Language Arts & Disciplines

The Level 5 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, More Stories B and More Stories C...

Blast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new alien micro-friend, Nok. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. While trying to...

This bestselling textbook is the ideal companion to An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method, by leading author, James Paul Gee. Using a practical how-to approach, Gee provides the tools necessary to work with discourse analysis, with...

Jordan's diverse socioeconomic make-up encapsulates, like no other Middle Eastern state, both the array of pressing short-term problems facing the region, and the underlying challenges that Arab states will need to face once the current spate of civil...

Brimming with intricate research and enduring wonder, The Passenger is a love-letter to global travel The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, and reportage from around the world. Its aim, to break down barriers and introduce the...

This seven-level course is built on a unique combination of three learning pillars - literacy, oracy and creativity - and empowers young learners to reach their full potential. Children learn to read through exposure to vocabulary in natural contexts in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805069938Author Elizabeth BenedictFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Holt McDougalPublisher Holt McDougalWeight(grams) 340g

German Grammar in Context, 3rd Edition includes updated textual examples which provide the basis for an accessible and engaging approach to learning grammar. Using authentic texts from a variety of contemporary sources such as newspapers, magazines,...

The Elves and the Shoemaker is based on the traditional tale by the Brothers Grimm of elves who come to the rescue of a poor shoemaker and his wife, who in turn find a way of repaying the elves for their help ... This popular story, beautifully...

This book traces the development of English slang from the earliest records to the latest tweet. It explores why and how slang is used, and traces the development of slang in English-speaking nations around the world. The records of the Old Bailey and...

'Quite simply, and quite ridiculously, one of the funniest and most illuminating books I have ever read. I thought I was obsessive, but Keith Kahn-Harris is playing a very different sport. He really has discovered the whole world in an egg.' Simon...

I have to believe in the institutions we trust to be fair, and functional. Whether that be the judiciary, the police, the media ... That they should all be able to resist the temptations of a more entertaining lie, over a less extraordinary truth. ...

This intensive foundation course in Dutch is designed for those with no previous knowledge of the language. It is lively and fast-paced, providing students with a wide range of activities, and drawing on an impressive selection of source material from...

This practical introduction to word history investigates every aspect of where words come from and how they change. Philip Durkin, chief etymologist of the Oxford English Dictionary, shows how different types of evidence can shed light on the myriad ways...

The Ancient Egyptians used a hieroglyphic writing system that still resonates today for its graphic representation of things, people, pharaohs and concepts. These hieroglyphics were discovered by adventurers and archeologists in temples, tombs and on...

One of the most remarkable trends in the humanities and social sciences in recent decades has been the resurgence of interest in the history, theory, and practice of rhetoric: in an age of global media networks and viral communication, rhetoric is once...

A pervasive culture of confession, combined with the revolution in Internet-based communication, has crowded bookstores with autobiographies and biographies and generated an unprecedented amount of personal exposure. As columnists and reviewers tell us...

This book is the first to provide a cognitive analysis of the function of biological/medical metaphors in National Socialist racist ideology and their background in historical traditions of Western political theory. Its main arguments are that the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426333262Author National Geographic KidsFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint National Geographic KidsPublisher National Geographic KidsWeight(grams)...

With more than 50 years of teaching experience between them, Ilse Depraetere and Chad Langford present a grammar pitched precisely at advanced learners of English who need to understand how the English language really works without getting lost in the...

This book examines the various ways in which age affects the process and the product of foreign language learning in a school setting. It presents studies that cover a wide range of topics, from phonetics to learning strategies. It will be of interest to...

In Old Made New, Greg Lanier explains how New Testament authors used the Old Testament to communicate the gospel and present the person and work of Jesus. Writing for a broad range of readers, Lanier distills thorough research into descriptive examples...

The new "nonfiction" the adaptation of storytelling techniques to journalistic articles in the manner of Truman Capote, Tom Wolfe, and John McPhee is an innovative genre that has been awarded virtually every Pulitzer Prize for literary journalism since...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426789076Author Choon-Leong SeowFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Abingdon PressPublisher Abingdon Press

Campaigns that Shook the World provides the inside story on a selection of the greatest campaigns of the last four decades, while narrating the development of the PR and communications business. The book provides the definitive case studies of nine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486461786Author Stanley AppelbaumFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262042772Author Daniel AltshulerFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 17mm

face2face Second edition is the flexible, easy-to-teach, 6-level course (A1 to C1). face2face is the flexible, easy-to-teach General English course that helps adults and young adults to speak and listen with confidence. face2face is informed by...

Continuing the case for free voluntary reading set out in the book's 1993 first edition, this new, updated, and much-looked-for second edition explores new research done on the topic in the last ten years as well as looking anew at some of the original...

Three useless Vikings are rowing towards Britain in The Worst of the Vikings. Morbid hates fighting, Vapid is not sure what pillaging is and Torpid just wants to go back to sleep. Is their leader, Harald Hairyhands, wise to send them into battle? ...

Jonathan Bennett engages with the thought of six great thinkers of the early modern period: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume. While not neglecting the historical setting of each, his chief focus is on the words they wrote. What problem...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781521014981Author I IbrarFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Pte Academic 79 PlusPublisher Pte Academic 79 PlusWeight(grams) 435gDimensions(mm) 297mm *...

A bold and vibrant Debut which is sure to delight Art lovers both big and small. With clever nods to some of the world's greatest Art, this delightful tale is an instant classic. Based on and in memory of the much loved (and missed) REAL Mildred from...

Filled with empathy and wisdom, personal experiences and creative inspiration, this is a vital collection of essays on the power of literature and the craft of writing from an international array of writers of colour.'Electric essays that speak to the...

Add fun to your lessons with the only Literacy and English textbooks offering comprehensive, consistent coverage of the whole CfE First Level curriculum. About the AuthorMadeleine is a full-time English Consultant and has been a successful assistant head...

The Teacher's Book includes: Full teaching notes Photocopiable resources Answer keys to exercises Full audio scriptBook InformationISBN 9781408239179Author Sue O'ConnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Pearson LongmanPublisher Pearson Education...

Engaging Communities in Museums is designed for museum professionals who are hungry for information about how to design experiences in partnership with their communities. Providing an overview of the many ways that museums around the world have begun to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648931638Author Hollie AcresFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Keyko BooksPublisher Keyko BooksWeight(grams) 191g

What is public opinion? How can we best study it? This work presents a "process model" that answers these questions by defining public opinion in a way that also identifies an approach to studying it. The model serves as a framework into which the...

Support your child at the start of their learning journey with these exciting and engaging activity books. Completely in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage, this early English book offers the perfect introduction to sounds...