The Locust Bird and Other Bed-time Stories
Author : Ella Mackenzie
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 34,20 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Children's stories, South African (English)
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Author : Ella Mackenzie
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 34,20 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Children's stories, South African (English)
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Author : Ella MACKENZIE
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 13,82 MB
Release : 1924
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Author : Hanan Al-Shaykh
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 47,74 MB
Release : 2010-04-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1408810875
A richly woven and breathtaking memoir from the perspective of the author's own mother: a Radio 4 Book of the Week 'It is an extraordinarily brave act for a writer to undertake to inhabit, fully and sympathetically, the life her mother lived before she was born, particularly when her mother was no jewel of wifely virtue' J.M. Coetzee 'This is a book that wears its heart firmly on its sleeve, offering an insight into an unfamiliar culture and a cinematic love story' The Times Kamila is nine years old when she is taken from the poverty of her childhood village in southern Lebanon to Beirut. She has never learned to read or write, though she longs to go to school. Stories, poetry and film are her passion - and a beautiful boy called Muhammad. They fall in love before Kamila is forced into an arranged marriage, despite her tears and screams. She is only fourteen years old. On her wedding night her first daughter is conceived; four years later, Hanan is born. Kamila and Muhammad continue to see each other in secret, risking their lives. It is eight years before Kamila can bring herself to divorce her husband, as to do so means leaving her daughters behind. Beautifully evoking the dusty streets of Beirut and life in Lebanon, this is a heartbreaking memoir of an extraordinary woman.
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Page : 1450 pages
File Size : 31,85 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Home economics
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Author : Kathryn Nicolai
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,72 MB
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0525507493
Soothing stories to help you fall and stay asleep, based on the popular podcast Busy minds need a place to rest. Whether you find yourself struggling to sleep, awake in the middle of the night, or even just anxious as you move through the day, in Nothing Much Happens, Kathryn Nicolai offers a healthy way to ease the mind before bed: through the timeless appeal of classic bedtime stories. Already beloved by millions of podcast listeners, the stories in Nothing Much Happens explore and expose small sweet moments of joy and relaxation: Sneaking lilacs from an abandoned farm in the spring. Watching fireflies from the deck in the summer. Visiting the local cider mill in the autumn. Watching the tree lighting in the park with friends in the winter. You'll also find sixteen new stories never before featured on the podcast, along with whimsical illustrations, recipes, and meditations. Using her decades of experience as a meditation and yoga teacher, Kathryn Nicolai creates a world for you to slip into, one rich in sensory experience that quietly teaches mindfulness and self-compassion, soothes frayed nerves, and builds solid habits for nurturing sleep. A PENGUIN LIFE TITLE
Author : Christine Allison
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 34,7 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 0767900960
Arranged as a lively journey through the year, 365 Bedtime Stories includes stories for every mood, occasion, and day of the year. There are stories celebrating the New Year, beginnings and second chances, myths about the arrival of spring, foolhardy stories for April, tales of independence for July, spooky tales for October nights, soothing tales for difficult days, tales of gratitude and thanksgiving, and miracles for the year end. Although each story is designed to be read aloud, the charming drawings and sidebars on storytelling that accompany them are likely to inspire both readers and listeners to add their own imaginative embellishments along the way. Designed for children from ages 2 to 10 years old, these entertaining stories are short enough (one-half to one-and-a-half pages long) to make it easy for readers to agree to the "just one more story" their listeners are sure to request.
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Page : 266 pages
File Size : 20,96 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Society of Friends
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Author : Maureen Beatrice Sewitz
Publisher :
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 26,91 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Africa
ISBN :
Author : Mary Graham Bonner
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 15,55 MB
Release : 2017-01-23
Category :
ISBN : 9781542707770
Excerpt home as ever, became rather worried, for the little seagulls didn't seem to be able to get out of the way of the boats as quickly as the old seagulls could. Mr. and Mrs. Seagull were afraid that one of them might get hurt by a boat. "Of course the little seagulls were quite certain that nothing like that would ever happen, but one day it did. "They were playing tag on the surface of the water and so interested in their game that they didn't notice until too late that a great huge boat was coming along. The captain of the boat had blown the whistle to scare the seagulls away. They hadn't heard it at all, so busy were they playing, and it hit poor little Bluey Seagull. One of the others called out: "'Oh, fly up quickly, Bluey!' He was not badly hit, for the pilot of the boat had seen the seagulls and made the boat slow down. "Bluey was frightened almost out of his wits, but with the encouragement of the other seagulls he managed to fly off.
Author : Francis Edwards
Publisher :
Page : 898 pages
File Size : 47,73 MB
Release : 2000
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