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Science fiction and socialism have always had a close relationship. Many sf novelists and filmmakers are leftists. Others examine explicit or implicit Marxist concerns. As a genre, sf is ideally suited to critiquing the present through its...

"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.Scarlet is the colour of sin, and the letter 'A' stands for...

This engaging, reader-friendly text provides a comprehensive introduction to the cutting-edge technology and trends that are revolutionizing today's automotive industry. HYBRID, ELECTRIC AND FUEL-CELL VEHICLES, Third Edition, combines coverage of basic...

This book offers a positive approach to thematic cross-curricular teaching. Within a clear focus on humanitarian and inclusive values, it offers guidance on robust learning in the subject disciplines within a set of highly involving themes. Its...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Electric guitars have made a massive contribution to music over the last century. It's hard to imagine today's music without them! But how were they invented, who were...

Offering a radical new toolbox for digital storytellers, this key text contains everything today's media practitioners need to know about conceptualising, editing and producing stories for online platforms and audiences. This book teaches readers...

Q. Is it "happy medium" or "happy median"? My author writes: "We would all be much better served as stewards of finite public funds if we could find that happy median where trust reigns supreme." Thanks! A. The idiom is "happy medium," but I like the...

Teachers and trainers are dual-professionals - they are required to have up-to-date industry skills and also skills in teaching and learning. The issue of professional identity, and the promotion of maintaining and building pedagogic expertise in...

Raciolinguistics reveals the central role that language plays in shaping our ideas about race. The book brings together a team of leading scholars-working both within and beyond the United States-to share powerful, much-needed research that helps us...

Joining theory and practice, How Colleges Change unmasks problematic assumptions that university leaders and change agents typically possess, and provides research-based principles for approaching change. Featuring case studies, teaching questions,...

Bringing to the fore the voices of Maya authors and what their poetry tells us about resistance, sovereignty, trauma, and regeneration In 1954, Guatemala suffered a coup d'etat, resulting in a decades-long civil war. During this period, Indigenous Mayans...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573706073Author August WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd

Exploring Key Issues in Early Childhood and Technology offers early childhood allies, both in the classroom and out, a cutting-edge overview of the most important topics related to technology and media use in the early years.In this powerful resource,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780194114202Author Jayne WildmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressDimensions(mm) 293mm * 209mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780932914736Author Doug BlombergFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Dordt College PressPublisher Dordt College PressWeight(grams) 381g

A major history of the evolution of political journalism in the late Stuart and early Hanoverian period. The reign of Queen Anne (1702-1714) saw a remarkable boom in political journalism and newspaper culture in London, in which some of the leading...

As speaking animals, we continuously make use of an unassuming grammatical particle, without suspecting that what is at work in its inconspicuousness is a powerful apparatus, which orchestrates language, signification, and the world at large. What...

This book is for graduate students, and others, who want to become more productive writers. It's especially written for those who want to:increase their motivation, focus, and persistence to move a project to completionovercome procrastination and...

Work-integrated learning (WIL) is a key strategy for enhancing student employability outcomes and lifelong learning capabilities. This timely publication critically reflects on existing scholarship and practice in WIL, discusses contemporary insights,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593319987Author National Audubon Society National Audubon SocietyFormat HardbackPage Count 720Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Rural narratives after Premchand remained unnoticed because of not being written in English. Rural India and Peasantry: Ethnography in stories after Premchand is a study of literary representation of rural life in a vast expanse of land designated as the...

This book documents the interrogative system of Ikpana, an endangered indigenous Ghana-Togo Mountain language of eastern Ghana also known as Logba. The system is notable in several respects. It exhibits features that buck certain typological trends, act...

Virgil's Schoolboys adds a new layer of complexity to Virgil's already complex pedagogical afterlife. Reading the ancient Roman poet as an adventurous theorist of instruction, Andrew Wallace examines the relationship between his serial meditations on...

Hello!, part of the 'Words Together' series, has been created to support children to understand and use two-word sentences.Using the pivot word 'hello', the simple story and repetitious structure provide an opportunity for the child to hear and...

EVERY DOLLAR IS A VOTE. MAKE YOURS COUNT. Every dollar we spend has the potential to create social and environmental change. In fact, it already has. The world that exists today is in large part a result of our purchasing decisions. Now in its seventh...

R. M. W. Dixon's landmark 1972 grammar of the Dyirbal language of North Queensland is one of the best-known and most widely-cited language descriptions in the history of linguistics. In the fifty years since its publication, Dixon has continued his...

The Arabic Club Readers are series of banded, colourful and fun books for young learners of Arabic, designed to nurture confidence and motivation.Nurturing confidence and motivation in children learning ArabicBook InformationISBN 9781408524749Author...

This basic introduction to Old English is an essential guide for students with little or no linguistic knowledge. Unlike other textbooks on the subject, Beginning Old English focuses on the explanation and demonstration of how the language works, using...

What happens to young people who are defined as lower attainers or having learning difficulties in a global knowledge economy?How do we stop those with learning difficulties or disabilities being seen as social problems or simply as consumers of...

Galaxy reading books are a wonderful collection of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays to capture the interest of every child, helping to develop a life-long love of reading. The year is 1897. Queen Victoria has been on the throne for sixty years and...

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Levelled for guided and independent reading, each book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820409269Author Emily Kate AuerbachFormat HardbackPage Count 213Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 360g

This edited collection of essays brings together leading scholars of early modern drama and playhouse culture to reflect upon the study of playing and playgoing in early modern England. With a particular focus on the player-playgoer exchange as a site of...

The Arabic Club Readers are series of banded, colourful and fun books for young learners of Arabic, designed to nurture confidence and motivation.Nurturing confidence and motivation in children learning ArabicBook InformationISBN 9781408525005Author...

A rich banquet at the cutting edge of the arts, rooted in California's eclectic cultural gumbo, by one of America's most gifted critics, who died young in 2019."A perfect journalistic valediction from one of LA's finest commentators."-Richard...

Greek tragedy parades, tests, stimulates, and upends human cognition. Characters plot deception, try to fathom elusive gods, and fail to recognise loved ones. Spectators observe the characters' cognitive limitations and contemplate their own, grapple...

A major contribution to the growing body of Tolkien scholarship With the release of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy and forthcoming film version of The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien's popularity has never been higher. In Green Suns and...

'I have to draw a new map. I have to be seen. For her. For all of us!' Since her ordeal five years ago, nineteen-year-old Nene rarely leaves home. Secure within her mum's embrace, Nene now keeps the outside world securely on the other side of her...

When Buzz and Bingo went down to the woods one day, they got a big surprise! They met a charming prince, a big bad wolf, seven little men and an old woman. But where was the beautiful girl that every one was looking for? Children will enjoy spotting the...

Spring 2023 Smart Book winners from the Academics' Choice Awards Literacy Learning begins at birth and continues throughout our lives! Birth to age 5 is a critical period in building the foundation for later success in reading and writing. Educators...