A brand new strand for Developing Mathematics: the best-selling library of photocopiable teaching resources. Written specifically to support the government's new Primary Framework for Mathematics, it features completely new activities, a fresh modern design both inside & out, & comes with a CD that contains all the activity sheets in a customisable format. Using our unique software supplied on the CD-ROM, teachers can effortlessly adapt the activities to make them more challenging or to create further exercises for children who need a bit more practice. New text & images can be easily imported & saved without fear of corrupting the original files, & teachers can print out as many copies as they wish. ...

Illustrated with paintings, photographs & line drawings of symbols & icons, this book shows how signs & symbols have been used from the dawn of humanity to the modern age as a means of conveying belief, concepts, identity, emotion, philosophical thought, artistic allegory, & literary ideas. ...

His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet is revered by 6 million followers around the world. He describes himself as 'a simple, smiling monk'. This title describes the different aspects of this remarkable man, who is universally recognised as the best hope for peace & unity in the troubled world. ...

The Elements: An Interactive Guide to the Building Blocks of our Universe is an illustrated reference book to the elements that make up everything in our universe. General information about the properties, behaviour & occurrence of the elements, their main compounds & their principal uses is given. It is authoritative & accessible, with a sense of wonder about the way the material world works, thanks to the protons, neutrons & electrons that make up the atoms of the elements. ...

Delve into this fantastic Understanding the Stars Box Set to see the sky like you never have before!

Including a planisphere

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A multimedia guide for parents on childcare & development from newborn through one year of age. Written & produced by a pediatrician, the book offers parents the basic information that they need in a well-organized format. Each book comes with a DVD that complements the book's chapters on infant ...

Jamie Bell plays Chris, a troubled teenager with a bizarre eating disorder, in this dark & lyrical thriller. Chris has moved with his little brother to his father John's (Dermot Mulroney) cabin in backwoods Georgia following their mother's death. Lookin ...

Five deadly forces, four turbulent episodes, one powerful surge of entertainment. Welcome to the ocean's dark side. Building on HISTORY's successful Underwater Universe special, this new series goes deep to explore undersea forces that have brought terror & destruction to our planet throughout history. Beneath the surface of our oceans, tides & currents, predators, lethal pressure & killer shockwaves create ongoing & ominous threats. CGI animation, heart-stopping cinematography & submersible expedition footage shed new light on hard science, dramatic historical stories & riveting first-person accounts. ...

Alexander Shannon escaped a shady past to enjoy a glittering career in the army, only to end up back in the thick of criminal activity. This title explains how Shannon managed to combine a successful army career with dangerous gangland dealings for so long & how he finally broke free for good. ...

Beginning with an atmospheric account of Tyburn, we are set up for a grisly excursion through London as a city of ne'er do wells, taking in beheadings & brutality at the Tower, Elizabethan street crime, cutpurses & con-men, through to the Gordon Riots & Highway robbery of the 18th century & the rise of prisons, the police & the Victorian era of incarceration. As well as the crimes, Arnold also looks at the grotesque punishments meted out to those who transgressed the law throughout London's history
- from the hangings, drawings & quarterings at Tyburn over 500 years to being boiled in oil at Smithfield. This popular historian also investigates the influence of London's criminal classes on the literature of the 19th & 20th centuries, & ends up with our old favourites, the Krays & Soho gangs of the 50s & 60s. London's crimes have changed over the centuries, both in method & execution. Underworld London traces these developments, from the highway robberies of the eighteenth century, made possible by the constant traffic of wealthy merchants in & out of the city, to the beatings, slashings & poisonings of the Victorian era.
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