The Bedside Tales Of Sultan

The Bedside Tales of Sultan is a collection of fairy tales, fantasies and moral stories that appeals to children and adults alike. The book unfolds through the story of a young Sultan who develops a sleeping disorder and finds salvation listening to fairy tales in order to ease his loneliness and boredom. Along the lines of the Arabian Nights, every night we listen to a different story which transports us to a new realm. We meet with people from the royal court - sultans, viziers, judges; people who possess magical powers - magicians, sorcerers, and ordinary people - bakers, gardeners, merchants, shoemakers, tutors. We listen to tales of walking clouds, talking fingers, migrating watermelons and fighting letters. Every story is different but they all have one thing in common; they are bedside tales, life lessons that invigorate our imagination. www.bedsidetalesofsultan.com

Including tales such as: Enchanted Stag Twelve Brothers Puss in Boots Jack and the Beanstalk Princess on the Pea Ugly Duckling Light Princess Beauty and the Beast Hansel and Gretel Jack the Giant Killer Second Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor Story of Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp And many more.

"When at last we were approaching the Harem, the Sultan, surely quite alarmed, said to me in a low voice (was that so the eunuch walking in front of us wouldn't hear, or because in this lonely and dark passageway he was frightened of his own voice?), Ne olacak? 'What is to become of things?'" Translated into English for the first time, this memoir provides fascinating first-hand insight into the personalities, intrigues, and inner workings of the Ottoman palace in its final decades. Written by Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, who was First Secretary to Sultan Mehmed V and would go on to be one of Turkey's most famous novelists, On the Sultan's Service makes available to English readers the remarkable account of life and work in the Ottoman palace chancery—the public, "business" side of the palace—in its final incarnation. We learn of the court's new role under this second-to-last Sultan in post-Revolution Turkey. No longer exercising political power, the palace negotiated the minefields between political factions, sought ways to unite the empire in the face of sharpening nationalist aspirations, and faced with a kind of shocked despondency the opening salvos of the wars that were to overwhelm the country. Uşaklıgil includes interviews with the Imperial family and descriptions of royal nuptials, the palaces and its visitors, and the crises that shook the court. He delivers an insightful and moving portrait of Mehmed V, the elderly gentleman who reigned over the Ottoman Empire through both Balkan Wars and World War I.

It Takes a Very Special Man to Win That Special Woman… Globe-hopping for the perfect scoop, fearless photojournalist Pippa Bennington sometimes landed in hot water. But this time the sassy redhead was in up to her emerald eyes! Taken captive by the alarmingly virile sultan of a dangerously exotic land, Pippa was promptly draped in diaphanous lingerie and clapped into his glittering palace harem. Helplessly awaiting Mikolar's princely punishment…or pleasure…could Pippa possibly escape this jam? Worse, once darkly romantic Mikolar made her his "wife"…would she even want to?

For thirty-nine nights, the sultan of Zunbar has chosen a new wife. For thirty-nine dawns, they are pronounced dead. When Sultan Zayne summons my best friend to be taken as his newest victim, I can no longer pretend to be blind and volunteer in her stead. My only plan--weave a story each night and hopefully learn why he would kill in the first place. As I unravel the tapestry of lies, I learn there's more going on inside the gilded walls of the palace than anyone in the land could ever realize. I've woven myself into the story, and if I don't pull on the right thread, it's not only my life at stake but my heart. The Sultan and the Storyteller is one of twelve short novels in A Villain's Ever After, a collection of standalone stories featuring villainous twists on some of your favourite classic fairytales. Read the series in any order for magical adventures . . . and fall in love with villains as you've never seen them before. Who said villains can't have happily-ever-afters?

"Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know" by various and edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie collection of just over two dozen famous fairy tales with an extensive and informative introduction. This collection includes stories from the Brother's Grimm collections, the Arabian Nights, French tales, British legends, Hans Christian Andersen, and others. The stories include Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Bears, Beauty and the Beast, The Ugly Duckling, Sleeping Beauty, Jack the Giant Killer, and others.