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  • Global Theatre Anthologies: Ancient, Indigenous and Modern Plays from Africa and the Diaspora

    by H.W. Fairman, Duro Ladipo, Tekle Hawariat, Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu, Wole Soyinka, Ama Ata Aidoo, Athol Fugard, Derek Walcott, Michael Gilkes, a Yoruba Masquerade ...
    Translated by May-Brit Akerholt ...
    Series series Global Theatre Anthologies
    The power of theatrical performance is universal, but the style and concerns of theatre are specific to individual cultures. This volume in the Global Theatre Perspectives series presents a reconstructed ancient performance text, four one-act indigenous African plays and five modern dramas from various regions of Africa and the Caribbean Diaspora.Because these plays span centuries and are the work ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Heart / Land

    Poems on Love & Landscape

    by Michael Gilkes ...
    What makes Heart / Land both rewarding and challenging are the contrasting landscapes (ranging from the Guyana rainforest through Caribbean islands to the islets of the Bermuda atoll ) and the poems frank celebration of the diversity of language and life of the Caribbean / South American world. The poems move, in a variety of poetic styles, between the threat of global disaster (Leaf, Summit) and ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Angela Carter's Book Of Fairy Tales

    by Angela Carter ...
    Once upon a time fairy tales weren't meant just for children, and neither is Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales. This stunning collection contains lyrical tales, bloody tales and hilariously funny and ripely bawdy stories from countries all around the world- from the Arctic to Asia - and no dippy princesses or soppy fairies. Instead, we have pretty maids and old crones; crafty women and bad girls ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Little Mermaid. Classic fairy tales for children (Fully illustrated)

    Excellent for Bedtime & Young Readers

    by Hans Christian Andersen ...
    Series series Hans Christian Andersen Classic Tales
    Deep beneath the ocean lay the beautiful and magical kingdom of King Neptune. He had six mermaid daughters, the youngest of whom was considered to be unsurpassed in her beauty. They lived a wonderful and carefree existence in their underwater arcadia. The world beyond was an uncertain and dangerous place and for this reason all mermaids were forbidden to travel up to the surface before their ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • YORUBA LEGENDS - 40 myths, legends, fairy tales and folklore stories from the Yoruba of West Africa

    by Various Unknown ...
    The 40 legends, fairy tales and folklore stories in this book belong to the Yoruba. They relate the adventures of men and animals, and try to explain the mysteries of Nature—Why Women have Long Hair, How the Leopard got his Spots, the Three Magicians, the Boa-Constrictor, How the Elephant got his Trunk and more. These stories grew from the imagination of the people. We read these folk-tales for ... Read more

    $2.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • SOUTH AFRICAN FOLK-TALES - 44 African Stories for Children

    by Anon E. Mouse, Compiled by James A. Honey ...
    In this volume you will find forty-four uniquely South African tales. Stories of The Lost Message, The Monkey's Fiddle, The Leopard, The Ram and the Jackal, The Lion the Jackal and the Man, Tink-Tinkje, The Lioness and the Ostrich, Crocodile's Treason, The White Man and Snake, Tortoise Hunting Ostriches, The Judgment Of Baboon, When Lion Could Fly, The Origin Of Death and many more.It is with ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rudyard Kipling: Complete Poems (Eireann Press)

    by Rudyard Kipling, Eireann Press ...
    CONTENTS: Departmental Ditties (1886) Barrack-Room Ballads (1892) The Seven Seas (1896) The Five Nations (1903) The Muse among the Motors (1904) The Years Between (1919) + 136 Uncollected Poems ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Child's Garden of Verses

    by Robert Louis Stevenson ...
    Illustrated by Eve Garnett ...
    Rediscover the delight and innocence of childhood in these classic poems from celebrated author, Robert Louis Stevenson.From make-believe to climbing trees, bedtime stories to morning play and favourite cousins to beloved mothers.Here is a very special collection to be treasured for ever. ... Read more

    $7.29 USD

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  • Collection Of African Religion Volume 1

    by NETLANCERS INC ...
    Collection Of African Religion Volume 1This is an excellent exploration and analysis of African Religious thoughts and practices. The author's expositions are detailed, especially when speaking about the usually more obscure African societies. What's extremely interesting is the logic behind the practices such as (before entering 'rites of passage') leaving a child in the wilderness temporarily in ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • When the Barbarians Arrive

    by Alvin Pang ...
    Series series Arc International Poets Series
    This book is also available as an ebook: buy it from Amazon here.When the Barbarians Arrive is a selected works from Singaporean poet Alvin Pang's five previous collections, including Testing the Silence (1997) and City of Rain (2003). Wry, sensitive and intelligent throughout, the selection ranges from unsentimental love poems to sharply satirical writing. They mock, celebrate and unsettle, at ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Australian Legendary Tales

    by K. Langloh Parker ...
    A collection of the legends that prevail in the Australian native Noongahburrah tribe. It is claimed as the very first work that collected and brought forward the original tales of the Aborigines. Exhilarating! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Pearl King and Other Poems

    by Catherine Greenwood ...
    Notable Book in the 2005 Kiriyama Prize and longlisted for the 2005 ReLit AwardsCatherine Greenwood draws on the stories and legends which surround the development of cultured pearls by Mikimoto, the fabulous Pearl King, to engage a rich array of themes, including the clash between an aesthetics of refinement and nuance, and mass manufacture. With discerning wit and a large range of styles and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD