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Hardback. 'The purpose of this book is to elevate stories and storytelling in people's esteem, so they will understand their holiness and appreciate them at their full worth. There are those who enjoy stories and storytelling but in the back of their minds think, 'After all, they're only stories.' Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFHF; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765761668
- ISBN
- 9780765761668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.92
€ 65.92
Paperback. Supplements eight folk narratives with discussion of audience participation and response as well as relevant Hindu themes. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812212693
- ISBN
- 9780812212693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 120 colour paintings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; ACBK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 258 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harbour Publishing
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550176407
- ISBN
- 9781550176407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 50.25
€ 52.99
€ 50.25
paperback. Globally, at least one in four women experiences domestic violence at some point in her life, according to World Bank figures, which are confirmed by local surveys around the world. This study contributes to the fields of domestic abuse and narrative studies with the author's analysis of the narrative practices of doctors who treat abused women. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JKV; M. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780803224940
- ISBN
- 9780803224940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.88
€ 20.99
€ 20.88
Hardcover. This is the story of the fighting underground of the Jews of Kovno, Lithuania, in World War II. The authors, Zvie A. Brown and Dov Levin, were themselves members of the underground, and this well-researched book based on documentary material, verbal and written testimonies, memoirs of witnesses, is supplemented by the authors own accounts. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 243 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1214.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House Israel
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652296160
- ISBN
- 9789652296160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 31.73
€ 47.99
€ 31.73
Paperback. In 1955, Maxine Kumin submitted a poem to the Saturday Evening Post. This book brings together Kumin, Julia Alvarez, Jane Smiley, Erica Jong, and fifteen other accomplished women of this generation to reflect on their writing lives. Editor(s): Burroway, Janet. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226014104
- ISBN
- 9780226014104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.31
€ 24.99
€ 20.31
Hardback. "Where once cultures valued storytellers for lauding, lamenting and laughing at those in power, this thoughtful book illuminates the hopes, practices and achievements of the myriad amateur storytellers who populate today's globalised and digitalized cultures. Editor(s): Hartley, John; McWilliam, Kelly. Num Pages: 330 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405180597
- ISBN
- 9781405180597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.14
€ 116.14
Paperback. "Where once cultures valued storytellers for lauding, lamenting and laughing at those in power, this thoughtful book illuminates the hopes, practices and achievements of the myriad amateur storytellers who populate today's globalised and digitalized cultures. Editor(s): Hartley, John; McWilliam, Kelly. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405180580
- ISBN
- 9781405180580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.40
€ 47.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; JFSK2; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 882.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harrington Park Press Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939594044
- ISBN
- 9781939594044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.82€ 68.15
€ 88.82
€ 68.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; JFSK2; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Harrington Park Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939594051
- ISBN
- 9781939594051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: AMB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 208 x 15. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Baraka Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771860130
- ISBN
- 9781771860130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.35
€ 32.99
€ 27.35
Storm in the Community: Yiddish Political Pamphlets of Amsterdam Jewry...
Michman, Jozeph, Aptroot, Marion
Hardcover. This text presents satirical dialogues written in Amsterdam Yiddish between members of the established and the breakaway Jewish communities in 18th-century Amsterdam. These dialogues allowed the breakaway community to expose the inequalities and foibles of the establishment community. Editor(s): Michman, Jozeph; Aptroot, Marion. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 2ACY; 3JH; DNF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 46. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Hebrew Union College Press
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878202201
- ISBN
- 9780878202201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.23
€ 56.23
Hardback. Contributes to the library of Jewish folklore collections, thus actively helping to restore the treasures of Jewish oral tradition in our contemporary world. Drawn primarily from talmudic and midrashic sources, medieval texts, and the Israel Folktale Archives, this work features a story-within-a-story, which is part of the Jewish oral tradition. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFHF; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765761422
- ISBN
- 9780765761422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.30
€ 150.30
Paperback. A series of short stories, related by the author, handed down from generation to generation of the Lakota tribe. This work honours the buffalo, the dog, the horse, the eagle, and the wolf as workaday helpers and agents of divine intervention; the wisdom of the medicine man; and the heroism and resourcefulness of individual men and women. Num Pages: 82 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNR; 3JH; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 82
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803293359
- ISBN
- 9780803293359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.97
€ 11.97
Hardback. Series: Rural Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271033884
- ISBN
- 9780271033884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.84€ 69.62
€ 82.84
€ 69.62
Paperback. Children's literature came into existence in printed form in the 18th century. This book charts its development by examining concurrent developments in society such as the spread of education, the developments in printing techniques and changes in the definition of childhood. Editor(s): Butts, Dennis. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 143 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSY; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 215.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 143
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333522479
- ISBN
- 9780333522479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.55
€ 62.55
Paperback. The first comprehensive study of fantasy's uses of myth, this book offers insights into the genre's popularity and cultural importance. Combining history, folklore, and narrative theory, Attebery's study explores familiar and forgotten fantasies and shows how the genre is also an arena for negotiating new relationships with traditional tales. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; FL; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199316076
- ISBN
- 9780199316076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.05
€ 68.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD; JFSG; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559364416
- ISBN
- 9781559364416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.99
€ 16.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. This important book offers a comprehensive guide to the international policies developed to stop rape , together with case study examples on how they work. The book describes how law and criminal justice system, health services, specialised services for victim-survivors, educational and cultural interventions can best be coordinated. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447322092
- ISBN
- 9781447322092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.55
€ 38.99
€ 37.55
Paperback. Kent, the "Garden of England", was also the market garden for its giant neighbour, London. Num Pages: 160 pages, 167 b/w photographs, 6 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 1DBKESL; HBTB; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902806303
- ISBN
- 9781902806303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50