"Out of the Vinyl Deeps," published in 2011, introduced a new generation to the incisive, witty, and merciless voice of Ellen Willis through her pioneering rock music criticism. In the years that followed, Willis's daring insights went beyond popular music, taking on such issues as pornography, [...]
Few authors have had careers as successful as that of Connie Willis. Inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and recently awarded the title of Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Willis is still going strong. Her smart, heartfelt fiction runs the gamut from scr[...]
Few authors have had careers as successful as that of Connie Willis. Inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and recently awarded the title of Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Willis is still going strong. Her smart, heartfelt fiction runs the gamut from scr[...]
Based on an original work: Elements of quantity surveying / Arthur James Willis. 1935.
Willis's Elements of Quantity Surveying has become a standard text in the teaching of building measurement -- a core part of the curriculum for quantity surveyors.[...]
There is currently enormous interest in task-based teaching and learning. But some teachers are still unsure of how to put it into practice. This book gives examples of a range of task sequences suitable for all levels of learners, using both written and spoken English. The advice is based firmly in[...]
Willis has a clear understanding of who he is and what he believes in. His focus is clear and unwavering: Family. Religion. Copart.
Willis built Copart from one junk yard to a $4.5 billion high-tech driven auction company. This did not come from a series of successful 5-year plans. Willis never [...]
Climb focuses on the most exciting descriptions of climbing in the world, from the cliffs of Yosemite to the windswept towers of Patagonia to the high peaks of Alaska and the Himalayas. Stories include Jon Krakauer's first-person look at the risks of climbing Mt. McKinley's West Buttress route, wh[...]
Imagining the Small Church: Celebrating a Simpler Path bears witness to what God is doing in small churches. Steve Willis tells stories from the small churches he has pastored in rural, town, and urban settings and dares to imagine that their way of being has something to teach all churches in this [...]
Tadpole loves his rainbow friend, the caterpillar, and she tells him she loves everything about him. Promise that you will never change, she says. But as the seasons pass and he matures, his legs grow, and then his arms - and what happens to his beautiful rainbow friend? As he sits on his lily pad,[...]
Have you heard the tale of Felicity Finch who was prone to pinch? Or the one about Vince the Mince, the vegetarian dog who took his sprouts far too seriously...This hilarious collection offers a grisly mix of gruesome cautionary verses, in which assorted characters meet the stickiest of ends.[...]
'Good morning, class. Today we are going to learn about Earthlets.' In this way Dr Xargle, our friendly alien teacher, begins to teach his class about humans and babies. This is a hysterically funny book, with a particularly wry look at the way we bring up babies: look out for the 'egg-mangle' - wil[...]
The first hilarious book in a super new series by bestselling author and queen of comedy, Jeanne Willis.[...]
Supercat is back in the second highly illustrated instalment of everybody's favourite cat superhero series, from bestselling author and queen of comedy, Jeanne Willis.[...]
Everybody's favourite all-action cat is back in the third instalment of the hilarious cat-superhero series, from award-winning author and queen of comedy, Jeanne Willis.[...]
"The Other Bible presents a rare opportunity to discover the poetic and narrative riches of the early, ancient holy texts of Judeo-Christian literature that were excluded from the official canon of the Old and New Testaments, and to read firsthand their visionary discourses on the nature of God, hum[...]
A French teacher who collects fiances; a fortune-teller who fails to predict the heartbreak of her own daughter; an aging cowboy seduced by a city girl . . . these are some of the unforgettable people who live in these pages.In Vanishing and Other Stories, secrets are both kept and unearthed, and li[...]
An in-depth guide to groundwater management and assessment which delivers a real-world look at the problems and solutions of groundwater management and assessment. It contains information and case studies covering essentials such as waste site clean-ups, ground water sampling, and aquifer contaminat[...]
The book aims to build teachers' confidence in their ability to use English effectively, at the same time as providing advice and techniques for primary English teachers. A free CD gives examples of classroom language from real classrooms, with pronunciation exercises.[...]
The great myths of the world create meaning out of the fundamental events of human existence: birth, death, conflict, loss, reconciliation, the cycle of the seasons. They speak to us of life itself in voices still intelligible, yet compellingly strange and distant. World Mythology offers readers an [...]