Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. His small act of kindness propels him into a world he never dreamed existed. There are people who fall through the cracks, and Richard has become one of them. And he must learn to survive in this city of shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels, if he is ever to return to the London that he knew.
The Good Grammar Guide by Richard Palmer
Book Description
Before any student can learn to write with
clarity and style, one must have a solid, working knowledge of grammar.
Written by an experienced, practicing English teacher who has taught
university and secondary school students for years, The Good Grammar Guide
provides sound and meticulous advice on parts of speech, inflections,
syntax, and punctuation in a friendly and encouraging manner. Full of
exercises for the reader to practice what they have learned, this book
is for anyone who wants to improve their knowledge and usage of the
fundamentals of grammar.
An Introduction to Old English by Richard Hogg
Book Description
This accessible overview covers all the
basic linguistic elements of Old English, including nouns, adjectives,
verbs, syntax, word order, and vocabulary. Offering a unique study of
Old English in context, it combines a wide variety of short texts with
an up-to-date assessment of the forms of language that remain as the
foundation of English today. Comparisons are drawn between Old and
present-day English and also with other related languages such as
Dutch, German, and French. Old English poetry and dialect variation are
also discussed.
