Written by a team of international experts, An Introduction to Applied Linguistics provides a complete, authoritative and up-to-date overview of the state of the field, ideal for students and practicioners alike.[...]

Encourages students to develop a personal approach to foreign language teaching. This book offers an account of relevant statutory frameworks. It offers emphasis on teachers as researchers. It covers topics such as: teaching methods and learning strategies; teaching in the target language and develo[...]

Determining the structure of molecules is a fundamental skill that all chemists must learn. "Structural Methods in Molecular Inorganic Chemistry" is designed to help readers interpret experimental data, understand the material published in modern journals of inorganic chemistry, and make decisions a[...]

On 12 September 1940, four teenagers accidentally stumbled across a hole in the hillside overlooking the village of Montignac, France. This opening the entrance to the Lascaux Cave and its network of chambers brought to light stunning 17,000- year-old paintings that vividly depicted a whole host of [...]

William Scott, born in 1913, first came to the publics attention when he participated in the Arts Councils exhibition at the 1951 Festival of Britain. His work ranges from abstract paintings to ever-richer still lifes with multiple levels of paint, and multiple levels of meaning. This sumptuous volu[...]

Norbert Elias has been described as a great sociologist and over recent years there has been a steady upsurge of interest in his work. Yet despite the fact that he was active for nearly sixty years from the 1920s to the 1960s it was only in the 1980s that English translations of his works became wid[...]

* Completely overhauled version of the combined classic texts The History of Manners and State Formation and Civilization. * Revised throughout, updated postscript and bibliography, and line corrections made from the original version. * Contents lists combined and restructured. .[...]

This work is the culmination of more than 20 years' study and observation from one of the world's leading natural history photographers. Standing 10 feet tall on its hind legs, reaching more than 700kg and renowned for its singular ferociousness, the Polar Bear reigns in the North. It survives on th[...]

Ben Nicholson (1894 -- 1982) was one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. A pioneer of abstract art in Britain, he first came to prominence with his famous 'white reliefs', but he also maintained a lifelong attachment to landscape and still-life forms, and in a career of over sixty year[...]