Broken Tusk

Broken Tusk
Author: Uma Krishnaswami
Publisher: august house
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780874838060

Collects seventeen legends about the elephant-headed Hindu god of new beginnings.

Broken Tusk

Broken Tusk
Author: Puthalath Raghuprasad
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Total Pages: 67
Release: 2023-08-18
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1685621376

Broken Tusk is a heart-wrenching tale that follows the trials and tribulations of a family of African elephants, narrated by the hero, a young male named Broken Tusk. From daily encounters with natural disasters to the cruel and devastating effects of human actions, Broken Tusk guides readers through the soulful journey of his family’s incalculable suffering. Alongside the hardships, readers also witness moments of joy, including playful games, mud baths, and even a bit of romance for Broken Tusk. With simple writing and short sentences, this absorbing story serves as an eye-opener for readers of all ages and provides an educational insight into the lives of African elephants.

Loving Ganeśa

Loving Ganeśa
Author: Sadguru Sivaya Subramaniyaswami
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 812
Release: 1998
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9788120815063

The divine player attempts to analyze the relationship between play and religion in the context of Hinduism. It focuses primarily on the youthful god Krsna. The first part part of the book surveys the role of play among the gods and concludes that play seems to be an intrinsic part of the divine in Hinduism. The second part of the book investigates the role of play in religious cult, again focusing on the various Krsna cults. This section concludes that, although playful themes pervade man`s religious activity in devotion to Krsna, cultiic activity may not be reduced to play, as some scholars have suggested. The final section of the book points to examples of divine and cultic play in non-Hindu traditions.

Creepy Cross-Stitch

Creepy Cross-Stitch
Author: Lindsay Swearingen
Publisher: Page Street Publishing
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2021-09-28
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1645674290

CROSS-STITCH GOES WITCHY WITH DARK AND ELEGANT DESIGNS From spooky skulls to ghoulish graveyards, Lindsay Swearingen of Tusk and Cardinal gives cross-stitch a dark yet whimsical update. Curious creatures like phantom felines, legendary fixtures from folklore like Baba Yaga and all manner of haunted houses make the perfect subjects for these needlework masterpieces. Fun and easy to learn, cross-stitch is an art form that truly anybody can master. Lindsay gives you a crash course in the basics to ensure you have all the materials and techniques you need to start off on the right foot. Then, dive into her incredible patterns and stitch yourself some oddities that range from quirky to downright eerie. Anyone with an appreciation for the macabre will swoon for patterns like Lovers’ Graves, which features twin headstones and a heart-shaped weeping willow. Meanwhile, the ghosts, ghouls and ghastly bats of Trick or Treat and Haunted Wings are perfect pieces to hang on your wall to keep the spirit of Halloween in your home year-round. With moody tones, muted hues and spooky subjects, this collection of bewitching patterns makes it easy to add a little subversive charm to your cross-stitch repertoire.

Ganesha's Sweet Tooth

Ganesha's Sweet Tooth
Author: Sanjay Patel
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2012-09-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1452119848

The bold, bright colors of India leap off the page in this picture book retelling of how Ganesha helped write the epic Hindu poem, the Mahabharata. Ganesha is just like any other kid, except that he has the head of an elephant and rides around on a magical mouse. And he loves sweets, but when Ganesha insists on biting into a super jumbo jawbreaker laddoo, his tusk breaks off! With the help of the wise poet Vyasa, and his friend Mr. Mouse, Ganesha learns that what seems broken can be quite useful after all. With vibrant, graphic illustrations, expressive characters, and offbeat humor, this is a wonderfully inventive rendition of a classic tale. Praise for Ganesha’s Sweet Tooth “Pink elephants haven’t looked this good since Dumbo.” —The New York Times “Beautifully presented. . . . So sweet we almost want to pop it in our mouths.” —Entertainment Weekly “Stylish. . . . A fresh and comedic introduction to a Hindu legend, with a winning combination of both eye candy and actual candy.” —Publishers Weekly “Bright, elaborately detailed illustrations. . . . Grade-schoolers. . . . will enjoy the story’s turnarounds and focus on luscious sweets, and many will be ready for the classic Hindu myth.” —Booklist

SASQUATCH

SASQUATCH
Author: William Salyers
Publisher: Author House
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2014-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1496900308

Abducted as baby at tender age of age of 6 months by a supposedly mythical Sasquatch... Big Foot. Raised in a secluded topsy turvy world consisting of both dinosaurs and mammals, where fighting for your life against vicious raptors and sabre-tooth felines is almost a daily occurrence. Ab may be the smallest and ugliest Sasquatch in the clan, but blessed with a human mind, he is by far the smartest, bravest and most dangerous member of the clan. Shunned for his 'physical deformities' and often barred from many clan 'rights', Ab becomes a loner whose life is dedicated to protecting the less intelligent members of his clan in hopes of someday gaining full acceptance within the clan. That is until his Sasquatch mother reveals to him with her dying breath he is not 'clan'. He comes from the far off and forbidden land of the 'Hairless Others'. That is why he looks so different from the rest of the clan. She stole him from his true mother when he was an infant just before she died. She tells him his world is through the forbidden crack in the rock and tells him he should go home. Go back to the world he came from. Shocked and confused over this knowledge and devastated over the loss of the only mother he has ever known, Ab finds this forbidden entrance between their two worlds. A dark tunnel through a massive mountain filled with numerous deadly hazards. Stark naked, Ab emerges into the world he was born too, only now as a muscular cross between a caveman and total wild man. A marvel to modern man he is the focal point of numerous scientific and research teams who want to study him. DNA tests along with finger and foot printing reveals his true identity. The son of billionaire parents who own a powerful electronics manufacturing business and who had been accused of and believed to have killed their son as an infant even though they remained steadfast in their story a Sasquatch had stolen him. Sought after and hunted by professional big game hunters for the pure blood sport, it is modern man against prehistoric man in a battle of wits and determination. Especially after Ab unwittingly leads the big game hunters back to his forbidden and lost world with their high powered weapons and modern technology. Now everything he ever knew and understood faced destruction at the hands of these ruthless killers. To insure Ab helps them in their quest to satisfy their lust to kill, they took his true parents hostage to use as bait to draw Ab and the long lost and believed extinct raptors and saber-toothed cats as well as the Sasquatch into their cross hairs for true extinction.

The Tusk That Did the Damage

The Tusk That Did the Damage
Author: Tania James
Publisher: Random House India
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2015-02-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8184006896

When a young elephant is brutally orphaned by poachers, it is only a matter of time before he begins terrorising the countryside, earning his malevolent name from the humans he kills and then tenderly buries with leaves. Manu, the studious son of a rice farmer, loses his cousin to the Gravedigger and is drawn into the alluring world of ivory hunting. Emma is working on a documentary set in a Kerala wildlife park with her best friend. Her work leads her to witness the porous boundary between conservation and corruption and she finds herself caught up in her own betrayal. As the novel hurtles toward its tragic climax, these three storylines fuse into a wrenching meditation on love and revenge, fact and myth, duty and sacrifice. In a feat of audacious imagination and arrestingly beautiful prose, The Tusk That Did the Damage tells an original and heart-breaking story about how we treat nature, and each other.

Library of Small Catastrophes

Library of Small Catastrophes
Author: Alison C. Rollins
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Total Pages: 91
Release: 2019-06-18
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1619321998

Library of Small Catastrophes, Alison Rollins’ ambitious debut collection, interrogates the body and nation as storehouses of countless tragedies. Drawing from Jorge Luis Borges’ fascination with the library, Rollins uses the concept of the archive to offer a lyric history of the ways in which we process loss. “Memory is about the future, not the past,” she writes, and rather than shying away from the anger, anxiety, and mourning of her narrators, Rollins’ poetry seeks to challenge the status quo, engaging in a diverse, boundary-defying dialogue with an ever-present reminder of the ways race, sexuality, spirituality, violence, and American culture collide.

Aliens Vs. Predator: the Original Comics Series (30th Anniversary Edition)

Aliens Vs. Predator: the Original Comics Series (30th Anniversary Edition)
Author: Randy Stradley
Publisher: Dark Horse Books
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2020
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1506715680

"This volume collects issues #0-#4 of Aliens vs. Predator, the short AVP story from Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special, and part 1 of Aliens vs. Predator: War, originally published in Dark Horse Insider, all from Dark Horse Comics"--Copyright page.