A fascinating exploration of the role of the bookseller through the ages, from antiquity to the present day. An essential read for all book lovers....More info...
This compact book is a guide for social workers and social work students to integrate climate resilience and adaptation into their work in order to cope with a degenerating climate and increasing vulnerability. It is a forward-looking, practical, an...More info...
This book provides readers with a new angle to understand the progress of legal construction in China, by making a comprehensive and interdisciplinary analysis of the translation of laws and regulations in China from the perspective of national gove...More info...
This book investigates the processes and products of the language work of social media influencers (SMIs) and copywriters in the advertising industry....More info...
In this origin story of humanity, scientific expert Madeleine Beekman makes the case that human language evolved to solve an existential problem for our ancestors: caring for extremely premature infants....More info...
This bright and fun activity book contains engaging activities designed to practise and consolidate core phonics skills and learning from school, at home....More info...
Through a mixed research synthesis of high-quality empirical studies, Jackson and Takahashi examine both widely reported and understudied psychological factors underlying foreign language learning in Japan, with an ecological approach framing the an...More info...
Learn how to read with truly decodable non-fiction for older readers in need of support to build reading confidence, while learning more about the world around them. This learn-to-read series for 9-12 year-olds comprises 12 truly decodabl...More info...
What is language? Where did it come from? How do babies learn it from scratch? How do we pick up languages beyond our mother tongue? This eye-opening book answers big questions about language and the mind, explaining how we use and understand langua...More info...
(Pub. Date: 04-Jun-2026, Hardback, Publisher: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009587396)
What is language? Where did it come from? How do babies learn it from scratch? How do we pick up languages beyond our mother tongue? This eye-opening book answers big questions about language and the mind, explaining how we use and understand langua...More info...
This book offers a localised cultural approach to understanding (im)politeness behaviour in Mexico, thereby making a meaningful contribution to the study of pragmatics. It combines theory and practice to examine contextualised relational conduct, wi...More info...
This book contributes to the current research area by achieving an understanding of the organization of our academic activities and by finding evidence for the generic conditioning of texts on the linguistic strata. Drawing on a functional theory, t...More info...
This one-of-a-kind resource allows readers to compare the two major New Testament manuscript traditions and see how they inform English translations, revealing to English-only readers something they could never see before: which differences among Bib...More info...
Alternative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition: Second Edition is the eagerly awaited, expanded update of a landmark text. This volume explores alternative perspectives on second language acquisition, offering a critical challenge to...More info...
A fascinating collection of rarely seen journalism and other writings by Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond series.Ian Fleming was best known for bringing to life the legendary character of James Bond, one of the most be...More info...
This striking pocket hardback edition presents Aristotles classic treatise on the art of persuasion, featuring gold cover embossing and gilded page-edges.In ancient Greece, rhetoric was at the centre of public life. Many writer...More info...
