Cambridge Checkpoints HSC Legal Studies 2011 (Cambridge Checkpoints)
by Paul Milgate
Study as you go with Cambridge Checkpoints HSC. Updated annually to provide the most up-to-date exam preparation available, Cambridge Checkpoints HSC provides everything you need to prepare for your HSC exams in a go-anywhere format that fits easily into your school bag. • Recent official HSC exam papers with suggested responses • Hundreds of additional past exam and exam-style questions with answers • Dot point summaries of key topics and concepts to help you pinpoint where you need further re...
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Outrageous Women of the American Frontier (Outrageous Women, #8)
by Mary Rodd Furbee
Incredible true stories of the most amazing women in American history They were courageous, resourceful pioneers, enduring and adventurous. They made arduous journeys, carved careers out of the wilderness, defied conventions, and fought for their freedom. They were community leaders, artists, and entrepreneurs. These Outrageous Women of the American Frontier boldly faced the gritty realities of daily life?everything from starvation to shootouts?and made their mark in history! Among the outrage...
Great for supporting Citizenship and PSHE in upper KS2 and KS3, this is an ideal library information book for every primary, middle and secondary school. Full of quizzes, photo stories, quotes from children and questions to consider, it gets readers thinking about the issues and how they might respond to given situations. Lively text and engaging photos and illustrations present complex issues in clear and attractive terms. It covers such subjects as why schools need rules, bullying, making grou...
IN THE NEWS brings together the facts behind the headlines of today. Each book explores a topic in depth and features: / the latest issues / background and historical details / up-to-date facts and figures / current opinions. Special panels highlight key information and suggest important talking points. Make sure you know about -- and understand -- what's going on IN THE NEWS.
Each book in the series focuses on one area of Human Rights using the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a basis for their exploration. The series considers how these rights were established and how they work - or are overlooked in today's society. The issues discussed within each title are introduced by historical and modern day case studies.
The influence of the media on all our lives is enormous. We all watch films, television programmes and plays, and read books, comics and magazines. We are constantly bombarded with both subtle and blatant advertising techniques telling us how our lives could be vastly improved by submitting to consumerism. But who actually controls the media? Who are the people who give us our information, our books and magazines and videos? And how do they do it? "Media Story" explores all aspects of the variou...
In conjunction with Save the Children this series investigates the needs of children in both developed and developing countries. In 1987, the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless, the United Nations set up a list of standards which all homes should reach. Looking at the problems of homelessness, this book takes the view that a home should provide health and happiness as well as physical shelter. It takes a global look at the problem and at some of the attempts to relieve it. Many of th...
This series aims to promote an investigative approach to history and to encourage children to explore the past through what they can find out from their surroundings. The reader is told how to gather information and use it in a positive and constructive manner. This illustrated book provides a different approach to the study of history by looking at the beginnings of transport, the roads, waterways and all the different types of transport that have been used through history to the present day. I...
From the series that adopts the stye and format of the popular youth magazines, this book concentrates on television, from information and personal experience to careers advice. It also covers controversial topics, such as the expansion of cable and satellite television and whether more choice for the public will mean a drop in standards. Both authors have experience in the field of television. Tim Byrne worked as an editor for a number of years, and is now a researcher with TVS. Tony Gregory is...
This series gives the young reader a survey of some of the world's most important natural resources. It explains where a commodity is found, how it is processed and the uses we make of it. In this volume the author deals with building materials, describing their history and suggesting future uses. It explains how people throughout the centuries have used almost every material, whether animal, plant or mineral for building, but how, with the discovery in the 19th century of new man-made materials...
This is a study of twenty men and women who have committed crimes or have been closely involved in criminal acts. It describes their backgrounds and gives a concise account of the most notable incidents in their lives. Some of the names, like Dick Turpin, conjure the image of a popular hero, others like Al Capone are synonymous with ruthless murder and corruption. From the pirate, Captain Kidd, to bushranger, Ned Kelly, assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald and bandit, Phoolan Devi, the book covers a rang...
This series looks at the involvement of women in various aspects of history from the late 18th century to the present day. Each book explores a particular theme, and through documentary evidence, quotations and contemporary pictures, evaluates the often neglected contribution ordinary women and more well-known figures have played in shaping history. This series provides background reading for GCSE studies and Standard Grade in Scotland. This book examines the changing pattern of women's work fro...
Each book in the "Great Disasters" series looks at a famous disaster, which either occurred naturally or was the result of human error. The books explain the cause of the disaster, narrate the events and evaluate the impact they had on people's lives. This book describes the tragic accident that took place when the world's largest airship, the German "Hindenburg", attempted to land at Lakehurst, New Jersey in 1937. Beginning with an eyewitness account of the approaching crisis, the book recounts...
This study, in the "World issues" series, examines the choices that we have to make now about the kind of world in which we wish to live in the future. This title focuses on international terrorism, questioning the reasons for violent acts such as bombings, assassinations and hi-jackings. It examines how individuals and organizations justify their acts of terror and see themselves as freedom fighters. The book discusses the use of violence for political change and outlines the actions being take...
This is one of a series of four books which together review the fashion industry. Each volume examines a different aspect of fashion - the model, photographer, designer and the clothes themselves - to present an overview of a subject that has always absorbed and fascinated people. There are personal insights and advice from familiar and popular personalities - international models, photographers and designers and the fashionable people whose dress sense creates a colourful and exciting image. Th...
Each volume in the "Fashion World" series reviews different aspects of the fashion industry. The books contain personal insights and advice from popular personalities, such as famous photographers, models and fashion designers. Exploring the hard work and commitment that goes into the creation of glamorous fashion photography, this book goes behind the scenes to examine not only the role of the photographer and model, but also the work of designers, hairdressers, make-up artists, stylists and ar...