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Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore (World Storytelling From August House Ser.)
by Josepha ShermanStorytelling is an ancient practice known in all civilizations throughout history. Characters, tales, techniques, oral traditions, motifs, and tale types transcend individual cultures - elements and names change, but the stories are remarkably similar with each rendition, highlighting the values and concerns of the host culture. Examining the stories and the oral traditions associated with different cultures offers a unique view of practices and traditions."Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore" brings past and present cultures of the world to life through their stories, oral traditions, and performance styles. It combines folklore and mythology, traditional arts, history, literature, and festivals to present an overview of world cultures through their liveliest and most fascinating mode of expression. This appealing resource includes specific storytelling techniques as well as retellings of stories from various cultures and traditions.
Straight From The Hip (The Lone Star Sisters #Bk. 3)
by Susan MalleryIzzy has always been the fearless Titan sister. But when an oil rig blows up, leaving her barely able to see, her sisters find themselves as concerned by her emotional withdrawal as by the possibility that the explosion was no accident.
The Strain: Part 1, Sections 1 to 6 inclusive
by Guillermo del Toro Chuck HoganHigh-concept thriller with a supernatural edge from world-famous director, whose films include Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy.
The Strain: Part 2, Sections 7 to 9 inclusive
by Guillermo del Toro Chuck HoganHigh-concept thriller with a supernatural edge from world-famous director, whose films include Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy.
The Strain: Part 3, Sections 10 to 13 inclusive
by Guillermo del Toro Chuck HoganHigh-concept thriller with a supernatural edge from world-famous director, whose films include Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy.
The Strain: Part 4, Sections 14 to 17 inclusive
by Guillermo del Toro Chuck HoganHigh-concept thriller with a supernatural edge from world-famous director, whose films include Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy.
The Strange Adventures of Mr Andrew Hawthorn & Other Stories
by John BuchanIn 'The Strange Adventures of Mr Andrew Hawthorn' and the other stories in this collection, peculiar worlds of temptation, adventure or iniquity are perilously close at hand. Mr Hawthorn himself steps outside to allow his porridge to cool and disappears for five years and more, a Glasgow grocer is shipwrecked and ultimately worshipped as a god, a young mathematician discovers an entirely new aspect of reality and becomes terrified by what he finds there, and an ageing sinner clings grimly, weakly to a hard-won life of decency: John Buchan in each demonstrating his abilities as a gripping writer of short stories.In his introduction, Giles Foden explores Buchan's innate sense of the fascination held by sudden jeopardy and vanished comfort, and the themes of the will and fate in his work.
Strange Angels: Book 1 (Strange Angels #No. 1)
by Lili St. CrowDru Anderson: Night Hunter. Knife Wielder. Heart Breaker.Dru can sense evil, which helps when she and her Dad are tracking down ghosts, suckers, wulfen, and the occasional reanimated corpse. It's a dangerous life, but it's the only one she knows. Then Dru's dad turns up dead and she suddenly finds herself in the middle of a deadly game where every move she makes could be her last. Dru is more special than she realizes - and whatever killed her dad could be coming for her next. Can Dru stay alive long enough to fall for one - or both - of the guys hungry for her affections? Find out in the heart-stopping first book in a thrilling series.
Strange Beauty: Ecocritical Approaches to Early Medieval Landscape (The New Middle Ages)
by A. SiewersStrange Beauty provides a new perspective on early Celtic stories of the Otherworld and their relevance to today's ecological concerns, arguing for a contemporary re-reading of the Otherworld trope in relation to physical experience.
Strange Energy: Book 2 (Bad Tuesdays #2)
by Benjamin J. MyersTime is running out. Chess and her brothers, Box and Splinter, are caught in a bitter struggle between two ruthless organizations. Now they face a terrifying choice - carry out a dangerous mission for the Committee, or try to outrun the evil Twisted Symmetry alone. Chess wants to take the mission. But it could prove fatal. And it will lead the Tuesdays into the heart of the very organization that is hunting them . . .
Stranger (Mills And Boon Spice Ser. #3)
by Megan HartI pay strangers to sleep with me. I have my reasons. . . .
The Stranger and Tessa Jones (Famous Families #1)
by Christine Rimmer“Stop right there. Don’t come one step closer. ”
Stranger In The Night (Mills And Boon Steeple Hill Ser. #5)
by Catherine PalmerIn the dead of night, there's a knock on the door at Haven, an inner-city youth center in St. Louis.
A Stranger's Baby (Mills And Boon Intrigue Ser.)
by Kerry ConnorJake Armstrong had no intention of getting involved with his very sexy–and very pregnant–next-door neighbor…until the night she was attacked.
The Stranger's Sin (Return to Indigo Springs #2)
by Darlene GardnerAccused of a crime she didn't commit, Kelly Carmichael skips bail and heads to Indigo Springs.
Strathallan: by Alicia LeFanu (Chawton House Library: Women's Novels)
by Anna M FitzerA novel, which addresses central themes of adultery, obsession and inheritance. It follows the fortunes of Matilda Melbourne who displays virtue, delicacy and an unwavering commitment to the sometimes ruthless demands of parental authority.
Strathallan: by Alicia LeFanu (Chawton House Library: Women's Novels)
by Anna M FitzerA novel, which addresses central themes of adultery, obsession and inheritance. It follows the fortunes of Matilda Melbourne who displays virtue, delicacy and an unwavering commitment to the sometimes ruthless demands of parental authority.
Street Child
by Berlie DohertyUnforgettable tale of an orphan in Victorian London, based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children's homes.
Street Child: The Sisters Of Street Child (Collins Modern Classics)
by Berlie DohertyThe unforgettable tale of an orphan in Victorian London, based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children’s homes.
Street Child (PDF)
by Berlie DohertyUnforgettable tale of an orphan in Victorian London, based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children's homes.
The Street Philosopher
by Matthew PlampinAn elegant, powerful novel, set in Victorian England, a time not so different from our own… perfect for fans of THE INTERPRETATION OF MURDER and THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee WillamsFading southern belle Blanche Dubois depends on the kindness of strangers and is adrift in the modern world. When she arrives to stay with her sister Stella in a crowded, boisterous corner of New Orleans, her delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with Stella's crude, brutish husband Stanley. Eventually their violent collision course causes Blanche's fragile sense of identity to crumble, threatening to destroy her sanity and her one chance of happiness.
A Streetcar Named Desire (PDF)
by Tennessee WillamsFading southern belle Blanche Dubois depends on the kindness of strangers and is adrift in the modern world. When she arrives to stay with her sister Stella in a crowded, boisterous corner of New Orleans, her delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with Stella's crude, brutish husband Stanley. Eventually their violent collision course causes Blanche's fragile sense of identity to crumble, threatening to destroy her sanity and her one chance of happiness.
The Striped World
by Emma JonesWith their tidal imagination, the poems in this debut collection sweep between old worlds and new, seeking the lost and recovering the found among shipwrecks, underwater zoos and discovered lands. Emma Jones brings her inventive worlds dramatically to life in a series of vividly distilled meetings - of settlers and indigenous peoples, of seawaters and shore, of humanity and the wilds of nature. Here, tigers stalk the captive and the free, while Death encounters his own double and Daphne tells of her new leaves, 'They sing, and make the world.' The same might be said of the poems themselves in this restless and memorable search for belonging.
Stripping Bare the Body: Politics Violence War
by Mark DannerFor the past two decades, Mark Danner has reported from Latin America, Haiti, the Balkans, and the Middle East. His perceptive, award-winning dispatches have not only explored the real consequences of American engagement with the world, but also the relationship between political violence and power. In Stripping Bare the Body, Danner brings together his best reporting from the world's most troubled regions-from the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship in Haiti to the tumultuous rise of Aristide; from the onset of the Balkan Wars to the painful fragmentation of Yugoslavia; and finally to the disastrous invasion of Iraq and the radical, destructive legacy of the Bush administration.At a time when American imperial power is in decline, there has never been a more compelling moment to read these urgent, fiercely intelligent reports.