A simple and delightfully inventive re-telling of the stories from the Arabian Nights. This revised edition was published alongside the Royal Shakespeare Companys production in 2009. It is wedding night in the palace of King Shahrayar. By morning; the new Queen Shahrazad is to be put to death like all the young brides before her. But she has one gift that could save her - the gift of storytelling. With her mischievous imagination; the young Queen spins her dazzling array of tales and characters. On her side are Ali Baba; Es-Sindibad the Sailor and Princess Parizade - adventurers in strange and magical worlds populated by giant beasts; talking birds; devilish ghouls and crafty thieves. But will her silver-tongued stories be enough to enchant her husband and save her life? Superb... weaves a potent spell of enchantment as it moves from cruelty to happiness and from the blissfully ribald to the deeply affecting Telegraph A masterful piece of storytelling... a truly magical piece of theatre that delights the senses Whatsonstage.com The family show to see this le Guardian
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Get OLD editions of this book!By MariaIts exactly what I needed. Very detailed drawings of animal bones; muscles and animals in general. Very easy to understand location of bones and muscles by looking at these pictures.UPD I read other review;saying that quality of images in newer prints/editions are bad; its true. I had same experience with other Dover books; new prints were horrible; illustrations are awful and etc. This one I bought USED and all illustrations are of really good quality! I believe it is second edition; year 1956.Now; when I know that older editions of Dover books are not bad; I might change other books from them to Used older versions.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Good; but there are better optionsBy Audre S.I got this one hoping it had something more to add to my other anatomy book by Goldfinger. However I found it to be the pricier; but less in-depth option. It covers mostly the horses with other domestic animals and a random lioness thrown in. The lack of other animals is disappointing. I would love to see a bird or a shark in one of these; but so far Im coming up dry. While the in-depth descriptions of the muscle structures are very well done; there are better; cheaper options out there.5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Great contents but dark printing.By ChutkatI love the contents of this book; I actually have a pdf version of it so to show my support; I decided to purchase the book.The size is perfect; Im really happy to see something bigger than an A4 for this kind of book; the unfortunate part however is that the printing is way too dark so in many pages; its really hard to see the details since it kinda becomes a dark blotch; missing important parts of the anatomy that I cant look at because of this. It might be because the ink was absorbed but the kind of paper that it has; but who knows.