Language Arts & Disciplines

Matthew Battles explores the questions of why writing exists and what it means to those who write. Born from the interplay of natural and cultural history, the seemingly magical act of writing has continually expanded our consciousness. It has been used...

'They were not just reporters; they were also pioneers, and Judith Mackrell has done them proud.' -SpectatorGoing with the Boys follows six intrepid women as their lives and careers intertwined on the front lines of the Second World War.Martha Gellhorn...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781927166536Author Fiona McPhersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Wayz PressPublisher Wayz PressWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 191mm * 5mm

The Level 4 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, More Stories B and More Stories C...

Analysing Discourse is an accessible introductory textbook for all students and researchers working with real language data.Drawing on a range of social theorists from Bourdieu to Habermas, as well as his own research, Norman Fairclough's book presents a...

This textbook provides a comprehensive and structured vocabulary for all levels of undergraduate French courses, including relevant higher and further education courses. It offers a broad coverage of concrete and abstract vocabulary relating to the...

Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: Eduqas Level: GCSE Subject: English Language First teaching: 2015 First exams: 2017 Student Book 1 develops the key reading and writing skills that students will be...

NO description availableBook InformationISBN 9780175660025Author J O CutteridgePage Count 48Imprint Nelson Thornes LtdPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams) 52gDimensions(mm) 169mm * 96mm * 3mm

The Foolish Fox is based on the traditional tale of the lazy fox who does not like working. He asks some sheep to farm the land for him, in return for half of the food they grow. Little does he know that the sheep are planning to outwit him! This...

Since its relaunch in 1979, Granta magazine has championed the art and craft of reportage - journalism marked by vivid description, a novelist's eye to form and eyewitness reporting that reveals hidden truths about people and events that have shaped the...

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any...

George Orwell, perhaps one of the most perceptive writers of the twentieth century, wrote extensively about English life and politics. This selection of his essays and journalism brings together his most provocative and insightful writing on England and...

Get ready to journal and learn to tell your own story with Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling creator of Smile, Sisters, Drama, Ghosts and Guts - and now the Baby-sitter's Club graphic novels! ...

You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. This is The Elements of Style, the classic style manual, now in a fourth edition. A new Foreword by Roger Angell reminds readers that the advice of Strunk &...

A Times, Financial Times and Telegraph Book of the Year 2023'Illuminates some of the great trends of our time' - Gideon Rachman, Financial Times'Vivid, urgent and unsettling' - Tom Holland, author of Dominion_____What does it now mean to call yourself...

Brilliant Activities for Reading Comprehension Year 3 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...

The main elements of rhetoric are argument, arrangement, and style. Each topic is treated exhaustively in Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student. The text also includes the progymnasta, an introduction to classical rhetoric and a survey of the history...

"Vulgar Latin" refers to those features of Latin language that were not recommended by the classical grammarians but existed nonetheless. Although "Vulgar Latin" is not well documented, evidence can be deduced from details of the spelling, grammar, and...

This standard introductory textbook presents in systematic form an account of current English practice. The introduction provides a full scheme of sentence analysis. Part I contains a treatment of syntactical phenomena based on the analysis of sentences;...

DON'T LET YOUR WRITING HOLD YOU BACK. When you're fumbling for words and pressed for time, you might be tempted to dismiss good business writing as a luxury. But it's a skill you must cultivate to succeed: You'll lose time, money, and influence if your...

This completely updated edition of A Frequency Dictionary of German contains the 5,000 most commonly used words of German today, occurring in a 20-million-word corpus (compared to a 4.2-million-word corpus in the first edition). The basis of the...

how to write your nursing dissertation How to Write Your Nursing Dissertation provides nursing and healthcare students with authoritative information on developing, writing, and presenting an evidence-based practice healthcare dissertation, project or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143109013Author Ryan HolidayFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 217mm * 148mm *...

A 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...

The superhero bunnies are back in their latest comic-strip adventure! This time they must stop cake-loving space pirates from stealing all of Earths sweets. But can the bunnies stop arguing and work as a team to save Earth, before its too late? This...

The latest edition of Nelson Spelling Pupil Books provides full coverage of the core spelling and punctuation curriculum. Pupil Book 6 offers differentiated activities to build and extend your pupils' learning.Book InformationISBN 9781408524084Author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385339049Author Syd FieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Delta (imprint of Dell Publishing)Publisher Dell BooksWeight(grams) 248g

English in Medicine is a course for doctors, medical students and other medical professionals who need to communicate with patients and medical colleagues. Each of the seven units focuses on one area of doctor-patient communication, from history-taking...

In Jungle Shorts Lenny loves football. He can't wait to start football lessons at school. Everyone else is getting a new kit and Lenny wants a pair of proper white football shorts, but his mum has other ideas... TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of...

First you have to come out with a flow of ideas and decide which ones will work. Then you must give them a tight structure, and then write crisp dialogue which builds in constant laughs. This practical but inspirational book guides new and more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865478138Author Chad HarbachFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plWeight(grams)...

The 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...

The second edition of Sports Journalism: An Introduction to Reporting and Writing has passed the test of time, been used in classrooms internationally, received approval and praise from professors and students, and now it, too, has moved into the new...

Linguistics for Clinicians provides an introduction to linguistic analysis in the clinical context. The book draws on a range of linguistic theories and descriptions, equipping readers with a conceptual toolkit that will enable them to: analyse data...

Ship or Sheep? Third edition helps learners make the distinction between similar sounds and ensure they are understood. This new edition of Ship or Sheep?, an accessible intermediate-level pronunciation course in full colour for students of English,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486414317Author Anonymous AnonymousFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807072431Author Louise DesalvoFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 140mm *...

Robert Coles is a psychiatrist with a novelist's sensibilities. ""Of course everything I come up with,"" he says, ""novelists have known beforehand.""These twenty-three interviews selected from hundreds that Coles...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904421016Author Violet BrandFormat PaperbackImprint BrandBooksPublisher BrandBooks

This book examines the genesis and development of haiku in Japan and traces its impact on modernist poetics. This study shows that the most pervasive East-West artistic, cultural, and literary exchange that has taken place in modern and postmodern times...