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Avi conceived the idea for Poppy while living in Corvallis, Oregon, when his wife was a visiting professor at Oregon State University. At a university bookstore, he found a book written by a naturalist, who described his experience rescuing a baby owlet and nurturing it back to health and into the wild. Avi found the book "fascinating" and ...
Venus in Furs (German: Venus im Pelz) is a novella by the Austrian author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and the best known of his works. The novel was to be part of an epic series that Sacher-Masoch envisioned called Legacy of Cain ( Das Vermächtniß Kains ).
Grover Carr Furr III (born April 3, 1944) is an American professor of Medieval English literature at Montclair State University who is best known for his revisionist views regarding the Soviet Union and Joseph Stalin. [1]
He is a dead cat, only made from bones. His image flickers, making him seem different at times. [30] Sprockets Mission to Universe: Gordon R. Dickson: Sprockets is a stowaway feral kitten who becomes spaceship mascot. The crew members superstitiously believe that his finally learning to purr will portend success in their search for an ...
"Allerleirauh" (English: "All-Kinds-of-Fur", sometimes translated as "Thousandfurs") is a fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. Since the second edition published in 1819, it has been recorded as Tale no. 65. [1] Andrew Lang included it in The Green Fairy Book. [2] It is Aarne–Thompson folktale type 510B, unnatural love.
Madonna in a Fur Coat (Turkish: Kürk Mantolu Madonna) is a novel written by Turkish author Sabahattin Ali.It was published in 1943. The book tells the story of Raif, who is living a purposeless life until he meets a woman named Maria Puder. Initially, the book was criticized by many critics because "it was just another love story", [1] but it became a bestseller in time, a
Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler), A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 book series) Mo Willems, We Are in a Book! (Elephant and Piggie series) Jon Stone, The Monster at the End of This Book: Starring Lovable, Furry Old Grover; Emily Gravett, Wolves, Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears; Chris Wooding, Poison; Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
However, a wily trickster figure, the Fur Queen, watches over the boys as they fulfill their destiny to become artists. [2] The novel, a fictionalized account of the real-life childhood of Tomson Highway and his brother René, [2] was a nominee for the Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award and the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 1998.