Fables, with a Life of the Author (etc.)
Author : John Gay
Publisher :
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 11,22 MB
Release : 1793
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Author : John Gay
Publisher :
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 11,22 MB
Release : 1793
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Author : Aesop
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,7 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781853261282
A collection of animal fables told by the Greek slave Aesop.
Author : Anna Milbourne
Publisher : Usborne Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,96 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Aesop's fables
ISBN : 9780746067352
This book presents an illustrated collection of Aesops' fables.
Author : Aesop
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 30,69 MB
Release : 2004-08-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780811844505
An illustrated adaptation of twelve animal fables first told by the Greek slave Aesop.
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Page : 954 pages
File Size : 32,6 MB
Release : 1888
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Author : Jo Wimpenny
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,34 MB
Release : 2021-09-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1472966937
Despite originating more than two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Aesop's Fables are still passed on from parent to child, and are embedded in our collective consciousness. The morals we have learned from these tales continue to inform our judgements, but have the stories also informed how we regard their animal protagonists? If so, is there any truth behind the stereotypes? Are wolves deceptive villains? Are crows insightful geniuses? And could a tortoise really beat a hare in a race? In Aesop's Animals, zoologist Jo Wimpenny turns a critical eye to the fables to discover whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of the animal kingdom. She brings the tales into the twenty-first century, introducing the latest findings on some of the most fascinating branches of ethological research – the study of why animals do the things they do. In each chapter she interrogates a classic fable and a different topic – future planning, tool use, self-recognition, cooperation and deception – concluding with a verdict on the veracity of each fable's portrayal from a scientific perspective. By sifting fact from fiction in one of the most beloved texts of our culture, Aesop's Animals explores and challenges our preconceived notions about animals, the way they behave, and the roles we both play in our shared world.
Author : Claire Contreras
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 34,3 MB
Release : 2020-12-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780998345680
Do you believe in curses? I never did. Not until that fated night, six years ago, when I sat in The Devil's Chair and made a wish. Not until it came true. Not until I met River Caliban himself, heir to a fortune of curses. My fated sworn enemy. I knew I should have stayed away from him. I should have run the other way when he called out my name, when he flashed that sinful smile of his, but instead, I walked toward him, leaving the light behind. Instead, I go against all reason, against all warning, and attended the gala of the year at his dark, allegedly haunted home at the top of the hill. The moment I step foot inside I know I'm in trouble, but there's something about River that magnetizes me, reels me in, and when he asks for the impossible, I find it impossible to turn him away.
Author : H. A. Page
Publisher :
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 17,97 MB
Release : 1874
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Author : Aesop
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 17,13 MB
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1684124018
An illustrated collection of charming stories to entertain all ages Aesop is credited with many fables that have endured for centuries, relating morals and truth to young and old using animals as the main characters in each story. This collection of 100 tales, with color illustrations and black-and-white art by Percy J. Billinghurst throughout, is a beautiful addition to any home library.
Author : Aesop
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 35,55 MB
Release : 2016-05-04
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ISBN : 9781367759329
This Aesop's Fable has been re-imagined as part of a social venture project to raise money for literacy charities. DERT works with emerging designers to create unique, customized books. Each DERT book features the design and conceptual artwork created by graphic design students.Aesop's Fables are a collection of stories credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece from 620 - 560 BC. A keen observer of both animals and people, Aesop used the qualities and natural tendencies of animals to focus on human traits and wisdom within his stories. Each fable has an accompanying moral to be learned from the tale. Far from child-like moral lessons one would expect, these fables are also seen as clever jokes and witty one-liners that result in bite size pieces of wisdom for daily life.