Language Learning
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (Oxford Paperback Reference)(PDF)
The most authoritative paperback dictionary of quotations available, containing over 9,000 quotations from more than 2,300 authors, the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations is both a fascinating read and an invaluable general reference tool. Based on the highly acclaimed seventh edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, this new edition maintains its extensive coverage of [...]
Axelrod & Cooper’s Concise Guide to Writing
Adapted from the best-selling St. Martin’s Guide to Writing, Axelrod and Cooper’s Concise Guide to Writing provides streamlined versions of the chapters covering six of the most commonly assigned genres in the first-year writing course — remembering events, writing profiles, explaining concepts, arguing a position, proposing a solution, and justifying an evaluation. The careful integration [...]
Oxford Word Skills: Intermediate: Idioms and Phrasal Verbs Student Book with Key: Learn and Practise English Vocabulary
Oxford Word Skills improves students' vocabulary and vocabulary learning skills. Short, clear presentations and lots of opportunity for practice give students the confidence to use new vocabulary. 80 units at each level mean they cover a huge range of topics and everyday situations. Extra practice and interactive activities on CD-ROM.
De Gruyter Woerterbuch: Deutsch als Fremdsprache (German Edition)
The Learner's Dictionary of German is truly a dictionary for learning. Students have all the vocabulary they need for everyday communication at their fingertips. Learn the language using the clear, easy to understand definition of each entry; the many phrases and examples of usage which show the word and its meaning in its correct context; [...]
Practice Makes Perfect English Pronouns and Prepositions, Second Edition
Helpful instructions and plenty of practice exercises About the Author Ed Swick has taught ESL for 30 years. He is the author of Practice Makes Perfect: English Grammar for ESL Learners and Practice Makes Perfect: English Sentence Builder.
The Harbrace Guide to Writing, Concise Edition (PDF)
The first situation-based 3-in-1 writing guide (including a rhetoric, reader, and research manual), Cheryl Glenn's THE HARBRACE GUIDE TO WRITING, CONCISE EDITION infuses the common genres and strategies with a rhetorical awareness in the context of actual local situations. THE HARBRACE GUIDE TO WRITING, CONCISE EDITION translates rhetorical theory into easy-to-follow (and easy-to-teach) techniques that [...]
Collins Speaking for Ielts
If your speaking is preventing you from getting the score you need in IELTS, Collins Speaking for IELTS can help. Don't let one skill hold you back. Collins Speaking for IELTS has been specially created for learners of English who plan to take the IELTS exam to demonstrate that they have the required ability to [...]
McGraw-Hill’s Conversational American English: The Illustrated Guide to Everyday Expressions of American English (McGraw-Hill ESL References)
Learn more than 3,000 English expressions and speak and understand the language easily As a new speaker of English, you may hear some expressions in your daily conversations that you do not understand–yet. McGraw-Hill's Conversational American English will help you learn these expressions, so not only do you know what a person is saying to [...]
Black Pepper: Piper nigrum (Medicinal and Aromatic Plants – Industrial Profiles)
Black Pepper is the first monograph on this important and most widely used spice. This volume includes chapters on all aspects of the crops' botany; crop improvement, agronomy, chemistry, post-harvest technology, processing, diseases, insect pests, marketing, economy and uses. All the available information has been collected and presented by experts for the use of students, [...]
The Progressive in Modern English: A Corpus-Based Study of Grammaticalization and Related Changes
This book constitutes the first full-length diachronic treatment of the English progressive from Old English to Present-day English, focusing on the crucial phase of its grammaticalization between the 17th and 20th centuries. It uses data from the British component of ARCHER-2 (A Representative Corpus of Historical English Registers, version 2) to uncover the details of [...]