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Paperback. Num Pages: 249 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universitats-Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783824440924
- ISBN
- 9783824440924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.25
€ 77.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 659 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFF; CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1009.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1899
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1899
- Number of pages
- 659
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662230107
- ISBN
- 9783662230107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.61
€ 70.61
Hardcover. "Team Talk: Sporting Words and Their Origins". Series: Shire General. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 193 x 34. Weight in Grams: 434. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747808343
- ISBN
- 9780747808343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.98
€ 10.98
Hardback. Spoken by eighty million people, Tamil is one of the great world languages, and one of the few ancient languages that survives as a mother tongue. David Shulman presents a comprehensive cultural history of Tamil, emphasizing how its speakers and poets have understood the unique features of their language over its long history. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: 2BRT; CBX; CFB; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 34. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674059924
- ISBN
- 9780674059924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.20
€ 41.99
€ 35.20
paperback. Num Pages: 171 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1950
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1950th Edition
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401756754
- ISBN
- 9789401756754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.13
€ 66.13
Paperback. Series: Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1967
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1967
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401502382
- ISBN
- 9789401502382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.35
€ 68.35
Paperback. Located between three powerful phenomena, public health, the law and social stigma, methadone maintenance treatment attracts loyal advocates, vociferous critics and innumerable engaged onlookers. This book aims to examine the controversial approach to addiction, providing in the process a unique approach to literature on illicit drugs Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; JHB; JPQB; LNTM; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349286041
- ISBN
- 9781349286041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.80
€ 65.80
Paperback. How on earth did 'with bells on' come to express enthusiasm? And what do chips on shoulders have to do with inferiority complexes? Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas provides us with the meanings of these well-worn and much-loved phrases by putting these linguistic quirks in context, and explaining how and why they were first used. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 200 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Michael O´Mara Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782430117
- ISBN
- 9781782430117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. Why is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish employees are to blame: without a dictionary or style guide to hand in fifteenth century Bruges, the typesetters simply spelled it the way it sounded to their foreign cars, and it stuck. This book takes you on a journey through English spelling. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846685682
- ISBN
- 9781846685682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.74
€ 15.99
€ 11.74
Hardcover. Ever feel like you are pedalling in the choucroute? Been caught with your beard in the mailbox again? Or maybe you just wish everyone would stop ironing your head? This book brings the weird, wonderful and surprising nuanced beauty of language to life with over fifty watercolour and ink illustrations. Num Pages: 112 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX; GBCQ; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 172 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Square Peg
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910931264
- ISBN
- 9781910931264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. Editor(s): Santos, Diana; Linden, Krister; Nganga, Wanjiku. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFX; UYQL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642432514
- ISBN
- 9783642432514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
Paperback. Paperback, in very good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- SKU
- KRF0014174
- ISBN
- 9780415050760
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.82
€ 12.82
Paperback. Where does the ampersand get its name from? What does the hashtag have to do with commerce in ancient Rome? This book gives answers to these questions. From the pilcrow to the ampersand, it reflects the changes in written communication through the ages, charting how punctuation has adapted to each new technological innovation. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AKD; CBX; CFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718193881
- ISBN
- 9780718193881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Develops common sense computing techniques and applies it to bridge the semantic gap between word-level natural language data and the concept-level opinions conveyed by these. Series: Springerbriefs in Cognitive Computation. Num Pages: 171 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 35 colour illustrations, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JMR; UYQL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 9. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400750692
- ISBN
- 9789400750692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.74
€ 65.74
Paperback. Originally published: London: Adlard Coles, 1983. Num Pages: 96 pages, b/w cartoons throughout. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; WGG; WSSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 197 x 7. Weight in Grams: 76.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472907981
- ISBN
- 9781472907981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Runes employ many techniques from informal scratchings to sophisticated inlaid designs on weapons, or the exquisite relief carvings of the Franks Casket. This book tells the story of runes from their mysterious origins, their development as a script, to their use and meaning in the modern world. Num Pages: 112 pages, 38 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AC; CBX; CFF; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 147 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780714180298
- ISBN
- 9780714180298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.50
€ 14.99
€ 12.50
Paperback. Rules and Dispositions in Language Use explains how correct language use is governed by both rules and general human dispositions. It does so by bringing together themes from Ludwig Wittgenstein and Noam Chomsky, which for many years have been thought to be incompatible. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; CFK; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349471256
- ISBN
- 9781349471256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This volume stands as a demonstration of resistance to 'the known' (i.e. the tyranny of the expected) through individual and collective counter-conduct within the domain of language education. Supported by data drawn from various local and national contexts, the book challenges the pedagogies, practices, and policies of 'the institution'. Editor(s): Rivers, D. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CJ; JNMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349466351
- ISBN
- 9781349466351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Paperback. International perspectives on intercultural learning are presented within a framework of cultures of learning related to education and language learning and use in academic contexts. Intercultural learning involves learners travelling to learn in a place where other cultures of learning are dominant and to which they are usually expected to adapt. Editor(s): Jin, L.; Cortazzi, Martin. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CJ; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349340378
- ISBN
- 9781349340378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Paperback. This book is a point of reference for EAP professionals planning to conduct or commission research into learning, teaching, professional development or quality assurance in EAP. It draws on academic and professional debates to inspire further research and practical initiatives to enhance EAP provision. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349461486
- ISBN
- 9781349461486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82