The Collins English-Japanese Gem Dictionary covers all the words & phrases learners need making it the ideal portable companion. Collins English-Japanese Gem has been written for all those learning Japanese for study or for travel. It is the ideal text for anyone who needs a wealth of reliable information in a portable format. * The Collins English-Japanese Gem provides the best coverage of today s language & usage for learners of Japanese. * This dictionary offers extra help with translating essential vocabulary & thousands of phrases. Full Japanese pronunciation is given in romanized form. * The clear layout ensures that you can quickly find the information you need. Also available is the Collins Pocket English-Japanese Dictionary. ...

The Routledge English-Russian Russian-English Medical Dictionary & Phrasebook is the first full-size English-Russian bilingual Medical Dictionary that covers a broad range of up-to-date medical terminology. Key

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Includes:: a phrasebook appendix consisting of 22 sections including areas such as Emergency Medical Terminology & Medical Insurance Terms. Expressions included in the phrasebook taken from authentic medical documents. English-Russian list of medical roots Suffixes & prefixes that are predominately used in medical terminology formation Bilingual list of the most used medical abbreviations Russian words provided with stress marks for proper pronunciation. This dictionary has been designed to cater to the needs of Russian-English English-Russian interpreters & translators bilingual medical professionals libraries universities educators & students both in English & in Russian-speaking countries. Yuliya Baldwin is a linguist & a specialist in English-Russian interpretation/translation & teaches Russian at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.



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Did you hear the one about the horse that walks into a bar? The likely answer to this is yes but regardless its the classic gags that keep people laughing time after time. An Englishman An Irishman & a Scotsman..." is a fantastic celebration of all those rib-tickling & thigh-slapping jokes we have come to love over the years together with some brand new material that will have people rolling in the aisles. Jokes range from the classic subjects of: the mother-in-law; the actress & the bishop; an Englishman an Irishman & a Scotsman; Knock Knock; & Light-bulb. Also containing laugh-a-minute one-liners silly gags & the downright surreal Nick Harris has collected together a bumper batch of fun to warm the cockles & make you smile." ...

Peter Mayle author of A YEAR IN PROVENCE writes in his Preface to this charming travel memoir: Michael Sadler was born in Lewes a small town in the south of Engl&. This was a geographical accident. He should have emerged from the womb in Paris looking anxiously about him for a suitable place to have lunch. He may not have been born there but Michael Sadler eventually found his spiritual home. AN ENGLISHMAN IN PARIS is his delightful account of his first year in the French capital describing with alternate affection & bemusement such continental confusions as the etiquette of flower-buying the role of cricket in French foreplay & the dangers black butter presents not just to ones cholesterol levels but also to dry-cleaning bills. Beautifully observed & very funny AN ENGLISHMAN IN PARIS will delight armchair travellers & Francophiles alike. ...

This book provides an essential resource for both new & experienced teachers trainers & lecturers looking to harness the benefits of technology in their approaches to teaching learning & assessment. Those working across the Lifelong Learning Sector including schools & universities face increasing pressures in demonstrating their purposeful engagement with technology to provide outstanding teaching & learning & professional standards place a clear emphasis on the demonstrable use of emerging technology. Underpinned by a theoretical & critical discussion the book presents a rationale for the use of technology in today's 21st century classrooms as teaching practitioners prepare themselves for the arrival of technologically mature & digitally literate 21st century learners with high expectations of their learning journey. It offers 25 activities that are presented in a user-friendly & accessible format illustrated with case studies from across the sector to bring the ideas to life. Each example demonstrates how freely & easily accessible technologies can be used to create engaging interactive & learner centric lessons which promote retention achievement & the development of digital literacies. Example technologies include: Social networking & micro-blogging Power Point alternatives The use of avatars & virtual characters Mobile devices & applications (apps) Creative technologies Whatever level of technical ability teaching practitioners & those supporting learning in lifelong learning schools & universities will find new & innovative ideas to easily & quickly enhance their approaches to creative teaching & learning with the use of technology. ...

Breaking the German Enigma codes was not only about brilliant mathematicians & professors at Bletchley Park. There is another aspect of the story which it is only now possible to tell. It takes in the exploits of spies naval officers & ordinary British seamen who risked & in some cases lost their lives snatching the vital Enigma codebooks from under the noses of Nazi officials & from sinking German ships & submarines. This book tells the whole Enigma story: its original invention & use by German forces & how it was the Poles who first cracked & passed on to the British
- the key to the German airforce Enigma. The more complicated German Navy Enigma appeared to them to be unbreakable.
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In this title radical sociologist David Harvey explains how capitalism came to dominate the world why it resulted in the current financial crisis
- & why it's time for a change. For three centuries the capitalist system has shaped western society informed its rulers & conditioned the lives of its people. Has the time come to move beyond it? Using his unrivalled knowledge of the subject Harvey lays bare the follies of the international financial system looking at the nature of capitalism how it works & why sometimes it doesn't. He examines the vast flows of money that surge round the world in daily volumes well in excess of the sum of all its economies. He looks at the cycles of boom & bust in the world's housing & stock markets & shows that periodic episodes of meltdown are not only inevitable in the capitalist system but essential to its survival. The Enigma of Capitalism" is a timely call-to-arms for the end of the capitalism & makes a compelling case for a new social order that would allow us to live within a system that could be responsible just & humane."
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This revised edition of Enjoy Playing Guitar: Tutor Book 1 is the ultimate resource for all beginner guitarists. It introduces the basics of classical guitar playing & musical concepts through an approach that is clear progressive & carefully paced. It

Includes:: tailored solos duets & trios in a range of styles & it develops musicianship through activities in improvisation playing by ear & the art of accompanying. To consolidate learning there are helpful reminders & quizzes covering musical knowledge plus a CD with over 70 play-along tracks. Encouraging self-directed learning outside as well as during lessons this is the perfect book for todays aspiring player.

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The title is just the first of many startling asides observations & insights that fill this guide to Hollywood on the Lacanian psychoanalyst's couch. Zizek introduces the ideas of Jacques Lacan through the medium of American film taking his examples from over 100 years of cinema from Charlie Chaplin to The Matrix & referencing along the way such figures as Lenin & Hegel Michel Foucault & Jesus Christ. Enjoy Your Symptom! is a thrilling guide to cinema & psychoanalysis from a thinker who is perhaps the last standing giant of cultural theory in the twenty-first century. ...

Enjoyable English covers essential topics from the National Curriculum & is based around the popular theme of magic. Wizard Whimstaff s blend of fun with curriculum-based activities enchants & educates young learners. Children work towards attaining a Wizard s Trophy of Excellence at the end of the book. * Motivating activities based on the KS1 National Curriculum * Step-by-step learning introduced by fun characters *
Includes: gold stickers to reward achievement
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