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The ultimate phrase guide for travel, business, and more!"I'll have the chicken dish, please." "How do you get to the theater?" "Let's set up a meeting."Packed with everything you'll need to understand--and be understood by--Brazilian-Portuguese...

History Today carried a feature in 2015, describing The Origin of Museums as "a cult book [that] spawned a new discipline in the history of collecting". Indeed, the first publication of this book in 1985 undoubtedly marked a propitious moment in the...

One of the most distinctive characteristics of English is the number of words and phrases it has borrowed - and continues to borrow - from other languages, originally and most notably from Latin and French but now also from every corner of the globe...

An examination of the military doctrine that animated the French defense against the German invasion in 1940. Argues that the French learned the wrong lessons from World War I and were ill prepared for World War II Lessons for modern armies about how to...

Face it-being a young adult in the digital era is one of the hardest things to be. Well, maybe there are harder things in life...but being an adult is difficult! So Grace Helbig has written a guide that's perfect for anyone who is faced with the daunting...

"God made Heaven, and then, after measuring the space underneath with a ball of thread, he began to form the earth. A mole asked to help, and God gave him the thread to hold while he wove the patterns of the earth. Sometimes the mole would let out too...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486227993Author Margaret GrieveFormat PaperbackPage Count 904Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Martha Gellhorn's three intertwined novellas are concerned with the integration of European outsider into the dramatic landscape of East Africa. It is a story of rejection and enchantment. Two sisters, one beautiful, one plain, return unmarried from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892877829Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

As seen in Redbook Magazine, discover 1,000 simple, easy solutions to everyday problems!Wouldn't it be nice if there were a way to make life easier? With Life Hacks, you'll find hundreds of methods that you can start using right now to simplify your life...

The second volume of A History of Private Life is a treasure-trove of rich and colorful detail culled from an astounding variety of sources. This absorbing "secret epic" constructs a vivid picture of peasant and patrician life in the eleventh to...

Stephen Trombley's Fifty Thinkers Who Shaped the Modern World traces the development of modern thought through a sequence of accessible profiles of the most influential thinkers in every domain of intellectual endeavour since 1789. No major...

Jubilee tells the true story of Vyry, the child of a white plantation owner and his black mistress. Vyry bears witness to the South's antebellum opulence and to its brutality, its wartime ruin, and the promises of Reconstruction. Weaving her own family's...

Statistics and Health Care Fraud: How to Save Billions helps the public to become more informed citizens through discussions of real world health care examples and fraud assessment applications. The author presents statistical and analytical methods used...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226523088Author Ross BaytonFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago PressWeight(grams)...

First Published in 1999. The purpose of this series is to provide a contemporary assessment and history of the entire course of philosophical thought. Each book constitutes a detailed, critical introduction to the work of a philosopher of major influence...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244224325Author David BoltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com

The first prescriptive, innovative guide to seeing inflection points before they happen-and how to harness these disruptive influences to give your company a strategic advantageFeaturing a foreword by Clayton ChristensenParadigmatic shifts in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955692345Author T McCarthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Labour History Movement PublicationsPublisher Labour History Movement...

Two world wars, the Civil Rights movement, and a Jheri curl later, the issues surrounding Black hair in America continue to linger as we enter the twenty-first century. Tying the personal to the political and the popular, Hair Story takes a chronological...

This unique, ambitious and entertaining book presents twenty-nine scripts in detail and offers examples of a hundred more. Written in nontechnical prose and organized into brief but comprehensive sections, it will serve as a handy reference for world...

This comprehensive handbook explains the structure of the United Nations, how the Organization works, the main issues it addresses and its importance for people everywhere. In addition to setting out the various roles played by principle UN organs, this...

This heavily illustrated book focuses on the events of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland, rather than the background and the consequences. In a widely expanded version of the supplement that appeared in The Irish Times in March to commemorate the 90th...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937859244Author Peter MoonFormat HardbackPage Count 306Imprint Sky Books (NY)Publisher Sky Books (NY)Weight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 19mm

Written by two expert authors who have won millions of dollars in government and foundation grants, this is the essential book on securing grants. It provides comprehensive, step-by-step guide for grant writers, including vital up-to-the minute...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423246213Author Misa DikengilPage Count 6Imprint Barcharts, IncPublisher Barcharts, IncDimensions(mm) 279mm * 211mm * 3mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156976480Author Howard ThurmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm) 205mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648917448Author HowexpertFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint HowexpertPublisher HowexpertWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 5mm

Alan Kazdin's The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child is the gold standard for research-backed advice on being a better parent for difficult children. But what about children who are not "defiant"? Now, in The Everyday Parenting Toolkit, Dr...

Boost your confidence with helpful advice and practice for the Cambridge English A2 Key for Schools qualification.Book InformationISBN 9780008461164Author Rebecca AdlardFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins...

First published in 2006. This book is a study of the political struggles over the repeal of laws restricting or penalizing religious minorities in the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and of the opinions and ideas expressed in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780359088409Author William LovelockFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 7mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556715334Author Katharine BarnwellFormat HardbackPage Count 344Imprint Summer Institute of Linguistics, Academic PublicationsPublisher Summer Institute...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226459561Author Roger HanlonFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago PressWeight(grams)...

Master the fundamentals of spellcraftWritten by noted Wiccan authorities Marian Singer, Trish MacGregor, and Skye Alexander, this collection of spells is perfect for understanding the basics of Wiccan philosophy and ideology. Starting with a brief...

From the publishers of the Number 1 bestseller Red Herrings and White Elephants Why is a March hare mad? Why do we sometimes call ourselves a monkey's uncle? Why do cricketers who don't score anything get out for a duck? Who was Gordon Bennett? Whilst...

Feel like life's too busy to find your zen? Think again. Be a calmer, more productive, healthier you, without sacrificing precious hours. Discover the secret wellness hacks you can incorporate into your routine - whether it's a 5-minute focus exercise on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781469941554Author Arthur T BradleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 6mm

As Britain entered the Second World War in September 1939, so too it entered the bleakest period in the history of its motor car. The 1940s was a time of war, deprivation and austerity, and, for almost a decade, car development stood still. Wartime...

The one primer you need to develop your managerial and leadership skills. Whether you're a new manager or looking to have more influence in your current management role, the challenges you face come in all shapes and sizes--a direct report's anxious...