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This book describes Africa's position within the current industrial global setting and analyses the recent performance of African manufacturing relative to that of other developing regions. It points out the urgency of reconsidering current African industrial strategy and evolving a new strategy focused on building capabilities.

Bubbling with beautiful princesses, dragon-slaying underdogs, and crafty tricksters, these Franco-American stories explore a heritage that has become known as a quiet presence in the United States. Parent and Olivier recount the lutin's tricks on farmers, the Jack-like adventures of Ti-Jean, Pierre and his modern-day chainsaw, a beautiful princess conquering an evil witch, and family stories passed down from generation to generation. Meet Mich...

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Marie Antoinette's $1 million necklace lies in the cold waters of the Pennichuck Brook just a few miles from downtown Nashua, New Hampshire. A steamboat, possibly the country's first one, still remains deep in Lake Morey near Fairlee, Vermont. A young woman discovers her great-grandfather's lost money in the chimney of his mysterious Massachusetts mansion. But was there more hidden in the bricks? From Revolutionary War and Civil War tales to a...

The Appalachian Mountains have witnessed untold fortunes gained and lost. W.C. Jameson presents 40 legends of buried treasures of the Appalachians gathered from interviews with people whose lives have entwined with the search for particular treasures--caves stacked with golf ingots, Confederate treasures, cahes guarded by skeletons and curses, and more. Location maps included.

Marc LeMezma, a member of the Magic Circle, opens up the world of psychic magic and shows just how easy it is to "trick" your audience into thinking that you can read their minds, predict their futures and control their thoughts.

Stop talking! You're supposed to be working on language!

In the shadows lurking between midnight and morning, the imagination reigns. Wolves become women, native artifacts carry curses, and the ghost of Miss Kate catches flying wine glasses. All of the stories come from the performance repertory of Storyteller Patrick Mendoza.

More than 30 stories from the rich Asian cultural panorama illuminate the wisdom and humor of Eastern cultures. In her search for stories, Cathy Spagnoli has slid through Indian rice fields, sipped sake with Japanese epic singers, met with monks in Thailand and Korea, and hiked the Himalayas with Tibetan dancers.

With the aid of more than 40 myths from the oral traditions of 30 Native American tribes, Pijoan invites readers to take a close look at the common spirit which binds together all forms of life. In many of the myths, the transformation of the hero or heroine may set in motion a test of strength or love.

This Annual volume, written by the staff of the award-winning Worldwatch Institute, gives prominence to key trends that too often escape the attention of the news media, world leaders, and economic experts. By distilling forty-five "vital signs" of our times from thousands of government, industrial, and scientific documents, this book allows readers to track key indicators that show social, economic, and environmental progress, or the lack of ...

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Around the world each night, parents tell stories to children as they put them to bed. Margaret Read MacDonald a folklorist, storyteller, and children's librarian uses bedtime tales in the daytime to end her story hours on a calm note. Here she includes five of her favorites from around the world. Chin Chin Kobokama tells the story of a young Japanese girl who overcomes her fear of the dark and learns there are good reasons to clean up her roo...

Our children are growing up without their birthright: the myths, fairy tales, fantasies and folklore that are their proper legacy.

John Wesley - Oxford don and itinerant preacher, intellectual and evangelist, author and man of action, upholder of the Church of England yet founder of another world-wide denomination, disagreeing with George Whitefield, yet preaching his funeral sermon - truly a many-sided man. It is no wonder that he has had many biographers. Most books on Wesley have concentrated on his leading role in the Evangelical Revival. Wesley and Men Who Followed i...

As recently as 100 years ago, the great majority of people living on this earth were learning things the old-fashioned way by word of mouth. In the last twenty-five years, the spoken grapevine has come back into its own because of the storytelling renaissance.

Collected from Brazil, China, Korea, Russia, Tibet, Africa, from Native Americans, and other lands, and chosen for the universality of their message, each of these 33 tales is presented in concise "retellable" form, suitable for all ages. Illustrated with 30 pen-and-ink drawings, they are easy to read, remember, and tell again and again.

Teachers seldom have the luxury of working with kids one-on-one to develop storytelling skills. Most work with their students in groups large and small. Story Theatre to the rescue! Media specialist and storyteller Barbara McBride-Smith calls this art form a near perfect vehicle for teaching folks of all ages how to tell stories.

Teachers seldom have the luxury of working with kids one-on-one to develop storytelling skills. Most work with their students in groups large and small. Story Theatre to the rescue! Media specialist and storyteller Barbara McBride-Smith calls this art form a near perfect vehicle for teaching folks of all ages how to tell stories.

Designed for families, teachers, counselors--anyone who wants to inspire storytelling either in themselves or in others. If you've ever thought you had no stories to tell or suspected you did but didn't know how to get started, this book is for you.