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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

€ 65.81

Paperback. Barbara Myerhoff's work in reflexivity and narrative ethnography broke with tradition by focusing not on the raw ethnographic data, but on her interactions with those she studied. Her unfinished projects, including her final talks on storytelling, ritual and the "culture of aging the Yiddishkeit," offer a magisterial summary of her life's work. Editor(s): Kaminsky, Marc; Weiss, Mark; Metzger, Deena. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472069705
ISBN
9780472069705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.09

Paperback. Features fifteen easy-to-tell stories combining biblical teaching with contemporary storytelling. In this title, each unit also contains a teacher's page giving the Bible reference for the original parable and information to link the teaching to PSHE/Citizenship and the National Framework for RE or local SACRE guidelines. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JNUM; YQRA; YQRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 112. 15 Story-based Assemblies to Get Children Talking. 128 pages. Features fifteen easy-to-tell stories combining biblical teaching with contemporary storytelling. In this title, each unit also contains a teacher's page giving the Bible reference for the original parable and information to link the teaching to PSHE/Citizenship and the National Framework for RE or local SACRE guidelines. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JNUM; YQRA; YQRC. Dimension: 201 x 139 x 11. Weight: 166.
Publisher
Brf (the Bible Reading Fellowship)
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857461438
ISBN
9780857461438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JNLB; YQC. Category: (EJ) Primary. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 7. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Nash Pollock Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781898255093
ISBN
9781898255093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.25

Multiple-component retail product. The book is organised as a menu with a series of courses offered for developing the imagination. The emphasis is on creativity and enjoyment - getting children engaged and stimulating their thinking. The sound, practical guidance for practitioners will help even the least confident to make the most of storytime. Illustrator(s): Hardy, Martha. Editor(s): Featherstone, Phill. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: JNLB; JNU; YQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 211 x 4. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
64
Format
CD
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408124529
ISBN
9781408124529
CD
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MJW; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138912878
ISBN
9781138912878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.65

Paperback. All along the river, from the front porches of Hannibal to the neighborhoods of St Louis to the cotton fields of the Bootheel and west to Kansas City, stories are being told. This work presents a collection of family stories and traditional tales about all walks of African American life. Series: Missouri Heritage Readers Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 35 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826218445
ISBN
9780826218445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.69

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

€ 15.40

Paperback. BIC Classification: JNLB; JNS. Category: (XT) Teacher text. Dimension: 227 x 299 x 14. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
LDA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855035904
ISBN
9781855035904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.42

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

€ 144.32

Hardback. This work tackles fundamental questions about personal, political and national identities and their linkage to processes of political and social change. It focuses on the role of stories, both as a means of creating personal identity and as explanations of political tensions and realities. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742518810
ISBN
9780742518810
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.27

Paperback. In early 1970, the Commanding Officer of 22 SAS flew into the strategically critical Sultanate of Oman on a covert intelligence mission to monitor a Communist rebellion threatening the Arabian Peninsula. This book deals with this intelligence mission. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1FBXM; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBWS; JWG; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552160216
ISBN
9780552160216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
AK Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849351973
ISBN
9781849351973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.45

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

€ 56.38

Hardback. A lavish photographic history that reveals the vital role that the pilots and their aircraft played throughout the course of World War II. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBW; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 300. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472823007
ISBN
9781472823007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.68

Paperback. Prominent historian Justus Doenecke analyzes the personalities, leading action groups, and major congressional debates surrounding the U.S. decision to participate in World War II. Num Pages: 576 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 31. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742507852
ISBN
9780742507852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.24

Paperback. Looks at the history of Italian workerist theory, taking in Antonio Negri, Mario Tronti, Sergio Bologna and others. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; JPA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135. .
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745399904
ISBN
9780745399904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.11

Paperback. The story of a self-destructive hard man, bodyguard and boozer whose life was utterly transformed by Christ Num Pages: 208 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC92; JKSW1; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
SPCK Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
1st New edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857212559
ISBN
9780857212559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.34

Paperback. Rebecca Solnit has made a vocation of journeying into difficult territory and reporting back, as an environmentalist, antiglobalization activist, and public intellectual. This work represents developments in Solnit's thinking and offers you a panoramic world view enriched by her characteristically provocative, inspiring, and hopeful observations. Num Pages: 436 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552. Landscapes for Politics. 436 pages, Illustrations. Rebecca Solnit has made a vocation of journeying into difficult territory and reporting back, as an environmentalist, antiglobalization activist, and public intellectual. This work represents developments in Solnit's thinking and offers you a panoramic world view enriched by her characteristically provocative, inspiring, and hopeful observations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; RN. Dimension: 195 x 147 x 25. Weight: 510.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
436
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256569
ISBN
9780520256569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 23.03

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

€ 30.99
€ 27.88

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