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Tell Me No Lies Tell Me No Lies

Investigative Journalism and Its Triumphs

Author: John Pilger

A selection of articles, broadcasts, and books extracts that revealed important and disturbing truths, ranging from across many of the critical events, scandals, and struggles. This book bears witness to epic injustices ...
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Paper Empires Paper Empires

A History of the Book in Australia

Author: Robyn Sheahan-Bright & Craig Munro

This new volume in UQP's History of the Book in Australia series explores Australian book production and consumption from 1946 to the present day. In the immediate postwar era, most books were imported into a colonial ma ...
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Pardon My French Pardon My French

Unleash Your Inner Gaul

Author: Charles Timoney

Things you didn't know about France: you burnt Joan of Arc! smuggling live chickens into rugby matches is patriotic how many times to kiss on the cheek where not to cross the road French guns don't go 'bang' what do you ...
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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words Totally Weird and Wonderful Words
Author: Erin McKean

Do you know what a snollygoster is? Would you eat something called a muktuk? Do you know anyone who engages in onolatry? Impress your friends and pepper your dinner party conversations with such nuggets as gobemouche, mu ...
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Peer Review and Manuscript Management in Scientific Journals Peer Review and Manuscript Management in Scientific Journals

Guidelines for Good Practice

Author: Irene Hames

This comprehensive yet concise book provides a thorough and complete guide to every aspect of managing the peer review process for scientific journals. Until now, little information has been readily available on how this ...
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Shoes on the Highway Shoes on the Highway

Using Visual and Audio Cues to Inspire Student Playwrights

Author: Maureen Brady Johnson

How did that shoe end up on side of a highway? What does that graffiti mean, and who put it there? The answers to these simple questions, stimulated by a photograph, can make your classroom buzz with ideas, enabling stud ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
Author: Judith Siefring

Explains where phrases such as 'take the rap', 'off the cuff', and 'flavour of the month' come from and what exactly they mean. This work contains entries for over 5000 idioms, including over 350 new entries, to elucidat ...
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The Oxford Companion to English Literature The Oxford Companion to English Literature
Author: Margaret Drabble

The first edition of The Oxford Companion to English Literature, edited by Sir Paul Harvey, was published in 1932, and quickly established itself as as the standard source of reference for scholars, students, and general ...
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The Talking Ape The Talking Ape

How Language Evolved

Author: Robbins Burling

Traces language back to its earliest origins among our distant ape-like forbears several million years ago. This book examines the qualities of mind and brain needed to support the operations of language; investigates th ...
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Oxford A-Z of Grammar and Punctuation Oxford A-Z of Grammar and Punctuation
Author: John Seely

Readers of all levels will find this guide essential. Giving examples of real usage, this book provides the basic information about grammar and punctuation that people need on a day-to-day basis. Arranged A-Z, it contain ...
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Oxford A-Z of Spelling Oxford A-Z of Spelling
Author: Catherine Soanes & Sheila Ferguson

Good spelling is fundamental to making the right impression with any type of writing reports, homework, CVs, and letters all require correct spelling in order to get the message across in clear and straightforward Englis ...
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Academic Encounters: Life in Society Student's Book Academic Encounters: Life in Society Student's Book

Reading, Study Skills, and Writing

Author: Kristine Brown & Susan Hood

Academic Encounters: Life in Society uses a sustained-content approach to help students develop the reading, study, and writing skills necessary to succeed in English-speaking academic environments. The Student's Book i ...
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Words from the West Words from the West

A Glossary of Western Australian Terms

Author: Joan Ritchie & Maureen Brooks

Compiled by the Australian National Dictionary Centre, this work records the words peculiar to given Australian regional communities.
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Ready to Write More Ready to Write More
Author: Christine Baker Root & Karen Louise Blanchard

Good writing is a network of skills that can be taught, practiced, and mastered. These books present paragraph development and composition skills in clear, teachable steps. Each book offers students dependable strategies ...
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Writing Academic English Writing Academic English
Author: Alice Oshima & Ann Hogue

Now in its fourth edition, Writing Academic English, by Alice Oshima and Ann Hogue, is the essential writing text to prepare high-intermediate and advanced college or college-bound English language learners for academic ...
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Reading Like a Writer Reading Like a Writer

A Guide for People Who Loves Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them

Author: Francine Prose

This book presents an inside look at how the professionals read and write. Long before there were creative writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors ...
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Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching
Author: Cambridge Language Teaching Library

This new edition surveys the major approaches and methods in language teaching. The paperback second edition is an extensive revision of the first edition of this successful text. Like the first edition, it surveys the ...
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When a Loose Cannon Flogs a Dead Horse There's the Devil to Pay When a Loose Cannon Flogs a Dead Horse There's the Devil to Pay

Seafaring Words in Everyday Speech

Author: Olivia A. Isil

Intended for sailors and language enthusiasts, this is a collection of nautical metaphors and colloquialisms. It also includes examples of words drawn from literature, movies, and song, and contains sections of legends o ...
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Put it in Writing Put it in Writing

Learn How to Write Clearly, Quickly and Persuasively

Author: Albert M. Joseph

Teaches managers how to communicate directly through the written word. This book shows you how to: write clearly, effectively, and quickly; improve letters and reports, technical and non-technical; develop a pleasing sty ...
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Schaum's Quick Guide to Writing Great Essays Schaum's Quick Guide to Writing Great Essays
Author: Jacqueline Roth & Molly McClain

Useful as reference material for written English, this book shows you how to write essays that help you succeed in college and the professional world. It shows you how to: choose a topic, state a thesis, and construct ar ...
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