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Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future. Except the discovery of their bond would...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything...
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Kingkiller chronicle volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 39
Language
English
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The tale of Kvothe, from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a difficult and dangerous school of magic. In these pages, you will come to know Kvothe as a notorious magician, an accomplished thief, a masterful musician, and an infamous assassin. But this book is so much more, for the story it tells reveals the truth behind Kvothe's...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
So how do you tell stories that stick--in your own mind and in the minds of your family, friends, colleagues, and clients? That's what you'll learn from this enthralling course that reveals the tried-and-true methods experienced storytellers use to develop and engaging, entertaining, and memorable tales. Lecturer, Professor Hannah B. Harvey.
10) Story time
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Series
Publisher
Powerkids Press
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Its time to read. This book encourages a love of reading for both emerging readers and younger children who love to listen to stories.
Author
Series
Folk of the air volume 3.5
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Before he was a cruel prince or a wicked king, Cardan was a faerie child with a heart of stone...and a wicked tongue. Born into a family overburdened with heirs, nourished on cat milk and contempt, perhaps it's no surprise he turned out the way he did. This is the story of Elfhame's enigmatic high king, Cardan-- and his visits the mortal world to face the troll woman, Aslog of the West-- told wholly from Cardan's perspective.
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The definitive guide to telling an unforgettable story in any setting, drawing on twenty-five years of experience from the storytelling experts at The Moth. Over the past twenty-five years, the directors of The Moth have worked with people from all walksof life-including astronauts, rock stars, Nobel Prize-winners, high school students, dental hygienists, and a retired pickpocket-to develop true personal stories that have moved and delighted millions...
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Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by Firefly Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
A young child imagines the troubles he might have trying to read a bedtime story to different animals, from the hippopotamus that tries to sit on his lap, to the parrot that copies every line of the story.
15) The decameron
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English
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A translation of the fourteenth-century tales recounted by young citizens of Florence who have fled the city to escape the plague.
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Publisher
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, a member of Penguin Group
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
From the authors of contemporary classic The Spirituality of Imperfection comes this long-awaited sequel. A great master once said, 'The shortest distance between a human being and truth is a story.' In Experiencing Spirituality, Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham take readers on a journey through storytelling as a means of self-discovery. Recounting and interpreting great wisdom stories from all ages and all cultures, as well as telling many of their...
Publisher
August House Pub
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
A collection of twenty-five traditional stories explaining why an animal or plant or natural object looks or acts the way it does. Following each story are storytelling tips and short modern, scientific explanations for the subject of the story.
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Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Errol's mom is too busy to tell him a story. So he has to make up his own. At first, he doesn't know how to tell a story, but when he is joined by a surprising collection of characters (even dinosaurs!), a story begins to grow and grow ... until it's the BIGGEST story ever! A celebration of imagination, packed full of humor, energy and adventure.
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