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  • Forty-four Turkish fairy tales 1862

    The most famous collectors of folk stories remain, at least in the West, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, but many others followed in their influential wake. Among them was Ignác Kúnos (1860-1945), who compiled this volume of Turkish fairytales in the same tradition. A Hungarian-born linguist, Kúnos also had an interest in the Turkish dialect and folk tradition, and collected several volumes of oral ... Read more

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  • Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales

    THE STORIES comprising this collection have been culled with my own hands in the many-hued garden of Turkish folklore. They have not been gathered from books, for Turkey is not a literary land, and no books of the kind exist; but, an attentive listener to "THE STORY-TELLER" who form a peculiar feature of the social life of the Ottomans, I have jotted them down from time to time, and now present ... Read more

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  • Forty Four Turkish Fairy Tales

    Forty-four Turkish Fairy Talesby Ignácz Kúnos, Illustrations by Willy PoganyA rich sampler of Turkish oral story-telling tradition, lavishly illustrated."This book draws on the rich folklore of Turkey. Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales is long out of print, for reasons which will become clear below. For one thing, this edition had lavish production standards: it is in an oversize quarto format, with ... Read more

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  • Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales

    THE stories comprising this collection have been culled with my own hands in the many-hued garden of Turkish folklore. They have not been gathered from books, for Turkey is not a literary land, and no books of the kind exist; but, an attentive listener to "the storytellers" who form a peculiar feature of the social life of the Ottomans, I have jotted them down from time to time, and now present ... Read more

    $6.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Turkish Fairy Tales

    THE stories comprising this collection have been culled with my own hands in the many-hued garden of Turkish folklore. They have not been gathered from books, for Turkey is not a literary land, and no books of the kind exist; but, an attentive listener to "the storytellers" who form a peculiar feature of the social life of the Ottomans, I have jotted them down from time to time, and now present ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Turkish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

    Once upon a time, when the servants of Allah were many, there lived a Padishah who had one son and one daughter. The Padishah grew old, his time came, and he died; his son ruled in his stead, and he had not ruled very long before he had squandered away his whole inheritance. One day he said to his sister: “Little sister! all our money is spent. If people were to hear that we had nothing left they ... Read more

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  • Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales

    by Ignacz Kunos ...
    This book draws on the rich folklore of Turkey with forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales. Most of these stories are framed by the usual fairy tale apparatus. There are quests to win the hand of a princess, evil step-relations, talking animals, magical objects and transformations, simple (but brave) peasants, wizards and witches, dragons and dungeons, thousand-league journeys, and loveable fools. The ... Read more

    $6.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Turkish Fairy Tales

    THE stories comprising this collection have been culled with my own hands in the many-hued garden of Turkish folklore. They have not been gathered from books, for Turkey is not a literary land, and no books of the kind exist; but, an attentive listener to "the storytellers" who form a peculiar feature of the social life of the Ottomans, I have jotted them down from time to time, and now present ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales

    [Illustrated & Rich Folklore Tales From Oriental East]

    by Ignacz Kunos ...
    The stories are such as may be heard daily in the purlieus of Stamboul, in the small rickety houses of that essentially Turkish quarter of Constantinople where around the tandir the native women relate them to their children and friends. These tales are by no means identical with, nor do they even resemble, those others that have been assimilated by the European consciousness from Indian sources ... Read more

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  • Turkish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

    Once upon a time, when the servants of Allah were many, there lived a Padishah who had one son and one daughter. The Padishah grew old, his time came, and he died; his son ruled in his stead, and he had not ruled very long before he had squandered away his whole inheritance. One day he said to his sister: “Little sister! all our money is spent. If people were to hear that we had nothing left they ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Outcome-Oriented Public Management

    A Responsibility-Based Approach to the New Public Management

    Series series Research in Public Management
    After the New Public Management had evolved in English speaking countries, it became a role model for the reform of public administration all throughout the world. Although there were obvious similarities in terminology used in different countries, the model was usually adapted to the cultural and political context in which it had to be embedded. This also resulted in significant conceptual ... Read more

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  • Managing the Electronic Government

    From Vision to Practice

    Series series Research in Public Management
    This book provides an insight into the possibilities that so-called “Electronic Government” has to offer. It demonstrates the elements belonging to the concept of E-Government and acts as a point of reference for those aiming to implement it. Checklists and lists of questions enable self-assessment at local, state and federal levels, highlighting opportunities for further development. The book ... Read more

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