The Elefánthy

The Elefánthy
Author: Erik Fügedi
Publisher: Kendall Hunt
Total Pages: 202
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789639116207

One of the first Hungarian historians to apply methods of the Annales school of French historiography, Fugedi (1916-92) here explores the life and customs of the medieval nobility, focusing on the Elefanthy kindred from what is now Slovakia. He compares the customary law for noble status, inheritance, and marriage as codified in 1415 and to documentary evidence, and finds that the legal literature differs in regard to social mobility and kindred solidarity. Translated from Az Elefanthyak: A kozepkori magyar nemes es klanja, published by Magveto, Budapest in 1992. No index. Distributed by CUP Services. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Crusades and the Military Orders

The Crusades and the Military Orders
Author: Zsolt Hunyadi
Publisher: Central European University Press
Total Pages: 640
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789639241428

Proceedings of a conference on a theme, the 34 essays by specialists from 15 countries prevent various facets of the struggles waged for the possession of the Holy Land between the 10th and 13th centuries, and of the activities of the military orders elsewhere in Europe.

Book Review Index

Book Review Index
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1520
Release: 2003
Genre: Books
ISBN:

Vols. 8-10 of the 1965-1984 master cumulation constitute a title index.

The Elephant's Trunk

The Elephant's Trunk
Author: Gina Cline
Publisher: ARC Press
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2011-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1614060053

The White Elephant

The White Elephant
Author: Sid Fleischman
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 71
Release: 2009-12-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0061964913

How can a beautiful white elephant be a terrible curse? Run-Run, a young elephant trainer, discovers the answer when he incurs the fury of the prince. The boy's punishment? The gift of an elephant, white as a cloud. From that moment forward, the curse reveals itself. According to tradition, so rare an elephant cannot be allowed to work for its keep. It is poor Run-Run who must feed the beast the hundreds of pounds of food it eats each day, and scrub it clean, and brush its pom-pom of a tail, and wash behind its ears, and, above all, keep it from doing any work. Oh, if only Run-Run could make the magnificent white elephant disappear! Clever as a magician, he does—but the curse has tricks of its own for Run-Run.

The Elephant in the Tree

The Elephant in the Tree
Author: Mallika Nagarajan
Publisher: Katha
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2010
Genre: Elephants
ISBN: 9788189934668

With its quirky characters, unusual use of language and skilful blending of fantasy and reality, this is a lovely story of Mahi who finds a seven-trunked elephant in the tree and journeys with him into a new world that will change her life forever. Mallika's delightfully illustrated story shows us how each one of us, like Mahi, is also capable of great little miracles. So come, be a miracle worker. And see how well you can do it!

How the Elephant Got Its Trunk

How the Elephant Got Its Trunk
Author: Alison Reynolds
Publisher: Raintree
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2017-08-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1474747205

Curious Nambo is so clumsy with his short snout. No one will play with him or answer all his questions! He just wants to know what crocodiles eat for lunch. Annoyed, Hippopotamus tricks Nambo into finding out the answer for himself. So when Hippopotamus gets stuck in the river, Nambo must decide whether or not to help her. Find out just how the elephant got its long trunk in this unique twist on the tale!

Elephant in the Dark

Elephant in the Dark
Author: Mina Javaherbin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2015-08-25
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 054563671X

A bold, humorous rendition of "The Three Blind Men and the Elephant" maginificently illustrated by an award-winning artist! When the villagers hear of a huge and mysterious creature that has come all the way from India, they steal into the dark barn to find out what it is."It's like a snake!" says one. "It's like a tree trunk," says another. "No, it's like a fan!" argues the third. Who is right? Which of them knows the creature's true shape?Mina Javaherbin's charming and witty retelling combined with Eugene Yelchin's refreshingly brilliant illustrations bring this enlightened classic, inspired by Rumi's poem, vividly to life.

How the Elephant Got His Trunk

How the Elephant Got His Trunk
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2012
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1434232220

This graphic adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's The elephant's child relates how a young elephant's insatiable curiosity explains the fact that all elephants have trunks.