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Language: reference & general
Paperback. The King James Bible has contributed more to English than any other source. In this enlightening book David Crystal asks why. He looks at how its words have been given new life by poets, playwrights, novelists, politicians, journalists, advertisers, film-makers, hip-hop artists, and many others. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 193 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199695188
- ISBN
- 9780199695188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.04
€ 14.99
€ 12.04
Hardback. A many-faceted exploration of spoken eloquence: how it works, how it has evolved, and how to tap its remarkable power Num Pages: 256 pages, 29 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBP; CFA; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 412. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Yale University Press New Haven, CT
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0008983
- ISBN
- 9780300214260
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. From the first words of an infant to the peculiar modern dialect of text messaging, this book reveals language's myriad intricacies and quirks. It sheds light on the development of unique linguistic styles, the origins of obscure accents, and the search for the first written word. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 402. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0003117
- ISBN
- 9780300170825
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Avowedly practical and concise, instantly engaging and brimming with ideas and expertise, this comprehensive guide to writing and selling engaging features in print and for digital platforms is offered in a lively new edition. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: CBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118305133
- ISBN
- 9781118305133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 98 pages, illus. BIC Classification: CBW; CJCW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 98
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560722816
- ISBN
- 9781560722816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.25
€ 26.99
€ 20.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 217 x 2. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231179690
- ISBN
- 9780231179690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231179683
- ISBN
- 9780231179683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.32€ 63.23
€ 82.32
€ 63.23
Paperback. Explores the debate over how writing should be taught and whether it can or should be taught in a classroom at all. This book incorporates insights from a host of poets and teachers, and extracts relevant information on nineteenth-century educational theory; shifts in technology, publishing, and marketing; and the politics of higher education. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CBV; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226554549
- ISBN
- 9780226554549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.66
€ 32.99
€ 25.66
Paperback. This guide offers a comprehensive but concise resource based on extensive, carefully analysed examples from the published literature. It enables students and researchers in science and engineering to write and present material to a professional modern standard, efficiently and painlessly, and with maximum impact. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: CBWT; PDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Concise
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198704249
- ISBN
- 9780198704249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
Hardcover. This guide offers a comprehensive but concise resource based on extensive, carefully analysed examples from the published literature. It enables students and researchers in science and engineering to write and present material to a professional modern standard, efficiently and painlessly, and with maximum impact. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: CBWT; PDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Concise
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198704232
- ISBN
- 9780198704232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.06
€ 89.06
Hardback. A complete guide to film and television adaptations of 30 heroic figures. Num Pages: 294 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: APB; CBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Derrydale Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568330297
- ISBN
- 9781568330297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.10
€ 25.99
€ 24.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: APT; CBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312119089
- ISBN
- 9780312119089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.00
€ 19.99
€ 18.00
Paperback. This dictionary is an indispensable guide to the study of the Latin Middle Ages. It records the continuing usage of classical and late Latin in this period (6th-16th centuries), but it presents most fully the medieval developments of the language, drawing on a rich variety of printed and manuscript sources. Editor(s): Howlett, David C. Series: Medieval Latin Dictionary (British Academy). Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADL; 3H; CBDX; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 302 x 230 x 9. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197264362
- ISBN
- 9780197264362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.30
€ 69.30
Paperback. Editor(s): Steinberg, Eric. Num Pages: 151 pages. BIC Classification: CBD; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872202290
- ISBN
- 9780872202290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.54
€ 14.99
€ 12.54
Paperback. A collection of Hume's political writings. It brings together selections from "A Treatise on Human Nature", "An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals", and "Essays: Moral, Political and Literary", with an interpretive introduction placing Hume in the context of contemporary debates between liberalism and its critics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: CBD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 9. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872201606
- ISBN
- 9780872201606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.98
€ 19.99
€ 15.98
A collection of Hume's political writings. It brings together selections from "A Treatise on Human Nature", "An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals", and "Essays: Moral, Political and Literary", with an interpretive introduction placing Hume in the context of contemporary debates between liberalism and its critics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: CBD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872201613
- ISBN
- 9780872201613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.22
€ 53.99
€ 38.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ZX; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143126461
- ISBN
- 9780143126461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.09
€ 19.99
€ 18.09
Paperback. A work in which the author turns his incisive critical skills onto his own profession, salutes the great writers who have influenced his work, wonders about the motives of biographers, ponders the merits of creative writing courses, pulls the rug from under certain theoretical critics and throws open the curtains on his own workshop. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554257
- ISBN
- 9780099554257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. Drawing on advice from over twenty books and hundreds of other sources, this title presents informative tips for writing scientific journal articles. It also provides a peek behind the curtain into the operations of editorial boards and publishers of major journals. Num Pages: 400 pages, 5 colour plates, 5 halftones, 20 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: CBWT; PD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Publisher
- American Meteorological Society United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781878220912
- ISBN
- 9781878220912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 35.03
€ 39.99
€ 35.03
Paperback. Revised and updated to cover the increasing uses of computers in research and writing, this guide to dissertations and theses provides a practical resource for thesis writers in all fields of study, including the liberal arts, social and behavioural sciences, and natural sciences. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CBW; CJCW; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555423896
- ISBN
- 9781555423896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.24
€ 45.24
Paperback. Explains the grammar that people really need to know, such as the fact that an apostrophe is the difference between a company that knows its s*** and a company that knows it's s***, or the importance of capital letters to avoid ambiguity in such sentences as 'I helped my Uncle Jack off his horse.' Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Guardian Faber Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783350520
- ISBN
- 9781783350520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.41
€ 14.99
€ 11.41
Paperback. All kinds of writing are covered in this useful and inspiring guide for students and aspiring writers. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 286 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: CBV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780521547543
- ISBN
- 9780521547543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 28.09
€ 39.99
€ 28.09
Paperback. This dictionary provides clear and concise explanations of terms used in the field of speech, therapy pathology and relevant terms in related fields including augmentative, alternative communication, hearing, linguistic, medicine, phonetics/phonology and psychology/psychiatry. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CBD; GBC; MMZL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861562852
- ISBN
- 9781861562852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.37
€ 77.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CBP; KJP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- BenBella Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781942952275
- ISBN
- 9781942952275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.00
€ 18.99
€ 16.00