The Stardom Film: Creating the Hollywood Fairy Tale (McNally Karen)(Paperback)

The Stardom Film: Creating the Hollywood Fairy Tale (McNally Karen)(Paperback)

Since the earliest days of the movie industry, Hollywood has mythologized itself through stories of stardom. A female protagonist escapes the confines of rural America in search of freedom in a western dream factory; an ambitious, conceited movie idol falls from grace and discovers what it means to

Revisiting Star Studies: Cultures, Themes and Methods (Qiong Yu Sabrina)(Paperback)

Is classical Hollywood stardom the last word on film stars? How do film stars function in non-Hollywood contexts, such as Bollywood, East Asia and Latin America, and what new developments has screen stardom undergone in recent years, both in Hollywood and elsewhere? Gathering together the most

The Corner of Forever and Always (Riley Lia)(Mass Market Paperbound)

Fairy tales aren't ever what they seem . . . Tuesday Knight's dream of Broadway stardom has flopped, leaving her unemployed and brokenhearted. Ready to quit kissing frogs and make her own happily-ever-after, she takes a job as a princess in Everland, Georgia's historical amusement park. Mayor

The Greatest Czech Fairy Tales - Lucie Lomová

The Greatest Czech Fairy Tales are a graphic adaptation of five classical fairy tales by Karel Jaromír Erben. His oeuvre is regarded as the Czech equivalent of the brothers Grimm, and belongs among the greatest treasures of the Czech fairy tale tradition. Three strange friends travel the world for

Irish Fairy Tales (Jackson J. K.)(Paperback)

Fairy stories, especially from the rich tradition of Ireland where the supernatural grew from the legends of the Celts, are the magic stories of everyday folk seeking solutions to the challenges of the day. This spritely new collection brings together the fables and stories of banshees, kings,

Fairy Tales: Dramolettes (Walser Robert)(Paperback)

Fairy Tales gathers the unconventional verse dramolettes of the Swiss writer Robert Walser. Narrated in Walser's inimitable, playful language, these theatrical pieces overturn traditional notions of the fairy tale, transforming the Brothers Grimm into metatheater, even metareflections.Snow White

Knitted Fairy Tales: Retell the Famous Fables with Kntted Toys (Keen Sarah)(Paperback)

Magical fairy tales brought to life. Knitted Fairy Tales invites you to knit the fabled characters from the land of make-believe, creating your own endearing versions of princes and princesses, giants and witches, including: Cinderella Hansel and Gretel Puss in Boots Snow White and the Seven

The Wisdom of Fairy Tales (Meyer Rudolf)(Paperback)

Fairy tales, though they were originally folk tales told to adults, have been a key part of childhood for centuries and remain popular today. Their patterns and morality have a profound influence on the developing mind of children; they shape the way children understand ideas of good and evil,

Otogizoshi: The Fairy Tale Book of Dazai Osamu (Dazai Osamu)(Paperback)

Dazai Osamu wrote The Fairy Tale Book (Otogizoshi) in the last months of the Pacific War. The traditional tales upon which Dazai's retellings are based are well known to every Japanese schoolchild, but this is no children's book. In Dazai's hands such stock characters as the kindhearted Oji-san to

Fairy Tales: The Villain's Version (Umansky Kaye)(Paperback / softback)

The villains are the stars of the show in these four hilarious fractured fairy tales from queen of funny, Kaye

Indian Fairy Tales (Jacobs Joseph)(Paperback)

Soils and national characteristics differ, but fairy tales are the same in plot and incidents the world over. So proved the leading British folklorist Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) with this now classic volume of 29 traditional tales from India, including some of the oldest recorded tales known.'The

The Blue Fairy Book (Lang Andrew)(Paperback)

The first installment of Andrew Lang's popular fairy tale series. The Blue Fairy Book is a vibrant collection of children's stories that have been published across the globe. Lang pulls from genre favorites such as 'Little Red Riding Hood,' 'Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper' and 'The Brave

The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (Wilde Oscar)(Paperback)

'The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde' is as the title would suggest a collection of whimiscal tales by Oscar Wilde. This collections includes the following short stories: The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, The Remarkable Rocket, The Young

The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse (Hesse Hermann)(Paperback)

A collection of twenty-two fairy tales by the Nobel Prize-winning novelist, most translated into English for the first time, show the influence of German Romanticism, psychoanalysis, and Eastern religion on his development as an

Fairy Tales: Goldilocks and the Three Bears(Paperback / softback)

A simple, humorous retelling of the classic fairy tale with fun and fresh illustrations by Ed Bryan. When Goldilocks gets lost in the woods, she finds herself at a cosy little

Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly (Levine Gail Carson)(Paperback)

Fairy-tale master Gail Carson, the bestselling author of Ella Enchanted, guides writers of all ages on how to develop their craft, with practical advice and heartfelt encouragement. In Writing Magic, Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shares her tricks of the trade. She shows how you can get

My First Pull-the-Tab Fairy Tale: Peter Pan(Paperback / softback)

The Princess Who Believed in Fairy Tales (Grad Marcia)(Paperback)

Magical Fairy Tales - Contains 30 classic tales (Blyton Enid)(Paperback / softback)

A brand-new collection of magical short stories and fairy tales from the world's favourite storyteller Enid

Fairy Tales - Brothers Grimm - e-kniha

eBook:,Originally titled Children’s and Household Tales, The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales contains the essential bedtime stories for children worldwide for the better part of two centuries. The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, were German linguists and cultural researchers who gathered

The Pomegranates and Other Modern Italian Fairy Tales (Mazzoni Cristina)(Paperback)

A collection of magical Italian folk and fairy tales--most appearing here in English for the first time The Pomegranates and Other Modern Italian Fairy Tales presents twenty magical stories published between 1875 and 1914, following Italy's political unification. In those decades of political and

The Elves and the Shoemaker (Edgson Alison)(Paperback)

Step into the magical world of Child's Play fairy tales... Traditional tales are a well-established part of all cultures. These lively stories will captivate readers with their delightful illustrations and fun lift-up flaps. The flaps encourage prediction and discussion, and well-known stories will

Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales (Zipes Jack)(Pevná vazba)

Originally published in 1812, the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm are malevolent and dark, and certainly not for the faint-hearted. This book features some of the lesser-known stories alongside favourites like Snow White, Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, and Hansel and

Freddie and the Fairy (Donaldson Julia)(Paperback)

Written by Julia Donaldson, the author of The Gruffalo, and illustrated by Karen George, Freddie and the Fairy is a delightfully witty, rhyming tale with a subtle message about hearing impairments.Freddie wants nothing more than a pet, so when the fairy Bessie-Belle offers to grant his wishes, he