A collection of zany poems on a variety of topics -including unique ways to take medicine, punctuation, and dead ant stews. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

Shake Before Use is a practical guide that shows people how life works. Through key concepts, simple exercises and personal examples, it teaches and guides readers how to make better use of experiences (good and bad) and how to learn from them in ways that will empower and equip them to become better versions of ourselves. It introduces a simple approach, yet powerful framework to help raise one's consciousness and inspire a rediscovery of who they are and who they are meant to be. Offering personal insight, resource tools and step-by-step techniques, this book will equip readers with a new view and understanding of life so they can be free to independently challenge and transform themselves. Once they realize they have the freedom to be who they are, and are equipped with the right mental, emotional and spiritual tools, they will notice improvement in all areas of their life, with happiness and personal fulfillment as the common denominators.

Long trusted as the most comprehensive, up-to-date and user-friendly grammar available, French Grammar and Usage is a complete guide to French as it is written and spoken today. It includes clear descriptions of all the main grammatical phenomena of French, and their use, illustrated by numerous examples taken from contemporary French, and distinguishes the most common forms of usage, both formal and informal. Key features include: Comprehensive content, covering all the major structures of contemporary French User-friendly organisation offering easy-to-find sections with cross-referencing and indexes of English words, French words and grammatical terms Clear and illuminating examples help students at all stage of their degree Useful indications of what cannot be said as well as what can Revised and updated throughout, this new edition offers updated examples to reflect current usage, new headers to include chapter number and section parts as well as enhanced cross-referencing for easier reference and expanded and more nuanced explanations of notoriously difficult points of grammar. The combination of reference grammar and manual of current usage is an invaluable resource for students and teachers of French at the intermediate to advanced levels. This Grammar is accompanied by the Practising French Grammar: A Workbook (ISBN 978-1-13-885119-1) which features related exercises and activities and a companion website offering additional resources at www.routledge.com/cw/hawkins .