Special Edition Books released 3 new collections for children on Kindle: Tales of Troy and Greece, The Irish Fairy Book, and Ancient Irish Poetry.

Each edition has a linked table of contents for easy searching of the dozens of legends, fairy tales, songs and ballads from ancient times contained within.

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The Irish Fairy Book

Special Edition Books released 3 new collections for children on Kindle: Tales of Troy and Greece, The Irish Fairy Book, and Ancient Irish Poetry.

Each edition has a linked table of contents for easy searching of the dozens of legends, fairy tales, songs and ballads from ancient times contained within.

These editions were designed with the text-to-speech function in mind. Each Kindle edition retails for $4.99.

Tales of Troy and Greece

“1001 Arabian Nights” is a beloved collection of folk tales and other stories. It is often known in English simply as “Arabian Nights,” from the first English language edition (1706), which named the title, “Arabian Nights Entertainments.”

When it was published as “One Thousand and One Nights”, in the 18th century, there were 12 volumes, [...]]]>

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“1001 Arabian Nights” is a beloved collection of folk tales and other stories. It is often known in English simply as “Arabian Nights,” from the first English language edition (1706), which named the title, “Arabian Nights Entertainments.”

When it was published as “One Thousand and One Nights”, in the 18th century, there were 12 volumes, totaling more than 2,000 pages.

This  full sized, deluxe edition has been restored for a modern audience, and contains the 3 most popular and well known sagas from Arabian Nights, including the complete “Seven Voyages of Sindbad,” “Aladdin and the Magic Lamp,” as well as “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”.

Excerpt from The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad:

…Scarcely had they finished their repast, when there appeared in the air, at a considerable distance, two great clouds. The captain of my ship, knowing by experience what they meant, said they were the male and female parents of the roc, and pressed us to re-embark with all speed, to prevent the misfortune which he saw would otherwise befall us.

The two rocs approached with a frightful noise, which they redoubled when they saw the egg broken, and their young one gone. They flew back in the direction they had come, and disappeared for some time, while we made all the sail we could in the endeavor to prevent that which unhappily befell us…

They soon returned, and we observed that each of them carried between its talons an enormous rock. When they came directly over my ship, they hovered, and one of them let go his rock; but by the dexterity of the steersman it missed us and fell into the sea. The other so exactly hit the middle of the ship as to split it into pieces. The mariners and passengers were all crushed to death or fell into the sea. I myself was of the number of the latter; but, as I came up again, I fortunately caught hold of a piece of the wreck, and swimming, sometimes with one hand and sometimes with the other, but always holding fast the plank, the wind and the tide favoring me, I came to an island, and got safely ashore.

I sat down upon the grass, to recover myself from my fatigue, after which I went into the island to explore it. It seemed to be a delicious garden. I found trees everywhere, some of them bearing green and others ripe fruits, and streams of fresh pure water. I ate of the fruits, which I found excellent; and drank of the water, which was very light and good.

1001 Arabian Nights is a beloved collection of [...]]]> El Paso Norte Press announced the release of 1001 Arabian Nights – The Complete Adventures of Sindbad, Aladdin and Ali Baba in Kindle format. This edition will be available for download on Amazon on 8/8/08, which according to the Chinese calendar, will be the luckiest day of the year.

1001 Arabian Nights is a beloved collection of folk tales and other stories. It is often known in English as Arabian Nights from the first English language edition, The Arabian Nights’ Entertainment.

When originally translated and compiled into French by Antoine Galland in 1704,  it was known as One Thousand and One Nights. This edition was 12 volumes and contained the first appearance of Aladdin and Ali Baba. Another edition was completed by Sir Richard Francis Burton, called One Thousand and One Nights, and ran to 2,000+ pages, with hundreds of stories and fables.

As the title suggests, this new special edition features the adventures of the most well-known heroes from Arabian Nights, including all seven voyages of Sindbad, the story of Aladdin and his magic lamp, and the tales of Ali Baba and the forty thieves.