Author: Geoffrey Grosshans
Publisher: The Stuffed Fabulist
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
In Maneater Meditations: Selected Tales from the Stuffed Fabulist, dark satire and healing mirth come together in the form of contemporary fables, parables, and revisions of myth. A sheep rents a wolf suit, a bull opens a china shop, Icarus goes for a swim, a robot takes its pet human for a walk in the park as usual, a unicorn loses its horn trying to make a career change, an amoeba schedules an appointment with a psychotherapist, a chameleon finds it can change the color of anything it touches, a barnacle weighs the moral pros and cons of letting go, the phoenix considers having itself embalmed and being done forever with rising from the ashes, flamingos resolve to make social issues more stylish, Sisyphus is arrested as a public nuisance, topiary animals dare to take the shears to themselves when the gardeners aren’t looking, a scorpion experiences a moment of compassion, a rhinoceros notices it has a bruise, Church and State hook up at a singles bar, Jonathan Swift auditions for a stand-up comedy gig, the march of the pundits is documented on film, dots complain about all the attempts made to connect them, the Minotaur decides to take its labyrinth with it wherever it goes. These and many other short tales focus on psychological, social, political, spiritual, and philosophical themes, but the “moral” of each one is left to the reader to decide.
Maneater Meditations
Author: Geoffrey Grosshans
Publisher: The Stuffed Fabulist
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
In Maneater Meditations: Selected Tales from the Stuffed Fabulist, dark satire and healing mirth come together in the form of contemporary fables, parables, and revisions of myth. A sheep rents a wolf suit, a bull opens a china shop, Icarus goes for a swim, a robot takes its pet human for a walk in the park as usual, a unicorn loses its horn trying to make a career change, an amoeba schedules an appointment with a psychotherapist, a chameleon finds it can change the color of anything it touches, a barnacle weighs the moral pros and cons of letting go, the phoenix considers having itself embalmed and being done forever with rising from the ashes, flamingos resolve to make social issues more stylish, Sisyphus is arrested as a public nuisance, topiary animals dare to take the shears to themselves when the gardeners aren’t looking, a scorpion experiences a moment of compassion, a rhinoceros notices it has a bruise, Church and State hook up at a singles bar, Jonathan Swift auditions for a stand-up comedy gig, the march of the pundits is documented on film, dots complain about all the attempts made to connect them, the Minotaur decides to take its labyrinth with it wherever it goes. These and many other short tales focus on psychological, social, political, spiritual, and philosophical themes, but the “moral” of each one is left to the reader to decide.
Publisher: The Stuffed Fabulist
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
In Maneater Meditations: Selected Tales from the Stuffed Fabulist, dark satire and healing mirth come together in the form of contemporary fables, parables, and revisions of myth. A sheep rents a wolf suit, a bull opens a china shop, Icarus goes for a swim, a robot takes its pet human for a walk in the park as usual, a unicorn loses its horn trying to make a career change, an amoeba schedules an appointment with a psychotherapist, a chameleon finds it can change the color of anything it touches, a barnacle weighs the moral pros and cons of letting go, the phoenix considers having itself embalmed and being done forever with rising from the ashes, flamingos resolve to make social issues more stylish, Sisyphus is arrested as a public nuisance, topiary animals dare to take the shears to themselves when the gardeners aren’t looking, a scorpion experiences a moment of compassion, a rhinoceros notices it has a bruise, Church and State hook up at a singles bar, Jonathan Swift auditions for a stand-up comedy gig, the march of the pundits is documented on film, dots complain about all the attempts made to connect them, the Minotaur decides to take its labyrinth with it wherever it goes. These and many other short tales focus on psychological, social, political, spiritual, and philosophical themes, but the “moral” of each one is left to the reader to decide.
From Man to Maneater
Author: Sumanth
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
ISBN: 148287475X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Versatile storyteller Sumanth narrates a riveting and action packed tale of how a well settled family man transforms into a ruthless killerthe ManEater! Vishvamitra, a married and successful IT professional, working in the US, returns to India in search of love and passionin search of that mysterious and elusive excitementthadka! Through an extraordinary turn of events, Vishvamitra finds himself on the run, wanted for murder! Hot on his trail are the Indian Police, INTERPOL, and Prithviraj, a dynamic and determined CBI officer. Vishvamitra has to confront a five-hundred-year-old Swamiji, a beautiful and passionate woman, a ruthless Russian oil baron, and a devious and power-hungry politician to unearth the truth the truth about why he was transformed into a savage criminal! From a remote dark cave in Uttarakhand to the jungles of Chhattisgarh; from suburban New Jersey to cosmopolitan Mumbai and Delhithis contemporary thriller blends crime, passion, drama and sex into a fascinating potpourrithat promises fast-paced reading entertainmentwith a twist!
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
ISBN: 148287475X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Versatile storyteller Sumanth narrates a riveting and action packed tale of how a well settled family man transforms into a ruthless killerthe ManEater! Vishvamitra, a married and successful IT professional, working in the US, returns to India in search of love and passionin search of that mysterious and elusive excitementthadka! Through an extraordinary turn of events, Vishvamitra finds himself on the run, wanted for murder! Hot on his trail are the Indian Police, INTERPOL, and Prithviraj, a dynamic and determined CBI officer. Vishvamitra has to confront a five-hundred-year-old Swamiji, a beautiful and passionate woman, a ruthless Russian oil baron, and a devious and power-hungry politician to unearth the truth the truth about why he was transformed into a savage criminal! From a remote dark cave in Uttarakhand to the jungles of Chhattisgarh; from suburban New Jersey to cosmopolitan Mumbai and Delhithis contemporary thriller blends crime, passion, drama and sex into a fascinating potpourrithat promises fast-paced reading entertainmentwith a twist!
Maneater
Author: Gigi Levangie Grazer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743464001
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Hollywood social climber Clarissa Alpert cuts a swath through Beverly Hills within a circle of equally desirable girlfriends and meets her match in hot new producer Aaron Mason, whom she plans to marry even before their first date. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743464001
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Hollywood social climber Clarissa Alpert cuts a swath through Beverly Hills within a circle of equally desirable girlfriends and meets her match in hot new producer Aaron Mason, whom she plans to marry even before their first date. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.
The Real History of Tom Jones
Author: J. Stevenson
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1403981728
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
The Real History of Tom Jones revivifies historical materials from which Henry Fielding constructed the greatest comic novel of the eighteenth century. This study recovers and explores the contexts necessary to understand Fielding's subtle art, such as the bloody conflict for the throne between Stuarts and Hanoverians, a contradictory class system, game laws that both protected and flouted individual property rights, and a justice system that proclaimed hanging for many crimes but let most criminals go. Drawing on evidence such as the peculiar appearance of eighteenth-century money, the fraudulent autobiography of a gypsy king, and a magical prayer book illustration, the book offers new readings of both Tom Jones and the political and legal landscape of Georgian England.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1403981728
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
The Real History of Tom Jones revivifies historical materials from which Henry Fielding constructed the greatest comic novel of the eighteenth century. This study recovers and explores the contexts necessary to understand Fielding's subtle art, such as the bloody conflict for the throne between Stuarts and Hanoverians, a contradictory class system, game laws that both protected and flouted individual property rights, and a justice system that proclaimed hanging for many crimes but let most criminals go. Drawing on evidence such as the peculiar appearance of eighteenth-century money, the fraudulent autobiography of a gypsy king, and a magical prayer book illustration, the book offers new readings of both Tom Jones and the political and legal landscape of Georgian England.
Man Eater
Author: Henry Milner Rideout
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
NOT A NICE MAN TO KNOW
Author: Khushwant Singh
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9351182789
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
The essential Khushwant Singh collection. In an essay in this anthology, Khushwant Singh claims that he is not a nice man to know. Whatever the truth of that assertion, there is little question about his skill as a witty, eloquent and entertaining writer. This book collects the best of over three decades of the author’s prose—including his finest journalistic pieces, short stories, translations, jokes, plays as well as excerpts from his non-fiction books and novels. Taken together, the pieces in this selection (some of which have never been published before) show just why Khushwant Singh is the country’s most widely read columnist and one of its most celebrated authors.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9351182789
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
The essential Khushwant Singh collection. In an essay in this anthology, Khushwant Singh claims that he is not a nice man to know. Whatever the truth of that assertion, there is little question about his skill as a witty, eloquent and entertaining writer. This book collects the best of over three decades of the author’s prose—including his finest journalistic pieces, short stories, translations, jokes, plays as well as excerpts from his non-fiction books and novels. Taken together, the pieces in this selection (some of which have never been published before) show just why Khushwant Singh is the country’s most widely read columnist and one of its most celebrated authors.
White Lion II - Man-Eater
Author: Reg. D. Lyons
Publisher: S.A.G.A. Publications A Div. of Movie Manga Arts Co.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
A Supernatural Mystery Action Thriller Like none other! Stephen King's got nothing on Maneater! Perhaps the best dark... Thriller of the DECADE! Ready to be Scared? Not for the faint of heart sorry! ORDER NOW!!! Victor DeBeers is a big game marksman hunter "The Flying Dutchman for he is a Hunter that travels by air but is turned Man-Hunter, takes on a missing persons case in the UK because, he knows one of the two missing young women that have vanished with hardly a trace! As he investigates further the case given him by New Scotland Yard, the Man-Hunter discovers that the perpetrator or perpetrators connected to the disappearance of the young women are untraceable! As the mystery relating to the missing women unravels, Victor uncovers some dark, very disturbing secrets that have been hidden for thousands of years from almost the entire population! It's a good thing he is not alone! To help him solve the baffling mystery that even New Scotland Yard and INTERPOL can not figure out or locate the persons of interest, Victor enlists his old hunting companion from South Africa and the aid of his Uncle a Great Sanuzi, Seer from South Africa. He also requests the assistance of a Paranormal expert and last but not least his Fiance, A special forensic Investigator for the FBI. He is hunting virtually Ghosts! With very dark secrets revealed dark energies are released and when they do emerge utter havoc reigns! As Victor unravels this most disturbing,nefarious missing persons case involving the two young women, he has no idea how far down deep the Rabbit hole he must go to uncover the ugly truths hidden deep beneath another unseen world of the Jinn. Victor and the special Task Force he puts together soon realize that they must stop one of the Greatest Evils mankind has ever faced before the point of no returns arrives for humanity! However, there is much more he must know and unveil so shocking enough, for anyone to put the fear of God into!
Publisher: S.A.G.A. Publications A Div. of Movie Manga Arts Co.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
A Supernatural Mystery Action Thriller Like none other! Stephen King's got nothing on Maneater! Perhaps the best dark... Thriller of the DECADE! Ready to be Scared? Not for the faint of heart sorry! ORDER NOW!!! Victor DeBeers is a big game marksman hunter "The Flying Dutchman for he is a Hunter that travels by air but is turned Man-Hunter, takes on a missing persons case in the UK because, he knows one of the two missing young women that have vanished with hardly a trace! As he investigates further the case given him by New Scotland Yard, the Man-Hunter discovers that the perpetrator or perpetrators connected to the disappearance of the young women are untraceable! As the mystery relating to the missing women unravels, Victor uncovers some dark, very disturbing secrets that have been hidden for thousands of years from almost the entire population! It's a good thing he is not alone! To help him solve the baffling mystery that even New Scotland Yard and INTERPOL can not figure out or locate the persons of interest, Victor enlists his old hunting companion from South Africa and the aid of his Uncle a Great Sanuzi, Seer from South Africa. He also requests the assistance of a Paranormal expert and last but not least his Fiance, A special forensic Investigator for the FBI. He is hunting virtually Ghosts! With very dark secrets revealed dark energies are released and when they do emerge utter havoc reigns! As Victor unravels this most disturbing,nefarious missing persons case involving the two young women, he has no idea how far down deep the Rabbit hole he must go to uncover the ugly truths hidden deep beneath another unseen world of the Jinn. Victor and the special Task Force he puts together soon realize that they must stop one of the Greatest Evils mankind has ever faced before the point of no returns arrives for humanity! However, there is much more he must know and unveil so shocking enough, for anyone to put the fear of God into!
Man Hunt
Author: Priya Kumar
Publisher: BOOKS THAT INSPIRE
ISBN: 8193391292
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Synopsis: If you truly want to feel freedom, you need to step into the wild where the law of the universe is at its glorious best. If you really want to feel alive, get out of the four walls of the little point in space you call home and embrace the infinite, immortal truth of who you really are. You cannot know life living in the box of your daily existence. Step out into the planet, step into the wild, and you will come alive. Set in the Nagarjuna Tiger Reserve, the story is filled with Suspense, Drama, and Divinity, which brings fore issues like deforestation, genetic modification of animals, corruption in media, vested political agendas, and a larger environmental impact stemming from our responsibility. Get into the canter for an adventure of a lifetime, through the jungles of India’s most pristine tiger reserve. And as you do, keep your eyes open to the truth about the state of our planet. We were given its custody, and we have polluted it with our greed, ignorance, and misplaced purposes. There is still a way back, there is still a way out to restore our world to the glory it was meant to be. Let’s go. The wild is calling. About the Author Priya Kumar is an Internationally Acclaimed Motivational Speaker and Bestselling Author of 12 Inspirational Books. In her 25 years journey with Motivational Speaking, she has worked with over 2000 Multi-National Corporates across 47 countries and has touched over 3 million people through her workshops and books, and is the only Woman Speaker in India to have done so. She is the only Indian Author who has won 41 International Awards for her books.
Publisher: BOOKS THAT INSPIRE
ISBN: 8193391292
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Synopsis: If you truly want to feel freedom, you need to step into the wild where the law of the universe is at its glorious best. If you really want to feel alive, get out of the four walls of the little point in space you call home and embrace the infinite, immortal truth of who you really are. You cannot know life living in the box of your daily existence. Step out into the planet, step into the wild, and you will come alive. Set in the Nagarjuna Tiger Reserve, the story is filled with Suspense, Drama, and Divinity, which brings fore issues like deforestation, genetic modification of animals, corruption in media, vested political agendas, and a larger environmental impact stemming from our responsibility. Get into the canter for an adventure of a lifetime, through the jungles of India’s most pristine tiger reserve. And as you do, keep your eyes open to the truth about the state of our planet. We were given its custody, and we have polluted it with our greed, ignorance, and misplaced purposes. There is still a way back, there is still a way out to restore our world to the glory it was meant to be. Let’s go. The wild is calling. About the Author Priya Kumar is an Internationally Acclaimed Motivational Speaker and Bestselling Author of 12 Inspirational Books. In her 25 years journey with Motivational Speaking, she has worked with over 2000 Multi-National Corporates across 47 countries and has touched over 3 million people through her workshops and books, and is the only Woman Speaker in India to have done so. She is the only Indian Author who has won 41 International Awards for her books.
A Tiger for Malgudi and the Man-Eater of Malgudi
Author: R. K. Narayan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143105809
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Two comic gems from the father of modern Indian fiction- available in one volume for the first time These two novels show R. K. Narayan at his best, offering enchanting tales of human absurdity that are also skillfully woven parables infused with Hindu mysticism. A Tiger for Malgudi is told from the point of view of the tiger Raja, now old and toothless, who looks back on his life in the circus and in films, and on his dramatic bid to escape the brutish human world in a quest for freedom. The Man-Eater of Malgudi is the story of Nataraj, a mild-mannered printer who stands up to Vasu, a pugnacious taxidermist, when Vasu begins to covet the beloved temple elephant for his collection. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143105809
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Two comic gems from the father of modern Indian fiction- available in one volume for the first time These two novels show R. K. Narayan at his best, offering enchanting tales of human absurdity that are also skillfully woven parables infused with Hindu mysticism. A Tiger for Malgudi is told from the point of view of the tiger Raja, now old and toothless, who looks back on his life in the circus and in films, and on his dramatic bid to escape the brutish human world in a quest for freedom. The Man-Eater of Malgudi is the story of Nataraj, a mild-mannered printer who stands up to Vasu, a pugnacious taxidermist, when Vasu begins to covet the beloved temple elephant for his collection. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Man-eater of Malgudi, The (Modern Classi
Author: R.K. Narayan
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 0143414968
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
The Man-eater of Malgudi revolves around Nataraj, a mild-mannered owner of a small printing press, who leads a contented life with his circle of friends: a poet, a journalist, and Sastri, his assistant. One day, Vasu, a pugnacious taxidermist, moves into Nataraj's house, and soon begins to encroach on his life, scaring away his friends and customers. Nataraj is intimidated by Vasu, but when the taxidermist covets the beloved temple elephant to add to his collection of stuffed hyenas, tigers and pythons, Nataraj rises to the occasion.
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 0143414968
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
The Man-eater of Malgudi revolves around Nataraj, a mild-mannered owner of a small printing press, who leads a contented life with his circle of friends: a poet, a journalist, and Sastri, his assistant. One day, Vasu, a pugnacious taxidermist, moves into Nataraj's house, and soon begins to encroach on his life, scaring away his friends and customers. Nataraj is intimidated by Vasu, but when the taxidermist covets the beloved temple elephant to add to his collection of stuffed hyenas, tigers and pythons, Nataraj rises to the occasion.