Language Arts & Disciplines

In recent decades the explosive growth of globalization and regional integration has fuelled parallel growth in multilingual conferences. Although conference interpreting has come of age as a profession, interpreter training programs have had varied...

The Longman Anthology of Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures provides a scholarly and accessible introduction to the literature which was the inspiration for many of the heroes of modern popular culture, from The Lord of the Rings to...

Expanding his focus now, Kenneth Atchity adds a substantial new chapter, "Breaking into Show Business," and new material about recapturing the "high" of creativity and maintaining confidence despite setbacks. He shows you how to transform anxiety into...

What do the following have in common? Let there be light - A fly in the ointment - A rod of iron - New wine in old bottles Lick the dust - How are the mighty fallen - Kick against the pricks - Wheels within wheels They are all in the King James...

With a photo-rich teaching method that's welcoming to everyone, this introduction helps you use ink and a qalam-a traditional reed pen-to create flowing, timelessly decorative lines of Arabic script. The book begins with the history behind this art that...

Yan Huang's highly successful textbook on pragmatics - the study of language in use - has been fully revised and updated in this second edition. It includes a brand new chapter on reference, a major topic in both linguistics and the philosophy of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262133609Author Christopher ManningFormat HardbackPage Count 720Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 1338gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780910355377Author James Scott BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Compendium PressPublisher Compendium PressWeight(grams) 150g

If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, you'd do best to hone your chops and avoid cliches (like the one that begins this sentence) by learning from the prime movers. How to Write About Music offers a selection of the best writers on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913357641Author ScholdenersFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Devela PublishingPublisher Devela Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912599042Author Adam L CroftFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Circlehouse PublishingPublisher Black Cannon PublishingWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm)...

Zoom Out! starts with an eye. Turn the page to zoom out and see where the eye is. Keep turning the pages to keep zooming out to a fly, an elephant, Kenya, Africa, then Earth! Oxford Reading Tree inFact is a non-fiction series that aims to engage...

Don't Eat Soup with your Fingers is filled with poems and jokes. Find out what's worse than being eaten alive by spiders and why a cat makes a better hat than a cow. Chucklers is a series of funny novels, short stories, anthologies and comics that make...

Introducing theoretical ideas and the latest empirical findings in this fast-developing field of media communication scholarship and study News, Public Relations and Power has contributions from leading international researchers who address issues such...

Doohickey gets a job as the professor's assistant in Doohickey and the Robot. When he is given a boring list of jobs to do by the professor, he decides to put the professor's latest invention to good use. After all, what could possibly go wrong? ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646220854Author Melissa FebosFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint CatapultPublisher Catapult

How humans produce and understand language is clearly introduced in this textbook for students with only a basic knowledge of linguistics. With a logical, flexible structure Introducing Psycholinguistics steps through the central topics of production and...

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. Jump...

Intermediate Polish is designed for learners who have achieved basic proficiency and wish to progress to more complex language. Each unit combines clear, concise grammar explanations with examples and exercises to help build confidence and fluency...

The Ugly Duckling is based on the traditional tale of the duckling who does not fit in and is searching for a place to belong ... This popular story written by Teresa Heapy and beautifully illustrated by Adam Record will capture your child's...

Ignite English aims to excite and motivate teachers and students by making learning relevant and supporting teachers. Addressing key concerns raised in recent Ofsted reports as well as meeting the needs of the new KS3 National Curriculum, each Teacher...

This brand new edition of Wolf's acclaimed work provides a self-contained, short course in essential library skills for patrons of college, high school and public libraries. The intent is to provide a quick and easy way to learn to do library research...

This bestselling text is a comprehensive overview of functionalist approaches to translation in English. Christiane Nord, one of the leading figures in translation studies, explains the complexities of theories and terms in simple language with numerous...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788087481264Author Lida HolaPage Count 155Imprint Akropolis, NakladatelstviPublisher Akropolis, Nakladatelstvi

The Solutions Workbook is the perfect partner to the Student's Book, and helps consolidate the material taught in class. It contains further lesson-by-lesson practice for students to complete in their own time, as well as reference material for those who...

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. In...

Shopping with Grandpa Fang is NEVER dull, thinks Small Fang. And he is not wrong! On a trip to buy Blood Buns (jam doughnuts) Grandpa Fang loses his fangs, knocks over a huge pile of tins, causes a cake catastrophe and terrifies the local children...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780902920941Author Fred FazakerleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 45Imprint Abson Books LondonPublisher Abson Books London

Prose Poetry in Theory and Practice vigorously engages with the Why? and the How? of prose poetry, a form that is currently enjoying a surge in popularity. With contributions by both practitioners and academics, this volume seeks to explore how its...

This book narrates the history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons to the present-day, charting the various changes that have taken place and the impact these have had on the way we spell today. While good spelling is seen as socially and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780824813727Author Alberta Pualani HopkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint University of Hawai'i PressPublisher University of Hawai'i...

Accents of English is about the way English is pronounced by different people in different places. Volume 1 provides a synthesizing introduction, which shows how accents vary not only geographically, but also with social class, formality, sex and age;...

Clear and accessible, this textbook provides a step-by-step guide to textual analysis for beginning translators and translation students. Covering a variety of text types, including business letters, recipes, and museum guides in six languages (Chinese,...

Dutch: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference to modern Dutch grammar.The volume is organized to promote a thorough understanding, and offers a stimulating analysis of the complexities of the language, while providing clear explanations...

This is the first volume to focus on the assessment of second language writing. The collection as a whole provides coverage of all issues in second language writing assessment, starting from the context in which and for which assessment must occur,...

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...

"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.For many of the people in this small city on the sea, this is...

Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692355008Author Carly BergFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Magic Lantern PressPublisher Magic Lantern PressWeight(grams) 127g

A rare work of nonfiction from Edith Wharton, The Writing of Fiction contains brilliant advice on writing from the first woman ever to win a Pulitzer Prize -- for her first novel The Age of Innocence. In The Writing of Fiction, Wharton provides general...