Books with title Aziz: The Storyteller

Some stories live forever . . . Sage Singer is a baker. She works through the night, preparing the day's breads and pastries, trying to escape a reality of loneliness, bad memories, and the shadow of her mother's death. When Josef Weber, an elderly man in Sage's grief support group, begins stopping by the bakery, they strike up an unlikely friendship. Despite their differences, they see in each other the hidden scars that others can't. Everything changes on the day that Josef confesses a long-buried and shame-ful secret and asks Sage for an extraordinary favor. If she says yes, she faces not only moral repercussions, but potentially legal ones as well. With the integrity of the closest friend she's ever had clouded, Sage begins to question the assumptions and expectations she's made about her life and her family. In this searingly honest novel, Jodi Picoult gracefully explores the lengths to which we will go in order to keep the past from dictating the future.

“Once upon a time,” begins the narrator of this richly imagined novel. But what follows is no ordinary fantasy full of dragons, elves, and wicked stepmothers. Yes, the tale involves a boy named Jack. But he’s not the one who climbed a beanstalk or slew seven giants with one blow. This Jack is a storyteller, a seventeen-year-old farm boy who sets off to seek his fortune in the royal city of Sundar.Jack has many adventures and narrow escapes on his journey. He also meets an assortment of memorable characters—including a talking bird, a one-eyed robber, a mysterious illusionist, and a melancholy princess. Each has a tale to tell, and these accounts, along with Jack’s own stories and the framing narrative, are woven into a complex, dazzling tapestry that will capture the reader’s imagination. Through them, Edward Myers explores the power—for good and for evil—of the stories we all tell.

A story of the American Revolution from two-time Newbery Honor–winning author Patricia Reilly Giff. While staying with her aunt, Elizabeth finds something remarkable: a drawing. It hangs on the wall, a portrait of her ancestor, Eliza, known as Zee. She looks like Elizabeth.The girls’ lives intertwine as Elizabeth’s present-day story alternates with Zee’s, which takes place during the American Revolution. Zee is dreamy, and hopeful for the future—until the Revolution tears apart her family and her community in upstate New York. Left on her own, she struggles to survive and to follow her father and brother into battle. Zee’s story has been waiting to be rediscovered by the right person. As Elizabeth learns about Zee, and walks where Zee once walked and battles raged, the past becomes as vivid and real as the present. In this beautifully crafted, affecting novel from beloved author Patricia Reilly Giff, the lives of two girls reflect one another as each finds her own inner strengths.

12-year-old Elena Barrios' father has AIDS, a new disease in 1992 with a 100% fatality rate. Rather than face certain ridicule and ostracism, Elena tells her friends anything but the truth, fabricating stories about him being a writer and researcher. But the reality is Elena resents her father’s illness and can’t face the fact that he is dying.When she is befriended by an older black woman named Ang who tells stories about her own father and the history of prejudice against African Americans in the years before the civil rights movement, Elena is transported into these stories, allowing her to experience them first hand. With Ang's help, Elena discovers the value of every individual, but will that be enough to help her say good-bye to the person she values the most?

It is a time of change in the royal household, and King Balthazar is growing old and grumpy without a male heir to take over his throne. His only daughter is bored of princes and their endless tales of dragons and war, and refuses to marry unless her father can find her a 'real man' - whatever that means. Balthazar, perpetually confused, seeks advice from the royal astrologer, who tells him to end his troubles by holding a storytelling competition to find a suitor for his daughter and a worthy future king. The interest generated by the event spreads far and wide and attracts entrants from every corner and social class, and the tales of magic, mystery and madness which follow are enough to captivate every citizen. But still some questions remain. Will the king allow his prejudices to be put aside to ensure a fair contest? Will it be the teller of the best tale who wins, or merely the wealthiest and most powerful entrant? And will Xanthe, the royal advisor, ever get a break?The answers to all these questions, and more, lie waiting to be discovered amongst the pages of 'The Storyteller'!Simon Howes is the founder of the online literary community www.novelreads.co.uk, the author of 'The Storyteller', a past winner of the H.E. Bates 'Best Northamptonshire Writer' prize, and a poet, artist and avid reader. He is also a qualified psychotherapist who runs a private practice in Northampton, and in his work life helps authors, artists, and other creative types overcome blocks to their projects. Further information about his therapeutic work can be found on his website www.northamptoncounselling.co.uk. He is currently working on his second novel.

What happens when your savior needs saving?In the wake of unthinkable tragedy, Marissa Smith receives an unexpected offer. Marriage to a lord, one whom she knows only through his beautiful letters. Left with nothing save the clothes on her back and her storyteller’s tent, Marissa accepts the offer only to discover her new husband hides a deadly secret.Forced into hiding in the aftermath of a bloody war between dragons and the humans of the Five Kingdoms, Alastair unexpectedly finds love with the village storyteller. The chance to help her was one he could not pass up. When she uncovers his true nature as a dragon, however, he fears that he will lose far more than his current hideaway.When Alastair is captured and slated for execution, will Marissa dare to save her dragon?A fantasy retelling of the classic fairytale, East of the Sun, West of the MoonClean romance, adventure, and humor combine to bring classic fairytales and myths to new life in Love's Enchanted Tales, a series of interconnected stand-alone stories. Each story can be read and enjoyed on its own. However, for greatest enjoyment they should be read in order.

It is early morning, and the haunting cry of the muezzin drifts in the air above the city of Fez, Morocco. Abdul and his grandfather are walking to work-past souk after souk of carpet sellers and weavers, leatherworkers and metalsmiths, then out through the ancient gate. Spreading a carpet on the ground, they wait for a crowd to gather. And then, at least, Grandfather begins: "This happened, or maybe it did not..."