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The Complete Works of Shakespeare (4th Edition)

25 reviews
William Shakespeare

Longman Publishing Group, 1997

Still the best
This was the text for my college Shakespeare classes over 20 years ago (different edition of course) I still have it and still use it. A wonderful book for students and those who want not only the complete works but some well written and authoritative information about Shakespeare and the world in which he lived and wrote. The texts of the plays are well foot-noted and the type is easy on the ...

Writers Brief Handbook

6 reviews
Alfred Rosa, Paul Eschholz

Longman Publishing Group, 2003

This is the best handbook on the market!
This book is the best on the market - I highly recommend it to all students in high school and college -- and it is a must for every person who writes in business! It has everything you need to know about professional writing from the sentence to the essay or research paper, as well as resumes and letters. It should be added to the desk collection along with the dictionary and thesarus. I love ...

Measuring the Success of Your Website: A Customer-centric Approach to Website Management

8 reviews
Hurol Inan

Longman Publishing Group, 2002

The best yet on Web Measurement
I can't believe I'm going to be the only fan of this book once its popularity spreads further out of the author's native Australia. It is the best book yet that I have read on the topic of Web site measurement and analysis. Admittedly there aren't that many out there yet on this increasingly hot topic but it is infinitely better than, say, "Web Site Analysis and Reporting" and soon I'll be able ...

Longman English Grammar

5 reviews
L. G. Alexander, R. A. Close

Longman Publishing Group, 1988

A Great Book
Alexander's "Longman English Grammar" is among the best of its type I have seen, though not without some drawbacks. The coverage is exceptionally comprehensive, going over a large number of structures and forms that will keep most students going for a long time. The covers not only the main structures, but also some more specialised forms that students may need to be familiar with. The ...

Valley of Fear (Heritage of Literature Series)

12 reviews
Arthur Conan Doyle

Longman Publishing Group, 1980

THE VALLEY OF FEAR
'The Valley of Fear'. A real page turner but what makes it most memorable for me is not that Holmes is at his best, but Conan Doyle is. After reading this book I recommend you to read this book because it was a suspense story. The whole story moves around Mcginty who was a big criminal in the valley of vermisa also called the valley of fear. There was only one person who could face to that ...

Three Tall Women

8 reviews
Albee, Edward Albee

Longman Publishing Group, 1997

Unbeleivable depth and feeling!
I have been studying the plays of Edward Albee, for three months. This play and the Zoo Story have me think about life and self, more then anything I have read in years. Albee is able to portray in an unsual way his true feelings about his background as well as his atitude towards the characters that he portrays. I want his plays to go on and on! The characters are very real, and for the most ...

The Winslow Boy (Longman Literature)

6 reviews
Rattigan, Terence Rattigan

Longman Publishing Group, 1991

An Exciting, Thoughtful, Beautiful Play
There are two movie adaptations of "The Winslow Boy" available, recently starring Jeremy Northam (1999), and anciently starring Robert Donat (1948). But neither is an adequate substitute for the real thing, the full text by Terence Rattigan. In 1988, PBS broadcast a superb production of the full text, starring Ian Richardson and Emma Thompson, but it has not, unfortunately, been transferred to ...

English Simplified (9th Edition)

7 reviews
Blanche Ellsworth, John A. Higgins

Longman Publishing Group, 2000

English Simplified - An Escape from the Boring Grammar Book
I'm in tenth grade and am using this book in my English class. Take it from me, a girl who has lived through many a boring and completely useless grammar book, that this book is gold. Not only does it explain grammar and mechanics in a simple (hence the title) way, but it actually is interesting (well, as far as grammar goes...). It appeals to the average reader because it uses modern examples, ...

Cider with Rosie (Modern Literatures in Perspective)

6 reviews
Laurie Lee

Longman Publishing Group, 1976

On my Top Ten List.
This book was required reading during my childhood and, of course, I couldn't have dragged myself more slowly through it. How wise we become with age. This is an astonishing book. Lee is such a master of description that, after only a few pages, you slowly start to smell the fresh country air and hear the languid sounds of summer as you are inescabably drawn into the world of his childhood - ...

Understanding Buildings

6 reviews
Reid, Esmond Reid

Longman Publishing Group, 1984

Suitable for the General Reading Public
I am a fan of architecture with little technical background. I was drawn to this book because I wanted to increase my understanding of architecture by learning how the mechanical systems within buildings work. I began this endeavor with E. Allen's "How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture", perhaps the best introduction to the subject. Having enjoyed that book, I wanted to get to ...

A Short Guide to Writing about Biology (4th Edition)

5 reviews
Jan A. Pechenik

Longman Publishing Group, 2000

An essential for all students.
As a university professor teaching budding biologists, I've found this book to be excellent. As the other reviewer said, I wished I had this book when I was a student. I, too, had to learn things the long and hard way. Pechinik has done a great service to science students. Let's hope we see more good writing out of this next generation of young scientists.

Conversations: Readings for Writing (4th Edition)

3 reviews

Longman Publishing Group, 1999

Good for high school teachers too
This book offers many prompts that high school students, not just college students, can use to get their brains moving and get their keyboards working. From insightful essays to funny comics, the book, divided by topic areas, will offer the writing teacher many ways to get students started by reading great writing and responding to great ideas.

Interactive Vocabulary: General Words

3 reviews
Roberta A. Bemis, Patti C. Biley, ...

Longman Publishing Group, 2000

A Great Vocabulary Text
Hi, I am one of the authors of Interactive Vocabulary: General Words. The text is designed to make learning vocabulary fun. It features colorful pages, thematic readings, interactive exercises, and a variety of self-tests. Among the activities are crossword puzzles, matching words to pictures, drawing your own pictures,writing projects, and analogies. There are activities in the book for ...

A Communicative Grammar of English

3 reviews
Geoffrey N. Leech, Jan Svartvik

Longman Publishing Group, 1975

If the 2nd Ed. is as Good as the First ...
G. Leech and J. Svartvik wrote the first edition of this book, released in 1975. I used it as a University text in the late 1980s, and it sits prominent amongst my references in my office. Though the book is designed for advanced ESL students (at the University level), I am a native speaker of the language, and find the approach taken unique, but of greater value than many other style manuals. ...

A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, ...

5 reviews

Longman Publishing Group, 2000

Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing
In an era of state-mandated standards, this book is an essential tool for teachers. Anderson et. al. show how to cut through the jargon and get down to what your students really need to learn. Finally someone has created a book that connects theory and practice, expectations and reality! This book is definitely worth reading.

Writing a Research Paper

4 reviews
Jonatha Ceely, Mary T. Knowles, ...

Longman Publishing Group, 1983

Well-deserved standard for expository writing!
This book, commonly known as WARP, is one of dozens designed to help students through the wilderness of paper writing. Unlike the others, however, it has become something of a standard in high schools, colleges, and even elementary schools, thanks to its clear, concise, up-to-date writing, and the excellent examples it provides. The book is short enough (and cheap enough) to be used as required ...

The Longman Handbook for Writers and Readers (2nd Edition)

4 reviews
Christopher M. Anson, Robert A. Schwegler, ...

Longman Publishing Group, 1999

Bible for writers
I absolutely loved this book. Although I am not a writer, I know I will defineatly use this book when I am writing technical papers. This book is so nifty. It has examples and an easy table of contents. It's like a bible for writing. :)

Properties of Concrete

3 reviews
Adam M. Neville

Longman Publishing Group, 1995

Great technical depth and detail, yet very easy and simple t
This was the recommended textbook for my undergraduate program in civil engineering in Pakistan for the course titled, guess what "Properties of Concrete". I am now a practising water and wastewater engineer, and my main focus is not concrete. However, I have very good memories of the ease with which I could follow the text even at the undergraduate level, and also how the book was ...

A History of Prussia

3 reviews
H. W. Koch

Longman Publishing Group, 1978

a breathtaking journey
Although the book is clearly written from a (very) German and very Protestant perspective, and the author never lets the reader forget where his, the author's, sympathies and loyalties lie, K.W. Koch's A History of Prussia is a small masterpiece. From the origins of the Teutonic Knights through the medieval Order's politics, and then forward on to the Thirty Years War, unstoppable advancement ...

Hitler (Profiles in Power)

4 reviews
Ian Kershaw

Longman Publishing Group, 1991

Excellent study by the best Hitler biographer
Ian Kershaw is the premier historian on Hitler and Nazi Germany and this book from the Profiles in Power series is an excellent study on the roots, success, and ultimate destruction of the "Fuehrercult." Two schools of thought are used by historians to understand the power of Nazism. "Intentionalists" see the Nazi regime as the embodiment of Hitler as the totalitarian leader. "Structuralists," ...

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