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"There is no other anthology that brings together similar stories of ancient women in power. These women threaten male power by stepping into the roles traditionally held by men. They command armies, exercise sexual autonomy and even dominance, speak in public, issue laws, and subject others (even masculine heroes and citizen men) to their control. All of these stories were written by men, and none of them can be read as affirmations or celebrations of women in power. They are instead misogynistic tales that aim to shore up masculine authority by exposing the consequences when women rather than men wield it. The sexist attitudes voiced in these stories continue to justify women's exclusion from power in our contemporary world. Yet, despite the fear and suspicion the male authors direct toward these women, we can find much to admire in their tales, from the coordinated action of the women of Aristophanes' Assemblywomen, to Dido's questioning of the male value system that leads Aeneas to abandon her, to the righteous anger of Boudicca against sexual violence by men in power, to the successful resistance of Amanirenas against Rome's colonial expansion. Read differently, these tales testify to the long history of women in power and help us forge new paths for female empowerment"--

A king learns that a life of plenty doesn't make up for a lack of skills or common sense. Rather than the usual happily-ever-after story, this tale shows that taking the time to learn is better than being handed everything on a platter.

In a world of magical, shapeshifting creatures, it can be difficult to remember who the hero's are and who the villains are, with the answer often being a matter of perspective. Grief and joy mix as secrets are revealed! Come on in to Drakonia, join the creatures of Taurus 9 through these times of unexpected, drastic, life altering changes. People come into each others lives, while others fade away or simply drop out... constantly changing realities for all involved. Funny thing about secrets and thruth, eventually, all is revealed. Nothing remains a secret for ever... well, very little remains a sercret for ever. The truth has a funny way of showing itself, eventually. ..

This Fae-blooded omega and her clan on the run from the Empire have now reached safe haven. We made it. We crossed the border and are now safe.Now our main concern is putting some distance between us and the border, and finding a home for our growing family.Needless to say that my heat was a success and the project "bring back the Fae" is underway... starting with a couple of tiny Fae who will be born some months down the line.But at least we are now in safety and we can live and work in peace to build our dream of a home and family.Or so we think.The Empire, though, has other plans. Plans to invade the south and finish off any Fae blood that has survived.My mates can't sit on their hands while the south fights. The war is coming to us and to protect me and our clan, they will put their lives on the line.Will they make it back to me alive? Will we find our happy ending? *UNLIKELY LOVE is a full-length epic fantasy reverse harem omegaverse romance, meaning the main character has more than one love interest. This is the last book in the series with a happily ever after. It contains adult themes, foul language and explicit content with darker elements, as well as MM relationships. For 18+ only.This book uses alternating points of view.* Look inside the book for content warnings!This book contains pregnancy and (past) child SA. What to expect in this series:Omega awakeningFMC collects her men throughout the seriesFated matesScenting, marking, knotting, heats and rutsMM relationshipsBlind alpha in haremGrumpy/sunshineMen fall for her (almost) immediatelyMulti POVEpic fantasy setting

A king learns that a life of plenty doesn't make up for a lack of skills or common sense. Rather than the usual happily-ever-after story, this tale shows that taking the time to learn is better than being handed everything on a platter.

(Türkçe-Arapça iki dilli baskı) İhtiyacı olan her şeye sahip olan bir kral, bolluk içinde geçen bir hayatın beceri ya da sağduyu eksikliğini telafi edemeyeceğini öğrenir. Kral, dersini aldıktan sonra, kızının kendi hayatını kazanabilecek bir adamla evlenmesine özen gösterir. Bu masal çocuklara, alışılagelmiş mutlu prens ve prenses hikâyesinden ziyade, bir şeyler öğrenmek için zaman harcamanın uzun vadede her şeyin insanın önüne bir tabakta sunulmasından çok daha yararlı olduğunu gösteriyor.

Families compete so intently for the best way to prepare peaches that they fail to benefit from the actual fruit. Even young children will see the foolishness of overcomplication and competition illustrated in this delightful tale.

(Türkçe-Arapça iki dilli baskı) Aileler için en büyük övünç kaynağının şeftaliyi en iyi şekilde hazırlamak olduğu bir diyarda, komşular meyvenin gerçek özünü bulabilmek için birbirleriyle kıyasıya rekabet etmektedir. Rakiplerin aşırı hırsı nedeniyle her geçen gün daha da içinden çıkılmaz hale gelen has şeftaliye ulaşma yöntemleri o kadar karmaşıktır ki, şeftalinin asıl kendisinden faydalanma konusunda tamamen başarısız olurlar. Küçük çocuklar bile bu keyifli masal sayesinde aşırı karmaşıklığın ve rekabetin ne kadar ahmakça olduğunu anlayacaklar. Bu hikâye, Afgan filozof İdris Şah'ın düşünme becerilerini geliştirmek ve bilgelik aşılamak için kendi çocuklarına anlattığı, derlediği ve uyarladığı pek çok öğretici hikâyeden biri. Bu eşsiz masalların kökleri Orta Asya ve Orta Doğu'ya dayanıyor. Artık, hem ortaya çıktıkları topraklardaki çocuklara hem de Batı'daki çocuklara hitap edecek şekilde, mizah ve örnek verme yoluyla öğretmeyi ve ortak noktalarımıza dikkat çekmeyi amaçlayarak, özenle resimlendirilmiş olarak yayınlanıyorlar.

Believing that he loves his beautiful pet bird too much to set it free, a wealthy merchant discovers that animals are sometimes better at learning by example than humans are.

Families compete so intently for the best way to prepare peaches that they fail to benefit from the actual fruit. Even young children will see the foolishness of overcomplication and competition illustrated in this delightful tale.

A Ritka magyar népmesék - 13 népmese varázslatos utazásra hív minden gyermeket és feln¿ttet, akik újra felfedezni vágyják az álmok és mesék erejét.Ezen összegy¿jtött, klasszikus magyar népmesék a valódi történetmesélés hagyományait elevenítik fel, ezáltal is összekapcsolva a mai világot a gyökerekkel.Ki ne szeretett volna gyermekként világot látni, beszélni az állatok nyelvén, megtudni mi rejlik a varázslatos erd¿ mélyén vagy éppen megmenteni egy királyságot s túljárni mindenki eszén?Ebben a mesekönyvben mindez megtalálható és még ennél is több!Izgalmak, csaták, varázslatok és mosolygást hozó helyzetek egyaránt várják a kalandvágyó olvasókat, mesehallgatókat.A bels¿ béke és nyugalom a csodák erejével érkezik a mesék során.Mindenki lehet bátor és felfedez¿, saját világát álmodó és megteremt¿.Jó olvasást, kellemes mesehallgatást, varázslatos álmodást!

LIVRE II : Le monde sans nuitÀ force, Blanche et Cornélia pensaient s'y connaître en galères.Cohabiter avec un énorme chat voleur de patates n'avait rien de facile.S'occuper de toute une bande de créatures fantastiques, c'était un exploit.Mais alors se faire embarquer dans un monde parallèle où grouillent les prédateurs et les immortels, ça... c'est nouveau.Au cours de cet étrange voyage, les deux soeurs risquent d'être confrontées à bien pire que tout ce qu'elles ont déjà connu...[Série en 3 tomes / Un bestiaire illustré de 40 pages est inclus]

A knight is stranded in a strange land, after a storm, invited to stay at a nearby baron's home he soon discovers much to be amiss about his host...

In my first book the Nature Spirit, Moonpool, told of her interaction with the humans as they developed from the last Ice Age until just before the Roman Occupation. This follows on from there through the Roman Occupation, the Middle Ages and right up to the present day. As Christianity spreads there are times when Moonpool, because she is a Nature Spirit or a Pagan Fertility Goddess, is at odds with the established Church, yet she is simply a created spirit ranking slightly lower than the angels and higher than the fairies. She is more concerned with the people of the valley and continues to get involved with them. She prevents conflicts, she helps them through the Black Death, she helps with personal problems and she even solves a murder and saves men from being crushed while digging a railway tunnel. It is a story of friendship, of loss, sadness and joy. Moonpool knows that she will never be human but the one thing she wants is to be remembered, because in this age of climate change humanity needs the Nature Spirits more than ever. This may be called 'Moonpool Revelation' but there are more than one revelations in this book and much of our perceived history is challenged. You have to decide, is this a work of fiction, or have I been talking to a Nature Spirit?

"The story, both familiar and fresh, is a clever example of how fables can enlarge our world view." - A. Ashbrook, Librarian, Long Hill, NJ How will The Three Little Howlers escape from the fierce jaguar? With beautiful illustrations set in the rainforest of Central America, this lively retelling of The Three Little Pigs will charm readers of all ages. This book is available in English-only and many bilingual editions and includes teacher resources and English audio. This book is part of the Language Lizard World of Stories collection. These adventures are set in diverse areas and cultures around the world. The companion book in this collection is The Three Little Sun Bears by Anneke Forzani.

"The story, both familiar and fresh, is a clever example of how fables can enlarge our world view." - A. Ashbrook, Librarian, Long Hill, NJ How will The Three Little Sun Bears escape from the ferocious Siberian tiger? Set in the tropical rainforest in Asia, readers of all ages will enjoy this clever retelling of The Three Little Pigs. This book is available in English-only and many bilingual editions and includes teacher resources and English audio. This book is part of the Language Lizard World of Stories collection. These adventures are set in diverse areas and cultures around the world. The companion book in this collection is The Three Little Howlers by Anneke Forzani.

Named a Best Book of the Summer by Harper's Bazaar and ELLE • Audiofile Magazine Earphones Award Winner?Stunning . . . An intricately built novel that spans decades, moving in and out of a collective voice, while also telling Hi'i's deeply personal and devastating story of trying to find her way.? ?Los Angeles TimesSet in Hilo, Hawai'i, a sweeping saga of tradition, culture, family, history, and connection that unfolds through the lives of three generations of women?a tale of mothers and daughters, dance and destiny.?There's no running away on an island. Soon enough, you end up where you started.?Hi'i is proud to be a Naupaka, a family renowned for its contributions to hula and her hometown of Hilo, Hawaii, but there's a lot she doesn't understand. She's never met her legendary grandmother and her mother has never revealed the identity of her father. Worse, unspoken divides within her tight-knit community have started to grow, creating fractures whose origins are somehow entangled with her own family history.In hula, Hi'i sees a chance to live up to her name and solidify her place within her family legacy. But in order to win the next Miss Aloha Hula competition, she will have to turn her back on everything she had ever been taught, and maybe even lose the very thing she was fighting for.Told in part in the collective voice of a community fighting for its survival, Hula is a spellbinding debut that offers a rare glimpse into a forgotten kingdom that still exists in the heart of its people.?A full-throated chant for Hawai'i . . . It's impossible to come away unchanged.? ?Kawai Strong Washburn, author of the PEN/Hemingway award-winning Sharks in the Times of Saviors

"A riotous adventure through the ages of Greek mythology, populated by a cast of vivid, glittering characters. Luna McNamara strikes the perfect note of irreverent humor and furious emotion in this fabulous novel. An absolute joy!" ? JENNIFER SAINT, bestselling author of Ariadne and ElektraThe god of desire is cursed to fall for a spirited young mortal woman, but if she looks upon his face they will be parted forever in this utterly transporting reimagining of Greek mythology?an epic adventure and love story for the ages, sure to satisfy fans of Madeline Miller and V.E. SchwabWho said true love is a myth?A prophecy claims that Psyche, princess of Mycenae, will defeat a monster feared even by the gods. Rebelling against her society's expectations for women, Psyche spends her youth mastering blade and bow, preparing to meet her destiny.When Psyche angers the love goddess Aphrodite, she sends Eros, god of desire, to deliver a cruel curse. After eons watching humanity twist his gifts, the last thing Eros wants is to become involved in the chaos of the mortal world. But when he pricks himself with the arrow intended for Psyche, Eros finds himself doomed to yearn for a woman who will be torn from him the moment their eyes meet.Thrown together by fate, headstrong Psyche and world-weary Eros will face challenges greater than they could have ever imagined. And as the Trojan War begins and divine powers try to keep them apart, the pair must determine if the curse could become something more . . . before it's too late.A joyous and subversive tale of gods, monsters, and the human heart and soul, Psyche and Eros dazzles the senses while exploring notions of trust, sacrifice, and what it truly means to be a hero. With unforgettably vivid characters, spellbinding prose, and delicious tension, Luna McNamara has crafted a shimmering and propulsive debut novel about a love so strong it defies the will of Olympus."An enthralling tale of adventure, romance, and star-crossed lovers.? ? SUE LYNN TAN, bestselling author of Daughter of the Moon Goddess"Startlingly lovely. This is Greek mythology as it's meant to be told?witty, indulgent, deeply felt." ? GRACE D. LI, New York Times bestselling author of Portrait of a Thief"Every page is a breathless, swoonworthy adventure." ? ROSHANI CHOKSHI, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

Every night, a man lights the stars. He walks with a limp. He's old and grey, and he climbs his endless ladder with unsteady, wobbly steps. He strikes the flint and steel from his tinderbox until the waxed wick of his lighting pole burns. He hopes - against all reason - that the flame won't blow out as he climbs to the sky.The Man who Lights the Stars is a collection of 24 short stories perfect for wintry months. Enjoy these stories with a cup of hot chocolate in front of the fire, or let them wrap you in that cosy feeling on your daily commute.Taking you from a children's nativity play, through snowfall in the city, to distant magical lands - there's a story here for the whole family.

Brothers in bloodSired by a godDestroyed by a goddess.What happens when born leaders desire the same throne?In the streets of central Athens, Ion and Delphos are close feline siblings, equal in strength and heart, the image of their father, Apollo.But Athena can't resist meddling, feeding Ion dangerous ideas that poison the brothers' relationship and elevate his status above his peers, while Delphos finds refuge in love. As their rivalry turns bitter, loyalties will be tested to destruction, and those close to them are forced to chose a side, or fall prey in the battle for supremacy.Into the midst of the tumult steps a name from the past, dreaded and thought dead. Someone bearing a deadly grudge and a venomous message that even immortals might fear.Tormented and tested as never before, can Delphos rediscover his lost love, or will he remain a plaything of powers beyond his imagining?THE REJECTED KING is the third book in Andrew Rylands imaginative series, The Reawakening, a mythological fantasy in which both gods and cats are caught in a battle for immortal justice, where victories are all too often bought with blood.

Full of adventure, wonder, mischief, and magic, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of the beautiful and clever Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending, and the king spared her life for one more day so he could learn what happened. A thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever.Folklorist Andrew Lang's rendition of these classic tales has been a favorite for more than a hundred years. Some of the best-known tales include those of the Merchant and the Genii, the Fisherman, Haroun-al-Raschid, Blind Baba Abdalla, Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp, and, of course, the seven voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. Andrew Lang's retelling of these wonderful stories makes them suitable for children as well as adults to enjoy.

Stories are all around us.They're in the TV and movies we so adore, in the video games we play, and of course in the books we read. They're in newspapers and magazines, too; in the conversations we share with old friends, and with new ones. They're on our mobile phones, in aeroplanes, in submarines, and even in our dreams. Our obsession with, and craving for, stories rests squarely with the way we are so absorbed by them, just as it does with the way we don't need to continually consider how and why they work.Most of the time, when reading or listening to stories, we forget that these tales have been shaped through the passage of time. Like pebbles in a river smoothed by rushing waters, they were honed through centuries of telling and retelling.The stories contained in this anthology are a fragment of a tradition that has shaped humanity, just as it has been shaped by humanity.At The Scheherazade Foundation we regard stories and storytelling as an achievement of our species equal in significance to the development of language, art, and architecture.We invite you to dip into the tales in this small treasury - gleaned as they are from various corners of the world - to reflect about them, and to consider the wisdom they hold.