Nederlandstalige sprekers van het Engels maken geregeld fouten in de Engelse grammatica.

Principles and Pitfalls of English Grammar gaat uit van het idee dat als je de overeenkomsten en verschillen tussen het Nederlands en het Engels beter kent, je de valkuilen makkelijker kunt vermijden.

Principles and Pitfalls biedt een duidelijke en gebruiksvriendelijke uitleg van de Engelse grammatica, die door oefeningen wordt ondersteund. Bovendien wordt de lezer attent gemaakt op verschillen tussen fo...

Aspects of the United Kingdom offers students of English and EFL teachers essential information about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Readers will learn about the history and cultures of the nations of the British Isles and see how they have helped shaped the country today. There is also a focus on contemporary Britain, offering the student an understanding of hot-topic issues in the UK.

Topics covered are:

- Cultures and Identities of the nations of the United Kingdom

- Peoples of the ...

The popular romances of medieval England are fantasy stories of love at first sight; brave knights seeking adventure; evil stewards; passionate, lusty women; hand-to-hand combat; angry dragons; and miracles. They are not only fun but indicate a great deal about the ideals and values of the society they were written in. Yet the genre of Middle English romance has only recently begun to attain critical respectability, dismissed as "vayn carpynge" in its own age and generally treated by twentiet...

Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 - 3 June 1924) was a German-language writer of novels and short stories who is widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work, which fuses elements of realism and the fantastic, typically features isolated protagonists faced by bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehen-sible social-bureaucratic powers, and has been interpreted

as exploring themes of alienation, existential anxiety, guilt, and absurdity. His best known work...

Student Course Book Authentic texts from the Financial Times and other sources develop reading skills and provide essential business vocabulary. Interviews with business people and experts develop listening skills, such as prediction, listening for specific information and note taking. Language Work develops students' awareness of common problem areas and introduces grammatical concepts.

Cambridge English Proficiency 1 for updated exam (commencing March 2013) contains four complete and authentic examination papers for Cambridge English Proficiency, also known as Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE). This collection of examination papers provides the most authentic exam preparation available. They allow candidates to familiarise themselves with the content and format of the examination and to practise useful examination techniques.

This pack contains the Stude...

A Philosophy of Tennis provides a unique look at the big questions of philosophy examined through the lens of the game of tennis.

Along the way the reader encounters:

- A stight over the existence of free will

- A visit to a treatment center for chronic tennis losers

- What tennis stars really are thinking during TV interviews

- How faith can help your backhand

- Whether eating bananas during tennis play constitutes ethical 
behavior

- How to confront questioned line calls

- The mor...

Lily Clarisa’s Liquid Light celebrates the Ancient Greek’s

classifications of love: eros (lust), philia (friendship), ludus

(playful), agape (universal), pragma (enduring), mania

(obsessive), storge (familial), and philautia (self-love) in her third

poetry collection with dazzling illustrations by Linda de Vries.

Winner of the The Awesome Poet Award (Rotterdam, 2020)

and having participated as a Poeta di Patria judge (Aruba,

2018), Lily Clarisa is an Aruban poet, spoken word artist

and singer-songwriter based in The Netherlands with her...