Language Arts & Disciplines

Ladybird Readers is an ELT graded reader series for children aged 3 -11 learning English as a foreign or second language. The series includes traditional tales, favourite characters, modern stories and non-fiction. Written by experts, it uses proven...

The first biography of the philosopher who became a mastermind of Allied intelligence in World War Two. Austere, witty, and formidable, J. L. Austin (1911-1960) was the leader of Oxford Ordinary Language Philosophy and the founder of speech-act theory...

The Road to Wigan Pier is a book in two parts: the first half is Orwell's description of working-class life in industrial communities of the north of England, the second examines his own political views.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780440212058Author Clement WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 720Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922531407Author Scott MatthewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Alex GibbonsPublisher Alex GibbonsWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957584273Author Michael J HolleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Beach Hut PublishingPublisher Beach Hut PublishingWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm)...

Cornish had all but died out as a spoken language by the middle of the eighteenth century. However, it experienced a slight resurgence in the nineteenth century, spurred by increased scholarly interest. Published in 1887, this dictionary played a role in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585103904Author Susan C. ShelmerdineFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoPublisher Focus Publishing/R Pullins &...

'Cognitive Grammar' is a theory of language which has been developing since the late 1970's. Underlying the theory is the assumption that language is inherently symbolic in nature and that a language provides its speakers with a set of resources for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916982123Author Journey Together Publishing PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Journey Together PublishingPublisher Journey Together...

Discover the magic of stories: Read and learn with Disney friends With the brand-new Disney Readers series, young learners can build their reading skills with the help of engaging Disney stories and characters they know and enjoy. * Created to be used...

Discover all the cut-throat facts about Wicked Words with history's most horrible headlines: Wicked Words edition. Jump into the origins of lamentable language with Terry Deary, the master of making history fun. Learn...

Exploring the Language of Poems, Plays and Prose examines how readers interact with literary works, how they understand and are moved by them. Mick Short considers how meanings and effects are generated in the three major literary genres, carying out...

Exam Board: IBLevel: MYPSubject: FrenchFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2017Has been updated for the revised curriculum from September 2020The only series for MYP 4 and 5 developed in cooperation with the International Baccalaureate...

Are your words and your body telling the same story? Discover the impact that nonverbal behavior has on communication Much of a message's meaning comes through what's not being said. To master the art of clear communication, you need to be able to read...

How did an American immigrant without a college education go from Venice Beach T-shirt vendor to television's most successful producer? How did a timid pastor's son surmount a paralysing fear of public speaking to sell out Yankee Stadium, twice? How did...

DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND THE HEADLINES, THE REVELATORY ROYAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEARFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author and Royal correspondent, Robert Jobson - with his extensive connections within the royal household - this revelatory new biography...

This original and engaging textbook is concerned with stylistic choices, and the textual analysis which can illuminate the choices that a text producer has made. It combines the strengths of two approaches - critical discourse analysis and stylistics -...

The Minimalist Program for linguistic theory is Noam Chomsky's boldest and most radical version of his naturalistic approach to language. Cedric Boeckz examines its foundations, explains its underlying philosophy, exemplifies its methods, and considers...

The city of Rome is the largest archaeological site in the world, capital and showcase of the Roman Empire and the centre of Christian Europe. This guide provides: * Coverage of all the important sites in the city from 800 BC to AD 600 and the...

"Be in no doubt: the beer was drunk but the man drank the beer.""We must avoid vulgarities like 'front up'. If someone is 'fronting up' a television show, then he is presenting it."Simon Heffer's incisive and amusingly despairing emails to colleagues at...

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...

In resource poor, cost saving times, this book provides practical advice on new methods and technologies involved in systematic searching and explores the role of information professionals in delivering these changesThe editors bring together expert...

Each page provides a brand-new prompt designed to stretch you as an artist and a person. Fill-in-the-blanks to create a touching love sonnet; compose a haiku about your biggest mistake; or write a free verse poem on anything from hope, to a locked door,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739561017Format PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Gabriel RosenstockPublisher Gabriel Rosenstock

A new edition of the dictionary that explains more than 10,000 of the most frequently used idioms in English today. This new edition has hundreds of new idioms and examples taken from our corpus. It also has more notes on the origins of idioms, notes to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916256835Author Stephen RichFormat PaperbackImprint Red Square Russian LtdPublisher Red Square Russian Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908357717Author T. BlushiFormat PaperbackPage Count 351Imprint Star Foreign Language BooksPublisher IBS BooksWeight(grams) 448g

The Pocket Kenkyusha Japanese Dictionary is an essential reference for any English-speaker learning Japanese, whether they're studying the language at school or university, or learning it on their own. It offers detailed coverage of Japanese...

Learn to use generative AI techniques to create novel text, images, audio, and even music with this practical, hands-on book. Readers will understand how state-of-the-art generative models work, how to fine-tune and adapt them to their needs, and how to...

The CELTA Course is the only CELTA preparation course endorsed by Cambridge ESOL. It provides full coverage of the CELTA syllabus in a ready-to-use course. The CELTA Course is divided into user-friendly sections: * Input sessions (40 units on 'The...

THiNK Second edition is the English course that develops your students as learners and challenges them to consider global issues such as climate change and important scientific discoveries. With inspirational topics and texts from around the world, pages...

This is the first edition of Plato's Republic to be based on an exhaustive examination of all the textual evidence - manuscripts, including papyri; quotations and allusions in ancient authors; translations into Coptic, Arabic and Hebrew. The three...

Every language in the world shares a few common features: we can ask a question, say something belongs to us, and tell someone what to do. But beyond that, our languages are richly and almost infinitely varied: a French speaker can't conceive of a world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399513251Author Editors BerlitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

The Level 2 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 offer a predictable...

I am the fastest! I am the best! I should have a medal to wear upon my chest! chants Frog in Fast Frog. Frog likes being the best at things, but when he decides he wants to be the fastest he has to find new ways to beat the competition. TreeTops Fiction...

Check pupils are on track and making expected progress with six reading comprehension tests for Year 6/P7. Carefully selected longer extracts provide a range of vocabulary, styles and content to build reading skills and stamina towards KS2 SATs...

Finding good, interesting audition pieces is a demanding and difficult process. This revised edition contains over 40 speeches and includes a wide selection of pieces taken from plays written or produced recently, such as Nathan the Wise, All the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999104002Author Michael S SorensenFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Autumn Creek PressPublisher Autumn Creek PressWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm)...