Extraordinary Ordinariness
Extraordinary Ordinariness

Author: Simon Wendt

Publisher: Campus Verlag

Published: 2016-11-10

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 3593435195

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Wurden Kriegshelden, politische Führerhelden und Superhelden zum Thema unzähliger Studien, hat sich die Forschung bisher kaum mit der Heroisierung gewöhnlicher Menschen auseinandergesetzt. Das Buch schließt diese Forschungslücke am Beispiel der USA, Deutschlands und Großbritanniens - es ist die erste systematische wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit Alltagshelden, die aufgrund tatsächlicher oder ihnen zugeschriebener außergewöhnlicher Taten heroisiert werden.

Victorian Biography Reconsidered
Victorian Biography Reconsidered

Author: Juliette Atkinson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2010-08-26

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 0199572135

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Through an examination of numerous biographies, from the lives of working-class scientists to minor women writers, Victorian Biography Reconsidered examines how and why nineteenth-century biographers challenged the contemporary obsession with 'Great Men' and brought to public attention the lives of neglected or unknown men and women.

The Hero of the Humber; Or, the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe
The Hero of the Humber; Or, the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe

Author: Woodcock Henry

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2016-06-23

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781318856817

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.