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Fight for English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left
Автор: David Crystal Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2006 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 25 июня 20082010-03-28
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Lynne Truss's Eats, Shoots and Leaves injected new life into the long-standing arguments over rights and wrongs in English usage. Now David Crystal brings together his own distinctive style and unique expertise to provide the first thorough-going assessment of the ongoing debate. With a lively, humorous, and accessible approach, Crystal charts the battles past and present, illustrating the characters and attitudes involved from a wide range of written sources. He combines a chronological survey of key influences in the area of usage with discussion of particular themes such as punctuation, spelling, and pronunciation. And he looks ahead to the future in the context of recent education policy shifts. A positive and compelling case is made for variation in usage of English based on appropriateness of situation, arguing that 'zero tolerance' in relation to language is a profoundly flawed approach. Crystal offers an original and authoritative counter-argument to the prescriptivist agenda that has been expounded in many accounts of English usage over the years. The Fight for English is the book that everyone concerned with English usage has been eagerly awaiting.
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Oxford Colour Italian Dictionary Plus
Автор: Other book format Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2007 Страниц: 640 Дата загрузки: 14 июля 20082012-08-23
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This is a brand new edition of the Oxford Colour Italian Dictionary Plus. This dictionary is an effective and practical reference tool for students, adult learners, or travellers. It is especially user-friendly, with a colourful design that makes it easy to find the word you are looking for quickly. It also has usage notes, giving you help with tricky and frequently occurring words, verb lists and grammar notes. This edition also sees a completely refreshed and up-to-date centre section. The main focus of this section is to help you build your vocabulary. We have identified the Italian words you most need to know, and they are laid out clearly for you here; you will also find them marked with a handy key symbol in the A-Z text of the dictionary. We also include word games so that you can practise your dictionary skills and learn vocabulary while having fun. The centre section also contains a calendar of holidays and festivals and a brand new A-Z guide to Italian life and culture — ideal for the traveller and those learning about life in Italy.
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War and Peace
Автор: Leo Tolstoy Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2010 Страниц: 1440 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20122012-10-20
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'If life could write, it would write like Tolstoy.'Isaac Babel Tolstoy's epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the Napoleonic wars and the French invasion of Russia. The fortunes of the Rostovs and the Bolkonskys, of Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei, are intimately connected with the national history that is played out in parallel with their lives. Balls and soirees alternate with councils of war and the machinations of statesmen and generals, scenes of violent battles with everyday human passions in a work whose extraordinary imaginative power has never been surpassed. The prodigious cast of characters, both great and small, seem to act and move as if connected by threads of destiny as the novel relentlessly questions ideas of free will, fate, and providence. Yet Tolstoy's portrayal of marital relations and scenes of domesticity is as truthful and poignant as the grand themes that underlie them. In this revised and updated version of the definitive and highly acclaimed Maude translation, Tolstoy's genius and the power of his prose are made newly available to the contemporary reader.
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White Nights: A Gentle Creature, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Автор: Fyodor Dostoevsky Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2009 Страниц: 160 Дата загрузки: 26 февраля 20112011-05-06
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In these stories, Dostoevsky explores both the figure of the dreamer divorced from reality, and also his own ambiguous attitude toward utopianism, themes central to his great novels. In White Nights, the apparent idyll of the dreamer's romantic fantasies disguises profound loneliness and estrangement from living life. A Gentle Creature and The Dream of a Ridiculous Man show how withdrawal from reality can end in spiritual desolation as well as moral indifference, and how, in Dostoevsky's view, the tragedy of the alienated individual can only be resolved by the rediscovery of a sense of compassion and responsibility toward other people. No other edition brings together these specific stories — which are most interesting when read alongside one another — and the new translations capture all the power and lyricism of Dostoevsky's writing at its best.
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The Charterhouse of Parma
Автор: Stendhal Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2009 Страниц: 560 Дата загрузки: 27 апреля 20132012-09-24
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The Charterhouse of Parma (1839) is a compelling novel of passion and daring. Set at the beginning of the 19th-century in northern Italy, it traces the joyous but ill-starred amorous exploits of a handsome young aristocrat called Fabrice del Dongo. The novel's great achievement is to conjure up the excitement and romance of youth while never losing sight of the harsh realities which beset the pursuit of happiness. This new translation captures Stendhal's narrative verse, while the Introduction explores the novel's reception and the reasons for its enduring popularity and power.
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The Wings of the Dove
Автор: Henry James Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2009 Страниц: 592 Дата загрузки: 14 сентября 20142014-08-13
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Confronting a Bronzino portrait in an English country house, a young American heiress comes face to face with her own predicament. For Milly Theale, who seems to have the world before her and at her feet, is fatally ill. Eager for life, eager for love, she embarks on her European adventure, warming to the admiration of her new friends Kate Croy and Merton Densher. But Merton and Kate are secretly engaged, and come to see in this angel with a thumping bank account as a solution to their own problems. For the remarkable Kate, scheming, passionate, poetic, also wants to live... This edition of James's poignant and dramatic novel is based on the revised New York Edition. The cover pictures the Bronzino portrait which is the focus of the key scene in the book.
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European Cinema
Автор: Elizabeth Ezra Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2003 Страниц: 368 Дата загрузки: 28 марта 20092004-12-20
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European Cinema is the first book to provide overviews of key movements in European film history, from the inception of the medium in 1895 to the present. This text includes accessible introductions to traditions as diverse as early Soviet cinema, German Expressionism, Surrealism, Italian Neoralism, the French New Wave, Ealing Comedy, East-Central European cinema, Contemporary Spanish cinema, and much more. Top international scholars specially commissioned for this volume examine artistic developments in their industrial and more broadly historical context. The book is divided chronologically into three sections, making it ideal for use in university film courses, and includes an invaluable glossary (comprising historical and foreign-language terms as well as technical terminology).
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New Headway: Intermediate. Workbook with key
Автор: Soars Liz Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20122013-08-23
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New Headway Intermediate (New Edition) is a brand-new edition of this course, maintaining the core content but updated. Key features of the new course are streamlined units, now eight pages long, easy to navigate, with clearly divided sections. There are small changes to make activities run more smoothly, as well as major changes to text and topic. The grammar syllabus has been retained, but has been modified where necessary for greater clarity. Grammar Spots highlight key areas, getting students to analyze form and use. Up-to-date texts with global appeal reflect changing trends and the use of English worldwide. Reading and listening texts from a variety of authentic sources develop comprehension skills and integrate speaking practice, usually personalized. Writing now has a separate section at the back of the book, with a fuller syllabus, providing models and follow-up activities.
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First Certificate Masterclass: Workbook Resource Pack (+ CD-ROM)
Автор: Haines Simon Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 78 Дата загрузки: 27 сентября 20132010-07-14
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The highly successful course for ambitious Cambridge FCE candidates. Key features: — Detailed 'Dos and Don'ts' on how to approach Cambridge FCE tasks. — A greater emphasis on vocabulary. — Guided extracts from recorded Speaking tests. — A Writing Guide containing model answers and ideas for Paper 2. — Tests and photocopiable activities available online.
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First Certificate Masterclass: Student's Book
Автор: Hines Simon Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2009 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20112012-04-15
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The highly successful course for ambitious Cambridge FCE candidates. Key features: — Detailed 'Dos and Don'ts' on how to approach Cambridge FCE tasks; — A greater emphasis on vocabulary; — Guided extracts from recorded Speaking tests; — A Writing Guide containing model answers and ideas for Paper 2; — Tests and photocopiable activities available online.
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Funny Poems to Give You the Giggles
Автор: Susie Gibbs Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2006 Страниц: 64 Дата загрузки: 10 октрября 20092009-09-27
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Need cheering up? Bored? Want to amuse your friends? Then read this book — and have a good old chuckle. Here are hilarious and very silly poems about bad children, gladiators, shark teeth, ridiculous grown-ups and much more, by poets such as Roger McGough, Steve Turner and Brian Patten. Illustrated throughout, this attractive collection is perfect for dipping into, whenever you feel a dull moment coming on!
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Pirate Small in Big Trouble
Автор: Julie Sykes Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 32 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20102010-10-13
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Pirate Small has a great idea to get the Jolly Bodger looking shipshape. A deck sale! The problem is that he sells everything, including the captain's precious parrot, and now he's in big trouble. 'If you don't bring her back by sunset', hollers Captain Leggit, 'I'll feed you to the sharks!' Young readers will love the chance to join the pint-sized pirate in his thrilling race against the clock to find Polly Feathers. This is a rollicking piratical story pitched squarely at the picture book audience with lots of page-turning moments, funny episodes, quirky cameo characters and a really satisfying final twist. Jan McCafferty is a talented new illustrator and we are proud to be publishing her first picture book.
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Paperback Oxford English Dictionary
Автор: Oxford Dictionaries Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2006 Страниц: 1056 Дата загрузки: 16 мая 20092007-06-18
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This is a new and fully updated edition of the Paperback Oxford English Dictionary, offering over 120,000 words, phrases, and definitions. It covers all the words you need for everyday use, carefully selected from the evidence of the Oxford English Corpus, a databank of 21st century English, containing hundreds of millions of words. For the new edition the definitions are clearer than ever before and there are extra usage notes to help with tricky points of grammar. Brand-new spelling notes give quick and easy help on commonly misspelled words, such as exaggerate and necessary. A brand-new Factfinder centre section gives quick-reference entries on people, places, and events, as well as useful lists of, for example, the world's seas and oceans, presidents and prime ministers, and countries and currencies. This portable and affordable dictionary is ideal for puzzle and crossword-solving, but also perfect for general reference at home, at school, or in the office. A new open design ensures that this dictionary is even more accessible and easier to use than ever before.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
Автор: Ian Chilvers Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2009 Страниц: 720 Дата загрузки: 06 мая 20122012-02-26
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Covering Western art from the ancient Greeks to the present day, this best-selling and authoritative dictionary is more wide-ranging than any comparable reference work. It contains over 2,500 clear and concise entries on styles and movements, materials and techniques, and museums and galleries. It also includes biographical entries for artists, critics, collectors, dealers, and patrons, with places and full dates of birth and death (in many instances correcting misinformation that has found its way into other sources). For this new edition, entries have been thoroughly revised and updated, and more than fifty new entries have been added, for example Tracey Emin and Jack Vettriano. Browsers and readers with an interest in a particular area will benefit from the classified list of all the entries in the book — an invaluable innovation that makes it easy to see immediately which collectors, for example, or 18th-century French artists, or printmaking terms, are included in the dictionary.Written in an engaging manner with many entries enlivened by quotations from artists and critics, this dictionary is a pleasure to browse, whilst its A-Z structure and classified list makes it perfect for quick reference. Previously entitled The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists, this major new edition is essential for students and teachers of art, design, art theory, and art history, and it is ideal for artists, visitors to art exhibitions and galleries, and anyone with an interest in art.
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Oxford German Mini Dictionary
Автор: Rubery Joanna Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 656 Дата загрузки: 24 августа 20102009-06-23
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This new edition of the Oxford German Mini Dictionary offers up-to-date coverage of all the essential day-to-day vocabulary with over 40,000 words and phrases, and 60,000 translations. Now in attractive two-colour design, this robust and portable dictionary is easy to use and ideal for travel and quick reference. The latest words in each language have been added, reflecting all aspects of life today. A handy phrasefinder gives you fast access to the key words and expressions you need for everyday situations, from common road signs to expressions you are likely to hear or need at the hairdresser's or dentist's. The conversion charts for distance, weights and measures, and clothing and shoe sizes give you confidence to use the language while travelling abroad. This compact mini dictionary is ideal for holiday-makers and travellers, as well as general users and business people.
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Just So Stories for Little Children
Автор: Rudyard Kipling Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2009 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20112012-09-14
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How did the camel get his hump? Why won't cats do as they are told? Who invented reading and writing? How did an inquisitive little elephant change the lives of elephants everywhere. Kipling's imagined answers to such questions draw on the beast fables he heard as a child in India, as well as on folk traditions he later collected all over the world. He plays games with language, exploring the relationships between thought, speech, and written word. He also celebrates his own joy in fatherhood. The tales were told to his own and his friends' children over many years before he wrote them down, adding poems and his own illustrations. They invite older and younger readers to share a magical experience, each contributing to the other's pleasure but each can also enjoy them alone, as more jokes, subtexts, and exotic references emerge with every reading. This fully illustrated edition includes two extra stories and Kipling's own explanation of the title.
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A Dictionary of Accounting
Автор: Oxford Dict Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2010 Страниц: 448 Дата загрузки: 22 сентября 20152013-02-26
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This best-selling dictionary includes more than 3,700 entries covering all aspects of accounting, including financial accounting, financial reporting, management accounting, direct taxation, indirect taxation, auditing, corporate finance, and accounting bodies and institutions. It boasts feature entries on key areas (e.g. Bankruptcy Law and the FTSE share indexes), and its international coverage includes important terms from UK, US, Australia, India, and Asia-Pacific. Over 250 new entries have been added to this edition to reflect the very latest developments in the accounting profession, e.g. the growing importance of International Accounting Standards, recent legislation, UK tax changes, and reliefs and allowances (e.g. Entrepreneurs' Relief, Annual Investment Allowance). In addition, coverage of taxation, finance, and audit has been increased and all entries have been revised to ensure they are up-to-date. With its authoritative and straightforward definitions and its wide-ranging coverage, this dictionary is essential for students and professionals in accounting and finance. It is also an ideal source of reference for anyone seeking a clear guide to the often-confusing world of accountancy terms.
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Oxford A-Z of Better Spelling
Автор: Charlotte Buxton Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2009 Страниц: 176 Дата загрузки: 12 апреля 20132012-04-25
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Good spelling is fundamental to making the right impression with any type of writing; reports, homework, CVs, and letters all require correct spelling in order to get the message across in clear and straightforward English. Adaptable or adaptible? Definite or definate? Delirious or delireous? What is the difference between assent and ascent, dual and duel, or forbear and forebear? How do you make the plural of halo? Is it halos or haloes? Actually it's both, but not so for potato, the plural of which is potatoes. Knowing the difference between easily confusable words, making plurals, and adding endings are just some of the aspects of spelling that confront us with endless pitfalls. This easy-to-use A-Z guide does what no spellchecker can do: it gives immediate access not only to individual word spellings but also to general rules that will help you develop good spelling. The book covers the topics in simple and helpful terms and also offers advice on how to use apostrophes and hyphens, and the differences between British and American spelling. The core of the book is a list of over 2,000 words laid out for quick and easy reference. Based on evidence of misspelling gathered from real situations, this guide is the most useful and comprehensive help on spelling available. This new edition makes the benefits of the material more explicit to the general reader: better organization of the supplementary features, simplified and more transparent design, additional and updated content, and more clearly written rules. One of a mini-series of titles on spelling, grammar and punctuation, and usage.
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Hungry Hen
Автор: Richard Waring Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2011 Страниц: 32 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20132013-10-13
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An outstanding new picture book with an extremely simple text — full of humour with a brilliant twist at the end. Hungry Hen eats and eats and grows fatter and fatter. High on the hill the fox watches and grows thinner and thinner. Until one day he can stand it no longer, but things do not turn out as expected!
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Max and Sadie
Автор: David Bedford Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2005 Страниц: 32 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20092007-10-13
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Max's little sister, Sadie, is cute, cuddly — and a real nuisance! Smash! There goes his snow den. Splash! That's the end of his nice quiet swim. Max wishes she'd just go somewhere else, so that things can go back to the way they used to be — just him and Mum. But when he and Sadie are caught in a snowstorm, Max proves what a brilliant big brother he can be.
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