Language Arts & Disciplines

This fourth edition of the bestselling textbook, now available in print, eBook, and audiobook, has been fully updated, continuing to provide a concise introduction to the key concepts of semiotics in accessible and jargon-free language.Demystifying what...

A new work by a highly acclaimed author - The Big Music(2012) was described as 'One of the finest novels of the past decade' by the TLS The essay will appeal to all fans of Katherine Mansfield A profound meditation on the nature of home and artistic...

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

Are you curious to know what all languages have in common and how they differ? Do you want to find out how language can be used to trace different peoples and their past? Now in its fourth edition, this fascinating book guides beginners through the rich...

This work initiated a major shift in literary theory and method when it was first published in 1983. Starting from a critical inquiry into certain specialised issues in the practice of editing, "A Critique of Modern Textual Criticism" gradually...

Learn to Read Greek is a text and workbook for students beginning the study of Ancient Greek. It is the companion volume to the authors' Learn to Read Latin, published in 2004. Like its Latin predecessor, it has a grammar-based approach and is intended...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780903521833Author Anthony FaulkesFormat PaperbackPage Count 394Imprint Viking Society for Northern ResearchPublisher Viking Society for Northern...

This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education- Reinforce learning, deepen understanding and encourage self-reflection in practical workbook activities.- Provide extra practice and self-assessment: Each Workbook is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262544818Author Alan F. BlackwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

"Helga Nowotny's exploration of the forms and meaning of time in contemporary life is panoramic without in any way partaking of the blandness of a survey. From the artificial time of the scientific laboratory to the distinctively modern yearning for...

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...

In Not Quite World's End, Simpson offers a lively and upbeat look at the challenges and the changes the world has gone through in his life and long career. In it, he looks at the world and takes the perhaps surprising view that it's actually not nor will...

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...

Dispatches from the Edge meets In an Instant in this dramatic memoir of war, family, resilience, and recovery from Benjamin Hall, the Fox News journalist who was gravely injured by a Russian drone attack in the early days of the invasion of Ukraine. ...

Language Unlimited explores the many mysteries about our capacity for language and reveals the source of its endless creativity. All humans, but no other species, have the capacity to create and understand language. It provides structure to our...

Tom Wolfe's debut collection of essays - a brilliant, form-bending dive into the future of America as it careened through the 1960s In 1965, Tom Wolfe dropped like a bomb onto the American literary scene with his first book, The Kandy-Kolored...

From proposal to examination, producing a dissertation or thesis is a challenge. Grounded in decades of experience with research training and supervision, this fully updated and revised edition takes an integrated, down-to-earth approach drawing on case...

The Translation Studies Reader provides a definitive survey of the most important and influential developments in translation theory and research, with an emphasis on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The introductory essays prefacing each...

Drawing on innovations in the business of journalism, this book offers a comprehensive guide to using the human-centred design methods of product management to serve readers and bolster digital success in news organizations.An Introduction to News...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800992641Author Esyllt MaelorFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 5mm

Exam Board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: EnglishFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2017Direct your students to achieve stand-out success in their Shakespeare question with the only AQA-specific GCSE play texts; produced in partnership with Globe...

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...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140445916Author Jean RacineFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 153gDimensions(mm) 196mm *...

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...

The English language is spoken by more than a billion people throughout the world. But where did English come from? And how has it evolved into the language used today? In this Very Short Introduction Simon Horobin investigates how we have arrived at...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9787513806183Author Wu ZhongweiFormat PaperbackPage Count 83Imprint SinolinguaPublisher SinolinguaWeight(grams) 250g

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...

In light of the rapidly growing number of people studying Arabic--in academia, governments, NGOs, and business--Media Arabic is a unique and timely learning tool for anyone looking to access news information from this important global region firsthand...

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...

When would a casino stop a gambler from playing his next hand? How could a company use statistical analysis to blackball you from the job you want? Why should you worry when customer services pay attention to your needs? Beginning with examples of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989654586Author Yukari TakenakaFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Learn From ZeroPublisher Learn From ZeroWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm) 246mm *...

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...

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

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

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 9780593421383Author John McWhorterFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Avery Publishing Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc