Crazy English (Lederer Richard)(Paperback)

Crazy English (Lederer Richard)(Paperback)

In what other language, asks Lederer, do people drive on a parkway and park in a driveway, and your nose can run and your feet can smell? In CRAZY ENGLISH, Lederer frolics through the logic-boggling byways of our language, discovering the names for phobias you didn't know you could have, the

Book of English Magic (Heygate Richard)(Paperback / softback)

The hidden history of English

Terrorism: How to Respond (English Richard)(Paperback)

Richard English argues here that the post-9/11 War on Terror has spectacularly failed and that we now need a radically new approach to dealing with international terrorism. Recent policies have ignored the lessons of the past, and Terrorism: How to Respond seeks to remedy this lack of vision by

Irish Freedom: The History of Nationalism in Ireland (English Richard)(Paperback)

Richard Jefferies: A Miscellany (Jefferies Richard)(Paperback)

John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 - 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influence on him and provides the background to all his major

Richard III (Ross Charles)(Paperback)

Richard III ruled England for a mere twenty-six months, yet few English monarchs remain as compulsively fascinating, and none has been more persistently vilified. In his absorbing and universally praised account, Charles Ross assesses the king within the context of his violent age and explores the

An English Family (Dinis Julio)(Paperback)

Mr Richard Whitestone is English and a successful businessman based for many years in Oporto. Despite his many years' residence in Portugal, he remains resolutely English in his tastes and in his accent. His favourite reading is Tristram Shandy, which he reads and re-reads constantly. A widower for

An Introduction to Old English (Hogg Richard)(Paperback)

An accessible overview of the first centuries in the history of the English languageCombining a wide variety of short texts with a coherent and up-to-date assessment of the forms of language which remain as the foundation of English today, this introduction offers a unique study of Old English in

Richard III: The Young King to Be (Wilkinson Josephine)(Paperback)

A major new biography of the young Richard III. Richard III is a paradox - the most hated of English kings, yet the most beloved, a deeply pious man, yet materialistic to the point of obsession, puritan, yet the father of at least two illegitimate children. This new biography concentrates on the

Lower Secondary English Workbook: Stage 7 (Patterson Richard)(Paperback / softback)

The Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary English series offers a skills-building approach to the Cambridge Lower Secondary English curriculum framework (0861) from 2020. The second edition of the Stage 7 Workbook is designed to help students to consolidate their learning through further practice to

Penguin Book of English Song - Seven Centuries of Poetry from Chaucer to Auden (Stokes Richard)(Paperback / softback)

The Dictionary of Dreams and Their Meanings: Interpretation and Insights Into the Therapeutic Nature of Our Dreams (Craze Richard)(Paperback)

Arabic-English/English-Arabic Concise (Romanized) Dictionary .. (Jasch Richard)(Paperback)

Designed for travelers and language students, this pocket guide for conversational Arabic contains over 8,000 entries. The words and expressions are in Romanized Arabic, so this dictionary will be most helpful to users who are not familiar with the Arabic alphabet and script. This dictionary

Middle English Lyrics (Hoffman Richard L.)(Paperback)

It is the only anthology which includes all thirty-one English lyrics from MS Harley 2253, all the verses by Friar Herebert printed in Brown XIV, and all the important poems given in Robbins' Secular Lyrics. In all there are 245 lyrics, arranged thematically. To make these delightful poems

The Cambridge Old English Reader (Marsden Richard)(Paperback)

This reader remains the only major new reader of Old English prose and verse in the past forty years. The second edition is extensively revised throughout, with the addition of a new 'Beginning Old English' section for newcomers to the Old English language, along with a new extract from Beowulf

Hobbes (Tuck Richard)(Paperback)

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was the first great English political philosopher, and his book Leviathan was one of the first truly modern works of philosophy. Richard Tuck shows that while Hobbes may indeed have been an atheist, he was far from pessimistic about human nature, nor did he advocate

Phonology for Listening (Cauldwell Richard)(Paperback)

Phonology for Listening brings listening in English Language Teaching into the 21st century. Learners have problems decoding fast spontaneous speech, and Phonology for Listening - using many recorded examples - provides teachers of English with new concepts, fresh thinking and innovative practical

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idioms Dictionary (Spears Richard)(Paperback)

Shape up your English with thousands of idioms Whether you are a learner of English who is having difficulty understanding expressions in everyday speech or a native speaker who wants to expand your written or spoken range, you need a comprehensive reference for idioms, common phrases, and sayings

Macbeth (Durant Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Step-by-step essay plans to help achieve higher grades in the closed book AQA English Literature examination. With hints and tips to plan and structure 'great answers' this title will help students to see how a great answer meets the required Assessment Objectives and to perfect their own

The Talisman (Scott Sir Walter)(Paperback)

When King Richard the Lionheart's health began to decline, the English leader organized a truce with the leader of the Islamic forces, Saladin. Agreeing to cease the battles on the condition that Jerusalem would be under Muslim control, the two leaders gave orders to their troops to return to their

The Black Pearls (MacAndrew Richard)(Paperback)

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Rarotonga, in the beautiful Pacific Cook Islands, is the setting for a daring robbery

Blood Diamonds Level 1 (MacAndrew Richard)(Paperback)

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Diamonds smuggled from the bloody civil-war zones of Africa and traded illegally for

Inspector Logan Level 1 (MacAndrew Richard)(Paperback)

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. A missing woman and a dead body welcome Inspector Jenny Logan to her new job with the

Logan's Choice Level 2 (MacAndrew Richard)(Paperback)

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. When Edinburgh restaurant owner Alex Maclennan is found dead in his bathroom, Inspector