This book fills a gap in studies of meaning by providing detailed case studies of attested corpus data on the meanings of words and phrases.[...]
The (printed) 'Updated Edition' now comes with added value access to the complete, downloadable eBook version via Student Consult. Search, read and revise whilst on the move and use the interactive self-assessment to test your understanding. Crash Course - a more flexible, practical learning packa[...]
The Collins BTEC National Business Student Textbook covers the revised specification for 2010. The materials provide an clear and accessible route through the qualification focussing on the most engaging ways of generating the evidence students need to provide for their assignment portfolios.[...]
BTEC First Business is a brand new textbook for the revised 2012 specification. Packed with learning and teaching features including: Case Studies, Real Life business stories, Key Terms, Discussion and Investigation activities as well as useful summaries and revision tests. Lively, clear and colourf[...]
The team behind the bestselling The Food52 Cookbook and the James Beard Award-winning website Food52.com are back. Powered by a thriving online community and edited by noted food writers Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, Food52.com spotlights the best recipes from talented home cooks all over the wo[...]
Measle Stubbs is not a boy known for his good luck. He's thin and weedy and hasn't had a bath for years - and he has to live with his horrible old guardian, Basil Tramplebone. Just when Measle thinks things can't get any worse, he's zapped into the world of Basil's toy train set. There's something[...]
Poor Measle Stubbs ...just when things are looking up for a change, the mysterious Dragodon and his gang of wicked wrathmonks cast a spell on Measle's dad and snatch his mum. So now it's up to Measle and his little dog, Tinker, to rescue her from the spooky theme park - The Isle of Smiles. Being hu[...]
George Stubbs (1724-1806) is now rightly recognised as one of the greatest and most original artists of the eighteenth century. His profound understanding of anatomy and his uncanny ability to translate the study of nature into remarkably balanced compositions mark him out from other practitioners i[...]
In the new "Thomas & Friends" direct-to-DVD movie, "Blue Mountain Mystery, " a little engine fears he's caused a terrible accident and Thomas attempts to track down the truth. Little boys ages 3-6 will thrill to this full-color, hardcover storybook that captures all the fun, intrigue, and excitement[...]
Thomas is racing to solve the Blue Mountain Mystery in this Little Golden Book retelling of the new Thomas & Friends direct-to-DVD/Blue-ray movie that is sure to entertain little boys ages 2-5.[...]
Through the use of case examples and careful examination, this book presents the first interdisciplinary essay collection on the study of art crime, and its effect on all aspects of the art world. Contributors discuss art crime subcategories, including vandalism, iconoclasm, forgery, fraud, peace-ti[...]
Was it mere chance that the most successful economies of the second half of the twentieth century were all found in East and Southeast Asia, a region of world consumed by confrontation and conflict? Stubbs provides a systematic assessment of the main explanations to to date and offers his own origin[...]
The essential textbook for this core unit of the new suite of Edexcel Business Studies qualifications.[...]
The essential textbook for the core units of the new suite of Edexcel Business Studies qualifications written by the best known figure in the field.[...]
Thomas is taking the judge to the train show He speeds up a hill, across a ridge, through a tunnel, and over a bridge. But as soon as Thomas starts to go fast--"screech "--he has to slow down. A goat is in the way, the wind is pushing him back, the tunnel is very dark, and logs are on the track As[...]
On the busy Island of Sodor, Thomas, the blue train, works the day schedule while Percy, the green train, works the night shift in order to keep things moving around the clock.[...]
The newest Bright and Early Board Book featuring Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends, this sturdy book features a simple train adventure about opposites to share with boys ages 0 to 3.[...]
Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 can ride the rails with Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends in this paperback storybook featuring stickers, a pullout poster, a train card game, and more[...]
A vivid portrait of the life and work of the English establishment poet places his achievements against a backdrop of a rapidly transforming world and offers insight into how his writings reflect such subjects as his crises of desire and devotion, the outbreak of plague, and life within Bankside tav[...]
Guides students through the procedural and practical aspects of developing land from the point of view of both planner and developer. This book explains the planning system, from the emphasis on spatial planning at a regional level down to the perspective of the development control process and the s[...]
A lovely day at the park turns into an adventure when Nickelodeon's Team Umizoomi has to find a lost dog named Buster. Boys and girls ages 4-6 will love this Step 2 reader that includes over 30 stickers[...]
On a snowy Christmas Eve at the Town Square, Thomas the Tank Engine volunteers to let the children of Sodor decorate him while his friends search for the missing Christmas tree. Train-obsessed little boys from ages 1-4 will giggle at the humor in this sturdy Thomas & Friends board book with lots of [...]