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Book SynopsisWith more than 280 entries, this architectural A–Z, now part of our Bibliotheca Universalis series, offers an indispensable overview of the key players in the creation of modern space. From the period spanning the 19th to the 21st century, pioneering architects are featured with a portrait, concise biography, as well as a description of her or his important work. Like a bespoke global architecture tour, you’ll travel from Manhattan skyscrapers to a Japanese concert hall, from Gaudí’s Palau Güell in Barcelona to Lina Bo Bardi’s sports and leisure center in a former factory site in São Paulo. You’ll take in Gio Ponti’s colored geometries, Zaha Hadid’s free-flowing futurism, the luminous interiors of SANAA, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s unique blend of Scottish tradition and elegant japonisme. The book’s A to Z entries also cover groups, movements, and styles to position these leading individual architects within broader building trends across time and geography, including International Style, Bauhaus, De Stijl, and much more. Featuring modern architectural photography, this is a comprehensive source book for any architecture professional, student, or devotee.Trade Review“A splendid record.” * Architectural Review *

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Book SynopsisAn unusual and authoritative ''natural history of languages'' that narrates the ways in which one language has superseded or outlasted another at different times in history.The story of the world in the last five thousand years is above all the story of its languages. Some shared language is what binds any community together, and makes possible both the living of a common history and the telling of it.Yet the history of the world's great languages has rarely been examined. Empires of the Word' is the first to bring together the tales in all their glorious variety: the amazing innovations in education, culture and diplomacy devised by speakers in the Middle East; the uncanny resilience of Chinese throughout twenty centuries of invasions; the progress of Sanskrit from north India to Java and Japan; the struggle that gave birth to the languages of modern Europe; and the global spread of English.Besides these epic achievements, language failures are equally fascinating: why did Germany get left behind? Why did Egyptian, which had survived foreign takeovers for three millennia, succumb to Mohammed's Arabic? Why is Dutch unknown in modern Indonesia, given that the Netherlands had ruled the East Indies for as long as the British ruled India?As this book engagingly reveals, the language history of the world shows eloquently the real characters of peoples; it also shows that the language of the future will, like the languages of the past, be full of surprises.Trade Review‘It is a compelling read, one of the most interesting books I have read in a long while…a great book. After reading it you will never think of language in the same way again.’ Guardian ‘Learned and entertaining…remarkably comprehensive as well as thought-provoking.’ Observer ‘Ostler is particularly good on this linguistic fragility…This richly various book offers new insights and information for almost everyone interested in the past.’ Sunday Telegraph ‘A serious work of scholarship, but one that can be read from cover to cover by the amateur enthusiast…the breadth of this analysis is breathtaking … it does its job admirably.’ Spectator ‘Ambitious and well-researched.’ New Statesman

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Book SynopsisMind Mapping is a breakthrough system of planning and note-taking that cuts homework time in half and makes schoolwork fun. Mind Maps for Kids is Tony Buzan's first book written specially for a younger audience, suitable for ages 7 to 14.Tony Buzan has been teaching children all over the world for the past thirty years and has proved that Mind Maps are the magic formula in the classroom: remembering facts and figures is a piece of cake, planning is a doddle and getting stuck for an answer is a thing of the past.In Mind Maps for Kids, Tony Buzan explains this amazing system using step-by-step examples in every subject across the curriculum. He shows just how easy Mind Mapping is and how it can help kids to remember things and concentrate better make clearer and better notes revise and ace exams! come up with ideas and unlock the imagination save timeMind Maps for Kids is a full-colour workbook, with the emphasis on having fun. As well as tips for improving memory and concentration, the book is packed with jokes, cartoons and brainteasers.Mind Mapping is the shortcut to success that puts kids one step (and sometimes miles!) ahead.Trade Review‘Mind Maps are fun for all ages.’ The Independent (Top 10 Best Revision Guides) The whole world should Mind Map.'THE EXPRESS 'The biggest name in memory.'THE NEW YORKER 'Tony Buzan deserves a medal for coming up with the sanity-saving concept of Mind Maps, which make difficult mental tasks possible, even pleasurable, by engaging the right side of the brain, where colour and creativity reign…The system can be a lifesaver for children with dyslexia-type difficulties.’ Time Out

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Book SynopsisThis classic guide to the butterflies of Britain and northern Europe enters its third edition as part of the authoritative Collins Guide series.This comprehensive guide to the butterflies of Britain and Europe features over 400 species, depicting both male and female insects. Species descriptions include details on taxonomic nomenclature, distribution, flight period, variation, habitat, behaviour and life cycle. Subspecies are included where there is significant variation, and distribution maps accompany each widespread species.Illustrated by Richard Lewington, the world''s leading butterfly illustrator, this is an ideal field guide for travelling naturalists and butterfly enthusiasts alike and is an essential addition to every nature lover''s bookshelves.Trade Review'Richard Lewington's illustrations are magnificent…Tom Tolman's text is excellent’New Scientist 'The identification plates are without equal in any modern field guide to butterflies'Centre for Biodiversity Studies, Milwaukee Public Museum

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Book SynopsisThe home of trusted French dictionaries for everyday language learning.A unique guide to communicating in French. It will help learners discover expressions and idioms to make their French more natural and fluent, while developing an awareness of French culture.Designed for learners of French of all ages, whether you are learning at school, in evening classes, for business or to go on holiday.The text consists of 250 quirky and interesting French idioms which are arranged into different themes, and are given with simple example phrases to show them in context. Clear and concise language notes provide information on the meaning and background of some idioms, while handy culture notes help explain any cultural differences.Combined with a text which has a selection of illustrations, the Collins Easy Learning French Idioms takes you beyond beginners level and expands your knowledge of frequently-used, natural French expressions.Get it right: key idioms and example phrases help improve your

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Book SynopsisCollins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully adapted versions are shorter with the language targeted at upper-intermediate learners (CEF level B2).Each reader includes:Audio with a reading of the adapted storyHelpful notes on charactersCultural and historical notes relevant to the plotA glossary of the more difficult wordsRoger Ackroyd is a man who knows too much.He knows the woman he loved poisoned her first husband. He knows someone was blackmailing her and now he knows she killed herself.When Roger Ackroyd is found murdered, the famous Belgiandetective, Hercule Poirot, is called in to find out who the killer is.Trade Review‘As a teacher using the Amazing People ELT Readers in an Extensive Reading Project, I’m as happy as my students are: motivating topics/real people, interesting facts and a great alternative to Graded Reader fiction. Having said that, the same class is also reading books from the Agatha Christie series, and enjoying them very much. Their Reading Diaries are full of questions, speculation about who-dunnit and comments about “unputdownability”. The buzz in the classroom when we’re swopping books is tangible.’Hania Bociek, Zürich, Switzerland

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Book SynopsisDo you want to sound more like a native speaker of English?You need the key phrases and the conversational tools native speakers use to get their message across.Collins Speaking will help you become a confident and fluent speaker of English by choosing the right words, pronunciation and tone. Learn how to start up conversations, keep conversations going and deal with difficult situations.Includes practice on:starting conversationsinterruptingmaking suggestionsgiving and receiving complimentsasking for and giving opinionssaying no politelyCollins Speaking is part of the new English for Life series and uses authentic material from the Collins Corpus, the world's largest database of the English language. It is suitable for self-study and classroom use, and can help towards Cambridge FCE preparation. Suitable for Intermediate learners of English (CEF level B1+).Trade ReviewAbout the Collins English for Life series:‘… superb, attractively packaged series (…) excellent support for candidates preparing for the Cambridge FCE and higher (…) work on the topics, skills and current needs of the language learner (…) may be used in various ways: either by learners alone, by teachers, or by teacher trainers on language development courses.’ About English for Life: Speaking:‘…gets to the core of what is required to communicate appropriately (…) Particularly useful are the cultural notes and related tasks’. Wayne Trotman, EL Gazette, August 2012

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Book SynopsisAre you comfortable writing English in the classroom but nervous about writing in the real world?To write confidently in English you need to practise different styles of written English.Collins Writing helps you recognize different styles and choose the right language to get your message across. The twenty units focus on a wide variety of texts so that you can feel just as comfortable writing a postcard or using social media online.Learn to write as fluently as you speak, use the right tone, and use persuasive language to get the response you need.Featured writing styles include:online reviewstweetsinstant messagingthank you lettersemailsjob applicationsCollins Writing is part of the new English for Life series and uses authentic material from the Collins Corpus, the world's largest database of the English language. It is suitable for self-study and classroom use, and can help towards Cambridge FCE preparation. Suitable for Intermediate learners of English (CEF level B1+).Trade ReviewAbout the Collins English for Life series:‘… superb, attractively packaged series (…) excellent support for candidates preparing for the Cambridge FCE and higher (…) work on the topics, skills and current needs of the language learner (…) may be used in various ways: either by learners alone, by teachers, or by teacher trainers on language development courses.’ About English for Life: Writing:‘…the authors first cover social texts, such as emails and messaging, then exchanging information. This is followed by more formal texts including articles, essays and letters of complaint.’ Wayne Trotman, EL Gazette, August 2012

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Book SynopsisThe world's leading Spanish to English and English to Spanish bilingual dictionary.The perfect resource for all advanced students of the Spanish and English languages.With more than 310,000 words, meanings and phrases and 442,000 translations.First published in 1971, the Collins Spanish Dictionary pioneered a new approach to bilingual dictionary publishing which continues to inspire millions of language users today. With wide-ranging coverage of contemporary Spanish and English, a wealth of examples and idioms, and a clear layout, this remains the ideal dictionary for advanced learners and professionals using Spanish.Up-to-date, with thousands of the latest words from a wide range of areasThousands of examples and idioms, all based on evidence from a multimillion-word corpus of real Spanish and EnglishExtensive notes on language, grammar and culture, to help the user with typical translation issuesCoverage of European and Latin American SpanishIncludes the acclaimed Language in Use supTrade Review“A formidable achievement that provided a blueprint for any future bilingual dictionary”, The Independent.

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Book SynopsisThe home of trusted Irish dictionaries for everyday language use. Ideal for students looking for an up-to-date, clear Irish dictionary for everyday home and class use and for exams revision.

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Book SynopsisThe home of trusted Portuguese dictionaries for everyday language learning.

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Book SynopsisThe home of trusted full-colour visual dictionaries for everyday use.A photographic guide to the key words and phrases in Arabic. This attractive pocket-sized book is a perfect travel companion and provides a practical guide to the Arabic language, world and culture.Everyday words are arranged in themes with carefully selected up-to-date images to illustrate key words and phrases, and an English and Arabic index help you to find words quickly as you learn. Transliteration provided for all Arabic words and phrases to help with pronunciation.3,000 essential words and phrases for modern life in Arabic-speaking countries are at your fingertips with topics covering food and drink, home life, work and school, shopping, sport and leisure, transport, technology, and the environment.Great care has been given to represent modern Arabic culture and enhance your experience of the Arab world, including customs, celebrations, and festivals.Plus, download your free audio to hear native speakers pronounce the word for each image and get your pronunciation pitch perfect, available from collinsdictionary.com/resources#visual

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Book SynopsisBag the perfect KS2 Spanish dictionary this Back to School.A fun, colourful Spanish to English and English to Spanish dictionary, designed to meet the needs of children aged 7-11 learning Spanish at primary school or at home.An easy-to-use, colourful dictionary that provides the perfect reference tool with detailed coverage of core English and Spanish vocabulary.Usage and cultural notes, together with illustrations and simple examples help children to remember words and translations and make learning fun.Key phrases are highlighted and topic pages cover useful vocabulary, offering all the support needed for children to study Spanish at KS2.

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Book SynopsisIf your writing is preventing you from getting the score you need in IELTS, Collins Writing for IELTS can help. Don't let one skill hold you back.

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Book SynopsisThe tenth edition of the Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's Dictionary has been revised and updated to include detailed coverage of today's English in a clear, attractive format.Ideal for upper intermediate and advanced learners of English, this dictionary covers all the words, phrases, and idioms that students need to master in order to speak and write effective English. New to this edition is the inclusion of CEFR levels, helping learners to focus on the words that are most important. Full-sentence definitions and thousands of updated examples taken from the 4.5-billion-word Collins Corpus show learners how the words are used in authentic contexts. The dictionary offers extensive help with grammar through the inclusion of grammar patterns at examples, and includes a comprehensive supplement to help with academic and business grammar.Additional information is provided throughout the dictionary to help learners improve their knowledge of collocation, etymology, and synonymy. Informative and relevant vocabulary panels show how words are used in a range of everyday contexts. In addition, this dictionary offers learners guidance on how to communicate effectively in English. The Language in Use supplement provides a wealth of invaluable information on how to write and speak English for different purposes using the appropriate language, style, and tone. Resources and activities to help learners make the most of the dictionary are available for free online at www.collins.co.uk/eltresources.The Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's Dictionary provides invaluable and detailed guidance on the English language, and is the complete reference tool for learners of English.Trade ReviewNo more guessing games or relying on teacher intuition. Working from a regularly updated corpus of over 4.5 billion words taken from authentic sources, Collins COBUILD products provide learner-friendly resources on how words are really used. (Dr Wayne Trotman, Teacher-Trainer, Izmir Katip Çelebi University, Turkey)

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Book SynopsisCollins Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language Third Edition has been fully updated to support the revised Cambridge IGCSE and IGCSE (9-1) English as a Second Language syllabuses (0510/0511/0991/0993) for examination from 2024Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International EducationFor examination from 2024Written and edited by experienced English as a Second Language authors and examinersProvides learner support for the Cambridge IGCSE and IGCSE (9-1) English as a Second Language syllabuses (0510/0511/0991/0993) for examination from 2024Coverage of each of the four skills of listening, reading, speaking and writingSupportive write-in resource for use in the classroom, as homework, or for self-studyEngaging content to practise and consolidate language skills, grammar and vocabularyThe third edition includes a new section on synonyms to consolidate and expand vocabulary and a new section with speaking skills adviceThis resource is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International EducTrade Review‘Excellent exercises in the new synonyms section. The simplified approach to understanding synonyms is absolutely wonderful. It also helps in learning different connotations and telling written language apart from colloquial language. In the speaking advice section, the step-by-step strategies have been judiciously woven with the wonderful activities to help all students think and develop their lines of thought. Special care has been taken to empower the students with the right intonation, stress words and syllables to guide them along varying stages of their structure and articulation of ideas. The suitably designed short exercises help the students hone their speaking skills in the event of online schooling or virtual learning.’ – Mr. Abhinandan Bhattacharya, JBCN International School, Oshiwara, Mumbai

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Book SynopsisElectrifying A user manual for our polarized world' Adam Grant, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Think AgainImportant, compelling and wise' Johann Hari, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Stolen FocusHow do you win an argument? How do you disagree without hard feelings? How do you debate in a way that moves the topic forward to an answer?Arguments matter, because we have them every day. We do it with loved ones and at work, over which restaurant to go to and which social viewpoint is right or fair. We trust the people we elect to argue on our behalf. We trust the news to dissect the arguments different parties are proposing. We have a system of justice which trusts the better argument will win out.Once, argument was taught and celebrated as a fundamental part of being a good citizen. But it isn't anymore, and often we struggle to argue without furthering divisions, without hurt feelings or a useful progression of ideas at stake.As a two-time world debate champion, Bo Seo has maTrade Review‘At a time of polarisation and rage, we all need to learn how to disagree well—and this important, compelling and wise book should be at the heart of how we do so’Johann Hari, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Stolen Focus and Lost Connections ‘This is not just the electrifying tale of how Bo Seo won two world debate championships. It’s also a user manual for our polarized world. I can’t think of a more vital resource for learning to sharpen your critical thinking, accelerate your rethinking, and hone your ability to open other people’s minds. The Art of Disagreeing Well is the rare book that has the potential to make you smarter—and everyone around you wiser’Adam Grant, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast WorkLife ‘A thoughtful, instructive and eloquent meditation on the art of debate and why its central pillars—fact-finding, reason, persuasion and listening to opponents—are so valuable in today’s alarming ecosystem of misinformation and extreme emotion’Michiko Kakutani, New York Times-bestselling author of Ex Libris and The Death of Truth ‘Seo’s lucid and humane search for ‘better ways to disagree’ could not be more timely or valuable’Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia and author of The Case for Courage ‘Bo Seo pulls off the hat trick of persuasion, combining crisp logic, a compelling story, and a likeable, trustworthy narrator … his book … makes a compelling argument of its own: that civil disagreement can save our troubled civilization’Jay Heinrichs, New York Times-bestselling author of Thank You for Arguing and How to Argue With a Cat

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Book SynopsisFrom one of the country?s leading Latinists, this reader is the perfect complement to any Latin program, and the first collection of entirely authentic classical Latin texts that beginning students, from the very first day of their introduction to Latin, can read and enjoy. Beginning with simple graffiti,Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribesmoves toward longer inscriptions and literary texts as students progress. Designed to accompany the bestsellingWheelock?scurriculum, its 40 chapters are linked with the 40 chapters ofWheelock?s Latin, but the book?s readings and design features make it suitable for use alongside any introductory college or high-school Latin textbook. Packed with hundreds of actual Latin inscriptions, proverbs, and texts, this outstanding textbook also includes dozens of photos and illustrations, maps, discussion and comprehension questions, grammar capsules, a Latin?English vocabulary section, a summary of forms, and much more.

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Book SynopsisEnglish File's unique, lively and enjoyable lessons are renowned for getting students talkingEnglish File, fourth edition, has been built on tried and trusted methodology and contains uniquely motivating lessons and activities that encourage students to discuss topics with confidence. This Intermediate Workbook with Key is suitable for CEFR language level B1.NEW TO THIS EDITIONNew and updated texts, topics, and listenings, based on feedback from English File teachersEach Student Book comes with access to new Online Practice, providing learners with extra practice and activities for each FileOnline Practice includes new Sound Bank videos, with the unique opportunity to watch a native speaker pronounce the sound, and new interactive videos where students can take part in the drama themselvesNew video listening activities are integrated into each even-numbered File. These short documentaries and dramas make class time more dynamic and excitingThe Classroom Presentation Tool shows the cour

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Book SynopsisEnglish File's unique, lively and enjoyable lessons are renowned for getting students talkingEnglish File, fourth edition, has been built on tried and trusted methodology and contains uniquely motivating lessons and activities that encourage students to discuss topics with confidence. This Pre-Intermediate Student's Book with Online Practice is suitable for CEFR language level A2-B1.NEW TO THIS EDITIONNew and updated texts, topics, and listenings, based on feedback from English File teachersEach Student Book comes with access to new Online Practice, providing learners with extra practice and activities for each FileOnline Practice includes new Sound Bank videos, with the unique opportunity to watch a native speaker pronounce the sound, and new interactive videos where students can take part in the drama themselvesNew video listening activities are integrated into each even-numbered File. These short documentaries and dramas make class time more dynamic and excitingThe Classroom Presentation Tool shows the course content on screen, making it easier for you to deliver engaging lessonsTeacher's Resource Centre allows you to manage all English File resources and download teaching materials in one place.Find out more here

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Book SynopsisTrusted worldwide. Inspired by you. Updated with new texts, topics and themes, Headway fifth edition provides fresh and relevant English instruction that is tailored to your students' needs.NEW TO THIS EDITIONTeach practical, real life English that is relevant to your students' lives with new topics and themes grounded in today's realityBring unit topics to life with the new unit opener page which includes inspiring photographs and accompanying video introductions, to engage students with the topicDownload and adapt material for your students with the Teacher's Resource Centre which provides all your Headway resources, stored in one placeOnline practice enables students to revisit activities from previous lessons, do extra skills practice, and check their progress with instant feedback.Find out more here

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Book SynopsisFeaturing plays and poetry from all over the world, including Latin American and African fiction, this book offers a deeper look into the famed fiction of Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde and more, as in-depth literary criticism and interesting authorial biographies give each work of literature a new meaning.Table of Contents 1: Introduction 2: Heroes and legends 3000BCE – 1300CE 1: Only the gods dwell forever in sunlight, The Epic of Gilgamesh 2: To nourish oneself on ancient virtue induces perseverance, Book of Changes, attributed to King Wen of Zhou 3: What is this crime I am planning, O Krishna? Mahabharata, attributed to Vyasa 4: Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles, Iliad, attributed to Homer 5: How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there’s no help in the truth! Oedipus the King, Sophocles 6: The gates of hell are open night and day; smooth the descent, and easy is the way, Aeneid, Virgil 7: Fate will unwind as it must, Beowulf 8: So Scheherazade began… One Thousand and One Nights 9: Since life is but a dream, why toil to no avail? Quan Tangshi 10: Real things in the darkness seem no realer than dreams, The Tale of Genji, Murasaki Shikibu 11: A man should suffer greatly for his Lord, The Song of Roland 12: Tandaradei, sweetly sang the nightingale, “Under the Linden Tree”, Walther von der Vogelwelde 13: He who dares not follow love’s command errs greatly, Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, Chretien de Troyes 14: Let another’s wound be my warning, Njal’s Saga 15: Further reading 2: Renaissance to enlightenment 1300 - 1800 1: I found myself within a shadowed forest, The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri 2: We three will swear brotherhood and unity of aims and sentiments, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong 3: Turn over the leef and chese another tale, The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer 4: Laughter’s the property of man. Live joyfully, Gargantua and Pantagruel, Francois Rabelais 5: As it did to this flower, the doom of age will blight your beauty, Les Amours de Cassandre, Pierre de Ronsard 6: He that loves pleasure must for pleasure fall, Doctor Faustus, Christopher Marlowe 7: Every man is the child of his own deeds, Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes 8: One man in his time plays many parts, First Folio, William Shakespeare 9: To esteem everything is to esteem nothing, The Misanthrope, Moliere 10: But at my back I always hear Time’s winged chariot hurrying near, Miscellaneous Poems, Andrew Marvell 11: Sadly, I part from you; like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too, The Narrow Road to the Interior, Matsuo Basho 12: None will hinder and none be hindered on the journey to the mountain of death, The Love Suicides at Sonezaki, Chikamatsu Monzaemon 13: I was born in the Year 1632, in the City of York, of a good family, Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe 14: If this is the best of all possible worlds, what are the others? Candide, Voltaire 15: I have courage enough to walk through hell barefoot, The Robbers, Friedrich Schiller 16: There is nothing more difficult in love than expressing in writing what one does not feel, Les Liaisons dangereuses, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 17: Further reading 3: Romanticism and the rise of the novel 1800 - 1855 1: Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge, Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge 2: Nothing is more wonderful, nothing more fantastic than real life, Nachtstucke, E T A Hoffmann 3: Man errs, till he has ceased to strive, Faust, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 4: Once upon a time… Children’s and Household Tales, Brothers Grimm 5: For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn? Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen 6: Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley 7: All for one, one for all, The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas 8: But happiness I never aimed for, it is a stranger to my soul, Eugene Onegin, Alexander Pushkin 9: Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes, Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman 10: You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass 11: I am no bird; and no net ensnares me, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte 12: I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul! Wurthering Heights, Emily Bronte 13: There is no folly of the beast of the Earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men, Moby-Dick, Herman Melville 14: All partings foreshadow the great final one, Bleak House, Charles Dickens 15: Further Reading 4: Depicting real life 1855 – 1900 1: Boredom, quiet as the spider, was spinning its web in the shadowy places of her heart, Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert 2: I too am a child of this land; I too grew up amid this scenery, The Guarani, Jose de Alencar 3: The poet is a kinsman in the clouds, Les Fleurs du mal, Charles Baudelaire 4: Not being heard is no reason for silence, Les Miserables, Victor Hugo 5: Curiouser and curiouser! Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll 6: Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart, Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky 7: To describe directly the life of humanity or even of a single nation, appears impossible, War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy 8: It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view, Middlemarch, George Eliot 9: We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne 10: In Sweden all we do is to celebrate jubilees, The Red Room, August Strindberg 11: She is written in a foreign tongue, The Portrait of a Lady, Henry James 12: Human beings can be awful cruel to one another, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain 13: He simply wanted to go down the mine again, to suffer and to struggle, Germinal, Emile Zola 14: The evening sun was now ugly to her, like a great inflamed wound in the sky, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy 15: The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde 16: There are things old and new which must not be contemplated by men’s eyes, Dracula, Bram Stoker 17: One of the dark places of the earth, Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad 18: Further reading 5: Breaking with tradition 1900 - 1945 1: The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle 2: I am a cat. As yet I have no name. I’ve no idea where I was born, I am a Cat, Natsume Soseki 3: Gregor Samsa found himself, in his bed, transformed into a monstrous vermin, Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka 4: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, Poems, Wilfred Owen 5: April is the cruellest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, The Waste Land, T S Eliot 6: The heaventree of stars hung with humid nightblue fruit, Ulysses, James Joyce 7: When I was young I, too, had many dreams, Call to Arms, Lu Xun 8: Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself, The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran 9: Criticism marks the origin of progress and enlightenment, The Magic Mountain, Thomas Mann 10: Like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars, The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald 11: The old world must crumble. Awake, wind of dawn! Berlin Alexanderplatz, Alfred Doblin 12: Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston 13: Dead men are heavier than broken hearts, The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler 14: It is such a secret place, the land of tears, The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery 15: Further reading 6: Post-war writing 1945 – 1970 1: Big Brother is watching you, Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell 2: I’m seventeen now, and sometimes I act like I’m about thirteen, The Catcher in the Rye, J D Salinger 3: Death is a gang-boss aus Deutschland, Poppy and Memory, Paul Celan 4: I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me, Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison 5: Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul, Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov 6: Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it’s awful! Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett 7: It is impossible to touch eternity with one hand and life with the other, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Yukio Mishima 8: He was the beat – the root, the soul of beatific, On the Road, Jack Kerouac 9: What is good among one people is an abomination with others, Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe 10: Even wallpaper has a better memory than human beings, The Tin Drum, Gunter Grass 11: I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee 12: Nothing is lost if one has the courage to proclaim that all is lost and we must begin anew, Hopscotch, Julio Cortazar 13: He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt, Catch-22, Joseph Heller 14: I rhyme to see myself, to set the darkness echoing, Death of a Naturalist, Seamus Heaney 15: There’s got to be something wrong with us. To do what we did, In Cold Blood, Truman Capote 16: Ending at every moment but never ending its ending, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez 17: Further reading 7: Contemporary literature 1970 – present 1: Our history is an aggregate of last moments, Gravity’s Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon 2: You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino’s new novel, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller, Italio Calvino 3: To understand just one life you have to swallow the world, Midnight’s Children, Salman Rushdie 4: Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another, Beloved, Toni Morrison 5: Heaven and Earth were in turmoil, Red Sorghum, Mo Yan 6: You could not tell a story like this. A story like this you could only feel, Oscar and Lucinda, Peter Carey 7: Cherish our island for its green simplicities, Omeros, Derek Walcott 8: I felt lethal, on the verge of frenzy, American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis 9: Quietly they moved down the calm and sacred river, A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth 10: It’s a very Greek idea, and a profound one. Beauty is terror, The Secret History, Donna Tartt 11: What we see before us is just one tiny part of the world, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami 12: Perhaps only in a world of the blind will things be what they truly are, Blindness, Jose Saramago 13: English is an unfit medium for the truth of South Africa, Disgrace, J M Coetzee 14: Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories, White Teeth, Zadie Smith 15: The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn’t one, The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood 16: There was something his family wanted to forget, The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen 17: It all stems from the same nightmare, the one we created together, The Guest, Hwang Sok-yong 18: I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer 19: Further reading 8: Glossary 9: Index 10: Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisThis updated workbook is designed with the student in mind and intended for use with the standard-setting Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar textbook.As students complete the assignments in the workbook, the concepts they have been learning from the main grammar textbook are reinforced, making this an invaluable study tool to enhance student learning.Features: Hebrew alphabet and pronunciation guide. Memorization assistance for all 506 Hebrew words (excluding proper names) that occur 70 times or more in the Hebrew Bible. Exercises arranged in order of difficulty—beginning with parsing and identification of forms and ending with composition. Larger reading texts with grammatical commentary. Plenty of space for annotation. Compatible with a wide variety of English Bible translations.

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Book SynopsisOliver Sacks is a physician and the author of many books, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Awakenings (which inspired the Oscar-nominated film) and Musicophilia. Born in London and educated at Oxford, he held positions at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine and was Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Columbia University. He is the first, and only, Columbia University Artist, and is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. In 2008, he was appointed Commander of the British Empire. His memoir, On the Move, was published shortly before his death in August 2015.Trade ReviewSeeing Voices is a manifesto, characteristically humane and impassioned; once more, Sacks proves he is the doyen of science with a human face. * Sunday Times *Empathetic, intelligent and compassionate. * Guardian *A passionate meditation on the richness of sign language. * Independent *Scholarly and carefully documented, Seeing Voices makes the gigantic leap so essential to understanding total deafness. * Sunday Telegraph *

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Book SynopsisIf you're confused by commas, perplexed by pronouns, and plain terrified by tenses, English Grammar For Dummies will put your fears to rest. Packed with expert guidance, it covers everything from sentence basics to rules even your English teacher didn't know - if you want to brush up on your grammar, this is the only guide you'll ever need.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: The Parts of Speech and Parts of the Sentence 7 Chapter 1: I Already Know How to Talk Why Should I Study Grammar? 9 Chapter 2: Verbs: The Heart of the Sentence 17 Chapter 3: Relax! Understanding Verb Tense 33 Chapter 4: Who’s Doing What? Finding the Subject 51 Chapter 5: Having It All: The Complete Sentence 63 Chapter 6: Handling Complements 73 Part II: Avoiding Common Errors 83 Chapter 7: Getting Hitched: Marrying Sentences 85 Chapter 8: Do You Feel Bad or Badly? The Lowdown on Adjectives and Adverbs 99 Chapter 9: Prepositions, Interjections and Articles 115 Chapter 10: Everyone Brought Their Homework: Pronouns 125 Chapter 11: Just Nod Your Head: About Agreement 137 Part III: No Garage, but Plenty of Mechanics 153 Chapter 12: Apostrophes 155 Chapter 13: Quotations: More Rules than Revenue & Customs 171 Chapter 14: The Pause That Refreshes: Commas 193 Chapter 15: Adding Information: Semicolons, Dashes and Colons 203 Chapter 16: Capital Letters 215 Part IV: Polishing without Wax – The Finer Points of Grammar 229 Chapter 17: Pronouns and Their Cases 231 Chapter 18: Fine-Tuning Verbs 243 Chapter 19: Saying What You Want to Say: Descriptive Words and Phrases 259 Chapter 20: Good, Better, Best: Comparisons 265 Chapter 21: Keeping Your Balance 279 Part V: Rules Even Your Great-Aunt’s Grammar Teacher Didn’t Know 289 Chapter 22: The Last Word on Verbs 291 Chapter 23: The Last Word on Pronouns 301 Chapter 24: The Last Word on Sentence Structure 313 Chapter 25: The Last Word on Punctuation 327 Part VI: The Part of Tens 341 Chapter 26: Ten Ways Two to Improve Your Proofreading 343 Chapter 27: Ten Ways to Learn Better Grammar 347 Index 351

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Book SynopsisThe timeless and compelling word-music' of one of Britain's oldest cultural treasures is captured in this new bilingual edition.The Gododdin charts the rise and fall of 363 warriors in the battle of Catraeth, around the year AD 600. The men of the Brittonic kingdom of Gododdin rose to unite the Welsh and the Picts against the Angles, only to meet a devastating fate. Composed by the poet Aneirin, the poem was originally orally transmitted as a sung elegy, passed down for seven centuries before being written down in early Welsh by two medieval scribes. It is composed of one hundred laments to the named characters who fell, and follows a sophisticated alliterative poetics. Former National Poet of Wales Gillian Clarke animates this historical epic with a modern musicality, making it live in the language of today and underscoring that, in a world still beset by the misery of war, Aneirin's lamentation is not done.

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Book SynopsisJonathan Ferrar is a globally recognised consultant, speaker and business advisor in HR strategy and analytics. He is chief executive officer of global people analytics firm Insight222, and board advisor to the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development.David Green is an influencer, advisor and prolific speaker in the field of people analytics, human resources technology and the future of work. He is managing partner at Insight222 and host of the Digital HR Leaders podcast. In 2023 he was named as one of the Most Influential HR Thinkers by HR Magazine.Trade Review"In this book, cutting-edge practitioners share insights that you can start putting into action right away."" * Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THINK AGAIN and host of the TED podcast, WorkLife *"Exceptional and the standard for people analytics" * Dave Ulrich, Rensis Likert Professor, School of Business, University of Michigan Partner, The RBL Group *"A superb book with practical case studies applicable to every HR professional and business leader in the use of data analytics towards better decision making."" * Low Peck Kem, Chief Human Resources Officer, Public Service Division, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore *"Filled with topical case studies that can support any people analytics and HR team in their pursuit of creating enterprise value." * Loren I. Shuster, Chief People Officer & Head of Corporate Affairs, The LEGO Group *"HR is closer to the business than ever, and this book shows how people analytics is a business activity that drives substantial value." * Katarina Berg, Chief Human Resources Officer, Spotify *"There is a need for companies to become more human in our increasingly digital age. I have found, as a CHRO, that analytics provides equal benefit to both employees and the business, and Excellence in People Analytics dovetails these two very well. Using analytics is clearly one of the most valuable tools for becoming more human, enabling personalization and consumerisation of the employee experience." * Leena Nair Chief Human Resources Officer, Unilever *"People analytics provides business executives with another lever to improve their strategy and operations. Jonathan and David have a deep understanding of this topic and its impact on people and performance. Their work with companies across the globe is now captured in this book, providing insight with a collection of terrific case studies and practical advice. It is an outstanding guide for executives wishing to create value using people analytics." * John Boudreau, Professor Emeritus, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California *"Excellence in People Analytics is a delightful journey of discovery through the field of people analytics with 30 vivid case studies and practical models. Businesses have recognized that workforce data can unleash the potential of talent and create value for the company. Yet people analytics is one of the biggest capability gaps for organizations. This book inspires me and is a great guide to implement people analytics beyond the 'buzz' term." * Rosa Lee, Executive Vice President of Bosch China & Corporate HR, Head of Asia-Pacific *"Excellence in People Analytics will equip HR leaders and practitioners with the structures and use cases they need to keep up with technology and learn new skills. I have little doubt that this book will define HR's contribution to the workplace of the future." * Bernard Marr, Bestselling author of Data Strategy and Data-Driven HR, futurist and strategic advisor *"Brilliantly insightful, yet practically impactful. This is a foundational book in the field of people analytics that emphasizes a business-first approach for elevating human performance. The nine dimensions for success are complemented with powerful cases that will empower any practitioner to apply these concepts." * Michael J. Arena, VP Talent & Development, AWS and author of Adaptive Space *Table of Contents Section - PART ONE: The case for people analytics; Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 000: The business value of people analytics; Section - PART TWO: Nine Dimensions for Excellence in People Analytics; Chapter - 01: Governance; Chapter - 02: Methodology; Chapter - 03: Stakeholder Management; Chapter - 04: Skills; Chapter - 05: Technology; Chapter - 06: Data; Chapter - 07: Workforce Experiences; Chapter - 08: Business Outcomes; Chapter - 09: Culture; Section - PART THREE: The next steps for people analytics; Chapter - 10: Transforming people analytics; Chapter - 11: Epilogue - the future of people analytics; Chapter - 12: Concluding remarks; Chapter - 13: Glossary; Chapter - 14: Index

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Book SynopsisSay hello to the bullet system: a revolutionary organization method that will increase both your efficiency and your creativity. At its simplest, the bullet method will provide you with a fool proof to-do list that will ensure you never miss a task or appointment again. Take it just a step further and its principals will let you organize your present, take note of the past and plan your future. The 365 Bullet Guide is an easy-to-follow book that will teach you the bullet system. There's an exercise for every day of the year and each takes 365 seconds or less to complete. With simple, clear instructions, this book will show you how to incorporate the bullet method into your life as gradually or quickly as you like. The joy of bulleting is that it is both holistic and completely customizable to your own aesthetics and habits, so you can create your own journal from scratch and put into practice as many of the hundreds of ideas and techniques as your like such as ha

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