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| "Hard Times (Penguin Classics) Paperback" |
| "A damning indictment of Utlilitarianism and the dehumanising influence of the Industrial Revolution Charles Dickens&39;s Hard Times is edited with an introduction and notes by Kate Flint in Penguin Classics In Hard Times the Northern mill-town of Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success Feeding both his pupils and family with facts he bans fancy and wonder from any young minds As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman and &39;bully of humanity&39; Mr Bounderby and his son Tom rebels to become embroiled in gambling and robbery And as their fortunes cross with those of free-spirited circus girl Sissy Jupe and victimized weaver Stephen Blackpool Gradgrind is eventually forced to recognize the value of the human heart in an age of materialism and machinery This edition of Hard Times is based on the text of the first volume publication of 1854 Kate Flint&39;s introduction sheds light on the frequently overlooked character interplay in Dickens&39;s great critique of Victorian industrial society Charles Dickens is one of the best-loved novelists in the English language whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012 His most famous books including Oliver Twist Great Expectations A Tale of Two Cities David Copperfield and The Pickwick Papers have been adapted for stage and screen and read by millions If you enjoyed Hard Times you might like Dickens&39;s Bleak House also available in Penguin Classics &39;A masterpiece a completely serious work of art&39;FR Leavis"
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| "Dracula (Penguin Classics) Paperback" |
| "Bram Stoker&39;s peerless tale of desperate battle against a powerful ancient vampire the Penguin Classics edition of Dracula is edited with notes and an introduction by Maurice Hindle as well as a preface by Christopher Frayling When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula purchase a London house he makes horrifying discoveries in his client&39;s castle Soon afterwards disturbing incidents unfold in England a ship runs aground on the shores of Whitby its crew vanished; beautiful Lucy Westenra slowly succumbs to a mysterious wasting illness her blood drained away; and the lunatic Renfield raves about the imminent arrival of his &39;master&39; In the ensuing battle of wills between the sinister Count and a determined group of adversaries - led by the intrepid vampire hunter Abraham van Helsing - Bram Stoker created a masterpiece of the horror genre probing into questions of identity sanity and the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire For this completely updated edition Maurice Hindle has revised his introduction list of further reading and notes and added two appendices Stoker&39;s essay on censorship and his interview with Winston Churchill both published in 1908 Christopher Frayling&39;s preface discusses the significance and the influences that contributed to his creation of the Dracula myth Abraham &39;Bram&39; Stoker (1847-1912) was educated at Trinity College Dublin Stoker joined the Irish Civil Service before his love of theatre led him to become the unpaid drama critic for the Dublin Mail He went on to act as manager and secretary for the actor Sir Henry Irving while writing his novels the most famous of which is Dracula (1897) If you enjoyed Dracula you may like Mary Shelley&39;s Frankenstein also available in Penguin Classics &39;One of the most powerful horror tales ever written&39;Malcolm Bradbury&39;Nobody has ever filmed it like Bram Stoker wrote it&39;Sir Christopher Lee&39;Staggeringly lurid and perverse&39;Sarah Waters author of Fingersmith"
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| "A Passage to India" |
| "Exploring issues of colonialism faith and the limits of comprehension EM Forster's A Passage to India is edited by Oliver Stallybrass with an introduction by Pankaj MishraWhen Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced 'Anglo-Indian' community Determined to escape the parochial English enclave and explore the 'real India' they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr Aziz a cultivated Indian Muslim But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz and the well-respected doctor soon finds himself at the centre of a scandal that rouses violent passions among both the British and their Indian subjects A masterly portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism A Passage to India compellingly depicts the fate of individuals caught between the great political and cultural conflicts of the modern worldIn his introduction Pankaj Mishra outlines Forster's complex engagement with Indian society and culture This edition reproduces the Abinger text and notes and also includes four of Forster's essays on India a chronology and further reading E M Forster (1879-1970) was a noted English author and critic and a member of the Bloomsbury group His first novel Where Angels Fear To Tread appeared in 1905 The Longest Journey appeared in 1907 followed by A Room With A View (1908) based partly on the material from extended holidays in Italy with his mother Howards End (1910) was a story that centred on an English country house and dealt with the clash between two families one interested in art and literature the other only in business Maurice was revised several times during his life and finally published posthumously in 1971If you enjoyed A Passage to India you might like Rudyard Kipling's Kim also available in Penguin Classics'His great book masterly in its presence and its lucidity'Anita Desai"
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| "On Liberty and the Subjection of Women" |
| "A prodigiously brilliant thinker who sharply challenged the beliefs of his age the political and social radical John Stuart Mill was the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century Regarded as one of the sacred texts of liberalism his great work On Liberty argues lucidly that any democracy risks becoming a 'tyranny of opinion' in which minority views are suppressed if they do not conform with those of the majority Written in the same period as On Liberty shortly after the death of Mill's beloved wife and fellow-thinker Harriet The Subjection of Women stresses the importance of equality for the sexes Together the works provide a fascinating testimony to the hopes and anxieties of mid-Victorian England and offer a compelling consideration of what it truly means to be free"
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| "The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence" |
| "A unique collection of advice for life Baltasar Gracian's The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence is a philosophical gem and perhaps the first 'self-help' book ever written This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Spanish with an introduction by Jeremy RobbinsWritten over 350 years ago The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence is a subtle collection of 300 witty and thought-provoking aphorisms From the art of being lucky to the healthy use of caution these elegant maxims were created as a guide to life with further suggestions given on cultivating good taste knowing how to refuse the foolishness of complaining and the wisdom of controlling one's passions Baltasar Gracian intended these ingenious pragmatic aphorisms to challenge the mind and recognised that few would be capable of applying them In Jeremy Robbins's introduction to his penetrating new translation he examines Gracian's place in Spanish literature and his previous works Robbins also looks at the themes contexts and contradictions of The Pocket Oracle as well as the brevity and subtlety of Gracian's cool-headed aphorisms This edition also contains a chronology suggested further reading and notesBaltasar Gracian (1601-1658) was born in Belmonte Aragon and entered the Society of Jesus in 1619 Teaching in Jesuit colleges across the Kingdom of Aragon he was also at one time confessor to the viceroy of Aragon and chaplain to the Spanish army But it is as one of the great Spanish stylists and moralists that he is best known He wrote a series of short moral tracts marked by their elliptical epigrammatic style as well as a three volume allegorical novel The Critic (1651-57) Published in 1647 The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence influenced the vogue for the form in France and was quickly translated into the major European languages If you enjoyed The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence you might like La Rochefoucauld's Maxims also available in Penguin Classics"
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| "Slinky Malinki's Christmas Crackers" |
| "Slinky Malinki's Christmas Crackers is a hilarious rhyming story by Lynley Dodd'Christmas was coming Out came the tree dressed up in finery splendid to see Trinkets and tinsel with baubles and bows a mouse with a hat and a very red nose ' So begins Lynley Dodd's cracking Christmas tale told in her usual rollicking rhythmic rhyme Festive preparations are being made in Slinky Malinki's house and the rapscallion mischievous cat is most curious about the Christmas tree With its reindeer ribbons baubles and bells it's too tempting a treat for Slinky not to investigate So Slinky Malinki with mischievous glee creeps out from the shadows to climb up the treeLynley Dodd is an award-winning authorillustrator who lives in New Zealand She is enormously popular for her rhyming stories of the unforgettable HAIRY MACLARY and his friends She worked as a teacher before beginning to write her own books in 1974Read all the Hairy Maclary and Friends books by Lynley Dodd!Hairy Maclary's Bone; Hairy Maclary Scattercat; Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper; Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet; Slinky Malinki; Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness; Slinky Malinki Open the Door; Sniff-Snuff-Snap!; Schnitzel Von Krumm Forget-Me-Not; Slinky Malinki Catflaps; Slinky Malinki's Christmas Crackers; Hairy Maclary's Hat Tricks; Scarface Claw; Schnitzel Von Krumm Dog's Never Climb Tress; Hairy Maclary Sit; Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack; Magnet Fun with Hairy Maclary; Hairy Maclary Shoo; Hairy Maclary and Friends Little Library; Slinky Malinki Open the Door; Slinky Malinki Early Bird; Where is Hairy Maclary?; Sticker Fun with Hairy Maclary; My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes"
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| "From Bacteria to Bach and Back : The Evolution of Minds" |
| "'Required reading for anyone remotely curious about how they came to be remotely curious' Observer'Enthralling' Spectator What is human consciousness and how is it possible? These questions fascinate thinking people from poets and painters to physicists psychologists and philosophers This is Daniel C Dennett's brilliant answer extending perspectives from his earlier work in surprising directions exploring the deep interactions of evolution brains and human culture Part philosophical whodunnit part bold scientific conjecture this landmark work enlarges themes that have sustained Dennett's career at the forefront of philosophical thought In his inimitable style laced with wit and thought experiments Dennett shows how culture enables reflection by installing a profusion of thinking tools or memes in our brains and how language turbocharges this process The result a mind that can comprehend the questions it poses has emerged from a process of cultural evolution An agenda-setting book for a new generation of philosophers and thinkers From Bacteria to Bach and Back is essential for anyone who hopes to understand human creativity in all its applications"
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| "Horrible Words : A Guide to the Misuse of English" |
| "'Stuffed with entertaining detail Horrible Words is lively provocative witty and enlightening' The TimesNothing inflames the language purists like an illogical irregardless or a hideous otherization But is it enough simply to dismiss these words as vile and barbarous howlers? Taking a genial tour far and wide through our linguistic badlands Rebecca Gowers finds answers that are helpful surprising and often extremely funny'Exuberant erudite informative and fun a call on all English-speakers to trust their own feel for their language to relish their verbal inventiveness and to do battle against the pedants who tell them they are wrong' Michael Skapinker Financial Times 'A very useful book packed with good historical sense' Lynne Truss The Times"
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| "The Brain's Way of Healing : Stories of Remarkable Recoveries and Discoveries" |
| "'This is a book of miracles Fascinating An absorbing compendium of unlikely recoveries from physical and mental ailments offers evidence that the brain can heal brings Oliver Sacks to mind' Lisa Appignanesi ObserverThe Brain's Way of Healing explores the astonishing advances in the discovery of neuroplasticity showing that the brain has its own unique way of healing only recently uncovered Norman Doidge discusses a series of remarkable recoveries patients told they would never improve have years of chronic pain alleviated or damage from debilitating strokes undone and symptoms of multiple sclerosis Parkinson's disease brain injury autism or learning disorders are reversed He also shows how the risk of dementia can be lowered by 60 Using stories to present cutting-edge science Doidge illustrates principles that everyone can apply to improve their brain's performance"
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| "Transit Maps of the World : Every Urban Train Map on Earth" |
| "Transit Maps of the World is the first comprehensive collection of every rapid-transit system on earth Using glorious colourful graphics Mark Ovenden traces the history of urban transport systems including rare and historic maps diagrams and photographs Transit Maps could not be more relevant to our modern existence It uncovers the way many of us are able live and work day to day It is an inspiring compendium for graphic designers and transport enthusiasts alike"
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| "A History of the Crusades I : The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem" |
| "The first volume of Steven Runciman's classic hugely influential trilogy on the history of the Crusades'On a February day in the year AD 638 the Caliph Omar entered Jerusalem riding upon a white camel'An enthralling work of grand historical narrative Steven Runciman's A History of the Crusades overturned the traditional view of the Crusades as a romantic Christian adventure and instead shifted the focus of the story to the East With verve and drama volume one of Runciman's trilogy tells the story of the First Crusade - from its unlikely beginnings in pilgrimage to the horrors of the siege of Jerusalem and the carving out of new territory on the edge of the eastern Mediterranean'Without question one of the major feats of contemporary historical writing' The New York Times'The historian whose magisterial works transformed our understanding of Byzantium the medieval church and the crusades' Guardian"
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| "Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls Hardcover" |
| "&39;The definitive book of the year in our house for both parents and offspring&39; Maggie O&39;Farrell Guardian Books of the Year&39;Absolutely beautiful - get one for yourself and one to inspire a woman in your life&39; StylistSunday Times and New York Times bestsellerBlackwell&39;s Book of the YearFoyles Children&39;s Book of the YearShortlisted for Waterstones Book of the YearWhat if the princess didn&39;t marry Prince Charming but instead went on to be an astronaut? What if the jealous step sisters were supportive and kind? And what if the queen was the one really in charge of the kingdom? Illustrated by sixty female artists from every corner of the globe Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls introduces us to one hundred remarkable women and their extraordinary lives from Ada Lovelace to Malala Amelia Earhart to Michelle Obama Empowering moving and inspirational these are true fairy tales for heroines who definitely don&39;t need rescuing"
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| "They Can't Kill Us All : The Story of Black Lives Matter" |
| "Winner of the Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose'A devastating front-line account of the police killings and the young activism that sparked one of the most significant racial justice movements since the 1960s Black Lives Matter Lowery more or less pulls the sheet off America essential reading' Junot Diaz The New York Times Books of 2016'Electric so well reported so plainly told and so evidently the work of a man who has not grown a callus on his heart' Dwight Garner The New York Times 'A Top Ten Book of 2016''I'd recommend everyone to read this book it's not just statistics it's not just the information but it's the connective tissue that shows the human story behind it I really enjoyed it' Trevor Noah host of Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show'A deeply reported book on the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement offering unparalleled insight into the reality of police violence in America and an intimate moving portrait of those working to end it In over a year of on-the-ground reportage Washington Post writer Wesley Lowery traveled across the US to uncover life inside the most heavily policed if otherwise neglected corners of America today In an effort to grasp the scale of the response to Michael Brown's death and understand the magnitude of the problem police violence represents Lowery conducted hundreds of interviews with the families of victims of police brutality as well as with local activists working to stop it Lowery investigates the cumulative effect of decades of racially biased policing in segregated neighborhoods with constant discrimination failing schools crumbling infrastructure and too few jobs Offering a historically informed look at the standoff between the police and those they are sworn to protect They Can't Kill Us All demonstrates that civil unrest is just one tool of resistance in the broader struggle for justice And at the end of President Obama's tenure it grapples with a worrying and largely unexamined aspect of his legacy the failure to deliver tangible security and opportunity to the marginalised Americans most in need of it"
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| "Twenty-One Balloons" |
| "This classic by the Newbery Medal-winning author relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman who in 1883 sets off in a balloon across the Pacific Illustrations"
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| "Nature and Selected Essays" |
| "Through his writing and his own personal philosophy Ralph Waldo Emerson unburdened his young country of Europe's traditional sense of history and showed Americans how to be creators of their own circumstances His mandate which called for harmony with rather than domestication of nature and for a reliance on individual integrity rather than on materialistic institutions is echoed in many of the great American philosophical and literary works of his time and ours and has given an impetus to modern political and social activismLarzer Ziff's introduction to this collection of fifteen of Emerson's most significant writings provides the important backdrop to the society in which Emerson lived during his formative years"
Price: 6.99 |
| "The Haunted Dolls' House and Other Ghost Stories" |
| "Antiquarian Paxton travels to a small town on the coast of Norfolk and learns of a legend concerning three crowns buried on the coast thousands of years ago to protect the land against marauding Vikings Paxton tries to find the remaining crown unaware of the supernatural presence that protects it"
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| "The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers" |
| "Edited by Hollis Robbins and Henry Louis Gates Jr; this collection comprises work from forty-nine writers arranged into sections of memoir poetry and essays on feminism education and the legacy of black women writers Many of these pieces engage with social movements like abolition women's suffrage temperance and civil rights but the thematic centre is black women's intellect and personal ambition The diverse selection includes well-known writers like Sojourner Truth Hannah Crafts and Harriet Jacobs as well as lesser-known writers like Ella Sheppard who offers a firsthand account of life in a world-famous singing group Taken together these incredible works insist that the writing of black women writers be read remembered and addressed"
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| "The Lady of the Camellias" |
| "The landmark novel that inspired both Verdi's opera La Traviata and the Oscar-winning musical Moulin Rouge! in a sparkling new translation One of the greatest love stories of all time The Lady of the Camellias recounts the history of Marguerite Gautier the most beautiful brazen and expensive courtesan in all of Paris Known to all as 'the Lady of the Camellias' because she is never seen without her favourite flowers she leads a glittering life of endless parties and aristocratic balls with the richest men in France flocking to her boudoir to lay their fortunes at her feet But despite having many lovers she has never really loved - until she meets Armand Duval young handsome and from a lower social class and yet hopelessly in love with MargueriteALEXANDRE DUMAS fils (1824-1895) was the son of the famous novelist Alexandre Dumas In 1847 he published his first novel Adventures of Four Women and a Parrot followed a year later by The Lady of the Camellias and ten other novels over the next decade After the great success of the dramatic version of The Lady of the Camellias he was gradually drawn away from the novel to the stage In 1874 he was elected to the French Academy and until his death continued to produce a long line of successful playsLIESL SCHILLINGER is a journalist and literary critic who writes regularly for The New York Times Book Review and spent many years on the editorial staff of The New Yorker JULIE KAVANAGH is the author of The Girl Who Loved Camellias a biography of the courtesan who inspired The Lady of the Camellias An award-winning biographer of Rudolf Nureyev and Frederick Ashton she has been London editor of both Vanity Fair and The New Yorker'One of the greatest love stories of the world' Henry James'Anyone who has read an outdated English translation of this novel; seen the opera it inspired - La Traviata by Verdi; or watched the film it inspired - Camille starring Greta Garbo might have missed the audacity obstinacy sensuality and recklessness of its characters' Liesl Schillinger"
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| "Columbus : The Four Voyages, 1492-1504" |
| "He knew nothing of celestial navigation or of the existence of the Pacific Ocean He was a self-promoting and ambitious entrepreneur His maps were a hybrid of fantasy and delusion When he did make land he enslaved the populace he found encouraged genocide and polluted relations between peoples He ended his career in near lunacyBut Columbus had one asset that made all the difference an inborn sense of the sea of wind and weather and of selecting the optimal course to get from A to B Laurence Bergreen's energetic and bracing book gives the whole Columbus and most importantly the whole of his career not just the highlight of 1492 Columbus undertook three more voyages between 1494 and 1504 each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity By their conclusion Columbus was broken in body and spirit a hero undone by the tragic flaw of pride If the first voyage illustrates the rewards of exploration this book shows how the subsequent voyages illustrate the costs - political moral and economic"
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| "After the Music Stopped : The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead" |
| "Alan S Blinder-esteemed Princeton professor Wall Street Journal columnist and former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board under Alan Greenspan-is one of our wisest and most clear-eyed economic thinkers In After the Music Stopped he delivers a masterful narrative of how the worst economic crisis in postwar American history happened what the government did to fight it and what we must do to recover from it With bracing clarity Blinder chronicles the perfect storm of events beginning in 2007 from the bursting of the housing bubble to the implosion of the bond bubble and how events in the US spread throughout the interconnected global economy Truly comprehensive and eminently readable After the Music Stopped is the essential book about the financial crisis"
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| "The Easter Story" |
| "'Once a long time ago a little donkey was brought to Jesus' The story of Easter is told here through the eyes of the donkey that carried Jesus into the city of Jerusalem He watches the Last Supper he sees Jesus brought before Pontius Pilate he is there when Jesus is crucified and he witnesses the joy of the resurrection Every year as these events are remembered this beautiful retelling from Brian Wildsmith is a lovely book to share with children Brian Wildsmith is one of our most internationally acclaimed picture-book writers and artists This classic Easter retelling now has a stunning new cover design to appeal to a whole new generation of young Wildsmith fans"
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| "Oxford Phonics Spelling Dictionary" |
| "The Oxford Phonics Spelling Dictionary is an easy home and school reference tool It supports the teaching of reading and spelling through synthetic phonics Supported by the Floppy's Phonics Sounds and Letters Programme it follows the Alphabetic Code Chart showing the sounds and alternative spellings that children will need to learn to become proficient readers and spellers The words are ordered by initial sound and there are subsections to show how the same sounds appear in the middle or at the end of a word The long vowel sounds and their alternative spellings appear in a separate section within the dictionary This unique dictionary makes it easy to explain how 'sun' and 'Cinderella' both start with the 's' sound and how 'dance' has the same 's' sound at the end while 'egg' and 'eat' start with the same letter but different sounds With colourful illustrations by Alex Brychta and the familiar Oxford Reading Tree characters this is a fun way to prepare for the phonics screening check There is additional phonics support material and audio on the Oxford Owl website httpwwwoxfordowlcouk For more downloadable word games puzzles and activities go online to wwwoxforddictionaries comschools"
Price: 9.49 |
| "Bond 11+: Maths: Assessment Papers : 8-9 years" |
| "Bond is the number 1 provider of 11 practice helping millions of children pass selective entrance exams Bond Maths Assessment Papers for 8-9 years are topic-based practice questions for the 11 exam They have been written to cover the core 11 question types your child will experience in their actual exam building the skills and confidence for exam success"
Price: 7.99 |
| "How to Write Your Best Story Ever!" |
| "Ideal for children wanting to enter story writing competitions! This is a humorous and authoritative book that will awaken the author in every child unlocking their story ideas and giving them hints and tips to create their own stories For children aged 13 and under this book is written in a fun engaging and inspirational style that will help all readers to see themselves as writers and help them to achieve their creative writing goals It is ideal for home and schools primary and lower secondary The book is authoritative linked to curriculum requirements but not intimidating From how to write for your audience or for a specific purpose how to overcome writer's block and how to write in different genres to what words to use to best effect this book gives children the tools they need to make writing an enjoyable experience It is filled with tips on how to use wonderful and weird words invent new words and write powerful sentences using metaphors similes and idioms Children will soon be creating stories that will stay with their writers and readers forever"
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| "Oxford Children's Thesaurus" |
| "Over 45000 synonyms with age-appropriate examples and opposites make this an ideal thesaurus to help children aged 8 with homework It features Overused Word panels that suggest alternatives to words like 'nice' and 'good'; Word Webs - ideal for project work - providing related words - for example 'bird' includes types of birds parts of a bird's body sounds made by birds and the words for groups of birds along with some illustrations of birds; Writing Tips that offer advice and even more vocabulary for writing eg about how birds move - do they circle flutter or perch? - or how to describe their feathers Compiled using the Oxford Children's Corpus the Oxford Children's Thesaurus delivers support and help where it is needed"
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| "Isadora Moon Goes Camping" |
| "Half vampire half fairy totally unique! Isadora Moon is special because she is different Her mum is a fairy and her dad is a vampire and Isadora is a bit of both So when they all go camping at the seaside some things might happen that are not quite normal From roasting marshmallows on a campfire to making friends with a mermaid - special things happen when Isadora's around! With irresistible pink and black artwork throughout by authorillustrator Harriet Muncaster and a totally unique heroine with an out-of-this-world family this is a beautiful charming and funny new series of first chapter books Perfect for fans of Claude Dixie O'Day and Squishy McFluff Isadora Moon is the ideal choice for readers who want their magic and sparkle with a bit of bite!"
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| "The Demon Headmaster" |
| "When Dinah is fostered by the Hunters she thinks her biggest problem will be fitting in with her foster-brothers Lloyd and Harvey However once she starts at her new school it's clear that there's more to worry about All the children apart from a handful including Lloyd and Harvey are too well-behaved - robotic almost - and oddly keen to please the creepy headmaster The three children set out to discover the nature of his influence over everyone but then Dinah finds herself saying and doing things she has no power over Soon they uncover the headmaster's wicked plan Controlling the school is just a practice run He has set his sights on dominating the entire nation! The children must foil him before he succeeds but with Dinah under his spell they've got a challenge on their hands Great fun and just a little bit frightening Gillian Cross's beloved classic still holds readers under its hypnotic spell even after thirty years of being in print An accessible page-turner The Demon Headmaster is impossible to resist"
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| "Oxford School Dictionary (2016)" |
| "A major new edition of the trusted bestselling comprehensive Oxford School Dictionary with new curriculum support This fantastic new edition will boost your children&39;s vocabulary with new words and meanings from across the curriculum A helpful new spelling grammar and punctuation section is included to enhance language skills and bring the dictionary up to date What makes it the best? It is uniquely powered by the Oxford Children&39;s Corpus the largest bank of children&39;s language in English so you can be confident that all entries are clearly written in child-friendly language that children actually understand Each example is perfectly age-appropriate making it easy and enjoyable for every child to use New for this edition is a robust supplement on spelling grammar and punctuation giving targeted help with the tricky bits making this dictionary the perfect tool to support children in their journey to become good readers and writers As usual it has been extensively trialled with schools so you can be sure it is still the best dictionary for your children in a handy pocket-sized format Further help with writing skills is available in the updated new edition of the companion Oxford School Thesaurus Looking for great word activities to match this dictionary? Find fun downloadable activities puzzles and word games at wwwoxforddictionariescomschools"
Price: 7.49 |
| "The Woollies: Pirates Ahoy!" |
| "When Baby Woolly finds a toy coin on the grass he declares it must be pirate treasure He sets sail in a woolly ship but when he loses his ball of wool he needs to make a wish on his lucky pirate coin to save his friends A story full of adventure imagination and wool!"
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| "Scarlet Ibis by Gill Lewis (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "Longlisted for the 2015 Carnegie Medal Red asks 'Will we always be together?' 'Always' I say 'Just you and me in that little boat watching the scarlet ibis flying back to the Caroni Swamp' Scarlet's used to looking after her brother Red He's special - different Every night she tells him his favourite story - about the day they'll fly far away to the Caroni Swamp in Trinidad where thousands of birds fill the sky But when Scarlet and Red are split up and sent to live with different foster families Scarlet knows she's got to do whatever it takes to get her brother back Once read never forgotten - this is the deeply moving new story from award-winning author Gill Lewis now available in paperback"
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