The Grouchy Grammarian: A How-Not-To Guide to the 47 Most Common Mistakes in English (repost)

• Thomas Parrish, "The Grouchy Grammarian: A How-Not-To Guide to the 47 Most Common Mistakes in English Made by Journalists, Broadcasters, and Others Who Should Know Better"
• Wiley | 2002 | ISBN: 0471223832 | 192 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB
• Do you commit apostrophe atrocities?
• Are you tormented by the lie/lay conundrum?
• Do you find yourself stuck between floaters and danglers?
• Do your subjects and your verbs refuse to agree?
• If so, you’re not alone. Some of the most prominent professionals in TV broadcasting and at major newspapers and magazines–people who really should know better–are guilty of making all-too-common grammatical errors. In this delightfully amusing, clever guide, Thomas Parrish points out real-life grammar gaffes from top-notch publications such as the New York Times and the New Yorker to illustrate just how widespread these errors are. With red pen in hand, Parrish’s fictional friend the Grouchy Grammarian leads the charge, examining the forty-seven most common mistakes in English and imparting the basics of good grammar with a charming mixture of fussiness and common sense. All of which makes The Grouchy Grammarian the most entertaining, accessible how-not-to guide you’ll ever read.
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Mastering American English (repost)

• Grant Tailor, "Mastering American English"
• McGraw-Hill | 1956 | ISBN: 0070629420 | 226 pages | PDF | 10,1 MB
• Mastering American English is the book of choice to accomplice the best understanding on all grammar rules. Words, sentences, and other elements, as well as their combination and interpretation are tough by this book in a very precise and American manner. This is the appropriate book to understand American English and the ideal book for foreigners who want to excel doing the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language). This book is prescriptive, descriptive and generative, therefore, nobody should have any problem to achieve good scores on English tests.
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400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL (repost)

• Lynn Stafford-Yilmaz, Lawrence Zwier, "400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL"
• McGraw-Hill | 2005 | ISBN: 0071443282 | 336 pages | PDF | 2,3 MB
• Introduction:For students whose first language is not English and who wish to study at a university with an English-based curriculum, no admittance test is more important than the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). 400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL helps you score well by arming you with the most important English vocabulary words commonly found on this crucial exam. This timely guide also encompasses the recent changes made to the test, including the emphasis on conversation and spontaneous communication to mirror the interactive nature of the classroom. 400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL also includes: Activities such as paraphrasing, synonym and antonym exercises, and identifying prefixes and suffixes Strategies on how to incorporate new words into everyday vocabulary Chapters on identifying synonyms and paraphrasing sentences, roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
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"The Myth of National Defense: Essays on the Theory and History of Security Production" ed. by Hans-Hermann Hoppe

• "The Myth of National Defense: Essays on the Theory and History of Security Production" ed. by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
• Ludwig von Mises Institute | 2003 | ISBN: 0945466374 |464 pages | PDF | 2 Mb
• More than 200 years after the Declaration of Independence, it seems appropriate to raise the question whether governments have in fact done what they were designed to do, or if experience or theory has provided us with grounds to consider other possibly more effective guards for our future security.
• The present volume aims to provide an answer to this fundamental question.
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Forbidden American English: A serious compilation of Taboo American English

• Richard A. Spears, "Forbidden American English: A serious compilation of Taboo American English"
• McGraw-Hill | 1990 | ISBN: 0844251496 | 336 pages | Djvu | 5,9 MB
• Forbidden American English contains approximately 1,400 words and phrases that should not be used by educated speakers of English. Intended to inform rather than offend or entertain, this unique dictionary of offensive and often inflammatory vocabulary will at once enlighten native speakers and protect nonnative speakers from using provocative language. This dictionary helps users learn the meanings of words and expressions prohibited from most contexts, while recommending that their use be avoided. This book is a serious and reliable reference for the most common forbidden expressions in American English.
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Market Leader, Intermediate: Banking and Finance

• Christine Johnson, "Market Leader, Intermediate: Banking and Finance"
• Longman | 2000 | ISBN: 0582328438 | 96 pages | PDF | 10,1 MB
• The topics have been chosen following research among teachers to establish which are the areas of widest possible interest to the majority of their students.
• • Provides input in reading, speaking and listening, with guidance for writing tasks
• • Contains vocabulary development activities and a rapid review of essential grammar
• • Regular focus on key business functions
• • Case studies allow students to practise language they have working on during the unit
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Market Leader, Intermediate: International Management

• Adrian Pilbeam, "Market Leader, Intermediate: International Management"
• Longman | 2000 | ISBN: 3526328412 | 87 pages | PDF | 10,1 MB
• The topics have been chosen following research among teachers to establish which are the areas of widest possible interest to the majority of their students.
• • Provides input in reading, speaking and listening, with guidance for writing tasks
• • Contains vocabulary development activities and a rapid review of essential grammar
• • Regular focus on key business functions
• • Case studies allow students to practise language they have working on during the unit
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"Enjoyment of Poetry" by Max Eastman

• "Enjoyment of Poetry" by Max Eastman
• Charles Scribner's Sons | 2008 | ISBN: B001C9YRUM | 264 pages | PDF | 4 Mb
• The purpose of this book is to increase enjoyment. That the poetic in everyday perception and conversation should be known for what it is, and not separated from the poetic in literature, is to my mind essential to the full appreciation of either.
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Germany For Dummies, 3 Ed

• Donald Olson, "Germany For Dummies, 3 Ed"
• For Dummies | 2007 | ISBN: 0470089563 | 480 pages | PDF | 6,4 MB
• From the Bavarian Alps to the Rhine, from Berlin to the Black Forest, Germany is packed with beer gardens, castles, art, culture, and a hopping nightlife. Take it all in with this handy guide to your perfect Teutonic adventure:
• Complete coverage of the big cities and small towns, from Berlin and Munich to the spa town of Baden-Baden
• The best castles and palaces, including the fairy-tale-style castles Neuschwanstein and Linderhof
• Suggestions for kid-friendly attractions, hotels, and restaurant
• The country's best wines and wine regions
• Like every For Dummies travel guide, Germany For Dummies, Third Edition includes:
• Down-to-earth trip-planning advice
• What you shouldn’t miss—and what you can skip
• The best hotels and restaurants for every budget
• Handy Post-it Flags to mark your favorite pages
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Longman IELTS Practice Test Plus 1 (with Key and Audio)

• Vanessa Jakeman, C. McDowall, "Longman IELTS Practice Test Plus 1 (with Key and Audio)"
• MgH | 2009 | ISBN: 0582514576 | 176 pages | PDF, mp3 | 42 MB
• Give your students extensive exam practice using the Practice Tests Plus series. Each book has complete practice exams, accurate to the exam level and format, as well as useful tips to enhance your students’ chance of exam success.
• What’s special about Practice Tests Plus?
• Reassure your students with task specific hints and tips on how to get the right answer
• Each book has a number of additional ‘plus’ features including grammar and vocabulary practice, functions banks and FAQs
• It includes: * five complete practice tests * additional reading and writing modules for General Training candidates * a full description of the exam * students' top questions answered * Skills for IELTS' sections training key sub-skills for each module * annotated answer key, analysing correct and incorrect answers * sample answers to writing tasks * complete audio-scripts, with answers marked
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Jean Starobinski, The Living Eye

• Jean Starobinski, The Living Eye
• Harvard UP | 1989 | ISBN 0674536649 | 262 Pages | PDF OCR | 6.2 MB
• This recent addition to the Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature appeared first in French in 1961 (L'Oeil Vivant).
• Jean Starobinski, a major critic in Europe and this country, has written for this translation a brief preface in which he traces the history of his interest in the opposition between appearance and reality in literary texts. Arthur Goldhammer helps in his excellent translation to clarify the many metaphysical discussions.
• For Starobinski the critic is the man richly endowed for under standing himself but who gives himself over to the task of understanding something outside of himself. This is his function, this is his urgency. He must seek to establish an almost inconceivable relationship with something foreign to himself.
• TOC: Poppaea's veil -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the peril of reflection -- Pseudonymous Stendhal -- The critical relation -- Psychoanalysis and literary understanding -- Hamlet and Oedipus -- The interpreter's progress.
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The Penguin Guide to Punctuation (repost)

• R. L. Trask, "The Penguin Guide to Punctuation"
• Penguin Books | 1999 | ISBN: 0140513663 | 157 pages | PDF | 1,4 MB
• The Penguin Guide to Punctuation is indispensable for anyone who needs to get to grips with using punctuation in their written work. Whether you are puzzled by colons and semicolons, unsure of where commas should go or baffled by apostrophes, this jargon-free, succinct guide is for you.
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Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English Workbook

• Douglas Biber, Susan Conrad , Geoffrey Leech, "Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English Workbook"
• Pearson ESL | 2002 | ISBN: 0582539420 | 144 pages | PDF | 13,3 MB
• * invaluable for students on university and teacher-training courses* checks your knowledge of how English is actually used in speech and writing* shows how grammar differs in different contexts of registers* provides practice with relationships between grammar and vocabulary* all examples taken from naturally occurring English texts and conversations* comparisons between British English and American English* spoken and written extracts throughout* full answer key
• From the Back Cover
• Based on the acclaimed Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English, this corpus-based text provides advanced students with a detailed look at the elements of English grammar ¿ including, how, why, and when to use different structures.
• Illustrates how different grammatical choices are made in speech and various writing genres.
• Uses example sentences drawn from real texts and conversations.
• Shows differences between British and American grammar.
• Includes frequency information.
• A companion Student Workbook makes the Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English a practical classroom tool as well as an indispensable grammar reference.
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Test Your Reading

• M. Dean, "Test Your Reading"
• Longman | 2002 | ISBN: 0582469058 | 128 pages | PDF | 3,2 MB
• *60 tests to improve your reading skills *Wide variety of tests, including gap-fills, multiple choice, matching exercises, cartoons, and full answer key *Tips to guide you through the tests
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The Least You Should Know About English, 2 Ed

• Teresa Ferster Glazier, Paige Wilson, Kathleen A. Wagner, "The Least You Should Know About English, 2 Ed"
• Nelson College Indigenous | 2006 | ISBN: 0176407073 | 336 pages | PDF | 13,5 MB
• With a straightforward and friendly approach, The Least You Should Know about English helps students with their word choice, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure. The simple explanations, ample exercises, testing opportunities, and answers at the back of the book provide students with everything they need to avoid common mistakes and improve their writing skills. Functioning equally well in a classroom and at home as a self-tutoring text, The Least You Should Know about English will help students previously overwhelmed by the complexities of English gain considerable confidence and comfort in their writing abilities.
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Children's Discourse: Person, Space and Time across Languages

• Children's Discourse: Person, Space and Time across Languages (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics)
• Cambridge University Press | June-12-2008 | ISBN: 0521065100 | 412 pages | PDF | 11.3MB
• Psycholinguist Maya Hickmann presents an original comparative study of discourse development in English, French, German, and Chinese. Hickmann discusses the main theoretical issues in the study of first language acquisition and provides a wide review of available studies in three domains of child language: person, space and time. Her findings concern the rhythm of language acquisition, its formal and functional determinants, and its universal vs. language-specific aspects. The conclusions stress the importance of relating sentence and discourse determinants of acquisition in a crosslinguistic perspective.
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S. Brent Plate, David Jasper - Imag(in)ing Otherness: Filmic Visions of Living Together

• S. Brent Plate, David Jasper - Imag(in)ing Otherness: Filmic Visions of Living Together
• Publisher: An American Academy of Religion Book | 1999-01-02 | ISBN: 0788505939 | PDF | 240 pages | 15.26 MB
• Imag(in)ing Otherness explores relationships between film and religion, aesthetics and ethics. The volume examines these relationships by viewing how otherness is imaged in film and how otherness alternately might be imagined. Drawing from a variety of films from differing religious perspectives--including Chan Buddhism, Hinduism, Native American religions, Christianity, and Judaism--the essays gathered in this volume examine the particular problems of "living together" when faced with the tensions brought out through the otherness of differing sexualities, ethnicities, genders, religions, cultures, and families.
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Hot Topics 3 (with 3 CD and Instructor"s Manual)

• Cheryl Pavlik, "Hot Topics 3 (with 3 CD and Instructor"s Manual)"
• Heinle & Heinle Publishers | 2006 | ISBN: 1413007104 | 191+152 pages,3 Audio CD | PDF, mp3 | 60+54+166 MB
• HOT TOPICS is guaranteed to engage readers, stimulate thinking, and provoke conversation while developing vocabulary and reading skills. The controversial topics explored in the text all have more than one side to them, thus encouraging debate and classroom discussion.
• • Three readings per chapter explore the same hot topic from different points of view. The readings in each chapter vary by genre and increase in difficulty to support reading development.
• • A focus on reading skills and reading comprehension through pre-reading questions, skimming and scanning activities, the use of context clues, vocabulary analysis, and the development of critical thinking skills helps students increase their reading fluency.
• • Open-ended questions at the end of every chapter encourage students to voice their opinions and defend their viewpoints either through discussion or in writing.
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Hot Topics 2 (with 2 CD)

• Cheryl Pavlik, "Hot Topics 2 (with 2 CD)"
• Heinle & Heinle Publishers | 2005 | ISBN: 1413007066 | 191 pages, 2 Audio CD | PDF, mp3 | 21+124 MB
• HOT TOPICS is guaranteed to engage readers, stimulate thinking, and provoke conversation while developing vocabulary and reading skills. The controversial topics explored in the text all have more than one side to them, thus encouraging debate and classroom discussion.
• • Three readings per chapter explore the same hot topic from different points of view. The readings in each chapter vary by genre and increase in difficulty to support reading development.
• • A focus on reading skills and reading comprehension through pre-reading questions, skimming and scanning activities, the use of context clues, vocabulary analysis, and the development of critical thinking skills helps students increase their reading fluency.
• • Open-ended questions at the end of every chapter encourage students to voice their opinions and defend their viewpoints either through discussion or in writing.
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Hot Topics 1 (with Audio CD)

• Cheryl Pavlik, "Hot Topics 1 (with Audio CD)"
• Heinle & Heinle Publishers | 2005 | ISBN: 1413007023 | 191 pages, Audio CD | PDF, mp3 | 21 + 55 MB
• HOT Topics is a three-level reading discussion series written for inquisitive, mature students of English language learners. Each chapter contains several high-interest readings on a specific controversial and thought-provoking topic.
• In the 30 years that I have been in English language training CELT), I have despaired of the lack of stimulating reading texts, accompanied by activities written specifically to energize and inspire the mature English learner. Why aren't many ESL reading texts sufficient? Although ESL learners may not yet have mastered English syntax, they still have interests beyond the mundane, and they certainly have ample reasoning ability. And while many reading texts are written about subjects of broad appeal, virtually all of them avoid topics that are deemed "too controversial" for the classroom setting. Unfortunately, many of those neglected topics are of great interest and relevance to adult lives. By steering course themes away from controversy, the instrucror also steers students away from motivating and stimulating topics.
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Yozo Fujino, Takafumi Noguchi - Stock Management for Sustainable Urban Regeneration

• Yozo Fujino, Takafumi Noguchi - Stock Management for Sustainable Urban Regeneration
• Publisher: Springer | 2008-12-24 | ISBN: 4431740929 | PDF | 300 pages | 21.21 MB
• This book deals with theories and technologies for longevity, maintenance, disaster prevention, risk management, renovation and recycling of infrastructure as well as historical and cultural approaches to city and architectural planning. Essential knowledge for comprehensive urban stock management is included for an easy understanding of the utilization, operation, and planning of urban stock. Among the topics are conservation of historical heritages and modern stocks, risk assessment, management and monitoring of stocks, the disaster-resistant city, and recycling of construction materials. With contributions from a variety of disciplines such as material science, structural engineering, risk management, environmental engineering, and history, the book is a useful reference for undergraduate and graduate students in civil engineering, architecture, and city planning, and also provides valuable information for working architects, civil engineers, city planners, and government officials.
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Ukrainian for Speakers of English: Introductory and Intermediate Levels - Text

• Roma Franko, "Ukrainian for Speakers of English: Introductory and Intermediate Levels - Text"
• Detselig Enterprises Ltd | 1994 | ISBN: 1550590952 | 407 pages | PDF | 12,3 MB
• This is the Textbook—part of the Ukrainian for Speakers of English Kit.
• Ukrainian for Speakers of English is intended for individuals who have no knowledge of Ukrainian. It is suitable for university students, senior high school students, and adult learners in a home study situation. All of the material is presented from the point of view of a student who knows how to speak English, but who may not know the formal rules of English grammar. Before a new point in Ukrainian grammar is introduced, students are first reminded about what they know, either formally or informally, about a similar structure in English.
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African Americans in the Performing Arts, Revised edition (A to Z of African Americans)

• Steven Otfinoski, "African Americans in the Performing Arts, Revised edition (A to Z of African Americans)"
• Facts on File | ISBN: 0816078386 | March 30, 2010 | 280 pages | PDF | 4.1 MB
• Reading level: Young Adult
• From Sidney Poitier and Billie Holiday to Halle Berry and Tupac Shakur, African Americans in the Performing Arts profiles African Americans, from the early years to the present day, who have built successful careers in the performing arts. With up-to-date information, including commentary on the history-making event at the 2002 Oscars when African American actors won both best lead actor awards, this volume in the new A to Z of African Americans series offers a wealth of useful information for students, general readers, and lovers of the performing arts. Beginning with a general introduction on African American performing artists, this book also includes a bibliography, subject indexes, and a general index. Each entry provides a biographical profile, concentrating on the events in that person's life related to his or her accomplishments in the performing arts, and a list of further reading related to the individual. This volume spotlights actors, dancers, singers, and musicians.
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The Writing Template Book: The MICHIGAN Guide to Writing Well and Success on High-Stakes Tests {Repost}

• The Writing Template Book: The MICHIGAN Guide to Writing Well and Success on High-Stakes Tests
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press/ESL | ISBN: 0472031937 | edition 2006 | PDF | 106 pages | 10,4 mb
• The Writing Template Book is a practical how-to guide for academic writers. Because good writers automatically develop their own internal writing templates that impose clarity and structure on their material, this text provides template examples to help less experienced writers produce the reliable, replicable syntax that is essential to good writing. The Writing Template Book provides numerous examples and practice exercises on writing summaries, thesis sentences, introductions, conclusions, and the bodies of typical essays and papers.
• Templates are an effective tool for improving performance on standardized tests like the TOEFL and the SAT. Writing templates can enhance students’ scores on standardized tests by providing them with a structure that conforms to grading criteria. Students who are able to apply even a portion of the template to their essays will perform at a higher level than if they had not used templates.
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Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods & Recipes of the World Vol 1 - 4 {Repost}

• Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods & Recipes of the World Vol 1 - 4
• Publisher: UXL | ISBN: 078765423X | edition 2001 | PDF | 670 pages | 45,2 mb
• This approach to world cultures through food could have been a major breakthrough for its intended middle-school audience. It has many of the right ingredients, especially its established Junior Worldmark format, where alphabetized country entries are divided into standard subsections covering geography; history; foods (including those of different culture groups); religious and holiday celebrations; mealtime customs; politics, economics, and nutrition; and both print and Web-based resources for further study. The 70 articles cover nations and culture groups worldwide and offer more than 700 recipes for both traditional and modern dishes. Introductory material addresses basic safety and health issues, defines cooking terminology and procedures, and lists ingredients, with suggestions on how to locate more exotic goods. Unfortunately, the set has several drawbacks. The most noticeable is the lack of color photographs or graphic enhancement. Murky black-and-white pictures accompany the recipes, creating tableaus that are particularly unappetizing. The photos are so grainy that even shots meant to instruct or demonstrate are useless. The recipes themselves are serviceable but unexciting.
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Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English

• Douglas Biber, Susan Conrad , Geoffrey Leech, "Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English "
• Pearson ESL | 2002 | ISBN: 0582237262 | 487 pages | PDF | 74,8 MB
• * Examines patterns of use in the news, fiction and academic English * Takes grammar and vocabulary together and looks at how they interact * Is based on the analysis of 40-million words of British and American, written and spoken corpus text * Uses over 3000 examples of real, corpus English to illustrate the points * Uses frequency tables and graphs to make the new findings of this grammar clear
• From the Back Cover
• Based on the acclaimed Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English, this corpus-based text provides advanced students with a detailed look at the elements of English grammar ¿ including, how, why, and when to use different structures.
• Illustrates how different grammatical choices are made in speech and various writing genres.
• Uses example sentences drawn from real texts and conversations.
• Shows differences between British and American grammar.
• Includes frequency information.
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101 American English Idioms

Harry Collis, "101 American English Idioms"
McGraw-Hill | 2007 | ISBN: 0071487727 | 136 pages | PDF | 10,6 MB

101 American English Idioms is designed to help bridge the gap between "meaning" and "thrust" of American colloquialisms by providing a situation and a graphic illustration of that situation, so that the imagery created by the expression can be felt, rather than simply learned as a stock definition.
The book is divided into nine sections. The title of each section reflects a notion or a manifestation of the physical world, the world of behavior, or the world of the senses with which the reader may easily identify.
It is hoped that the natural tone of the language of the situations in which the idiom is presented will help to convey the feeling of the idiom and the circumstances under which it may be used. The illustrations graphically depicting the meaning of the components of the expressions not only add an element of humor, hut also serve to highlight the contrast between the literal and actual meaning of the idioms as presented in the text.
An index is included to facilitate recall and location of the expressions.
101 American English Idioms is intended primarily for all students of English. Nevertheless, because of the graphic humor of the idioms in caricature, native speakers of English will also find the book refreshingly entertaining.

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Brazil: Modern Architectures in History

• Richard J. Williams, "Brazil: Modern Architectures in History"
• Reaktion Books | 2009 | ISBN: 1861894007 | 288 pages | PDF | 11,6 MB
• Set against a backdrop of breathtaking natural beauty, Brazil's striking Modernist architecture has long garnered international acclaim. But these well-known works are not fully reflective of the built environment of Brazil, and in this volume, Richard Williams unearths the surprisingly rich and influential architectural heritage of Brazil. Spanning the period from the 1930s to the present, the book examines the variety of Modernist works in Brazil, including those by renowned architects such as Oscar Niemeyer and Lucio Costa and many others, including Roberto Burle Marx, Vilanova Artigas, Lina Bo Bardi, the Arquitectura Nova group and Paolo Mendes da Rocha, as well as more recent buildings by architects including Jaime Lerner, Joao Filgueiras Lima and Ruy Ohtake.Williams focuses on key issues such as the use of historic architecture, the importance of leisure and luxury, the role of the favela as a backdrop and inspiration for development, the growth of cities, and the legacy of Brazil's Modernist architecture. From the designated world heritage site of Brasilia - a capital city that was planned from the ground up - to the installation work of artists such as Helio Oiticica, Brazil explores in depth the origins and complex meaning of Brazil's architectural Modernism. At a moment when the role of Latin America in global business and culture is growing in importance and attention, "Brazil" is an essential read for all scholars of architecture and Latin American history.
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First Certificate Practice Tests Plus 2 w/key and AudioFirst Certificate Practice Tests Plus 2 w/key and Audio

• Diana L. Fried-Booth, "First Certificate Practice Tests Plus 2 w/key and Audio"
• Pearson Education - Longman | 2002 | ISBN: 058251813X | 208 pages | PDF,mp3 | 70 + 225 MB
• The Practice Tests Plus series provides sets of complete tests and guidance at exam level and in exam format for the Cambridge ESOL exams. It includes: eight complete Practice Tests in exam format, a variety of stimulating texts, lively visual material for Paper 5 in full colour, an overview of all task formats and what they test, students' top 20 questions answered, practical tips and guidance on how to approach each task type, sample OMR answer sheets, annotated answer key, analysing correct and incorrect answers, complete audio-scripts, with answers marked.
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CPE Use of English Examination Practice" (Students' + Teacher's Books)

• Virginia Evans, "CPE Use of English Examination Practice" (Students' + Teacher's Books)
• Express Publishing UK Ltd | 2001 | ISBN: 1843253658, 9607212452 | 352+87 pages | PDF | 6,3 MB
• "CPE Use of English Examination Practice” is aimed at advanced students of English who wish to polish up their skills in the difficult grammatical areas of structures and usage. Clear presentation of all grammatical points relating of the revised CPE Use of English (Paper 3) is followed by exercises, consolidation activities and complete Use of English practice tests in the same format as those in the revised CPE Paper 3. The book, designed for classroom and individual use, aims to prepare students for the CPE examination as well as other examinations at the same level of difficulty.
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"Literature and Material Culture from Balzac to Proust: The Collection and Consumption of Curiosities" by Janell Watson

• "Literature and Material Culture from Balzac to Proust: The Collection and Consumption of Curiosities" by Janell Watson
• Cambridge Studies in French 62
• Cambridge University Press | 2004 | ISBN: 0521661560 | 242 pages | PDF | 1 Mb
• This book addresses the issues of collecting, consuming, classifying, and describing the curiosities, antiques, and objets d’art that proliferated in French literary texts during the last decades of the nineteenth century.
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"Gender, Rhetoric, and Print Culture in French Renaissance Writing" by Floyd Gray

• "Gender, Rhetoric, and Print Culture in French Renaissance Writing" by Floyd Gray
• Cambridge Studies in French 63
• Cambridge University Press | 2004 | ISBN: 052177327X | 239 pages | PDF | 1 Mb
• In this book Floyd Gray explores how the treatment of controversial subjects in French Renaissance writing was affected both by rhetorical conventions and by the commercial requirements of an expanding publishing industry.
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"Reading the French Enlightenment: System and Subversion" by Julie Candler Hayes

• "Reading the French Enlightenment: System and Subversion" by Julie Candler Hayes
• Cambridge Studies in French 60
• Cambridge University Press | 2004 | ISBN: 052165128X | 258 pages | PDF | 1 Mb
• Julie Candler Hayes surveys the past fifty years of philosophical reflection on the Enlightenment, and takes issue both with traditional liberal and with contemporary critical accounts, arguing instead for a new understanding of "systematic reason" as complex, paradoxical, and ultimately liberating. Through close analysis of philosophical, scientific, and literary texts, she emphasizes the urgency of maintaining a dialogue between past and present, Enlightenment and modernity.
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Charlotte Brontë: The Imagination in History

• Charlotte Brontë: The Imagination in History By Heather Glen
• Publisher: Oxford University Press 2004 | 336 Pages | ISBN: 0199272557 , 0198187610 | PDF | 17 MB
• This stimulating study considers how Charlotte Brontë's writings engage with a whole range of issues in their time. Through a series of new readings of ostensibly well-known texts, Heather Glen reveals a Charlotte Brontë more alert to her historical moment and far more aesthetically sophisticated than she has usually been taken to be.
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"Nathalie Sarraute, Fiction and Theory: Questions of Difference" by Ann Jefferson

• "Nathalie Sarraute, Fiction and Theory: Questions of Difference" by Ann Jefferson
• Cambridge Studies in French 64
• Cambridge University Press | 2004 | ISBN: 0521772117 | 232 pages | PDF | 1 Mb
• Nathalie Sarraute, who died in 1999, is now regarded as one of the major French novelists of the twentieth century. In this major new study of Sarraute, Ann Jefferson offers a fresh perspective on Sarraute’s oeuvre – her novels, her outstanding autobiography Enfance and her influential critical writings – by focusing on the crucial issue of difference which emerges as one of her central preoccupations.
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"Simone de Beauvoir, Gender and Testimony" by Ursula Tidd

• "Simone de Beauvoir, Gender and Testimony" by Ursula Tidd
• Cambridge Studies in French 61
• Cambridge University Press | 2004 | ISBN: 0521661307 | 267 pages | PDF | 1 Mb
• This is the first full-length study to explore Simone de Beauvoir's autobiographical and biographical writings in the context of her ideas on selfhood as formulated in The Second Sex and other philosophical essays of the 1940s. Ursula Tidd presents a detailed analysis of Beauvoir's engagement with issues of gender, sexuality and race, as part of her auto/biographical strategy in seeking to write herself into the male-constructed autobiographical canon.
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"Proust, the Body and Literary Form" by Michael R. Finn

• "Proust, the Body and Literary Form" by Michael R. Finn
• Cambridge Studies in French 59
• Cambridge University Press | 2004 | ISBN: 0521641896 | 226 pages | PDF | 1 Mb
• This study examines the vogue for nervous afflictions in France in the late nineteenth century, and compares Proust's anxieties about writing In Search of Lost Time to the concerns of earlier writers suffering from nervous conditions, including Flaubert, Baudelaire, Nerval and the Goncourt brothers.
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"The Family in Crisis in Late Nineteenth-Century French Fiction" by Nicholas White

• "The Family in Crisis in Late Nineteenth-Century French Fiction" by Nicholas White
• Cambridge Studies in French 57
• Cambridge University Press | 2004 | ISBN: 0521562740 | 232 pages | PDF | 1 Mb
• This book focusses on a key moment in the construction of the modern view of the family in France, examines how novels represent the problems of family life at a key moment in modern social history.
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Language Matters: A Guide to Everyday Questions About Language,2 EdLanguage Matters: A Guide to Everyday Questions About Language,2 Ed

• Donna Jo Napoli , Vera Lee-Schoenfeld, "Language Matters: A Guide to Everyday Questions About Language,2 Ed"
• Oxford University Press, USA | 2010 | ISBN: 0199735719 | 256 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB
• Is Ebonics really a dialect or simply bad English? Do women and men speak differently? Will computers ever really learn human language? Does offensive language harm children? These are only a few of the issues surrounding language that crop up every day. Most of us have very definite opinions on these questions one way or another. Yet as linguists Donna Jo Napoli and Vera Lee-Schoenfeld point out in this short and thoroughly readable volume, many of our most deeply held ideas about the nature of language and its role in our lives are either misconceived or influenced by myths and stereotypes.
• Language Matters provides a highly informative tour of the world of language, examining these and other vexing and controversial language-related questions. Throughout, Napoli and Lee-Schoenfeld encourage and lead the reader to use common-sense and everyday experience rather than preconceived notions or technical linguistic expertise. Both their questions and their conclusions are surprising, sometimes provocative, and always entertaining.
• This thoroughly revised second edition updates the book with a new co-author, and includes new chapters on language and power, language extinction, and what it is linguists actually do. Language Matters is sure to engage both general readers and students of language and linguistics at any level.
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Engraving the Savage: The New World and Techniques of Civilization

• Engraving the Savage: The New World and Techniques of Civilization
• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press | ISBN: 0816648468 | edition 2008 | PDF | 240 pages | 18,9 mb
• In this innovative analysis, Michael Gaudio explains how popular engravings of Native American Indians defined the nature of Western civilization by producing an image of its “savage other.” Going beyond the notion of the “savage” as an intellectual and ideological construct, Gaudio examines how the tools, materials, and techniques of copperplate engraving shaped Western responses to indigenous peoples. Engraving the Savage demonstrates that the early visual critics of the engravings attempted-without complete success-to open a comfortable space between their own “civil” image-making practices and the “savage” practices of Native Americans-such as tattooing, bodily ornamentation, picture-writing, and idol worship. The real significance of these ethnographic engravings, he contends, lies in the traces they leave of a struggle to create meaning from the image of the American Indian.
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Language Matters: A Guide to Everyday Questions About Language, Second Edition

• Language Matters: A Guide to Everyday Questions About Language, Second Edition
• Oxford University Press | July-8-2010 | ISBN: 0199735719 | 256 pages | PDF | 1MB
• Is Ebonics really a dialect or simply bad English? Do women and men speak differently? Will computers ever really learn human language? Does offensive language harm children? These are only a few of the issues surrounding language that crop up every day. Most of us have very definite opinions on these questions one way or another. Yet as linguists Donna Jo Napoli and Vera Lee-Schoenfeld point out in this short and thoroughly readable volume, many of our most deeply held ideas about the nature of language and its role in our lives are either misconceived or influenced by myths and stereotypes.
• Language Matters provides a highly informative tour of the world of language, examining these and other vexing and controversial language-related questions. Throughout, Napoli and Lee-Schoenfeld encourage and lead the reader to use common-sense and everyday experience rather than preconceived notions or technical linguistic expertise. Both their questions and their conclusions are surprising, sometimes provocative, and always entertaining.
• This thoroughly revised second edition updates the book with a new co-author, and includes new chapters on language and power, language extinction, and what it is linguists actually do. Language Matters is sure to engage both general readers and students of language and linguistics at any level.
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Parametric Variation: Null Subjects in Minimalist Theory

• Theresa Biberauer, Anders Holmberg, Ian Roberts, Michelle Sheehan, "Parametric Variation: Null Subjects in Minimalist Theory"
• Cambridge University Press | 2010 | ISBN: 0521886953 | 374 pages | PDF | 3 MB
• Parametric variation in linguistic theory refers to the systematic grammatical variation permitted by the human language faculty. Although still widely assumed, the parametric theory of variation has in recent years been subject to re-evaluation and critique. The Null Subject Parameter, which determines among other things whether or not a language allows the suppression of subject pronouns, is one of the best-known and most widely discussed examples of a parameter. Nevertheless its status in current syntactic theory is highly controversial. This book is a defence of the parametric approach to linguistic variation, set within the framework of the Minimalist Program. It discusses syntactic variation in the light of recent developments in linguistic theory, focusing on issues such as the formal nature of minimalist parameters, the typology of null-subject language systems and the way in which parametric choices can be seen to underlie the synchronic and diachronic patterns observed in natural languages.
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Fry's English Delight

• Fry's English Delight by Stephen Fry
• Publisher: BBC United Kingdom (September 8, 2009) | ISBN: 1602837473 | Language English | Audio CD in MP3/128 kbps | 101 MB
• Stephen Fry hosts four programmes on the joys of the English language - as heard on BBC Radio 4. Current Puns: Why does our language groan with the weight of puns? What exactly is a pun? And who, or what, is the Thief of Bad Gags? Metaphor: the English language is chock-full of maritime metaphors - cock up, taken aback, chip on your shoulder and show a leg. And, with the help of a Greek removals firm, we also find the origin of the word 'metaphor'. Quotation: the uses and misuses of quotations are revealed, and there is also a frank confession from a quotation compiler, which we cannot divulge here. Cliche: this title features sick parrots and the cliche crisis that affected the writing of Flaubert, Joyce and Eliot, and helped shape modern language and culture.
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• Four 30-minute BBC audio programs presented by Stephen Fry indulging his delight in the English language. Included in this release: CURRENT PUNS: why weak puns and lame jokes are important and oil the social wheels; METAPHOR: from the freshly minted to the ancient fossils embedded in our language; QUOTATION: literary quotations, clever bon mots, malapropisms; CLICHES: how original coinages gradually become the stock-in-trade of lazy writers.
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Kiss of the Yogini: "Tantric Sex" in its South Asian Contexts

• Kiss of the Yogini: "Tantric Sex" in its South Asian Contexts
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press | pages: 360 | 2006 | ISBN: 0226894835 | Djvu | 29,2 mb
• Kiss of the Yogini focuses on what White identifies as the sole truly distinctive feature of South Asian Tantra: sexualized ritual practices, especially as expressed in the medieval Kaula rites. Such practices centered on the exchange of powerful, transformative sexual fluids between male practitioners and wild female bird and animal spirits known as Yoginis. It was only by "drinking" the sexual fluids of the Yoginis that men could enter the family of the supreme godhead and thereby obtain supernatural powers and transform themselves into gods. By focusing on sexual rituals, White resituates South Asian Tantra, in its precolonial form, at the center of religious, social, and political life, arguing that Tantra was the mainstream, and that in many ways it continues to influence contemporary Hinduism, even if reformist misunderstandings relegate it to a marginal position.
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Moral Foundations: An Introduction to Ethics

• Moral Foundations: An Introduction to Ethics
• Axios Press; 1 edition (October 25, 2007) | ISBN: 0966190890 | 592 pages | PDF | 3 MB
• Alexander Skutch--world famous ornithologist, philosopher and author of over 30 books--believed that to build a satisfying moral edifice we need an ample and firm foundation. Moral Foundations brilliantly lays out for the reader the ways in which we are products of harmonization, a process that unites the crude elements of the world in harmonious patterns, A tour de force of analysis and critical thinking, Moral Foundations is also an important contribution to the study of ethics and philosophy.
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Two-Word Verbs in English

• J.N. Hook, "Two-Word Verbs in English"
• Heinle ELT | 2002 | ISBN: 0155925067 | 190 pages | PDF | 34,3 MB
• This practical text will help students understand and use over 400 of the most common two- and three-word verbs in English such as add up to, write down, break in on, or watch out for.
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Basic English Usage Exercise (with Keys)

• Jennifer Seidl, Michael Swan, "Basic English Usage Exercise (with Keys)"
• Oxford University Press | 1987 | ISBN: 0194311880 | 120 pages | PDF | 28,1 MB
• An alphabetical guide to the most common problems of grammar and vocabulary.
• Basic English Usage: Exercises contains over 200 exercises on the most important topics dealt with in Basic English Usage. The exercises are varied to suit the topics and the needs of the user and are suitable for use in class and for self-study. The exercises are cross-referenced to Basic English Usage and contain many attractive illustrations. The book also has a full answer key to all exercises.
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The Art of Writing & Speaking The English Language

• Sherwin Cody, "The Art of Writing & Speaking The English Language"
• Echo Library | 2007 | ISBN: 1406846570 | 172 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB
• If there is a subject of really universal interest and utility, it is the art of writing and speaking one's own language effectively. It is the basis of culture, as we all know; but it is infinitely more than that: it is the basis of business. No salesman can sell anything unless he can explain the merits of his goods in effective English (among our people), or can write an advertisement equally effective, or present his ideas, and the facts, in a letter. Indeed, the way we talk, and write letters, largely determines our success in life.
• Now it is well for us to face at once the counter-statement that the most ignorant and uncultivated men often succeed best in business, and that misspelled, ungrammatical advertisements have brought in millions of dollars. It is an acknowledged fact that our business circulars and letters are far inferior in correctness to those of Great Britain; yet they are more effective in getting business. As far as spelling is concerned, we know that some of the masters of literature have been atrocious spellers and many suppose that when one can sin in such company, sinning is, as we might say, a "beauty spot", a defect in which we can even take pride.
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Homi K. Bhabha - Nation and Narration

• Homi K. Bhabha - Nation and Narration
• Publisher: Routledge | 1990-06-14 | ISBN: 0415014832 | PDF | 352 pages | 10.98 MB
• A classic collection of essays providing an excellent introduction to the many different narrations of the 'nation'.
• 'Manages to embrace a number of theoretical positions, and individual contributions sometimes achieve a commendable clarity and insight.' - Mr D Hall, Norwich Art & Design Schl
• Nation and Narration is provocative in its rewriting of much received wisdom, and will foment debate on an area of literary criticism that has been neglected for far too long.' - Times Literary Supplement
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The Acquisition of Finiteness (Studies in Generative Grammar)

• Elma Blom, "The Acquisition of Finiteness (Studies in Generative Grammar)"
• Mouton de Gruyter | 2008 | ISBN: 3110190834 | 162 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB
• The book provides a theoretical and empirical evaluation of a field that has been the focus of generative theories on language acquisition: the acquisition of finiteness and related properties such as root infinitives, verb movement and null subjects. It contains a critical empirical assessment of the various hypotheses, lists the implications for linguistic theory and provides alternative analyses. Issues covered are: (i) the semantics of childrens root infinitives (tense, modality and aspect), (ii) the relation between lexical, morphological and syntactic development in the domain of finiteness, (iii) the role of the input, and (iv) the interference of cognitive development. Typological focus is on Germanic languages.
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New intermediate English Course, Book 2

• John Millington Ward, "New intermediate English Course, Book 2"
• Longman | 1962 | ISBN: 0582521939 | 216 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB
• This course (published in two books) is intended for intermediate level students. By using short stories of well-known authors to explain several aspects of English, Mr Ward leads the student through the fascinating world of English, stressing mainly on its grammar and proper use in reading and writing.
• Selections of stories include:
• 1 The Interview by Alan Hackney
• 10 2 Passing Through the Customs by G. K. Chesterton
• 18 3 Mr. Phanourakis - Anonymous
• 31 4 The Voice by V. S. Pritchett
• 39 5 To the Secretary of State for Air by H. F. Ellis
• 51 6 The Real heat begins in june by H. E. Bates
• 63 7 The Cat under The Bed by John Millington Ward
• 71 8 Backstage Tension
• 82 9 On Living Again by A. G. Gardiner
• 94 10 The Cage by Dal Stivens
• 103 11 Rien Ne Va Plus by Alexander Woollcott
• 126 12 The Private Life of Mr. Bidwell by James Thurber
• 138 13 In Defence of Wasps by A. G. Gardiner;
• 152 14 Holes in the Road by Helen Vlachos
• 161 15 Night Out in the Dolomites by Bertha Smith
• 27 16 The Stolen Car
• 164 17 The Story-Teller by Saki
• 175 18 I Was a Private Eye
• 193 19 The Canary by Katherine Mansfield
• 203 20 Mrs. Miniver Comes Back from Abroad by Jan Struther
• 116 1 Some Subjects for composition.
• 211 2 Some More Subjects for letter-writing.
• 212 3 Table of Infinitives Forms
• 213 4 Index of grammar points to both books
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An Introduction To Semiotics

• Thomas Sebeok, "An Introduction To Semiotics"
• University of Toronto Press | 1994 | ISBN: 0802077803, 1855671948, 185567193X | 154 pages | PDF | 84,3 MB
• The interpretive science of semiotics offers powerful analytical tools for the application of many disciplines to the study of perception. Semiotics is the study of signs, and as such, is of relevance to a wide spectrum of scholars and professionals, including social scientists, psychologists, artists, graphic designers, and students of literature. Semiosis - the production and interpretation of linguistic and visual signs - is innate to human beings of all societies. From the simplest of hand gestures to the most complex diagrams and charts, the sign is key to the communication of ideas. Thomas A. Sebeok examines, in an engaging, readable style, how the sign mediates between bodily experience and abstract thought.
• This updated second edition of Signs combines some of Sebeok's most important essays with a new general introduction, introductory passages at the outset of each chapter, a glossary, and brief biographies of the major semioticians. From an overview of the discipline to a more detailed exploration of sign categories, the author powerfully demonstrates the co-dependency of verbal and non-verbal communication.
• Aimed primarily at undergraduate and graduate students, this engaging book also has plenty to offer any general reader who is interested in exploring and analyzing the complex sign systems we so often take for granted.
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Everyday Idioms for Reference and Practice, Book 2 (repost)

• Ronald E. Feare, "Everyday Idioms for Reference and Practice, Book 2"
• Addison Wesley | ISBN: 0201441810 | 1997 | 168 Pages | Djvu | 1,8 MB
• Do you feel left out when your friends speak English? Do American English expressions go in one ear and out the other? Do you wish you had a way with words? Here's the answer! Everyday Idioms One and Two bring the challenge of learning typical American English expressions within any student's reach.
• Excellent idiom reference and practice texts, Everyday Idioms One and Two present idioms within tightly organized semantic categories. No other idiom texts give as comprehensive coverage of essential American idioms or make them as accessible to students.
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Language in the World: A Philosophical Enquiry

• M. J. Cresswell, "Language in the World: A Philosophical Enquiry"
• Cambridge University Press | 1994 | ISBN: 0521445620 | 172 pages | Djvu | 1,1 MB
• What makes the words we speak mean what they do? Possible-worlds semantics articulates the view that the meanings of words contribute to determining which possible worlds would make a sentence true, and which would make it false. In the first book-length examination from this viewpoint, M.J. Cresswell argues that the nonsemantic facts on which semantic facts supervene are facts about the causal interactions between the linguistic behavior of speakers and the facts in the world that they are speaking about.
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A Good Turn of Phrase:Advanced Practice in Phrasal Verbs and Prepositional Phrases Student's Book

• J. Milton, B. Blake, V. Evans, "A Good Turn of Phrase:Advanced Practice in Phrasal Verbs and Prepositional Phrases Student's Book"
• Express Publishing | 2000 | ISBN: 1842168487 | 98 pages | PDF | 10 MB
• Offers comprehensive presentation and extensive practice of commonly used phrasal verbs and prepositional phrases at advanced level. Suitable both for classroom and self-study use.
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New Grammar Practice for Pre-Intermediate Students: with Key

• Elaine Walker, Steve Elsworth, "New Grammar Practice for Pre-Intermediate Students: with Key"
• Longman | 2000 | ISBN: 0582417104 | 176 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB
• *Step-by-step grammar explanations with clear examples *A wealth of varied practice exercises with write-in space on the page *Tests to monitor students' progress *Illustrated with lively cartoons to increase students' understanding *An index and a comprehensive contents list for easy reference *For self-study, homework or use in class.
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Adjunct Adverbials in English

• Adjunct Adverbials in English
• Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (March 31, 2010) | ISBN: 0521515564 | 338 pages | PDF | 2 MB
• In this original study, Hilde Hasselgård discusses the use of adverbials in English, through examining examples found in everyday texts. Adverbials - clause elements that typically refer to circumstances of time, space, reason and manner - cover a range of meanings and can be placed at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of a sentence. The description of the frequency of meaning types and discussion of the reasons for selecting positions show that the use of adverbials differs across text types. Adverbial usage is often linked to the general build-up of a text and part of its content and purpose. In using real texts, Hasselgård identifies a challenge for the classification of adjuncts, and also highlights that some adjuncts have uses that extend into the textual and interpersonal domains, obscuring the traditional divisions between adjuncts, disjuncts and conjuncts.
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"Writing Marginality in Modern French Literature: From Loti to Genet" by Edward J. Hughes

• "Writing Marginality in Modern French Literature: From Loti to Genet" by Edward J. Hughes
• Cambridge Studies in French
• Cambridge University Press | 2004 | ISBN: 0511036620 | 223 pages | PDF | 1 Mb
• This book explores how cultural centres require the peripheral, the outlawed, and the deviant in order to define and bolster themselves. It analyses the hierarchies of cultural value which inform the work of six modern French writers: the exoticist Pierre Loti; Paul Gauguin, whose Noa Noa enacts European fantasies about Polynesia; Proust, who analyses such exemplary figures of exclusion and inclusion as the homosexual and the xenophobe; Montherlant, who claims to subvert colonialist values in La Rose de sable; Camus, who pleads an alienating detachment from the cultures of both metropolitan France and Algeria; and Jean Genet.
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A Semiotic Theory of Language (Advances in Semiotics)

• A Semiotic Theory of Language (Advances in Semiotics)
• Indiana University Press | May-1-1987 | ISBN: 0253304725 | 372 pages | PDF | 1.3MB
• Taking issue with Transformational Grammar Theory, which has dominated language study since Noam Chomsky introduced it more than 30 years ago, Shaumyan separates language from psychology, arguing that language occupies a different world, that of the semiotic.
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Arabic and Chinese Handwriting Recognition: Summit, SACH 2006

• Arabic and Chinese Handwriting Recognition: Summit, SACH 2006, College Park, MD, USA, September 27-28, 2006, Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
• Springer | May-8-2008 | ISBN: 3540781986 | 279 pages | PDF | 9MB
• The book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Summit on Arabic and Chinese Handwriting Recognition, SACH 2006, held in College Park, USA, September 27-28, 2006.
• The 16 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of over 60 submissions. The first six papers deal directly with Arabic handwriting together with a short historic survey of the language and techniques used in recognition. Five papers present the current research in Chinese handwriting and three more papers deal with cross cutting methods applied to other languages. The book closes with two articles on recognition of English and south Indian handwriting.
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Shakespeare and Social Dialogue: Dramatic Language and Elizabethan Letters

• Shakespeare and Social Dialogue: Dramatic Language and Elizabethan Letters By Lynne Magnusson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press 1999 | 232 Pages | ISBN: 0521641918 | PDF | 2 MB
• Shakespeare and Social Dialogue develops a systematic analysis of the rhetoric of social exchange in early modern England. Magnusson brings together writings, particularly letters, from the Elizabethan period that are normally read as historical documents and compares them with Shakespeare's play texts and sonnets. Using techniques from discourse analysis and linguistic pragmatics, especially "politeness theory," she argues that Shakespeare's language is rooted in the everyday language of Elizabethan culture. The author's readings bridge the gap between new historicism and linguistic criticism.
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English Collocations in Use: Advanced (repost)

• Felicity O'Dell, Michael McCarthy, "English Collocations in Use: Advanced"
• Cambridge University Press | 2008 | ISBN: 0521707803 | 190 pages | PDF | 18,3 MB
• Covers all the most useful collocations (common word combinations) at Advanced level to help make your English more fluent and natural-sounding. English Collocations in Use Advanced presents and practises hundreds of collocations in typical contexts to help you improve your written and spoken English. It also includes tips on learning strategies and ways to avoid common learner errors. The book is informed by the Cambridge International Corpus to make sure that the collocations taught are the most frequent and useful for students at each level.
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Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book

• Carl W. Hart, "Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book"
• Barron's Educational Series | 2009 | ISBN: 0764141201 | 416 pages | PDF | 2,7 MB
• Written primarily for ESL and EFL students preparing to take language exams in English, this book presents 400 common phrasal verbs and the ways in which they are used in everyday American English. Phrasal verbs are word groups that include a verb combined with a preposition or an adverb. They are not used only as verbs but as nouns, such as comedown, breakup, or showoff. They might also be used as adjectives, such as spaced-out, burned-out, broken-down and many others. This volume places phrasal verbs within the context of sentences, and presents hundreds of examples and exercises.
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Women Writers and the English Nation in the 1790s: Romantic Belongings

• Women Writers and the English Nation in the 1790s: Romantic Belongings By Angela Keane
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2001 | 214 Pages | ISBN: 0521773423 | PDF | 2 MB
• Angela Keane addresses the work of five women writers of the 1790s and its problematic relationship with the canon of Romantic literature. Refining arguments that women's writing has been overlooked, Keane examines the more complex underpinnings and exclusionary effects of the English national literary tradition. The book explores the negotiations of literate, middle-class women such as Hannah More, Mary Wollstonecraft, Charlotte Smith, Helen Maria Williams and Ann Radcliffe with emergent ideas of national literary representation.
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"The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific" by J. Maarten Troost

• "The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific" by J. Maarten Troost
• Broadway | 2004 | ISBN: 0767918959 | 177 pages | PDF/doc | 1 Mb
• This book recounts the experiences of the author while he lived in Kiribati. A few names have been changed, either because the author, who is very bad with names, couldn’t remember what they were, or to protect their privacy. Also, since we’re disclaiming here, the author wishes to acknowledge that in a few incidents recounted herein, he has played a little fast and loose with the space-time continuum. He has done this for you, the reader.
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Literary Magazines and British Romanticism

• Literary Magazines and British Romanticism By Mark Parker
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2001 | 230 Pages | ISBN: 0521781922 | PDF | 2 MB
• In this study, Mark Parker argues that magazines such as the London Magazine and Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine offered an innovative and collaborative space for writers and their work--indeed, magazines became one of the preeminent literary forms of the 1820s and 1830s. Examining the dynamic relationship between literature and culture that evolved within this context, Literary Magazines and British Romanticism claims that writing in such a setting enters into a variety of alliances with other contributions and with ongoing institutional concerns that give subtle inflection to its meaning.
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Teach Yourself Beginner's Latin

• George Sharpley
  Teach Yourself Beginner's Latin [2 CDs+Book]
• McGraw-Hill | 2003 | ISBN: 0071424539 | 240 pages | PDF+MP3 | 238 Mb
• If you find learning Latin daunting, Teach Yourself Beginner's Latin is just what your language teacher ordered. The book makes for a friendly introduction to the language that's easy to follow, from start to finish. In contrast to other courses, it presents an exciting and humorous text, set in a medieval monastery that is under threat of attack from Vikings.
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• • Enhanced English-Latin and Latin-English vocabularies
• • A special section on pronunciation
• • Fascinating language and cultural information
• • CD for quick and easy access to lessons, dialogues, and exercises
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The Study of Language, Fourth Edition

• George Yule, "The Study of Language, Fourth Edition"
• Cambridge University Press | 2010 | ISBN: 0521749220, 0521765277 | 338 pages | PDF | 11,1 MB
• This best-selling textbook provides an engaging and user-friendly introduction to the study of language. Assuming no prior knowledge in the subject, Yule presents information in short, bite-sized sections, introducing the major concepts in language study - from how children learn language to why men and women speak differently, through all the key elements of language. This fourth edition has been revised and updated with twenty new sections, covering new accounts of language origins, the key properties of language, text messaging, kinship terms and more than twenty new word etymologies. To increase student engagement with the text, Yule has also included more than fifty new tasks, including thirty involving data analysis, enabling students to apply what they have learned. The online study guide offers students further resources when working on the tasks, while encouraging lively and proactive learning. This is the most fundamental and easy-to-use introduction to the study of language.
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Ursula Heinzelmann - Food Culture in Germany

• Ursula Heinzelmann - Food Culture in Germany
• Greenwood Press | ISBN: 0313344949 | 2008-06-30 | PDF | 232 pages | 1.42 Mb
• The grown-up Germany of today is able to explore its cultural identity, including its food culture. For some years now, German food has seen a return to regionalism, and beloved traditional dishes have been rediscovered and revived, counteracting to some extent the effects of globalization and industrialization. As well, a host of new culinary traditions brought in with new immigrants makes for an exciting food scene. Food Culture in Germany, written by a native Berliner, is destined to become a classic as the best source in English for a thorough and up-to-date understanding of Germans and their food—the history, foodstuffs, cooking, special occasions, lifestyle eating habits, and diet and health.
• The Historical Overview chapter takes the reader on a culinary tour from ancient times through the Holy Roman Empire to the Lebensraum of Hitler and on to reunification of the two Germanys until today's return to normalcy. Chapter 2, Major Foods and Ingredients, highlights the classic German staples. Chapter 3, Cooking, discusses the family and gender dynamics plus cooking techniques and utensils, the German kitchen, and the professional chef as media figure phenomenon. The Typical Meals chapter gives an in-depth insider's look at how and what Germans eat today. Chapter 5, Eating Out, describes the wide range of opportunities for eating out, from grabbing Currywurst on the street, to lunching in office and school cafeterias, to meeting friends for coffee and cake at the Konditerei. German holidays and special occasions are elaborated on in the context of more secular and younger influences in Chapter 6. Chapter 7 covers the German diet and the strong interest in health in the country, with its holistic roots. Food safety, a big topic in Europe today, is also discussed at length. An introduction, chronology, glossary, resource guide, selected bibliography, and illustrations complete this outstanding resource.
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English Grammar: Understanding the Basics

• Evelyn P. Altenberg, Robert M. Vago, "English Grammar: Understanding the Basics"
• Cambridge University Press | 2010 | ISBN: 0521732166, 0521518326 | 284 pages | PDF | 1,8 MB
• Looking for an easy-to-use guide to English grammar? This handy introduction covers all the basics of the subject, using a simple and straightforward style. Students will find the book's step-by-step approach easy to follow and be encouraged by its non-technical language. Requiring no prior knowledge of English grammar, the information is presented in small steps, with objective techniques to help readers apply new concepts. With clear explanations and well chosen examples, the book gives students the tools to understand the mysteries of English grammar as well as the perfect foundation from which to move on to more advanced topics.
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Antonia Darder - Culture and Difference: Critical Perspectives on the Bicultural Experience in the United States

• Antonia Darder - Culture and Difference: Critical Perspectives on the Bicultural Experience in the United States
• Bergin & Garvey | ISBN: 0897893840 | 1995-12-30 | PDF | 288 pages | 13.50 Mb
• The yearning to remember who we are is not easily detected in the qualitative dimensions of focus groups and ethnographic research methods; nor is it easily measured in standard quantified scientific inquiry. It is deeply rooted, obscured by layer upon layer of human efforts to survive the impact of historical amnesia induced by the dominant policies and practices of advanced capitalism and postmodern culture. Darder's introduction sets the tone by describing the formation of "Warriors for Gringostroika" and "The New Mestizas." In the words of Anzaldua, "those who cross over, pass over . . . the confines of the `normal.'" Critical essays follow by Mexicanas, poets, activists, and educators of all colors and persuasions. The collection coming out of the good work of the Southern California University system relates to all locales and spectrums of the human condition and will no doubt inspire excellent creativity of knowing and remembering among all who chance to read any part thereof.
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Barry Kanpol - Critical Pedagogy: An Introduction, 2nd Edition

• Barry Kanpol - Critical Pedagogy: An Introduction, 2nd Edition
• Bergin & Garvey | ISBN: 0897895525 | 1999-04-30 | PDF | 224 pages | 9.99 Mb
• Critical pedagogy refers to the means and methods of testing and attempting to change the structures of schools that allow inequities. It is a cultural-political tool that takes seriously the notion of human differences, particularly those related to race, class, and gender. Critical pedagogy seeks to release the oppressed and unite people in a shared language of critique, struggle, and hope, to end various forms of human suffering. In this revised edition, Kanpol takes the pre- and in-service educators along some initial steps to becoming critical pedagogists. As before, university professors and public school teachers alike will learn how to address their own prophetic commitments to belief and faith in the fight against despair, institutional chaos, oppression, death of spirit, and exile.
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Marilyn Daniels - Dancing with Words: Signing for Hearing Children's Literacy

• Marilyn Daniels - Dancing with Words: Signing for Hearing Children's Literacy
• Bergin & Garvey | ISBN: 0897897234 | 2000-10-30 | PDF | 200 pages | 8.06 Mb
• One of the foremost authorities on the use of sign language with hearing children provides a guide for teachers and parents who want to introduce signing in hearing children's language development. Marilyn Daniels provides a complete explanation for its use, a short history of sign language and its primary role within the Deaf community, an identification of the steps to reading success delineated with suggestions for incorporating sign language, and the results of studies and reactions of children, teachers, and parents. She shows how sign language can be used to improve hearing children's English vocabulary, reading ability, spelling proficiency, self-esteem, and comfort with expressing emotions. Signing also facilitates communication, aids teachers with classroom management, and has been shown to promote a more comfortable learning environment while initiating an interest and enthusiasm for learning on the part of students.
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