If you love a good story then look no further. Oxford Children's Classics bring together the most unforgettable stories ever told. They're books to treasure & return to again & again. When five children go exploring in the gravel pit they never expect to find ' It'.. .a Psammead who can grant them one wish per day. But this grumpy old S&-fairy has to be in the right mood to grant wishes & as the children discover having your wishes come true may sound like fun but can actually turn into a whole heap of trouble.. . This charming tale is the latest addition to the Oxford Children's Classics series from the author of The Railway Children. ...

The Oxford Children's Dictionary is illustrated in colour & aimed at readers at KS2 YR3-6 & P4-7 fo Scotl&. BL20 000 colour headwords BL150 colour illustrations BLPronunciation guides for difficult words eg. guerilla ricochet BLInformation on word origins eg. rickshaw BLNo confusing abbreviations
- word classes (parts of speech) & inflections written in full BLUsage help to encourage accurate of language BLUp-to-date example sentences & phrases show how words are used in context BLUseful introduction & key on how to get the best out of the dictionary
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With thousands of words from a variety of topics the new Oxford Children's French-English Visual Dictionary gives students learning & using French the best reading & writing support. It contains a range of topics grouped under main headings such as People & Homes Food & Clothing School & Work Sport & Leisure Art Music & Entertainment Transport Animals & Plants Planet Earth & the Environment & Space. Each topic

Includes:: a short introductory text given in both French & English plus over 20 bright modern illustrations labelled in both French & English. There are over 1500 illustrations throughout. The illustrations feature engaging children characters & the topics are familiar & appropriate to the primary curriculum. Introductions to the language & how to get the most out of the dictionary along with pages on opposites numbers time & calendar words plus full indexes in both French & English make this Dictionary easy & fun to use.

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The whole of human history is here from the earliest settlement of the world to the beginning of the new millennium in one sumptuously illustrated & easy to use volume. The essential events of world history are easy to find because each subject is given its own double page spread. Substantial coverage of each subject is given in the lively narrative text from a top author of history books for children backed by a team of expert consultants. This is a new edition with a new cover design & updated text. ...

By far the largest & most up-to-date single-volume English-Chinese & Chinese-English dictionary available & endorsed by academics worldwide the Oxford Chinese Dictionary has been designed both for English speakers learning Mandarin Chinese & Mandarin Chinese speakers learning English. It has been produced using the latest lexicographic methods & the unique dictionary resources of Oxford University Press in Oxford & Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press in Beijing together with an international body of expert advisors. The Oxford Chinese Dictionary contains over 300 000 words & phrases & 370 000 translations including the latest vocabulary from computing business the media & the arts & tens of thousands of example phrases illustrating key points of construction & usage. There are over 300 cultural notes giving essential information about many aspects of life & culture in the Chinese- & English-speaking worlds. The dictionary is based throughout on corpus research for both English & Chinese providing up-to-date evidence on real language. The English is based on the Oxford English Corpus & the Chinese draws on the LIVAC corpus from the City University of Hong Kong. Extensive supplementary material

Includes:: sample letters & emails guides to telephoning & text messaging in both Chinese & English chronologies of Chinese history & culture & features on particularly difficult aspects of the Chinese language such as kinship terms & measure words. There are also over 50 pages of lexical & usage notes which contain helpful extra information about Chinese & English. The organization & layout have been designed for maximum clarity & accessibility. All Chinese headwords & compounds are shown with Pinyin transcriptions so that the learner of Chinese can pronounce each one correctly. Chinese headwords are given in Simplified Chinese characters but Traditional Chinese character versions are also given in brackets after the headwords when they differ from the Simplified form. All the English headwords are also shown with phonetics so that the learner of English can pronounce each one correctly. The Chinese-English section of the dictionary is organised alphabetically by Pinyin & there is also a radical index which means that you can look up a character without knowing its Pinyin form. 12 months' access to Oxford's online dictionary service
- Oxford Language Dictionaries Online*
- is included with this book. The site is regularly updated with the latest new words & meanings from Oxford's language research programme the Oxford Languages Tracker. You can also hear audio pronunciations & improve your language skills with online cultural notes guides to writing & much more. This ground-breaking dictionary is an indispensable reference for any serious student of Chinese & English as well as academics professionals & translators. * Chinese language only. Based on the Pocket Oxford Chinese Dictionary.



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This is the reissued Oxford Colour French Dictionary Plus. This dictionary is an effective & practical reference tool for any student adult learners or travellers. It is especially user-friendly with a colourful design that makes it easy to find the word you are looking for quickly. It also has usage notes giving you help with tricky & frequently occurring words verb lists & grammar notes. The up-to-date centre section helps you build your vocabulary. The main focus of this section is to help you build your vocabulary. We have identified the French words you most need to know & they are laid out clearly for you here; you will also find them marked with a handy key symbol in the A-Z text of the dictionary. Also included are word games so that you can practise your dictionary skills & learn vocabulary while having fun. The centre section also contains a calendar of holidays & festivals & an updated A-Z guide to French life & culture
- ideal for the traveller & for those learning about life in French-speaking countries. 6 months' access to Oxford's premium online dictionary service
- Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
- is included with this book so you can find accurate translations & extra resources wherever you are. The site is regularly updated with the latest new words & meanings from Oxford's language research programme the Oxford Languages Tracker. You can also hear audio pronunciations of each word & can improve your language skills with online cultural notes guides to writing & much more.


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This is the reissue of the Oxford Colour Spanish Dictionary Plus.
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Reissued to celebrate the bicentenary of Charles Dickenss birth The Oxford Companion to Charles Dickens (formerly The Oxford Readers Companion to Dickens) draws together an unparalleled diversity of information on one of Britains greatest writers: covering his life his works his reputation & his cultural context. Featuring more than 500 A-Z articles it throws new & often unexpected light on the most familiar of Dickenss works & explores the experiences events & literature on which he drew. There is also a chronology of Dickens life a list of characters in his works a list of entries by theme a family tree three maps an invaluable bibliography & a general index. Compiled by a distinguished editorial team & written in a lucid easy style that would have pleased him The Oxford Companion to Charles Dickens offers a more authoritative & accessible range of information than any other reference work on Dickens. Aspects covered include: The private man & the public figure
- his family friends colleagues & convictions The age in which he lived & worked
- the people events & institutions that informed his writing The places that were significant to him
- his homes his London & the countries he visited The ideas & social theories of the time
- the attitudes he satirized & the ideologies he advocated The works on which his reputation rests
- their history structure inspiration & significance




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The third edition of The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature is the complete & authoritative reference guide to the classical world & its literary heritage. It not only presents the reader with all the essential facts about the authors tales & characters from ancient myth & literature but it also places these details in the wider contexts of the history & society of the Greek & Roman worlds. With an extensive web of cross-references & a useful chronological table & location maps (all of which have been brought fully up to date) this volume traces the development of literary forms & the classical allusions which have become embedded in our Western culture. Extensively revised & updated since the second edition was published in 1989 the Companion acknowledges changes in the focus of scholarship over the last twenty years through the incorporation of a far larger number of thematic entries such as medicine friendship science freedom (concept of) & sexuality. These topical entries provide an excellent starting point to the exploration of their subjects in classical literature; after all for many aspects of classical society the literature we have inherited is the primary (and sometimes the only) source material. Additions & changes have been made taking into account the advice of teachers & lecturers in Classics ensuring that current educational needs are catered for. In addition to newly covered topics the Companion still plays to its traditional strengths with extensive biographies of classical literary figures from Aeschylus to Zeno; entries on a multitude of literary styles from biography & rhetoric to lyric poetry & epic encompassing everything in between; & character entries & plot summaries for the major figures & myths in the classical canon. It is the ideal guide for students in Classics & for all who are passionate about the vast & varied literary tradition bequeathed to us from the classical world. ...

The Oxford Companion to English Literature has long been established as the leading reference resource for students teachers scholars & general readers of English literature. It provides unrivalled coverage of all aspects of English literature
- from writers their works & the historical & cultural context in which they wrote to critics literary theory & allusions. For the seventh edition the Companion has been thoroughly revised & updated to meet the needs & concerns of todays students & general readers. Over 1 000 new entries have been added ranging from new writers
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Patrick Marber David Mitchell Arundhati Roy
- to increased coverage of writers & literary movements from around the world. Coverage of American literature has been substantially increased with new entries on writers such as Cormac Mc Carthy & Amy Tan & on movements & publications. Contextual & historical coverage has also been expanded with new entries on European history & culture post-colonial literature as well as writers & literary movements from around the world that have influenced English literature. The Companion has always been a quick & dependable source of reference for students & the new edition confirms its pre-eminent role as the go-to resource of first choice. All entries have been reviewed & details of new works biographies & criticism have been brought right up to date. So also has coverage of the themes approaches & concepts encountered by students today from terms to articles on literary theory & theorists. There is increased coverage of writers from around the world as well as from Ireland Scotland & Wales & of contextual topics including film & television music & art. Cross-referencing has been thoroughly updated with stronger linking from writers to thematic & conceptual entries. Meanwhile coverage of popular genres such as childrens literature science fiction biography reportage crime fiction fantasy or travel literature has been increased substantially with new entries on writers from Philip Pullman to Anne Frank & from Anais Nin to Douglas Adams. The seventh edition of this classic Companion
- now under the editorship of Dinah Birch assisted by a team of 28 distinguished associate editors & over 150 contributors
- ensures that it retains its status as the most authoritative informative & accessible guide to literature available.




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