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  • The Boy Who Didn't Touch the Ball

    A Football Story for Young or Old with Added Coaching Material

    by Malcolm Chapman ...
    This little story will ring true to anyone who has coached football (soccer) to young children. It will encourage football crazy kids to read, help parents understand the game and further provide technical material for coaches and trainees to discuss, especially those that may understand the senior game but are new to the minor game. ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD

  • History and Ethnicity

    Edited by Elizabeth Tonkin, Maryon McDonald, Malcolm Chapman ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Historiography
    These essays examine the importance of historical consicousness and the role of historiography in ‘ethnic’ situations, exploring the many ways in which ethnic groups select history, write or rewrite it, rescue appropriate or ignore it, forget or traduce it. Drawing on expert knowledge of regions ranging from the Amazon to contemporary Germany, the contributors bring anthropological and historical ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

  • The Gaelic Vision in Scottish Culture

    by Malcolm Chapman ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Scotland
    Originally published in 1978, this book explores the relationship between the Gaelic and English spheres of life, from the life of the bilingual Gael, in the confrontation of Highland and Lowland Scotland and the literary expressions of these. It is argued that the picture of Gaelic society that is popularly accepted does not owe its form to any simple observation, but to symbolic and metaphorical ... Read more

    $63.20 CAD

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  • The Stories of English

    by David Crystal ...
    When and why did 'thou' disappear from Standard English? Would a Victorian Cockney have said 'observation' or 'hobservation'? Was Jane Austen making a mistake when she wrote 'Jenny and James are walked to Charmonth this afternoon'?This superbly well-informed - and also wonderfully entertaining - history of the English language answers all these questions, showing how the many strands of English ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Warriors of the Word

    The World of the Scottish Highlanders

    by Michael Newton ...
    An enlightening illustrated overview of Gaelic culture and history in Scotland.Words have always held great power in the Gaelic traditions of the Scottish Highlands: Bardic poems bought immortality for their subjects; satires threatened to ruin reputations and cause physical injury; clan sagas recounted family origins and struggles for power; incantations invoked blessings and curses. Even in the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • English Literature in Context

    Edited by Paul Poplawski ...
    This is the second edition of English Literature in Context, a popular textbook which provides an essential resource and reference tool for all English literature students. Designed to accompany students throughout their degree course, it offers a detailed narrative survey of the diverse historical and cultural contexts that have shaped the development of English literature, from the Anglo-Saxon ... Read more

    $37.59 CAD

  • Scots

    The Mither Tongue

    by Billy Kay ...
    Scots: The Mither Tongue is a classic of contemporary Scottish culture and essential reading for those who care about their country's identity in the twenty-first century. It is a passionately written history of how the Scots have come to speak the way they do and has acted as a catalyst for radical changes in attitude towards the language.In this completely revised edition, Kay vigorously renews ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Scotland's Books

    The Penguin History of Scottish Literature

    by Robert Crawford ...
    From Treasure Island to Trainspotting, Scotland's rich literary tradition has influenced writing across centuries and cultures far beyond its borders. Here, for the first time, is a single volume presenting the glories of fifteen centuries of Scottish literature.In Scotland's Books poet Robert Crawford tells the story of Scottish writing and its relationship to the country's history. Stretching ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Oxford History of English

    by Lynda Mugglestone ...
    The Oxford History of English traces the language from its obscure Indo-European roots to its position as the world's first language. In accounts made vivid with examples from an immense range of documentary evidence, including letters, diaries, and private records, fifteen experts describe the history of English in all its versions, written and spoken. They reveal the language's rich and protean ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • The Oxford History of English

    Edited by Lynda Mugglestone ...
    Lynda Mugglestone's hugely popular The Oxford History of English is now updated and entirely reset in a new edition featuring David Crystal's new take on the future of English in the wider world. In accounts made vivid with examples from a vast range of documentary evidence that includes letters, diaries, and private records, fifteen scholars trace the history of English from its ancient Indo ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

  • Robert Burns in Global Culture

    by Murray Pittock, Leith Davis, Dominique Delmaire, R D. S. Jack, Nigel Leask, Pauline Anne Mackay, Clark McGinn, Silvia Mergenthal, Andrew Monnickendam, Alan Rawes, Frauke Reitemeier, Christopher A. Whatley, Robert Crawford ...
    Robert Burns has been a key figure in Scottish identity globally since his death in 1796. But he has always been much more than that. In America, his admirers have included Emerson, President Lincoln, Maya Angelou and many others, for Burns was long held to be a friend to the American way of life, an opponent of kings and tyranny, and someone who proved that the values that built the United States ... Read more

    $136.79 CAD

  • A Cultural History of the English Language

    by Gerry Knowles ...
    Series series The English Language Series
    This book presents a new interpretation of the history of English. Access to large corpuses of English has allowed scholars to assess the minutiae of linguistic change with much greater precision than before, often pinpointing the beginnings of linguistic innovations in place and time. The author uses the findings from this research to relate major historical events to change in the language, in ... Read more

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