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| Title: | Author: | Description: |
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| 501 English verbs | Beyer, T.R. | Covers the most common regular and irregular verbs alphabetically arranged in table form. New edition with free CD-ROM with exercises in conjugation and a concise grammar review. |
| English: General. Published 2007. Price: £11.99 | ||
| American <> English phrasebook | Perkins, E.J. | This short glossary has been written to help with the many misinterpretations that may arise when Americans and the British visit each other's country. |
| English: General. Published 2002. Price: £1.95 | ||
| Berlitz English pronunciation programme | For speakers of any language to improve your accent. CD introduces sounds, rhythms and intonation patterns using familiar words and sentences. The accompanying guidebook includes spelling and pronunciation tips. | |
| English: General. Published 2006. Price: £7.99 | ||
| British language & culture | Lonely Planet's English Language & Culture series goes behind the scenes of languages you thought you knew. Get into the culture and humour behind common - and not so common - English expressions and learn about the local languages that inspired them. | |
| English: General. Published 2007. Price: £4.99 | ||
| Cockney rhyming slang | Perkins, D.C. | Rhyming slang is generally believed to have originated in the underworld in London in the nineteenth century to outwit the eavesdropper - policeman or stranger. It is hoped that this short glossary will provide an insight into this fascinating subject. |
| English: General. Published 2002. Price: £1.95 | ||
| Collins Cobuild English grammar | This new edition of the Collins COBUILD English Grammar provides teachers and advanced learners with a detailed and thorough analysis of modern English grammar. | |
| English: General. Published 2007. Price: £19.10 | ||
| Collins complete writing guide | King, G. | The Collins complete writing guide is the essential single-volume guide for all who aspire to improve their writing skills. This new edition is the essential desk companion for anyone requiring a friendly guide to modern communication. |
| English: General. Published 2003. Price: £9.99 | ||
| Dictionary of word origins | Flavell, L. & R. Flavell | This book is a fascinating guide to the richness and diversity of the English language. It boasts both sufficient scholarly accuracy to satisfy the serious student and much to the delight the browser motivated by a quest for knowledge and the love of words. |
| English: General. Published 2004. Price: £10.99 | ||
| Easy learning writing | Walter, E. & K.Woodford | The easiest way to improve your writing. An accesible, point-by-point guide for everyone who wants to write good, clear, effective English. Clear layout, with tips in boxes, makes finding what you need easy. Simple explanations and examples from current English provide practical help with writing accurately. |
| English: General. Published 2010. Price: £6.99 | ||
| English vocabulary in use: 60 units of vocabulary reference and practice, self-study and classroom use, with answers | Whether you're studying on your own or in class, "English vocabulary in use elementary" covers all the words and phrases you need at this level to understand and be understood in English. The accompanying CD-Rom gives you over a hundred practice exercises, providing further practice for every unit. | |
| English: General. Published 2010. Price: £26.49 | ||
| Fight for English: how language pundits ate, shot, and left | Crystal, David | The story of a thousand years of argument about "correct" English. A world-renowned expert's personal view on the controversy. Why we should say no to "zero tolerance" in language. |
| English: General. Published 2006. Click on entry for price details. | ||
| Foyle's Philavery: A treasury of unusual words | Foyle, C. | The word philavery was invented to describe this book: a collection of words chosen simply on the grounds of their aesthetic appeal. Some of these words appeal because of their aptness, some for their obscurity, some for their euphony, and some for their quirkiness. |
| English: General. Published 2007. Price: £9.99 | ||
| Get rid of your accent: The English pronunciation and speech training manual. Tried and trusted method used in London drama schools | James, L. & O. Smith | The biggest single factor that affects people's first impression of you is your speech and accent. Wouldn't you rather sound educated, with correct pronunciation, clear speech and a neutral accent? Whether you are an actor, a student, a teacher, an executive or a diplomat, you will refer to this book before your performances, presentations, interviews and public speeches again and again. |
| English: General. Published 2009. Price: £23.49 | ||
| Hartley's foreign phrases: A dictionary of foreign expressions, words & phrases in current English usage | A companion title to Anthony Lejeune's well-established "Dictionary of Foreign Quotations", (revised and re-issued by Stacey International for September 2006), "Hartley's Foreign Phrases" will be an essential point of reference for anyone who has ever pondered the meaning of those oft-heard but rarely explained European words and phrases. | |
| English: General. Published 2008. Price: £19.95 | ||
| How to talk like a local: from Cockney to Geordie, a national companion | Dent, S. | This is an entertaining guide that gathers together and explains hundreds of words that you would never find in an ordinary dictionary. It also draws together the dozens of terms from all over the country that mean the same thing. In addition, it digs down to uncover the origins of thes words, tracing their routes in to the language. |
| English: General. Published 2010. Price: £12.99 | ||
| Improve your grammar | King, G. | Your shortcut to perfect grammar! An authorative guide by grammar guru Graham King. Cuts through the jargon and makes all rules easy to understand. Includes The Thirteen Gremlins of Grammar, which highlight the key things to remember. |
| English: General. Published 2009. Price: £6.99 | ||
| Improve your punctuation | King, G. | Your shortcut to perfect punctuation! An authorative guide to the nuts and bolts of punctuation, by grammar guru Graham King. Cuts through the jargon to ensure guidance is easy to understand. Compact, comprehensive and full of useful advice, |
| English: General. Published 2009. Price: £5.99 | ||
| Improve your writing skills | Your shortcut to perfect writing! An authorative guide to writing clearly and effectively, by grammar guru Graham King. Cuts through the jargon to ensure guidance is easy to understand. Covers CVs, essays, speeches, and letters. | |
| English: General. Published 2009. Price: £6.99 | ||
| Indian English language & culture | Lonely Planet's English Language & Culture series goes behind the scenes of languages you thought you knew. Get into the culture and humour behind common - and not so common - English expressions and learn about the local languages that inspired them. | |
| English: General. Published 2008. Price: £4.99 | ||
| Jolly wicked, actually: the 100 words that make us English | Thorne, T. | Englishness is an ancient and powerful concept, but no one seems sure exactly what it means in the twenty-first century. In this book Tony Thorne explores our national identity in a fascinating compendium of the hundred words and phrases that have become the cornerstones in modern English, and have been used - sometimes deliberately, but often inadvertently - to stake out our common ground, to define what makes us who we are, and thus different from those beastly foreigners who lurk just off our shores. |
| English: General. Published 2009. Price: £12.99 | ||
| Language for a new century: contemporary poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and beyond | Chang, T., & N. Handal, & R. Shankar (eds) | A rich anthology of works by East Asian, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Central Asian poets as well as poets living in the diaspora. Some, such as Bei Dao, Mahmoud Darwish, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Michael Ondaatje, are acclaimed worldwide, but many more will be new to the reader. Organized around nine themes. In English. |
| English: General. Published 2008. Price: £19.99 | ||
| Letter writing | The only guide you'll ever need to help you write better letters and emails, whether for business or pleasure. | |
| English: General. Published 2005. Price: £8.99 | ||
| Magnetic world map puzzle: play-n-learn fun with interactive playboard | The map of the world in colour and split into magnet pieces. Great tool for learning geography: magnetic pieces stick the the playboard or other metal surface such as the fridge. | |
| English: General. Price: £12.99 | ||
| NTC's dictionary of Latin and Greek origins: A comprehensive to the classical origins of English words | Moore, B. & M. Moore | This collection of Latin and Greek roots presents the English words built on each root in a readable and informative way that will sustsain the interest of the reader, browser, and serious student alike. Example sentences show the roots in action and an index is provided to help the reader locate the story of a particular English word. |
| English: General. Published 1997. Price: £9.99 | ||
| Oxford guide to plain English | Cutts, M. | Improve your writing with expert advice on vocabulary, style, grammar, and layout. Find practical guidance on how to avoid jargon and legalese. Learn invaluable techniques for organizing written information in print and online. See how it's done with hundreds of real examples, including "before" and "after" versions. 21 essential guidelines to help you express yourself more clearly. |
| English: General. Published 2009. Price: £7.99 | ||
| Pass the British citizenship test | Walmsley, B. | |
| English: General. Published 2010. Price: £6.99 | ||
| Quick solutions to common errors in English: An A-Z guide to spelling, punctuation and grammar | Burt, A. | Designed to help resolve most common English language problems and queries, this book has an accessible reference format with examples and explanations of mistakes regarding sentence construction, spelling, punctuation and grammar. |
| English: General. Published 2007. Price: £8.99 | ||
| Satisdiction: one man's journey into all the words he'll ever need | Shea, A. | In this hilarious and fascinating book, Shea introduces us to hundreds of words that deserve to see the light of day again. |
| English: General. Published 2010. Price: £9.99 | ||
| Spikkin Doric | Harper, N. | Ever been lost for words or just completely mystified by what you hear? This is a new series of pocket books designed to introduce some of the wealth of the spoken and written word in Scotland to those who may not be familiar with them. |
| English: General. Published 2009. Price: £4.99 | ||
| Swearing: a social history of foul language, oaths and profanity in English | Hughes, G. | Tracing the history of swearing from ancient Anglo-Saxon traditions and those of the Middle Ages through Shakespeare, the Enlightenment and the Victorians, to the Lady Chatterley trial and various current trends, Professor Geoffrey Hughes explores a fascinating, little discussed yet irrepressible part of our linguistic heritage. |
| English: General. Published 1998. Price: £11.99 | ||
| Xenophobe's guide to the English | Xenophobia is an irrational fear of foreigners, probably justified, always understandable | |
| English: General. Published 2008. Price: £4.99 | ||
