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  • History of Ancient Egypt

    by Ian Mackenzie ...
    In the summer of 1972, TV news featured huge crowds queuing patiently on the pavements outside the British Museum to see the Tutankhamun Exhibition. So great was the clamour to see the exhibition that it had to be extended from the planned six months to nine months to accommodate total visitors of almost 1.7 million. But the world's interest in Ancient Egypt long pre-dates the discovery of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Nothing on Earth

    by Ian MacKenzie ...
    “I often traveled for work.” So begins Nothing on Earth, a propulsive novel that tells the story of Anna Hendrix, an American spy, as she seeks to learn the nature of an unknown, potentially powerful material that appears at seemingly random points around the world and that science can’t explain. No one knows what it is; everyone wants to find it.For a long time, Anna worked in counterterrorism, ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

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  • Spanish: An Essential Grammar

    by Peter T Bradley, Ian Mackenzie ...
    Series series Routledge Essential Grammars
    Spanish: An Essential Grammar is a concise and user-friendly reference guide to the most important aspects of Spanish.It presents a fresh and accessible description of the language that combines traditional and function-based grammar. The book sets out the complexities of Spanish in short, readable sections, and explanations are clear and free from jargon.The Grammar is the ideal reference source ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • City of Strangers

    A Novel

    by Ian MacKenzie ...
    Faith, family, and the weight of history intersect in this remarkable debut from a rising literary talentA cold, gray Sunday dawns on New York City to find Paul Metzger trudging through the winter streets to visit his past. He goes first to see his estranged, decades-older half-brother; then his dying father, whose notorious early life still haunts his children; and finally the ex-wife he cannot ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Formulaicity and Creativity in Language and Literature

    Edited by Ian MacKenzie, Martin A. Kayman ...
    The chapters in this book elucidate the nature of semi-fixed formulaic sequences; how the meaning of formulaic expressions can change over time; how readers interpret formulaic expressions in first and second languages; how modern and postmodern authors use traditional genres and tales to challenging effect; and how formulaic patterns involving particular words can underlie the texture and ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Intercultural Negotiations

    Edited by Ian MacKenzie ...
    Intercultural communication is a daily occurrence for most people, as a result of transnational population flows and globalized media. The contributions to this volume propose reconceptualizations of orthodox accounts of intercultural communication based on supposed national cultural characteristics. They approach the subject from a variety of angles, including intercultural communication training ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Feast Days

    by Ian MacKenzie ...
    Intelligent and deeply felt, Feast Days follows a young wife who relocates with her financier husband to São Paulo -- a South American megacity that impresses and unsettles, conceals and erupts. Here in her new home, she reckons with the twenty-first century as she encounters crime, protests, refugees gentrification, and the collision of art and commerce, while confronting the crisis slowly ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Little Book of Steam Classics

    by Ian Mackenzie ...
    Presented in chronological order, the last locomotive class featured in this volume of 60 classic engines is the British Railways standard 2-10-0 9F freight class which included Evening Star, the last steam locomotive built by British Railways.Evening Star, completed in 1960, represented the culmination of steam locomotive evolution and design dating back a century and a half. As soon as it was ... Read more

    $2.72 USD

  • Language Contact and the Future of English

    by Ian Mackenzie ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics
    This book reflects on the future of the English language as used by native speakers, speakers of nativized New Englishes, and users of English as a lingua franca (ELF). The volume begins by outlining the current position of English in the world and accounts for the differences among native and nativized varieties and ELF usages. It offers a historical perspective on the impact of language contact ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • English as a Lingua Franca

    Theorizing and teaching English

    by Ian Mackenzie ...
    English as a Lingua Franca: Theorizing and Teaching English examines the English used among non-native speakers around the world today and its relation to English as a native language, as well as the implications for English language teaching.Challenging and incisive, this book analyses positive and negative accounts of English as a lingua franca, and its linguistic features, within the context of ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

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    The Enigma of Garlic

    by Alexander McCall Smith ...
    Narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie ...
    Series series 44 Scotland Street

    Unabridged

    7 hours 52 min

    The next installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s charming 44 Scotland Street SeriesIt’s the most anticipated, and perhaps controversial, event of the decade—Lou and Bob’s wedding—and everyone is invited. But the relative peace and tranquility of 44 Scotland Street is about to be disrupted. Outspoken Irene is returning home for a two-month stay, with plans to send young Bertieto a sleepaway camp—a ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Black Diamond

    by Martin Walker ...
    Narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie ...
    Series series Bruno, Chief of Police

    Unabridged

    9 hours 21 min

    Best-selling author Martin Walker's previous two novels starring Chief of Police Bruno CourrEges became hits with fans and critics around the globe. In this thrilling third mystery, Bruno has his hands full with trouble in the truffle trade in St. Denis' marketplace. And when a friend is murdered, things really start heating up. "Walker's bucolic mysteries offer a gentle reminder to slow down and ... Read more

    $19.99 USD