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A 17-year-old boy who has suffered a mental breadown in the early 1900s is able to regain his sanity with the help of his brother.

Hinduism if the world's oldest living faith. This book explores what it means to be a Hindu. It explains the rites associated with birth, marriage and death; the importance of the family; customs and taboos; holy places and shrines. It takes us inside a Hindu temple, and describes the festivals of the Hindu calendar, showing how the worship of 330 million different gods is not incompatible with belief in one Supreme Being.

This title features Bible-based thoughts, advice and specially written prayers for teenage girls. Author is herself in her late teens. This title covers a wide range of topics and situations, both positive and negative. It is written for young Christians as well as those on the fringes of faith. It includes Bible quotes from CEV to be accessible to the widest possible audience. It is suitable for teenage girls, both Christians and seekers. Youth workers, parents, godparents, ministers are buying...

Part of a series providing insight into world religions, this text uses extracts from a wide range of sources - ancient and modern, authoritative and personal - to convey what it means to be a Muslim. Islamic beliefs, worship and customs are described, showing the effect they have on the daily lives of Muslims. Angela Wood is the Advisory Teacher in Religious Education for Hounslow, and a lecturer and examiner in Religious Studies. She has also written "Being a Jew" in this series, and has been...

This course is written especially for the Junior Secondary Religious and Moral education syllabus in Ghana. It develops sound religious and moral principals thus enabling students to grow up as relgious, moral and responsible adults able to make sound decisions in today's changing world. The Teacher's Book is designed to help the reader teach the Religous and Moral Studies syllabus. The four aims of the syllabus are: to help students develop an understanding and tolerance of other people's faith...

Please note this book is suitable for any student studying: Exam board: Edexcel Level: GCSE Subject: Religious Education First teaching: September 2016 First exams: June 2018 This Student Book has been endorsed by Edexcel. This textbook offers a brand new approach to the study of Islam which has been developed in close consultation with teachers and religious organisations. Structured according to the new specification with clear, regular summaries, this book provides students with exactly w...

20TH-CENTURY HISTORY MAKERS is an important new series of biographies aimed at introducing older children to the most important historical figures of the 20th century. Through lively, straightforward text and both black and white and colour photographs, young readers can find out about the events of the subjects' lives and how they impacted - for both good and evil - on the world at large.

Religion in Focus is a series of fact-packed reference books about the main world religions. The books will provide as much factual information as possible, and will use tables, diagrams, maps and photographs, as well as text, to make that information easily accessible. Each title will cover such topics as where the religion is practised, its key tenets and beliefs and how these are interpreted in everyday life, main religions figures, the main festivals and what they celebrate, the various diff...

"Directions" gives you all the material you need to teach the scheme of work. The three books follow the scheme of work precisely and contain: plenty of challenging ideas and a huge variety of tasks to develop knowledge and understanding across a wide ability range; a real balance of learning about and learning from religion through activities; plentiful use of quotations, allowing pupils to get to grips with interpretation; regular development of pupils' knowledge and correct use of specialist...

This GCSE Religious Studies book (with free Online Edition) covers Religion and Society for the Edexcel exam board (Unit 8). It’s full of clear revision notes on aspects of Christianity, Roman Catholic Christianity, Islam and Judaism and there are practice questions at the end of every section to check how much you’ve learned. There’s a useful section at the back with loads of tips and example answers to help you do well in your exams, including in-depth advice for scoring top marks for spelli...

This GCSE Religious Studies book (with free Online Edition) covers Religion and Life for the Edexcel exam board (Units 1 to 5). It’s full of clear revision notes on aspects of Christianity, Roman Catholic Christianity, Islam and Judaism and there are practice questions at the end of every section to check how much you’ve learned. There’s a useful section at the back with loads of tips and example answers to help you do well in your exams, including in-depth advice for scoring top marks for spe...