Good Reads: Recent submissions
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A sheaf gleaned in French fields
(C Kegan Paul, London, 1880)"The lake's fair surface is not always clear. If but a traveller, or a rash child near, At random throw a stone upon its glass, A dark ooz rises in a vapoury mass......" Toru Dutt was an Indian poet who wrote in English ... -
From a micro-macro framework to a micro-meso-macro framework
(Springer Science_Business Media Dordrecht 2012, 2012)In particular, some social scientists pay significant attention to the relationship between micro (at the level of individuals) and macro (at the level of institutions or the social whole) issues, and as a result, a variety ... -
History of the Arabs: from the earliest times to the present
(MacMillan Education, 1970)This authoritative study of the Arabians and the Arabic-speaking peoples is a hugely valuable source of information on Arab history. Suitable for both scholars and the general reader, it unrolls one of the richest and most ... -
A literary history of the Arabs
(Cambridge University Press, 1907)A compilation of the history of Islamic authors and writings, A Literary History of the Arabs is considered one of the best explanations of Arabic culture and literature today. R.A. Nicholson explains in the book's preface ... -
World development report 2015: mind, society, and behavior
(World Bank, 2015)Every policy relies on explicit or implicit assumptions about how people make choices. Those assumptions typically rest on an idealized model of how people think, rather than an understanding of how everyday thinking ... -
Use of literature in developing learner's speaking skills in Bangladeshi EFL contexts
(University of Nottingham, 2006-12)This dissertation arises from an attempt to answer the question whether it is possible to teach conversational skills through literature; and, if 'yes', how any benefit can be made accessible to both privileged and ... -
Innovations in learning technologies for English language teaching
(British Council, 2013)This book provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of the current use of technologies to support English teaching and learning. Systematic in the sense that each chapter looks at a key segment of the ELT market – ... -
A general guide to writing reports about scientific research
(UNC College of Arts and Sciences, 2014-09-08)The scientific method, involves developing a hypothesis, testing it, and deciding whether your findings support the hypothesis. In essence, the format for a research report in the sciences mirrors the scientific method but ... -
The white man's burden: why the West's efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good
(The Penguin Press, 2006)The white man’s burden is his widely anticipated counterpunch—a brilliant and blistering indictment of the West’s economic policies for the world’s poor. Sometimes angry, sometimes irreverent, but always clear-eyed and ... -
No god but God : the origins, evolution and future of Islam
(Random House, 2005)No god but God: the origins, evolution, and future of Islam is a non-fiction book written by Iranian-American Muslim scholar Reza Aslan. The book describes the history of Islam and argues for a liberal interpretation of ... -
Present perfect or past simple?
(Cambridge Dictionary Blog, 2014-06-23)This is a tricky area of the English language for low-level learners, so let’s look again at the rules. When we start studying English, we learn that to talk about an action that started and finished in the past, we use ... -
Mr Hugh Catchpole’s Notes on English Grammar and Usage
(2014-06-15)Mr Hugh Catchpole’s Notes on English Grammar and Usage by Hugh Catchpole is designed to improve written and spoken language skills. It also shows how to fix everyday English language mistakes, how to write essay, mistakes ... -
Aston games and activities manual
(Aston English, 2010)This guide is here to help teachers looking for a fun language games for children's English corners or demonstration classes and also to help spice up a normal lesson. Language based games while an important tool in teaching ... -
Five minutes with Mrs Robinson
(Beakon Books, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2006)The book ‘Five Minutes with Mrs Robinson’ by Angela M. V. Robinson is a collection of 106 School Assembly Talks given between January 2003 and July 2003 in The British School in Dhaka. It represents the author’s efforts ...