Language Arts & Disciplines

What is the self? Does it exist? If it does exist, what is it like? It's not clear that we even know what we're asking about when we ask these large, metaphysical questions. The idea of the self comes very naturally to us, and it seems rather important,...

This is an elementary level Hindi practice workbook.Intended as a companion to Elementary Hindi or as an independent study tool, this beginner Hindi workbook is the perfect guide for practicing and polishing your basic proficiency in the Hindi language...

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 2 provides extensive guidance and activities, in the context of the...

Terrifying raids, thousands of bombs and countless petrified inhabitants of Britain's busiest cities. These are the prevailing images of the Blitz and the Home Front in the Second World War. However, for the people who experienced it, it was so much more...

No British periodical or weekly magazine has a richer and more distinguished archive than the New Statesman, which has long been at the centre of British political and cultural life. If not quite at the centre, then at the most energetic, subversive end...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912599356Author Adam L CroftFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint CirclehousePublisher CirclehouseWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 7mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262544924Author Michalis PichlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories: Decode and Develop are exciting new titles in the Oxford Reading Tree series. The stories continue to provide storylines full of humour and drama, with familiar settings and characters. They also support children's...

Written by award-winning author Julia Donaldson, Songbirds Phonics are highly decodable, beautifully illustrated real stories. The Level 3 More Songbirds phonics books revise all phonics previously covered in Songbirds Levels 1+, 2 and 3, and focus...

Helping you deliver effective and integrated teaching of grammar.A step-by-step grammar course for the new curriculumBook InformationISBN 9781408523919Author Wendy WrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Nelson Thornes LtdPublisher Oxford University...

What are place names? From where do they originate? How are they structured? What do they signify? How important are they in our life? This groundbreaking book explores these compelling questions and more by providing a thorough introduction to the...

Maybe you've been speaking English all your life, or maybe you learned it later on. But whether you use it just well enough to get your daily business done, or you're an expert with a red pen who never omits a comma or misplaces a modifier, you must have...

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...

Fathers, sons, brothers, kings. Does the predominantly masculine symbolism of the Biblical writings exclude women or overlook the riches of their spiritual life? If Christ is 'the second Adam' and the one on whom all Christian life must be patterned,...

Winner of the American Historical Society's J. Russell Major prize for the best book on French History, From Penitence to Charity analyzes female penitents and the revival of Catholic institutions and spirituality that produced a stunning burst of...

For more than a decade, writers have turned to William Germano for his insider's take on navigating the world of scholarly publishing. A professor, author, and thirty-year veteran of the book industry, Germano knows what editors want and what writers...

Put simply, practice is the most effective method of mastering written Japanese. The large, open format of Writing Japanese Hiragana invites the student to pick up a pencil and get started!Two phonetic syllabaries, hiragana and katakana, and a set of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739933609Author Stephanie Lipsey-LiuFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint Little Lion Publishing UKPublisher Little Lion Publishing UKWeight(grams)...

Colloquial Swahili: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Swahili as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781170541036Author Robert HitchcockFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Gale Ecco, Print EditionsPublisher Gale Ecco, Print EditionsWeight(grams) 181g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904421009Author Violet BrandFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint BrandBooksPublisher BrandBooks

As the visual component of contemporary media has overtaken the verbal, visual reportage has established a unique and extremely significant role in 21st-century culture. Julianne Newton has prepared this comprehensive analysis of the development of the...

The 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...

Korean has been called "the most logical language there is," and with this friendly and thorough introduction you can quickly begin speaking conversational Korean!With a lighthearted and effective approach, Korean for Beginners starts by showing you just...

In 2006, the Al Jazeera Media Network sought to penetrate the United States media sphere, the world's most influential national market for English language news. These unyielding ambitions surprised those who knew the network as the Arab media service...

MANUAL DE GRAM TICA is the most reliable grammar reference. It combines vivid, easy-to-use charts with detailed grammar explanations in English supported by clear examples. The text covers all major grammatical rules of Spanish and provides real-world...

Scots: The Mither Tongue is a classic of contemporary Scottish culture and essential reading for those who care about their country's identity in the twenty-first century. It is a passionately written history of how the Scots have come to speak the way...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609807337Author Robert GravesFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.

Written in Lord Denning's familiar vivid, staccato style, Landmarks in the Law discusses cases and characters whose names will be known to all readers, grouped together under headings such as High Treason, Freedom of the Press, and Murder. Thus, for...

This invaluable student handbook is the first detailed guide to explain in detail the relationship between the drama text and the theory and practice of drama in performance. Beginning at the beginning, with accessible explanations of the meanings and...

'This selection is a ceaseless delight ... there is a treat on almost every page' Daily TelegraphGeorge Orwell wrote, in his words, from 'a desire to see things as they are'. This new collection of his journalism and other writings, including articles,...

Moves the analysis of grammar and language structure onto the next stage - interpreting it from a semantic and pragmatic point of view. Clearly shows how grammar works in different literary contexts - literary, non-literary, spoken and written. Explores...

In The Lie Detector Gemma's friend says that Gemma tells lies. Gemma's friend wants to teach her a lesson, so she makes a lie detector. But who needs the lesson most? TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore...

The Times Book of the Year pick'Smart, sobering, and scholarly.' - Steve Brusatte, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of DinosaursA gripping, thought-provoking and ultimately optimistic investigation into the world's next great...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780624089896Author Hermann GiliomeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Tafelberg Publishers LtdPublisher Tafelberg Publishers LtdWeight(grams)...

Learn the basics of the Farsi Language quickly!Reading & Writing Farsi is a self-study guide to the Farsi alphabet for anyone who is just getting started in learning this beautiful language. Author Pegah Vil has helped thousands of English-speaking...

From the birth of crime writing with Wilkie Collins and Dostoevsky, through Conan Doyle to the golden age of crime, with the rise of Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh and Margery Allingham, P. D. James brings a lifetime of reading and writing crime fiction to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978924621Author K M WeilandFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint PenforaswordPublisher PenforaswordWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 10mm

Meet Dustbin the dog in Dustbin. Dustbin eats anything and everything. He likes chewing socks, shoes, books, bones, tables and chairs. It's his favourite thing to do. What will happen when Dustbin is put on a diet? TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range...

Award-winning author Lynda Barry is the creative force behind the genre-defying and bestselling work What It Is. She believes that anyone can be a writer and she has set out to prove it. For the past decade, Lynda has run a highly popular writing...