A reissue of a beautiful story for older readers in which bestselling author Dick King-Smith creates a fascinating picture of rural life at the time of the Second World War Discovered as a foundling in a lambing pen Spider Sparrow grows up surrounded by animals From sheep & horses to wild otters & foxes Spider loves them all even the crows he must scare away from the newly sown wheat Crowstarving was the idea job for Spider
- he was on his own yet never alone for all around him were animals of one sort or another Amazingly every animal who meets Spider implicitly trusts the young boy This magical rapport is Spider's unique gift but nothing else in his tough life is so easy
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Crowstarving was the ideal job for Spider
- he was on his own
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The Heinemann Plays series offers contemporary drama & classic plays in durable classroom editions Many have large casts & a mixure of boy & girl parts The Crucible is a study of the events which led to the 1692 Salem witchcraft trials & a parable for 1950s Mc Carthyism in the USA ...

Arthur Miller's classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch-hunt of 1692
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This Student Edition of The Crucible is perfect for students of literature & drama & offers an unrivalled guide to Miller's classic play It features an extensive introduction by Susan C W Abbotson which

Includes:: a chronology of Miller's life & times; a summary of the plot & commentary on the characters themes language context & production history of the play Together with over twenty questions for further study detailed notes on words & phrases from the text & the additional scene 2 of the second Act this is the definitive edition of the play In a small tight-knit community gossip & rumour spread like wildfire inflaming personal grievances until no-one is safe from accusation & vengeance The Crucible is Miller's classic dramatisation of the witch-hunt & trials that besieged the Puritan community of Salem in 1692 Seen as a chilling parallel to the Mc Carthyism & repressive culture of fear that gripped America in the 1950s the play's timeless relevance & appeal remains as strong as when the play opened on Broadway in 1953

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The intricate & action-packed sequel to New York Times best-seller Eric Flint (with 3 million books in print ) & KD Wentworth’s ground-breaking Course of Empire–with cool aliens The intricate & action-packed sequel to New York Times best-seller & master tale-spinner Eric Flint & KD Wentworth’s ground-breaking Course of Empire Humanity is first subjugated by haughty alien colonizers calling themselves the Jao when Earth is unexpectedly attacked by the implacable & nearly-unstoppable Ekhat exterminators of all intelligent life not their own Now the fragile Human-Jao alliance is put to the test A devastating encounter with the Ekhat in a distant nebula reveals a powerful alien society that may hold the key to defeating the Ekhat once & for all There’s one big problem they utterly loathe humanity&s ally the Jao & why shouldn’t they? It was the Jao who drove them into hiding in the first place Once again everything depends on those innovators & idea-generators the humans to quell a brewing war & forge a tripartite alliance of very different species—or be blasted to empty cinders if they don’t succeed About the Author Eric Flint is a modern master of alternate history fiction with over three million books in print He’s the authorcreator of the New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series With David Drake he has written six popular novels in the Belasarius alternate Roman history series & with David Weber collaborated on 1633 & 1634 The Baltic War Flint was for many years a labor union activist He lives in Chicago Illinois K D Wentworth is author of seven novels including Black on Black & Stars over Stars for Baen & more than fifty short stories which appeared in such magazines as Fantasy & Science Fiction Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Realms of Fantasy & others Wentworth is a winner in the Writers of the Future contest & has been a Nebula Award finalist twice She lives with her husband in Tulsa Oklahoma ...

The intricate & action-packed sequel to New York Times best-seller Eric Flint (with 3 million books in print ) & KD Wentworth’s ground-breaking Course of Empire–with cool aliens The intricate & action-packed sequel to New York Times best-seller & master tale-spinner Eric Flint & KD Wentworth’s ground-breaking Course of Empire Humanity is first subjugated by haughty alien colonizers calling themselves the Jao when Earth is unexpectedly attacked by the implacable & nearly-unstoppable Ekhat exterminators of all intelligent life not their own Now the fragile Human-Jao alliance is put to the test A devastating encounter with the Ekhat in a distant nebula reveals a powerful alien society that may hold the key to defeating the Ekhat once & for all There’s one big problem they utterly loathe humanity&s ally the Jao & why shouldn’t they? It was the Jao who drove them into hiding in the first place Once again everything depends on those innovators & idea-generators the humans to quell a brewing war & forge a tripartite alliance of very different species—or be blasted to empty cinders if they don’t succeed About the Author Eric Flint is a modern master of alternate history fiction with over three million books in print He’s the authorcreator of the New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series With David Drake he has written six popular novels in the Belasarius alternate Roman history series & with David Weber collaborated on 1633 & 1634 The Baltic War Flint was for many years a labor union activist He lives in Chicago Illinois K D Wentworth is author of seven novels including Black on Black & Stars over Stars for Baen & more than fifty short stories which appeared in such magazines as Fantasy & Science Fiction Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Realms of Fantasy & others Wentworth is a winner in the Writers of the Future contest & has been a Nebula Award finalist twice She lives with her husband in Tulsa Oklahoma ...

The Play Guide provides the perfect study & revision companion to Component 1 of the AQA GCSE Drama course It fully supports the written examination & helps you develop their key knowledge & understanding of the set play 160 pages Fox Annie ...

Each title in this series offers an exciting approach to English literature & will help students achieve a better grade This book is packed with detailed summaries & commentaries snappy advice fun facts & an extended resources section ...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE CALLER When the body of a young woman is discovered in a derelict cottage in Los Angeles Robert Hunter is thrown into a nightmare case The victim suffered a terrible death & on the nape of her neck has been carved a strange double-cross the signature of a psychopath known as the Crucifix Killer But that's impossible Because two years ago the Crucifix Killer was caught & executed Could this therefore be a copycat killer? Or could the unthinkable be true? Is the real killer still out there ready to embark once again on a vicious & violent killing spree selecting his victims seemingly at random taunting Robert Hunter with his inability to catch him? Hunter & his rookie partner Garcia need to solve this case & fast 'A gripping debut Not for the squeamish' Heat 'A page turner' Express ...