Author: Hadas Moses; Berechiah Ha-Nakdan
Publisher: David R Godine
Keywords: fables, nakdan, nonpareil, book, berechiah, fox, jewish, aesop, translated
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2001-11-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1567921310
ISBN-13: 9781567921311
This charming book is the English translation of the long-famous Hebrew Fox Tales of Berechiah ben Natronai ha-Nakdan, a Jewish philosopher, Biblical commentator and Hebrew grammarian who lived in France during the late twelfth or early thirteenth century.Berechiah s stories were drawn largely from non-Jewish sources, the collections of fables in the Aesopic tradition which were widely circulated in Europe during the Middle Ages. Although it is impossible to trace the exact source of each fable, W.T.H. Jackson in his introduction points to several possible sources. Among them are such Latin fa
Author: Aesop
Publisher: Jackson Mahr
Keywords: fables
Number of Pages: 324
Published: 2010-05-11
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1907727353
ISBN-13: 9781907727351
Aesop was born as a slave in Ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BC. During his life, a large number of fables were attributed to him, as he was a great storyteller. This collection Aesop’s Fable’s includes famous stories we all are familiar with, such as The Tortoise and the Hare, The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Ant and the Grasshopper. These tales are meant to have moral lessons for children. Most of Aesop’s Fables also feature animals as main characters, further making the stories beloved by children of all ages.
Author: George Ade
Publisher: Meredith Press
Keywords: slang, fables
Number of Pages: 204
Published: 2008-05-19
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 140970274X
ISBN-13: 9781409702740
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.
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Publisher: Sterling
Keywords: fables, aesop
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2009-03-03
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1402752989
ISBN-13: 9781402752988
Author: Ian Grey
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Keywords: fables, pelican
Number of Pages: 142
Published: 2006-08-30
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 0595374352
ISBN-13: 9780595374359
The provocative novel The Pelican Fables is a coming-of-age story about a young man who learns to confront his sexuality in a conservative all-boys prep school.Carter Moran is a handsome new faculty member at Melbourne Prep, the Melbourne Preparatory School for Boys. After obtaining his master’s degree, Carter has accepted a one-year teaching position at Melbourne before he is to begin a fellowship at Harvard University. But amidst the conservatively charged atmosphere of the Melbourne School, Carter begins to come to terms with his sexual identity – an awakening made more difficult by t
Author: Aeso
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: fables, aesop
Number of Pages: 156
Published: 2008-08-18
List price: $22.99
ISBN-10: 0554328097
ISBN-13: 9780554328096
Translated by George Fyler Townsend
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Keywords: fables, fantastic
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2004-03-05
List price: $20.95
ISBN-10: 0766185850
ISBN-13: 9780766185852
1898. A wonderful collection of 245 tongue-in-cheek fables from the bitter pen of Ambrose Bierce. Bierce, who is one of the rare masters like Aesop and La Fontaine, often personified objects, animals and even abstract concepts to reinforce his satire.
