Dictionaries, Reference & Language Books
Facet Publishing Privileged Spaces
Book SynopsisPrivileged Spacesdraws on the knowledge and experience of library leaders, estates directors, space managers, and researchers to examine how the demands on library space change due to evolving university estates strategy. It highlights the impact this can have on space retention, service delivery and user satisfaction, demonstrating the importance of library, estates and facilities leaders working in partnership to deliver spaces in alignment with university planning. As universities continually change their strategy and teaching spaces to meet market demands, library spaces are increasingly in scope for estates development plans in the same way as any university building. Drawing on years of professional experience, the authors provide guidance on fostering an effective working relationship with a range of university departments, making the case for investment in libraries, engaging stakeholders to support library development, and influencing university estates strategy. This book features case studies to illustrate the successes and challenges of delivering small to large library space projects. This is an ideal reference for library directors, staff, and planning professionals who want to ensure their library space meets the needs of its users and the wider university.
£60.00
Berghahn Books Food Culture: Anthropology, Linguistics and Food
Book Synopsis This volume offers a comprehensive guide to methods used in the sociocultural, linguistic and historical research of food use. This volume is unique in offering food-related research methods from multiple academic disciplines, and includes methods that bridge disciplines to provide a thorough review of best practices. In each chapter, a case study from the author's own work is to illustrate why the methods were adopted in that particular case along with abundant additional resources to further develop and explore the methods.Trade Review Published in Association with the Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN) and in Collaboration with Rachel Black and Leslie Carlin “Food culture illustrates that praxis in the anthropology of food and nutrition is expanding and adapting to fit new contexts and answer new questions, while maintaining anthropology’s epistemological commitments to ethnography, field research and storytelling. It also illustrates many ways one can contribute to this work”. • Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale “In sum, Food Culture is a useful resource text, especially for teaching. Each chapter is well written and organised in a way that is easy for the reader to access; they give robust and clear overviews of methodological approaches, contextualise these theoretically, and provide examples and case studies of how they can be used… Food Culture is more than a methods’ textbook and it will be an invaluable resource for higher-level undergraduates and postgraduates in that it offers practical, conceptual, and case study content… The book’s value also extends beyond a student audience, and its intellectual rigour ensures it offers something new for more established research- ers. As such, it is a welcome and useful addition to the Food Studies canon.” • AnthroposTable of Contents INTRODUCTION AND RESEARCH ETHICS Introduction and Research Design Janet Chrzan Research Ethics in Food Studies Sharon Devine and John Brett PART I: SOCIO-CULTURAL APPROACHES Chapter 1. The Anthropology of Food and Food Anthropology: A Sociocultural Perspective Geraldine Moreno Black Chapter 2. Interviewing Epistemologies: From Life History to Kitchen Table Ethnography Ramona Lee Perez Chapter 3. Body Image Mimi Nichter and Nichole Taylor Chapter 4. Visual Anthropology Methods Helen Vallianatos Chapter 5. On the Lookout: The Use of Direct Observation in Nutritional Anthropology Barbara Piperata and Darna Dufour Chapter 6. Participant-observation and Interviewing Techniques Heather Paxson Chapter 7. Focus Groups in Qualitative or Mixed Methods Research Ramona L. Perez Chapter 8. Studying Food and Culture: Ethnographic Methods in the Classroom Carole Counihan PART II: LINGUISTICS AND FOOD TALK Chapter 9. Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology Food Research Methods Jillian Cavanaugh and Kate Riley Chapter 10. Food Talk: Studying Food and Language in Use Together Jillian Cavanaugh and Kate Riley Chapter 11. An Introduction to Cultural Domain Analysis in Food Research: Free Lists and Pile Sorts Ariela Zycherman Chapter 12. Food and Text(ual) Analysis Kate Riley Chapter 13. Analysis of Primary Historic Sources Ken Albala PART III: FOOD STUDIES Chapter 14. Introduction to Food Studies Methods Amy Trubek Chapter 15. Meaning Centered Food Research Lucy Long Chapter 16. Food and Place William Woys Weaver Chapter 17. Sensory Ethnography: methods and research design for Food Studies research Rachel Black Chapter 18. Methods for Examining Food Value Chains in Conventional and Alternative Trade Catherine Tucker Chapter 19. The Single Food Approach: A Research Strategy in Nutritional Anthropology Andrea Wiley and Janet Chrzan
£23.95
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd The Kings English
Book SynopsisConstantly confused by the difference between adjectives and adverbs? Still can’t figure out how to use a semi-colon? Or simply want to refresh the English language knowledge you learnt from school?The King’s English is the perfect handbook to tackle all of these challenges. Written by the President of the Queen’s English Society, this book covers the basics - grammar, spelling and punctuation - and offers tips and tricks on how to improve rhetoric, vocabulary and style, so you can confidently use the English language with flair.Including amusing examples of what can happen when English is employed incorrectly, and sprinkled with illustrations to drive home key points and short exercises to reinforce essential lessons, this is an authoritative yet entertaining guide to one of the most widely used languages in the world.
£7.59
Multilingual Matters Mother TongueBased Multilingual Education in the
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£107.96
Y Lolfa D.I.Y. Welsh WITH ANSWERS: Your step-by-step
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£9.99
The History Press Ltd Rats Alley
Book SynopsisWhen first published in 2006, Rats Alley was a ground-breaking piece of research, the first-ever study of trench names of the Western Front. Now, in this fully updated and revised second edition, the gazetteer has been extended to well over 20,000 trench names, complete with map references in itself an essential tool for any First World War researcher. However, combined with the finely considered history and analysis of trench naming during the First World War, this is an edition that no military history enthusiast should be without. Discover when, how and why British trenches were first named and follow the names' fascinating development throughout the First World War, alongside details of French and German trench-naming practices. Looked at from both contemporary and modern points of view, the names reveal the full horror of trench warfare and throw an extraordinary sidelight on the cultural life of the period, and the landscape and battles of the Western Front. Nam
£24.00
Emerald Publishing Limited Rural Social Infrastructure Development in India
Book SynopsisIndia, despite being largely rural, has struggled to maintain an adequate social infrastructure in its rural regions due to insufficient need-based development interventions, low public spending, limited market reach and a lack of individual contributions. Examining recent policy changes that are seeking to tackle these issues, Rural Social Infrastructure Development in India advocates for transformative change against the backdrop of poverty intervention and contemporary development discourse.Delving into a transformative journey focused on inclusive housing development and financial strategies, M Mahadeva celebrates and critically analyses milestones achieved in uplifting marginalised rural populations in India. Dissecting secondary data from official Indian authorities, the author scrutinises housing poverty, amenities deprivation and financial exclusion at both national and regional levels. Focusing on impactful programs like PMAY and PMJDY, chapters illuminate t
£999.99
Octopus Publishing Group I Love You Mum
Book SynopsisShow your amazing mum just how much she means to you with this beautiful keepsakeBrimming with heartfelt affirmations, as well as delightful quotes from great thinkers and modern superstars alike, this little book will make the perfect gift to remind your mum that there is no one quite like her.These pages offer a curated collection of wise words that will brighten her day and let her know just how much you care, including:- Your hug feels like home, so home is wherever you are- I can share anything with you and you always have the answer- You were my first friend, you''re my best friend and you''re my forever friend- Every day you inspire me to be the best version of myself- Mum, you''re the best because you''re mineWhether it''s for Mother''s Day, Christmas, her birthday or just because, there is no better way to tell her, I love you, Mum.
£7.59
Garnet Publishing ESOL Practice Grammar - Entry Level 3 -
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£13.77
Huia Publishers First Hundred Words in Maori
Book SynopsisTired of boring and drab Maori language learning books? THIS book is bursting with vivid, entertaining illustrations by Stephen Cartwright that will attract even beginner adult learners. The book includes verbs, adjectives, opposites, numbers, colours, shapes, and many, many other vocabulary themes. A complete bilingual index of the vocabulary, with a pronunciation guide, is included in the last pages. 'Learn Maori with Huia' is an on-going series of books and resources to inspire and help anyone who is interested in learning Maori. You can go to the Huia website www.huia.co.nz and connect to a link where you can listen to a native Maori speaker to learn how to pronounce every Maori word correctly. You can also download picture puzzles and games for free.
£15.26
Huia Publishers Everyday words in M?ori
Book SynopsisThis is a bright and busy book that will give M?ori language learners of all age’s hours of enjoyment. A pronunciation guide and an alphabetical M?ori/English list of all the words in the book are included.
£11.95
Macat International Limited An Analysis of Zora Heale Hurston's
Book SynopsisA critical analysis of African-American novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston' 1934 essay Characteristics of Negro Expression: A crushing evaluation of the many racial prejudices of 1930s America, including a common presumption that African American art was unoriginal – merely poorly copying white culture. Hurston’s approach and premises may seem in many ways dated to modern readers, but the essay still shows an incisive mind carefully evaluating arguments and cutting them down to size. African-American art of the time did not – Hurston influentially argued – play by the same rules as white art, so it could not meaningfully be discussed by ‘white’ notions of aesthetic value. Where white European tradition views art as something fixed, Hurston saw African-American art works as a distinctive form of mimicry, reshaping and altering the original object until it became something new and novel. In this way, she contended, African-American creative expression is a process that generates its own form of originality – turning borrowed material into something original and unique. By carefully evaluating the relevance of previous arguments, Hurston showed African American artistic expression in an entirely new light.Table of ContentsWays In to the Text Who was Zora Heale Hurston? What does Characteristics of Negro Expression Say? Why does Characteristics of Negro Expression Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited
£8.58
Macat International Limited An Analysis of Judith Butler's Gender Trouble
Book SynopsisJudith Butler's Gender Trouble is a perfect example of creative thinking. The book redefines feminism's struggle against patriarchy as part of a much broader issue: the damaging effects of all our assumptions about gender and identity. Looking at the factionalism of contemporary (1980s) feminism, Butler saw a movement split by identity politics. Riven by arguments over what it meant to be a women, over sexuality, and over class and race, feminism was falling prey to internal problems of identity, and was failing to move towards broader solidarity with other liberation movements such as LGBT. Butler turned these issues on their head by questioning the basis that supposedly fundamental and fixed identities such as 'masculine/feminine' or 'straight/gay' actually have. Tracing these binary definitions back to the binary nature of human anatomy ('male/female'), she argues that there is no necessary link between our anatomies and our identities. Subjecting a wide range of evidence from philosophy, cultural theory, anthropology, psychology and anthropology to a renewed search for meaning, Butler shows both that sex (biology) and gender (identity) are separate, and that even biological sex is not simplistically either/or male/female. Separating our biology from identity then allows her to argue that, while categories such as 'masculine/feminine/straight/gay' are real, they are not necessary; rather, they are the product of society's assumptions, and the constant reproduction of those assumptions by everyone around us. That opens up some small hope for change: a hope that – 25 years after Gender Trouble's publication – is having a huge impact on societies and politics across the world.Table of ContentsWays in to the Text Who is Judith Butler? What does Gender Trouble Say? Why does Gender Trouble Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited
£8.58
Gemini Books Group Ltd The Pocket IrishEnglish
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£8.92
Center for Global Development The Rise and Fall of the Department for
Book SynopsisWhen Boris Johnson announced the creation of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in June 2020, he signalled the dissolution of the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) after nearly 25 years. DFID had a stellar international reputation, a respected body of expertise, and an impressive record improving lives. The Rise and Fall of the Department for International Development traces DFID's trajectory from its origins to its unravelling, distilling timely lessons for government aid institutions in the UK and beyond. DFID's lifespan coincided with a period of remarkable progress in human well-being. Rise and Fall describes DFID's role in securing these gains through an unwavering focus on its mandate to reduce poverty, under Conservative and Labour governments alike. It explains how the capture of the Conservative Party by its right-wing factions led to DFID's closure, a move now widely viewed as a mistake, and offers proposals for the next government as it def
£10.95
Tesol Press Classroom Research for Language Teachers
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£19.51
Fernand Nathan Jaime
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£24.33
Fernand Nathan Tout va bien
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£24.65
Cle International Echo Niveau A1 Livre de leleve DVD
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£999.99
Fernand Nathan Jaime
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£18.63
Grasset and Fasquelle Les identites meurtrieres
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£18.95
Assimil Cahier French False Beginners
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£13.29
Assimil Apprendre Lindonesien A2
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£35.09
Assimil Cahier Inglés Intermedio
Book Synopsis220 English exercises for Spanish speakers. This highly practical yet playful exercise book, has been designed specifically for English students with a decent level but who wish to refresh their knowledge of English or go a little further. 220 progressively challenging exercises designed as games, along with answers. At the end of each chapter, you can also self-assess your language level. Conjugation, prepositions, spelling, pronunciation: no aspect of the language has been left out! A 128-page exercise book.
£13.29
Assimil Coffret Cahiers Anglais Fx DébutantsIntermédiaire
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£24.29
Assimil Cahier Inglés Falsos Principiantes
Book Synopsis220 English exercises for Spanish speakers This highly practical yet playful exercise book, has been designed specifically for English students with a decent level but who wish to refresh their knowledge of English or go a little further. 220 progressively challenging exercises designed as games, along with answers. At the end of each chapter, you can also self-assess your language level. Conjugation, prepositions, spelling, pronunciation: no aspect of the language has been left out! A 128-page exercise book. 200 English exercises.
£13.29
Springer Nature Switzerland AG E-Mobility: A New Era in Automotive Technology
Book SynopsisThe book provides easy interpretable explanations for the key technologies involved in Electric Vehicles and Hybrid Electric Vehicles. The authors discuss the various electrical machines, drives, and controls used in EV and HEV. The book provides a detailed coverage of Regenerative Braking Systems used in EV and HEV. The book also illustrates the battery technology and battery management systems in EV and HEV. This book is intended for academicians, researchers and industrialists. In addition, this book has the following features Discusses the various Economic and Environmental Impact of Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles Discusses the role of Artificial Intelligence in Electric / Hybrid Electric Vehicles Illustrates the concept of Vehicle to Grid Technology and the smart charging station infrastructure and issues involved in the same Elucidates the concept of Internet of Vehicles Presents the latest research and applications in alternate energy vehicles Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Introduction to Electric Vehicles.- Introduction to Hybrid Electric Vehicles.- Economic and Environmental Impact of Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles.- Basic Architecture of Electric Drive Trains.- Battery Technology for EVs and HEVs.- Battery Management System.- Brake System of EVs and HEVs.- Fuel Cell Vehicles.- Electric Motors and Motor Controllers for EVs and HEVs.- Electric Drive Systems for EVs and HEVs.- Control System for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicle.- Role of Artificial Intelligence in EVs and HEVs.- Power Optimization in EVs.- Charging Infrastructure for EVs and HEVs.- Vehicle to Grid Architecture.- Conclusion.
£104.49
Springer International Publishing AG Second Language Teacher Professional Development
Book SynopsisThis edited book brings together documented evidence and theoretical propositions on the essential mediating role of digital technology in L2 teacher education and professional development.
£999.99
Springer International Publishing AG Vaccine Communication Online: Counteracting
Book SynopsisCommunication about vaccination has become a public battleground. The global adoption of social media has increased the visibility and influence of groups that were previously considered fringe. With the goal of understanding vaccination-related misinformation’s online spread and ways of effectively countering it, this book explores its reception, resistance, and reproduction by a range of stakeholders around the globe. Chapters cover a rich array of topics, including vaccine misinformation’s history, its use as political propaganda, and its manipulation by both pro- and anti-vaccine groups. They apply a wide range of research methods, including historical literature and scoping reviews; advanced computational analysis, including machine learning; and reviews that incorporate the authors’ personal, professional, and practice-based experiences. Chapter authors include leading US and international scholars as well as practitioners of Communication, Computer Science, Health and Science Education, Political Communication, Public Health, Sociology, and other fields, making this book the most comprehensive and diverse collection of studies on vaccine misinformation—online and offline—currently available. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Vaccine Misinformation on Social Media: Historical Contexts, Lessons Learned, and Paths Forward.- Chapter 3. HPV Vaccine Misinformation Online: A Narrative Scoping Review.- Chapter 4. Analyzing Social-Cyber Maneuvers for Spreading COVID-19 Pro- and Anti- Vaccine Information.- Chapter 5. Vaccine Support and Hesitancy on Twitter: OpposingViews, Similar Strategies, and the Mixed Impact of Conspiracy Theories.- Chapter 6. Online Foreign Propaganda Campaigns and Vaccine Misinformation: A Comparative Analysis.- Chapter 7. Online Public Outreach to Promote Public Health: Insights from Israeli Non-Governmental Organizations.- Chapter 8. From Polio to Covid-19: Anti-Vaccine Misinformation and Rumors in Pakistan.- Chapter 9. Promoting Dialogue by Thinking Differently about Framing and Correcting Misinformation.- Chapter 10. Conclusion./
£999.99
Netzwerk Intensivtrainer A1
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£14.85
de Gruyter Neuere Forschungen Zur Historischen Syntax Des
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£138.22
ibidem Language and Power in Ukraine and Kazakhstan
Book SynopsisThis is the first collection of essays presenting a critical multi-author examination of language and power relations in Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
£22.50
Beijing Language & Culture University Press,China Developing Chinese - Intermediate Listening
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£22.75
Beijing Language & Culture University Press,China Easy Steps to Chinese for Kids vol.2A - Textbook
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£18.00
Pustak Mahal Rapidex English for Hindi Speakers
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£12.34
Difusion Centro de Publicacion y Publicaciones de Idiomas, S.L. À plus 4 Édition hybride Livre de lélève audio
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£999.99
Difusion Centro de Publicacion y Publicaciones de Idiomas, S.L. Campus Sur A1A2 Edición híbrida Libro del
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£33.01
Alada Books, S.L. Handbook of the Birds of the World: v. 13:
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£141.51
Alada Books, S.L. Handbook of the Birds of the World: v. 14:
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£141.51
Loescher Coedizioni Spazio Italia Manuale Eserciziario 3 B1
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£24.65
Loescher Coedizioni Spazio Italia
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£24.65
CIDEB s.r.l. Green Apple
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£11.76
Loescher Coedizioni Nuovo Contatto
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£13.75
Alma Edizioni Videogrammatica della lingua italiana
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£24.65
Loescher Coedizioni New contact Italian language and civilization
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£999.99
Alma Grammatica pratica della lingua italiana:
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£26.36
John Benjamins Publishing Co The Development of Aspirated Fricatives in Gothic
Book SynopsisThis book presents three major hypotheses concerning the development of fricatives in Gothic. First, Gothic introduced aspiration or a phonological feature [spread glottis] to the fricative system. Second, this acquisition of aspirated fricatives should be explained as a contact-induced change. Specifically, a Gothic/Greek bilingual community may be held responsible for initiating and diffusing the contact change. Third, I claim that this contact-driven featural enrichment prompted an array of radical restructurings of fricatives in their phonological and morphological organizations in Gothic, notably the occurrence of Final Devoicing in contrast to the nonoccurrence of medial voicing, the elimination of Verner's Law effects in strong verbs, the operation of Thurneysen's Law, and the apparently irregular split of PGmc. */fl-/ to Go. /fl-/ and /þl-/. Thus, privileged by a Lower Danube community largely composed of Greek/Gothic bilinguals, this cluster of mid-fourth-century innovations c
£95.95
John Benjamins Publishing Co Patterns and Representation in Arabic Place
Book SynopsisThis book is a phonological investigation of place assimilation phenomena in two major Arabic dialects: Cairene Egyptian and Baghdadi Iraqi. The studied phenomena involve interactions between consonants (various types of local assimilation), between vowels (monophthongization), or between consonants and vowels (emphasis spread and labialization). Throughout the content chapters, the patterns for each of these processes are carefully described and validated by ample data, and then analyzed representationally using a minimalist model of feature geometry. The analysis follows a holistic approach, as the representations are consistently used for all the segmental phenomena within a dialect. The first exclusive treatment of place assimilation in colloquial Arabic, this book will be of particular interest to scholars and advanced students of Arabic linguistics and dialectology, and to phonologists in general, and can be a point of reference for researchers examining the details of such phenomena in other dialects of Arabic as well.
£105.00
