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		<title>Is That a Fish in Your Ear?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is That a Fish in Your Ear? by David Bellos, with the subtitle Translation and the Meaning of Everything, is a study of the world of translation. What is translation, what does it mean to translate, the history of translation, the pitfalls and different types of translation...these are all areas which Bellos looks at. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>AQA Working with the Anthology Student Book: Achieve an A*</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 15:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tony Childs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a textbook designed primarily to assist students with Unit 2 or Unit 5 of the AQA GCSE English Literature specification. These two units focus on poetry; Unit 2 is assessed by means of an exam, and Unit 5 by Controlled Assessment. The book is aimed at students who are capable of raising their level of achievement from a grade B to a grade A, and then up to an A*.

The book starts off with an introduction and is then divided into six chapters. The first four of these concentrate on the poems that feature in the AQA Anthology. Chapter 5 deals with Section B of the exam, in which students have to respond to an unseen poem. The final chapter gives a practice exam paper as well as mark schemes and explanations. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>101 French Idioms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jean-Marie Cassagne]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The course books I use myself for tuition seem to more or less ignore them, concentrating on standard vocabulary and grammar. There was a definite need for a book such as '101 French Idioms' to fill a gap for those wishing to understand and speak French to perfection.

'101 French Idioms' does its utmost to help us fathom these idioms by devoting a page to each one, allowing for a literal translation of the idiom in English, an English expression that explains the meaning of the idiom, a humorous cartoon depicting the literal translation of the idiom, and a short text, sometimes in the form of a dialogue, that uses the idiom in context.
From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>1001 Most Useful French Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm not quite sure why this book was given that particular title, as the blurb says that 'its contents encompass more than 1,000 of the most frequently used words in the French language.' I'm afraid I have not counted the exact number, as I was more interested in reading the contents!

The book is divided into three sections. The first of these is the Alphabetical (Dictionary) Section covering forty-nine pages. After this comes a Category Section which is four pages long. The book ends with a one-page section entitled Vocabulary tips.]]></description>
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		<title>Teach Yourself Improve Your French</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/textbooks/2743/teach-yourself-improve-your-french-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 22:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jean-Claude Arragon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk - Improve Your French looks like an average-sized book, but it is packed with language practice and grammar topics that would enable any learner with a grasp of basic French to move beyond beginner level and have confidence and fluency.]]></description>
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		<title>The French Experience 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 20:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are embarking on self-study or a private tuition course in French,THE FRENCH EXPERIENCE is highly recommended. Writing and grammar are not over-emphasised, but if you wish to speak, understand and read texts, there is a wealth of material here.  The CDs contain authentic dialogues and interviews recorded in France; within each unit the recordings concentrate initially on listening and recognising vocabulary, and then on the learner producing similar language through role-play. THE FRENCH EXPERIENCE 2 enables you to progress through intermediate level French, increasing your fluency and understanding.]]></description>
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		<title>Testing KS3 English Skills and Practice Year 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christine Moorcroft]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ray Barker]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The transition from primary to secondary school in the UK is not always an easy one, and parents who wish to encourage their children to develop good reading and writing habits might be on the look out for a book such as &#8216;Testing KS3 English – Year 7&#8216;. The book contains six test papers, each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The French Experience 1 Language Pack</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/textbooks/2465/the-french-experience-1-language-pack</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Danièle Bourdais]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are embarking on self-study or a private tuition course in French, The French Experience 1 is worth considering. Writing and grammar are not over-emphasised, but if you wish to speak, understand and read texts, there is a wealth of material here. Each unit focuses on a particular topic such as health, travel, food [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schaum&#8217;s Outline of French Grammar</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/textbooks/2269/schaums-outline-of-french-grammar</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mary E. Coffman Crocker]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve said this before and I&#8217;m sure I will say it again: anyone taking up the study of a foreign language seriously needs to have a thorough understanding of its grammar. I love using &#8216;La Grammaire en Clair&#8217; workbook with its accompanying cartoons and generous helpings of humour running through the exercises, and it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Testing KS3 English: Skills and Practice – Year 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christine Moorcroft]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ray Barker]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Testing KS3 English: Skills and Practice, Year 8 contains six test papers based on the themes of Work, Science fiction, Prejudice, Families, Wolves and Dancing. Within each test paper are three reading passages, each followed by questions, and two writing assignments, one major and one minor. The first reading passage in each paper is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hide This French Book</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/languages/1791/hide-this-french-book</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eve-Alice Roustang-Stoller]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The front cover of this book bears a warning: 'Highly inflammatory text inside. Do not open near French teachers. Not for classroom use.' Slang or 'argot' is very commonly used in French, and one or two publishers have seen an opening here for a book that teaches you the kind of language that is deemed unsuitable for reputable courses or text books.

Intended for those who already know a certain amount of French, this book will not teach you any verb conjugations or any other grammar for that matter. It will teach you everyday expressions, slang and even swear words. However, anything likely to cause offence will be marked as such: a thermometer with a low level of mercury indicates an expression that is to be used 'with caution', whereas a thermometer with a high level of mercury means that a phrase is extremely offensive.]]></description>
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		<title>French Verb Drills</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/textbooks/1593/french-verb-drills</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/textbooks/1593/french-verb-drills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[R. de Roussy de Sales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking for a workbook for verbs, French Verb Drills by R. de Roussy de Sales would be an excellent choice. The book is divided into two main sections, Part 1 being on regular verbs and part 2 on irregular verbs. Part 1 has twenty-seven subsections dealing with the various tenses and moods; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French for Cats</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/languages/1567/french-for-cats</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cats]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Henry Beard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Boswell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are thinking of house-sitting in France this summer and are worried that you won&#8217;t be able to communicate with your hosts&#8217; cat, then this is just the book for you. When the cat says meow, is it trying to say, “Here comes a fur ball,” or “I did not break that vase”? All [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Grammaire en Clair</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/textbooks/1461/la-grammaire-en-clair</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Long]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Rogers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Grammar has long been out of fashion and is considered boring, but it gives us the bricks with which to build our own sentences in a language. La Grammaire en Clair by Paul Rogers and Jeremy Long is the only book I have come across so far that brings an element of humour into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revise the English and English Literature Anthology for AQA A</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/textbooks/1438/revise-the-english-and-english-literature-anthology-for-aqa-a</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must emphasise at the outset of this review that Revise the English and English Literature Anthology for AQA A is intended for pupils taking GCSE English examinations, but only those who are studying the AQA Specification A as is clear from the title. Pupils will be supplied by their schools with the AQA Anthology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bescherelle Complete Guide to Conjugating 12000 French Verbs</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/textbooks/1308/bescherelle-complete-guide-to-conjugating-12000-french-verbs</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conjugating verbs is probably one of the most difficult aspects of learning any foreign language. When I learned Arabic, I took classes for only three months but that was enough to give me a basic idea of verb patterns. From there I was able to continue learning the language by listening to it being spoken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AQA GCSE English/English Literature Students&#8217; Book – Specification  A</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/textbooks/1290/aqa-gcse-english-english-literature-students-book-specification-a</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
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