Language Arts & Disciplines

In Gulliver's Travels Gulliver sets out on a long sea voyage hungry for adventure - and he isn't disappointed! After a shipwreck, he lands on an island inhabited by tiny people where he is considered a giant - but every time Gulliver thinks things can't...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983141266Author Linda JenkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Writers Tribe BooksPublisher Writers Tribe BooksWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

The Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies provides a state-of-the-art overview of the important and rapidly developing field of Critical Discourse Studies (CDS). Forty-one chapters from leading international scholars cover the central...

This text is a practical and very useful guide for police officers of all ranks, designed to prepare them for attending court. Most police officers will at some point be required to attend court and many officers attend on a regular basis. Going to Court...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101970263Author Kory StamperFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

Jurgen Trabant reads the profound insights into human semiosis contained in Vico's 'sematology' as both a spirited rejection of Cartesian philosophy and an early critique of enlightened logocentricism. Sean Ward's translation makes this work available to...

Writing Well is a practical handbook of creative writing exercises which forms the basis of an indirect, nonconfrontational approach specifically intended for therapeutic use within the mental health field. Although people with emotional or psychological...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982755914Author Alfred KorzybskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Institute of General SemanticsPublisher Institute of General SemanticsWeight(grams)...

The less it is part of everyday life, the more the appeal of handwriting grows. This wonderful selection of treasures from the Bodleian Library introduces remarkable individuals through documents written by their own hands. From the second century BCE to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989357033Author R a PatersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Kung Fu Action TheatrePublisher Kung Fu Action TheatreWeight(grams) 413gDimensions(mm)...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060520854Author Professor of Linguistics John McWhorterFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780677545Author Angharad LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King PublishingWeight(grams) 500g

Barry is trying to get used to life on the outside. All he wants it to make up with his sister and lead a normal life. But with no money, no job and the local drug dealer after him, will Barry be able to keep out of trouble? Bare Freedom, is the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451665093Author Theo Pauline NestorFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 211mm...

Learn to speak Japanese in 10 easy lessons-with manga illustrations, engaging exercises, and practical conversations!This bestselling Japanese textbook is a user-friendly guide for beginners designed for use either in a classroom or self-study. With an...

The Routledge Companion to Translation Studies brings together clear, detailed essays from leading international scholars on major areas in Translation Studies today.This accessible and authoritative guide offers fresh perspectives on linguistics,...

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

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...

NO description availableBook InformationISBN 9780175660018Author J O CutteridgePage Count 32Imprint Nelson Thornes LtdPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams) 40gDimensions(mm) 182mm * 120mm * 3mm

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,...

A society that isn't sure what's true can't function, but increasingly we no longer seem to know who or what to believe. We're barraged by a torrent of lies, half-truths and propaganda: how do we even identify good journalism any more?At a moment of...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262046718Author Noam ChomskyFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

George Kennedy's three volumes on classical rhetoric have long been regarded as authoritative treatments of the subject. This new volume, an extensive revision and abridgment of The Art of Persuasion in Greece, The Art of Rhetoric in the Roman World, and...

Managing Archives provides a practical guide to archives management. It has three main target audiences: those who have been tasked by their organization to manage its archives but who have no prior training; those who are starting out as professionals...

'The blessing of an inherently interpretive medium like comics is that it hasn't allowed me to . . . make a virtue of dispassion. For good or for ill, the comics medium is adamant, and it has forced me to make choices. In my view, that is part of its...

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Developed specifically for the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence, Text for Scotland is written by a dedicated team of authors who have extensive experience of teaching in Scotland. Text for Scotland is a complete, unit-based resource for S1 and S2 that...

Elizabeth George is one of the most successful writers of crime fiction in the world. Her twelve novels have appeared on bestseller lists in the UK, USA and Australia, and several of them have been dramatised by BBC Television as the Inspector Lynley...

Invectives against Antony.Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman advocate, orator, politician, poet, and philosopher, about whom we know more than we do of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of...

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

Myths and related stories describe essential human experience which, requiring use of the imagination, reconcile and give voice to fantasy and reality. Speaking through images which embrace the paradox of possible and impossible, the likely and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956942340Author Owen BarfieldFormat PaperbackImprint Barfield Press UKPublisher Barfield Press UKWeight(grams) 490g

'Brilliant' Bella The side-splitting new novel from the bestselling author The Women of Primrose Square, perfect for fans of Marian Keyes, Mhairi McFarlane and Sophie Kinsella. 'You've got someone in your life driving you nuts?I'll get rid of them for...

`I must find my own complicated junkie to have violent sex with. In 1994, nothing seemed like a better idea, save being able to write about it later.' Michelle Tea is our exuberant, witty guide to the hard times and wild creativity of queer life in...