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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Mavis Sybil
Bravery, perseverance and hope help Mavis find friendship.Mavis the Moose is different. She doesn't always fit in. She sets off into the forest on an adventure to find a friend. Then one day, she falls into a deep puddle of mud. How will she get out? Who will help her?Story and Illustrations by Angela Hausch.
'All of the stories in this collection exude the unique imagination, social commitment and beautifully clear, concise prose of this singular writer' Irish Times From the legendary Scottish author of Poor Things and Landmark, this is a dazzlingly satirical collection of stories that describe painful kinds of education, starting with the title story in which an uninhibited woman educates a prim Scottish lecturer. 'One of the brightest intellectual and creative lights Scotland has known in modern times' NICOLA STURGEON 'Gray is a true original, a twentieth century William Blake' OBSERVER 'One of the most gifted writers to have put pen to paper in the English language' IRVINE WELSH
"Stories are not chapters of novels. They should not be read one after another, as if they were meant to follow along. Read one. Shut the book. Read something else. Come back later. Stories can wait" - Mavis Gallant. In 1950, "The New Yorker" accepted one of Mavis Gallant's short stories for publication and she has since become the one of the most accomplished and respected short story writers of her time. Gallant is an undisputed master whose peerless prose captures the range of human experience in her sweeping portraits set in Europe in the second half of the last century. An expatriate herself, her stories deal with exile, displacement, of love and of estranged emotions, but they are never conventional. This collection of fifty-two stories, written between 1953 and 1995, is timeless, to be savoured and re-read.
Mavis goes to Timor
Katherine Thomson; Angela Chaplin; Kavisha Mazzella
CURRENCY PRESS PTY LTD
2003
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Mavis is an 86 year old retired haberdasher from regional Victoria. Stung into action by the suffering of the East Timorese, Mavis took her sewing machines to Timor and set about making a practical contribution. Mavis struggles on, tackling the deprivation, the bureaucratic red tape and her own doubts that she is up to the job.
Mavis and Merna
Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
2005
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Ian Wallace has created a very beautiful book in which he explores the relationship between a young girl and a young widow.Merna was married to the owner of Gully’s store. Located on the main street of a small town on the ocean shore, Gully’s sells everything from shoes, to wax, to matches, to rain gear. A little girl, Mavis, would like to buy everything in the store.But when Merna’s husband suddenly dies, she holds a wake in the store, then closes it down indefinitely. Mavis’s parents speculate that Merna must have inherited a fortune. Mavis goes over to Merna’s house to see if she can spot evidence of this fortune. But instead of finding money she finds a lifelong friendship. Finally after many years, Mavis and Merna re-open Gully’s which has now become almost a museum of wonders.This touching, gentle story of loss and the healing power of friendship and life in a small town is Ian Wallace at his finest.
Mavis and Margot continue their adventures by joining the circus, or at least that's what Mavis thinks. Follow the crazy corgi sisters as they embark on a new adventure under the big top Will Mavis catch the frisbee or will she give up hope?Will Margot make it safely across the high tightrope?Will the acrobats and animals cheer them on, or will their dreams of the circus soon be gone?Dive into Mavis's imagination and go on a three-ring adventure of a lifetime
The Collected Stories of Mavis Gallant: Introduction by Francine Prose
Mavis Gallant
Everyman's Library
2016
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This generous collection of fifty-two stories, selected from across her prolific career by the author, includes a preface in which she discusses the sources of her art. A widely admired master of the short story, Mavis Gallant was a Canadian-born writer who lived in France and died in 2014 at the age of ninety-one. Her more than one hundred stories, most published in The New Yorker over five decades beginning in 1951, have influenced generations of writers and earned her comparisons to Anton Chekhov, Henry James, and George Eliot. She has been hailed by Michael Ondaatje as "one of the great story writers of our time." With irony and an unfailing eye for the telling detail, Gallant weaves stories of spare complexity, often pushing the boundaries of the form in boldly unconventional directions. The settings in The Collected Stories range from Paris to Berlin to Switzerland, from the Italian Riviera to the C te d'Azur, and her characters are almost all exiles of one sort or another, as she herself was for most of her expatriate life. The wit and precision of her prose, combined with her expansive view of humanity, provide a rare and deep reading pleasure. With breathtaking control and compression, Gallant delivers a whole life, a whole world, in each story.
This is a laugh out loud story about a bonnet wearing, would-rather-be-knitting chicken who embarks on a high stakes chase to save her friend, Sandra the sheep. Mavis is not like her adventurous friend Marge. Mavis is a chicken who finds EVERYTHING scary (night-time and daytime and anything hairy ). So when the slumbering peace of their cozy barn is disturbed by someone trying to steal their friend Sandra the sheep, will Mavis be able to find her bright spark of braveness and save Sandra? With a tractor, a lasso, and a lot of hen-durance, Mavis might just have what it takes to be the hero the barn needs.
Mavis and the Magic Curtain is based on a child developing from being nervous because of bullying and then transformed into a magical world with a dog and other animals. The beauty applies to aspects of Japanese culture and international culture in general. Also, no real age limit because parents and single parents can read to children, or children can enjoy by themselves from an older age group. Overall, a world of magic, child development, nature, culture, and how all individual children are special - and the need for friendship and understanding.
Mavis the Magic Dog: Sakura the Squirrel and the Terrible Storm
Lee Jay Walker
Lulu.com
2016
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Mavis the Magic Dog: Sakura the Squirrel and the Terrible Storm is based on a child developing from being nervous because of bullying and then transformed into a magical world with a dog and other animals. In this second book, the development of the bullied boy is obvious. The same applies to meeting the world of Shinto and other intriguing animals in order to help the endangered Sakura the Squirrel. Equally important, the beauty applies to aspects of Japanese culture and international culture that fuses naturally. Also, no real age limit exists because parents and single parents can read to children, or children can enjoy by themselves from an older age group. Overall, a world of magic, child development, nature, culture, minor focus on Shintoism, and how all individual children are special - and the need for friendship and understanding emerges powerfully.
Mavis Davis and the Sign of the Times: Two Plays and an Interlude
William M. Razavi
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2011
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A part of the Little Tugboat series - true stories of the tug's heroics in a children's series which show random tugboat adventures through the eyes of imaginary tugboat characters and their captains. Contained on every book: Tugboats are the unsung heroes of our waterways - they move other boats and structures through our waterways, such as ships into harbours and small and narrow canals, oil platforms, bridge pylons, and undersea tunnels into place. Some act as icebreakers or salvage boats. Tug boats are the fire engines of the water. No matter what a tug's specific job is, they are strong, nimble, and often overlooked.
An irresistible story about finding the bright spark of braveness inside from the creators of One Camel Called Doug, and the author of award-winning The Littlest Yak.