Lurie, Alison

Compare Name: 
luriealison

The heavenly zoo

Sixteen legends of the constellations and how they got their names, taken from such varied sources as ancient Greece, Babylon, Egypt, Sumeria, the Bible, Norway, the Balkans, Indonesia, and the American Indians.

The heavenly zoo

Sixteen legends of the constellations and how they got their names, taken from such varied sources as ancient Greece, Babylon, Egypt, Sumeria, the Bible, Norway, the Balkans, Indonesia, and the American Indians.

The Oxford book of modern fairy tales

1993
Presents forty modern fairy tales by British and American writers.

Baba Yaga and the stolen baby

2007
Elena heads into the forest to retrieve her baby brother who has been stolen by the witch Baba Yaga, and as she journeys she stops to help other creatures that give her magical items she is going to need to get herself and the baby back home safely.

Foreign affairs

1984
Relates in alternating chapters, the affairs Vinnie Miner and Fred Turner have while they live in London.

Women and ghosts

1994
In 9 spooky tales, Alison Lurie writes of women haunted by ghosts both literal and metaphorical.

The language of clothes

1981
Discusses the social history of clothing, how clothing conveys information about the wearer, and how the person relates to the surrounding world.

Boys and girls forever

children's classics from Cinderella to Harry Potter
2003
Contains nine essays that examine children's classics from various eras, and discuss how the stories relate to the lives of their authors.

The Oxford book of modern fairy tales

1994
Presents forty modern fairy tales by British and American writers.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Lurie, Alison