A series to meet the need for books on modern English that are both up-to-date and authoritative.For the scholar, the teacher, the student and the general reader, but especially for English-speaking s
This groundbreaking study understands the 'long history' of human rights in Australia from the moment of their supposed invention in the 1940s to official incorporation into the Australian government bureaucracy in the 1980s. To do so, a wide cast of individuals, institutions and publics from across the political spectrum are surveyed, who translated global ideas into local settings and made meaning of a foreign discourse to suit local concerns and predilections. These individuals created new organisations to spread the message of human rights or found older institutions amenable to their newfound concerns, adopting rights language with a mixture of enthusiasm and opportunism. Governments, on the other hand, engaged with or ignored human rights as its shifting meanings, international currency and domestic reception ebbed and flowed. Finally, individuals understood and (re)translated human rights ideas throughout this period: writing letters, books or poems and sympathising in new, glob
Take a gruesome trip through time with this grisly compendium of death! From the best ways to test a witch, to making a mummy in eight simple steps, and with fascinating facts about botched beheadings
With the increasing number of books on contemporary fiction, there is a need for a work that examines whom we value, and why. These questions lie at the heart of this book which, by focusing on four n
This textbook provides a comprehensive account of Britain’s uneasy relationship with continental Europe from 1918 to the present day. Unlike other books on the subject, the author considers 'Eur
These brand new books by bestselling author-illustrator Jo Lodge are perfect for little hands!1, 2, 3 count with me!These colourful books bring counting fun to little ones as they explore the deep sea
NihonGO NOW! is a beginning-level courseware package that takes a performed-culture approach to learning Japanese. Level 1 is comprised of two textbooks and accompanying activity books that focus on l
NihonGO NOW! is a beginning-level courseware package that takes a performed-culture approach to learning Japanese. Level 1 is comprised of two textbooks and accompanying activity books that focus on l
• Pink B/ Band 1B books offer emergent readers simple, predictable text with familiar objects and actions. • Text type - A patterned story with predictable structure. • The storymap on pages 14 and 15
Since its publication in 1949, D.O. Hebb's, The Organization of Behavior has been one of the most influential books in the fields of psychology and neuroscience. However, the original edition has been
From creepy picture books to Harry Potter, Lemony Snicket, the Spiderwick Chronicles, and countless vampire series for young adult readers, fear has become a dominant mode of entertainment for young r
Ellie is invited to a Halloween sleepover at her best friend Hannah's house. She can't wait to have some spooky fun with her friends . . . until the lights go out. Nothing scares Ellie worse than the
Discusses the differences between living and nonliving things through a conversation between two monsters over their shared qualities as living beings.
