Twelve Silver Cups

Twelve Silver Cups
Author: Enid Blyton
Publisher: Bounty Books
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2014-09-01
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780753726754

A selection of short stories by Enid Blyton suitable for readers aged 5-8 years.

To Drink from the Silver Cup

To Drink from the Silver Cup
Author: Anna Redsand
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2016-08-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1938288734

Anna Redsand was sixteen when she heard her mother say of two women who’d been discovered to be lovers, “They’re living in sin. They should see a doctor.” She knew in that moment that she would have to leave the security and intimacy of family, church, and home―the only world she had ever known. As that world faded, so too did everything that had been religious or spiritual inside her. The journey was to find what she’d lost—or replace it. Was there a faith community that could accept Anna as a lesbian, a doubter, and someone committed to social justice? To Drink From the Silver Cup is the story of Anna Redsand’s quest. It took her from a devout missionary life in the Navajo Nation into the shame and exile of being unwanted in the homeland, and then beyond through the uncharted territory of different religious, spiritual, and political directions. Always striving for authenticity, continuing to long for home, forty years after taking leave, Anna embarked on a deliberate experiment to see if return was possible―or whether too much had changed in her and too little in the church. In the past, most memoirs about conflicts between fundamentalist Christianity and sexuality have been written by gay men. Few, if any, have come to the same resolution that To Drink From the Silver Cup does. This is a unique and memorable story with resonance for both seekers and those who have never challenged their held beliefs.

A Cup of Silver Linings

A Cup of Silver Linings
Author: Karen Hawkins
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2021-07-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1982105569

From New York Times bestselling author Karen Hawkins comes another "mesmerizing fusion of the mystical and the everyday" (Susan Andersen, New York Times bestselling author) in her Dove Pond series--and this time Ava's famous tea leaves spell trouble ahead. Ava Dove--the sixth of seven daughters of the famed Dove family, and owner of Ava's Landscaping and Specialty Gourmet Tea--is frantic. Just as she is getting ready to open her fabulous new tearoom, her herbal teas have gone wonky. Suddenly, the tea that is supposed to help people sleep is startling them awake with vivid dreams; the tea that infuses romance back into tired marriages is causing people to blurt out their darkest secrets; and the tea that helps people find happiness is making them spend hours staring into mirrors. Meanwhile, living four doors down the road from Ava, sixteen-year-old Kristen Foster's life has just crashed down around her. After her mother's death, Kristen's grandmother Ellen has arrived in town to sweep Kristen off to a white mansion on a hill in distant Raleigh. But Kristen has had enough 'life changes' and is desperate to stay with her friends in her beloved hometown of Dove Pond. But to do so means Kristen must undertake a quest she's been avoiding her entire life--finding her never-been-there-for-her father. With the help of an ancient herbal remedy book found in her attic by her sister, Ava realizes that Kristen holds the key to fixing her unstable tea leaves. So Ava throws herself into Kristen's search, even convincing Kristen's grandmother Ellen to help, too. Together, the three embark on a reluctant but magical journey of healing, friendship, and family that will delight fans of Alice Hoffman, Kate Morton, and Sarah Addison Allen.

Miracle at Sea and Other Stories

Miracle at Sea and Other Stories
Author: Genendel Krohn
Publisher: Feldheim Publishers
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2006
Genre: Aggada
ISBN: 9781583308356

This collection of stories from the winning combination of author Genendel Krohn and illustrator Tirtsa Pelleg is a treat for the whole family. Bringing the accounts of our Sages in the Talmud and Midrash vividly to life, Miracle At Sea is sure to entertain and inspire. Learn how far Rebbe Tarfun was willing to go to observe the mitzva of honoring one's parents, how Rebbe Chiya taught Rebbe Yehuda HaNasi a lesson in taking care with others' feelings, how Nikanor's desire to beautify the Bais HaMikdash was rewarded even after a storm took away his prized possessions, and so many more! This book is sure to instill good middos (character traits) and be enjoyed by children of all ages.

Youth and Other Stories

Youth and Other Stories
Author: Mori Ōgai
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 558
Release: 1994-05-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780824816001

Ogai's (1862-1922) stature among modern Japanese writers is unparalleled, but until recently his work in translation has languished in scholarly monographs and journals. Japan scholar Rimer has gathered several of Ogai's best-known stories and the first complete translation of a major work, Seinen ("

The Noonday Cemetery and Other Stories

The Noonday Cemetery and Other Stories
Author: Gustaw Herling-Grudziński
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2003
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780811215299

Selected by The Los Angeles Times Book Review as one of the Ten Best Fiction Books of 2003.

The Celestial Railroad and Other Stories

The Celestial Railroad and Other Stories
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2006-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101099887

Of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s insight into the Puritan’s simultaneous need for fulfillment and self-destruction, D. H. Lawrence wrote, “Nathaniel knew disagreeable things in his inner soul. He was careful to send them out in disguise.” By means of artfully crafted and compelling tales, Hawthorne explored the destinies and concerns of early American settlers and citizens. In several of the stories in this collection, characters who hold themselves apart from their fellow man fall prey to the corroding desires of lust for perfection. Then they unwittingly commit evils—against themselves and others—in the name of pride. Edgar Allan Poe noted of Hawthorne’s writing: “Every word tells, and there is not a word which does not tell.”

Uncle Valentine and Other Stories

Uncle Valentine and Other Stories
Author: Willa Cather
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 198
Release: 1973-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780803208209

The seven stories in this volume were written during the ascending and perhaps most triumphant years of Willa Cather's career, the period during which she published nine books, including My Ántonia, A Lost Lady, and Death Comes for the Archbishop. For the most part ironic in tone, these stories are, as Bernice Slote observes, bound by the geometrics of urban life—streets and offices, workers and firms, the business world of New York and Pittsburgh, the cities which by 1929 Willa Cather had known well for over thirty years." In her introduction, Slote discusses their biographical elements, connections with earlier and later work, and the intricate patterns that lie below the lucid, shimmering surface of Willa Cather's prose.