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Help for following the Olympics enjoyably and intelligently. Facts, anecdotes, results, history. Quizzes. Conversational openers.
E-book: ISBN-13: 978-988-99668-7-4. Print first edition: ISBN 978-988-99668-3-6.
The biography of the "lad of pairts" who became "The Founder of Hong Kong Government Education".
E-book: ISBN-10: 962-85570-6-8. ISBN-13: 978-962-85570-6-6.
Advice, with examples, on using the audio recording, The Golden Needle: the Biography of Frederick Stewart (1836-1889), together with the printed book of the same name, as a means of improving listening comprehension, English pronunciation and reading aloud skills for non-native speakers of English. By Gillian Bickley.
Additionally, would-be writers of biography or other narrative forms will find The Golden Needle a useful example of a particular type of biography.
E-book: ISBN-10: 962-85570 9-2. ISBN-13: 978-962-85570-9-7.
By eight writers with Hong Kong's heritage at heart.
E-book: ISBN-10: 962-85570-7-6. ISBN-13: 978-962-85570-7-3. Print version: ISBN-10: 962-85570-4-1. ISBN-13: 978-962-85570-4-2.
E-book BEING REVISED
These poems arise from within a variety of cultures, in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and several other countries.
Readers from many backgrounds and various ways of life should find points of contact with this poetry, which presents varied experience in words that many will find deceptively simple.
2nd in a series.
E-book: ISBN-10: 962-85570 8-4. ISBN-13: 978-962-85570-8-0. Print version: ISBN-10: 962-85570-5-X. ISBN-13: 978-962-85570-5-9.
Sightings: a collection of poetry. By Gillian Bickley. Introduction by Ma Kwai Hung. Preface by Harry Guest. Foreword by Marion Bethel.
"Having read Sightings I understand more fully the capacity and power of poetry, perhaps more so than any other genre, to allow a poet to lay claim in a proprietary way to the world in which she lives." � Marion Bethel, Poet, Nassau, The Bahamas.
"Bickley has made use of everyday life situations and turned them into life lessons. Sightings inspires us to slow down and taste the sense of the city." � Ma Kwai Hung, Examiner, Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
3rd in a series.
E-book: ISBN-13: 978-988-99668-8-1. Print version: ISBN-13: 978-988-99668-1-2.
Spanking Goals and Toe Pokes: Football Sayings Explained. By T. J. Martin (Tommy Martin). Illustrated by Jacinta Read. Preface by John Dykes, Presenter, ESPN Star Sports' football coverage. Edited by Gillian Bickley. Indexed by Verner Bickley.
Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in the world. But what people say about the game is often a total puzzle. Tommy Martin, former top-class football player, now a professional football coach in Asia, has written this book to help us understand what people say. What is a "spanking goal"? What is a "toe poke"? Why should a certain player "hang up his boots"? Tommy has explained more than 800 such sayings. -- Are you watching a top-class game? You need Tommy's book now!
Sixteen charming illustrations deliberately misunderstand what some of the sayings mean. Amusing and witty, these cartoons by talented artist Jacinta Read prove the need for the explanations that this book gives.
E-book: ISBN-13: 978-988-99668-6-7. Print 1st edition: ISBN-13: 978-988-99668-2-9
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