Education

Assuming no prior grammatical knowledge, Understanding Syntax explains and illustrates the major concepts, categories and terminology involved in the study of cross-linguistic syntax. Taking a theory-neutral and descriptive viewpoint throughout, this...

This book recounts the experiences of two children as they take a look inside the giant Biomes and discover the exciting plants and exotic foods that grow in difficult environments. Green/ Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language...

In 1966 a coal slag heap collapsed on a school in south Wales, killing 144 people, most of them children. Poet Owen Sheers has given voice to those who still live in Aberfan, the pit village in which tragedy struck, and uses their collective memories to...

Anyone who spends time with children knows that praise works. It is a powerful motivator - praising children for good behaviour or good work builds self- esteem and self-confidence. Children love to collect stickers, certificates and rewards - so what...

This is an essential text for all primary trainees, covering the fundamental issues for learning and teaching in primary schools today. It motivates and challenges trainees at the same time as guiding them through the Standards for the Award of QTS...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780528026133Author Rand McNallyImprint Rand McNallyPublisher Rand McNallyWeight(grams) 77gDimensions(mm) 214mm * 115mm * 5mm

Brian Attebery's "strategy of fantasy" include not only the writer's strategies for inventing believable impossibiltes, but also the reader's strategies for enjoying, challenging, and conspiring with the text. Drawing on a number of current literary...

'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking-Glass' are two of the most famous, translated and quoted books in the world. But how did a casual tale told by Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll), an eccentric Oxford mathematician, to Alice...

The Routledge Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course: Crossing Cultural Boundaries is an innovative multimedia course for advanced students of Chinese. Written by a team of highly experienced instructors, the book offers advanced learners the opportunity to...

A bold and accessible argument for the moral and political value of literature in rightless times. The obvious humanity of books would seem to make literature and human rights natural allies. But what is the real connection between literature and...

Although the College of Cardinals is the most prestigious and venerable body at the heart of the Catholic Church, no consolidated work on its members had appeared in well over 150 years. This volume finally presents an authoritative roll of the college...

One photocopiable and editable teacher pack to facilitate and deliver catch-up in KS3 writing A high impact, low effort approach to teaching writing based on the 'Couch to 5k' concept ...

The true-life drama of the extraordinary bond between two identical twin girls and their struggle to find a voice. Refusing to speak to adults, identical twins June and Jennifer Gibbons communicate in their own private language, their only...

Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies that would be the ultimate resource for teachers, students, and readers. They succeeded. Under the expert management of eminent...

This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education Encourage reflection and self-assessment with write-in workbooks full of varied independent activities for extra practise both in the classroom and at home.- Deepen...

Homi K. Bhabha is one of the most highly renowned figures in contemporary post-colonial studies. This volume explores his writings and their influence on postcolonial theory, introducing in clear and accessible language the key concepts of his work,...

A re-issue of the popular 2017 hardback edition, The Accidental Apostrophe.____________________________________The trouble with punctuation - well, one of the troubles, anyway - is that too many of the experts suggest leaving it to the writer's judgement...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age.Book InformationISBN 9781400033560Author Robert BoyntonFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573111235Author Moira BuffiniFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd

This book supports those training to work with young children to explore the many factors that impact on child health and wellbeing. Health is a concept that is often taken for granted in young children. If a child is physically active, appears well and...

The "Second Sophistic" traditionally refers to a period at the height of the Roman Empire's power that witnessed a flourishing of Greek rhetoric and oratory, and since the 19th century it has often been viewed as a defense of Hellenic civilization...

For better or worse, modernism and postmodernism are now the two most comprehensive and influential terms applied to twentieth-century culture. The Postmodern Arts begins by establishing definitions of both words, while also demonstrating the...

MemComputing is a new computing paradigm that employs time non-locality (memory) to both process and store information. This book, written by the originator of this paradigm, explains the main ideas behind MemComputing, explores its theoretical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912826018Author G AsankeFormat PaperbackPage Count 441Imprint Star Foreign Language BooksPublisher IBS BooksWeight(grams) 680g

Lenny Henry's playwriting debut is a poignant, hilarious portrait of a life affected by the terrible injustice of the Windrush Scandal.Yu see me? I was eight years old when I come to H'Inglan' - I travel on my mother's passportAugust Henderson, fifty-two...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578648088Author Morgan Bcba Van DiepenFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Studio van Diepen, LLCPublisher Studio van Diepen, LLCWeight(grams)...

Helping you deliver effective and integrated teaching of grammar.A step-by-step grammar course for the new curriculumBook InformationISBN 9781408524008Author Wendy WrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Nelson Thornes LtdPublisher Oxford University...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942130741Author Florian FuchsFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 666gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800084322Author Virginia CoxFormat HardbackImprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 1220g

What are friends and why do we need them? How do we talk to our friends and how do we listen to what they have to say? What is peer pressure and how do we deal with it? Many children identify friendships as being a vital part of achieving emotional...

This new addition to the SPCK Assemblies series is a collection of assemblies that will help teachers to celebrate with all their children throughout the school year, no matter which faith they belong to. The book features assemblies dedicated to the...

Covering the academic and operational aspects of PhD research degree programmes, this accessible yet comprehensive book is an essential guide to navigating through the PhD research journey. Using a mixture of useful information, practical strategies and...

In 2017 Barnaby Lenon, previously the head master of Harrow School, wrote a best-selling book about high-achieving state schools in England (Much Promise). Later that year he went on a tour of Further Education colleges and started to research the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385344982Author Potter GiftFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Potter StylePublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 170mm * 116mm...

Shakesqueer puts the most exciting queer theorists in conversation with the complete works of William Shakespeare. Exploring what is odd, eccentric, and unexpected in the Bard's plays and poems, these theorists highlight not only the many ways that...

Environmental education is a field characterised by a paradox. Few would doubt the urgency and importance of learning to live in sustainable ways, but environmental education holds nowhere near the priority position in formal schooling around the world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316449915Author Carol BoltFormat HardbackPage Count 704Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 168mm * 145mm * 51mm

The theory, research, and practice of communication planning The field of school and community communications is rapidly evolving and becoming more complex. Focusing on successfully implementing communication activities with both internal and...

Collins International Primary English offers full coverage of the Cambridge Primary English curriculum framework (0058) from 2020 within a six-level, multi-component course, which has been carefully developed to meet the needs of teachers and students in...

Philosophy, art, literature, music, and politics were all transformed in the turbulent period between the French Revolution of 1789 and the Communist Manifesto of 1848.This was the age of the 'Romantic revolution', when modern attitudes to political and...