Language Arts & Disciplines

The ability to write clearly is critical to any scientific career. The Scientist's Guide to Writing provides practical advice to help scientists become more effective writers so that their ideas have the greatest possible impact. Drawing on his own...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992633295Author Dominic SelwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint CORAXPublisher CORAX

James Cameron admired Martha Gellhorn above all other war-reporters 'because she combined a cold eye with a warm heart'. The Chicago Times described her writing as 'wide ranging and provocative, a blend of cool lyricism and fiery emotion, alternately...

BL Covers every play, with extensive quotations in English Aristophanes' comedies are famous for their comic characters and earthy humour, but they are also highly topical, with many contemporary political allusions easily missed today. Douglas...

'An absorbing study of online propaganda and its threat to democracy' - Guardian, Book of the Day'A wonderful record of these haywire times . . . it really explains how we ended up in this mess' - Jon RonsonThis is a story about how the extreme became...

The fast, informal way to learn to speak French - with integrated audio clips throughout. Listen to pronunciations and conversations. French is a beautiful language but quite difficult to learn. Whether you need to learn the language for a French...

Devised by the man recorded in Guinness as the world's fastest reader--80 pages per minutes--this is the only program that combines the most up-to-date learning techniques and psychological discoveries with proven speed-reading methods and ancient tools...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785623141Author Bethan GwanasFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Gomer PressPublisher Gomer Press

The Tenth Edition introduces diverse, compelling, relevant texts-from Civil War songs and stories to The Turn of the Screw to The Great Gatsby to poems by Juan Felipe Herrera and Claudia Rankine to a science fiction cluster featuring Octavia Butler and N...

Engaging decodable stories fully aligned to Letters and Sounds enable your pupils to practise their phonics skills with their favourite characters. Written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta, award-winning creators of the Oxford Reading...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991536429Author Janice HardyFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Janice HardyPublisher Janice HardyWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812995701Author Benjamin DreyerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 420gDimensions(mm)...

'A treasure trove of uplifting and accessible practices, to organise your mind and give shape to your day.' Suzy Reading, author of The Little Book of Self-Care'Easy to read, deeply inspiring and oh so wise, it was the perfect antidote to my in-box...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907359262Author Nancy MellonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Hawthorn PressPublisher Hawthorn PressWeight(grams) 342gDimensions(mm) 230mm * 155mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733251129Author Jennie NashFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Tree Farm BooksPublisher Tree Farm BooksWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm *...

While artillery has been described as the queen of the Napoleonic battlefield, this was an era when cavalry could still play a decisive role in battle, as well as being vital on campaign. This volume covers both British cavalry and artillery of the...

An intrepid investigation of the criminal world of wildlife trafficking - the poachers, the traders, and the customers - and of those fighting against it. Journalist Rachel Love Nuwer plunges the reader into the underground of global wildlife...

William Alexander is not just a Francophile, he wants to be French. It's not enough to explore the country, to enjoy the food and revel in the ambiance, he wants to feel French from the inside. Among the things that stand in his way is the fact that he...

This book examines the impact of ancient DNA research and scientific evidence on our understanding of the emergence of Indo-European languages in prehistory. Offering cutting-edge contributions from an international team of scholars, it considers the...

George Orwell's essay examines the power of language to shape political ideas. It is about the importance of writing concisely, clearly and precisely and the dangers to our ability to think when language, especially political language, is obscured by...

Syllabus: CfE (Curriculum for Excellence, from Education Scotland) and SQALevel: BGE (S1-S3) and Senior Phase (National 4/5)Subject: LiteracyGrammar matters. Understand how to use and structure language correctly to make your meaning clear.Learn about...

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...

So you've just finished writing something? Congratulations! Now revise it. Because revision is about getting from good to better, and it's only finished when you decide to stop. But where to begin? In On Revision, William Germano shows authors how to...

This book provides students of all levels with essential and easy-to-follow guidance on how to plan, research, and write essays, dissertations, and exams. Taking you step by step through the process, from understanding a title or choosing your own,...

This primer provides an introduction to the subject of surfaces at the level of undergraduates and first year postgraduates. There are three chapters, the first concerns basic thermodynamic material used to understand the properties of surfaces...

Was it a non-stop psychedelic party or was there more to pirate radio in the sixties than hedonism and hip radicalism? From Kenny Everett's sacking to John Peel's legendary `Perfumed Garden' show, to the influence of the multi-national ad agencies, and...

Project X Alien Adventures takes you on an incredible reading journey with this fantastic story featuring the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger. The micro-friends rip-jump to an apparently normal-looking dimension. But things turn...

The punctuation marks, mathematical symbols and glyphs which haunt the edges of our keyboards have evolved over many hundreds of years. They shape our understanding of texts, calculations and online interactions. Without these symbols all texts would run...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788074701344Author Lida HolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Akropolis, NakladatelstviPublisher Akropolis, NakladatelstviWeight(grams) 496g

Hone your skills and knowledge with our Advanced Higher French Study Guide! Building from the foundations set down at Higher, this is the perfect course companion for anyone studying Advanced Higher French. In this Study Guide, you will find coverage of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9787561914083Author Liu XunFormat PaperbackPage Count 263Imprint Beijing Language & Culture University Press,ChinaPublisher Beijing Language & Culture...

A lively, authoritative, and up-to-date look at the world of rhyming slang, from its origins in London's 19th-century underworld to the buzzwords of 21st-century popney. Arranged by topic, including Crime, Food and Drink, Illness, Money, Sex, and Sport,...

Museum and Gallery Studies: The Basics is an accessible guide for the student approaching Museum and Gallery Studies for the first time. Taking a global view, it covers the key ideas, approaches and contentious issues in the field. Balancing theory and...

At last, a way to improve your Tagalog!Written by Joi Barrios as the continuation of her best-selling Tagalog for Beginners book, Intermediate Tagalog is the first intermediate-level book designed specifically for people who already speak or understand...

A scholarly edition of works by John Donne. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatusBook InformationISBN 9780198127536Author John DonneFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint...

Using an introduction to mythology by the master storyteller Ovid himself, the authors have prepared a unique teaching tool designed to achieve proficiency at Latin in one year at the college level, two years at the high school or intermediate level. The...

Real English for life beyond the classroom Writing in English at advanced levels involves more than just words and grammar - it requires knowledge of the audience, context, environment and more. Being able to communicate in an appropriate way...

An important challenge to what currently masquerades as conventional wisdom regarding the teaching of writing.There seems to be widespread agreement that-when it comes to the writing skills of college students-we are in the midst of a crisis. In Why They...

The latest edition of Nelson Spelling Pupil Books provide full coverage of the core spelling and punctuation curriculum. Pupil Book 1 offers an introduction to key learning points with supporting activities to build their understanding.Book...

Level Up Your Essays is the essential guide to essay writing for university students. Written by the people who mark your essays, it will show you step-by-step how to write high quality essays that will get you top marks.This book will guide you through...