Author : Rachna Gilmore
Publisher : Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 46,31 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781550419450
When the story pods stop growing in the Plains, a stubborn young girl undertakes a dangerous journey to seek the help of the legendary Sower of Tales, but she is plunged into a desperate struggle against a sorcerer who plans to use the story pods to destroy the world.
Author : Octavia E. Butler
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 14,65 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781888363814
Parable of the Talents celebrates the classic Butlerian themes of alienation and transcendence, violence and spirituality, slavery and freedom, separation and community, to astonishing effect, in the shockingly familiar, broken world of 2032. Long awaited, Parable of the Talents is the continuation of the travails of Lauren Olamina, the heroine of 1994's Nebula-Prize finalist, bestselling Parable of the Sower. Parable of the Talents is told in the voice of Lauren Olamina's daughter&...from whom she has been separated for most of the girl's life&...with sections in the form of Lauren's journal. Against a background of a war-torn continent, and with a far-right religious crusader in the office of the U.S. presidency, this is a book about a society whose very fabric has been torn asunder, and where the basic physical and emotional needs of people seem almost impossible to meet.
Author : Octavia E. Butler
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 23,54 MB
Release : 2023-03-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1538765454
A powerful story of survival in unprecedented times, from the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower. In an alternate America marked by volatile class warfare, Blake Maslin is traveling with his teenage twin daughters when their car is ambushed. Their attackers appear sickly yet possess inhuman strength, and they transport Blake's family to an isolated compound. There, the three captives discover that the compound's residents have a highly contagious alien disease that has mutated their DNA to make them powerful, dangerous, and compelled to infect others. If Blake and his daughters do not escape, they will be infected with a virus that will either kill them outright or transform them into outcasts whose very existence is a threat to the world around them. In the following hours, Blake and his daughters each must make a vital choice: risk everything to escape and warn the rest of the world, or accept their new reality -- as well as the uncertain fate of the human race.
Author : Mary Hoffman
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 30,34 MB
Release : 2001-08-01
Category : Bible stories, English
ISBN : 9780711215238
In eight retellings, Mary Hoffman shows how Jesus used simple parables to convey essential truths to his listeners. The parables include The Lost Sheep, The Good Samaritan, The Prodigal Son, and The House on the Rock.
Author : Brian Cavanaugh T. O. R.
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 18,46 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780809142477
For over a decade the Sower's Seeds books have been a wonderful resource for teachers, preachers, and anyone who has to speak in front of an audience. Now author Brian Cavanaugh has revised and expanded his original volume--with twenty new stories--for old fans as well as a whole new audience. He includes stories of inspiration, warmth, and insight arranged around numerous universal themes ranging from awareness, compassion, perseverance, and wisdom, to such unusual themes as baseball, Thomas Edison, hospitality, and risk-taking. While the majority of stories are anonymous, there are some attributed to well known names like Zig Ziglar, Mickey Mantle, and Theodore Roosevelt. Years before there was Chicken Soup, Sower's Seeds was making readers laugh, cry, and come away with a warm heart. The newest book--like the others in the series--is ideal both for quiet inspiration and for handy, on-the-run fun. This is storytelling at its best.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 48,47 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Bible stories
ISBN :
Author : Bishop William H. Willimon
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 19,53 MB
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1501894161
Will Willimon is known and read throughout the world for his riveting, edgy, witty, and provocative stories or parables. His most beloved, memorable, and impactful stories are presented in this collection. The Stories of Will Willimon will expose readers to joy, agony, thankfulness, greed, trust, fear, healing, suffering, laughter, weeping, yearning, irony, hatred, and love. Readers may see themselves or their friends at times in these stories. Fellow storytellers are likely to retell these stories to friends, family, colleagues, and churches. Preachers will find illustrative materials to support their sermons and all readers will be inspired by the insights into the Christian faith provided.
Author : Margaret Parkin
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,24 MB
Release : 2010-04-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0749460075
A concise guide to using stories, anecdotes, metaphors and poety in training and development, Tales for Trainers is packed with ideas to give training more impact. Beginning by setting the use of stories in learning on a sound theoretical footing, the book goes on to include sample stories that trainers can use to read out loud. The author provides 50 tales that will immediately help trainers, managers, educators and coaches to reinforce key messages or stimulate fresh thinking.Proven to work in a variety or training environments, the stories range from ones written specifically by the author to carefully selected extracts from literature. They both work brilliantly as an aid to learning. The book also includes a detailed matrix to show which tales can be effectively used to promote particular actions or concepts. Online supporting resources include audio clips of stories illustrating the benefits of using storytelling in a business context.
Author : Brian Cavanaugh
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 32,60 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780809133246
A veritable gold mine of brief sidewalk sermons and captivating anecdotes laced with wholesome humor and practical wisdom.
Author : Brian Cavanaugh
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 38,93 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780809134915
This collection of one hundred short stories on a variety of topics is the perfect resource for teachers, preachers, and public speakers, and for private meditation. Indexed by theme.
