This collection of translated Persian Folktales focused on female protagonists, is a new publication created by Nooshie Motaref, author of the award-winning novel, Tapestries of the Heart. She grew up in Persia and studied in four countries--Iran, Germany, Switzerland and the United States. She received her master's and doctorate degrees in American Literature and Folklore from Florida State University. Her dissertation is a proof of Carl Jung's theory, the "Collective Unconscious," through Persian fairytales and folktales.
Reading these stories is a journey much like a magic carpet ride -- a Persian girl's odysseys through time and space. She steps out of a dream, an embodiment of a hero and battles evil forces or solves riddles by using her wits and strengths. She serves for the good of others, consequently, in the process, she metamorphoses to a mature woman. In the end, through endurance, she is triumphant so that even the Persian king takes a bow to her. Her adventures are based on Persian fairytales and folktales narrated by her.
The tales are timeless and carry a feminist message. It does not matter where we live, we are all fascinated by ordinary heroes. We love to read stories where a single unexpected event can utterly transform a life. These thousand-year-old fables have endured showing the timeless universal issues all teens go through: love, heartache, family matters and challenging authority. These adventures are gripping and compelling, chosen to help our teens recognize they have the same conflicts as other young people throughout history and in very different cultures.
Fairytales of each country are like the folk music or "science fiction" of that nation. These adventures are adapted to appeal to Young Adult readers.Yet they also carry redeeming social value that attracts teachers, professors, librarians, storytellers, and parents. The Literary Analysis is to assist in interpreting the girl's adventures based on Carl Jung's theory, "Collective Unconscious." It is the icing on the cake.
In March of 2014, Nooshie Motaref presented one of her articles, "Women and Islam," for a conference, Women and Education, at Oxford University in Oxford, England.
The Philanthropic Educational Organization, Chapter CV of Arizona, has awarded Nooshie Motaref the International Peace Scholarship to provide funds for international women to pursue graduate study in the United States or Canada.
She frequently gives speeches on several subjects related to her birthplace including its culture, traditions, and religion. Her purpose is to familiarize Western audiences with Iranian life and ethnicity.

Land of Roses and Nightingales: Seven Adventures of a Persian Girl

Literature & Fiction

Women's Fiction

A3d Impressions

This collection of translated Persian Folktales focused on female protagonists, is a new publication created by Nooshie Motaref, author of the award-winning novel, Tapestries of the Heart. She grew up in Persia and studied in four countries--Iran, Germany, Switzerland and the United States. She received her master's and doctorate degrees in American Literature and Folklore from Florida State University. Her dissertation is a proof of Carl Jung's theory, the "Collective Unconscious," through Persian fairytales and folktales.Reading these stories is a journey much like a magic carpet ride -- a Persian girl's odysseys through time and space. She steps out of a dream, an embodiment of a hero and battles evil forces or solves riddles by using her wits and strengths. She serves for the good of others, consequently, in the process, she metamorphoses to a mature woman. In the end, through endurance, she is triumphant so that even the Persian king takes a bow to her. Her adventures are based on Persian fairytales and folktales narrated by her.The tales are timeless and carry a feminist message. It does not matter where we live, we are all fascinated by ordinary heroes. We love to read stories where a single unexpected event can utterly transform a life. These thousand-year-old fables have endured showing the timeless universal issues all teens go through: love, heartache, family matters and challenging authority. These adventures are gripping and compelling, chosen to help our teens recognize they have the same conflicts as other young people throughout history and in very different cultures.Fairytales of each country are like the folk music or "science fiction" of that nation. These adventures are adapted to appeal to Young Adult readers.Yet they also carry redeeming social value that attracts teachers, professors, librarians, storytellers, and parents. The Literary Analysis is to assist in interpreting the girl's adventures based on Carl Jung's theory, "Collective Unconscious." It is the icing on the cake.In March of 2014, Nooshie Motaref presented one of her articles, "Women and Islam," for a conference, Women and Education, at Oxford University in Oxford, England.The Philanthropic Educational Organization, Chapter CV of Arizona, has awarded Nooshie Motaref the International Peace Scholarship to provide funds for international women to pursue graduate study in the United States or Canada.She frequently gives speeches on several subjects related to her birthplace including its culture, traditions, and religion. Her purpose is to familiarize Western audiences with Iranian life and ethnicity.

Motaref, Nooshie

Grammar Advantage is a course text and self-study tool for advanced learners of English as a second language (C-TOEFL score of at least 190 or equivalent). Clear examples and explanations are followed by varied and abundant exercises. Topics that are important in academic contexts are highlighted: sentence structure, transitions, and sentence flow, verb tenses, active and passive voice, gerunds and infinitives, reporting and noun clauses, relative clauses, adverbials, and conditionals. Coverage of basic rules and finer points of usage help students understand not just basic grammar but how individual words are used (lexical grammar). Easily referenced subsections and sections on errors to avoid enable teachers to guide students to edit their work. The text includes four appendices (Tense Overview, Basic Punctuation for Joining Clauses, Transition Expressions Word by Word, and Principles of Sentence Flow), a glossary of grammar terms, an index and, on request, answer keys.

Grammar Advantage

Reference

Yule, George

Nelson, Eric S.

English as a Second Language

E. Reid Gilbert has been engaged in theatre as a playwriter, performer, mime, choreographer, director of a major center for mime in Spring Green, WI, a student of Kabuki and Indian Kathakali Dance, as well as having written his infamous 100 Limericks for 100 Days of Trump, and multiple books in his octogenarian years. He continues his writing at 88 years of age, with his next book documenting his approach to physical acting and movement for the stage. This collection of nine plays and one screenplay capture his creative prowess in all of its tragi-comic temperament. Here, are stories of race and the south where he grew up as a boy, and the skill of an actor/playwright who has known both sides of theatre, from performing to directing and playwriting -- a lovely summary of his work to date for stage and screen.

E. Reid Gilbert Ten Plays

Humor & Entertainment

Gilbert, E. Reid

Movies

Do you want to feel better, but aren't sure where to start or whether you can succeed? This book will help you with a realistic, practical, gentle, and very effective way to begin. Starting with the smallest steps you are ready to actually do, and building on this success every day, you will achieve your wellness goals. So whether you need to get moving, change your diet, change the way you treat your body - or just as importantly change your attitude about how you feel - this book will guide you through your journey.
Laurie Rein has been a health and fitness coach working with private clients for over thirty years. Her methods have helped hundreds of women meet their health and wellness goals, including how to eat in a way they can sustain for life. No fads or promises of quick fixes, just practical approaches that prove themselves over the life-long haul.
Stories from Laurie's clients show that you are not alone in this process of leaving behind self-defeating habits and moving toward a healthy lifestyle - one step at a time.

GETTING TO the BEST YOU: Small steps toward lasting changes that empower women to restore health, vitality and happiness.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Rein, Laurie

Women's Health

Storyteller, mime, author, and thought leader, E. Reid Gilbert, is at it again, sharing his whimsical yet often thoughtful view of the Trump administration's impactful days. Medicine for our times. Another political analeptic. Insightful curative witticism. With a glance toward the other side of the aisle as well. E. Reid Gilbert grew up in the tobacco hills of North Carolina, before pursuing academic studies: Brevard College (AA English) Duke University (BA Sociology) Southern Methodist University (MTh Theology) Union Theological Seminary (STM Religious Drama) University of Wisconsin (PhD Asian Theatre) He then pursued several careers: Methodist and Unitarian Ministry College and University Teaching Mime Performer and Instructor Theatre Actor and Director After retiring from those professional pursuits he started writing: Trickster Jack (Tales of the Appalachian trickster, Jack) Shall We Gather at the River (Romance set in the mountains in the 1870s) What Matters (119 poems) Twelve Houses of My Childhood (Stories of early life) Valley Studio: More Than a Place (Stories of Mime Studies and Performances) Several theatre and Film scripts. He claims that throughout the years he's probably been following the gypsies, which his Mamma had warned him about at the age of four.

Whimsical Limericks from the Age of Trump: From All Sides of the Political Divide

Humor

Donna F. Brown's Finding Medusa takes you on a historical journey through the turbulent sixties in Chicago, the music, the drugs, as well as a personal journey through her darkest and brightest moments. From first co-founding the Chicago based rock group, Medusa, and waiting 40 years for the release of their LP, First Step Beyond, Medusa finally secured a place in music history. The second incarnation of Medusa1975 produced the new album Rising From The Ashes, and led to several tours. At the heart of Finding Medusa is a story of resilience and survival. With adept control of the pen, Donna F. Brown shares intimate details of a 40-year journey in a memoir that records important events of the '60s she experienced, including the 1968 Democratic Convention riots in Lincoln Park in Chicago, in which she saw friends and strangers alike, lying beaten and bloody. She takes the reader through her experiences with drugs, the rock scene in Chicago in the 1970s, run-ins with authority, her difficult home life, a nursing career, her training as a mime with Marcel Marceau, and ultimately a return to Medusa and the music where it all started. Finding Medusa may make you laugh or make you cry, but you will most likely find, in Donna's story, deep connections to your own.

Finding Medusa: The Making of an Unlikely Rock Star

Biographies & Memoirs

Brown, Donna F

Arts & Literature

Newspaper columnist and beloved pediatrician, Marilyn Heins, MD, has fashioned a pathway through the transformative senior years of life after having entered the octogenarian years, herself. Gleaned from her experiences as she navigates the changes that come with aging, A Traveler's Guide to Geriatrica is augmented with insightful yet playful illustrations by renowned political cartoonist, David Fitzsimmons. Marilyn takes on her role of tour guide through this new terrain with her typical poise and acumen, while offering a healthy dose of humor. Approaching the aging journey as a landscape in an unfamiliar country, Heins imagines us all to be immigrants in the land of Geriatrica. During the voyage, she visits somewhat familiar, yet not quite known stops along the way. The conceit affords discussions of topics such as: dangers and perils of the journey; preparations; scams to be attentive of; downsizing; housing need changes; the importance of simplifying; on being an octogenarian; frailing; health and safety; mental health; finances later in life; teaching children about Geriatrica; canines in Geriatrica - all shared with Marilyn's indelible dry wit and celebration of life lived well into one's latter years. In the end, Geriatrica is seen as a land that if fortunate to live long enough to visit, holds not only new challenges and perils, but rich finds and wondrous experiences that continue to enrich days well-lived.

A Traveler's Guide to Geriatrica

UNKNOWN

Long Shadow Days: Grief Walking

Poll

Wamer, Rick

Poetry

As a married woman who experienced coming out, divorce, death of a parent, and loss of a career - all in one year in her late 40s - she began to appreciate that the universe might be trying to get her attention. Swimming the River: Inspirational Shorts, Insights, and Glimpses of Grace chronicles a middle-aged woman's on0going stumbling out of the safe, the secure, the familiar, into the free-fall of surrendering her illusions of control. this collection of humorous, often edgy, personal essays exposer her (our) hilarious attempts to keep the plates of relationships, work, and self-acceptance all spinning in the air at the same time. And when they finally fall and break, to recognize yet another are-you-kidding-me? opportunity for spiritual growth, Swimming the River provokes a universal recognition of the comical - sometimes painful - chasing of our own tails in search of something that we hope will finally mitigate some low-grade food-poisoning of our souls. Swimming the River' s light-hearted yet ferocious honesty is an invitation to anyone embarked on an inner journey and especially to those who feel that there is something missing in their otherwise happy marriages/relationships or successful careers. It speaks to folks who are seeking a more mature perspective, one that closely reflects their life-long experiences regarding career, family, relationships, and spirituality.

Swimming the River

Code, Becky Banasiak

Parenting & Relationships

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Land of Roses and Nightingales: Seven Adventures of a Persian Girl

Land of Roses and Nightingales: Seven Adventures of a Persian Girl

Grammar Advantage

E. Reid Gilbert Ten Plays

GETTING TO the BEST YOU: Small steps toward lasting changes that empower women to restore health, vitality and happiness.

Whimsical Limericks from the Age of Trump: From All Sides of the Political Divide

Finding Medusa: The Making of an Unlikely Rock Star

A Traveler's Guide to Geriatrica

Long Shadow Days: Grief Walking

Swimming the River