A collection of stories peopled with intensely individual characters. Meet the man spiritually transformed by the surface texture of melon; the American wife who, homesick for the farmlands of Vermont, turns to the hippies in the Indian hills; and the painter living in a slum who fills his canvasses with flowers, birds and landscapes he has never s...

This audiobook covers the AQA A, OCR A and Edexcel C courses for the American West and Medicine Through Time. Each module has its own section including all the facts, and plenty of hints and tips to help students stay one step ahead of the examiners! GCSE history courses are changing in 2010 - so this book's ideal for students taking their exams in...

It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Why the Aztecs liked to eat scum? When the world is going to end? How to play a really violent ball game? Discover all the foul facts about the Angry Aztecs - all the gore and more!

This audiobook looks at the outlandish history of sport and leisure around the world. Discover the story behind the games we play like never before as we examine the amazing peculiarities of international sport and leisure activities past and present. Learn about the wacky and often bloodthirsty games that our ancestors liked such as fierce gladiat...

'You're beautiful', Johnny told her, and so, full of hope, seventeen-year-old Felicia crosses the Irish Sea to England to find her lover and tell him she is pregnant. Desperately searching for Johnny in the bleak post-industrial Midlands, she is, instead, found by Mr Hilditch, a strange and lonely man, a collector and befriender of homeless young g...

Readers can discover all the foul facts about the Smashing Saxons, including who got cow pats as Christmas presents, why wearing a pig on your head is lucky and how to make a dead Saxon happy.

This audiobook explains how the the commonwealth came into being, how it developed into what it is today, why it matters, what it does for ordinary people and especially its relationship with young people. It's an invaluable resource for citizenship.

Published to great acclaim in 1929, this classic and bestselling tale did away with sentimental Victorian visions of childhood and paved the way for later works such as Golding's 'Lord of the Flies'. Set in the last century against a tropical landscape and the ever-present sea, this audiobook tells the story of a family of English children who, on...

This audiobook is packed with thousands of years of bloody battles, glorious empires, revolting revolutions, monstrous monarchies, and more. Want to meet the movers, shakers and gods of Ancient Greece? Go on a shopping spree in a medieval town? Log onto Captain Cook's blog about his voyages of discovery? Or chart the progress of World War II from i...

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...

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.

Colin is in many ways an ideal citizen. A responsible job for the council, visits to his aged mother Norah, and cooking and shopping for her. But no-one knows about his other - much more secret - life that involves a garden shed, a circus acrobat, and a much-adored three-year-old charmer.

Jacob's Room is Virginia Woolf's first truly experimental novel. It is a portrait of a young man, who is both representative and victim of the social values which led Edwardian society into war. Jacob Flanders first appears as a child playing by the seaside. The novel follows his progress to school, Cambridge, London, Paris, Italy, Greece and to hi...

A beautiful collection of poems by Gillian Clarke.

This book explains everything KS2 students will need to know about Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling for the English SATS. There are plenty of examples to demonstrate each point, with quick recap questions for every topic and exam-style tasks at the end of each section.

A collection of short stories to startle, surprise and satisfy. How would you get rid of a murder weapon without causing suspicion? Where would you hide a diamond where no else would think of looking? What if you found out that the tattoo on your back was worth over a million pounds? A recommended text for GCSE English.

Young readers will get a real sense of how towns and cities have developed all over the world from medieval towns to the extreme cities in the jungle and polar regions. What is suburban bliss and why are some of our cities dying? Listen to this audiobook from start to finish for a riveting social history or dip in and out for some fascinating and o...

The third book in Michael Wood's darkly compelling crime series featuring DCI Matilda Darke. Perfect for fans of Peter James, Lee Child and Karin Slaughter. Eight killers. One house. And the almost perfect murder...Starling House is home to some of the nation's deadliest teenagers, still too young for prison. When the latest arrival is found brutal...

The second book in Michael Wood's darkly compelling new crime series featuring DCI Matilda Darke. Perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride, Mark Billingham and Val McDermid.When elderly George Rainsford goes to investigate a suspicious noise one night, the last thing he expects to find is a bloodbath. A man has been killed and a woman brutally beaten, l...

DCI Matilda Darke has returned to work after a nine month absence. A shadow of her former self, she is tasked with re-opening a cold case: the terrifyingly brutal murders of Miranda and Stefan Harkness. The only witness was their eleven-year-old son, Jonathan, who was too deeply traumatized to speak a word. Then a dead body is discovered, and the i...

An exciting series that covers selected topics from the Higher Level options in the IB History syllabus. This coursebook covers Higher Level option 3, Topic 7, The Great Depression and the Americas 1929-39. The text is divided into clear sections following the IB syllabus structure and content specifications. It offers a sound historical account al...