Language Arts & Disciplines

Fully revamped and expanded, this second edition offers a complete introduction to the art and craft of writing poetry. Mapping out 38 foundational elements of poetry including image, line, point of view, metaphor, movement, and music, authors Amorak...

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,...

Highly Commended at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2016Clinical Communication in Medicine brings together the theories, models and evidence that underpin effective healthcare communication in one accessible volume. Endorsed and developed by...

Clear and concise, this textbook provides a non-technical introduction to the basic and central concepts of translation theory and practice, including translation briefs, parallel texts and textual functions, cohesion and coherence, and old and new...

Step into the world of Cambridge Little Steps, a language and early literacy course that gets very young children communicating in English while nurturing their key life competencies and human values needed to become kind, creative individuals ready to...

"Superb." -Steven Pinker"An explanation, a defense, and, most heartening, a celebration. . . . McWhorter demonstrates the 'legitimacy' of Black English by uncovering its complexity and sophistication, as well as the still unfolding journey that has led...

Stylistics is the linguistic study of style in language. It aims to account for how texts project meaning, how readers construct meaning and why readers respond to texts in the way that they do. This book is an introduction to stylistics that locates it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250049049Author Jean-Benoit NadeauFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams)...

An Introduction to Applied Linguistics provides a complete, authoritative and up-to-date overview of the state of the field. Divided into three sections covering: a description of language and language use; essential areas of enquiry; and language skills...

The parents of second language children are often seen but not heard in schools. This book is unique in addressing the many issues facing parents of children whose first language is different from that of the school classroom. Drawing on teaching...

The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts: A Core Introduction to Language Analysis (2nd edn 2000) is the foundation text, which is complemented by a range of...

In King Arthur Needs You!, YOU get to choose what happens next! Where will your adventure take you? Are you brave enough to talk to a dragon or face the giant? Chucklers is a series of funny novels, short stories, anthologies and comics that make...

When her questions remained unanswered by multiple how-to guides, despite how her writing career was now thriving, Linda decided to go straight to the source: her favourite storytellers across numerous genres. So, Linda co-created the Beautiful Writers...

Since 2004, Baby Sign Language Basics has introduced hundreds of thousands of parents and caregivers around the globe to the miracle of signing with their babies - and left them wanting more! Now, in this newly expanded edition, Monta Z. Briant provides...

Fundamentals of Arabic Grammar provides an authoritative guide to Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) grammar. It has been organised to promote a thorough understanding of MSA grammar and presents its complexities in a cohesive and user-friendly format, filling...

Since many legal disputes are battles over the meaning of a statute, contract, testimony, or the Constitution, judges must interpret language in order to decide why one proposed meaning overrides another. And in making their decisions about meaning...

FCE Gold Plus corresponds to level B2 of the Common European Framework and helps prepare students for the Cambridge ESOL First Certificate in English examination. The Teacher's Book includes: full teaching notes with answer key and audio script...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316478526Author Malcolm GladwellFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Little Brown and CompanyPublisher Little Brown and CompanyWeight(grams)...

The Level 2 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. Stories, More Stories A and More Stories B offer a...

Shortlisted for the Saltire Society Non-Fiction Book of the Year "A few years ago, I asked Tom Petty how his songs had been influenced by his life. As a rule, songwriters aren't keen on unpicking their work, and Petty was no exception. He didn't want...

Writers talk about their work in many ways: as an art, as a calling, as a lifestyle. Too often missing from these conversations is the fact that writing is also a business. The reality is, those who want to make a full or part-time job out of writing are...

Focusing on a key area of debate within the world of secondary English, the 'knowledge-based curriculum', this book explores in detail the question of knowledge in the teaching of English in secondary schools, drawing on specific concrete cases and a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578357812Author Leslie Anne FranklinFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Leslie Anne FranklinPublisher Leslie Anne FranklinWeight(grams)...

This volume provides an authoritative overview of Government and Binding Theory, and ---- in crucial new papers by Noam Chomsky and Alec Marantz ---- of the subsequent development of the Minimalist Program.Book InformationISBN 9780631180616Author Gert...

Exploring speeches by public figures such as Emma Watson, Tony Blair, Donald Trump, Julia Gillard and Lady Gaga, this engaging textbook explains the ways in which political speeches can be analysed. It examines the role of language in speeches and how it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950321346Author Language GuruFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Language GuruPublisher Language GuruWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Locating Strongwoman is a portrait of unperformed femininity. Eschewing the stereotypical portrayal of the "Strong Woman" and the even more loaded "Strong Black Woman", these poems invite the reader to interrogate the protagonists and find in their...

The Golden Thread is an enthralling and accessible history of the cultural miracle that is the written word. It is an invention that has been used to share ideas in every field of human endeavour, and a motor of cultural, scientific and political...

Whether we grow up with one, two, or several languages during our early years of life, many of us will learn a second, foreign, or heritage language in later years. The field of Second language acquisition (SLA, for short) investigates the human capacity...

Gives you up-to-date expressions, jargon and new coinages for modern concepts in media Arabic. What is the Arabic term for the UN? What phrase would be used to describe 'rogue state' in the Arab media? Or 'the Arab Spring'? This short, accessible...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648728214Author Alan LoneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Re.PressPublisher Re.PressWeight(grams) 150g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988273818Author David NemzoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Gabberz, Inc.Publisher Gabberz, Inc.Weight(grams) 626g

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The public relations industry is not just about celebrity gossip. This book shows how, whenever big business is threatened, spin doctors, lobbyists, think tanks and front groups are on hand to push the corporate interest, often at the public's expense. ...

Professional English in Use Finance is suitable for intermediate students and above. It includes 50 units covering all aspects of financial vocabulary from Accounting to Borrowing and Lending, Central Banking to Venture Capital and many more areas...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262539920Author Remi Hi. KalirFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781564142047Author Constance ImmelFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Career PressPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 13mm

Lecturers request your electronic inspection copy here. Academics are not just researchers, but writers too. Using her many years of practical experience gained as a teacher and editor, Lynn Nygaard guides you through the whole process of writing and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781510766990Author Grant TuckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 194mm...

In just eight years, The Dramatic Writer's Companion has become a classic among playwrights and screenwriters. Thousands have used its self-contained character, scene, and story exercises to spark creativity, hone their writing, and improve their scripts...