A Gnome for All Occasions

A Gnome for All Occasions
Author: Norm Gillam
Publisher: Virtualbookworm Publishing
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2002
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781589392410

Adult fun fantasy.

Pomes for Gnomes

Pomes for Gnomes
Author: Ron Richie
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-05
Genre:
ISBN:

A fun-filled collection of rhythmic poetry with something for nearly everyone. Mostly written in the form of iambic pentameter, these stories in poetic form describe everyday life and situations that the vast majority of people deal with on a continuing basis. Chances are you will find yourself somewhere in this book.

Santa, Please Bring Me a Gnome

Santa, Please Bring Me a Gnome
Author: An Swerts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2017-09-15
Genre: JUVENILE FICTION
ISBN: 9781605373898

Tess writes to Santa, asking for a real gnome for Christmas. Grandpa and Grandma help Tess prepare for Christmas Eve, and the arrival of what she hopes will be her 'special' present.

Buttered 'n' Twisted Yarns

Buttered 'n' Twisted Yarns
Author: Norm Gillam
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2003-05-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595278450

Buttered 'n' Twisted Yarns is a collection of unusual short stories catering to the secret and dark desires that reside deep within all of us. There's something for everyone. The stories portray life in the extreme; the absurd; the comical; and the bizarre. Stories of love gone wrong; hate gone wrong. Life perceived through the eyes of children, and even animals. Buttered 'n' Twisted Yarns also contains historical, futuristic and supernatural tales. Buckle up and take a macabre ride on the action packed 5-minute fiction express. Come and meet some of the homicidal maniacs, gorgeous gourmets, pyromaniacs and credit card wielding ghouls that make up a gruesome cross section of everyday life.

Fluke Family Hero

Fluke Family Hero
Author: Robert Erickson
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2003-12-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595300057

Second in the Fluke Family series, Fluke Family Hero explores Maynerd Fluke Dumsted's career as the sheriff of his hometown. King Kryan Kruke now rules the Kingdom of Gnat, but he is still up to his old tricks. He schemes to rule the four lands of Gnaught by capitalizing on Maynerd's relationship to the long dead hero, Richard the Brave. The King hopes to springboard that fame to his advantage by transforming Maynerd into the new national hero. The chance arrivals of bad luck Fata Morgana and a young felon named Blacky further complicates Maynerd's efforts to keep the peace, but Fata may hold the keys to his heart. Dumsted town falls into turmoil when the local banker plots to fix the elections for Mayor and Sheriff by kidnapping the incumbents. He intends to sell them to the notorious bandits, the Moola Rude, but the plan goes awry. With Maynerd's only supporters locked in jail, his fate seems sealed. King Kruke has vanished and Scarface, the leader of the Moola Rude, sits on the throne of Gnat. Oh, where is a hero when a kingdom is in such grave need? Maynerd must save his friends and the Kingdom of Gnat from certain destruction by King Scarface or lose everything.

Popular Morality in the Early Roman Empire

Popular Morality in the Early Roman Empire
Author: Teresa Morgan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2007-08-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107321158

Morality is one of the fundamental structures of any society, enabling complex groups to form, negotiate their internal differences and persist through time. In the first book-length study of Roman popular morality, Dr Morgan argues that we can recover much of the moral thinking of people across the Empire. Her study draws on proverbs, fables, exemplary stories and gnomic quotations, to explore how morality worked as a system for Roman society as a whole and in individual lives. She examines the range of ideas and practices and their relative importance, as well as questions of authority and the relationship with high philosophy and the ethical vocabulary of documents and inscriptions. The Roman Empire incorporated numerous overlapping groups, whose ideas varied according to social status, geography, gender and many other factors. Nevertheless it could and did hold together as an ethical community, which was a significant factor in its socio-political success.