Tag: Tale

Free Download Ringside: A tale of music and mayhem from the man behind rock and roll superstars Cold Chisel by Rod Willis
English | 31 October 2023 | ISBN: 1761069241 | True EPUB | 320 pages | 5 MB
At 18 Rod Willis jumped on a boat for London, the Mecca for music and fashion in the 1960s.

Free Download Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout by Lauren Redniss
English | December 21, 2010 | ISBN: 0061351326, 0062416162 | True EPUB | 208 pages | 102 MB
In 1891, 24-year-old Marie Sklodowska moved from Warsaw to Paris, where she found work in the laboratory of Pierre Curie, a scientist engaged in research on heat and magnetism. They fell in love. They took their honeymoon on bicycles. They expanded the periodic table, discovering two new elements with startling properties, radium and polonium. They recognized radioactivity as an atomic property, heralding the dawn of a new scientific era. They won the Nobel Prize. Newspapers mythologized the couple’s romance, beginning articles on the Curies with "Once upon a time . . . " Then, in 1906, Pierre was killed in a freak accident. Marie continued their work alone. She won a second Nobel Prize in 1911, and fell in love again, this time with the married physicist Paul Langevin. Scandal ensued. Duels were fought.

Free Download Michael McLean, Scott McLean, "Fairy Tale Christmas"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1609079302 | EPUB | pages: 176 | 0.9 mb
Santa Claus has been kidnapped! Behind the Description are the fairy tale villains: an evil queen, a wicked stepmother, a beanstalk giant, and, or course, the mischievous Rumplestiltskin. They have a plan that will erase the term Happily Ever After from our storybooks forever.

Free Download Religion in the Handmaid’s Tale: A Brief Guide By Colette Tennant; Tennant
2019 | 130 Pages | ISBN: 1506456308 | PDF | 3 MB
Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale captivates readers with its disturbingly prescient vision of the future and haunting insights into the world as we know it. Religion–especially elements of the Christian faith–pervades every inch of the world as Atwood imagines it. Gilead’s leaders use perverse forms of Christianity to sustain their authority and privilege, making understanding religion an integral part of understanding Gilead. In the face of the inextricable role of religion in the novel, readers are left to puzzle out religious references and allusions on their own.From the significance of names to twisted uses of religion to the origins of the Ceremony, this book answers all the questions you might have about religion in this prophetic novel. For anyone who’s ever googled a biblical precedent or religious phrase after encountering Atwood’s dystopia, this essential guide explains it all and gives readers a fascinating look into the novel and its world. Read it and understand The Handmaid’s Tale like never before.

Free Download Brittany Rubiano, Cory Godbey, "Have Courage, Be Kind: The Tale of Cinderella"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1484723619 | EPUB | pages: 288 | 8.8 mb
Ella is different than most young women in the kingdom. She can quote any Shakespearean play. She befriends every animal she meets, including the scurrying mice living in the walls. She believes in the power of kindness, in changing customs that are not so kind. Ella has faced unspeakable tragedy and loss, and is at the mercy of her cruel stepfamily. And yet, Ella tries to keep a brave face, no matter how difficult this becomes.

Free Download Anon E. Mouse, "Virgilius The Sorcerer – An Italian Fairy Tale: Baba Indaba’s Children’s Stories"
English | 2017 | ASIN: B071L2BDCK | EPUB | pages: 29 | 0.6 mb
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 193

Free Download Tasmanian Devil: A Deadly Tale of Survival by David Owen, David Pemberton
English | November 28th, 2023 | ISBN: 176147040X | 315 pages | True EPUB | 9.20 MB
The remarkable story of the world’s largest marsupial carnivore, including its rescue from near extinction through an innovative breeding program. This second edition has been fully updated.

Free Download Solange De Santis, "Life on the Line: One Woman’s Tale of Work, Sweat, and Survival"
English | 2000 | ISBN: 0385489781, 0385257805 | EPUB | pages: 288 | 1.9 mb
"Engaging-. Terrific-. Takes us over the collar line with grace and authority."-The New York Times

Free Download Inside the Machine: An Engineer’s Tale of the Modern Automotive Industry by David Twohig
English | September 1st, 2023 | ISBN: 1787119394 | 192 pages | True EPUB | 4.50 MB
This book tells the story of the modern car industry from the inside. What is it really like to work for the carmakers – the industrial giants that influence the daily lives of millions? How are mass-production cars really designed, engineered, and manufactured? What does it take to engineer a successful vehicle?

Free Download Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire by Michael Palin
English | October 10th, 2023 | ISBN: 103900198X | 336 pages | True EPUB | 63.70 MB
Michael Palin recreates the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier-his great-uncle Harry.