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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593298183Author Benjamin HeroldFormat HardbackPage Count 496Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 731gDimensions(mm) 242mm *...

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the technology architecture, physical facility changes and - most importantly - the new media management workflows and business processes to support the entire lifecycle of the IP broadcast facility...

What is object-relations theory and what does it have to do with literary studies? How can Freud's phallocentric theories be applied by feminist critics? In Psychoanalysis and Gender: An Introductory Reader Rosalind Minsky answers these questions and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877795957Author Merriam-WebsterFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint Merriam-WebsterPublisher Merriam-WebsterWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 170mm *...

A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese is an invaluable tool for all learners of Mandarin Chinese, providing a list of the 5,000 words and the 2,000 Chinese characters (simplified) most commonly used in the language. Based on a fifty-million-word...

Simone de Beauvoir's groundbreaking work has transformed the way we think about gender and identity. Without her 1949 text The Second Sex, gender theory as we know it today would be unthinkable. A leading figure in French existentialism, Beauvoir's...

This useful guide for students combines all the guidance, advice and key tips needed to write successful research reports, theses or dissertations, exploring, in detail, each of the elements involved in writing an academic paper. The book will guide you...

invaluable for students on university and teacher-training courseschecks your knowledge of how English is actually used in speech and writingshows how grammar differs in different contexts of registersprovides practice with relationships between grammar...

What do I do? This non-fiction book looks at the different types of work that adults do. Photographs show children having fundressing up with the appropriate props, while a series of illustrations for each job reveals a range of typical activities. The...

Art has always declared its dissatisfaction against the status quo. Throughout history artists have used their art to criticise and protest against a range of injustices and inequalities. Their art is an act of defiance, but more importantly it has given...

A bold reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen's tale of love, loss and desire, transported to a contemporary setting. Beneath the ocean's waves there is no death or pain or separation. Above, the modern world is beset with war, poverty and desire. ...

Arts-Based Research Methods for Educational Researchers is a book for early-career and established scholars who aim to use the arts to spark new ideas and empower participants in educational research. It will allow readers to conduct arts-based research...

This book offers a comprehensive linguistic analysis of contemporary US television series. Adopting an interdisciplinary and multimethodological approach, Monika Bednarek brings together linguistic analysis of the Sydney Corpus of Television Dialogue...

A thoughtful and deeply personal book by a master theatre-maker. In Tip of the Tongue, Peter Brook takes a charming, playful and wise look at topics such as the subtle, telling differences between French and English, and the many levels on which we...

This book is an entertaining, informative and enchanting introduction to its subject - just as those medieval banes of the farmyard, the Fox and the Vixen, were enchanting in escapades from fables and funny tales, from beastly epic poems and bestiaries,...

For Wallace Stevens, "Poetry is the scholar's art." Susan Howe-taking the poet-scholar-critics Charles Olson, H.D., and William Carlos Williams (among others) as her guides-embodies that art in her 1985 My Emily Dickinson (winner of the Before Columbus...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573626753Author Marcia KashFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd

I want to tell you a story. And it's true. That's what makes it a good fucking story, right, 'cause all the best stories are true. Fleet Street. 1969. The Sun rises. James Graham's ruthless, red-topped play leads with the birth of this country's...

The Dutch anthropologist Geert Hofstede is recognized as a pioneer in the fields of international management and social psychology - and his work is a perfect example of the ways in which interpretative skills can help solve problems and provide the...

Exactly the right amount of material at exactly the right level. Delivers Assessment for Learning in a clear and simple format. Builds language and grammar skills towards Key Stage 4. Provides regular pronunciation practice to build pupils' confidence...

In recent years Clare Barron has emerged as one of the most acclaimed and exciting new voices in American drama. The first ever collection of her work, this volume contains I'll Never Love Again, You Got Older, Dance Nation and Dirty Crusty. I'll...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Triangle Awards (Gay Nonfiction) 2013. Commended for Lambda Literary Awards (Nonfiction) 2013.Book InformationISBN 9780446563130Author Christopher BramFormat...

In this highly-acclaimed translation of the most famous of all Greek tragedies, Stephen Berg - a well-known poet - and Diskin Clay - a distinguished classicist - combine their talents to produce a powerful version of Sophocles' timeless work. The volume...

A collection of pieces on politically engaged fiction of Sartre's day, including works by Andre Gorz and Paul Nizan. Iconic French novelist, playwright, and essayist Jean-Paul Sartre is widely recognized as one of the most important philosophers of the...

Introduce your child to reading and writing with our Verbal Skills Workbooks. Through fun activities such as tracing and color-by-letter, our workbooks gradually introduce new concepts. The eye-catching illustrations and captivating content reinforce...

Why think? Not, according to Gilles Deleuze, in order to be clever, but because thinking transforms life. Why read literature? Not for pure entertainment, Deleuze tells us, but because literature can recreate the boundaries of life. With his emphasis on...

This revised and updated edition provides children's and young adult librarians, teachers, literature classes, and library school classes with an authoritative history and analysis of the best British and American children's literature through 1994, with...

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1-6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide...

Effective Practice in the Early Years supports students of degrees and foundation degrees in Early years, Early Childhood and related disciplines studying professional practice in the early years. *Focused on the knowledge and learning students need...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486461779Author Antonio MachadoFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Meet Scrapman in Scrapman. Scrapman doesn't know who he is, but how can he find out? Especially as Winston hasn't given him a very good brain... TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own...

Tennessee Williams's controversial Hollywood screenplay Baby Doll opens with Archie Lee's teenage bride driving him to distraction, as she has refused to consummate their marriage until the day of her twentieth birthday. Enter wily Sicilian Silva...

The focus of this edited book is to evoke and provoke conceptual conversations between early a/r/tographic publications and the contemporary scholarship of a/r/tographers publishing and producing today. Working around four pervasive themes found in...

The wide-ranging work of Rahel Jaeggi, a leading voice of the new generation of critical theorists, demonstrates how core concepts and methodological approaches in the tradition of the Frankfurt School can be updated, stripped of their dubious...

'Who possesses me will possess all things, But his life will belong to me...' Raphael de Valentin, a young aristocrat, has lost all his money in the gaming parlours of the Palais Royal in Paris, and contemplates ending his life by throwing himself...

In a study that explodes the assumption that early modern comic culture was created by men for men, Pamela Allen Brown shows that jest books, plays, and ballads represented women as laugh-getters and sought out the laughter of ordinary women. Disputing...

Hindi: An Essential Grammar is a practical reference guide to the core structures and features of modern Hindi. Assuming no prior knowledge of Hindi grammar, this book avoids jargon and overly technical language as it takes the student through the...

Collins International Primary Maths supports best practice in primary maths teaching, whilst encouraging teacher professionalism and autonomy. A wealth of supporting digital assets are provided for every lesson, including slideshows, tools and games to...

A radical look at Jane Austen as you've never seen her - as a lover of farce, comic theatre and juvenilia. The Genius of Jane Austen celebrates Britain's favourite novelist 200 years after her death and explores why her books make such...

Demented Particulars offers a detailed annotation of Samuel Beckett's first published novel, Murphy. The book includes an extensive Introduction, which outlines the compositional and publishing history of the novel, the critical debate, an account of...