tales

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But Bowen, 35, has been managing it for 10 years, making sales, offering advice and hearing travelers’ tales, which almost always come with surprises.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

He told us tales of big brinjals, bright pumpkin flowers, sprite okra that grew in the farmland in what’s now Bangladesh, where he grew up.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Lori Inglis Hall delivers, in Malcolm Forbes’s words, “an engrossing novel whose twin tales have emotional depth.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Still, we keep seeing agent disasters that serve as cautionary tales.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

She thought of the dreaded figure of Mr. Alpo, from the Giddy-Yap, Rainbow! tales, who disposed of unwanted ponies by taking them to the slaughterhouse.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood