The Girl Who Married a Skull: And Other African Stories, Paperback - Kel McDonald

"Dynamic and thought-provoking." -- KIRKUS Have you heard the one about the skull who borrowed body parts to pass himself off as a human so he coul...

Reducere. "Wait until the full moon rises, sit at the bank and play a beautiful tune. Then you will see what happens." Giant beanstalks, trickster cats, magi...

Reducere. A collection of Native American stories of girls becoming women. These are stories from a broad array of tribes and tradtions.About the Author: Jos...

From the bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Publisher: UEA Publishing ProjectAuthor(s): Aoko MatsudaTranslator: Angus TurvillNumber of pages: 48Collection: KeshikiPublication date: 2017Dimens...

Reducere. A resonant graphic novel about the price of growing up--or avoiding it. -- FOREWORD Andrea and Darra live in a dead-end Massachusetts town, making ...

Reducere. Newbery Medal"The stories of West Africa are about men and animals, about kings, warriors, and hunters. They tell about clever people and stupid pe...

Reducere. Winner of the Kenyon Review Earthworks Prize for Indigenous Poetry, Tiffany Midge deftly weaves Plains Indian myths into the present day and seeks ...

Embraces death as a concept with due complexity. -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, Starred Review A very powerful collection that aims right for the heart, and...

Reducere. DescriptionNow more than ever, the world is recognizing how strong women and girls are. How strong? In the early 1920s, Inuit expeditioner Ada Blac...

Reducere. Welcome the second book in the Folktales of the World seriesEngaging, inspirational, and above all entertaining, these legends come from Native Ame...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Assmaa A. Andulsi: The Girl Who is Like No Other is about a modern Muslim American girl. Assmaa thinks she should be more famous than Snow White, P...

Reducere. A delicious group biography of the young American heiresses who married into the British aristocracy at the turn of the twentieth century - the rea...

Publisher: Cassava Republic PressNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 134 x 216 x 31Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Anw...

Three fantastic adventures with everyone's favourite big-hearted elephant!

Reducere. With over 300 high quality skull tattoo designs, this book is probably the largest collection of skull tattoos you will ever find. Whether you've d...

Reducere. Eight of these nine stories were published between 1951 and 1955, years when Jack Vance wrote for the pulp magazines. Even in this early work, the ...

The Mayor Married Who?Who would have thought that managing a city could be so funny? The Mayor Married Who? provides a fun insider's look at the da...

"I know this is going to sound hyperbolic, but when I'm reading Ken Liu's stories, I feel like I'm reading a once-in-a-generation talent. I'm in aw...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. In the eight stories comprising THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT BOW the cast of characters includes a journalist in a Middle Eastern war zone, an unemployed ...

Reducere. Spanning a wide geographical range, this collection features many of the now prominent first generation of African writers and draws attention to a...

The three short fictions in this unique collection, Sarrasine, The Unknown Masterpiece, and The Girl with the Golden Eyes, deal with the relationsh...

From Mrs Hauksbee's Simla drawing-room to Mulvaney's cot in barracks, to the wild hills of Kafiristan, Kipling re-creates the India he knew in stor...

Sixteen of Ken Liu's latest science fiction and fantasy stories - plus a new novelette.

3rd in the best-selling series collecting the best of the supernatural girls comic

Reducere. From award-winning author Ken Liu comes his much anticipated second volume of short stories. Ken Liu is one of the most lauded short story writers ...

A young school boy visiting his aunt's country house finds company and friendship with the gentle beekeeper and begins teaching the man to read, so...

Publisher: Atria BooksAuthor(s): Zakiya Dalila HarrisNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 136 x 209 x 26Cover type: PaperbackRedes...

Publisher: Atria BooksAuthor(s): Zakiya Dalila HarrisNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 28Cover type: PaperbackRedes...

A selection of weird and wonderful stories from the pages of Doctor Who Annual, featuring the first six Doctors and their companions. The Fourth Do...

Reducere. Its title recalls Bret Easton Ellis's infamous book, but while Ellis's narrator was a blank slate, African Psycho's protagonist is a quivering mass...

DescriptionIn 1983, Interpol named Northern Ireland the most dangerous place in the world to be a police officer./>/>In 1968, the RUC was catapulte...

Reducere. Imagine you're a tween visiting a small town that loves nothing more than its prize fir--a perfect Christmas tree destined for the White House. Now...

Reducere. The Girl Who Played Go, Paperback

Reducere. DescriptionIt's 1976 and the entire country is celebrating America's 200th birthday, including Julie She can't wait to camp in a horse-drawn wagon ...

Reducere. "Perhaps it is no coincidence that the nineteenth century--the century when, it has been said, sexuality as such (and various taxonomized sexual id...

Reducere. My Date with an Oyster and Other Stories of a D.C. Girl Discovering Chesapeake Country, by prize-winning journalist M.L. Faunce, takes you deep int...

Land Without Thunder is Grace Ogot's first collection of short stories. Her live feeling for the macabre and the fatalistic is reminiscent of the t...

Reducere. Realistic pumpkin carving made easy Follow along with clear, step-by-step instructions, illustrations and photographs, learn how to make a creepy h...

This warm and wonderful collection of true, feel-good stories about dogs and their people at Christmastime is perfect for the animal lover on your ...

Reducere. The four Dr. Seuss picture books in this giftable boxed set celebrate individuality, environmentalism, kindness, and acceptance--and are among the ...