Mind Maps for Kids - The Shortcut to Success at School
'Mind Mapping' is a system of planning and note-taking that cuts homework time in half and makes schoolwork fun. 'Mind Maps for Kids' is Tony Buzan's first book written specially for a younger audience, suitable for ages 7 to 14.
It's hard to imagine that it was just a year ago that we were finishing up last year's Best American Nonrequired Reading! Then again, doing last year's collection last year, as opposed to this year, seems to have been the right way to go. We took a gamble on that decision, and it paid off. Like last year, our Best American mailbag is full of letters, written in crayon and blood and begging to be answered. Let us begin.
This new edition of Civil Engineering: Supervision and Management updates and revises the best practical guide for on-site engineers. Written from the point of view of the project engineer it details their responsibilities, powers and duties. The book has been fully updated to reflect the latest changes to management practice and new forms of contract. As a practical guide to on-site project management the book is invaluable to practicing engineers. * Practical guide for the on-site engineer * Written in line with the ICE qualification exam guidelines * Revised and updated for the latest forms of contracts
Cause, Condition, Concession, Contrast - Cognitive and Discourse Perspectives
In this collection of original and innovative papers, many authored by internationally known specialists, new light is thrown on the nature and the expression of the four probably most widely researched coherence relations. Some contributions deal primarily with cognitive and semantic aspects of the categories in question or their linguistic exponents, others more with the deployment of causal, conditional, contrast and concessive markers in written and spoken discourse. This dual perspective also helps illuminate the interface of cognition and language use.
Varieties of English in Writing: The Written Word as Linguistic Evidence
This volume is concerned with assessing fictional and non-fictional written texts as linguistic evidence for earlier forms of varieties of English. These range from Scotland to New Zealand, from Canada to South Africa, covering all the major forms of the English language around the world. Central to the volume is the question of how genuine written representations are. Here the emphasis is on the techniques and methodology which can be employed when analysing documents.
