Red Road Legends Of The Native American Indians

Continuing the series The Best Native American Myths, Legends, and Folklore, Volume 3 offers an enjoyable look into the history of the Native American Indian. Before the time of books, computers, tablets and recording devices, the history of many cultures was passed down, from person to person, by word of mouth. The rich histories of so many people were told in songs, chants, poems and stories. This was and still is the way of Native American tribes. Each in its own way enriching their stories with their own experiences. By reliving these stories and songs, we have the opportunity to bring...

Native American Mythology began long before the European settlers arrived on North American soil. The most popular of these myths usually are the ones dealing with Origins of people, places and things. These myths deal with both how the physical world as we know it came to be and how the many features of specific cultures originated. They cover areas of gods and man and why we were separated, where did the different races come from, and when did evil surface. Being there were so many different tribes with countless beliefs and customs, the only way to understand these beliefs is through...

«Se hablaba con más libertad sabiendo que, a esas horas, había que estar en la cama y durmiendo.» D. E. Stevenson Cerca de Wandlebury, el pueblo en torno al cual gira la saga de la señorita Buncle y Las cuatro Gracias, hay otro pueblecito, Ashbridge, donde la gente «tiene algo isabelino» y es «sencilla y valiente». En las afueras se alza Villa Vitoria, que un capitán mandó construir «después de luchar en la batalla de Vitoria y contribuir a la expulsión de José Bonaparte de España». Ahora esta romántica casa de campo es famosa por su jardín florido y por la hospitalidad y...

Avec l'émerveillement propre à l'enfance, Marceline raconte la vie d'un village de montagne : le labeur quotidien, les jeux, le rythme de la terre ; la mère sévère, le père au regard bleu, Barnabé l'aîné des frères et mari de Théoda. Théoda la belle, la vivante, Théoda la dangereuse aussi, qui, à l'insu de tous sauf de la fillette, en aime un autre. Romancière, poète et nouvelliste, Corinna Bille (1912-1979) est l’une des figures majeures de la littérature suisse. Elle a reçu le prix Goncourt de la nouvelle en 1975 pour La Demoiselle sauvage. « De ses deux mains, elle...

El final del que partimos is an exciting story of a future as realistic as it is terrifying. During a mysterious environmental crisis, a young woman gives birth to her first child, Z. Terrified of a world that is reeling, where everything around them has become dangerous and unstable, the family is forced to leave their home in search of safety. In a journey that is vividly reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy's dystopian world of The Road, the journey will show both the fear and amazement of seeing Z's little fists clinging to life, in a struggle for survival in which people bring out the worst,...

El escéptico al que le encantaba cazar fantasmas... Sus amigos le llamaban el Escéptico Eterno, con «E» mayúscula. A los 31 años, Rajveer se encontraba en la más rara de las profesiones. Trabajando en un programa de Discovery Channel llamado "El Investigador Escéptico", su principal trabajo era desmentir historias de fantasmas. Hasta que un día, recibe un misterioso correo electrónico de una tal Sara Williams, propietaria de un pintoresco hotel de la época británica llamado Casa Osborne en Landour, Mussoorie, India. Sara menciona que ningún turista quiere visitar su hotel porque...