Language Arts & Disciplines

The much-loved, irresistibly funny memoir of literary New York which was an international bestseller and enchanted readers around the world - now a major film starring Sigourney Weaver and Margaret Qualley, My New York Year 'Gripping and funny'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9787561950838Author Jiang LipingFormat PaperbackPage Count 189Imprint Beijing Language & Culture University Press,ChinaPublisher Beijing Language & Culture...

Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows...

The world's greatest authority on language explains the secrets and subtleties of the grammar of English. David Crystal explores its history and varieties, explains its rules and irregularities and shows how to navigate its snares and pitfalls. He gives...

After a crash-landing on Planet Celeston, Max, Cat and Nok set off to find the next fragment of Exis. What will they find instead? Find out in The Crystal Planet. In The Ruby Cage, Max, Cat and Nok are chased by a scary Minatroll but will it get them? ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989654555Author George TrombleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 442Imprint Learn From ZeroPublisher Learn From ZeroWeight(grams) 860g

Written by a leading figure in the field, this third edition of the Principles of Banking Law provides an authoritative account of the subject, incorporating all significant changes in banking law, regulation and practice that have occurred since the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984857682Author Lisa CronFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA Inc

What is the nature of intimacy, of what happens in the space between us? And how do we, as writers, catch or reflect it on the page?' Stacey D'Erasmo's insightful and illuminating study examines the craft and the contradictions of creating relationships,...

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students.Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample...

Data-gathering technology is more sophisticated than ever, as are the ethical standards for using this data. This second edition shows how to navigate this complex environment. Data Ethics provides a practical framework for the implementation of...

TA-U-RO-QO-RO takes up problems of script and language representation and textual interpretation, ranging from the use of punctuation marks and numbers in the Linear B to personal names and place names reflecting the ethnic composition of Mycenaean...

Journalism entered the twenty-first century caught in a paradox. The world had more journalism, across a wider range of media, than at any time since the birth of the western free press in the eighteenth century. Western journalists had found themselves...

Oxford Practice Grammar knows that students need different types of explanation and practice at each stage of their study. Basic provides lots of practice and short explanations. Great for the classroom or for self-study and covers all the grammar you...

The Level 8 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 and More Stories continue to provide a mix of fantasy...

"Mum, dad, I don't know what to write next!" Using this book can really help children in a very practical way to overcome their anxieties as they began to develop the story writing skills so essential for their educational development. The ability to...

'Effervescent' New Yorker Best Books Of 2022 So Far 'Bursts with colour and incident' FT Best Books of Summer Read this prize-winning historian's "immersive" ( New York Times) account of the famous writers who, in the...

A revelatory and exhilarating tour de force, Nicholas Ostler's The Last Lingua Franca: The Rise and Fall of World Languages explores the rise of a linguistic diversity we could never before have imagined. In the twenty-first century, can we really take...

This book examines the way in which a group of key Spanish and Latin American intellectuals of the nineteenth and twentieth-centuries discussed the concept of the Spanish language. The contributors analyse the ways in which these discussions related to...

The Level 8 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 and More Stories continue to provide a mix of fantasy...

In a collection of essays published by the New York Times, MTV, and Pitchfork, among others - along with original, previously unreleased essays - Hanif Abdurraqib explores the political, social, racial condition of our world today through the language of...

Solid and rigorous practice material in spelling and vocabulary for Year 6 children to work on throughout the year, and in preparation for pre-tests and 11 Plus Common Entrance exams. Give pupils the best chance of success in Pre-Tests and 11 plus exams...

Included in the TLS Books of the Year 2023 Written by an author brought up in working-class Liverpool in the 1960s and 1970s, Liverpool: A Memoir of Words is a work of creative non-fiction that combines the study of language in Liverpool with social...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374526177Author Robert PinskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

There is no journal with a livelier and richer history than The Spectator. As well as being the world's oldest current affairs magazine, none has been closer to spheres of power and influence in Britain. Since its first appearance in 1828, during the...

Why do obviously intelligent people believe things in spite of the evidence against them? Will Storr has travelled across the world to meet an extraordinary cast of modern heretics in order to answer this question. He goes on a tour of Holocaust sites...

The Earth is flat, the World Trade Center collapse was a controlled demolition, planes are spraying poison to control the weather, and actors faked the Sandy Hook massacre.... All these claims are bunk: falsehoods, mistakes, and in some cases, outright...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781516722525Author Matthew BowlingFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Mometrix Media LLCPublisher Mometrix Media LLCWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 279mm...

A down-to-earth, practical guide for interview and participant observation and analysis. In-depth interviews and close observation are essential to the work of social scientists, but inserting one's researcher-self into the lives of others can be...

LEARN HOW TO WRITE COMPELLING STORIES FOR CHILDREN.Get Started in Writing for Children will help you at the very beginning of the creative journey to gain confidence and find inspiration, and then support you in the completion of your first piece of...

THE GRIPPING, EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING PHENOMENON, AND INSPIRATION BEHIND THE GLOBAL NO. 1 NETFLIX SHOW THE SNOW GIRL'I literally couldn't put this book down' 5***** reader review'A well-layered, pacy thriller' MARI...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812994384Author Truman CapoteFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 510gDimensions(mm) 212mm...

These are turbulent times in the world of book publishing. For nearly five centuries the methods and practices of book publishing remained largely unchanged, but at the dawn of the twenty-first century the industry finds itself faced with perhaps the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780964921528Author Barbara GettyFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Handwriting Success, LLCPublisher Handwriting Success, LLCWeight(grams) 177g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984803689Author Gary ProvostFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Pamela Dorman BooksPublisher Penguin Adult

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This book provides a new interpretation of the English economy between 1066 and 1086 by using methods not previously applied to Economic theory and statistical techniques to reappraise the information recorded in the Domesday book. It is the first major...

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...

"I must refrain from shouting what a brilliant work this is (praeteritio). Farnsworth has written the book as he ought to have written it - and as only he could have written it (symploce). Buy it and read it - buy it and read it (epimone)."-Bryan A...

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...