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  • The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Dari edition) When a good-natured lion, king of all the animals, sees his reflection in a pool of water for the first time, he gasps at the fierce creature staring back at him and is too frightened to drink - until, finally, he overcomes his fear. Children learn through the lion how to deal positively with the fears and inhibitions that so often arise from si...
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    11,00 €

  • The Man with Bad Manners - El hombre maleducado
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Spanish edition / Edición bilingüe inglés-español) This is the story of a very badly behaved man, how a young boy in the village hatches a plan to change the man’s behavior - and how, with the help of the other villagers, the plan succeeds, to everyone’s benefit. Children, of course, love the idea of an adult behaving badly. At the same time, the story helps...
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    11,00 €

  • Speak First and Lose
    Idries Shah
    Speak First and Lose is a classic tale that helps children appreciate how the determination to be right can land people in all sorts of trouble. The story is brought to life with lovely illustrations - perfect to engage young minds whilst encouraging creative thinking.A newly-married couple start to argue about who should get up and close the front door. They agree to a contest...
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    23,16 €

  • The Tale of the Sands
    Idries Shah
    The Tale of the Sands reminds us that change is the very essence of life - and to embrace it. Beautifully illustrated to engage children and to encourage them to think creatively.A stream travelling from the mountains, through valleys and across plains, comes at last to a hot, mighty desert. Here it finds its progress blocked. No matter how hard it tries, its waters simply vani...
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    21,22 €

  • The Onion
    Idries Shah
    This illustrated children’s book is an age-old, traditional tale that’s sure to bring tears to your eyes. The Onion illustrates how people have a tendency to judge based on random coincidences and rash judgement.There once existed a town in a far-off land where no one had ever seen an onion before. Then, one day, while everyone was minding their own business, a traveller droppe...
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    21,22 €

  • The Ants and the Pen
    Idries Shah
    Filled with colourful illustrations, this children’s story uses the brave, ultimately tunnel-visioned ants to show that information is not necessarily equal to knowledge.A group of adventurous ants discover some squiggles on a piece paper. What could these new, mysterious markings be - and what is the strange object hovering over the paper? Some of the ants put two and two toge...
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    21,22 €

  • The Horrible Dib Dib
    Idries Shah
    The Horrible Dib Dib is an entertaining tale for children and adults alike that illustrates just how infectious human emotions can be. With beautiful illustrations, it’s a book that will engage young minds and encourage creative thinking. A thief attempting to rob an old woman hears her muttering about an ’abominable Dib Dib’ and gets spooked. The thief’s paranoia sets off a ch...
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    21,86 €

  • After a Swim
    Idries Shah
    After a Swim is a funny, memorable tale that encourages children to recognise their less helpful habits and begin to overcome them.A cat and a horse team up to cross a river and raid a farmer’s field. There, they gorge themselves on delicious crops. Everything is going brilliantly! But then, the cat starts behaving badly, making a racket and upsetting the local villagers. Soon ...
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    20,55 €

  • The Fisherman’s Neighbour
    Idries Shah
    When a poor fisherman discovers a priceless gold ring inside a fish, he can’t believe his luck. He takes the ring to the king and is richly rewarded.His nosy neighbour - greedy to get rich himself - tries to find out how the fisherman came by his wealth and spies on him. But the neighbour is partially deaf. And when he tries to replicate the fisherman’s success based on what he...
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    20,55 €

  • The Rich Man and the Monkey
    Idries Shah
    When a monkey meets a rich man, he complains that he is poor. ’I own nothing, not even clothes,’ the monkey says.The rich man, who has a big house and vast estates, starts to feel guilty about possessing so much while the monkey remains destitute. So he decides to sign over all his possessions to the animal. Is this a wise choice? Or has the rich man been too hasty in giving ev...
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    22,40 €

  • The Man, The Tree and The Wolf
    Idries Shah
    A young man, wanting to find out how to become rich and happy, sets off on a journey to find a wise man. Along the way, he encounters a fish, a tree and a wolf.All three ask him to help them find the answer to a question of their own. When the young man finally meets a wise man, he is told that he will find what he’s looking for during the journey home. The wise man also entrus...
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    20,55 €

  • The Tale of Mushkil Gusha
    Idries Shah
    ’I sometimes wish that we would have some nicer food and different kinds of things to eat,’ a wood-cutter’s daughter tells her father one evening.Her simple request sparks a fantastical chain of events that sees the lives of the wood-cutter and his daughter improved by the mysterious ’Mushkil Gusha’, the Remover of Difficulties.On the following Thursday night, however, the wood...
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    21,72 €

  • The Tale of Melon City
    Idries Shah
    How can a mere melon be crowned a king? All too easily, it seems, in a city where basic common sense is in short supply.Its people are willing to accept authority in any shape or form, and their silly former king has ordered his own execution - all because he bumped his head on an arch and couldn’t find someone else to blame! For centuries, this hilarious Central Asian teaching...
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    20,55 €

  • The Boy With No Voice and the Men Who Couldn’t Hear
    Idries Shah
    When three deaf men get into an argument, they have to call on the first passer-by to ask for help in resolving their conflict. This happens to be a little boy. But it also happens that he cannot speak.How will he communicate with three deaf men - let alone stop them arguing amongst themselves and see sense?Part of a rich body of literature from Central Asia and the Middle East...
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    20,55 €

  • Oinkink / Quáqui
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Portuguese edition) In this very humorous tale, a man greedily hopes to have the skills and senses of a different animal but is so impatient to have his wish granted that he finds himself limiting his abilities, rather than enhancing them. This is one of a series of illustrated books for the young written by the Afghan philosopher and educator Idries Shah, wh...
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    9,94 €

  • The Spoiled Boy with the Terribly Dry Throat / O Menino Malcriado com a Garganta Terrivelmente Seca
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Portuguese edition) When a little boy wakes up with a dry throat, those around him run about trying to work out what caused the condition. One by one, servants, doctors, and medical students try remedies that only complicate the situation and make the condition worse, ignoring what readers will see as the obvious solution. This is one of a series of illustrat...
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    9,94 €

  • The Bird’s Relative / O Parente do Pássaro
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Portuguese edition) A wealthy merchant’s prize possession is a beautiful bird. Believing that he loves the exotic creature too much to set it free, the merchant discovers that animals are sometimes better at learning by example than humans. This is one of a series of illustrated books for the young written by the Afghan philosopher and educator Idries Shah, w...
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    9,94 €

  • Oinkink
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Urdu edition) In this very humorous tale, a man greedily hopes to have the skills and senses of a different animal but is so impatient to have his wish granted that he finds himself limiting his abilities, rather than enhancing them. This is one of a series of illustrated books for the young written by the Afghan philosopher and educator Idries Shah, whose co...
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    9,94 €

  • The Bird’s Relative
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Urdu edition) A wealthy merchant’s prize possession is a beautiful bird. Believing that he loves the exotic creature too much to set it free, the merchant discovers that animals are sometimes better at learning by example than humans. This is one of a series of illustrated books for the young written by the Afghan philosopher and educator Idries Shah, whose c...
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    9,94 €

  • The Spoiled Boy with the Terribly Dry Throat
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Urdu edition) When a little boy wakes up with a dry throat, those around him run about trying to work out what caused the condition. One by one, servants, doctors, and medical students try remedies that only complicate the situation and make the condition worse, ignoring what readers will see as the obvious solution. This is one of a series of illustrated boo...
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    9,94 €

  • The Bird’s Relative / Ptasi Krewny
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Polish edition) A wealthy merchant’s prize possession is a beautiful bird. Believing that he loves the exotic creature too much to set it free, the merchant discovers that animals are sometimes better at learning by example than humans. This is one of a series of illustrated books for the young written by the Afghan philosopher and educator Idries Shah, whose...
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    9,94 €

  • Oinkink / Gę-gę-Gong
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Polish edition) In this very humorous tale, a man greedily hopes to have the skills and senses of a different animal but is so impatient to have his wish granted that he finds himself limiting his abilities, rather than enhancing them. This is one of a series of illustrated books for the young written by the Afghan philosopher and educator Idries Shah, whose ...
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    9,94 €

  • The Spoiled Boy with the Terribly Dry Throat / Rozpieszczony chłopiec z bardzo suchym gardziołkiem
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Polish edition) When a little boy wakes up with a dry throat, those around him run about trying to work out what caused the condition. One by one, servants, doctors, and medical students try remedies that only complicate the situation and make the condition worse, ignoring what readers will see as the obvious solution. This is one of a series of illustrated b...
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    9,94 €

  • Oinkink / Gorkork
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Turkish edition) In this very humorous tale, a man greedily hopes to have the skills and senses of a different animal but is so impatient to have his wish granted that he finds himself limiting his abilities, rather than enhancing them. This is one of a series of illustrated books for the young written by the Afghan philosopher and educator Idries Shah, whose...
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    9,94 €

  • Honkhang
    Idries Shah
    (Zweisprachige Ausgabe Deutsch-Arabisch) In dieser sehr humorvollen Geschichte hofft ein Mann gierig darauf, die Fähigkeiten und Sinne eines anderen Tieres zu besitzen, ist aber so ungeduldig, seinen Wunsch erfüllt zu bekommen, dass er sich dabei selbst in seinen Fähigkeiten einschränkt, anstatt sie zu verbessern. Dies ist eines aus einer Serie illustrierter Kinderbücher des af...
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    9,94 €

  • Vogelverwandtschaft
    Idries Shah
    (Zweisprachige Ausgabe Deutsch-Arabisch) Der wertvollste Besitz eines wohlhabenden Kaufmanns ist ein wunderschöner Vogel. Während er glaubt, dass er das exotische Tier zu sehr liebt, um es freizulassen, lernt der Kaufmann, dass Tiere manchmal besser durch ein Beispiel lernen können als Menschen. Dies ist eines aus einer Serie illustrierter Kinderbücher des afghanischen Philosop...
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    9,94 €

  • Der verwöhnte Junge mit der schrecklich trockenen Kehle
    Idries Shah
    (Zweisprachige Ausgabe Deutsch-Arabisch) Als ein kleiner Junge mit einer trockenen Kehle aufwacht, laufen die Leute wild um ihn herum, um herauszufinden, wie es dazu kommen konnte. Einer nach dem anderen, Diener, Ärzte und Medizinstudenten, versuchen es mit Arzneien, die die Situation verschärfen und den Zustand nur verschlimmern, und ignorieren dabei, was der Leser als die nah...
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    9,94 €

  • Kuşun Akrabası
    Idries Shah
    (Türkçe-Arapça iki dilli baskı) Zengin bir tüccarın en değerli varlığı güzel bir kuştur. Bu egzotik canlıyı özgürlüğüne kavuşmasına müsaade etmeyecek kadar sevdiğine inanan tüccar, hayvanların bazen örnek alarak öğrenme konusunda insanlardan daha başarılı olduklarını öğrenir. Elinizde tuttuğunuz bu kitap, öykü toplamaları ve öğretici hikâyeleri ile her yaştan okuyucunun kalbini...
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    9,94 €

  • Gorkork
    Idries Shah
    (Türkçe-Arapça iki dilli baskı) Bu oldukça eğlenceli hikâyede, açgözlü bir adam başka bir hayvanın duyu ve becerilerine sahip olmayı umuyor. Ancak bu dileğini yerine getirmek için o kadar sabırsız davranıyor ki sonunda becerilerini geliştirmek yerine sınırlandırdığını fark ediyor. Elinizde tuttuğunuz bu kitap, öykü toplamaları ve öğretici hikâyeleri ile her yaştan okuyucunun ka...
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    9,94 €

  • Boğazı Çok Fena Kuruyan Şımarık Oğlan
    Idries Shah
    (Türkçe-Arapça iki dilli baskı) Küçük bir oğlan boğazı kurumuş halde uyandığında, etrafındaki herkes bu duruma neyin sebep olduğunu anlamak üzere koşuşturmaya başlar. Hizmetçiler, doktorlar ve tıp öğrencileri, okuyucunun bariz çözüm olarak gördüğü çözümü göz ardı ederek, teker teker farklı çareler denerler ancak bu denemeler durumu daha karmaşık, hastalığı da daha kötü hale get...
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    9,94 €


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