The words you need to communicate with confidence in business today. Vocabulary explanations and practice for intermediate (B1 to B2) students and professionals looking to improve their knowledge and use of business English. This book is perfect for both self-study and classroom activities.

Inside the book is a code for an ebook that can be used online with Macs, PCs and tablets. It can also be downloaded to iOS and Android tablets using the free Cambridge Bookshelf app. The ebook has the sam...

This volume analyses the genesis of Beckett’s novel Malone meurt / Malone Dies. Written in French in 1947-1948, and translated into English by the author in 1954-1956, it is the second part of the so-called ‘Trilogy’, preceded by Molloy and followed by L’Innommable / The Unnamable.

Because Malone’s account approximates a diary, this book starts from H. Porter Abbott’s notion of ‘diary fiction’ to examine the surviving manuscripts, typescripts, and pre-book publication extracts...

Van veel Nederlandstalige academici en hbo'ers wordt verwacht dat zij correct, aantrekkelijk en doeltreffend Engels schrijven. Effective writing in English: A Sourcebook is een betrouwbare leidraad bij het Engelstalige schrijfproces. Het geeft praktische adviezen hoe een overtuigende Engelse tekst geschreven moet worden, met aandacht voor het structureren van de tekst, het ordenen van alinea's en zinnen, en het redigeren van het eindresultaat.

Het doel van Effective writing in English is om d...

This volume of the BDMP analyses the genesis of Beckett’s novel Molloy. Written in French in 1947, and translated into English by Beckett and the South African author Patrick Bowles in 1953-1955, Molloy is the first novel of the so-called ‘Trilogy’, followed by Malone meurt / Malone Dies and L’Innommable / The Unnamable.

Through an examination of the surviving manuscripts, typescripts, and pre-book-publication extracts, this study is an attempt to understand Beckett’s work as both a...

Sounds Perfect! is een praktische, gebruiksvriendelijke handleiding voor niet-moedertaalsprekers van het Engels die vrij snel en met een beperkte inspanning een Brits-Engels accent willen verwerven. Zonder de gebruikers met onnodige theoretische details te overstelpen, geven de auteurs in deze doeltreffende gids een gestructureerd overzicht van alle klanken van de "Received Pronunciation" of RP: de medeklinkers, de klinkers en de tweeklanken van het standaard Brits-Engels. Elke klank wordt me...

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).

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...