LIBROS DEL AUTOR: idries shah

609 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: idries shah

  • The Man with Bad Manners / De man met de slechte manieren
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Dutch edition) 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 them learn valuable lessons about in...
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    10,64 €

  • Neem the Half-Boy / Neem de halve jongen
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Dutch edition) Wanting badly to have a son, the Queen of Hich-Hich consults Arif the Wise Man on the matter. But because she fails to follow his precise instructions, she gives birth to a half-boy, whom she calls Neem. That Neem is able to make himself complete by an act of cleverness, negotiation and compromise teaches children much more than the expected, u...
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    10,83 €

  • The Magic Horse / Het toverpaard
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Dutch edition) This is the story of two brothers: one skilled in the practical arts and the other, Prince Tambal, considered by most people to be only a dreamer. Their father, the king, announces a competition to produce 'interesting and useful devices.' The entry produced by a woodcarver appears to be only a simple wooden horse of little value, but when Tamb...
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    11,00 €

  • The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water / De leeuw die zich zelf in het water zag
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Dutch 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 s...
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  • The Boy without a Name / De jongen zonder naam
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Dutch edition) On the day a boy is born, his parents are visited by a wise man who tells them, 'This is a very, very important boy, and I’m going to give him something marvelous one day, but I will have to give him his name first. So please don’t give him a name yet.' So they named the boy Benaam, which means 'nameless.' The story tells how he seeks and event...
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  • Fatima the Spinner and the Tent / Fatima de spinster en de tent
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Dutch edition) Fatima is a young woman whose life seems beset by one disaster after another. Setting forth on a journey from her home in the West, she is shipwrecked and cast ashore alone near Alexandria, Egypt. Adopted by a local family of weavers, and beginning to prosper in her new life, she is captured and forced to work making masts for ships. While unde...
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    11,00 €

  • The Silly Chicken / De dwaze kip
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Dutch edition) This is a delightful and humorous tale about a chicken who learns to speak as we do - with unexpected consequences. The surprising events that follow intrigue young children and, and at the same time, alert them in a very amusing way to the dangers of being too quick to believe everything they hear. Illustrator Jeff Jackson creates a lively and...
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    10,64 €

  • The Man and the Fox / De man en de vos
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Dutch edition) A young fox’s ingenuity and perseverance enable it to escape from a clever trap set by a man. This engaging story can inspire children to face challenges directly and to overcome obstacles in their path - and even to make use of those obstacles to solve problems. Adapted for children by Idries Shah, it is one of hundreds of Sufi developmental t...
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    10,83 €

  • Neem the Half-Boy / O Neemie Półchłopcu
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Polish edition) Wanting badly to have a son, the Queen of Hich-Hich consults Arif the Wise Man on the matter. But because she fails to follow his precise instructions, she gives birth to a half-boy, whom she calls Neem. That Neem is able to make himself complete by an act of cleverness, negotiation and compromise teaches children much more than the expected, ...
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    10,83 €

  • The Silly Chicken / O GŁUPIUTKIEJ KURCE
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Polish edition) This is a delightful and humorous tale about a chicken who learns to speak as we do - with unexpected consequences. The surprising events that follow intrigue young children and, and at the same time, alert them in a very amusing way to the dangers of being too quick to believe everything they hear. Illustrator Jeff Jackson creates a lively an...
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    10,64 €

  • The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Polish 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 ...
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    10,83 €

  • The Farmer’s Wife
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Polish edition) This story tells how a woman loses an apple down a hole in the ground and then makes a series of attempts to retrieve it. Children love chanting the action sequence of this cumulative tale from memory, but when the plot takes a sudden turn that’s contrary to all expectations, they also learn important lessons about the nature of problem solvin...
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    10,64 €

  • Neem the Half-Boy/ Yarım Oğlan Nini
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Turkish edition) Wanting badly to have a son, the Queen of Hich-Hich consults Arif the Wise Man on the matter. But because she fails to follow his precise instructions, she gives birth to a half-boy, whom she calls Neem. That Neem is able to make himself complete by an act of cleverness, negotiation and compromise teaches children much more than the expected,...
    Disponible

    10,83 €

  • The Silly Chicken
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Turkish edition) This is a delightful and humorous tale about a chicken who learns to speak as we do - with unexpected consequences. The surprising events that follow intrigue young children and, and at the same time, alert them in a very amusing way to the dangers of being too quick to believe everything they hear. Illustrator Jeff Jackson creates a lively a...
    Disponible

    10,64 €

  • Fatima the Spinner and the Tent / İPLİKÇİ FATMA VE ÇADIR
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Turkish edition) Fatima is a young woman whose life seems beset by one disaster after another. Setting forth on a journey from her home in the West, she is shipwrecked and cast ashore alone near Alexandria, Egypt. Adopted by a local family of weavers, and beginning to prosper in her new life, she is captured and forced to work making masts for ships. While un...
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    11,00 €

  • The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water / Kendini Suda Gören Aslan
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Turkish 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...
    Disponible

    10,83 €

  • The Clever Boy and the Terrible, Dangerous Animal
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Turkish edition) When a boy visits another village, he is amazed to find the people terrified of something that - just because they have not seen it before - they mistake for a terrible, dangerous animal. Using his own knowledge and by demonstration, the boy helps the villagers overcome their fears. This story is part of an oral tradition from the Middle Eas...
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    10,64 €

  • The Farmer’s Wife / ÇİFTÇİNİN KARISI
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Turkish edition) This story tells how a woman loses an apple down a hole in the ground and then makes a series of attempts to retrieve it. Children love chanting the action sequence of this cumulative tale from memory, but when the plot takes a sudden turn that’s contrary to all expectations, they also learn important lessons about the nature of problem solvi...
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    10,64 €

  • Der kluge Junge und das schreckliche, gefährliche Tier
    Idries Shah / Ingeborg Weinmann White
    (Zweisprachige Ausgabe Deutsch-Dari) Als ein Junge ein anderes Dorf besucht, ist er überrascht, dass die Dorfbewohner sich vor etwas fürchten, das sie - nur weil sie es noch nie zuvor gesehen haben - für ein schreckliches, gefährliches Tier halten. Mit seinem Wissen und durch Vorzeigen hilft ihnen der Junge, ihre Angst zu überwinden. Diese Geschichte ist Teil einer mündlichen Ü...
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    11,00 €

  • Der Junge ohne Namen
    Idries Shah
    (Zweisprachige Ausgabe Deutsch-Dari) Ein kleiner Junge sucht und findet schließlich seinen Namen. Dabei gelingt es ihm, einen alten Traum gegen einen neuen wunderschönen einzutauschen. Eine der vielen Einsichten, die dieses Märchen Kindern vor Augen führt, ist die Erkenntnis, dass es Geduld und Entschlossenheit braucht, um seine Ziele im Leben zu erreichen. Dies ist eine von vi...
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    11,00 €

  • The Man with Bad Manners
    Idries Shah / Muhammad Farid Bazger
    (Bilingual English-Pashto edition) 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 them learn valuable lessons about i...
    Disponible

    10,64 €

  • The Man with Bad Manners
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Dari edition) 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 them learn valuable lessons about ini...
    Disponible

    6,94 €

  • Oinkink
    Idries Shah
    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 collections of narratives and teach...
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    10,48 €

  • The Spoiled Boy with the Terribly Dry Throat
    Idries Shah
    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 books for the young written by the A...
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    9,94 €

  • The Bird’s Relative
    Idries Shah
    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 collections of narratives and teac...
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    9,94 €

  • Neem the Half-Boy / Казка про Німа-напівхлопчика
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Ukrainian edition) Wanting badly to have a son, the Queen of Hich-Hich consults Arif the Wise Man on the matter. But because she fails to follow his precise instructions, she gives birth to a half-boy, whom she calls Neem. That Neem is able to make himself complete by an act of cleverness, negotiation and compromise teaches children much more than the expecte...
    Disponible

    10,83 €

  • The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water / Лев, який побачив себе у воді
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Ukrainian 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 fr...
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    10,83 €

  • The Clever Boy and the Terrible, Dangerous Animal / РОЗУМНИЙ ХЛОПЧИК І СТРАШНА, НЕБЕЗПЕЧНА ТВАРИНА
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Ukrainian edition) When a boy visits another village, he is amazed to find the people terrified of something that - just because they have not seen it before - they mistake for a terrible, dangerous animal. Using his own knowledge and by demonstration, the boy helps the villagers overcome their fears. This story is part of an oral tradition from the Middle Ea...
    Disponible

    10,64 €

  • The Spoiled Boy with the Terribly Dry Throat / El niño mimado y su garganta terriblemente seca
    Idries Shah
    (Bilingual English-Spanish edition / Edición bilingüe inglés-español) 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 ...
    Disponible

    9,94 €

  • Oinkink
    Idries Shah
    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 collections of narratives and teac...
    Disponible

    9,94 €