A Fistful of Pearls and Other Tales from Iraq - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Fistful of Pearls and Other Tales from Iraq write by Elizabeth Laird. This book was released on 2008-09-01. A Fistful of Pearls and Other Tales from Iraq available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Secret serpents, devilish demons, mysterious magicians - the folk tales of Iraq teem with otherworldly creatures, magic and earthy humour. Award-winning novelist Elizabeth Laird has gathered together the very best Iraqi stories during her time in the Middle East - stories ranging from thieving porcupines who get their come-uppance to the hilarious tale of the chaos caused by a handsome stranger who knocks at a house inside which lurks a marriageable daughter. Meticulously researched and elegantly retold, the stories reveal the true, traditional heart of Iraq, far removed from today's news headlines.
A Fistful of Pearls and Other Tales from Iraq
A Fistful of Pearls and Other Tales from Iraq - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Fistful of Pearls and Other Tales from Iraq write by . This book was released on 2008. A Fistful of Pearls and Other Tales from Iraq available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mythical creatures, enchanted encounters, strange serpents, and wise magicians are brought together in a rich compilation of Iraqi folk tales.
We Visit Iraq
We Visit Iraq - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook We Visit Iraq write by Claire O'Neal. This book was released on 2011-09-15. We Visit Iraq available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Welcome to Iraq, the birthplace of history! Iraq’s Tigris and Euphrates rivers turned this Middle Eastern desert into the world’s first farmland. Over six millenia, Iraq’s civilizations have laid foundations for the rest of the world. They built great stone ziggurats and soaring mosques. They invented the wheel, the calendar, and the written word. With their riches, they also attracted war. Conqueror after conqueror—the bloodthirsty Assyrians, Alexander the Great, the Mongols, the British, and more—sought to claim Mesopotamia for their own. Today, Iraq’s enormous oil deposits, the cheapest to produce in the world, interest outside powers most. From the Taurus and Zagros mountains in the north to marshy Basra in the south, Iraqis have suffered under oppressive rulers and dictators for a thousand lifetimes. Today they cry out for a chance at freedom and democracy. The country’s lasting legacy in stone and thought hints that the determined Iraqi people will find their path to greatness once more.
Pea Boy and Other Stories from Iran
Pea Boy and Other Stories from Iran - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pea Boy and Other Stories from Iran write by . This book was released on 2011. Pea Boy and Other Stories from Iran available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Iran has mountains striped with snow, dense forests where bears and lynxes still roam, deserts, bazaars...but above all it has stories - of fairies and demons, of a monstrous metal eagle called the okab, of romantic cockroaches and foolish weavers. During her travels, Elizabeth Laird has gathered a wealth of stories, and here she retells, in her own inimitable style, some of Iran's best, with delightfully offbeat illustrations from Shirin Adl. Praise for A Fistful of Pearls and Other Tales from Iraq: 'Its baddies are wolves and thieves; its stories are fabulous.' The Daily Telegraph
Bridges to Understanding
Bridges to Understanding - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bridges to Understanding write by Linda Pavonetti. This book was released on 2011-10-16. Bridges to Understanding available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the fourth volume sponsored by the United States Board on Books for Young People, following Children's Books from Other Countries (1998), The World Through Children's Books (2002), and Crossing Boundaries (2006). This latest volume, edited by Linda M. Pavonetti, includes books published between 2005 and 2009. This annotated bibliography, organized geographically by world region and country, with descriptions of nearly 700 books representing more than 70 countries, is a valuableresource for librarians, teachers, and anyone else seeking to promote international understanding through children's literature. Like its predecessors, it will be an important tool for providing stories that will help children understand our differences while simultaneously demonstrating our common humanity.
