Language Arts & Disciplines

This is the first single-author study in over fifty years to offer an integrated appraisal of the early Middle Ages as a dynamic and formative period in European history. Written in an attractive and accessible style, it makes extensive use of original...

Hungarian: An Essential Grammar is a concise, user-friendly guide to the most important structures of this fascinating language.All students of Hungarian, whether beginners or at intermediate and advanced levels, will welcome its clarity of presentation...

A comprehensive and extensively researched overview of key issues in language teaching. This essential text for English language teachers surveys a broad range of core topics that are important in understanding contemporary approaches to teaching...

Growing up in Australia in the 1920s and 30s, fourteen-year-old Molly and her cousins Daisy and Gracie had Aboriginal mothers and white fathers. In 1931, Molly and her cousins and were taken away from their families and sent to a camp to be trained as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908518699Author Chris LindsayFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Maverick HousePublisher Maverick House

The Third Edition of this classic account of the inside story of one of the major intellectual breakthroughs of our time - the last great decipherment of an ancient script - revised and brought right up to date with the latest developments. 113...

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

Written originally for the education of the polite London classes in 'canting' - the language of thieves and ruffians - should they be so unlucky as to wander into the 'wrong' parts of town, A New Dictionary of Terms, Ancient and Modern, of the Canting...

Suitable for children age 7 and above with a reading age of 5 years to 5 years 6 months Part of the Rapid Reading intervention series by Pearson Rapid Stage: Starter Level 2A (equivalent to green book band) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936507429Author Becky BurkheartFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint ACOAPublisher ACOAWeight(grams) 109gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 3mm

The Child Language Reader provides an introduction to the most important research in child language acquisition and development. Including extensive editorial introductions, which explain key background, assumptions and terminology, and organized into...

Originally published in 1972, this study is dedicated to the surviving speakers of the Dyirbal, Giramay and Mamu dialects. For more than ten thousand years they lived in harmony with each other and with their environment. Over one hundred years ago many...

During the summer of 2018, numerous members of the Labour Party were accused of anti-Semitic behaviour by their detractors. The controversy reached fever pitch amid claims that the Labour Party had become 'institutionally racist' under the leadership of...

'Written in an authoritative and accessible style, this is a must-read for anyone planning, researching and writing a doctoral thesis or dissertation. I will certainly be recommending this book to my research students.' - Professor Goeffrey Elliott,...

Have you ever been stunned by a low grade, when you were expecting an A or B? Are you struggling to make the jump from a second to a first? Doing Essays and Assignments gives you an insider's view on what tutors and professors really want when...

The Moon in the Pond is a Brer Rabbit tale from African-American traditional stories. Rabbit tells Bear and Fox that the moon has fallen in the pond. Will they be able to rescue it? This humorous story written by Chris Powling and beautifully...

Everyone is making things for the craft fair in The Squink. Shahnaz wants to make something extra special. But what is a squink and will anyone want to buy one? TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and...

Tourette's Syndrome (TS) is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder affecting up to 1% of the population. It is characterised by motor and vocal tics, and upsetting anti-social behaviour such as involuntary swearing and obscene gestures. This second...

The International Bestseller - Featured on BBC Radio 4 Love it or hate it, the exclamation mark has been with us from Beowulf to the spam email - an enthusiastic history for language lovers! Few punctuation marks elicit quite as much love or hate...

A fun and helpful resource for anyone interested in learning some Indonesian-whether you're 5 or 100!This picture dictionary covers the 1,500 most useful Indonesian words and phrases. Each word and sentence is given in Indonesian script-with a Romanized...

Build confidence for the written and oral assessments with hours of essential grammar practice activities and opportunities to develop writing skills. - Ensure structured language practice through comprehensive coverage of all IB grammar points and...

LEARN HOW TO WRITE A NOVEL WITH THIS COMPLETE, PRACTICAL COURSE.Designed to take you from the moment you first put pen to paper right through to the process of contacting publishers (or uploading an ebook file) and promoting your book, this is the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955330018Author Linda JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 119Imprint Business and Technical Communication Services LimitedPublisher Business and Technical...

The Alchemy is a robust, frank and loving guide to an often opaque industry. As well as offering tips on working in gentle increments and re-imagining what productivity and the work of writing look like, there is advice on sending out work and navigating...

An essential guide for anyone with cause to communicate in written form (most of us), a passing interest in doing it better (some of us), and a disinterest in a book on said subject that is humourlessly preoccupied with rules (almost all of us).Author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780967631387Author Kristin ArnoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Qpc PressPublisher Qpc PressWeight(grams) 508gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 11mm

Written for students transitioning from GCSE to AS, taking the Edexcel, WJEC and Eduqas exams, this AS and A Level German Grammar & Translation Workbook can be used for homework, revision and independent study. It includes thorough revision of key...

Chip is surprised in A Knight in Town when the magic key brings them home in the middle of an adventure. Is the adventure really over? Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories: Decode and Develop are an exciting new set of stories from Roderick Hunt and Alex...

'Metaphor' is the phenomenon whereby we talk and, potentially, think about something in terms of something else. In this book Elena Semino discusses metaphor as a common linguistic occurrence, which is varied in its textual appearance, versatile in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845272050Author Tony LeaverFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Gwasg Carreg GwalchPublisher Gwasg Carreg Gwalch

Using a unique, tried and tested algorithm, this book teaches you how to quickly and efficiently recognise letters and common words in Hindi (Devanagari) script. Whether you're travelling and want to understand the words around you, or preparing to learn...

The home of trusted Turkish dictionaries for everyday language learning. A handy Turkish to English and English to Turkish dictionary. Offering learners at home, school and in the office extensive and up-to-date coverage of Turkish and English...

This textbook introduces the reader to contemporary approaches to language analysis such as cognitive stylistics and corpus stylistics, reflecting recent shifts in research trends and offering students a practical way to access and understand these ...

From minding your Ps and Qs to wondering why X should mark the spot, Alphabetical is a book for everyone who loves words and language. Whether it's how letters are arranged on keyboards or Viking runes, textspeak or zip codes, this book will change the...

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THE LEGENDARY TEACHER OF STORY . . . Robert McKee's new book CHARACTER: The Art of Role and Cast Design for Page, Stage and Screen is an excellent companion volume to his hugely successful STORY: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of...

The difficulty (and necessity) of translation is concisely described in Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, a close reading of different translations of a single poem from the Tang Dynasty-from a transliteration to Kenneth Rexroth's loose...

'Like a best friend giving you essential advice. I can't wait to give this to every writer I know.' Candice Carty-WilliamsWhy do stories matter? I tell stories to make sense of the world as I see it. The world I have lived and experienced, read about and...

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...

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...