Linguistics

Transform your down time into 'do time'.The most successful language learners create a habit of studying on a regular basis. 50 French Coffee Breaks makes it easy to master a simple routine of improving your French by effortlessly integrating it with...

An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners."I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for NumbersShort Stories in Spanish...

Level: KS1 Subject: English Learn the easy way with this Phonics activity book! Including helpful questions and answers, this English book provides reassurance whilst supporting...

The Handwriting Practice books support literacy in schools by giving children practice in forming and joining letters, helping them to develop handwriting that is neat, fluent, legible and fast. Fully compatible with any school handwriting scheme,...

The Oxford Paperback Dictionary & Thesaurus is a great value-for-money product. It is the ultimate one-stop reference, containing both a dictionary and a thesaurus in one handy reference volume. The dictionary and thesaurus texts have an integrated...

The Handwriting Practice books support literacy in schools by giving children practice in forming and joining letters, helping them to develop handwriting that is neat, fluent, legible and fast. Fully compatible with any school handwriting scheme,...

Level: KS1 Subject: English Learn the easy way with this Phonics activity book! Including helpful questions and answers, this English book provides reassurance whilst supporting...

Whether you're learning alone or attending classes, you'll find this complete Russian language course for beginners both accessible and indispensable. Designed to provide the student with an excellent command of basic Russian (the equivalent of A' level...

An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners."I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for NumbersShort Stories in Italian...

**WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE** 'A book of big questions, and big answers' Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe? And what can it teach us about our current crisis? Jared Diamond...

The home of trusted Spanish dictionaries for everyday language learning. An up-to-date Spanish to English and English to Spanish dictionary with a practical, user-friendly grammar guide in one handy volume. With cultural notes on life in...

Do you want to develop a solid understanding of Greek and communicate confidently with others?Through authentic conversations, vocabulary building, grammar explanations and extensive practice and review, Complete Greek will equip you with the skills you...

The home of trusted full-colour visual dictionaries for everyday use. A photographic guide to the key words and phrases in Japanese. This attractive pocket-sized book is a perfect travel companion and provides a practical guide to Japan and...

The home of trusted English dictionaries and thesauruses for everyday language use. This new edition is part of the Collins Gem range - the world's best-selling mini dictionaries and thesauruses. This new edition is fully up-to-date, with the...

This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Milton's poetry and prose - all the English verse together with a...

The home of trusted Latin dictionaries for everyday language learning. This Latin Dictionary and Grammar offers the student of Latin the essential two-in-one reference: a comprehensive Latin to English and English to Latin dictionary and a...

People use metaphors every time they speak. Some of those metaphors are literary - devices for making thoughts more vivid or entertaining. But most are much more basic than that - they're "metaphors we live by", metaphors we use without even realizing...

A problem-based introduction to phonetics, with over three hundred exercises integrated into the text to help the student discover and practice the subject interactively. It assumes no previous knowledge of the subject and highlights and explains new...

'Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life and fun into words and language' Pam Ayres'Susie Dent is a national treasure' Richard OsmanWelcome to a year of wonder with Susie Dent, lexicographer, logophile, and longtime queen of Countdown's Dictionary...

Do you want to communicate easily and freely in Norwegian?Master Norwegian grammar and broaden your vocabulary with your very own Norwegian Tutor. This contemporary interactive workbook features 200 activities across a range of grammar and vocabulary...

"I get so jazzed about the future of feminism knowing that Amanda Montell's brilliance is rising up and about to explode worldwide."-Jill Soloway A brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the way it...

An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners."I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for NumbersShort Stories in German for...

Forget the boring stuff you learned in school. Here's the REAL skinny on Irish history. Invasions, Emergencies, one Big Rising, all sorts of Troubles; the Siege of Limerick (continuing), Paddy of the Snakes, Niall of the Nine Hostages, The Big Fella,...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'Witty and erudite ... stuffed with the kind of arcane information that nobody strictly needs to know, but which is a pleasure to learn nonetheless.' Nick Duerden, Independent.'Particularly good ... Forsyth takes...

Transform your down time into 'do time'.The most successful language learners create a habit of studying on a regular basis. 50 Italian Coffee Breaks makes it easy to master a simple routine of improving your Italian by effortlessly integrating it with...

From the bestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland and Can You Solve My Problems? comes a fascinating, hugely entertaining collection of puzzles for crossword addicts and language-lovers of all stripes. 'The only puzzle book I've seen that...

Mental disorders such as depression and anxiety are increasingly common. Yet there are too few specialists to offer help to everyone, and negative attitudes to psychological problems and their treatment discourage people from seeking it. As a result,...

Dress the fairies for dancing with elegant swans, waltzing with swirling snowflakes and having their wishes granted by their fairy godmother in this magical addition to the best-selling Sticker Dolly Dressing series. All the scenes are inspired by themes...

Transform your down time into 'do time'.The most successful language learners create a habit of studying on a regular basis. 50 German Coffee Breaks makes it easy to master a simple routine of improving your German by effortlessly integrating it with...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804671498Author Ann Hamilton-LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 26Imprint Bookvault PublishingPublisher Bookvault PublishingWeight(grams) 128gDimensions(mm)...

The home of trusted Italian dictionaries for everyday language learning. A unique guide to communicating in Italian. It will help you to find out more about Italian culture and to practise your spoken Italian with a free downloadable audio...

Exam Board: AQA Level: GCSE 9-1 Subject: English Language Suitable for the 2024 exams Targeted practice...

An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners."I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for NumbersShort Stories in English...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578589848Author Pao ChangFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Esoteric Knowledge PublishingPublisher Esoteric Knowledge PublishingWeight(grams)...

'Without free speech there is no true thought.' -Jordan Peterson 'If you're white, this country is one giant safe space.' -Michael Eric Dyson The Munk debate on political correctness Is political correctness an enemy of free speech,...

"Guy Deutscher is that rare beast, an academic who talks good sense about linguistics... he argues in a playful and provocative way, that our mother tongue does indeed affect how we think and, just as important, how we perceive the world." Observer*Does...

The perfect size for every school bag! This handy little dictionary offers clear definitions for all the words you need on a daily basis, providing spelling and pronunciations tips for the trickiest words. As an additional feature there is a...

The home of trusted Turkish dictionaries for everyday language learning. A handy and affordable Turkish to English and English to Turkish reference for every day, including short grammars of Turkish and English. Offers travellers and learners...

Where did the words bungalow and assassin derive? What did nice mean in the Middle Ages? How were adder, anger, and umpire originally spelt? The answers can be found in this essential companion to any popular dictionary. With over 17,000 entries, this...