This delightful selection of tales from The Thousand and one nights are masterpieces of the art of storrytelling.The beautiful Scheherezade saved her life by entertaining the brutal King Shahryar with these tales of magical transformations,genies and wishes,terror and passion.Here are the famous adventures of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" and "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp", as well as less familiar stories,such as "Prince Behram and Al-Datma", a charming early version of The Taming of the Shrew.