Language Arts & Disciplines

The socially minded linguistic study of storytelling in everyday life has been rapidly expanding. This book provides a critical engagement with this dynamic field of narrative studies, addressing long-standing questions such as definitions of narrative...

In Walrus Joins In everyone in the North Pole is very excited about the 'Big Show in the Snow'. Anyone can be in it. The trouble is, Walrus wants to take part... TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and...

The second edition of this innovative textbook provides a comprehensive overview of mass communication theories, as well as their origins and empirical supports in psychology, sociology, political science, and philosophy. Each chapter presents a specific...

There are 6 books at Level 1+: Book 1 practises 's a t p' Book 2 practises 'i n m d' Book 3 practises 'g o c k' Book 4 practises 'ck e u r' Book 5 practises 'h b f ff' Book 6 practises 'l ll le ss' Each sound is explored through an Oxford...

Jake and Kris try some hacking but end up in a panic.Book InformationISBN 9780435070908Author David GrantFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint HeinemannPublisher Pearson Education LimitedWeight(grams) 60gDimensions(mm) 193mm * 124mm * 5mm

Screenplay: Building Story Through Character is designed to help screenwriters turn simple or intricate ideas into exciting, multidimensional film narratives with fully-realized characters. Based on Jule Selbo's unique 11-step structure for building...

Concise and engaging, this textbook introduces stylistics, the application of linguistics to literary analysis. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, H. D. Adamson discusses linguistics before addressing its application to literature, enabling...

This edition incorporates several important developments within systemic linguistics, including a new chapter on the logical relations of the clause complex, and discussion of the application of systemic linguistics to the analysis of multi-modal texts...

Including comprehensive coverage on both print and online, consumer and free magazines, Magazine Editing looks at how magazines work and explains the dual role of the magazine editor. John Morrish and Paul Bradshaw consider the editor both as a...

Do you ever wonder whether cats know a bit more than people night think? The cats in these stories in When a Cat Ruled the World do... Captivating versions of some of the best myths and legends from around the world. TreeTops Myths and Legends are...

Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, primarily designed for those entering postgraduate studies and language professionals returning to academic study...

"Untangles the jargon and sets out the route-map for how the social network can enable us to become major contributors to the multiplatform digital age. The right message, the right time - this is the right book for taking advantage of it all."...

Michael Cronin looks at how translation has played a crucial role in shaping debates about identity, language and cultural survival in the past and in the present. He explores how everything from the impact of migration on the curricula for national...

Thomas Heatherwick: Designer is an inspiring biography of one of the UK's greatest living designers, whose work includes the 2012 Olympic cauldron. TreeTops inFact is a non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as...

This is a lively and exciting resource which includes writing frames, grammar and vocabulary development and language practice exercises. Each Workbook is closely linked to the Students' Books and so provides opportunities for students to gain a deeper...

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR.Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more - the Oxford Bookworms Library has a book...

Examines the way in which poetry in English makes use of rhythm. The author argues that there are three major influences which determine the verse-forms used in any language: the natural rhythm of the spoken language itself; the properties of rhythmic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935925767Author John CoyneFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Peace Corps WritersPublisher Peace Corps WritersWeight(grams) 417gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

Human rights and communication are deeply connected: human rights need communication to expose violations and to offer platforms for dialogue, while communication needs human rights to provide standards for free speech and confidentiality. Together, they...

Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows...

Thousands of years ago, seafront clans in Denmark began speaking the earliest form of Germanic language - the first of six "signal events" that Ruth Sanders highlights in this marvelous history of the German language. Blending linguistic,...

Defenders of threatened languages all over the world, from advocates of biodiversity to dedicated defenders of their own cultural authenticity, are often humbled by the immensity of the task that they are faced with when the weak and the few seek to find...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992993603Author Peter Llewellyn-JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint SLI PressPublisher SLI Press

An easy-to-use comprehensive guide for writers on preparing and presenting their work to agents, publishers and print media.Regardless of the writer's level or ability, there is something extremely daunting about putting together a submission. It doesn't...

Want to become a classic novel buff, or expand your reading of some of the finest novels ever published? With 100 of the best titles fully reviewed and a further 500 recommended, you'll quickly set out on a journey of discovery.Extended Introduction on...

Project X CODE is a book-by-book series built for SEN and struggling readers aged 6-11. Welcome to Micro World, invented by Macro Marvel - an amazing theme park where you have to shrink to get in! Disaster strikes when CODE, the computer that controls...

The first two stories are wordless and complement Phase 1 of Letters and Sounds. Max's Box is a retelling of the story of how Max finds a silver box - a discovery that will change his life forever. Inside the box are four watches that allow the wearer to...

This is an encyclopedia of phonetic alphabet symbols, providing a complete survey of the many characters used by linguists and speech scientists to record the sounds of the world's languages. This edition incorporates the major revisions to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781319244934Author Richard CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Bedford/Saint Martin'sPublisher Macmillan LearningDimensions(mm) 273mm * 217mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981979595Author Jennifer LeClaireFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Revelation Media NetworksPublisher Revelation Media NetworksWeight(grams) 148g

The internet has transformed the ways in which scholars and scientists share their findings with each other and the world, creating a scholarly communication environment that is both radically more complex and tremendously more effective than was the...

This book is full of fantastic optical illusions. Some are created by artists such as Escher. Some occur in nature, such as moths using camouflage. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and...

This is the second, revised, enlarged and coloured edition of Panjabi Made Easy Book 2 It is the second book in the Panjabi Made Easy series. It is a revised edition and covers many topics at the Foundation level. Ample vocabulary with translation about...

Focusing on the problems of translating English legal language, Alcaraz and Hughes offer a wide-ranging view of one of the most demanding and vital areas of contemporary translation practice. Individual chapters deal with legal English as a linguistic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061689154Author Francis FlahertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Charting the major developments in the morphology of English, this book introduces students to English inflectional and derivational morphology, presenting them with a long-range perspective of language change. The book is also built around the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312089269Author Gardner R. DozoisFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 318g

The Get ready for...Student's Book is packed full of engaging and fun activities to help students achieve success in the CYLET examinations. Featured in the Student's Book are exam style practice questions and mock tests, so that learners know what to...

Communicating Identities is a book for language teachers who wish to focus on the topic of identity in the context of their classroom teaching. The work provides an accessible introduction to research and theory on language learner and language teacher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940535128Author Daniel LisiFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Boss Fight LLCPublisher Boss Fight LLC