{"title":"Books by Mark Freeman","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781138942035","title":"Rewriting the Self","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1993. This book explores the process by which individuals reconstruct the meaning and significance of past experience. Drawing on the lives of such notable figures as St Augustine, Helen Keller and Philip Roth as well as on the combined insights of psychology, philosophy and literary theory, the book sheds light on the intricacies and dilemmas of self-interpretation in particular and interpretive psychological enquiry more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author draws upon selected, mainly autobiographical, literary texts in order to examine concretely the process of rewriting the self. Among the issues addressed are the relationship of rewriting the self to the concept of development, the place of language in the construction of selfhood, the difference between living and telling about it, the problem of facts in life history narrative, the significance of the unconscious in interpreting the personal past, and the freedom of the narrative imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlpha Sigma Nu National Book Award winner in 1994\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56296491876725,"sku":"9781138942035","price":46.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781138942035_742a8626-d26a-43a1-8c22-127867ec6e88.jpg?v=1786018684"},{"product_id":"9781912260652","title":"St Albans","description":"Mark Freeman’s classic history of St Albans, first published in 2008, has been substantially rewritten by the author and brought fully up to date, making it an invaluable guide to more than two thousand years of St Albans’s history.  From the late Iron Age, when the new oppidum of Verlamion emerged at the site of modern St Albans, to plans to develop the city’s unique ‘brand’ in the 2010s, this is a scholarly yet highly readable account of St Albans from pre-Roman times to the present day. The Roman settlement of Verulamium grew out of Verlamion soon after the Roman invasion; in 60 CE it was attacked during Boudica’s great uprising against Roman rule, along with Colchester and London. Becoming one of the most important towns in Roman Britain and the site of Britain’s first Christian martyrdom, Verulamium later took the martyr’s name as its own, the abbey dedicated to the saint among the most significant religious houses of medieval England. For many in St Albans, the long period of conflict between the abbey and the civic authorities would have cast a shadow over their lives, but the history of St Albans is also the story of political upheavals that beset all England through the centuries, as experienced by the citizens of a rapidly evolving town. Like many other places, it was touched by the Norman conquest, the Wars of the Roses and the civil wars. The emergence of urban self-government in early modern St Albans provides a case study of a process that happened throughout the country. The same is true for the account of St Albans’s suburbanisation and the emergence of a commuter population fostered by the railways in the nineteenth century, the growth and decline of the local manufacturing economy, and its participation in the growth of mass education, consumerism and democratic politics. At every point in St Albans’s history, two key themes play out: the proximity of London, and an awareness of the significance of its own history. The past is a powerful resource, helping a community to understand the events that have made it what it is. That process is exemplified in this masterful volume.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308654899573,"sku":"9781912260652","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781912260652_7d204c7e-2dad-45ee-91b7-6a7fd7bfd25c.jpg?v=1786030733"},{"product_id":"9781098157630","title":"Data Contracts","description":"Poor data quality can cause major problems for data teams, from breaking revenue-generating data pipelines to losing the trust of data consumers. Despite the importance of data quality, many data teams still struggle to avoid these issues-especially when their data is sourced from upstream workflows outside of their control. The solution: data contracts. Data contracts enable high-quality, well-governed data assets by documenting expectations of the data, establishing ownership of data assets, and then automatically enforcing these constraints within the CI\/CD workflow.   This practical book introduces data contract architecture with a clear definition of data contracts, explains why the data industry needs them, and shares real-world use cases of data contracts in production. In addition, you'll learn how to implement components of the data contract architecture and understand how they're used in the data lifecycle. Finally, you'll build a case for implementing data contracts in your organization.   Authors Chad Sanderson and Mark Freeman will help you:Explore real-world applications of data contracts within the industryUnderstand how to apply each component of this architecture, such as CI\/CD, monitoring, version control data, and moreLearn how to implement data contracts using open source toolsExamine ways to resolve data quality issues using data contract architectureMeasure the impact of implementing a data contract in your organizationDevelop a strategy to determine how data contracts will be used in your organization","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56367959212405,"sku":"9781098157630","price":63.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781098157630_22f30bfb-9256-479f-a416-6416e757de3e.jpg?v=1786017400"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-mark-freeman.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}