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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Phi Beta Kappa Christian Gauss Book Award 2005.Book InformationISBN 9780385722148Author Marjorie GarberFormat PaperbackPage Count 1008Imprint Random House USA...

For five consecutive generations, from roughly 1880-1980, Native American children in the United States and Canada were forcibly taken from their families and relocated to residential schools. The stated goal of this government program was to "kill the...

Time and Narrative builds on Paul Ricoeur's earlier analysis, in The Rule of Metaphor, of semantic innovation at the level of the sentence. Ricoeur here examines the creation of meaning at the textual level, with narrative rather than metaphor as the...

Grammar Minutes is an exciting six book series that will help your pupils apply and extend their grammar skills, step by step, over one hundred minutes. Whats more, as they challenge themselves, as they apply their knowledge and understanding of the...

Making Social Worlds: A Communication Perspective offers the most accessible introduction to the tools and concepts of CMM - Coordinated Management of Meaning - one of the groundbreaking theories of speech communication. Draws upon advances in research...

Inspire animated discussions of questions that concern kids-and all of us-with this innovative, interactive book. Open your students' minds to the wonders of philosophy.Allow them to grapple with the questions philosophers have discussed since the...

Written by biomedical scientists and clinicians, with the purpose of disseminating the fundamental scientific principles that underpin medicine, this new edition of the Oxford Handbook of Medical Sciences provides a clear, easily digestible account of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906610647Author Julie BennettFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Teachers' PocketbooksPublisher Management PocketbooksWeight(grams) 126gDimensions(mm)...

The First-Ever, Fully Illustrated Collector's Edition of William Shakespeare's Celebrated Sonnets!In celebration of the momentous 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death in April 2016, this enhanced edition of Shakepeare's Sonnets features...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873385296Author Philip KayFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Learning TogetherPublisher Learning TogetherWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 296mm * 112mm...

Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that...

'A confident, original new voice in Irish writing' JANE CASEY'Claustrophobic and gripping, this will keep you on tenterhooks!' HEAT'A clever premise, compelling characters and brilliantly plotted' T. ORR MUNRO'Dark and masterly woven thriller...kept me...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938377112Author Stephen FewFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Analytics PressPublisher Analytics PressWeight(grams) 320g

Send students into their exam with the confidence to achieve their maximum potential using step-by-step guidance that helps to practise skills learned and improve exam technique.- Avoid common misconceptions with frequent mistakes highlighted throughout...

Meticulously selected and artfully recreated, the selection of stories in Italian is vast and ranges geographically from Corsica and Sicily to Venice and the Alps. Calvino is himself clearly captivated by the folkloric imagination and communicates this...

'This book is a must-read for parents and educators who want to refocus children's attention to one of the greatest secrets to long-term happiness - discovering the extraordinary in the ordinary' - Jessica Joelle Alexander, co-author of The Danish Way of...

Zog is an alien and Zebra lives on Earth, but what happens when these two become friends and encounter a dangerous creature? This fun, decodable story is written by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham and fantastically illustrated by Sarah Horne. ...

'I wish to remain single, for I have made a vow of virginity.' This is the remarkable story of the twelfth-century recluse Christina, who became prioress of Markyate, near St Albans in Hertfordshire. Determined to devote her life to God and to remain a...

Why are some leaders able to double their team's effectiveness, while others seem to drain the energy right out of the room? In this engaging and highly practical book, leadership expert Liz Wiseman, leadership coach Elise Foster, and veteran...

No other description available.Book InformationISBN 9780781809849Author Joseph F. PriviteraFormat PaperbackPage Count 229Imprint Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S.Publisher Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams) 210g

This series has been endorsed by Cambridge International to support the curriculum framework from 2020.Put your trust in a market-leading approach that has been used by teachers for over 10 years.Written by experienced author John Reynolds, Cambridge...

First published in 1930 to an unprecedented storm of protest, Catherine Carswell's The Life of Robert Burns remains the standard work on its subject.Carswell deliberately shakes the image of Burns as a romantic hero - exposing the sexual...

This extraordinary book contains in one unique volume, the most wide-ranging history of apples ever written and a detailed survey of over 2,000 of the world's apple varieties. Beautifully illustrated with 32 exquisite colour paintings, the last edition...

'Love and sex are like politics: it's not what you say that matters, still less what you mean, but what you do. Patrick Marber understands this perfectly, and in Closer he has written one of the best plays of sexual politics in the language: it is right...

Maths Mastery Reasoning: Teacher Resources KS2 contains a wealth of practical ideas and photocopiable resources to promote reasoning using precise mathematical vocabulary and stem sentences. It will enable teachers to explicitly teach children how to...

In Christopher Somerville's workroom is a case of shelves that holds 450 notebooks. Their pages are creased and stained with mud, blood, flattened insect corpses, beer glass rings, smears of plant juice and gallons of sweat. Everything Somerville has...

In an increasingly complex and ever-changing education landscape, school leadership is a rewarding but multifaceted profession. In order to survive in the job long term, school leaders need to understand how they can lead with positivity and purpose, all...

Based on the highly acclaimed seventh edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, this new edition maintains its extensive coverage of literary and historical quotations, and contains completely up-to-date material from today's influential literary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781860856129Author Elin MeekFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Uned Iaith Genedlaethol Cymru CBACPublisher Uned Iaith Genedlaethol Cymru CBAC

Discourse analysis considers how language, both spoken and written, enacts social and cultural perspectives and identities. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, An Introduction to Discourse Analysis examines the field and presents James Paul Gee's...

The English Language is spoken by more than a billion people throughout the world. But where did English come from? And how has it evolved into the language used today? In How English Became English Simon Horobin investigates the evolution of the...

What is the difference between 'risk' and 'danger'? What can children learn from taking risks? How can you provide key experiences for children and ensure their safety outdoors? Young children will naturally seek out challenges and take risks and this is...

A fun and helpful resource for anyone interested in learning some Thai-whether you're 5 or 100!This picture dictionary covers the 1,500 most useful Thai words and phrases. Each word and sentence is given using Thai script-with a Romanized version to help...

Do you want a solid foundation to your English studies?If you are looking for a solid foundation to your language studies for school, work or travel, this engaging course will get you speaking, writing, reading and understanding English in no time...

Neil Woodford was the UK's most celebrated fund manager. Savers who invested GBP1,000 with him in 1988 saw their money increase to GBP25,000 over 25 years. At the peak of his career he was managing GBP33 billion for hundreds of thousands of investors. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781848517486Author Ceri JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Gomer PressPublisher Gomer Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781338603156Author Justin McCory MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Scholastic Teaching ResourcesPublisher Scholastic Teaching...

Many teachers feel overwhelmed and lack confidence when it comes to dealing with mental health and emotional well-being of children these issues in their classrooms. This text supports schools and teachers to develop strategies to enhance the importance...

Teaching English Pronunciation for a Global World is a practical guide for all teachers to help their students with pronunciation. The activities take a clear step-by-step approach explaining how to get the best out of an activity and why it works.Short,...

Putting Storytelling at the Heart of Early Childhood Practice is a brilliantly engaging and practical book that highlights the essential nature of storytelling in all walks of life, and how to best cultivate this in the early years classroom. The authors...