This audiobook is for 11-14 year olds studying history at Key Stage 3. As well as learning skills and ideas, there are lots of facts in history and you've just got to learn them. Happily this CGP title gives you all that important information as clearly and concisely as possible - along with a few daft bits. The main topics covered are medieval tim...

This text guide is designed to help GCSE students write better essays about 'Of Mice and Men' by John Steinbeck. It is packed with useful explanations about the themes, characters, context and interpretations of the book, all backed up with quotes. There are four sections, all written in CGP's clear, chatty style. It would also make a handy referen...

Ancient Sumer looks at one of the most fascinating and advanced ancient civilisations. Through structures as imposing as a ziggurat or objects as simple as a stone seal, readers aged 9 and up gain a picture of who was whom in the ancient Middle East and how the civilisation in which they lived really worked. Perfect for Key Stage 2, each book in th...

Ever wondered... Why are slugs so slimy? Why does your skin go wrinkly in the bath? How clever is your right foot? What is the best thing to do if you fall into quicksand? And do igloos have loos? Mitchell Symons knows the answers...and now you will too! Winner of the Blue Peter Best Book with facts Award 2011.

Can't wait to change schools, or worried about fitting in? Listen to this audiobook to have fun from day one. Including: having the right stuff, finding your way around, making new friends, staying on top of classwork and homework and getting on with the older kids.

Climate change is still, arguably, the most critical and controversial issue facing the world in the twenty-first century. In the third edition, Mark Maslin includes crucial updates from the last few years, including the results of the 2013 IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, the effects of ocean acidification, and the impact of changes to global populat...

They're not called the Awesome Egyptians for nothing! The foul pharaohs and their suffering slaves got up to all sorts of terrible tricks. Read this book to... Meet some fabulous pharaohs... and their mummies. Make revolting recipes for 3000 year old sweets. Discover which king had the most blackheads. Find out why some pharaohs wore false beards....

Including an enhanced exam section containing: expert guidance on approaching exam questions, writing high-quality responses and using critical interpretations, plus practice tasks and annotated sample answer extracts. This text guide has your key skills covered: focused tasks to develop your analysis and understanding, plus regular study tips, rev...

Bored of biology classes? Totally fed up of physics? Couldn't care less about chemistry? Hmmmm. Dare you discover. Why you're breathing in dinosaur burps? What poos in your bed 20 times a day? What happens when you drop a rabbit through the centre of the earth? If you're sick to death of science, you need THIS BOOK! From the dizzy science of daydre...

Featuring a fully revised exam section: expert guidance on understanding the question, planning an answer, writing about effects and using quotations, plus tips on spelling, punctuation and grammar. All the key skills covered: 'Exam focus' model answer extracts with annotations, and 'Progress and Revision Checks' will guide students' learning, help...

A fully revised exam section: expert guidance on understanding the question, planning an answer, writing about effects and using quotations, plus tips on spelling, punctuation and grammar. All the key skills covered: 'Exam focus' model answer extracts with annotations, and 'Progress and Revision Checks' will guide your learning, help you test your...

In this audiobook Hawking attempts to make the ideas and concepts of his bestseller 'A Brief History of Time' even more accessible. It is up-to-date with the latest scientific observations and findings, and is a guide to non-scientists everywhere in the search for the secrets of time and space.

Mary Anning is probably the world's best-known fossil-hunter. As a little girl, she found a fossilised sea monster, the most important prehistoric discovery of its time. Best-selling author Laurence Anholt turns Mary's fascinating life into a beautiful story, ideal for reading aloud.

What happens when you sneeze in space? Was it fun to do a space walk? How squashed were you in the capsule on the way back? What were your feelings as you looked down on Earth for the first time? Were you ever scared? Where to next-the Moon, Mars, or beyond? Based on his historic mission to the International Space Station, Ask an Astronaut is Tim P...

Steve Jobs, adopted in infancy by a family in San Francisco, packed a lot of life into fifty-six short years. In this Who Was...? biography, children will learn how his obsession with computers and technology at an early age led him to co-found and run Apple, in addition to turning Pixar into a ground-breaking animation studio. A college dropout, J...

There was once a world of blazing heat and falling meteorites, of enormous rodents and gigantic scorpions, where eventually, out of the violence and the chaos, the first humans emerged. That world is brought to life again in this audiobook. Dare you voyage back through the mists of time to the beginning?

Simple, direct and accessible information on Britain's laws, and on how the courts, police and prison services operate. This audio book also encourages students to consider what could be changed to make society more equal and more just. A HarperCollins title.

With CliffsNotes Audio, there's no reading required - just listen and learn! Learn about the life and background and the author, preview the literary work through the Introduction and Brief Synopsis, explore the themes, literary devices and development of characters with the Critical Commentaries, examine in-depth Character Analyses and Critical Es...

This audio book gives a clear and balanced picture of how the UK is governed at local, regional, national and European levels. It also provides an introduction to the broader politics of how individuals can bring about change in society. A HarperCollins title.

This GCSE text focuses on the history of Russia and the USSR from 1905-1991. It covers the decline of the Tsarist regime, the revolutions of 1917, the civil war, the influence of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin, the Cold War, and the end of the Communist rule. A Cambridge University Press title.

Women in Sport celebrates the success of the tough, bold and fearless women who paved the way for today's athletes. The sportswomen featured include well-known figures like tennis player Serena Williams and broadcaster Clare Balding, as well as lesser-known pioneers like Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, and Keiko Fukuda...