Книги издательства Oxford University Press
Название: The Globalization of World Politics
Жанр: Oxford University Press
Год: 2007
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• Established market leader with an impressive line-up of international contributors who are experts in their fields. • Maps on to introductory courses, spanning history, theory, structures and processes, and international issues. • Carefully edited by John Baylis, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens to ensure an integrated and coherent style throughout the book. • Highly accessible and student-friendly text with excellent learning features throughout, including numerous boxes, figures, tables and maps, case studies and questions. • Comprehensive Online Resource Centre including test bank, PowerPoint slides, case studies, multiple choice questions, video clips, i-casts of contributors and a news feed. • Visually appealing 4-colour text. New to this edition • 3 new chapters on the changing nature of war, human security, and international ethics. • Each chapter includes a 400-word case study. • More examples from the developing world. Now in its fourth edition, this internationally successful title has been fully revised and updated in light of recent developments in world politics, with new chapters on the changing nature of war, human security, and international ethics. A comprehensive introduction to international relations, it is ideally suited to students coming to the subject for the first time.
Жанр: Oxford University Press
Год: 2008
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IB Higher Mathematics for the Diploma Programme provides everything you need for the Core IB Diploma Programme in Higher Maths. It is packed with carefully levelled exercises and exam practise along with advice. In addition, there is background material to help students connect maths to the real world. Included is a CD with a PDF of the entire book with preparation and extra practise material.
Жанр: Oxford University Press
Год: 2002
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The only comprehensive volume designed to show how markets work. Explains why some traders profit while others fall short of success.
Название: CVs and Job Applications
Жанр: Oxford University Press
Год: 2004
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A book of practical advice and useful tips on how to design your CV and write successful job applications. This lively, accessible, and illustrated guide is divided into two sections. The first provides comprehensive advice on what to consider when putting a CV together, compiling an application, and going to the interview. Also covered are speculative and online applications, circumstances such as returning to work after a break or changing direction, references, and clarifying the job offer. The second section contains useful checklists and examples to aid and inspire the would-be interviewee.
Название: Oxford A-Z of English Usage
Жанр: Oxford University Press
Год: 2007
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Readers and writers of all levels will find the Oxford A-Z of English Usage essential. Based on Oxford's world-leading dictionary research programmes and contemporary language monitoring and giving examples of real usage, this book provides the essential information about usage and correct English that is needed on a day-to-day basis. Arranged in A-Z sequence, it contains over 600 entries on common issues of uncertainty and confusion (e.g. licence / license; learning difficulties / mental handicap; lest; less; and latter). In addition, there are more than 20 special feature articles on specific topics such as hyphenation or the use of Latin plurals. With a two-colour page design, the Oxford A-Z of English Usage gives the reader quick and easy access to the answers, with clear and coherent explanations and illustrations. It will prove the first port of call for any reader seeking clear, authoritative help with usage questions. Both easy to use and comprehensive, it is an essential tool for writing at home, in the office, at school, and at college.
Жанр: Oxford University Press
Год: 2007
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Based on the best-selling Oxford Companion to English Literature, this is an indispensable, compact guide to all aspects of English literature. Over 5,500 entries give unrivalled coverage of writers, works, historical context, literary theory, allusions, characters, and plot summaries. Discursive feature entries supply a wealth of information about important genres in literature. For the 3rd edition, the dictionary has been fully revised and updated. It now includes expanded coverage of world authors including notable authors in translation, coverage of new authors and titles, and new feature entries on short stories and metre. The appendices listing literary prize-winners, including the Nobel, Man Booker, and Pulitzer prizes, have all been updated. There is also a new timeline, chronicling the development of literature from its origins up to the present day. Written originally by a team of more than 140 distinguished contributors working under prizewinning author Margaret Drabble's editorial direction, and extensively updated and expanded for this new edition, this book provides essential reference for English students, teachers, and all other readers of literature in English.
Название: Oxford Concise Encyclopedia
Жанр: Oxford University Press
Год: 2007
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Lively, accessible, and up-to-date, this encyclopedia is an invaluable quick-reference work. Its compact size and clear concise style make it easy to find information on a vast range of subjects quickly and easily. Over 12,000 entries include coverage of science, technology, the arts, politics, sports, geography, folklore and mythology, inventions, architecture, literature, design, and philosophy, as well as numerous concise biographies of internationally famous world figures. The Encyclopedia also features maps of the world, and is fully illustrated with line drawings and diagrams. Suitable for family reference, students, and a handy desk reference for professionals, there is a wealth of information in this portable, affordable volume.
Название: Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar
Жанр: Oxford University Press
Год: 1998
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English grammar has changed a great deal since the beginning of the Twentieth Century, and it is a subject that can provide a complex minefield of uncertainties within the language. This accessible and comprehensive dictionary comes to the aid of both the general reader and the student or teacher, offering straightforward and immediate A-Z access to 1,000 grammatical terms and their meanings. All the currently accepted terms of grammar are included, as well as older, traditional names, controversial new coinages, and items from the study of other languages. Concise definitions of the wider subject of linguistics, including phonetics and transformational grammar, are accompanied by examples of language in use, and frequent quotations from existing works on grammar.
Название: Oxford Concise Dictionary of Quotations
Жанр: Oxford University Press
Год: 2006
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• New edition of the most authoritative paperback dictionary of quotations available, with over 1900 new quotes • Quotations from classic literary and historical sources, as well as from today's influential political and cultural figures • Easy-to-use keyword index traces quotations and their authors • Contains over 9,000 quotations from more than 2,300 authors • New unique selection process: quotes identified by the largest ongoing language research programme in the world, Oxford English Corpus, ensuring that all the most popular and widely-used quotes are featured • Now with author descriptions giving nationality and occupation • Over 1900 new quotations Based on the highly acclaimed sixth edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, this new edition maintains its extensive coverage of literary and historical quotations, and contains completely up-to-date material from today's influential literary and cultural figures. Over 1900 new quotes have been added for this edition, as well as author descriptions, placing the quotes firmly in context. The dictionary has been compiled using a unique process: the quotes are identified by the largest ongoing language research programme in the world, Oxford English Corpus. This ensures that all the most popular and widely-used quotes are featured. An easy-to-use keyword index traces quotations and their authors, while the appendix material, including Catchphrases, Film Lines, Official Advice, and Political Slogans, offers further topics of interest. This is the most authoritative paperback dictionary of quotations available. Containing over 9,000 quotations from more than 2,500 authors, it is both a fascinating read, and an invaluable general reference tool.
Название: Oxford Everyday Grammar
Жанр: Oxford University Press
Год: 2004
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• Chapters on sentences and clauses, nouns and pronouns, verbs, clause patterns, adverbials, multiple sentences, and more • Factboxes and writing tips give examples and clear explanations of problem topics such as adverb formation and the use of 'I and me' or 'so and such' • Diagrams break down passages of text, giving clear explanations on their sentence construction • Glossary terms include conjunction, future perfect 'tense', interrogative clause, is/are, passive voice, simple aspect, split infinitive, uncountable noun This accessible and unique approach to grammar comes in two parts: the first section consists of a practical guide on how to understand and use grammar successfully, and the second is an extensive A-Z glossary of grammatical terms. Ideal for both language students and anyone wanting to improve their use of English, it demystifies and explains these terms, while giving expert advice on how to construct sentences.
Название: Oxford Guide to Plain English
Жанр: Oxford University Press
Год: 2007
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Plain English is an essential tool for effective communication. Information transmitted in letters, documents, reports, contracts, and forms is clearer and more understandable when presented in straightforward terms. The Oxford Guide to Plain English provides authoritative guidance on how to write plain English using easy-to-follow guidelines which cover straightforward language, sentence length, active and passive verbs, punctuation, grammar, planning, and good organization. This handy guide will be invaluable to writers of all levels. It provides essential guidelines that will allow readers to develop their writing style, grammar, and punctuation. The book also offers help in understanding official jargon and legalese giving the plain English alternatives. This guide gives hundreds of real examples and shows 'before and after' versions of texts of different kinds which will help readers to look critically at their own writing. Helpfully organized into 21 short chapters, each covering a different aspect of writing. Clearly laid out, and easy to use, the Oxford Guide to Plain English is the best guide to writing clear and helpful documents.
Жанр: Oxford University Press
Год: 2007
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Англо-русско-английский словарь. С приложениями по грамматике и культуре.
Жанр: Oxford University Press
Год: 2002
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This is a beautifully illustrated thematic word book consisting of full-page spreads of various familiar locations such as the house, street, nursery, supermarket, beach, bedroom, bathroom etc, plus side panels detailing 15-20 particular words with English translations and corresponding pictures for each scene. Sections on colours, numbers, weather and time are also included, making this the ideal introduction to German words for children of all ages. This work features lively, colourful illustrations on every page — plenty for parents and children to look at together. It is published simultaneously with bilingual editions of «My First Oxford French Words» and «My First Oxford Spanish Words». David Melling is an extremely talented and popular picture book artist who has a lovely child-friendly style and has been published in numerous editions around the world.
Название: Oxford School German Dictionary
Жанр: Oxford University Press
Год: 2004
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This title is updated for 2004, with over 1000 new entries, covering: IT (web page, web site, gigabyte, chatroom); money (one euro coin, with value of euro compared to old currency); communications (text message, long-distance call); leisure (action replay, abseiling; bicycle lane); and religion. This new edition has been expanded to include over 1000 new headwords with particular attention paid to money, email technology, pastime and leisure, ecology, medical terms, sports and professions. Existing entries have been made fuller and more comprehensive. The features include: colour headwords, phrases, verb tables and virtual alphabet tabs; uses New Spelling system throughout as standard; clear examples show the words in context; help with grammar; expressions and idioms highlighted; and introduction on how to use the dictionary. Nicholas Rollin is an experienced editor of bilingual dictionaries. Most recently he has been project manager for the «Oxford Spanish Dictionary» (Academic, 2003). He is also the Chief editor of the «Oxford Study Spanish Dictionary» and «Oxford School French Dictionary» new editions 2004.
Жанр: Oxford University Press
Год: 1999
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Combines systematic training in exam techniques and thorough development of advanced level language skills.
Жанр: Oxford University Press
Год: 1999
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Combines systematic training in exam techniques and thorough development of advanced level language skills.
Название: Adventures Elementary: Student's Book
Жанр: Oxford University Press
Год: 2002
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A topic-based course with four levels, perfect for maintaining the interest and motivation of young teenagers. • Adventures builds students' confidence through the use of clear grammar presentations, varied practice exercises, and guided skills work. • The highly motivating topics have been carefully chosen to appeal to teenagers. • The clear syllabus offers an analytical approach to grammar, as well as extensive and varied practice. • Strong emphasis is placed on skills development and study skills. • There is a systematic approach to vocabulary building. • The variety of challenging and enjoyable activities motivate students to participate fully in class. • The optional 'World of English' sections exploit functional and everyday language, cross-cultural topics, and authentic pop songs.
Жанр: Oxford University Press
Год: 2003
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A topic-based course with four levels, perfect for maintaining the interest and motivation of young teenagers.
Название: All Stars Intermediate: Student Book
Жанр: Oxford University Press
Год: 2001
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A two-level course with strong appeal for today's young teenagers. — Up-to-date topics and an engaging photostory reflect teenagers' interests and knowledge of the world. — A problem-solving approach to grammar encourages students to work out the rules for themselves. — Vocabulary sections also include training in collocation, word groups, and word formation. — Speaking, listening, reading and writing tasks are carefully chosen to reflect students' interests and provide coverage of all the main sub-skills. — A review section after every three units provides extra controlled practice activities and offers exam training with FCE-style task types.
Название: All Stars Intermediate: Teacher's Book
Жанр: Oxford University Press
Год: 2001
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A two-level course with strong appeal for today's young teenagers. — Up-to-date topics and an engaging photostory reflect teenagers' interests and knowledge of the world. — A problem-solving approach to grammar encourages students to work out the rules for themselves — Vocabulary sections also include training in collocation, word groups, and word formation. — Speaking, listening, reading and writing tasks are carefully chosen to reflect students' interests and provide coverage of all the main sub-skills. — A review section after every three units provides extra controlled practice activities and offers exam training with FCE-style task types.
