Language Arts & Disciplines

Cataloguing has always produced a catalogue, while the creation of metadata has produced the metadata of given resources. However, in this digital age, the two are more connected than ever. A catalogue is made up of metadata that can be searched,...

How We Write is an accessible guide to the entire writing process, from forming ideas to formatting text. Combining new explanations of creativity with insights into writing as design, it offers a full account of the mental, physical and social aspects...

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...

Taking a hands-on and holistic approach to data, Data + Journalism provides a complete guide to reporting data-driven stories. This book offers insights into data journalism from a global perspective, including datasets and interviews with data...

In a society where split-second decisions about the value of things are grounded on how they look, museum visitors are often drawn to visually striking or iconic objects. This book investigates the question of the treatment of items on display in...

When President Obama signed the affordable health care act in 2009, the Vice President was overheard to utter an enthusiastic "This is a big f*** deal!" In 2003, Bono dropped the F-bomb while accepting a Golden Globe, prompting nation-wide debate. A town...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593380499Author Scott EmmonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Random House Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA Inc

Bilingual Education in the 21st Century examines languages and bilingualism as individual and societal phenomena, presents program types, variables, and policies in bilingual education, and concludes by looking at practices, especially pedagogies and...

Updated for the needs of today's students-and with handy citation style guides adapted from The Chicago Manual of Style, Seventeenth Edition, the MLA Handbook, Eighth Edition, and the Publication Manual of the APA, Seventh Edition-the third edition of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985752866Author Allegra HustonFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Twice 5 MilesPublisher Twice 5 MilesWeight(grams) 127g

The series builds learner confidence in the professional skills needed for the tourist industry whilst developing their language awareness. Students practise these skills in realistic case studies that reflect topical tourism issues.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585425228Author Sherry EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Jeremy P TarcherPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 0g

This textbook on English syntax aims to give students a thorough grounding in the basics of sentence structure, and at the same time strives to acquaint them with the essentials of syntactic argument. The text is written in a user-friendly style with...

This is the first separate edition of Metamorphoses XI since that of G. A. T. Davies in 1907. While Davies' edition is incomplete (it omits certain lines) and his commentary is mainly concerned with philological matter, this new edition gives a complete...

This book provides a complete and detailed overview of modern English syntax, and offers a thorough grounding in the essentials of sentence structure and syntactic argumentation. Clear, accessible and comprehensive, it contains a wealth of material to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780901367372Author Fritz SpieglFormat PaperbackPage Count 153Imprint Scouse PressPublisher Scouse PressWeight(grams) 148g

This second edition of Ian Roberts's highly successful textbook on diachronic syntax has been fully revised and updated throughout to take account of the multiple developments in the field in the last decade. The book provides a detailed account of how...

This established textbook introduces the essentials of classification as used for information processing. The third edition takes account of developments that have taken place since the second edition was published in 2002. Classification Made Simple...

For the first time in history, those looking to break into comics have an enormous number of realistic, proven options for doing so all by themselves, without having to rely on big comics publishers. It's an exciting time, but a confusing one for...

In Pets: Mission Impossible!, Mr and Mrs Boot are planning to move house but their children don't want to go. Can their pets stop the move before it's too late? Chucklers is a series of funny novels, short stories, anthologies and comics that make...

Archival Silences demonstrates emphatically that archival absences exist all over the globe. The book questions whether benign 'silence' is an appropriate label for the variety of destructions, concealment and absences that can be identified within...

In The Gonzo Way, Anita Thompson pays tribute to her late husband as a writer and as a citizen, through her own words and through interviews with those who knew him best, including Tom Wolfe, George McGovern, and Douglas Brinkley.About the AuthorAnita...

A blended print and digital Early Years programme for children aged 3 to 5. Oxford International Pre-Primary offers a structured and integrated English, maths and science programme with inspiring characters and a wide range of play-based activities that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955823893Author Hugh CudlippFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Revel BarkerPublisher Revel BarkerWeight(grams) 409g

First Friends makes children's first year of learning English motivating and fun. A regular unit cycle and engaging support resources help you create a positive learning environment where children can develop confidence, build vocabulary skills, and...

In The Case of the Smiling Shark, the Foxy and Co. gang - that's Daniel (Foxy), Jamal, Wesley and Marietta - are helping Mrs Gale to clear the pond. They find a shark...and it's smiling! TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling...

Published here for the fi rst time, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg's historically unique photographs show the Archivo General de Indias in Seville before its reorganisation. Founded in 1785, this is the archive of roughly 300 years of Spanish colonial history in...

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. When...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780918970275Author Wendell JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 532Imprint International Society for General Semantics,U.S.Publisher International Society for...

Suitable for children age 7 and above with a reading age of 5 years to 5 years 6 months Part of the Rapid Reading intervention series by Pearson Rapid Stage: Starter Level 1B (equivalent to blue book band) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to...

Nutter loves to crash into things with his rock-hard head but he finds himself having to look after an egg which topples out of a tree that he bashes down. His friends help him to care for the egg. When the egg hatches, they find themselves dealing with...

Practical Theology has emerged as an important discipline in recent decades, making a major contribution both in the academy and amongst reflective practitioners on the ground. The Journal Practical Theology celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2018 and...

A must-read collection featuring the best in sports journalism Glenn Stout, founding editor of the Best American Sports Writing, has curated an essential anthology showcasing incredible feats and diverse perspectives across the world of sports. Selected...

Linda Ugelow is a seasoned performer who is now focusing on helping other women feel comfortable on the stage. But she wasn't always comfortable being in the limelight-she used to have a real fear of public speaking. Now she wants to teach other women...

The Functional Analysis of English is an introduction to the analysis and description of English, based on the principles of systemic functional linguistics. It sets out the tools and analytic techniques of Hallidayan grammar with clear explanations of...

This important book defines what investigative reporting is and what qualities it requires. Drawing on the experience of many well-known journalists in the field, the author identifies the skills, common factors and special circumstances involved in a...

Significantly expanded and updated, the second edition of The Handbook of Language, Gender and Sexuality brings together a team of the leading specialists in the field to create a comprehensive overview of key historical themes and issues, along with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787357112Author Soledad ZarateFormat PaperbackImprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 350g

'In terms of a non-fiction account of how historical and contemporary language has been shaped by women, I really recommend lexicographer Jonathon Green's Sounds and Furies'ELEY WILIAMS, author of The Liar's Dictionary'When it comes to distaff dirtiness,...

There are no direct records of the original Indo-European speech. By comparing the vocabularies of its various descendants, however, it is possible to reconstruct the basic Indo-European roots with considerable confidence. In The Origins of English...