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67 produkter
The Age of Fury
Inbunden, 2026
275 kr
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In Gilded Age New York, a fierce seventeen year-old Irish girl joins forces with a notorious gangster to hunt down her sister's killer. Told from both perspectives, their search for justice pulls them from the city’s darkest corners to glittering ballrooms, where a secret can mean death, and love …
El atlas esmeralda
Los libros del comienzo (1)
E-bok, 2012
162 kr
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Una profecía Dos mundos Tres niños En su pequeña familia de tres huérfanos, Kate es la mayor y más responsable. A sus 14 años es la única que recuerda a sus padres, especialmente las últimas palabras de su madre pidiéndole que cuidará de sus hermanos. Michael es el más estudioso y despistado de la …
La crónica de fuego
E-bok, 2013
152 kr
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Emma, Kate y Michael acaban de descubrir que, después de diez años desaparecidos, sus padres podrían estar vivos. Magnus el Siniestro, la criatura más cruel que hay en la Tierra, los secuestró porque sabían mucho, incluso demasiado, sobre los Libros de los Orígenes. Ahora los hermanos también han …
Fire Chronicle
E-bok, 2012
135 kr
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After the tumultuous events of last winter, Kate, Michael, and Emma long to continue the hunt for their missing parents. But they themselves are now in great danger, and so the wizard Stanislaus Pym hides the children at the Edgar Allan Poe Home for Hopeless and Incorrigible Orphans. There, he …
Subjectivity in Asian Children’s Literature and Film
Global Theories and Implications
Inbunden, 2012
2879 kr
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Winner of the Children’s Literature Association Honor Book AwardThis volume establishes a dialogue between East and West in children’s literature scholarship. In all cultures, children’s literature shows a concern to depict identity and individual development, so that character and theme pivot on …
Retelling Stories, Framing Culture
Traditional Story and Metanarratives in Children's Literature
Av John Stephens, Robyn McCallum
Häftad, 2013
826 kr
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What happens to traditional stories when they are retold in another time and cultural context and for a different audience? This first-of-its-kind study discusses Bible stories, classical myths, heroic legends, Arthurian romances, Robin Hood lore, folk tales, 'oriental' tales, and other stories …
Ways of Being Male
Representing Masculinities in Children's Literature
Inbunden, 2002
2879 kr
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Given the substantial impact of feminism on children’s literature and culture during the last quarter century, it comes as no surprise that gender studies have focused predominantly on issues of female representation. The question of how the same patriarchal ideology structured representations of …
Ways of Being Male
Representing Masculinities in Children's Literature
Häftad, 2008
909 kr
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Given the substantial impact of feminism on children’s literature and culture during the last quarter century, it comes as no surprise that gender studies have focused predominantly on issues of female representation. The question of how the same patriarchal ideology structured representations of …
Emerald Atlas:The Books of Beginning 1
Häftad, 2012
208 kr
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The first thrilling book in the most exciting children's fantasy series since Harry Potter.They were taken from their beds one frozen night, when the world was covered in snow. The silhouette of a tall, thin man has haunted Kate ever since. Ten years on, Kate, Michael and Emma have grown up in a …
Fire Chronicle: The Books of Beginning 2
Häftad, 2013
208 kr
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It's been six months since Kate, Michael and Emma confronted the Dire Magnus, but the trail to their long-lost family remains cold. Then Michael and Emma find the man who was the last person to see them. He knows about a secret map of a distant, mysterious land - maybe this is the clue that will …
Black Reckoning
The Books of Beginning 3
Häftad, 2015
204 kr
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The final instalment in the Books of Beginning series.Emma, Michael and Kate are locked in a race against time: to find their parents; to defeat the evil Dire Magnus; and to locate the final Book of Beginning. When all three books are united, their power will be unstoppable.Embarking on a perilous …
Italian Renaissance
The Origins of Intellectual and Artistic Change Before the Reformation
Häftad, 1990
936 kr
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In this fascinating study, John Stephens inteprets the significance of the immense cultural change which took place in Italy from the time of Petrarch to the Reformation, and considers its wider contribution to Europe beyond the Alps. His important analysis (which is designed for students and …
Retelling Stories, Framing Culture
Traditional Story and Metanarratives in Children's Literature
Av John Stephens, Robyn McCallum
Inbunden, 1998
3514 kr
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What happens to traditional stories when they are retold in another time and cultural context and for a different audience? This first-of-its-kind study discusses Bible stories, classical myths, heroic legends, Arthurian romances, Robin Hood lore, folk tales, 'oriental' tales, and other stories …
History of the Rise and Progress of the New British Province of South Australia
Inbunden, 2022
396 kr
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History of the Rise and Progress of the New British Province of South Australia
Häftad, 2022
250 kr
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Routledge Companion to International Children's Literature
Häftad, 2021
879 kr
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Demonstrating the aesthetic, cultural, political and intellectual diversity of children’s literature across the globe, The Routledge Companion to International Children’s Literature is the first volume of its kind to focus on the undervisited regions of the world. With particular focus on Asia, …
Literature, Language and Change
From Chaucer to the Present
Av Ruth Waterhouse, John Stephens
E-bok, 2026
682 kr
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How did the rise of polite society change the language of literature? What was the effect of Romanticism on poetic word order? How does knowing the answers to these questions alter the meaning of a text for us? Reading literature is a quest for sense, involving us in a need to grasp both how …
Literature, Language and Change
From Chaucer to the Present
Av Ruth Waterhouse, John Stephens
E-bok, 2026
697 kr
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How did the rise of polite society change the language of literature? What was the effect of Romanticism on poetic word order? How does knowing the answers to these questions alter the meaning of a text for us? Reading literature is a quest for sense, involving us in a need to grasp both how …
Language and Ideology in Children's Fiction
E-bok, 2026
697 kr
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When children read fiction, they are exposed to the beliefs which inform and structure their society. Books encourage child readers to internalize particular ways of seeing the world and help shape their development as individuals. Although this process forms a key part of their education, it …
Language and Ideology in Children's Fiction
E-bok, 2026
697 kr
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When children read fiction, they are exposed to the beliefs which inform and structure their society. Books encourage child readers to internalize particular ways of seeing the world and help shape their development as individuals. Although this process forms a key part of their education, it …
Literature, Language and Change
From Chaucer to the Present
Av John Stephens, Ruth Waterhouse
Inbunden, 2026
2879 kr
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How did the rise of polite society change the language of literature? What was the effect of Romanticism on poetic word order? How does knowing the answers to these questions alter the meaning of a text for us?Reading literature is a quest for sense, involving us in a need to grasp both how meaning …
Language and Ideology in Children's Fiction
Inbunden, 2026
2879 kr
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When children read fiction, they are exposed to the beliefs which inform and structure their society. Books encourage child readers to internalize particular ways of seeing the world and help shape their development as individuals. Although this process forms a key part of their education, it …
Ways of Being Male
Representing Masculinities in Children''s Literature
E-bok, 2013
1052 kr
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Given the substantial impact of feminism on children’s literature and culture during the last quarter century, it comes as no surprise that gender studies have focused predominantly on issues of female representation. The question of how the same patriarchal ideology structured representations of …
Ways of Being Male
Representing Masculinities in Children''s Literature
E-bok, 2013
1075 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Given the substantial impact of feminism on children’s literature and culture during the last quarter century, it comes as no surprise that gender studies have focused predominantly on issues of female representation. The question of how the same patriarchal ideology structured representations of …
Subjectivity in Asian Children's Literature and Film
Global Theories and Implications
E-bok, 2012
1036 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Winner of the Children’s Literature Association Honor Book Award This volume establishes a dialogue between East and West in children’s literature scholarship. In all cultures, children’s literature shows a concern to depict identity and individual development, so that character and theme …
Subjectivity in Asian Children's Literature and Film
Global Theories and Implications
E-bok, 2012
1036 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Winner of the Children’s Literature Association Honor Book Award This volume establishes a dialogue between East and West in children’s literature scholarship. In all cultures, children’s literature shows a concern to depict identity and individual development, so that character and theme …
Retelling Stories, Framing Culture
Traditional Story and Metanarratives in Children's Literature
Av Robyn McCallum, John Stephens
E-bok, 2013
976 kr
Lägg i varukorg
What happens to traditional stories when they are retold in another time and cultural context and for a different audience? This first-of-its-kind study discusses Bible stories, classical myths, heroic legends, Arthurian romances, Robin Hood lore, folk tales, ''oriental'' tales, and other stories …
Retelling Stories, Framing Culture
Traditional Story and Metanarratives in Children's Literature
Av Robyn McCallum, John Stephens
E-bok, 2013
945 kr
Lägg i varukorg
What happens to traditional stories when they are retold in another time and cultural context and for a different audience? This first-of-its-kind study discusses Bible stories, classical myths, heroic legends, Arthurian romances, Robin Hood lore, folk tales, ''oriental'' tales, and other stories …
