Author: Miss Read
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 9780395717622
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
40 stories in the life of a village schoolteacher.
Tales from a Village School
Author: Miss Read
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 9780395717622
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
40 stories in the life of a village schoolteacher.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 9780395717622
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
40 stories in the life of a village schoolteacher.
Mama Panya's Pancakes
Author: Mary Chamberlin
Publisher: Barefoot Books
ISBN: 9781905236640
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Mama Panya is alarmed at the market when her son Adika invites all of their friends to come over for pancakes. However will she feed them all? This clever and heart-warming story about village life teaches children the benefits of sharing as well as introducing simple Swahili phrases.
Publisher: Barefoot Books
ISBN: 9781905236640
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Mama Panya is alarmed at the market when her son Adika invites all of their friends to come over for pancakes. However will she feed them all? This clever and heart-warming story about village life teaches children the benefits of sharing as well as introducing simple Swahili phrases.
The Missionary's Curse and Other Tales from a Chinese Catholic Village
Author: Henrietta Harrison
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520954726
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The Missionary’s Curse tells the story of a Chinese village that has been Catholic since the seventeenth century, drawing direct connections between its history, the globalizing church, and the nation. Harrison recounts the popular folk tales of merchants and peasants who once adopted Catholic rituals and teachings for their own purposes, only to find themselves in conflict with the orthodoxy of Franciscan missionaries arriving from Italy. The village’s long religious history, combined with the similarities between Chinese folk religion and Italian Catholicism, forces us to rethink the extreme violence committed in the area during the Boxer Uprising. The author also follows nineteenth century Chinese priests who campaigned against missionary control, up through the founding of the official church by the Communist Party in the 1950s. Harrison’s in-depth study provides a rare insight into villager experiences during the Socialist Education Movement and Cultural Revolution, as well as the growth of Christianity in China in recent years. She makes the compelling argument that Catholic practice in the village, rather than adopting Chinese forms in a gradual process of acculturation, has in fact become increasingly similar to those of Catholics in other parts of the world.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520954726
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The Missionary’s Curse tells the story of a Chinese village that has been Catholic since the seventeenth century, drawing direct connections between its history, the globalizing church, and the nation. Harrison recounts the popular folk tales of merchants and peasants who once adopted Catholic rituals and teachings for their own purposes, only to find themselves in conflict with the orthodoxy of Franciscan missionaries arriving from Italy. The village’s long religious history, combined with the similarities between Chinese folk religion and Italian Catholicism, forces us to rethink the extreme violence committed in the area during the Boxer Uprising. The author also follows nineteenth century Chinese priests who campaigned against missionary control, up through the founding of the official church by the Communist Party in the 1950s. Harrison’s in-depth study provides a rare insight into villager experiences during the Socialist Education Movement and Cultural Revolution, as well as the growth of Christianity in China in recent years. She makes the compelling argument that Catholic practice in the village, rather than adopting Chinese forms in a gradual process of acculturation, has in fact become increasingly similar to those of Catholics in other parts of the world.
Life in a Devon Village
Author: Henry Williamson
Publisher: Constable
ISBN:
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Publisher: Constable
ISBN:
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Simla Village Tales
Author: Alice Elizabeth Dracott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The Collector of Treasures
Author: Bessie Head
Publisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435909819
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Botswana village tales about subjects such as the breakdown of family life and the position of women in this society.
Publisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435909819
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Botswana village tales about subjects such as the breakdown of family life and the position of women in this society.
Tiger Tales
Author: Deborah Kay Scott
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983917908
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
The story of a Mexico resort's creation of a reputable, breeding program for Bengal tigers that has served zoos and compounds throughout the country. Was it easy? No. Was it crazy at times? Yes. Was it worth all the hard work, joy, panic, love, and occasional heartache? Absolutely. Features color photos and montages.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983917908
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
The story of a Mexico resort's creation of a reputable, breeding program for Bengal tigers that has served zoos and compounds throughout the country. Was it easy? No. Was it crazy at times? Yes. Was it worth all the hard work, joy, panic, love, and occasional heartache? Absolutely. Features color photos and montages.
Trolls: Tales from Troll Village
Author: Five Mile
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781760682118
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Tales from Troll Village brings together four exciting Trolls adventures in one book!Join Poppy, Branch, Biggie, Satin and Chenille and all their friends in four Troll-tastic adventures in this 4-in-1 collection!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781760682118
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Tales from Troll Village brings together four exciting Trolls adventures in one book!Join Poppy, Branch, Biggie, Satin and Chenille and all their friends in four Troll-tastic adventures in this 4-in-1 collection!
The Collector of Treasures
Author: Bessie Head
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botswana
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botswana
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Village Secrets
Author: Rebecca Shaw
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1409140075
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Mysterious goings-on in the village of Turnham Malpas... The village school is to get a new head, and the inhabitants of Turnham Malpas await her arrival with curiosity. At first sight, Kate Pascoe seems ideal. She's young, pretty and obviously loves her job. But when she introduces meditation classes for her ten-year-olds, and even tree-hugging, the villagers begin to think again. Then a strange malaise afflicts the whole village: lights are seen in Sykes Wood at night; a dog long dead appears to come to life and a sudden shocking death plunges the village into a state of superstitious dread. And always at the eye of the storm is Kate Pascoe...
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1409140075
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Mysterious goings-on in the village of Turnham Malpas... The village school is to get a new head, and the inhabitants of Turnham Malpas await her arrival with curiosity. At first sight, Kate Pascoe seems ideal. She's young, pretty and obviously loves her job. But when she introduces meditation classes for her ten-year-olds, and even tree-hugging, the villagers begin to think again. Then a strange malaise afflicts the whole village: lights are seen in Sykes Wood at night; a dog long dead appears to come to life and a sudden shocking death plunges the village into a state of superstitious dread. And always at the eye of the storm is Kate Pascoe...