The need for effective public transport is greater than ever in the 21st century. With countries like China and India moving towards mass-automobility, we face the prospects of an environmental and urban health disaster unless alternatives are found. It is time to move beyond the automobile age. But while public transport has worked well in the dense cores of some big cities, the problem is that most residents of developed countries now live in dispersed suburbs and smaller cities and town...

Revised throughout, the second edition of American English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice provides a unique introduction to articulatory phonetics for students of English. Taking a practical approach, this book teaches the pronunciation of modern standard American English to intermediate and advanced learners worldwide.Now fully updated and restructured, this new edition features:An up-to-date description of the pronunciation of modern American English....

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses and commentaries.Revised and updated throughout, this fifth edition of Practical English Phonetics and Phonology:treats British and American English side by side throughout the book, which is n...

English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice provides a unique introduction to basic articulatory phonetics for students of English. Taking a practical approach, this book teaches the pronunciation of modern standard non-regional British English to intermediate and advanced learners worldwide.Now fully updated and restructured, the more concise new edition:• provides an up-to-date description of the pronunciation of modern British English;• demonstrates the...

American English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice provides an accessible introduction to basic articulatory phonetics for students of American English. Built around an extensive collection of practice materials, this book teaches the pronunciation of modern standard American English to intermediate and advanced learners worldwide.This book:• provides an up-to-date description of the pronunciation of modern American English;• demonstrates the use of each...

American English Phonetic Transcription provides an accessible introduction to phonemic, phonetic, and intonational transcription with a focus on American English. Featuring exercises, revision tasks, and recordings to help students gain hands-on practice, the book takes a learning-by-doing approach and ensures students gain practice using each new symbol or concept introduced before moving on to the next. Consisting of three parts, the book covers:transcri...

In 1961 South Korea was mired in poverty. By 1979 it had a powerful industrial economy and a vibrant civil society in the making, which would lead to a democratic breakthrough eight years later. The transformation took place during the years of Park Chung Hee's presidency. Park seized power in a coup in 1961 and ruled as a virtual dictator until his assassination in October 1979. He is credited with modernizing South Korea, but at a huge political and social cost.South Korea's poli...

'Onze droom? Bij ieder huis een boom!' Dit plan bedenken Siem en Mees voor hun woonplaats Westplas. Alle scholen mogen meedoen aan de verkiezing voor de kindergemeenteraad. Siem en Mees gaan volop in de race! Maar Saar doet ook mee. Wat voert zij allemaal uit in dat schuurtje van haar? Is het een goed plan? Misschien zelfs beter dan hún plan? Dan is er nog iets. Siem krijgt het er warm van ... Om te kunnen winnen moet je wel eerst je plan presenteren. En dát ziet Siem niet zitten ... Lees ...

Fritz Gutman, een telg uit een rijk Duits-Joods bankiersgeslacht, beheerde voor de oorlog een Amsterdamse dependance van de Dresdner bank aan de Gouden Bocht. Hij woonde met zijn gezin op landgoed Bosbeek in Heemstede. Ze hadden een butler, een kok, een gouvernante, zeven dienstmeisje en twee chauffeurs. Het huis stond vol kunst, dure meubels, tapijten, vazen, Chinees porselein en er hingen grote meesters aan de muren. Maar aan hun bekoorlijke leven kwam een einde toen op 10 mei 1940 de Du...

British English Phonetic Transcription provides an accessible introduction to phonemic, phonetic and intonational transcription with a focus on British English. Featuring exercises, revision tasks and recordings to help students gain hands-on practice, the book takes a learning-by-doing approach and ensures students gain practice using each new symbol or concept introduced before moving on to the next. Consisting of three parts, the book covers:transcribing...

In the middle of the first century, a new religion appeared in the Middle East whose followers proclaimed the salvation of humanity through the incarnation, death and resurrection of the Son of God. They might have remained in obscurity -- just one of the many religious sects that appeared and disappeared at the time -- were it not for the activities of one remarkable individualPaul the Apostle is an engaging narrative retelling of the life of Saint Paul. It takes us from his child...

Paul Scheffer schetst het levensverhaal van zijn grootvader Herman Wolf, een in de jaren twintig en dertig bekende filosoof. Mede op basis van Wolfs niet eerder gepubliceerde correspondentie met Thomas Mann en Stefan Zweig ontstaat een indringend beeld van een generatie die wordt overvallen door de opkomst van Hitler. Herman Wolf is voorbestemd om zijn vader in de hoedenhandel op te volgen, maar droomt ondertussen van een leven als schrijver. Zijn levensmotto zal worden: 'Alles doet mee aa...