Language Arts & Disciplines

This Student Book, written by an expert author team, provides students with the support they need to pass the Edexcel Level 1 Functional Skills English assessments. *Clear learning objectives show students exactly what they need to do to succeed...

'Do you know it, do you remember it, the drives, the attitudes, the terrors and, yes, the joys?' Thus Steinbeck introduces his collection of poignant and hard-hitting dispatches for the New York Herald Tribune when the Second World War was at its height...

This volume in the Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes contains A dialogue between a philosopher and a student, of the common laws of England, edited by Alan Cromartie, supplemented by the important fragment on the issue of regal succession,...

The "Key to Arabic Book One" adopts an innovative method in teaching the skills of reading and writing Arabic to absolute beginners from a broad age range by using an assimilative phonic approach. Extensive written exercises give students ample...

Springboard is a series of nine graded activity books designed to help build the functional English skills required at school, at work and in other aspects of day-to-day life. Illustrations are used throughout to support the wide variety of activity...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953871452Author Marie CowlingFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint H J CowlingPublisher H J Cowling

'Easily the best introduction to being a reporter' - Press Association This is the only 'how to' book on journalism written by writers and editors who have operated at the top level in national news. It has long been the go-to book of advice for young...

"Throughout our Cherokee history," writes Joyce Dugan, former principal chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, "our ancient stories have been the essence of who we are." These traditional stories embody the Cherokee concepts...

Letters & Sounds (2021): Phase 5 Scholastic Set 9 and 10 Focus: ay (play), ou (cloud), oy (boy), ea (each), ir (bird), ie (pie), ue (blue), u (unicorn), o (go), i (tiger), a (paper), e (he), a-e (snake), i-e (time), o-e...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781880098Author Brian RichardsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Modern Humanities Research AssociationPublisher Modern Humanities Research...

This new edition of a timeless classic demonstrates how the use of clear, rational thinking and logic can win any argument, however emotionally charged the topic in question. It describes the typical flaws of reasoning in argument and shows how language...

'Determination, grit and humour shine through' Lindsey Hilsum, ObserverNineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection.A growing number of intrepid Arab and...

Written by award-winning author Julia Donaldson, Songbirds Phonics are highly decodable, beautifully illustrated real stories. In The Ox and the Yak, a man riding an ox has a box of odd socks ... The Level 2 More Songbirds phonics books revise all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781844441242Author Bill MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Mantra LinguaPublisher Mantra LinguaWeight(grams) 177g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9787561939307Author Jiang LipingFormat PaperbackPage Count 155Imprint Beijing Language & Culture University Press,ChinaPublisher Beijing Language & Culture...

Introducing Translation Studies remains the definitive guide to the theories and concepts that make up the field of translation studies. Providing an accessible and up-to-date overview, it has long been the essential textbook on courses worldwide. This...

A light-hearted, fully-illustrated retro-style picture book with 60+ words and phrases you can use to practise your Cornish with your furry best friend. -- Welsh Books CouncilBook InformationISBN 9781912631100Author Anne CakebreadFormat PaperbackPage...

The ultimate gift for wordsmiths and lovers of language: a word for every day of the year; Open the Cabinet to leap back in time, learn about linguistic trivia, follow a curious thread or wonder at the web of connections in the English language.; 1...

"Wow. No one ever told me this!" Wendy Laura Belcher has heard this countless times throughout her years of teaching and advising academics on how to write journal articles. Scholars know they must publish, but few have been told how to do so. So Belcher...

The Great Post Office Scandal is the extraordinary story behind the recent ITV drama series Mr Bates vs The Post Office. It tells of how thousands of subpostmasters were accused of theft and false accounting on the back of evidence from Horizon, the...

LONGLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWN A SUNDAY TIMES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Timely ... a long and engrossing survey of the library' FT 'A sweeping, absorbing history, deeply researched' Richard Ovenden,...

Emmy and Birch go on an adventure to take to the sky with this Young Reader book, the only official levelled reader series based on Minecraft, the world's best-selling video game! Minecraft is the best-selling video...

The Oxford Guide to Effective Writing and Speaking is the essential guide for everyone who needs to communicate in clear and effective English, both written and spoken. John Seely looks at the key factors to consider in tailoring your material so that...

Apologies 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

Originally written to entertain, move or chill, the eight short stories in this collection accompanied by parallel English translations now also help students gain deeper insights into French literature and life.Arranged in approximate order of...

Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar: A Practical Guide is an innovative reference guide to Brazilian Portuguese, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume.The Grammar is divided into two parts. Part A covers traditional...

25 years after her passing, Audrey Hepburn remains the most beloved of all Hollywood stars. Several biographies have chronicled her stardom, but none has covered her intense experiences through five years of Nazi occupation in the Netherlands. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978588144Author Glen, U. CleetonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Liber ApertusPublisher Liber ApertusWeight(grams) 515g

LONGLISTED FOR THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION 2024 ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR BEST NEW AUTHOR AT THE 2024 TRUE CRIME AWARDS'Read this powerful book by Miles Johnson right now. It will make you realise that what we call terrorism is...

'A frank, funny and long overdue ode to teachers and teaching' ADAM KAYThe malodorous horrors of Sports Day. Bracing yourself for Parents' Evening. Refereeing teenage relationship dramas...From the age of eight, Ryan Wilson dreamed of being a teacher...

New edition of a classic work on the history of propaganda. Topical new chapters on the 1991 Gulf War, September 11 and terrorism. An ideal textbook for all international courses covering media and communication studies. Considers the history of...

The UK's most popular KS3 Spanish course is packed with content your pupils will enjoy learning. With a strong cultural focus and a wide range of resources for all abilities, Viva! opens the window to the Spanish-speaking world. Viva! segunda edicion...

The Skills Builders Year 3 Spelling and Vocabulary Pupil Book includes 29 units of full colour activities, to help children gain a firm understanding of spelling and vocabulary. The worked examples ensure children understand the concepts, before moving...

The ascending statesman.Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius...

The Fall of Boris Johnson is the explosive inside account of how a prime minister lost his hold on power. From Sebastian Payne, former Whitehall Editor for the Financial Times and author of Broken Heartlands.Winner of the Parlimentary Book AwardsA New...

The clear and easy way to get a handle on the science of speech The science of how people produce and perceive speech, phonetics has an array of real-world applications, from helping engineers create an authentic sounding Irish or Canadian accent for a...

Frantz Fanon wrote in 1961 that 'Decolonisation is always a violent phenomenon,' meaning that the violence of colonialism can only be counteracted in kind. As colonial legacies linger today, what are the ways in which we can disentangle literary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452298156Author Meredith MaranFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 196g

Do you know what a snollygoster is? Would you eat something called a muktuk? Do you know anyone who engages in onolatry? Impress your friends and pepper your dinner party conversations with such nuggets as gobemouche, mumpsimus, and cachinnate. You can...

From the National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Let the Great World Spin and Transatlantic comes a passionate and practical book of advice, as essential for budding writers as Stephen King's On Writing 'A warm, open-hearted...