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Too Late To Stop Now: More Rock’n’Roll War Stories by Allan Jones
RRP: £16.99£13.16More than 40 stories from the glory days of rock'n'roll, featuring Lou Reed, Elton John, Sting and The Clash. Allan Jones brings stories - many previously unpublished - from the golden days of music reporting. Long nights of booze, drugs and unguarded... -
Oxford Reading Tree: Level 7: More Stories B: A Sea Mystery by Roderick Hunt 9780198483281
RRP: £8.70£5.90The Level 7 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 involve familiar... -
Oxford Reading Tree: Level 6: Stories: Kipper and the Giant by Roderick Hunt 9780198482819
RRP: £7.50£5.16The Level 6 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 involve familiar... -
The Psychology of Character Building for Authors by Letitia Washington 9781644506820
RRP: £27.99£19.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644506820Author Letitia WashingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Accomplishing Innovation PressPublisher Accomplishing Innovation... -
You Were Always Mine by Sheila Bugler
RRP: £8.99£5.82You can't run from the truth...Cassie McNamara was found guilty of the murder of her husband, Paul Cavellini, but she has always protested her innocence. Upon her release, she hires local journalist, Dee Doran, to prove she was wrongfully convicted... -
The Language Web: The Power and Problem of Words - The 1996 BBC Reith Lectures by Jean Aitchison 9780521574754
RRP: £26.99£22.80Language is like a vast spider's web. In this volume Jean Aitchison explores the different facets of this web. She begins with the cobweb of false worries which surrounds language. She then discusses how language evolved in the human species, how... -
Life and Language Beyond Earth by Raymond Hickey 9781009226417
RRP: £25.00£21.30Have you ever wondered whether we are alone in the universe, or if life forms on other planets might exist? If they do exist, how might their languages have evolved? Could we ever understand them, and indeed learn to communicate with them? This highly... -
The Last Library: The perfect feel-good read for this Christmas by Freya Sampson
RRP: £9.99£7.11'The Last Library made me laugh, cry, cheer and want to champion all of our fabulous libraries' Clare Pooley, author of The Authenticity Project'A powerful reminder about the importance of community, kindness and friendship. A truly stunning debut'... -
How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing by Paul J. Silvia
RRP: £17.99£15.39All academics need to write, but many struggle to finish their dissertations, articles, books, or grant proposals. Writing is hard work and can be difficult to wedge into a frenetic academic schedule. How can we write it all while still having a life? ... -
Oxford Reading Tree: Level 1+ More a Decode and Develop The Big Red Bus by Roderick Hunt
RRP: £4.80£3.49Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories: Decode and Develop More A are exciting new titles in the Oxford Reading Tree series. These wordless stories continue to provide storylines full of humour and drama, with familiar settings and all your favourite characters... -
Novelist as a Vocation: A charmingly idiosyncratic look at writing from the internationally acclaimed author of NORWEGIAN WOOD by Haruki Murakami
RRP: £18.99£13.61A unique look at the craft of writing from a bestselling master of storytelling. The perfect gift for all book lovers.In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author shares with readers what he thinks about being a novelist; his thoughts... -
Writing a Novel: Bring Your Ideas To Life The Faber Academy Way by Richard Skinner
RRP: £10.99£7.32A novel is a relationship, a place outside of time where both reader and writer are challenged and validated, stretched and rewarded. Richard Skinner believes it is your duty as a novelist to bring your whole self to the page; to find your story, not... -
Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat: Naval slang and its everyday usage by Martin Robson
RRP: £9.99£6.52As the crow flies'', ''chunder'', ''cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'', ''three sheets to the wind'' - many terms like these are used in everyday English language conversation and writing. But how many landlubbers know that they derive... -
The Uses of Literacy: Aspects of Working-Class Life by Richard Hoggart
RRP: £10.99£7.77When a society becomes more affluent, does it lose other values? Are the skills that education and literacy gave millions wasted on consuming pop culture? Do the media coerce us into a world of the superficial and the material - or can they be a force... -
Too Much of Life: Complete Chronicles by Clarice Lispector 9780241597583
RRP: £14.99£10.95A TLS Book of the Year This exhilarating collection of non-fiction sees one of the greatest twentieth-century writers meditating on the moments that make up a life'How did I so unwittingly transform the joy of living into the great luxury of being... -
How to Write a Children's Picture Book and Get it Published, 2nd Edition by Andrea Shavick
RRP: £12.99£8.60This book provides comprehensive advice on what to write about for children, how to write it, and how to present the work professionally for publication. It includes an easy-to-use picture book layout plan and tried and tested examples of title sheets... -
Reading for IELTS: IELTS 5-6+ (B1+) (Collins English for IELTS) by Els Van Geyte
RRP: £14.99£9.70If your reading is preventing you from getting the score you need in IELTS, Collins Reading for IELTS can help. Don't let one skill hold you back. Collins Reading for IELTS has been specially created for learners of English who plan... -
The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse by Christopher Ricks
RRP: £14.99£11.35A great age of poetry speaks for itself in Christopher Ricks's celebrated anthology: the variety and power of Victorian verse, the innovation and creativity with which poets resisted the bad propensities of the era through which they lived. The great... -
Langenscheidt Grundwortschatz Deutsch als Fremdsprache by Various authors
RRP: £12.75£11.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783125631847Author Various authorsFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Klett (Ernst) Verlag,StuttgartPublisher Klett (Ernst) Verlag,Stuttgart -
Bird By Bird by Anne Lamott
RRP: £17.00£10.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385480017Author Anne LamottFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group... -
Beyond Baby Talk: From Speaking to Spelling: A Guide to Language and Literacy Development for Parents and Caregivers by Kenn Apel 9780307952288
RRP: £14.99£11.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307952288Author Kenn ApelFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 231g -
Out of the Ordinary: True Tales of Everyday Craziness by Jon Ronson
RRP: £9.99£7.27Out of the Ordinary is Jon Ronson at his inimitable best: hilarious, thought-provoking and with an unerring eye for human frailty - not least his own.Jon Ronson's subjects have included people who believe that goats can be killed by the power of a really... -
Project X Alien Adventures: Brown Book Band, Oxford Level 9: Space Rat Rescue by Tony Bradman 9780198391173
RRP: £9.00£6.46Blast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new alien micro-friend, Nok. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. Max, Ant and Nok... -
Project X Origins: Grey Book Band, Oxford Level 12: Dilemmas and Decisions: The Witness by Joanna Nadin 9780198303015
RRP: £9.00£8.73Project 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... -
Tell Me No Lies: Investigative Journalism and its Triumphs by John Pilger
RRP: £14.99£11.35Tell Me No Lies is a celebration of the very best investigative journalism, and includes writing by some of the greatest practitioners of the craft: Seymour Hersh on the My Lai massacre; Paul Foot on the Lockerbie cover-up; Wilfred Burchett, the first... -
How Language Works by David Crystal
RRP: £12.99£9.09In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usual highly illuminating way. Along the way we find out... -
Oxford A-Z of Better Spelling by Charlotte Buxton
RRP: £9.49£6.78Good spelling is fundamental to making the right impression with any type of writing; reports, homework, CVs, and letters all require correct spelling in order to get the message across in clear and straightforward English. Adaptable or adaptible?... -
You’re All Talk: why we are what we speak by Rob Drummond 9781914484285
RRP: £16.99£11.58'Telling and compelling' Susie Dent, author of Word Perfect 'Rob Drummond has achieved something very special in this book' David Crystal, author of How Language Works 'Intriguing and engaging' Gyles Brandreth, author of Word Play Why do we have... -
Dramatic Techniques for Creative Writers: Turbo-Charge Your Writing by Jules Horne 9780993435492
£11.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993435492Author Jules HorneFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint TexthousePublisher TexthouseDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 13mm -
A Writer's Journal Workbook: Creating space for writers to be inspired by Lucy van Smit
RRP: £12.99£9.79A writer will change and grow many times in their writing life. This Journal Workbook aims to champion this journey. It answers those tricky questions writers long to ask, shares secret practices to inspire their writing confidence, and free their unique... -
Oxford Reading Tree: Level 6: More Stories B: Olympic Adventure by Roderick Hunt 9780198483007
RRP: £7.50£5.16The Level 6 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 involve familiar... -
Brilliant Activities for Reading Comprehension, Year 6 (2nd Ed): Engaging Stories and Activities to Develop Comprehension Skills by Charlotte Makhlouf 9781783170753
RRP: £21.99£19.28Brilliant Activities for Reading Comprehension Year 6 is linked to the comprehension strand of the 2014 National Curriculum for England. It provides children with a variety of engaging, enjoyable texts that will grab their attention, and indeed their... -
Talking the Talk Spanish by Mick Webb
RRP: £10.79£7.80Complementing the bestselling BBC Active Talk language courses, Talking the Talk Spanish is your essential toolkit for learning how to hold a conversation in social situations. Talking the TALK is new and different, designed for adults who are... -
Art Of Fiction by John Gardner
RRP: £17.00£9.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679734031Author John GardnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Level 7: Astron by John Dougherty
RRP: £8.70£5.90Olivia is travelling through space when she sees something amazing from the spaceship's window. It is Astron, an alien who has been separated from his family by a meteor storm. Can Astron rescue Olivia from the fierce dark-biters and can she help him... -
Why I Write by George Orwell
RRP: £7.99£5.79Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war, Orwell's timeless, uncompromising essays are more relevant, entertaining and essential than ever in today's era of spin.About... -
Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage by Jeremy Butterfield
RRP: £28.99£21.28Why literally shouldn't be taken literally. Why Americans think home in on something is a mistake and Brits think hone in is. Is it OK to spell OK okay? What's wrong with hence why? Was Alanis Morrisette ever ironic? Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English... -
Oxford Reading Tree: Level 6: More Stories A: The Laughing Princess by Roderick Hunt 9780198482932
RRP: £7.50£5.16The Level 6 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 involve familiar... -
Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Fiction: Level 14: The Night of the Ticklers by Paul Shipton
RRP: £9.50£6.40Find out what happens when aliens invade your planet in The Night of the Ticklers. Mike and Katy discover that an alien invasion can be a ticklish situation... TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and... -
Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion by George J. Thompson
RRP: £10.99£7.25Verbal Judo is the martial art of the mind and mouth that can show you how to be better prepared in every verbal encounter. Listen and speak more effectively, engage people through empathy (the most powerful word in the English language), avoid the most...