Language Arts & Disciplines

At a community fire day in a northern California town several years ago, author Faith Kearns gave a talk on building fire-safe houses able to withstand increasingly common wildfires. Much to her surprise, Kearns was confronted by an audience member whose...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062730480Author R FleschFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 195mm *...

Just about everyone seems to have views about language. Language attitudes and language ideologies permeate our daily lives. Our competence, intelligence, friendliness, trustworthiness, social status, group memberships, and so on, are often judged from...

This long-awaited volume provides an answer key to the drills and exercises contained in each of the units of John F. Collins's bestselling ""A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin"". Written for those charged with the responsibility of teaching the Latin of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845409517Author Brian J. McVeighFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 400gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

From Art Blakey to Ziggy Modeliste, Cindy Blackman Santana to Sheila E, Drum Legends Alphabet rolls together an A to Z of the greatest, most influential drummers to ever sit behind a kit. Bombastically illustrated and written with flair, this celebration...

A Dictionary of Journalism is an accessible and authoritative quick reference dictionary. It covers over 1,400 wide-ranging entries on the terms that are likely to be encountered by students of the subject, and aims to offer a broad, accessible point of...

Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland and Contemporary Women's Writing: Feminist Interventions and Imaginings analyzes and explores women's writing of the post-Tiger period and reflects on the social, cultural, and economic conditions of this writing's production...

What makes someone a playwright? How do their identities and ideas interweave and co-exist? What permanent truths can we discern from examining existing texts? How can we write theatre that encapsulates the contemporary moment? How do we...

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students.Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample...

This book provides a complete course for beginning students who want to learn the Katakana alphabet!With plentiful writing and reading practice, this workbook starts with the basic letters and works up to writing words and complete sentences. Divided...

The Science of Writing Characters is a comprehensive handbook to help writers create compelling and psychologically-credible characters that come to life on the page. Drawing on the latest psychological theory and research, ranging from personality...

A boy's toy tiger turns into a real tiger in the middle of the night. The boy and the tiger leap out of the window and into a beautifully-illustrated adventure. The tiger whisks the boy away to the beautiful jungle of his homeland. But danger awaits them...

The Level 1+ Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories, written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta, provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills. First Sentences and More First Sentences A, B and C introduce...

This report text outlines the seven groups of birds of prey and gives information about the attributes of each group. Information is provided about how endangered birds of prey are being protected. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500...

While the literature on second language acquisition and use is overwhelmingly rich with respect to initial and intermediate stages of development, present knowledge of levels of ultimate attainment that are equal or close to that if native speakers has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060937232Author Jacques BarzunFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

As polarized factions in society pull apart from economic dislocation, tribalism, and fear, and as strident attacks on the press make its survival more precarious, the need for an institutionally organized forum in civic life has become increasingly...

Uniquely interdisciplinary and accessible, The Cambridge Introduction to Intercultural Communication is the ideal text for undergraduate introductory courses in Intercultural Communication, International Communication and Cross-cultural Communication...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781884910463Author Jeffery HatcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Story Press,U.S.Publisher Story Press,U.S.

Things go missing in the scrap yard in Scrapman and Scrapcat. Scrapman makes Scrapcat out of odds and ends, so he's not a very good cat. Whatever is Scrapman going to do with him? TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling...

Engaging decodable stories fully aligned to Letters and Sounds enable your pupils to practise their phonics skills with their favourite characters. Written by Roderick Hunt MBE and illustrated by Alex Brychta, award-winning creators of the Oxford...

The Encyclopedia of Semiotics is the first comprehensive guide to the topics, theories, and thinkers of this rapidly expanding field of knowledge. Drawing on classic and current work in linguistics, philosophy, literary theory, cognitive science,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814258804Author Claire Sisco KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams)...

Writing is not like chemical engineering. The figures of speech should not be learned the same way as the periodic table of elements. This is because figures of speech are not about hypothetical structures in things, but about real potentialities within...

A guide to the modes and methods of Creative Writing research, designed to be invaluable to university staff and students in formulating research ideas, and in selecting appropriate strategies. Creative writing researchers from around the globe offer a...

A Concise German Grammar aims to equip undergraduates with a comprehensive yet compact account of German grammar. There has long been a need for an easy-to-use guide to the subject that answers users' questions without confronting them with a bewildering...

Landmarks in Linguistic Thought II introduces the major issues and themes that have determined the development of Western thinking about language, meaning and communication in the twentieth century. Each chapter contains an extract from a 'landmark' text...

"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.Book InformationISBN 9780194267809Author Janet Hardy-GouldFormat...

Cohesion in English is concerned with a relatively neglected part of the linguistic system: its resources for text construction, the range of meanings that are speciffically associated with relating what is being spoken or written to its semantic...

Colloquial Amharic: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Amharic as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a...

When Ivar decides he's going to be The Greatest Viking Ever, he sets off on a sea-voyage and drags his reluctant brother, Olaf, along with him. Can Ivar survive a storm, a troll and a wolf? Or will Olaf need to come to the rescue ...? Children will love...

?Habla espanol? Improve your Spanish with Dummies Spanish Workbook For Dummies is full of clear explanations and hundreds of practice activities for beginning Spanish learners. You'll learn how to express yourself, ask questions, talk about the past, and...

Genre: Animal fantasy story Learning Objectives: Language Comprehension Strand 8: Engage with books by exploring and enacting interpretations. Writing Opportunities Strand 9: Sustain form in narrative, including use of person and time (e.g. writing...

40 units of quick exercises with regular test sections for beginner to intermediate students. Grammar in Practice provides grammar practice in a simple and accessible format. Each book has 40 units of quick grammar exercises with regular test sections...

A must have for MBA students and professional managers who need to use English at work. A part of the hugely popular Professional English in Use series, this book offers management vocabulary reference and practice for learners of intermediate level and...

Living by Troubled Waters is the third poetry collection by Roy McFarlane - an extraordinary, uncompromising book exploring slavery, colonialism, and the continued tragedies visited upon Black bodies whilst these legacies remain unresolved. In his close...

Provides a comprehensive introduction to the major philosophical theories attempting to explain the workings of language.Book InformationISBN 9780198246510Author Simon BlackburnFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford...

This exciting and comprehensive text takes students, trainees and professionals into the world of the modern-day newsroom, covering both key techniques and theory in detail. The second edition has been revised and updated to include all the technical,...

Sheryl Sandberg advises women to "lean in" to realize their full potential. To do so successfully, women need effective communication skills and a confident presentation style.In this must-have guide, one of the nation's premier speech coaches shares...