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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Webster's sports dictionary. Webster's sports dictionary. Merriam-Webster Defines commonly used sports terms used in a wide variety of sports. OL15164760W
Living death in medieval French and English literature Living death in medieval French and English literature Jane Gilbert "Medieval literature contains many figures caught at the interface between life and death - the dead return to place demands on the living, while the living foresee, organize or desire their own deat… OL16010964W
Minds, bodies, machines, 1770-1930 Minds, bodies, machines, 1770-1930 Deirdre Coleman,Hilary Fraser "It is during the nineteenth-century, the age of machinery, that we begin to witness a sustained exploration of the literal and discursive entanglements of minds, bodies, machines. This book explores… OL16938366W
The Cambridge introduction to Shakespeare's poetry The Cambridge introduction to Shakespeare's poetry Michael Carl Schoenfeldt "Shakespeare's poems, aside from the enduring appeal of the Sonnets, are much less familiar today than his plays, despite being enormously popular in his lifetime. This Introduction celebrates the ac… OL16962055W
The new Oxford thesaurus of English The new Oxford thesaurus of English Patrick Hanks x, 1087 pages ; 28 cm OL18375940W
Shakespeare's language Shakespeare's language Kermode, Frank The great English tragedies were written in the first decade of the 17th century and the language is often difficult. In this text, Kermode argues that the resources of English underwent major change… OL20984546W
The Oxford-Duden pictorial Spanish-English dictionary The Oxford-Duden pictorial Spanish-English dictionary Oxford University Press Contains illustrations of 28,000 objects listed in both Spanish and English and arranged thematically by groups each relating to a certain activity. OL24845443W
Eats, Shoots & Leaves Eats, Shoots & Leaves Lynne Truss Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens. … OL2793678W
My First English Van Dale interactief woordenboek My First English Van Dale interactief woordenboek Mariska Albers Engels woordenboek, waarin bij alle letters van het alfabet twee Engelse woorden, een kleurentekening en twee versjes staan. Op de cd-rom is de uitspraak te horen, een deel van de versjes is uitgebee… OL27974184W
Praktische taalvaardigheid voor Engels in het basisonderwijs Praktische taalvaardigheid voor Engels in het basisonderwijs Sibilla Oskam Handleiding voor docenten Engels in het basisonderwijs. OL27975989W
The Noble Quran: Interpretation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an in the English Language (Englis… The Noble Quran: Interpretation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an in the English Language (Englis… Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan and Dr. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali 888 pages ; 25 cm OL28766584W
Persuading people Persuading people Robert Cockcroft,Susan M. Cockcroft A study of persuasive techniques in English and is designed as an introduction for students. The volume aims to clarify the complexities of persuasive language - both written and spoken - and enables… OL28769938W
Victorian women's fiction Victorian women's fiction Shirley Foster Critical interest in women's fiction has grown enormously in recent years, in particular focusing on the ways in which female novelists have, in their creative work, challenged or scrutinized contemp… OL3531688W
Poetry as an occupation and an art in Britain, 1760-1830 Poetry as an occupation and an art in Britain, 1760-1830 Peter T. Murphy This is a great literary criticism work. It serves as an excellent companion to An Duanaire 1600-1900: Poems of the Dispossessed. It oozes historical significance. Rather than fall into the pitfall o… OL4305825W
The madwoman in the attic The madwoman in the attic Sandra M. Gilbert Discusses the works of Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, and Emily Dickinson. OL545633W
The Wave The Wave Todd Strasser A dramatization of an actual classroom experiment in establishing a fascist society. In this account, Laurie tries to persuade Mr. Ross to call off the experiment. OL999053W