Mendy Dreyfus, whose bungee jump goes uncannily awry; Elijah the prophet turned voyeur; and the misfit Zelik Rifkin, who discovers the tree of dreams. Perhaps it's no surprise that Kafka's cockroach also makes an appearance in these pages, animated as they are by instances of bewildering transformation. The earthbound take flight, the meek turn incendiary, the powerless find unwonted fame. Weaving his particular brand of mischief from the wondrous and the macabre, Stern transforms us all through the power of his brilliant imagination.

Download or read book Jumping Over Shadows written by Annette Gendler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of a German-Jewish love that overcame the burdens of the past. Finalist for the 2017 Book of the Year Award by the Chicago Writers Association “A book that is hard to put down.” —Jerusalem Post “This book confirms Annette Gendler as an indispensable Jewish voice for our time." —Yossi Klein Halevi, author of Like Dreamers "The ghosts of the past haunt a woman’s search for herself in this thoughtful, poignant memoir about the transformative power of love and faith.” —Hillary Jordan, author of Mudbound, now a Netflix movie “An exquisitely written conversion story which expounds upon personal and collective identity.” —Washington Independent Review of Books “A compelling, gracefully written memoir about the impact of the past on the present.” —Michael Steinberg, author of Still Pitching History was repeating itself when Annette fell in love with Harry, a Jewish man, the son of Holocaust survivors, in Germany in 1985. Her Great-Aunt Resi had been married to a Jew in Czechoslovakia before World War II―a marriage that, while happy, put the entire family in mortal danger once the Nazis took over their hometown in 1938. Annette and Harry’s love, meanwhile, was the ultimate nightmare for Harry’s family. Not only was their son considering marrying a non-Jew, but a German. Weighed down by the burdens of their family histories, Annette and Harry kept their relationship secret for three years, until they could forge a path into the future and create a new life in Chicago. Annette found a spiritual home in Judaism―a choice that paved the way toward acceptance by Harry’s family, and redemption for some of the wounds of her own family’s past.

Download or read book The Tree Shepherd s Daughter written by Gillian Summers and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-09-08 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her mother dies, fifteen-year-old Keelie Heartwood must leave California to live with her nomadic father at a renaissance festival. Playacting the Dark Ages is an L.A. girl’s worst nightmare. But then Keelie starts seeing fairies and uncovers her connection to a community of elves.

Download or read book Runaway Pony written by Susannah Leigh and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a runaway pony gallops into Sandy Lane, Jess doesn't flinch. Thanks to her quick reactions, the beautiful palomino pony is caught. But the man chasing her isn't all he seems. Soon, Jess is bitterly regretting her moment of heroism.

Download or read book Child of Earth written by E.C. Tubb and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There should have been soft breezes scented with entrancing perfumes, the soothing warmth of a golden sun, lakes of wine and mountains of grain, trees adorned with fruit and bud and flower, shrubs bearing a profusion of glittering gems. Herbs and spices to provide freedom from pain, a return to youthful zest, an end of aging and decay. Salves and ointments and natural fungi to cure all physical ills. . . For this was Earth, that planet of legend, the paradise for which all yearned and hungered to find. The world of joy and beauty and riches beyond the wildest dreams. Instead Earl Dumarest found a landscape of unremitting hostility. Could this really be the fabled home world for which he had spent his entire life searching . . . ? (First published 2008)

Download or read book The Jester s Bells written by Carol E. Abraham and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-08 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Events jolting and stirring, historic and whimsical, come to life thick and fast in The Jester's Bells. Filled with irony, satire, and caricature, it is the story of Carol Enid Abraham, a Depression Baby, growing up in Brooklyn during the lean, war-torn 1940s and the A-bomb scare of the 1950s. It reflects the pendulous swing of morals and ethics, gender and racial advances, radical religious thinking, inspired silliness and profound creativity that shaped her life, leaving permanent yet invisible scars. Live in the atmosphere of this vibrant, hard-charging century as her family comes full circle from its origin in the shtetls of Europe to an American generation of assimilation.

Download or read book Jester of Hearts written by Ramsey Campbell and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With our world in a rage of true horror, we set out to bring you a book guaranteed to make you laugh!These side splitting stories are the best of the best! Grab your tissues you are gonna need them!Stories from: Ramsey Campbell John Di Donna C.M. Saunders Timothy Wiseman Edmund Stone Tony Gilbert D. Thomas Jerlo Dale Hollin Tim J. Finn R.C. Mulhare Patrick R. McDonough Justin Boote T.M. Brown David A Riley Marge Simon E.A. Black Matthew Cash Andrew Lennon Matt Scott Chris Mille

Download or read book The Queen s Hounds and Stag hunting Recollections written by Thomas Lister Ribblesdale (4th Baron) and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Queen s Hounds and Stag Hunting Recollections written by Lord Ribblesdale and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1897, just at the end of the Victorian age, this book is a glimpse into a world that few would ever see, the hunting lodges and estates of the upper echelons of British society. Including chapters on Deer, the new school of hunting, kennels and stables, banks and ditches, Ascot affairs, French horses, the empire and the republic and many more. This text has been republished here for its historical and cultural significance. Including a new introduction on the Foxhound.