About Us
Contact Us
Privacy Policy
Cookie Usage
Add Your Store

More From Contributor

image missing
Corporate Insolvency
Law
£44.00
The first edition of Corporate Insolvency Law proposed a fundamentally revised concept of insolvency law intended to serve corporate as well as broader social ends. This 2009 second edition takes on board a host of changes that have subsequently reshaped insolvency law & practice notably the consolidation of the rescue culture in the UK the rise of the pre-packaged administration & the substantial replacement of administrative receivership with administration. It also considers the implications of recent & dramatic changes in the provision & trading of credit the movement of an increasing amount of insolvency work to the pre-formal insolvency stage of corporate affairs & the arrival on the insolvency scene of a new cadre of specialists in corporate turnaround. Looking to the future Vanessa Finch argues that changes of approach are needed if insolvency law is to develop with coherence & purpose & she offers a framework for such an approach. ...
Available
image missing
Corporate Social
Opportunity!
£25.60
The authors are pro-business although not business-as-usual. The book is written first & foremost with the purpose of helping to improve business performance because business is after all the principal motor for growth & development in the world today. The authors argue that companies adhering to best practice in CSR & taking advantage of possibilities inherent in Corporate Social Opportunity" are good for shareholders as well as customers & employees." ...
Available
image missing
Corporate Turnaround
£8.96
When firms are on the brink of failure only turnaround management can restore performance & profitability. The key is to provide stability & create cash (and a breathing space) for building long-term success. This fully revised edition provides practical advice on restoring confidence through effective leadership & planning. It highlights the importance of communication with stakeholders staff customers & suppliers & how best to structure the capital base of an organization in order to fund recovery & future growth. Essential reading for chief executives consultants & merchant bankers (as well as investors tracking the progress of ailing businesses) this book offers a definitive set of tools & techniques. ...
Available
image missing
Corpse At St Andrew's
Chapel
£6.74
A further episode in the Unquiet Bones series following the life & fortunes of Hugh de Singleton surgeon in medieval Bampton Oxfordshire Alan the beadle of the manor of Bampton had gone out at dusk to seek those who might violate curfew. When the following morning he had not returned home his young wife Matilda had sought out Master Hugh de Singleton surgeon & bailiff of the manor. Two days later Alan's corpse was discovered in the hedge at the side of the track to St Andrew's Chapel. His throat had been torn out
- his head was half severed from his body
- & his face hands & forearms were lacerated with deep scratches. Master Hugh meeting Hubert the coroner at the scene listened carefully to the coroner's surmise that a wolf had caused the great wound. & yet.. .if so why was there no blood?

...
Available
image missing
Corpse In The Koryo
£6.74
Sit on a quiet hillside at dawn among the wildflowers; take a picture of a car coming up a deserted highway from the south. Simple orders for Inspector O until he realizes they have led him far far off his department's turf & into a maelstrom of betrayal & death. North Korea's leaders are desperate to hunt down & eliminate anyone who knows too much about a series of decades-old kidnappings & murders
- & Inspector O discovers too late he has been sent into the chaos. This is a world where nothing works as it should where the crimes of the past haunt the present & where even the shadows are real. A corpse in Pyongyang's main hotel
- the Koryo
- pulls Inspector O into a confrontation of bad choices between the devils he knows & those he doesn't want to meet. A blue button on the floor of a hotel closet an ice blue Finnish lake & desperate efforts by the North Korean leadership set Inspector O on a journey to the edge of a reality he almost can't survive.


...
Available
image missing
Correct Seat
£4.49
On horseback the positioning & balance of the rider is of paramount importance. But how do they learn the correct seat? Often riders are forced into a posture which they are unable to master due to physical problems alone. The consequence is tension in the rider & tension in the horse. This guide describes with the help of numerous exercises how the rider can find his or her own individual path to a balanced seat & to a better communication with the horse:
- Thoughts before mounting
- Exercises on the stationery horse
- Anatomy
-
- Criteria for the correct seat
- The feeling of balance: legs & buttocks
-
- The dynamic horse
- The relaxed horse
- Communicating with the horse's back
-
- The feeling for motion: the walk the trot the canter
- Using the seat
-
- Light aids: weight aids leg aids mental aids rein aids full halt half-halt
- The author of this guide is a GP a physiotherapist & an expert riding teacher; she also runs a surgery for hippogenic training * Essential reading for anyone adult or youngster who is learning to ride or who already rides & wishes to know more. * Beautifully illustrated simple & easy-to-follow book.















...
Available
image missing
Correct Your English
Errors: How To Avoid
99% Of The
Common Mistakes Made
By Learners Of English
£5.99
Speak & write English as if it were your native tongue! Are you tired of making the same mistakes in English again & again? End the bad habits that can leave the people you talk to confused. Correct Your English Errors warns you of hundreds of typical errors learners make & explains the reasons behind the mistakes so you can correct yourself in the future. Improve your English skills with this fun & comprehensive guide & avoid all the common mistakes such as: Mispronouncing & misspelling words Applying your native language's grammar patterns to English Putting verbs in the wrong tense Using incorrect prepositions in expressions Confusing subject-verb agreement Correct Your English Errors offers exercises covering all parts of grammar & provides review passages to check that you are error-free. Soon biting your nails will be your only bad habit! ...
Available
image missing
Correct Your French
Blunders
£8.35
This is a witty fast-paced guide to eliminating those annoying & frustrating French bloopers. Mixing genders inverting subjects & objects & trusting false cognates are just a few of the blunders English-speaking French-language learners commonly make. In Correct Your French Blunders" veteran French teacher Veronique Mazet identifies these & other common trouble spots & clearly explains the reasons behind them. You will discover how grammar patterns of French differ from those of English & why trying to translate word for word structure for structure from English can lead to big trouble. You will learn to break bad habits & correct your mistakes while developing a much more natural feel for French language patterns with the help of: more than 1 000 highlighted examples of common blunders to avoid; a free app available on i Tunes for interactive practice for obliterating those blunders; numerous examples & practical exercises; quick-reference panels for checking correct tense forms; & a " Hall of Shame" compendium of bad errors to recognize & correct." ...
Available
image missing
Corrections
£6.89
From the author of Freedom a panoramic vision of America at the beginning of the 21st century seen through the turbulent lives of the Lambert family. The Corrections is now seen by many as one of the greatest American novels of the last decade. The Lamberts
- Enid & Alfred & their three grown-up children
- are a troubled family living in a troubled age. Alfred is ill & as his condition worsens the whole family must face the failures secrets & long-buried hurts that haunt them if they are to make the corrections that each desperately needs. Stretching from the Midwest in the mid-century to Wall Street & Eastern Europe in the age of globalised greed The Corrections brings an old-time America of freight trains & civic duty into wild collision with the era of home surveillance hands-off parenting do-it-yourself mental healthcare & New Economy millionaires. It announces Jonathan Franzen as one of the most brilliant interpreters of American society & the American soul.

...
Available
image missing
Corrupted
£5.99
You are about to enter a world of red velvet poles & mirrors. Where morals have been tainted & looks are deceiving the pursuit of pleasure leads to pain & nail-biting terror & naivety is the most dangerous attribute of them all. You are about to enter the world of Ria Kimura... Ever since her father's sudden death Ria has lived her life by the motto; you could get hit by a bus tomorrow." It is this reckless attitude which leads her to becoming an exotic dancer in one of London's top gentlemen's clubs & into the arms of Brad Harrison; a handsome Australian millionaire who entices her away from her old life to a glamorous new existence Down Under away from all her troubles. But the dream quickly descends into a nightmare & Ria soon finds herself all alone on the other side of the world...A dramatic Australian adventure packed with sex scandal & suspense CORRUPTED is a journey full of twists & turns that will have you addicted & begging for more." ...
Available

Corpus Linguistics And The Description Of English

A lively hands-on introduction to the use of electronic corpora in the description and analysis of English this book provides an ideal introduction for university students of English at the intermediate level. Students planning papers dissertations or theses will find the book a particularly valuable guide. After introducing corpora and the rationale and basic methodology of corpus linguistics the author presents a number of case studies providing new insights into vocabulary collocations phraseology metaphor and metonymy syntactic structures male and female language and language change. In a final chapter it is shown how the web can be used as a source for linguistic investigations. Each chapter has study questions exercises and suggestions for further reading. Students will benefit from
the books *Clear language and structure *Well-defined terminology *Step-by-step instructions *Generous up-to-date exemplification from different varieties of English around the world *Accompanying web-page with exercises and updated information about freely accessible corpora.
Buy
  • Availability: In Stock
  • Supplier: WHSmith
  • SKU: 9780748626151
Availability: In Stock
£15.19
books Book
Description Reviews / Comments Add New

Product Description

A lively hands-on introduction to the use of electronic corpora in the description & analysis of English this book provides an ideal introduction for university students of English at the intermediate level. Students planning papers dissertations or theses will find the book a particularly valuable guide. After introducing corpora & the rationale & basic methodology of corpus linguistics the author presents a number of case studies providing new insights into vocabulary collocations phraseology metaphor & metonymy syntactic structures male & female language & language change. In a final chapter it is shown how the web can be used as a source for linguistic investigations. Each chapter has study questions exercises & suggestions for further reading. Students will benefit from the books * Clear language & structure * Well-defined terminology * Step-by-step instructions * Generous up-to-date exemplification from different varieties of English around the world * Accompanying web-page with exercises & updated information about freely accessible corpora.

Reviews/Comments

Add New

Intelligent Comparison

Oooops!
We couldn't find anything!
Perhaps this product's unique.... Or perhaps we are still looking for comparisons!
Click to bump this page and we'll hurry up.

Price History

Vouchers

No voucher codes found.
Do you know a voucher code for this product or supplier? Add it to Insights for others to use.

Facebook

Jargon Buster

Students - A group of humans who are still in full time education
Date - A day on a calendar
Date - A social activity whith a current or potential partner
World - A physical grouping, commonly used to describe earth and everything associated with ti
Language - the method of communication used in different areas. Humans and computers have many different languages.
Instructions - An informative direction to take.
Ideal - Something that satisfies a perfect criteria.
Vocabulary - The collaboration of words used in a language.
Language - The way humans communicate either written and spoken.

Supplier Information

WHSmith
Page Updated: 2024-03-04 10:03:14

Community Generated Product Tags

Oh No! The productWIKI community hasn't generated any tags for this product yet!
Menu