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This volume of eight short stories offers students of German at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature with the aid of parallel translations.

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Short Stories in Icelandic for Beginners is an unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for adult and young adult learners.

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This is an all new version of the popular PARALLEL TEXT series, containing eight pieces of contemporary fiction in the original Italian and in English translation. Including stories by Calvino, Benni, Sciascia and Levi, this volume gives a fascinating insight into Italian culture and literature as well as providing an invaluable educational tool.

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Containing eight pieces of contemporary fiction in the original Spanish and in English translation, this volume gives an insight into Spanish and Latin American culture and literature.

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A new cover edition of this classic guide to British Sign Language, with over 400 illustrations of common signs.

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Shares more than one thousand hand gestures from the American sign language representing words dealing with things, people, foods, adjectives and adverbs, numbers, time, places, health, recreation, religion, and emotions.

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Signs of Civilisation provides an account of the rich cultural history of punctuation.

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What is the difference between amend and emend, between imply and infer, and between uninterested and disinterested When should one put owing to rather than due to Why should the temptation to write actually, basically or at this moment in time always be strenuously resisted This book deals with these questions.

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The most up-to-date collection of curses, insults, ethnic slurs, sexual slang, metaphors, drug talk, street slang, college lingo, and other outlandish words are presented in this comprehensive, unabashed reference book that includes word origins, locales, and time periods.

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Examines the close link between language and society and the many factors that influence the way we speak. Ranging from gender, environment, age, race, class, region and politics, this work surveys languages and societies from all over the world drawing on examples from Afrikaans to Yiddish. It is suitable for sociolinguistics.

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Women as slang creators and users is perhaps the last, and very important, piece of the slang jigsaw. Women in slang is a pretty sorry story, but women and slang is an undiscovered territory, which this book explores, from fishwives and flappers to Mumsnet.

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The newest volume in David Crystal's pentalogy of the English language, focusing on the subtleties of pronunciation.

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Complete with over 6000 entries, this marvelous linguistic guide explains why the emergence of Spanglish is a viable and important marker of the US Latino's influence on American culture.

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The worlds leading Spanish to English and English to Spanish bilingual dictionary.

The perfect resource for all advanced students of the Spanish and English languages.

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For years, this trusted guide has led students, tourists, and business travelers step-by-step through the basic vocabulary and grammar of this most-studied foreign language. Thoroughly revised and updated for an increasingly bilingual world, this new edition has more of what learners need.

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Barrons Spanish Now, Level One is a trusted resource to help you gain confidence and fluency in Spanish!

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Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.

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You know a leader when you hear one! Deliver well-constructed messages with confidence, poise, and authenticity, so you can sound as capable as you truly are.

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A guide to overcoming a fear of public speaking urges readers to identify the roots of performance anxiety and provides strategies for becoming adept at communicating naturally and effectively before business audiences of any size.

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If your speaking is preventing you from getting the score you need in IELTS, Collins Speaking for IELTS can help.

Don't let one skill hold you back.

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Develop key speaking skills and become more confident when speaking in English.