On Speaking Well, Paperback

Reducere. DescriptionThis modern Portuguese dictionary offers excellent coverage of today's Portuguese language and culture in Europe and Brazil. Features in...

Reducere. Mencius was one of the great philosophers of ancient China, second only in influence to Confucius, whose teachings he defended and expanded. The Me...

Reducere. It isn't that Abby Carson can't do her schoolwork. She just doesn't like doing it. And consequently, Abby will have to repeat sixth grade--unless s...

"Scientific Healing Affirmations" is the guide to positive, concentrated thought by renowned Indian yogi and guru Paramahansa Yogananda. Born in In...

Reducere. We inhabit extraordinary times: times in which we are acutely aware of the intensity of what revolutionary thinker Frantz Fanon called "the glare o...

Reducere. George Willard is a young reporter on the Winesburg Eagle to whom, one by one, the inhabitants of Winesburg, Ohio, confide their hopes, their dream...

Reducere. Essential Tagalog Phrasebook & Dictionary presents the practical language of everyday interactions, conveyed in a way that's clear, concise, access...

Reducere. DescriptionSpeak Malayalam in Ten Weeks is a new book by John D. Kunnathu & Lissy John. This book helps the speakers of English to gain the basic s...

Traditionally attributed to Lao Tzu, an older contemporary of Confucius (551 - 479 BC), it is now thought that the work was compiled in about the f...

When her father falls into a coma, Indian American photographer Sonya reluctantly returns to the family she'd fled years before. Since she left hom...

In A Modern Utopia, two travelers fall into a space-warp and suddenly find themselves upon a Utopian Earth controlled by a single World Government....

DescriptionCosmopolitan and effortlessly bilingual, Montreal is the largest city in Canada's French-speaking province of Qu bec. This UNESCO City o...

DescriptionWhen a prominent figure from the Paris restaurant world turns up dead, Inspector Maigret is on the case The body of a well-known Parisia...

Reducere. Essential Burmese Phrasebook & Dictionary presents the practical language of everyday interactions, conveyed in a way that's clear, concise, access...

Reducere. Learn Spanish through play―a fun activity workbook for language learners ages 3 to 5Hola Want to get children ages 3-6 excited about speaking a new...

Reducere. Essential Vietnamese Phrasebook & Dictionary presents the practical language of everyday interactions, conveyed in a way that's clear, concise, acc...

Reducere. DescriptionHow well do you know Middle-earth?In Tolkien's Overture, writer and podcaster John Carswell continues his exploration of Tolkien's lesse...

The Bhagavad Gita is an early epic poem that recounts the conversation between Arjuna the warrior and his charioteer Krishna, the manifestation of ...

This edition has been revised and updated to offer extensive and relevant coverage of today's English and French, with thousands of examples guidin...

The Portable Poe compiles Poe's greatest writings: tales of fantasy, terror, death, revenge, murder, and mystery, including ``The Pit and the Pendu...

In 1665 the plague swept through London, claiming over 97, 000 lives. Daniel Defoe was just five at the time of the plague, but he later called on ...

Between 58 and 50 BC Caesar conquered most of the area now covered by France, Belgium and Switzerland, and twice invaded Britain. This is the recor...

Nostromo, published in 1904, is one of Conrad's finest works. Nostromo - though one hundred years old - says as much about today's Latin America as...

A definitive new collection of Oscar Wilde's best prison letters and poetry, with an introduction by Colm Toibin Bankrupt and with his reputation i...

Contributor(s): Author: Leo TolstoyThis profound analysis of the nature of art is the culmination of a series of essays and polemics on issues of m...

Contains diverse writing from the Spanish-speaking world. This book explores stylistic contrasts and gives an insight into the cultural and social ...

DescriptionThis comprehensive collection includes Asser's Life of Alfred, extracts from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and Alfred's own writings, laws,...

A wonderful new collection of Henry James's short stories about Americans in Europe Daisy Miller is one of Henry James's great heroines: a young, i...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Hiba NajemA very practical way to learn Lebanese This is a Lebanese Arabic phrasebook, in a sense that it is designed to bo...

Martin Sheen, best known for his role as a Catholic president in the prestigious television series The West Wing, returned to the practice of his C...

EVERY WORD WE UTTER CAN BE CHARGED WITH MAGIC IF WE COME TO LEARN SOME RATHER SIMPLE UNIVERSAL RULES NOW IT IS POSSIBLE TO TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIF...

Menacing tales from one of the masters of horror fictionAlthough Bram Stoker is best known for his world-famous novel Dracula, he also wrote many s...

A Penguin Classic Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bim...

DescriptionTolstoy's passionate and iconoclastic writings--on issues of faith, immortality, freedom, violence, and morality--reflect his intellectu...

Reducere. The Broken Wings is a poetic novel written by Kahlil Gibran and first published in Arabic in 1912. It is a tale of tragic love, set in turn-of-the-...

How to Learn Spanish is a comprehensive guide for students of Spanish. It teaches powerful language learning principles and strategies for: Expandi...

Completely revised and edited with an introduction and notes by Vincent Carretta An exciting and often terrifying adventure story, as well as an im...

Reducere. Sir Isaac Newton is one of history's most renowned scientists. He independently developed the mathematical technique known as Calculus, wrote a tre...

Have you been told just how special, precious and uniquely created you are? Well, then let me be the first to tell you today because I know it's tr...

``It is not the well-being of individuals that makes cities great, but the well-being of the community`` Few figures in intellectual history have p...

Anthony Trollope's stock-in-trade was the life of the great drawing rooms of mid-Victorian England, where the thirst for wealth and political power...

DescriptionThese short works, ranging from Tolstoy's earliest tales to the brilliant title story, are rich in the insights and passion that charact...

Reducere. A fun and easy to use Chinese writing workbook to support children learning Chinese at home. We combine fun practice with engaging and colourful il...

Vladimir Mayakovsky was one of the towering literary figures of pre- and post-revolutionary Russia, speaking as much to the working man (he often e...

Reducere. Unlock the tales within you--unleash the power of storytelling Everyone loves a good story--but how do you turn a fun anecdote into one for the boo...

DescriptionGuy McPherson was a successful professor by every imperial measure: well-published in all the right places, he taught and mentored stude...

Reducere. This book is invaluable for all the students preparing for the IELTS exam. It contains essential topic-specific vocabulary for the exam, divided in...

Reducere. "Not after the establishment, but speaking straight ahead." This is how William Carlos Williams referred to his own forthrightness as well as his p...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the vantage point of her own personal history--a fourth-generation Indian South African of mixed lineage--indentured as well as tra...

Reducere. The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritat...

DescriptionOne of the most important nineteenth-century schools of thought, Utilitarianism propounds the view that the value or rightness of an act...

Reducere. How do we listen to God speak to our hearts, minds, and wills especially above the noise and stress of the modern world? What is the process of dis...

DescriptionEasy Tagalog brings the Tagalog language and culture of the Philippines alive, giving you all the basics you need to start speaking Taga...

Philosophical writings on "the good life" by the great Roman orator, in a vital new translation In the first century BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Rom...

Reducere. From New York Times-bestselling and Eisner Award-winning creator Hope Larson comes All My Friends, the final standalone book in a middle grade grap...

Reducere. Let's travel to Kenya Number five in this exciting series travels to Africa to learn about the thrilling country of Kenya. This extraordinary book ...

Reducere. Let your fingers do the talking--a hands-on guide to American Sign Language for kids American Sign Language is an amazing visual language that uses...

The Greek statesman Polybius (c.200-118 BC) wrote his account of the relentless growth of the Roman Empire in order to help his fellow countrymen u...

Plantaganet Palliser, Prime Minister of England - a man of power and prestige, with all the breeding and inherited wealth that goes with it - is ap...

Jon Schau was a comedian, twice awarded as "Norway s funniest person". In 2004, he was rushed to hospital after a performance, an went into coma fo...

Reducere. Both husbands and wives can be extremely frustrated by the differences in sexual needs and expectations between them. This frustration manifests it...

Reducere. Are you ready to reap a harvest of blessings? Learn how the seeds you sow, water, and tend will yield a wonderful life in Lessons From My Garden. O...

Reducere. Growing older is inevitable and, as we often say, it beats the alternative. But just because we age does not mean we must give in to a slow deterio...

For Raman the sign painter, life is a familiar and satisfying routine. A man of simple, rational ways, he lives with his pious aunt and prides hims...

Letterland Fix-it Phonics makes learning English fun and easy to remember. Level 3 revises and builds on the knowledge learned in Level 1 and 2, as...

Letterland Fix-it Phonics makes learning English fun and easy to remember. Level 3 revises and builds on the knowledge learned in Level 1 and 2, as...

Letterland Fix-it Phonics makes learning English fun and easy to remember. Level 3 revises and builds on the knowledge learned in Level 1 and 2, as...

Reducere. Your loved one, or a professional may be your best option as your Successor (Trustee/Executor), but don't select anyone without reading this book f...

Lady Gunsmith 9 - Roxy Doyle and the Lady ExecutionerTraveling through Arizona, Roxy Doyle comes across a woman being pursued by multiple riders, i...

DescriptionFollowing Rome's long road to peace after decades of civil war, Cassius Dio provides the fullest account of the reign of the first emper...