«Advanced Chemistry» breaks new ground for A-Level texts with revolutionary computer-generated graphics of molecules that will bring chemistry to life for your students. The authors have years of teaching experience between them, in both school and FE, and bring a refreshing approach to traditional A-Level material. With full mathematical support within 'Maths boxes' and at the end of the book, «Advanced Chemistry» will completely inspire and support chemistry students. The Key Points are: high quality diagrams that support the text; important terms highlighted; and graduated questions and practice.»

Nine readers based on topics in The Oxford Picture Dictionary with narratives on issues including society, study, and the workplace.

Nine readers based on topics in The Oxford Picture Dictionary with narratives on issues including society, study, and the workplace.

Nine readers based on topics in The Oxford Picture Dictionary with narratives on issues including society, study, and the workplace.

What causes autism? Is it a genetic disorder, or due to some unknown environmental hazard? Are we facing an autism epidemic? What are the main symptoms, and how does it relate to Asperger syndrome? Everyone has heard of autism, but the disorder itself is little understood. It has captured the public imagination through films and novels portraying individuals with baffling combinations of disability and extraordinary talent, and yet the reality is more often that it places a heavy burden on sufferers and their families. This Very Short Introduction offers a clear statement on what is currently known about autism and Asperger syndrome. Explaining the vast array of different conditions that hide behind these two labels, and looking at symptoms from the full spectrum of autistic disorders, it explores the possible causes for the apparent rise in autism and also evaluates the links with neuroscience, psychology, brain development, genetics, and environmental causes including MMR and Thimerosal.This short, authoritative, and accessible book also explores the psychology behind social impairment and savantism, and throughout, sheds light on what it is like to live inside the mind of the sufferer.

The Koran is a book apart, not only as Holy Scripture for Muslims, but as the supreme classic of Arabic literature. In its 114 Suras, or chapters, it comprises the total of revelations believed to have been communicated to the prophet Muhammad as a final expression of God's will and purpose for man. The revelations were received over a number of years, the first dating from AD 610, the last shortly before Muhammad's death in AD 632, and the definitive canon was established some twenty years later. The Koran is neither prose nor poetry but a unique fusion of both. In his attempt to convey the sublime rhetoric of the original, Professor Arberry has carefully studied the intricate and richly varied rhythms which — apart from the message itself — serve to explain the Koran's undeniable claim to rank among the greatest literary masterpieces of mankind.

This new 2008 curriculum edition includes brand new chapters such as It's geography, Global warming and China, and is also packed full of the most up-to-the-minute topics such as the London Olympics and the 2007 floods. All this whilst retaining all the popular features teachers and students know and love.

I shall do one thing in this life — one thing for certain — that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die. Gabriel Oak is only one of three suitors for the hand of the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene. He must compete with the dashing young soldier Sergeant Troy and respectable, middle-aged Farmer Boldwood. And while their fates depend upon the choice Bathsheba makes, she discovers the terrible consequences of an inconstant heart. Far from the Madding Crowd was the first of Hardy's novels to give the name of Wessex to the landscape of south-west England, and the first to gain him widespread popularity as a novelist. Set against the backdrop of the unchanging natural cycle of the year, the story both upholds and questions rural values with a startlingly modern sensibility. This new edition retains the critical text that restores previously deleted and revised passages.

Following an approach that supports the new 2007 syllabus and including the wider aims of the IBO this book makes connections to TOK, international-mindedness and the IB learner profile. It has been written by a former chief examiner for IB Diploma Programme Physics and has been extensively reviewed by teachers, consultants and the IBO. With features and activities that encourage active learning and critical thinking, students will find this book stimulating and engaging.

Packed with pictures, stories, and activities, English Time is a six-level communicative course that develops students' speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills, while they have fun!

Four-skills American English course with a communicative methodology, engaging texts, and a strong pronunciation syllabus — designed to get students speaking.

Developed for the new TOEIC(R) Listening and Reading Tests. Content is authorized by ETS and contains official TOEIC test items.

Developed for the new TOEIC(R) Listening and Reading Tests. Content is authorized by ETS and contains official TOEIC test items.

Developed for the new TOEIC(r) Listening and Reading Tests. Content is authorized by ETS and contains official TOEIC test items.

When Jamie moves to Dinosaur Cove with his father he's looking forward to doing some fossil hunting on the beach. But when he and his friend, Tom, discover a forgotten cave with fossilised dinosaur footprints, it takes them to another world... a world of dinosaurs. The boys return to the land of the dinosaurs and set off to explore around the beach and the lagoon. They spot a Quetzalcoatus, the biggest of the Pterosaurs, flying high above them and the boys decide to find its nest. Suddenly a baby Quetzalcoatus falls off the high cliff next to them, then another, then another! They're not hurt, just learning to fly. Jamie and Tom's dino friend, Wanna, goes to play with the babies, but when their mother swoops down to collect them, she takes Wanna away too! How are the boys ever going to rescue their little friend? Will he be food for the Quetzalcoatus? Or will the mother decide to push him off the top of the cliff?

Oxford A Level Mathematics for Edexcel covers the latest 2008 curriculum changes and also takes a completely fresh look at presenting the challenges of A Level. It specifically targets average students, with tactics designed to offer real chance of success to more students, as well as providing more stretch and challenge material. This Decision 1 book is fully updated to reflect the changes to the new Edexcel specification, meaning that it can now be studied with confidence at AS level. It also includes a background knowledge chapter to help bridge the gap between GCSE and A Level study.

Oxford A Level Mathematics for Edexcel takes a completely fresh look at presenting the challenges of A Level. It specifically targets average students, with tactics designed to offer real chance of success to more students, as well as providing more stretch and challenge material. This Statistics 1 book includes a background knowledge chapter to help bridge the gap between GCSE and A level study.

The Winter's Tale is Shakespeare's most perfectly realized tragi-comedy, as notable for its tragic intensity as for its comic grace and, throughout, for the richness and complexity of its poetry. It concludes, moreover, with the most daring and moving reconciliation scene in all Shakespeare's plays. Though the title may suggest an escapist fantasy, recent criticism has seen in the play a profoundly realist psychology and a powerful commentary on the violence implicit in family relationships and deep, longlasting friendships. Stephen Orgel's edition considers the play in relation to Renaissance conceptions of both dramatic genre and the family, traces the changing critical and theatrical attitudes towards it, and places its psychological and dramatic conflicts within the Jacobean cultural and political context. The commentary pays special attention to the play's linguistic complexity, and the edition also includes a complete reprint of Shakespeare's source, Pandosto, by Robert Greene.

As You Like It is Shakespeare's most light-hearted comedy, and its witty heroine Rosalind has his longest female role. In this edition, Alan Brissenden reassesses both its textual and performance history, showing how interpretations have changed since the first recorded production in 1740. He examines Shakespeare's sources and elucidates the central themes of love, pastoral, and doubleness. Detailed annotations investigate the allusive and often bawdy language, enabling student, actor, and director to savour the humour and the seriousness of the play to the full.

A day out with his dad Gordon turns into a nightmare for Bobby Berlin when something shocking happens that leaves Dad thinking it's 1977 and he's really 14. The only people Bobby can turn to for help are his best friend Mary and her gypsy grandmother. The problem is, they don't have a clue what to do either. Gordon is irrationally convinced that if he can just get to Dundee, everything will be OK — but he couldn't be more wrong. The east coast of Scotland is about to be hit by a tsunami. As the population flees, Gordon journeys towards the heart of danger, followed by Bobby and Mary, hell-bent on trying to stop him. What neither of the children knows is that Gordon was once an expert on tsunamis, and the government is trying to find him because they want his help. But the teenage Gordon is terrified of anyone in authority. Every time the police or army close in, he fights desperately to escape...