Nasal Vowel Evolution in Romance
This book provides a complete, comparative, nongallocentric account of nasality in all the Romance languages. It demonstrates the central role of nasality in the history of sound changes in the languages of southern Europe. In doing so, it assembl...
Worn
Shortlisted for the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2021 "Beautifully written, entirely accessible, poignant and profound" - Amy de la Haye In a culture preoccupied with newness and a fashion system largely predic...
Sea-Time
This book is an ethnography that draws upon 25 years of qualitative research and shipboard fieldwork in the merchant cargo shipping sector. It explores the lives and work of seafarers and how these have changed over time. Change over time and the ...
English for the Computer
Computer processing of natural language is a burgeoning field, but until now there has been no agreement on a standardized classification of the diverse structural elements that occur in real-life language material. This book attempts to define a ...
Mandela
Widely considered to be the most important biography of Nelson Mandela, Antony Sampson's remarkable book has been updated with an afterword by acclaimed South African journalist, John Battersby. Long after his presidency of South Africa, Nelson Ma...
Gods and Monsters - Mythological Poems
A stunning gift book drawing together mythological poems - classic and brand-new - from around the world, illustrated throughout in black and white by award-winning former children's laureate Chris Riddell. Compiled by bestselling anthologist Ana ...
Last Library
'The Last Library made me laugh, cry, cheer and want to champion all of our fabulous libraries' Clare Pooley, author of The Authenticity Project 'A powerful reminder about the importance of community, kindness and friendship. A truly stunning debu...
The Busybody Book Club
LibraryReads Pick They can't even agree on what to read, so how are they going to solve a murder? Having recently moved from London to a small Cornish seaside village, Nova Davies started a book club at the local community center, but so far it's a disaster. The five members disagree on everything, and to make matters worse, a significant sum of money is stolen during one of the meetings, putting the much-loved community center at risk. Suspicion for the theft falls on book club member Michael, especially when he disappears and a dead body turns up at his house. But the book club has their own theories. Agatha Christie superfan Phyllis is determined to prove Michael's been framed, while romance reader Arthur believes there's a mystery woman involved, and teenage sci-fi fan Ash thinks dark forces are at play. While trying to locate Michael, solve the murder and recover the stolen money, each of them has their own secrets to protect. But despite the danger closing in, they won't rest
The Last Library
A celebration of books and everything that makes us human' Katie Marsh, author of My Everything You can tell a lot about a person from the library books they borrow Library assistant June knows a lot about the regulars at Chalcot Library, yet they...
Girl on the 88 Bus
'The characters are relatable and lovable; the story is uplifting and romantic, full of emotions and heart, celebrating the importance of making human connections and embracing our dreams. This book is my happy place!' Ali Hazelwood, author of The...
Collapse of Rome
By the early first century BC, the Roman Republic had already carved itself a massive empire and was easily the most powerful state in the Mediterranean. Roman armies had marched victoriously over enemies far and wide, but the Roman heartland was ...
International Seafarers and Transnationalism in the Twenty-First Century
Winner, 2014 BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed inaugural award for ethnography, in association with the British Sociological Association This ethnographic account of seafarers considers issues of transnationalism in the twenty-first century and discu...
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The young bard Taliesin comes to the court of King Urien and Queen Morgan. His dream is to make an immortal song about the deeds of King Arthur. His fear is that he was born too late. Arthur is ageing. He uncovers the dark secret of the birth of M...
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Morgan le Fay is the neglected daughter of the Duke of Cornwall and his beautiful wife Ygerne. Her childhood is tragically altered when King Uther Pendragon sets eyes on her mother. He kills her adored father. By Merlyn's magic, he enters the conv...
Confronting Jezebel: Discerning and Defeating the Spirit of Control
Confronting Jezebel – Discerning and Defeating the Spirit of Control
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'I am Morgan the Fay. The wicked witch, the embodiment of evil. And yet. I am the queen who takes Arthur in my arms for healing. Some editing of the story will clearly be necessary.' Morgan stands by Dozmary Pool after the Battle of Camlann, plead...
Chasing Tiger
Tiger Woods has changed golf - forever. His combination of power, skill, and media smarts has made him the biggest sports figure since Michael Jordan and, if his career was to end tomorrow, he'd go down as one of the top five players of all time. ...
'Language Instinct' Debate
When it was first published in 1997, Geoffrey Sampson's Educating Eve was described as the definitive response to Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct and Noam Chomsky's nativism. In this revised and expanded new edition, Sampson revisits his ori...
Girl on the 88 Bus
'The characters are relatable and lovable; the story is uplifting and romantic, full of emotions and heart, celebrating the importance of making human connections and embracing our dreams. This book is my happy place!' Ali Hazelwood, author of The...
Nosy Neighbours
'Brimming with hope, heart and intrigue' JESSICA RYN 'What a beautiful, compelling book! . . . I loved it' HEMA SUKUMAR 'A real hug of a book' HAZEL PRIOR You can choose your home, but you can't choose who lives next door . . . Twenty-five-year-ol...
LAST CHANCE LIBRARY
LAST CHANCE LIBRARY
Ostannja biblioteka
Samotnja tridtsjatirichna pomichnitsja u bibliotetsi Dzhun Dzhons nikoli ne pokidala svogo sonnogo anglijskogo selischa Chalkot. Sorom'jazliva i vidljudkuvata zhinka, scho provodit uves chas za chitannjam i ne ljubit vikhoditi u svit, odnogo dnja zmushena pokinuti knizhkovi politsi i rjatuvati sertse svojeji gromadi. Biblioteka, jaka zberigaje najdorozhchi spogadi pro jiji matir, pid zagrozoju zakrittja. Same tomu Dzhun z grupoju chudernatskikh, ale viddanikh mistsevikh zhiteliv, virishuje borotisja za jiji zberezhennja i vpershe pislja smerti materi vidkrivajetsja inshim ljudjam. Do Chalkota nespodivano povertajetsja jiji shkilnij drug - Aleks Chen - dobrodushnij advokat, scho gotovij prostjagnuti ruku dopomogi. Jogo pochuttja ochevidni dlja vsikh, okrim Dzhun, jaka ne virit, scho khtos mozhe tak pikluvatisja pro neji. Schob vrjatuvati biblioteku i knigi, jaki tak bagato znachat, Dzhun musit nareshti zminiti svoje zhittja. Vona virishila ne zdavatisja, adzhe rjatujuchi svoju omrijanu
Writing Systems
The cultures of the world have chosen different ways to make spoken language visible and permanent. The original edition of Writing Systems represented the first time that modern linguistic principles were brought to bear on a study of this. Now this new edition brings the story up to date; it incorporates topics which have emerged since the first edition (such as electronic techniques for encoding the world's scripts), together with new findings about established topics, including the ultimate historical origin of our alphabet. Featuring a series of detailed case studies of scripts of diverse types, and giving due attention to the psychology of reading and learning to read, the book is written so as to be accessible to those with no prior knowledge of any writing systems other than our own.
She is Fierce
A stunning gift book containing 150 bold, brave and beautiful poems by women - from classic, well loved poets to innovative and bold modern voices. From suffragettes to school girls, from spoken word superstars to civil rights activists, from aris...