Marrakech is the heart and lifeblood of Morocco's ancient storytelling tradition. For nearly a thousand years, storytellers have gathered in the Jemaa el Fna, the legendary square of the city, to recount ancient folktales and fables to rapt audiences. But this unique chain of oral tradition that has passed seamlessly from generation to generation is teetering on the brink of extinction. The competing distractions of television, movies and the internet have drawn the crowds away from the storytellers and few have the desire to learn the stories and continue their legacy. Richard Hamilton has witnessed at first hand the death throes of this rich and captivating tradition and, in the labyrinth of the Marrakech medina, has tracked down the last few remaining storytellers, recording stories that are replete with the mysteries and beauty of the Maghreb.

Have you ever read a suspense novel so good you had to stop and think to yourself, “How did the author come up with this idea? Their characters? Is some of this story real?” For over five years, Mark Rubinstein, physician, psychiatrist, and mystery and thriller writer, had the chance to ask the most well-known authors in the field just these kinds of questions in interviews for the Huffington Post. Collected here are interviews with forty-seven accomplished authors, including Michael Connelly, Ken Follett, Meg Gardiner, Dennis Lehane, Laura Lippman, and Don Winslow. These are their personal stories in their own words, much of the material never before published. How do these writers’ life experiences color their art? Find out their thoughts, their inspirations, their candid opinions. Learn more about your favorite authors, how they work and who they truly are.

Winner of the 2003 Trillium Book Award "Stories are wondrous things," award-winning author and scholar Thomas King declares in his 2003 CBC Massey Lectures. "And they are dangerous." Beginning with a traditional Native oral story, King weaves his way through literature and history, religion and politics, popular culture and social protest, gracefully elucidating North America's relationship with its Native peoples. Native culture has deep ties to storytelling, and yet no other North American culture has been the subject of more erroneous stories. The Indian of fact, as King says, bears little resemblance to the literary Indian, the dying Indian, the construct so powerfully and often destructively projected by White North America. With keen perception and wit, King illustrates that stories are the key to, and only hope for, human understanding. He compels us to listen well.

The first book in Chris Colfer's #1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories about two siblings who fall into a fairy-tale world! Alex and Conner Bailey's world is about to change forever, in this fast-paced adventure that uniquely combines our modern day world with the enchanting realm of classic fairy tales. The Land of Stories tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with fairy tale characters they grew up reading about. But after a series of encounters with witches, wolves, goblins, and trolls alike, getting back home is going to be harder than they thought.

"Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers" by Various Authors compiled by Laura Valentine. In compiling this volume of Eastern Tales, the Editor, Laura Valentine, has been careful to select only those best suited to youthful readers. Herein are 14 ancient, children’s tales taken from the Eastern Lands from Syria, Baghdad in Persia to the Land of the Pharaohs to India, land of the Moghuls, and over the Himalayas to Khorasan and Transoxania. In essence here we have a mini-version of 1001 Arabian Nights with children’s stories as compelling as you will find in that volume. The tales in this book are: Jalaladdeen Of Bagdad The Story Of Haschem The Pantofles Story Of The Prince And The Lions The City Of The Demons Jussuf, The Merchant Of Balsora The Seven Sleepers The Enchanters; Or, Misnar, The Sultan Of India Sadik Beg Halechalbe And The Unknown Lady The Four Talismans The Story Of Bohetzad; Or, The Lost Child Urad; Or, The Fair Wanderer Alischar And Smaragdine 10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities. ================== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Eastern Tales, Story Tellers, Laura Valentine, young readers, children, young people, 14, ancient, childrens tales, childrens stories, fairy tales, folklore, Myths, Legends, Eastern Lands, Syria, Baghdad, Persia, ancient Egypt, Pharaoh, India, Moghul, Himalayas. Khorasan, Transoxania, 1001 Arabian Nights, Jalaladdeen, Bagdad, Haschem, Pantofles, Prince, Lions, princess, City, Demons, Jussuf, Merchant, Balsora, Basra, Seven Sleepers, Enchanters, Misnar, Sultan Of India, Sadik Beg, Halechalbe, Unknown Lady, Four Talismans, Bohetzad, Lost Child, Urad, Fair Wanderer, Alischar, Smaragdine, action, Adventure,