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paperback. Editor(s): Stauffer, John. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 131 x 203 x 9. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Library of America
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781598533514
- ISBN
- 9781598533514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.06
€ 10.06
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Writte...
Douglass, Frederick, Davis, Angela Y.
Paperback. A new edition of the African American masterpiece featuring critical essays by Angela Y. Davis. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- City Lights Publishers
- Edition
- None, a New Critical ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872865273
- ISBN
- 9780872865273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.33
€ 16.99
€ 16.33
Paperback. Details the life of the author from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838: how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and drivers, how he learned to read and write, and how he grew into a man who could only live free or die. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 201 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107309
- ISBN
- 9780143107309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
€ 11.99
€ 10.22
Paperback. Frederick Douglass's Narrative recounts his life as a slave in Maryland and escape to freedom in 1838. An important slave autobiography, it is significant both for what it tells us about slave life and about its author. It is here reprinted with contexualizing source material and other writings by Douglass, as well as an introduction discussing its literary and historical significance. Editor(s): McDowell, Deborah E. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199539079
- ISBN
- 9780199539079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 9.74
€ 19.99
€ 9.74
Paperback. An autobiography of author who was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818. He describes his life as a slave - the cruelty he suffered at the hands of plantation owners; his struggles to educate himself in a world where slaves are deliberately kept ignorant; and ultimately, his fight for his right to freedom. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099595847
- ISBN
- 9780099595847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
€ 11.99
€ 10.22
Paperback. In his wrenching, classic autobiography--one of the most important documents in American history--Douglass describes himself as a man who became a slave and, later, a slave who became a man. Reissue. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 105 x 11. Weight in Grams: 83.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Signet Classics
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780451529947
- ISBN
- 9780451529947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.09
€ 7.09
Paperback. Translated from the Greek by Nicholas Coureas. Together with an anthology of Greeks texts from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries realting to Cyprus, and translated by Hans A. Pohlsander. Editor(s): Orphanides, Andreas G.; Wallace, Paul W. Translator(s): Coureas, Dr. Nicholas; Pohlsander, Hans A. Series: Sources for the History of Cyprus. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVC; HBLC1; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 284 x 196. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- 21st Elementary School Stavrou Cyprus
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789963080922
- ISBN
- 9789963080922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.26
€ 29.26
Hardcover. Num Pages: 278 pages, 24 b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763507806
- ISBN
- 9788763507806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.36€ 46.30
€ 58.36
€ 46.30
Hardback. That knowledge about the world and self is imparted through narrative is widely accepted; the techniques used to construct this knowledge have received less attention. This book uses a semiotic methodology to analyze works by Merleau-Ponty, Kierkegaard and Austin, and explore how conceptualizations of reality are formed through narrative strategy. Num Pages: 202 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230005327
- ISBN
- 9780230005327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801027895
- ISBN
- 9780801027895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.46
€ 31.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: G; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761823506
- ISBN
- 9780761823506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.29
€ 84.29
Hardcover. In this book, Emslie establishes that narrative explanations are to be preferred over non-narrative in the humanities. They are more truthful in two senses. They both correspond more closely to reality and allow inference as to normative values. This is particularly the case when aesthetics are added to the mix. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137275448
- ISBN
- 9781137275448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Paperback. In this book, Emslie establishes that narrative explanations are to be preferred over non-narrative in the humanities. They are more truthful in two senses. They both correspond more closely to reality and allow inference as to normative values. This is particularly the case when aesthetics are added to the mix. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349446186
- ISBN
- 9781349446186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Hardcover. In this work, overviews of the relevant literature on modern life, as well as empirical case studies, appear alongside theoretical and methodological reflections. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817778
- ISBN
- 9781571817778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.36
€ 164.36
Paperback. Explores the nature of historical knowledge and its reliance on narrative. This book introduces the concept of "narrative sentences," in which an event is described with reference to later events and discusses why such sentences cannot be understood until the later event happens. It compares narrative and scientific explanation. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138239
- ISBN
- 9780231138239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Hardcover. Through case studies of prominent cultural products, this book takes a longitudinal approach to the influence and conceptualization of the Civil War in democratic Spain. Stafford explores the stories told about the war during the transition to democracy and how these narratives have morphed in light of the polemics about historical memory. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501493
- ISBN
- 9781137501493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Paperback. In recentyears controversy has surrounded the narrative turn in history and the historical turn in fiction. This book clarifies what is at stake, tracing connections between historiography and life-writing, arguing that the challenges posed in representing the past illuminate issues which are central to all literary narrative." Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HBAH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349314133
- ISBN
- 9781349314133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardback. A sustained and systematic study of the construction, erosion and reconstruction of national histories across a wide variety of states is highly topical and extremely relevant in the context of the accelerating processes of Europeanization and globalization. Editor(s): Berger, Stefan; Eriksonas, Linas; Mycock, Andrew. Series: Making Sense of History. Num Pages: bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454241
- ISBN
- 9781845454241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.19
€ 165.19
Hardback. Modern medicine has penetrated Bedouin tribes, but when serious illnesses strike, even educated people turn to traditional medicine for a remedy. Based on interviews with healers, clients, and other active participants in treatments, this book will contribute to renewed thinking about a synthesis between traditional and modern medicine.. Editor(s): Fischer-Nebmaier, Wladimir; Berg, Matthew P.; Christou, Anastasia. Series: Space and Place. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387756
- ISBN
- 9781782387756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.32
€ 164.32
Paperback. To what extent does peoplehood make sense today? Can plural societies tell "national stories" without marginalising their minorities? Should historians be concerned with stories of peoplehood? This book offers theoretical reflections on the narrative character of national identities and studies of the contexts in which they emerged. Editor(s): Boss, Michael. Num Pages: 345 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 345
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779345690
- ISBN
- 9788779345690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.01
€ 27.01