The Violet Fairy Book

The Violet Fairy BookOriginally published in 1901, The Violet Fairy Book is a compilation of international fables from various locales including Japan, Romania, Portugal, Lithuania, Serbia and Africa. Andrew Lang delivers a comprehensive collection of some of the most beloved tales each region has to offer. The Violet Fairy Book consists of 35 wonderous childrens tales. They include magical forests, chests of gold, and a roaring dragon. This edition has popular stories

Mitchell made effective use of the press and political opportunities as well as the muscle of his union

this study focuses on three interrelated aspects of these mixed marriages: the contexts that allowed the formation of the mixed families

and the trade-offs among all these traits

southern Africa's first literary celebrity

The contributors go beyond the review of recent books on Israel to offer original examinations of the state of scholarship about Israel within the various disciplines of anthropology

Counterpleasures takes up a series of literary and physical pleasures that do not appear to be pleasurable

Drawing upon expert research and employee interviews

it questions conventional understandings that a) states cannot be ‘terrorists’ and b) that post ‘9/11’ terrorism is new

and literary undertones of his metaphor

finding strong evidence of an "imaginative transsexualism" that allowed him to identify with real and imagined "sister-spirits" who exemplified the powers of love and sympathy

they attacked and slaughtered nearly three hundred Northwestern Shoshoni men

Exploring the psychological and political implications of Gothic fiction