Books with author Riordan James

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Excerpt from Dining in New YorkIn short, we've eaten food in the Syrian, the Dutch, the Italian and the Mongolian manner; drunk the wines of the Serbs, the Parsees and the French, to name only a few, and when we stop to think that New York is daily being judged by the Automats and the self-service Cafeterias which raise their efficient, albeit non-epicurean heads nine to the block, we could break right down and cry on a policeman. As a matter of fact, that's just what we did, only it wasn't on a policeman, but on a waiter. It was in the midst of one of these weeping spells that we thought of this book. And there you are.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Long, long ago, when the earth was new, the great river goddess Yemoya sent her daughter Aje to marry a handsome earth chief in the Land of Shining Day. At first Aje was happy, but soon she started to pine for the cool shadows of her mother's realm. So her husband asked Crocodile and Hippopotamus to bring Aje a sackful of Night. As they carried it back, the animals heard strange noises coming from the sack - and curiosity finally got the better of them...James Riordan's retelling of a Yoruba tale, vividly illustrated by Jenny Stow, gives an enchanting explanation of the coming of night to our world.