From 20year veteran storyteller Pleasant DeSpain, known for reducing folktales to their essence, 20 "retellable" folktales from around the world. Folktales captivate generation after generation because they remind us that our forebears overcame seemingly insurmountable odds and we can, too! Folktale characters show us the best in ourselves; our sense of humor, our perseverance, our resilience that overcomes giant hurdles, and our innate sense of fair play.
On February 2, 2002, Stephen King, Pat Conroy, John Grisham, and Peter Straub gathered at New York's Town Hall for a very special evening...
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David Sedaris' new collection of essays including live recordings! tells a most unconventional life story. It begins with a North Carolina childhood filled with speechtherapy classes...
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Rex M. Ellis weaves the strands of African folklore, early American history, and contemporary interpretations into the rich quilt that is the AfricanAmerican experience....
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Some folk stories endure generation after generation because, although they are not literal, they resound in truths on a human scale....
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Traditional values abound in these hilarious stories from Appalachia: friendship, family, orderliness, humor, and delight in an especially inventive practical joke....
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Joe Davis was in his mid40s when he became a father, and the experience he was able to apply in raising his sons lent creativity to his parenting....
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From the author of the phenomenally successful, New York Times bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency mystery series, comes this spellbinding collection of African folktales....
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Rex M. Ellis weaves the strands of African folklore, early American history, and contemporary interpretations into the rich quilt that is the AfricanAmerican experience....
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Emmy Awardwinning storyteller Bobby Norfolk brings his electrifying energy to world folktales, to the delight of all ages....
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Mike Daisey is a fierce storyteller, one minute hilarious, the next minute sweet, with a finetuned ear for digression....
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What would life be like if you believed that every crisis is a blessing, that you're guided to meet the people who cross your path, and that everything happens for a reason....
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Over the course of Kurt Vonnegut's career as a writer, he has sat down many times with radio host and interviewer Walter James Miller to conduct indepth discussions of his work and the world....
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Two new Appalachian stories from the author of the award winning Listening for the Crack of Dawn; an ideal introduction to contemporary storytelling for adults....
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In the spring of 1926, the Soderbjerg brothers, Ray and Roy, plunge into radio by founding Station WLT (With Lettuce and Tomato) in order to rescue their failing restaurant....
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