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WJEC A2 Religious Studies: Study and Revision Guide (PDF)

Endorsed by WJEC, and written by a senior examiner this is the only study and revision guide that precisely matches the WJEC A2 Religious Studies - Studies in Philosophy of Religion course. It contains essential course notes, revision advice and support for every topic in the specification.

WJEC A2 Media Studies: Study and Revision Guide (PDF)

Endorsed by WJEC and written and edited by experienced senior examiners, this full-colour study guide precisely matches the WJEC A2 Media Studies course. It contains essential course notes, revision and coursework advice and support for every topic in the specification.

The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale (PDF)

As well as the complete text of the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale, the student will find illustrated information on Chaucer's world, including a map of the Canterbury pilgrimage, a running synopsis of the action, an explanation of unfamiliar words, and a wide range of classroom-tested activities to help bring the text to life.

While The Storm Rages

Noah and his friends fight to save animals from being put to sleep at the outbreak of World War Two.

We Were Wolves

An intense, darkly spellbinding story of a boy awaiting his father's return from prison as an ancient woodland awakes

Ways To Live Forever

My name is Sam. I am eleven years old. I collect stories and fantastic facts. By the time you read this, I will probably be dead. Sam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to kiss a girl. And because he has leukaemia he wants to know the facts about dying. Sam needs answers to the questions nobody will answer. WAYS TO LIVE FOREVER is the first novel from an extraordinarily talented young writer. Funny and honest, it is one of the most powerful and uplifting books you will ever read.

US Government and Politics for A-level Fifth Edition

Let trusted author Anthony Bennett build your students political knowledge and understanding with our bestselling textbook, fully updated for the new specifications. Combining informed discussion with the latest facts and figures, this textbook provides accessible coverage of key topics for all exam boards. - Comprehensive coverage of the latest developments in US politics including the 2016 elections - Analysis and evaluation of the similarities and differences to UK politics - Definitions of key terms and concepts to help clarify knowledge and understanding of political language - Exam focus sections at the end of each chapter to test and develop understanding of key topics, offering practice for short and essay questions

UK Government and Politics For AS/A-level (Fifth Edition)

Inspire political thinking with our bestselling politics textbook, fully updated for the 2017 specifications; combining up-to date commentary and analysis with case studies and features, all to help students get their best grade. Covering key topics for all exam boards, this textbook puts politics in context with topical analysis of politics today and how UK governmental and political history shaped current events and thinking. - Extend knowledge and improve key skills with comprehensive coverage and analysis of relevant political developments, including consequences of the EU referendum from the new Prime Minister and cabinet to its effect on Scottish independence - Understand how different topics within the A-level link together with the new Synoptic Links feature - Develop key analysis and evaluation skills with activities and case studies throughout the textbook - look out for Debate, Case Study and Tasks boxes - Clarify knowledge and understanding of political language with summaries and explanations of key terms - Test and develop understanding of key topics with exam focus sections tailored to the new Politics specifications

Twelfth Night (Collins Classroom Classics) (PDF)

Exam board: Edexcel; Cambridge; CXC Level & Subject: GCSE 9-1; IGCSE; CSEC English B First teaching: September 2015; September 2019; First exams: June 2017; June 2021 Exam board: AQA B, Edexcel, OCR Level & Subject: AS & A Level English Literature First teaching: September 2015; First exams: June 2017 This edition of Twelfth Night is perfect for GCSE-level and A-level students, with the complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes, introduction setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes.

Top Spec Geography: Tectonic Hazards (Top Spec Geography)

Teejay Higher Maths (PDF)

- Packed with hundreds of practice questions to develop higher level mathematical skills - Covers the updated SQA Higher specification, for first assessment in 2019 - Starts with a Chapter Zero that revises all necessary algebraic and numeric skills from National 5 - Every chapter ends with Exam Practice Exercises that mirror the question types in the SQA exams - Every third chapter ends with a cumulative Home Exercise for revision and recall of the topics covered across all chapters up to that point - Includes Specimen Exam Papers 1 and 2 at the end of the book - Answers for all questions are in the back of the book; answers for the Home Exercises and Specimen Exam Papers are available online

Tackling A Level projects in Computer Science (PDF)

Completing an A Level Computer Science project is a huge undertaking for any student regardless of their competence in programming. The key to success is to plan and write a strong report, evidencing what has been carried out. Tackling A Level projects in Computer Science for OCR H446 is the essential student guide for completing the project and, in particular, the report, with confidence and independence. It contains clear and concise instruction and examples of what needs to be included. From how to generate initial ideas and choose end users, to how to evidence your final product; this book covers it all.This guide does not specifically teach programming and is therefore suitable for use with any language or project idea being undertaken. With important tips and advice based on the author’s intimate experience with Computer Science projects, this will help to keep a project’s progress on track.

Tackling A Level projects in Computer Science AQA 7517

Completing an A Level Computer Science project is a huge undertaking for any student regardless of their competence in programming. The key to success is to plan and write a strong report, evidencing what has been carried out. Tackling A Level projects in Computer Science for AQA 7517 is the essential student guide for completing the project and, in particular, the report, with confidence and independence. It contains clear and concise instruction and examples of what needs to be included. From how to generate initial ideas and choose end users, to how to evidence your final product; this book covers it all.

Sunset Song (Scotnotes Ser. #No. 1)

Sunset Song regularly appears in lists of favourite Scottish books, and is perhaps the iconic Scottish novel of the first half of the 20th century. Rich in character and detail, and filled with religious, historical and political themes, Sunset Song is a deep, powerful work which rewards close attention and study. Douglas Young’s Scotnote provides readers with an authoritative analysis of the novel, and an overview of the political and historical background to its creation. This is an ideal guide for school pupils and students studying Sunset Song.

Study And Revise Literature Guide For As/a-level: Pearson Edexcel Poems Of The Decade (PDF)

Exam Board: Pearson Edexcel Level: AS/A-level Subject: English literature First teaching: September 2015 First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level) Enable students to achieve their best grade with this Pearson Edexcel AS/A-level English literature guide, designed to instil in-depth textual understanding as students read, analyse and revise the Poems of the Decade anthology throughout the course. This Study and Revise guide: - Increases students' knowledge of the Poems of the Decade anthology as they progress through the detailed commentary and contextual information written by experienced teachers and examiners - Develops understanding of characterisation, themes, form, structure and language, equipping students with a rich bank of textual examples to enhance their coursework and exam responses - Builds critical and analytical skills through challenging, thought-provoking questions and tasks that encourage students to form their own personal responses to the poems - Extends learning and prepares students for higher-level study by introducing critical viewpoints, comparative references to other literary works and suggestions for independent research - Helps students maximise their exam potential using clear explanations of the Assessment Objectives, sample student answers and examiner insights - Improves students' extended writing techniques through targeted advice on planning and structuring a successful essay

Study And Revise: The Great Gatsby For As/a Level

Study And Revise for AS/A-level: Wuthering Heights

The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde, The Master Of Ballantrae And The Ebb-tide (Scotnotes Ser. #No. 18)

Robert Louis Stevenson is one of the most important and influential writers of the modern era, admired and emulated by authors across the world from the 19th century to the present day. He also wrote some of the most original stories, creating iconic characters who have moved beyond the page to become parts of the language itself. Gerard Carruthers’ Scotnote provides an overview of Stevenson’s life and work, and focuses on three novels in particular: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Master of Ballantrae, and The Ebb-Tide, each in it own way a story of good and evil, and the conflicting impulses felt by the human spirit. Suitable for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

Sociology in focus for OCR A2 Level (PDF)

These texts are tailored exactly to each boards specifications. They contain activities that allow students to apply and develop ideas. Key terms boxes define important terminology and summary boxes provide clear and direct summaries. The levels are carefully matched to the AS and A2 standards. This new series provides the bestselling specification-specific books on the market. Contents: Crime and deviance Education Applied sociological research skills Social inequality and difference

Sociology in Focus for AQA A2 Level (PDF)

This new edition of the bestselling Sociology in Focus for AQA materials from Mike Haralambos et al. provides a perfect match to AQA's new GCE specification. This new edition offers students a complete solution to achieving success at GCE with the most accessible resources available for the most popular options. Perfect match to the AQA specification. The best integration of Sociological Methods into topic areas. The most comprehensive assessment support. Genuinely accessible to all students.

The Slab Boys: School Edition

A Schools Edition of The Slab Boys by Scottish playwright John Byrne, a popular set text for SQA Higher English. A semi-autobiographical work, The Slab Boys is set in the slab room of A.F. Stobo & Co Carpet Manufacturers in Paisley and the action takes place on one day in 1957. It explores themes such as rebellion and conformity, social class and social mobility, youth, deception, and frustrated ambition and achievement.

Silas Marner (PDF)

Introduction and Notes by R.T. Jones, Honorary Fellow of the University of York. Although the shortest of George Eliot's novels, Silas Marner is one of her most admired and loved works. It tells the sad story of the unjustly exiled Silas Marner - a handloom linen weaver of Raveloe in the agricultural heartland of England - and how he is restored to life by the unlikely means of the orphan child Eppie. Silas Marner is a tender and moving tale of sin and repentance set in a vanished rural world and holds the reader's attention until the last page as Eppie's bonds of affection for Silas are put to the test. Alternate ISBNs ISBN: 9780140620917 9781853262210 9781903342091

Signs of Performance: An Introduction to Twentieth Century Theatre

Signs of Performance provides the beginning student with working examples of theatrical analysis. Its range covers the whole of twentieth century theatre, from Stanislavski to Brecht and Samuel Beckett to Robert Wilson. Colin Counsell takes an historical look at theatre as a cultural practice, clearly tracing connections between: Key practitioners' ideas about performance The theatrical practices prompted by those ideas The resulting signs which emerge in performance The meanings and political consequences of those signs nbsp;

Siarad (Cyfres y Dderwen)

Mae'r nofel hon yn adrodd hanes teulu sydd wedi mynd i fyw eu bywydau trwy'r sgrin - sgrin deledu a chyfrifiadur - yn hytrach nag yn y byd go iawn, gan arwain at ddiweddglo dirdynnol. Nofel ar gyfer yr arddegau hwyr ac oedolion. [New York 9/11. A plane is about to strike one of the towers. Cardiff 9/12. A family is shattered. This is a contemporary novel about an horrific event and its profound effects on the life of one family. A psychological novel aimed at adults and teenagers by an experienced author.] *Datganiad hawlfraint Gwneir y copi hwn dan dermau Rheoliadau (Anabledd) Hawlfraint a Hawliau mewn Perfformiadau 2014 i'w ddefnyddio gan berson sy'n anabl o ran print yn unig. Oni chaniateir gan gyfraith, ni ellir ei gopïo ymhellach, na'i roi i unrhyw berson arall, heb ganiatâd.

Seminar Studies in History: Tudor Rebellions (5th revised edition)

The Tudor age was a tumultuous one a time of the Reformation, conspiracies, uprisings and rebellions. The Tudor Rebellions gives a chronological run-down of the major rebellions and throws light on some of the main themes of Tudor history, including the dynasty s attempt to bring the north and west under the control of the capital, the progress of the English Reformation and the impact of inflation, taxation and enclosure on society. Successive versions of Tudor Rebellions have been central to understanding Tudor politics since 1968, when Anthony Fletcher first published his book. Now nearly four decades later, Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch has once more thoroughly revised and expanded this classic text to take into account exciting and innovative work on the subject in recent years.