The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language, Paperback - Melvyn Bragg

Reducere. Here is the riveting story of the English language, from its humble beginnings as a regional dialect to its current preeminence as the one global l...

The superb follow-up to the bestselling THE SOLDIER'S RETURNPublisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): Melvyn BraggIllustration(s): noneNumber of page...

Reducere. Barking is natural and almost all dogs bark. It is one of the many ways dogs communicate with each other as well as with humans. In this book, auth...

Melvyn Bragg explores a controversial selection of British books and their huge impact on historyPublisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): Melvyn Bra...

In Imprisoned in English, Anna Wierzbicka argues that in the present English-dominated world, millions of people - including academics, lawyers, di...

Melvyn Bragg gives new life to one of the most remarkable love stories in history: the passionate, enduring romance between Heloise and Abelard.

The much-praised third part of 'a monumental series' (Sunday Times) by an 'aristocrat of English fiction' (Sunday Telegraph)

Melvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which lyrically evokes a vanished world.Publishe...

Short and accessible introductions to historical figures and their legacy as felt across the moverments and ideas that have shaped our understandin...

A compelling story of passion, loyalty and the dangers of an obsessive relationship by the Booker Prize-longlisted and bestselling author Melvyn Br...

The twentieth anniversary of the insightful Radio 4 exploration of varied intellectual subjects draws from some of the show's best episodes, presen...

This dictionary contains more than 80, 000 lexical items used in political, social, economic, literary, and scientific discourse including words th...

Important figures in British life talk about what Europe means to them

A thrilling fictional recreation of the biggest rebellion in English history - the so-called Peasants' Revolt.

Reducere. This beautifully written, informative study is a portrait, a history and a superb guide book, capturing fully the seductive beauty and the many lay...

A profoundly moving and evocative novel set in post-war Cumbria

Bragg's acclaimed story of one family's experience of the social and cultural upheaval of England as it moves into the twentieth century

An uplifting tale of bravery, friendship and self-belief, from the creator of The Light in the Night. Perfect for small people looking for adventur...

DescriptionArdkinglas is a 45, 000-acre estate in Cairndow, a beautiful area of the Highlands at the head of Loch Fyne. Sir Andrew Noble, the autho...

Reducere. "Fred Kaplan's Lincoln offers penetrating insights on Lincoln's ability to explain complex ideas in language accessible to a broad range of readers...

By 'quite simply one of the best writers we have' (Sunday Telegraph), a profoundly moving story spanning three generations.Publisher: Hodder & Stou...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Weaves political, social and art history of Florence into a lively whole. This book features photographs and illustrations and line drawings that d...

Reducere. Clementine Churchill -- shy, passionate, and high-strung -- shunned publicity but was in the limelight throughout her adult life. As a young woman,...

Reducere. The most widely spoken Jewish language on the eve of the Holocaust, Yiddish continues to play a significant role in Jewish life today, from Hasidim...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A guide to the use of the avian embryo in studies of vertebrate development. It includes approaches to analysis of the chick genome, gene knock-out...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Mark StevensOther: Carol Bloom StevensKing Icahn is an unparalleled human drama. It is the story of a man who rose from hum...

The Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshiped it, and the Church used it to fend off heretics. Today, zero lies at the he...

Designated a World Heritage Site, the landscape around Avebury in north Wiltshire contains a remarkable wealth of archaeological remains, including...

A classic love story is retold for our times in this thought-provoking story of a modern day academic attempting to turn the twelfth century story ...

In this book Geert Mak returns to the small Frisian village of his childhood, Jorwert (pop. Jowert has more in common with an English village than ...

Reducere. This book, a National Book Award nominee in 1988, is the life of Thomas Jefferson as seen through the prism of his love affair with Monticello. For...

The story of the famous painting by Picasso and its diverse meanings from its conception to the present day

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

To be effective, sovereignty must be secured through force or consent by those living in a territory, and accepted externally by other sovereign st...

Reducere. Anthony J Randall examines the life of Joan Clarke and her role in breaking the Naval Enigma at Bletchley Park, alongside Alan Turing. An outstandi...

Reducere. As a leading Confederate general, Braxton Bragg (1817-1876) earned a reputation for incompetence, for wantonly shooting his own soldiers, and for l...

DescriptionMusician and activist Billy Bragg diagnoses the crisis of accountability in Western democracies in this new series of political pamphlet...

Description"Sargent makes you feel simultaneously drawn into and excluded from the sisters' world, a phenomenon that Erica E. -Hirshler explores in...