This 'engaging history of punctuation' (Wall Street Journal) is not only the first history of its kind but a complete guide on how to use English punctuation Behind every punctuation mark lies a thousand stories The punctuation of English marked with occasional rationality is founded on arbitrariness & littered with oddities For a system of a few dozen marks it generates a disproportionate degree of uncertainty & passion inspiring organisations like the Apostrophe Protection Society & sending enthusiasts correction-pens in hand in a crusade against error Professor Crystal leads us through this minefield with characteristic wit clarity & commonsense He gives a fascinating account of the origin & progress of every kind of punctuation mark over one & a half millennia & he offers sound advice on how punctuation may be used to meet the needs of every occasion & context ...

I recommend our diplomats & ministers read this book it will provide them with an intellectual backbone On the big calls Bootle has a spectacularly good record Dominic Lawson The Sunday Times Bootle is right on every count The Guardian HOW BREXIT WILL WORK FOR BRITAIN & EUROPEMaking a Success of Brexit & Reforming the EU is the extensively revised & expanded post-Brexit edition of the acclaimed The Trouble with Europe Following Britain's vote to leave the EU & the ensuing uncertainty in both Europe & the UK here one of Britain's best known economists Roger Bootle charts a way forward for all For Leavers & Remainers alike this book analyses the choices the UK faces about its relationship with the EU
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Anne Enright one of Ireland's most remarkable writers has just had two babies a girl & a boy Making Babies is the intimate engaging & very funny record of the journey from early pregnancy to age two Written in dispatches typed with a sleeping baby in the room it has the rush of good news
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- & profit The third edition features updating plus new sections on innovation change management & leadership It presents proven models for achieving world-class performance based on real-life case histories The highly readable concrete style brings the key points to life through a case study of a fictitious organization Beta International which runs throughout the book based on real case histories
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Making Connections teaches an extensive range of reading skills & strategies in order to prepare students for college reading Making Connections Second edition Level 1 Student's Book introduces first-time readers of academic text to basic reading strategies such as finding paragraph topics finding supporting details & learning to read quickly It features a variety of high interest topics including national borders names food sleep natural disasters & music ...

Making Connections teaches an extensive range of reading skills & strategies in order to prepare students for college reading Making Connections Second edition Level 1 Teacher's Manual contains teaching suggestions for each activity type as well as a complete answer key Photocopiable unit tests contain additional thematic readings & assess how well students have learned the unit's reading skills & the unit's target vocabulary ...

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