Connecting Science is a new enquiry-based course that offers complete flexibility to enable personalised learning across Key Stage 3. The Pupils Guide provides complete coverage of Key Stage 3 Science in a single reference volume. The Teachers Guides provide plans for Core & Options lessons matched to the Pupils Guide topics while the Lesson Builder tool within Dynamic Learning enables complete flexibility in lesson design & activity choice. Pupils use the Guide to look up key facts & explanations when working on tasks independently or in groups. Each spread combines detailed illustrations with clear explanations of key scientific ideas & models. Practical & enquiry skills & understanding evidence are developed in a range of contexts emphasising the importance of science in everyday life. Things to think about boxes fire pupils curiosity & encourage them to find explanations & ask further questions. The website also gives pupils access to: An interactive copy of the Pupils Guide that is fully searchable Self-assessment checklist of targets for each topic Background information & suggested vetted weblinks ASE & the Centre for Science Education are delighted to be working with Hodder Education to support relevant & contemporary Science in your Key Stage 3 teaching through full integration of Upd 8 Topicals with Connecting Science & Science. Visit www.dynamic-learning.co.uk or www.upd 8.org.uk to find out more about this exclusive partnership. ...

If youve ever wondered whether you have guardian angels & guides who they are & what messages they have for you then connecting with your angels may help you get answers to these vital questions. Dr. Doreen Virtue a leading expert in angel communication has helped thousands of people from all walks of life connect with their angels. Now you can enjoy her successful teachings in this enlightening & powerful CD set. Youll learn about angels archangels deceased loved ones & ascended masters. Youll find out practical ways to hear see feel & know the messages that heaven has for you. Dr. Virtue will lead you through proven methods to unblock your intuitive channels of communication & lose any fears that could prevent you from hearing heavens voice. Your angels want to connect with you & Dr. Virtue will show you how you can do just that! ...

In this enchanting collection of warm poignant & romantic interlinked short stories Sheila OFlanagan transports her readers to the Caribbean island resort of White Sands where visitors arrive hoping their dreams will come true
- which they sometimes do. In touching poignant & delicious tales of life by the ocean Sheila introduces some of the most likeable & interesting characters shes created. Theres Tara whos arrived with the man she wants to marry only to find that a rejected lover is planning to get in the way; Grainne whos been sent with her husband by their children to celebrate their anniversary & who thinks the time has come to move on. Rudys on an idyllic break with his young son which is set for an unexpected ending; & Isobel
- of ISOBELS WEDDING
- discovers her ex-lover Nico might be staying just next door. Romance is very much alive in the hot Caribbean nights...


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In this bold & groundbreaking book renowned neuroscientist Sebastian Seung reveals the secrets of the human brain. Sebastian Seung is at the forefront of a revolution in neuroscience. He believes that our identity lies not in our genes but in the connections between our brain cells
- our own particular wiring or connectomes. Connectome" tells the incredible story of how Seung & a dedicated group of researchers are mapping these connections neuron by neuron synapse by synapse. They hope to uncover the basis of personality identity intelligence & memory & explain mental disorders such as autism depression & schizophrenia. Seung also reveals how this new map of a human connectome might even enable us to upload our brains into a computer making us effectively immortal. " Connectome" is a mind-bending adventure story told with great passion & authority. It presents a daring scientific & technological vision for at last understanding what makes us who we are both as individuals & as a species."
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Connemara: A Little Gaelic Kingdom" is the triumphant conclusion to Tim Robinson's extraordinary " Connemara" trilogy which Robert Macfarlane has called 'one of the most remarkable non-fiction projects undertaken in English'. Robinson writes about the people places & history of south Connemara
- one of Ireland's last Gaelic-speaking enclaves
- with the encyclopaedic knowledge of a cartographer & the grace of a born writer. From the man who has been praised in the highest terms by Joseph O' Connor (' One of contemporary Ireland's finest literary stylists') John Burnside ('one of the finest of contemporary prose stylists') Fintan O' Toole (' Simply one of the best non-fiction prose writers currently at work') & Giles Foden ('an indubitable classic') among many others this is one of the publishing events of 2011 & the conclusion of one of the great literary projects of our time. " He is that rarest of phenomena a scientist & an artist & his method is to combine scientific rigour with artistic reverie in a seamless blend that both informs & delights." (John Banville " Guardian"). "A masterpiece of travel & topographical writing & an incomparable & enthralling meditation on times past... This perfectly pitched work opens readers up to the world around them". (" Sunday Times")."

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The first volume in Tim Robinson's phenomenal Connemara" Trilogy. In its landscape history & folklore Connemara is a singular region: ill-defined geographically & yet unmistakably a place apart from the rest of Irel&. Tim Robinson who established himself as Ireland's most brilliant living non-fiction writer with the two-volume " Stones of Aran" moved from Aran to Connemara nearly twenty years ago. This book is the result of his extraordinary engagement with the mountains bogs & shorelines of the region & with its folklore & its often terrible history: a work as beautiful & surprising as the place it attempts to describe. Chosen as a book of the year by Iain Sinclair Robert Macfarlane & Colm Toibin. A native of Yorkshire Tim Robinson moved to the Aran Islands in 1972. His books include the celebrated two-volume " Stones of Aran". Since 1984 he has lived in Roundstone Connemara. " Dazzling...an indubitable classic". (Giles Foden " Conde Nast Traveller"). " One of contemporary Ireland's finest literary stylists". (Joseph O' Connor " Guardian")." ...

This is an account of a journey through western Ireland made in 1984 fulfilling a childhood dream of a long-distance ride. The story centres on the growing bond between the author & her Connemara pony Mollie & the many challenges that they face before the tragic conclusion in the mountains of Kerry. It is also a portrait of rural Ireland before the Celtic Tiger" era built up from conversations with the local people. The journey takes them through Counties Galway Mayo Clare & Kerry the obstacles to their progress ranging from bogs stone walls & the River Shannon. " Ive never tried hitchhiking with a horse before" comments the author. " Its not easy". She travelled with no set route extending her backpacking knowledge acquired in the Andes to horse packing "seeing the obvious advantage of climbing mountains on someone elses legs & using anothers back for the packing"." ...

Number one bestselling author Conn Iggulden takes on the story of the mighty Kublai Khan. An epic tale of a great & heroic mind; his action-packed rule; & how in conquering one-fifth of the world's inhabited land he changed the course of history forever. A scholar who conquered an empire larger than those of Alexander or Caesar. A warrior who would rule a fifth of the world with strength & wisdom. A man who betrayed a brother to protect a nation. From a young scholar to one of history's most powerful warriors Conqueror tells the story of Kublai Khan
- an extraordinary man who should be remembered alongside Julius Caesar Alexander the Great & Napoleon Bonaparte as one of the greatest conquerors the world has ever known. Kublai dreams of an empire stretching from sea to sea. But to see it built this scholar must first learn the art of war. He must take his nation's warriors to the ends of the known world. & when he is weary when he is wounded he must face his own brothers in a bloody civil war.
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No.1 bestselling author Conn Iggulden takes on the story of the mighty Kublai Khan. An epic tale of a great & heroic mind; his action-packed rule; & how in conquering one-fifth of the worlds inhabited land he changed the course of history forever. A scholar who conquered an empire larger than those of Alexander or Caesar. A warrior who would rule a fifth of the world with strength & wisdom. A man who betrayed a brother to protect a nation. From a young scholar to one of historys most powerful warriors Conqueror tells the story of Kublai Khan -- an extraordinary man who should be remembered alongside Julius Caesar Alexander the Great & Napoleon Bonaparte as one of the greatest conquerors the world has ever known. It should have been a golden age with an empire to dwarf the lands won by the mighty Genghis Khan. Instead the vast Mongol nation is slowly losing ground swallowed whole by their most ancient enemy. A new generation has arisen yet the long shadow of the Great Khan still hangs over them all! Kublai dreams of an empire stretching from sea to sea. But to see it built this scholar must first learn the art of war. He must take his nations warriors to the ends of the known world. & when he is weary when he is wounded he must face his own brothers in bloody civil war. ...

William the Bastard base-born son of the Duke of Normandy must fight the King of France to regain his Duchy. Spurned in love by the lovely Princess Matilda the fighting Duke dares to take a whip to her in her own father's palace before making her his bride. Thwarted by the Saxon Earl Harold of a promise of the throne of England William the Conqueror sails to Hastings to claim the King's crown & sceptre for his own. ...