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  • The Jews of Barnow: Stories

    Enriched edition.

    by Karl Emil Franzos, Cameron Price ...
    Translated by M. W. Macdowall ...
    In "The Jews of Barnow: Stories," Karl Emil Franzos presents a poignant collection of vignettes that intricately explore the lives of the Jewish community in the fictional town of Barnow. Through vivid narratives that blend realism with rich character studies, Franzos captures the socio-economic struggles, cultural identities, and existential dilemmas faced by his characters. His prose is marked ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Jews of Barnow: Stories (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Galician Jewish Shtetl Tales of Tradition, Reform, and Borderland Life in the Habsburg Empire

    by Karl Emil Franzos, Fiona Wethermere ...
    Translated by M. W. Macdowall ...
    The Jews of Barnow: Stories is Karl Emil Franzos's vivid cycle of tales portraying Jewish life in a fictional Galician town on the eastern margins of the Habsburg Empire. Written in a lucid realist style, the stories combine ethnographic precision with moral sympathy, depicting rabbis, merchants, students, matchmakers, and families caught between tradition and modernity. Situated within nineteenth ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Goths

    by Simon MacDowall ...
    Series series Conquerors of the Roman Empire
    The fascinating history of "a race that simply would not accept defeat" ( Books Monthly).In the late fourth century, pressure from the Huns forced the Goths to cross the Danube into the Roman Empire. The resultant Battle of Adrianople in 378 was one of Rome's greatest defeats. Both western (Visigoth) and eastern (Ostrogoth) branches of the Goths had a complex relationship with the Romans, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Franks

    by Simon MacDowall ...
    Series series Conquerors of the Roman Empire
    How a relatively small group of Germans came to be overlords of all of the former Roman province of Gaul—giving their name to France in the process.Simon MacDowall studies the Frankish way of warfare and assesses its effectiveness, from their earliest incursions into the Empire, down to the Battle of Casilinum (554), their last battle against Romans, The size and composition of their armies, their ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Vandals

    by Simon MacDowall ...
    Series series Conquerors of the Roman Empire
    An up-close look at the Germanic people who sacked Rome in the fifth century AD.On 31 December AD 406, a group of German tribes crossed the Rhine, pierced the Roman defensive lines, and began a rampage across Roman Gaul, sacking cities such as Metz, Arras, and Strasbourg. Foremost amongst them were the Vandals, and their search for a new homeland took them on the most remarkable odyssey. The ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Art After Instagram

    Art Spaces, Audiences, Aesthetics

    by Lachlan MacDowall, Kylie Budge ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies
    This book explores the effects of the Instagram platform on the making and viewing of art.Authors Lachlan MacDowall and Kylie Budge critically analyse the ways Instagram has influenced artists, art spaces, art institutions and art audiences, and ultimately contemporary aesthetic experience. The book argues that more than simply being a container for digital photography, the architecture of ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Making Culture Count

    The Politics of Cultural Measurement

    Edited by Lachlan MacDowall, Marnie Badham, Emma Blomkamp, Kim Dunphy ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book is a collection of diverse essays by scholars, policy-makers and creative practitioners who explore the burgeoning field of cultural measurement and its political implications. Offering critical histories and creative frameworks, it presents new approaches to accounting for culture in local, national and international contexts. ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Malplaquet 1709

    Marlborough’s Bloodiest Battle

    by Simon MacDowall ...
    Series Book 355 - Campaign
    A highly illustrated study of the battle of Malplaquet, the last and bloodiest of Marlborough's victories in the 18th century War of the Spanish Succession.In 1709, after eight years of war, France was on her knees. There was not enough money left in the treasury to pay, equip or feed the army and a bad harvest led to starvation throughout the kingdom. Circumstances had worsened to the point that ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Catalaunian Fields AD 451

    Rome’s last great battle

    by Simon MacDowall ...
    Series Book 286 - Campaign
    A description of Attila the Hun's invasion of Gaul in AD 451, the Roman response and the eventual battle of Chalons.The battle of the Catalaunian Fields saw two massive, powerful empires square up in a conflict that was to shape the course of Eurasian history forever. For despite the Roman victory, the Roman Empire would not survive for more than 15 years following the battle, whilst the Huns, ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Jews of Barnow: Stories

    Enriched edition. Exploring Jewish life and tradition in 19th-century Barnow through realistic and romantic tales

    by Karl Emil Franzos, Troy Kirk ...
    Translated by M. W. Macdowall ...
    In "The Jews of Barnow: Stories," Karl Emil Franzos presents a poignant collection of narratives that illuminate the lives, struggles, and cultural nuances of Jewish communities in the fictional town of Barnow, situated within the socio-political landscape of 19th-century Eastern Europe. Through a blend of realism and rich character development, Franzos captures the complexities of Jewish identity ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Health Promotion Theory

    by Liza Cragg, Maggie Davies, Wendy Macdowall ...
    This fully updated edition will help students and professionals develop an understanding of the core health promotion theories. ... Read more

    $53.99 CAD

  • Never Walk Alone

    by Kathryn Joy MacDowall ...
    Illustrated by Jonny Hutton ...
    Inspired by the Hillsong Worship song “Never Walk Alone,” this rhyming adventure through Egyptian deserts, Australian beaches, and even outer space teaches kids ages 3-8 that no matter where we go, God is always by our side.I wonder and I’d like to knowIf there’s any place that I could goWhere I would be SO far awayThat you couldn’t hear me when I pray.An adventure-loving boy travels around the ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus