Feast Days

Literature & Fiction

MacKenzie, Ian

United States

Back Bay Books

Intelligent and deeply felt, Feast Days follows a young wife who relocates with her financier husband to São Paulo -- a South American megacity that impresses and unsettles, conceals and erupts. Here in her new home, she reckons with the twenty-first century as she encounters crime, protests, refugees gentrification, and the collision of art and commerce, while confronting the crisis slowly building inside her own marriage. In stylish prose and with piercing wit, Ian MacKenzie tells the story of Emma, a young woman who has moved from New York to Brazil just as massive demonstrations against the government are breaking out across the country amid growing economic inequality. Emma has come to Brazil for her husband's career, with no job prospects of her own, a weak grasp of the language, and a deep ambivalence about having a child. Her early days in Sao Paulo are listless but privileged; she dines at high-end restaurants, tutors wealthy Brazilians in English, and observes the city she now calls home. But when Emma volunteers at a local church to assist refugees and grows more deeply connected to the people she meets in the course of her days, she finds herself unable to resist the tug of Sao Paulo's political and social unrest. As the country moves seemingly closer to a breaking point, so does Emma's marriage, as she and her husband can no longer ignore the silent, tectonic shifts beneath the surface of their relationship. Feast Days is a sharply observed story of expatriate life, as well as a meditation on the hidden costs of modern living and how easily our belief systems can collapse around us. "Devastating, funny and wise, it's among the best novels I know about the fate of American innocence abroad."-Garth Greenwell

Little. Brown and Company

Language Contact and the Future of English (Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Routledge

Spanish: An Essential Grammar (Routledge Essential Grammars)

Spanish: An Essential Grammar is a concise and user-friendly reference guide to the most important aspects of Spanish. It presents a fresh and accessible description of the language that combines traditional and function-based grammar. The book sets out the complexities of Spanish in short, readable sections, and explanations are clear and free from jargon. The Grammar is the ideal reference source for the learner and user of Spanish. It is suitable for either independent study or for students in schools, colleges, universities and adult classes of all types. Features include: * clear distinctions between the essential and basic aspects of Spanish grammar and those that are more complex * full use of authentic examples * easy to understand explanations of areas that customarily pose problems for English speakers * detailed contents list and index for easy access to information.

Politics & Social Sciences

Bradley, Peter T

Social Sciences

Now in its fourth edition, Political Ideologies: An Introduction continues to be the best introductory textbook for students of political ideologies. Completely revised and updated throughout, this edition features: <ul>
<li>A comprehensive introduction to all of the most important ideologies</li> <li>Brand new chapters on multiculturalism, anarchism, and the growing influence of religion on politics</li> <li>More contemporary examples of twenty-first-century iterations of liberalism, socialism, conservatism, fascism, green political theory, nationalism, and feminism</li> <li>Enhanced discussion of the end of ideology debates and emerging theories of ideological formation 
</li> <li>Six new contributors.</li>
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Accessible and packed with both historical and contemporary examples, this is the most useful textbooks for scholars and students of political ideologies. The contributors to this volume have all taught or carried out research at the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy of Queen’s University, Belfast, or have close research connections with the School.

Political Ideologies: An Introduction

Wilford, Richard

Geoghegan, Vincent

Eccleshall, Robert

Jay, Richard

Keeny, Michael

Politics & Government

English as a Lingua Franca: Theorizing and Teaching English examines the English used among non-native speakers around the world today and its relation to English as a native language, as well as the implications for English language teaching. Challenging and incisive, this book analyses positive and negative accounts of English as a lingua franca, and its linguistic features, within the context of:   native and World Englishes    multilingualism and intercultural communication    sociolinguistic issues including accent and identity    classroom teaching and learning   English as a Lingua Franca is a useful guide for teachers and trainee teachers, and will be essential reading for advanced students and linguists concerned with multilingualism, language contact, language learning, language change, and the place of English in the world today.

English as a Lingua Franca: Theorizing and teaching English

English as a Lingua Franca: Theorizing and Teaching English examines the English used among non-native speakers around the world today and its relation to English as a native language, as well as the implications for English language teaching. Challenging and incisive, this book analyses positive and negative accounts of English as a lingua franca, and its linguistic features, within the context of: <ul>
<li>native and World Englishes </li> <li>multilingualism and intercultural communication </li> <li>sociolinguistic issues including accent and identity </li> <li>classroom teaching and learning </li> </ul>
English as a Lingua Franca is a useful guide for teachers and trainee teachers, and will be essential reading for advanced students and linguists concerned with multilingualism, language contact, language learning, language change, and the place of English in the world today.

English as a Lingua Franca

English for Business Studies is a course for upper-intermediate and advanced level students who need to be able to understand and talk about the key business and economic concepts. The Student's Book contains 28 units and covers the full range of business and economic issues, from Work and motivation, to Exchange rates and International trade. The focus of the individual units is on developing listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through activities which engage the learner and allow them to improve their English in a thorough and stimulating way. Key features of the book include: core reading texts to explain the basic concept; authentic reading texts and audio recordings; a variety of speaking activities including discussion and role play; systematic vocabulary building; language reference section; multi-lingual glossary of key terms.

English for Business Studies Teacher's book: A Course for Business Studies and Economics Students

Cambridge University Press

English for Business Studies Student's book: A Course for Business Studies and Economics Students

Providing at least 50 hours of classroom material, this course builds financial language and teaches students about key financial concepts. English for the Financial Sector also focuses on the communication skills necessary for working effectively within the industry. It covers a wide range of financial topics, including retail and investment banking, accounting, trade finance, and mergers and acquisitions. A Teacher's Book and Audio CD are also available.

English for the Financial Sector Student's Book

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