Having analysed the most common English errors made in over 600 academic papers written by Chinese undergraduates, postgraduates, and researchers, Steve Hart has written an essential, practical guide specifically for the native Chinese speaker on how to write good academic English. English Exposed: Common Mistakes Made by Chinese Speakers is divided into three main sections. Th...(展开全部)

Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really believe the stories we tell? Renowned social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson take a compelli...(展开全部)

Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really believe the stories we tell? Renowned social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson take a compelli...(展开全部)

First published in 1973, The Birth of the English Common Law has come to enjoy classic status. In a new preface, Professor van Caenegem discusses some recent developments in the study of English law under the Norman and earliest Angevin kings. The book provides a challenging interpretation of the emergence of the Common Law in Anglo-Norman England, against the background of t...(展开全部)

First published in 1973, The Birth of the English Common Law has come to enjoy classic status. In a new preface, Professor van Caenegem discusses some recent developments in the study of English law under the Norman and earliest Angevin kings. The book provides a challenging interpretation of the emergence of the Common Law in Anglo-Norman England, against the background of t...(展开全部)

莱西·鲍德温·史密斯（Lacey Baldwin Smith，1922—2013） 1922年生于美国新泽西州，毕业于普林斯顿大学，先后在普林斯顿大学、麻省理工学院以及西北大学任教，担任历史系与人文系教授。曾获富布赖特奖学金、国家人文学科奖学金、古根海姆学者奖及其他许多学术成果和荣誉，并担任美国艺术和科学学院院士。生前是美国历史学会(American Historical Association)、《美国历史评论》(American Historical Review)、英国研究会议(Conference on British Studies)的会员，并担任《近代史杂志》(Journal of Modern History)的编辑。 生前共著有十余部英国历史相关作品，包括《凯瑟琳·霍华德：愚弄亨利八世的女王》《伊丽莎白的世界》《亨利八世：皇室的面具》...(展开全部)

Want to brush up on your English idioms? Hoping to pass an English exam with flying colours? Ideal for anyone who wants to learn English to native-speaker standard, this fun and engaging visual guide to the most common and useful English idioms and phrases will help you understand and remember English idiomatic expressions and their meanings, making your English more fluent and...(展开全部)

This book is designed to enable non-native English speakers to write science research for publication in English. It is a practical, user-friendly book intended as a fast, do-it-yourself guide for those whose English language proficiency is above intermediate. The approach is based on material developed from teaching graduate students at Imperial College London and has been ext...(展开全部)