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Coming of Age Books

If coming of age books is on your reading list, you're in the right place. We've pulled together a focused selection of fiction books — from enduring classics to the titles everyone is talking about right now.

The Nightingales

by Emil Wilson

2026

"A coming-of-age story for the ages. All ages. For anyone who has lived through loss (and who hasn’t?), The Nightingales is a blessing sung after the tears have slowed down. This book is a triumph.” —Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked B…

€19.77 list price

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Rites of Passage in Postcolonial Women's Writing

by Pauline Dodgson-Katiyo, Gina Wisker

2010

Pauline Dodgson-Katiyo is Head of Humanities at Sheffield Hallam University. Her research focus is on African literature (particularly Zimbabwean), contemporary women's writing, and postcolonial cinemas. --…

€40.32 list price

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AS Film Studies

by Sarah Casey Benyahia, Freddie Gaffney, John White

2006

AS Film Studies: The Essential Introductiongives students the confidence to tackle every part of the WJEC AS level Film Studies course. The authors, who have wide ranging experience as teachers, examiners and authors, introduce students ste…

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Film Genre for the Screenwriter

by Jule Selbo

2014

Film Genre for the Screenwriter is a practical study of how classic film genre components can be used in the construction of a screenplay. Based on Jule Selbo’s popular course, this accessible guide includes an examination of the historical…

€54.99 list price

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The Soul of the Story

by David Zeller

2006

Shares stories about the part each teacher played in integrating mind and heart, body and soul, psychology and religion, west and east, matter and spirit, theory and experience, and how each teaching became the stepping stone to reclaiming …

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Readings for a History of Anthropological Theory

by Paul A. Erickson, Liam Donat Murphy

2001

This comprehensive anthology presents 34 readings that are critical to an understanding of anthropological theory and the development of anthropology as an academic discipline. The readings have broad anthropological appeal, emphasizing cul…

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Coming of Age Books

The Nightingales

Rites of Passage in Postcolonial Women's Writing

AS Film Studies

Film Genre for the Screenwriter

The Soul of the Story

Readings for a History of Anthropological Theory

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