wyszukanych pozycji: 9
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The Cratis Williams Chronicles: I Come to Boone
ISBN: 9781469641959 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Following his retirement in 1976 from a distinguished career as a teacher and administrator at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, Cratis Williams wrote these memoirs of his life odyssey from a log cabin in eastern Kentucky to the upper echelons of American education.
Following his retirement in 1976 from a distinguished career as a teacher and administrator at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, ...
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77,52 |
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Tales from Sacred Wind: Coming of Age in Appalachia. the Cratis Williams Chronicles.
ISBN: 9780786414901 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Prior to his death in 1985, Cratis Williams was a leading scholar of and spokesperson for Appalachian life and literature and a pioneer of the Appalachian studies movement. Williams was born in a log cabin on Caines Creek, Lawrence County, Kentucky, in 1911. To use his own terms, he was "a complete mountaineer." This book is an edited compilation of Williams' memoirs of his childhood. These autobiographical reminiscences often take the form of a folktale, with individual titles such as "Preacher Lang Gets Drunk" and "The Double Murder at Sledges." Schooled initially in traditional stories and...
Prior to his death in 1985, Cratis Williams was a leading scholar of and spokesperson for Appalachian life and literature and a pioneer of the Appalac...
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218,89 |
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The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of "Democracy" in Russian Political Discourse, Vol I: The Path from Disaster Toward Russian "Democracy"
ISBN: 9781644697320 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 506 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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505,14 |
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Growing Up Hard in Harlan County
ISBN: 9780813190808 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 177 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) G.C. "Red" Jones's classic memoir of growing up in rural eastern Kentucky during the Depression is a story of courage, persistence, and eventual triumph. His priceless and detailed recollections of hardscrabble farming, of the impact of Prohibition on an individualistic people, of the community-destroying mine wars of "Bloody Harlan," and of the drastic dislocations brought by World War II are essential to understanding this seminal era in Appalachian history. G.C. "Red" Jones's classic memoir of growing up in rural eastern Kentucky during the Depression is a story of courage, persistence, and eventual tr... |
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87,27 |
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Unending Conversations : New Writings by and About Kenneth Burke
ISBN: 9780809323531 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Previously unpublished writings by and about Kenneth Burke plus essays by such Burkean luminaries as Wayne C. Booth, William H. Rueckert, Robert Wess, Thomas Carmichael, and Michael Feehan make the publication of "Unending Conversations "a significant event in the field of Burke studies and in the wider field of literary criticism and theory. Editors Greig Henderson and David Cratis Williams have divided their material into three parts: Dialectics of Expression, Communication, and Transcendence, Criticism, Symbolicity, and Tropology, and Transcendence and the Theological Motive. In... Previously unpublished writings by and about Kenneth Burke plus essays by such Burkean luminaries as Wayne C. Booth, William H. Rueckert, Robert We... |
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... a Right Good People
ISBN: 9781469638348 / Angielski / Miękka / 1974 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) A collection of true stories gathered from the Southern Appalachian people, this book echoes the folkways and values of another era. Published in 1974, the stories collected in ..". A Right Good People were originally published in the Charlotte Observer, the largest newspaper in the Carolinas in the 1970s. These stories were written with the intention of illustrating the heritage of the Appalachian people and letting them speak about their culture and traditions for themselves.
A collection of true stories gathered from the Southern Appalachian people, this book echoes the folkways and values of another era. Published in 1974...
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76,49 |
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Western North Carolina Since the Civil War
ISBN: 9781469638317 / Angielski / Miękka / 1973 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) No region has undergone more dramatic changes than Western North Carolina. Published in 1973, Western North Carolina Since the Civil War takes a look at the mountain people and their uniquely structured economic, political, social, and cultural systems. This study traces the mountain peoples' lives from isolation to economic booms all while maintaining their traditions and heritage.
No region has undergone more dramatic changes than Western North Carolina. Published in 1973, Western North Carolina Since the Civil War takes a look ...
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92,06 |
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The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of "Democracy" in Russian Political Discourse. Volume 2:: The Promise of "Democracy" During the Yeltsin Years
ISBN: 9781644696507 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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505,14 |