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  Travelers' Tales - Publishers of Stories, Wit and Wisdom from Travelers Around the World
Travelers' Tales has created the Solas Awards for Best Travel Story of the Year, a competition to celebrate great travel writing.
The Best Travel Writing 2007 is the fourth volume in the annual series Travelers' Tales launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's best travel writing—from Nobel Prize winners to emerging writers.
The tales in Tim Cahill's Not So Funny When It Happened share those moments when the best of plans go haywire, but are leavened by a sense of humor.
travelerstales.com   (1841 words)

  
  Fairy Tales
Irish fairy tales have been collected by many people over the years; this collection is of particular interest because it was assembled by arguably the greatest poet of his time, and because it was a major product of and contributor to the Irish Renaissance of the 1890s.
Regarded as the first original fairy tale written in English, this tells the story of three brothers affected by the gold fever of the two eldest; it is closely modeled on the Grimms' tales.
Victorian Fairy Tales: The Revolt of the Fairies and Elves.
www.northern.edu /hastingw/ftales.htm   (2769 words)

  
 Folktexts: A library of folktales, folklore, fairy tales, and mythology, page 1
Tales of type 156, in which a man pulls a thorn from a lion's paw, thus gaining the beast's eternal gratitude and loyalty.
Bearskin and other tales of type 361, in which a man gains a fortune and a beautiful bride by entering into a pact with the devil.
Tales of Aarne-Thompson type 441, in which a beautiful maiden is forced to marry a hog or a hedgehog.
www.pitt.edu /~dash/folktexts.html   (4177 words)

  
 EDSITEment - Lesson Plan
As you are selecting fairy tales to share with the students, be wary of getting caught up in a search for an "original version." Most of the European fairy tales in publication today for children are based on the stories collected by the Germans Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the 19th century.
An additional complication relating to origins of fairy tales is the phenomenon of the literary fairy tale-a story based on magical elements and characters written by a single identifiable author.
The literary fairy tale came into popularity in France and Italy during the 17th century, where it was a kind of sophisticated parlor game for adults in aristocratic society.
edsitement.neh.gov /view_lesson_plan.asp?id=387   (2907 words)

  
 Old Wives' Tales
Many old wives' tales, especially those surrounding pregnancy and childbirth, have been proven false or ineffective by advances in medicine and technology.
Some old wives' tales about health and sickness have some basis in fact, whereas other, newer ones seem to reflect a kind of technophobia, such as those related to watching television.
This tale goes back hundreds of years to a time when cats were associated with witchcraft and evil spirits.
www.kidshealth.org /parent/general/aches/old_wives_tales.html   (1797 words)

  
 Tales of The Tempest - Nintendo DS News - QJ.NET
Those who are planning to get a version of Tales of the Tempest for the DS will definitely have the chance to play around with these two new characters introduced in the game.
Tales of the Tempest has been causing a stir for quite awhile.
Tales games for Nintendo consoles seem to be published by Nintendo often and Namco is publishing Tales of the Abyss even after Tales of Legendia bombed.
ds.qj.net /category/Tales-of-The-Tempest/cid/743   (1575 words)

  
 Russian folk tales
This page is entirely dedicated to the folk tales of Russia and Ukraine.
Tales are the part of culture, traditions, customs and history of people.
The tale of the dead princess and the seven knights
www.russian-crafts.com /tales.html   (222 words)

  
 BBC - Drama - Canterbury Tales
Julie Walters, James Nesbitt, Billie Piper, John Simm, Keeley Hawes and Dennis Waterman lead an all-star cast in a modern re-telling of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
But their greed and treatment of a girl called Kitty, who's desperate to find the missing Amy, proves to be their downfall.
Constance (Nikki Amuka-Bird) is a Nigerian refugee found on a small boat in the Chatham docks by a couple, Mark and Nicky, who take her in.
www.bbc.co.uk /drama/canterburytales   (525 words)

  
 fractured fairy tales
Fracturing fairy tale is a contemporary variant of what has been always done in fairy tales in that story is changed in some way--except that this term is usually associated with questions of gender representation.
Feminist criticism and re-visioning of fairy tales has centered on exposing the gender ideology that is perpetuated in tales.
Criticism has focused on the passivity of young girls waiting to be rescued, the encoded binaries in a text that equate beauty with goodness, the representation of evil stepmothers, and the closures which seal a girl's dependency on a prince.
scils.rutgers.edu /~kvander/Culture/crew.html   (846 words)

  
 Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Within each of these, there is a list of tales which links to the appropriate text of text.
A few tales were published by Poe under more than one name, or under a name assigned by later editors.
Poe, Edgar Allan, Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, 2 vols, Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840.
www.eapoe.org /works/tales/index.htm   (1129 words)

  
 Tales of Legendia PS2 Preview, Tales of Legendia Playstation 2 Preview
This was quickly followed by a port of Tales of Eternia redone for the Playstation Portable.
The battle system in Tales of Symphonia was quite unique I found, and the story had emotion to it.
This just in tales of eternia came out around 2000, it was titled tales of destiny 2.
www.1up.com /do/previewPage?cId=3143257&did=1   (1241 words)

  
 fractured fairy tales
Fracturing fairy tale is a contemporary variant of what has been always done in fairy tales in that story is changed in some way--except that this term is usually associated with questions of gender representation.
Feminist criticism and re-visioning of fairy tales has centered on exposing the gender ideology that is perpetuated in tales.
Criticism has focused on the passivity of young girls waiting to be rescued, the encoded binaries in a text that equate beauty with goodness, the representation of evil stepmothers, and the closures which seal a girl's dependency on a prince.
www.scils.rutgers.edu /~kvander/Culture/crew.html   (846 words)

  
 IBS Tales: Stories of IBS
There are new stories from Guinnivere in the happy section and Jessica in the sad tales section.
IBS Tales is now offering the Hope Award 2007 to websites that support people with chronic health conditions.
IBS Tales is a site for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) sufferers to tell their stories and read about the experiences of others.
www.ibstales.com   (707 words)

  
 Star Wars Tales - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
Star Wars Tales is a series of comics that began on September 29, 1999 and ended on July 13, 2005.
All the tales from these issues are considered to be canon, unless labeled otherwise.
For a list of all Tales stories that have had elements incorporated into continuity, see the list of Tales stories with elements of continuity.
starwars.wikia.com /wiki/Star_Wars_Tales   (712 words)

  
 IGN: Tales of Symphonia Preview
Don't let the lack of a number after the title fool you: Tales of Symphonia is the latest in a long-running series, each bearing the word Tales in the title.
Duck Tales, for instance, or Bubsy in: Fractured Fairy Tales are thankfully unrelated to Tales of Symphonia.
Though the Tales series may not have gained a great deal of notoriety here in the states, the franchise is phenomenally popular in Japan, eclipsed only by the juggernaut Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior games.
cube.ign.com /articles/428/428412p1.html   (1036 words)

  
 Brothers Grimm: Fairy Tales, History, Facts, and More
The stories collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early 1800s serve up life as generations of central Europeans knew it—capricious and often cruel.
Once they saw how the tales bewitched young readers, the Grimms, and editors aplenty after them, started "fixing" things.
Tales gradually got softer, sweeter, and primly moral.
www.nationalgeographic.com /grimm/index2.html   (118 words)

  
 Dragon Tales | PBS Kids
Find out when Dragon Tales is on in your town.
Funding for Dragon Tales is provided by a Ready-To-Learn Television Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Education through the Public Broadcasting Service, and public television viewers
Dragon Tales and its logo are trademarks of Sesame Workshop and Columbia Tristar Television Distribution.
www.pbskids.org /dragontales/index_sw.html   (98 words)

  
 Stories, Folklore, and Fairy Tales Theme Page
This link is to their search page from where a keyword search using such words as "fairy tale", "folklore", "legend", or "storytelling" will produce numerous hits.
The collection of mostly Zen and Taoist tales are some of the oldest stories in human history and have withstood the test of time.
Or, click here if you wish to return directly to the CLN menu which will give you access to educational resources in all of our subjects.
www.cln.org /themes/fairytales.html   (755 words)

  
 Tales from the Darkside TV Show - Tales from the Darkside Television Show - TV.com
Tales from the Darkside TV Show - Tales from the Darkside Television Show - TV.com
Tell the world what you think of Tales from the Darkside, write a review for this show.
Before Tales from the Crypt, there was this...
www.tv.com /tales-from-the-darkside/show/79/summary.html   (428 words)

  
 Southland Tales - Rotten Tomatoes
Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for Southland Tales to receive a rating.
Sarah Michelle Gellar is set to star in the upcoming "Southland Tales," helmed by "Donnie Darko" wri...
Sothland Tales more then a movie people keep forgetting that...
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/southland_tales   (441 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Star Wars Tales, Vol. 1: Books: Dave Land   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Among dozens of other background bits, there is the tale of what incident got Jar Jar Binks expelled from his colony, and the opening story documents Vader as he stalks and kills a fairly well known Jedi.
The Star Wars Tales volumes are collections of back-stories, vignettes, and dramatic graphic-literary renderings of familiar Star Wars characters.
Extinction is the eloquent and brutal tale of Darth Vader hunting a Jedi.
www.amazon.com /Star-Wars-Tales-Vol-1/dp/1569716196   (1656 words)

  
 tales - GameSpot
Tales of the Abyss promises to be a completely unique Tales experience by expanding upon its creator's last project, Tales of Symphonia.
Tags: tales of the abyss, namco, namco bandai, ps2, bandai, tales
Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology confirmed for US release; PSP game features character creation, ability to trade items wirelessly.
www.gamespot.com /pages/tags/index.php?type=news&tags=tales   (953 words)

  
 AppLit's Annotated Index of Appalachian Folktales
Tale titles vary widely and these main index pages do not list the exact title of each picture book adaptation or tale in a collection that has parallels with a better known tale.
Notes on tale types refer to folktale and motif indexes by Aarne and Thompson, such as Aarne, Antti Amatus.
Sometimes Jack Tales and other folktales with fantastic and exaggerated events are also referred to as tall tales.
www.ferrum.edu /applit/bibs/tales   (847 words)

  
 Tales of Symphonia for GameCube - Tales of Symphonia Game Cube - Tales of Symphonia GameCube Game
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Tales of The World: Radiant Mythology, the latest in the Tales of the World spin-off series, allows players to create customized characters and employs the Flex Range Linear Motion Battle system from Tales of the Abyss.
Tales of Legendia is a fantasy role-playing game that continues the Tales series of games.
www.gamespot.com /gamecube/rpg/talesofphantasia/index.html   (503 words)

  
 YouTube - tales   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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Tale of Tales -- Skazka Skazok (1 of 3)
Tales Of Mere Existence "How To Break Up"
youtube.com /?v=GUIu9DdgrQg   (116 words)

  
 The Classic Text: Geoffrey Chaucer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Canterbury Tales, never completed, represents his magnum opus and the crowning achievement of his life.
e began work on The Canterbury Tales about 1387, and intended for each of his thirty pilgrims to tell four tales, two while traveling to Canterbury and two while traveling from Canterbury.
Scholars feel The Canterbury Tales reached their instant and continued success because of their accurate and oftentimes vivid portrayal of human nature, unchanged through 600 years since Chaucer's time.
www.uwm.edu /Library/special/exhibits/clastext/clspg073.htm   (247 words)

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