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An inspirational look at a diverse group of popular sports figures and how they found success in sports and life. Young athletes all dream of what they might become. They might see themselves as a soccer player racing through defenses at the World Cup, as a hockey player scoring the winning goal in the Stanley Cup Final, or as a figure skater in the Winter Olympics. But to get there takes hard work, dedication, and passion. In The Reason We Play: American Sports Figures and What Inspires Them...

Give Blood Brothers a new lease of life. This 12-week scheme of work is ready to pick up and teach - and ensures that your lessons are in line with the latest AQA specification.This Set Text Teacher Pack:- Enables you to navigate efficiently through Blood Brothers, improving your students' textual understanding and analytical skills week by week- Reduces your planning time by providing explanatory teaching notes and photocopiable student worksheets that are closely aligned to the Assessment Obje...

Held prisoner by the Burner forces in Philadelphia, Jess and his friends struggle to stay alive in the face of threats from both sides ... but a stunning escape guarantees worse is coming. The Library now means to stop them by any means necessary, and they'll have to make dangerous allies and difficult choices to stay alive. They have only two choices: face the might of the Great Library head on, or be erased from life, and the history of the world, for ever. Win or die.

"Half a World Away" concerns a group of children who, by going on a hunger strike, persuade their parents to help a less fortunate society that is "stricken by a mysterious purple cloud." "The Tower" tells of "a leader" who brings about death & destruction in the name of progress. Once ecological disaster occurs, he realizes that it's time for a new plan, but irreparable damage has already been done.

Exam Board: OCR, WJEC EduqasLevel: GCSE (9-1)Subject: English literatureFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2017Enable students to achieve their best grade in GCSE English Literature with this year-round course companion; designed to instil in-depth textual understanding as students read, analyse and revise The War of the Worlds throughout the course.This Study and Revise guide:- Increases students' knowledge of The War of the Worlds as they progress through the detailed commentary...

Dick's story begins with his apprenticeship on a farm before WWII, touches lightly on his war experiences and his childhood romance with the girl he later married, and then moves on to the core of his memoirs, the fourteen years he spent on Woodlands farm. The eccentric cast of animal and human characters on the farm provided a wealth of material for his later writing. This is farming at its funniest but, when the farm failed, he remembers settling happily into teaching before blossoming into hi...

An essential and uniquely visual guide to one of the world's best-selling children's characters. Through drawings, photos, letters and journal entries, the book tells the captivating story of Beatrix Potter, as well as introducing all of the loveable characters of the original 23 books.

This is the first book in a series of four literature-based English course books. This book features high-interest passages from contemporary novels, a wide selection of poetry and a rich variety of resource material for drama. The theme of each unit is developed from the literature, with the emphasis being on reading for meaning and appreciating a wide range of written forms.Special attention is given to the development of students own writing skills and to practical language studies.

The classic of African literature by Nigerian Chinua Achebe was originally published in 1962 and is now translated into 32 different languages, and has sold more than 8 million copies. Expanded edition with notes.

The The Woman in Black Philip Allan Literature Guide Teacher Resource Pack provides teachers with all the support they need to teach The Woman in Black in the context of the new GCSE English Literature specifications. This classroom-based resource is for use throughout the GCSE course to help consolidate students' knowledge, learning and appreciation of the text and will leave students better prepared for their exams.Covering all aspects of the novel, a whole range of higher- and lower-tier inte...

The Pride and Prejudice Philip Allan Literature Guide Teacher Resource Pack provides teachers with all the support they need to teach Pride and Prejudice in the context of the new GCSE English Literature specifications. This classroom-based resource is for use throughout the GCSE course to help consolidate students' knowledge, learning and appreciation of the text and will leave students better prepared for their exams.Covering all aspects of the novel, a whole range of higher- and lower-tier in...

The Lord of the Flies Philip Allan Literature Guide Teacher Resource Pack provides teachers with all the support they need to teach Lord of the Flies in the context of the new GCSE English Literature specifications. This classroom-based resource is for use throughout the GCSE course to help consolidate students' knowledge, learning and appreciation of the text and will leave students better prepared for their exams.Covering all aspects of the novel, a whole range of higher- and lower-tier intera...

The Globe Education Shakespeare series presents a bold new approach to exploring Shakespeare plays with 11-16 year olds.This printed play text offers powerful, active, theatre-based approaches to understanding the play, direct from Shakespeare's Globe. Activities and unique resources from Shakespeare's Globe enable students to actively engage with each play's language and key themes in both print and digital formats. They are designed for use across Key Stages 3 and 4 with an emphasis on develop...

Colin and Prill were looking forward to their summer holiday in Ireland, but almost from the moment they arrive, things start to go horribly wrong. This modern family on holiday awake memories of the Irish famine. Colin and Prill were looking forward to their summer holiday in Ireland, but almost from the moment they arrive, things start to go horribly wrong. Whilst Colin is plagued by a terrible smell, rising from the land as if from the land of the dead, Prill is visited by a strange...

One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is a collection of Roald Dahl stories covering a wide variety of topics and scenes.

With an introduction by Philip Pullman, award-winning science writers Mary and John Gribbin reveal how "Pullman's His Dark Materials" trilogy ("Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass") is rooted in astonishing scientific truth. Drawing on string theory and spacetime, quantum physics and chaos theory, they answer fascinating questions such as: Could parallel worlds like Will's and Lyra's really exist? How does the subtle knife cut through anything? Could there be a bomb like...

The amazing true science behind the fiction of His Dark Materials, ideal for fans of the original trilogy and The Book of Dust, with an introduction by Philip Pullman.Award-winning science writers Mary and John Gribbin reveal how the world of Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy (Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass) is rooted in astonishing scientific truth. Drawing on string theory and spacetime, quantum physics and chaos theory, they answer fascinating questions such as: c...