Oxford University Press strana 216 z 330

Talks about the rich, the famous and the infamous, history, tradition, folklore, legends, nursery rhymes, festivals, music, food, and attitudes. Suitable as a reference support for culture and institutions courses and inter-cultural awareness training, this title contains over 10,000 entries and many illustrations.

A versatile and innovative five-level course which encourages children to develop as learners and to use their English in the classroom context.

Graded 'read and do' fiction and non-fiction readers that teach children about the world around them.

New, interactive editions of the best-selling course for adult professional learners.

Graded 'read and do' fiction and non-fiction readers that teach children about the world around them.

Graded 'read and do' fiction and non-fiction readers that teach children about the world around them.

What is dreaming, and what causes it? Why are dreams so strange and why are they so hard to remember? Replacing dream mystique with modern dream science, J. Allan Hobson provides a new and increasingly complete picture of how dreaming is created by the brain. Focusing on dreaming to explain the mechanisms of sleep, this book explores how the new science of dreaming is affecting theories in psychoanalysis, and how it is helping our understanding of the causes of mental illness. J. Allan Hobson investigates his own dreams to illustrate and explain some of the fascinating discoveries of modern sleep science, while challenging some of the traditionally accepted theories about the meaning of dreams. He reveals how dreaming maintains and develops the mind, why we go crazy in our dreams in order to avoid doing so when we are awake, and why sleep is not just good for health but essential for life.

John Heskett wants to transform the way we think about design by showing how integral it is to our daily lives, from the spoon we use to eat our breakfast cereal, and the car we drive to work in, to the medical equipment used to save lives. Design combines 'need' and 'desire' in the form of a practical object that can also reflect the user's identity and aspirations through its form and decoration. This concise guide to contemporary design goes beyond style and taste to look at how different cultures and individuals personalize objects. Heskett also reveals how simple objects, such as a toothpick, can have their design modified to suit the specific cultural behaviour in different countries. There are also fascinating insights into how major companies such as Nokia, Ford, and Sony approach design. Finally, the author gives us an exciting vision of what design can offer us in the future, showing in particular how it can humanize new technology.

Graded 'read and do' fiction and non-fiction readers that teach children about the world around them.

This essential reference work is the most popular paperback dictionary of physics available. It contains over 3,500 clear and concise entries, covering all commonly encountered physics terms and concepts, including terms relating to astronomy and astrophysics, and terms relating to physical chemistry. Over 100 diagrams and tables support the text. Feature entries give in-depth analysis of key topics such as crystal defects, magnetic resonance imaging, and the solar system. The dictionary also includes biographies of important scientists, and an invaluable set of appendices. Now in its fifth edition, this best-selling dictionary has been revised to bring it completely up-to-date, with over 250 new entries. New features include an index of useful web links, up-to-date entries on topics such as dark energy, decoherence, quantum computing, and information theory, and chronologies of major discoveries in the main fields of physics, including atomic theory, cosmology, and microscopy. An excellent introduction to physics for beginners, and an ideal reference tool for students of physics, either at school or at university.

This is a practical course for adult learners working in the international technical sector.

Graded 'read and do' fiction and non-fiction readers that teach children about the world around them.

Graded 'read and do' fiction and non-fiction readers that teach children about the world around them.

The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature presents a comprehensive year-by-year digest of 15,000 significant and representative works of literature published in English by British authors from 1474 to the present day. The greats sit alongside long forgotten gems, the trivial, the inspirational, and the unusual, all equally worthy of remembrance. An ideal resource for students and academics of English literature. The main chronology is supplemented by three indexes. An author index allows readers to view the literary output of any given author in chronological order, an index of periodicals gives a short overview of periodicals published during the period covered, and there is also an index of anonymous titles. This edition has been updated to include works of literature from 2002 and 2003.

Graded 'read and do' fiction and non-fiction readers that teach children about the world around them.

The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature presents a comprehensive year-by-year digest of 15,000 significant and representative works of literature published in English by British authors from 1474 to the present day. The greats sit alongside long forgotten gems, the trivial, the inspirational, and the unusual, all equally worthy of remembrance. An ideal resource for students and academics of English literature. The main chronology is supplemented by three indexes. An author index allows readers to view the literary output of any given author in chronological order, an index of periodicals gives a short overview of periodicals published during the period covered, and there is also an index of anonymous titles. This edition has been updated to include works of literature from 2002 and 2003.