Do you ever find yourself using a word without fully understanding its meaning? What kind of liar is egregious? Do you have a perspicacious mind? Words are a valuable resource and essential to social and business success, yet often we find ourselves struggling to use them appropriately. Improve Your Word Power is a step-by-step course for improving your language skills. Beginning with a test of your present vocabulary, it goes on to present a series of forty self-study sessions in twelve chapters. Each word is linked to an easy-to-remember example in which it can be used. Further sessions lead you on to etymologies and word-building, and give links to 'families' of associated words. At the end of each session, a test enables you to check your progress. Packed with lively examples and anecdotes of words in action, learning advice, and 'Teaser Questions', Improve Your Word Power is a stimulating and informative means of boosting your language skills.

Don'ts for Husbands and Don'ts for Wives are facsimile editions of the original books published by A&C Black in 1913. Each pocket-sized book contains hundreds of snippets of entertaining advice for a happy marriage, which rings true almost 100 years after they were written. The reissued titles are ideal Christmas stocking fillers, and gifts for weddings, engagements and anniversaries. Advice appears under the following chapters: 1. Personalities 2. How to Avoid Discord 3. Habits 4. Financial Matters 5. Evenings at Home 6. Jealousy 7. Recreation 8. Food 9. Dress 10. Entertaining 11. Household Management 12. Children 'Among the bon mots there is much wisdom. They would make great stocking fillers, or wedding anniversary gifts!' Good Book Guide (October 2007).

Don'ts for Husbands and Don'ts for Wives are facsimile editions of the original books published by A&C Black in 1913. Each pocket-sized book contains hundreds of snippets of entertaining advice for a happy marriage, which rings true almost 100 years after it was written. The reissued titles are ideal Christmas stocking fillers, and gifts for weddings, engagements and anniversaries. Advice appears under the following chapters: 1. Personalities 2. How to Avoid Discord 3. Habits 4. Financial Matters 5. Evenings at Home 6. Jealousy 7. Recreation 8. Food 9. Dress 10. Entertaining 11. Household Management 12. Children 'Among the bon mots there is much wisdom. They would make great stocking fillers, or wedding anniversary gifts!' Good Book Guide (October 2007).

This revised edition contains over 5,000 terms used by air traffic controllers, pilots, cabin crew, maintenance crews, ground staff and other airline personnel. Designed for those specialising in aviation and related industries, including trainee pilots, maintenance engineers and other professionals, this dictionary has all the words you need. 'For those in need of a handy reference for everyday work, this new release should prove most useful.' — Aviation News.

This is a playscript set in Tudor times. A disparate group of people from all levels of Tudor society are on their way to London Town for different reasons. We have a professional actor, a doctor, a thief, a cook, and a serving wench. On the way a host of disasters happen to them. Will they ever reach their destination?

Verbal brilliance, urbane sophistication and sexual conquest are themeasures of success for the fashionable set who watched themselvesbeing represented on the Restoration stage. Yet idealisation andsatire, as this edition of Etherege's masterpiece shows, are flip sidesof the same coin, and the play betrays deep anxieties about ridiculeand social failure. Any London beau would emulate Dorimant, theunconscionable rake who loves 'em and leaves 'em, but he would alsosecretly fear that he in fact resembled Sir Fopling Flutter, the modelof all Restoration fops, in his vanity and affectation. The women fareno better, being offered for identification Dorimant's discardedmistress Loveit, scheming for revenge, or the beautiful but hard-headedHarriet, who dares Dorimant to woo her in the country, for 'I know allbeyond Hyde Park is a desert to you and that no gallantry can draw youfarther'.

Speaking in front of other people can be a real worry if you've not had a lot of practice. Even if you know your stuff, it can be hard to get everything together in time, look confident, speak clearly and get your message across well. Full of advice on how to prepare and deliver a knock-out speech, and including strategies that will help you cope if things don't go to plan, this book features: — a quiz to assess yours strengths and weaknesses — step-by-step guidance and action points — top tips: ideas to bear in mind for the future — common mistakes and advice on how to avoid them — summaries of key points to remember — related web links and further sources of help.

«The Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) is a multiple choice English language proficiency test which measures comprehension, speaking, writing and reading skills in an international environment. Scores indicate how well people can communicate in business, commerce and industry. «Check Your English Vocabulary for TOEIC» is a must-have workbook for all non-native English speakers wishing to expand their language skills in preparation for the Test of English for International Communication. This workbook provides exercises to help teach and build vocabulary related to the TOEIC examination and also covers grammar, use of English, comprehension and spelling.»

Black's Veterinary Dictionary has been a bestseller for over seventy years. It is an essential reference tool for all with a professional or leisure interest in the care of animals. Much more than a list of veterinary terms, its practical approach ensures that readers gain an insight into the signs and symptoms of common, and less common, diseases, their diagnosis and treatment. For the 21st edition, much new and updated information has been included. Entries on dogs and cats and the conditions that may affect their health have been extended. Details of the Pet Travel Service, which has largely replaced quarantine for dogs and cats, have been updated; the re-emergence of old problems such as bovine tuberculosis and new ones such as avian flu, are among the thousands of topics covered.

The Painted World takes the outstanding collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum as the starting point for an all-inclusive survey of painting from the Middle Ages to the present day, encompassing painted furniture, textiles and ceramics as well as traditional oil on canvas. The history of painting is often reduced to the story of a tiny elite of easel pictures, composed exclusively of old masters and avant-garde works. Many British paintings, watercolours, miniatures, icons and non-European works relate uneasily to this twin canon of old and modern masters. This richly illustrated account seeks to redress the balance by exploring the wider history of painting, and includes a broad range of painted works, from stained glass to items of costume, in addition to numerous oil paintings and watercolours.

Brings together more than 1,500 of the most commonly used English cliches, outlining the meaning of each expression, its origins and the reason for its creation. Cliches have never been flavour of the month with school teachers, editors or literary connoisseurs, and are potential banana skins for journalists and students. For most of us, preventing these old-hat expressions from punctuating our everyday conversations and writing is more easily said than done. In this new edition of the popular Dictionary of Cliches Betty Kirkpatrick once again spills the beans on the most commonly used cliches. It is up to the reader to decide whether the use of cliche is flogging a dead horse, or exploiting a valuable means of cutting a long story short.

Designed to help pupils with their National Tests at the end of Key Stage 3, this book contains two complete sets of practice tests. The answer section contains tips to guide students as to how to achieve the correct answers.

The six titles in the Literacy Now series are designed for use at home to support children with their work in literacy lessons at school. The books include activities for reading, writing, spelling, and feature comprehension exercises.

The six titles in the Literacy Now series are designed for use at home to support children with their work in literacy lessons at school. The books include activities for reading, writing, spelling, and feature comprehension exercises.

The six titles in the Literacy Now series are designed for use at home to support children with their work in literacy lessons at school. The books include activities for reading, writing, spelling, and feature comprehension exercises.

The six titles in the Literacy Now series are designed for use at home to support children with their work in literacy lessons at school. The books include activities for reading, writing, spelling, and feature comprehension exercises.

The six titles in the Literacy Now series are designed for use at home to support children with their work in literacy lessons at school. The books include activities for reading, writing, spelling, and feature comprehension exercises.

The six titles in the Literacy Now series are designed for use at home to support children with their work in literacy lessons at school. The books include activities for reading, writing, spelling, and feature comprehension exercises.

The two new titles in the Spelling Today series, for children aged between 5 and 7, complement the four existing titles for children aged between 7 and 11. Each book features over 150 essential words to practise. The words are introduced then practised using the 'Look, Learn, Cover, Write, Check' technique. These books fill the gaps in our current very popular Spelling Today series, providing first-class educational materials for parents to use with their children at home. Spelling is an area of great concern for many parents — these books provide a clear, logical approach for parents to follow with their children.

The two new titles in the Spelling Today series, for children aged between 5 and 7, complement the four existing titles for children aged between 7 and 11. Each book features over 150 essential words to practise. The words are introduced then practised using the 'Look, Learn, Cover, Write, Check' technique. These books fill the gaps in our current very popular Spelling Today series, providing first-class educational materials for parents to use with their children at home. Spelling is an area of great concern for many parents — these books provide a clear, logical approach for parents to follow with their children.