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  • World Englishes

    by Gunnel Melchers, Philip Shaw, Peter Sundkvist ...
    The fourth edition of World Englishes provides an engaging overview of the global variations in phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and pragmatics of English as it is used world-wide. This book introduces the principles of linguistic variation and provides coverage on the roots of English, the spread of English, variations of English as a second language, and trends for the future.Thoroughly updated ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Romantic Wars

    Studies in Culture and Conflict, 1793–1822

    Edited by Philip Shaw ...
    Series series The Nineteenth Century Series
    Romantic Wars is a collection of eight specially commissioned essays focusing on the relations between British Romantic culture (poetry, fiction, painting, and non-fictional prose) and the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Whilst in recent years much attention has been paid to the influence of the French Revolution on British Romanticism, comparatively little has been written about the effects of ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Student Plagiarism in Higher Education

    Reflections on Teaching Practice

    Edited by Diane Pecorari, Philip Shaw ...
    Series series Research into Higher Education
    Student Plagiarism in Higher Education is a crucial read for any university teacher concerned about plagiarism. It provides the tools and information needed to assess this often complex international phenomenon constructively and effectively from a variety of angles, and provides a framework for further discussion and research.Each chapter poses a question about an essential aspect of plagiarism ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Wordsworth After War

    Recovering Peace in the Later Poetry

    by Philip Shaw ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
    William Wordsworth's later poetry complicates possibilities of life and art in war's aftermath. This illuminating study provides new perspectives and reveals how his work following the end of the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars reflects a passionate, lifelong engagement with the poetics and politics of peace. Focusing on works from between 1814 and 1822, Philip Shaw constructs a unique and ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • Patti Smith's Horses

    by Dr. Philip Shaw ...
    Series series 33 1/3
    Described as the perfect fusion of poetry and garage band rock and roll (the original concept was "rock and Rimbaud"), Horses belongs as much to the world of literary and cultural criticism as it does to the realm of musicology. While Horses pays homage to the record's origins in the nascent New York punk scene, the book's core lies in a detailed analysis of Patti Smith's lyrics and includes ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Lone Wolverine

    Tracking Michigan's Most Elusive Animal

    by Elizabeth Philips Shaw, Jeffrey J. Ford ...
    It began in late winter of 2004. Almost 100 years had passed since the last spotting of a wild wolverine in Michigan when coyote hunters caught a glimpse of one of the animals in a frozen farm field in the northern thumb region. For the next six years, Jeff Ford, a local science teacher and amateur naturalist, devoted himself to locating and filming the wolverine that had unexpectedly and ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • The Sublime

    by Philip Shaw ...
    Series series The New Critical Idiom
    Related to ideas of the great, the awe-inspiring and the overpowering, the sublime has been debated for centuries amongst writers, artists, philosophers and theorists and has become a complex yet crucial concept in many disciplines.In this thoroughly updated edition, Philip Shaw looks at:Early modern and post-Romantic conceptions of the sublime in two brand new chaptersThe legacy of the earliest ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • The English Language

    by Charles Barber, Joan Beal, Philip Shaw ...
    Series series Canto Classics
    This bestselling text by Charles Barber, with updating contributions from Joan C. Beal and Philip A. Shaw, recounts the history of the English language from its remote ancestry to the present day. Using dozens of familiar texts, including the English of King Alfred, Shakespeare and Chaucer, the English language is explored in terms of where it came from, where it is going and the global impact it ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

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    Six Months In Mexico (Unabridged)

    by Nellie BLY ...
    Narrated by Philip Shaw ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 5 min

    This is an account of Nellie Bly's travels through Mexico in 1885. The book was originally a series of individual articles that she submitted to the Pittsburgh Dispatch newspaper for publication. In them she described the conditions of the people and the political system she found in Mexico. Her narratives focused mostly on the impoverished and disadvantaged in a country whose government was ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Language Myths

    by Laurie Bauer ...
    A unique collection of original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists. The topics discussed focus on some of the most popular myths about language: The Media Are Ruining English; Children Can't Speak or Write Properly Anymore; America is Ruining the English Language. The tone is lively and entertaining throughout and there are cartoons from Doonesbury andThe Wizard of Id to illustrate some ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Literature Review

    A Step-by-Step Guide for Students

    by Diana Ridley ...
    Series series SAGE Study Skills Series
    This second edition of Diana Ridley′s bestselling book provides a step-by-step guide to conducting a literature search and literature review, using cases and examples throughout to demonstrate best practice. Ridley outlines practical strategies for conducting a systematic search of the available literature, reading and note taking and writing up your literature review as part of an undergraduate ... Read more

    $140.39 USD

  • Myth: A Very Short Introduction

    by Robert A. Segal ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions;Very Short Introductions
    This book is not about myths, but about approaches to myth, from all of the major disciplines, including science, religion, philosophy, literature, and psychology. The fate of the preternaturally beautiful Adonis is one of the main fables upon which Segal focuses, in an attempt to analyse the various different theories of myth. Where the theory does not work, he substitutes another myth, showing ... Read more

    $7.99 USD