Telling Tales is the second book in Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series -- which is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn VERA. Ten years after Jeanie Long was charged with the murder of fifteen-year-old Abigail Mantel disturbing new evidence proving her innocence emerges in the East Yorkshire village of Elvet. Abigail's killer is still at large. For Emma Bennett the revelation brings back haunting memories of her vibrant best friend -- & of the fearful winter's day when she had discovered her body lying cold in a ditch. Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope makes fresh inquiries & the villagers are hauled back to a time they would rather forget. Tensions begin to mount but are people afraid of the killer or of their own guilty pasts? Also available in the Vera Stanhope series are The Crow Trap Hidden Depths Silent Voices & The Glass Room. Ann Cleeves' Shetland series (BBC television drama SHETLAND) contains five titles of which Dead Water is the most recent. ...

DK Readers" help a child learn to read & encourage a life-long love of reading. Tick tock. Long ago people told time using the sun or water
- follow a historical timeline & find out how clocks have changed & become more accurate. "DK Readers" are part of a five-level highly pictorial reading scheme which uses lively illustrations & engaging stories to encourage reading. Level 2 have long sentences increased vocabulary information boxes & a simple index
- read them together with children who are beginning to read alone & with early or reluctant readers. There are over 70 titles in the series."

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Naomi Noviks stunning series of novels follow the global adventures of Captain William Laurence & his fighting dragon Temeraire ...

The Tempest is the most lyrical profound & fascinating of Shakespeare's late comedies. Prospero long exiled from Italy with his daughter Miranda seeks to use his magical powers to defeat his former enemies. Eventually having proved merciful he divests himself of that magic his 'art' & prepares to return to the mainl&. The Tempest has often been regarded as Shakespeare's 'farewell to the stage' before his retirement. ...

The Tempest is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays both in the classroom & in the theatre & this revision brings the Arden 3 edition right up-to-date. A completely new section of the introduction discusses new thinking about Shakespeare's sources for the play & examines his treatment of colonial themes as well as covering key productions since this edition was first published in 1999. Most importantly it looks at Julie Taymor's ground-breaking 2010 film starring Helen Mirren as Prospera." Alden & Virginia Vaughan's edition of The Tempest is much valued for its authority & originality & their revision brings it up-to-date making it even more relevant & useful to students & theatre practitioners." ...

* Unrivalled design that is enticing & clear for all students including low-attainers. * Dramatic photography from a range of productions to stimulate discussion. * Targeted support that helps pupils to understand the play & its language. * Interpretation-based questions & activities that encourage students to explore the plays in performance. * Durable & hardwearing books that last for years. ...

Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students with accessible on-page notes & explanatory illustrations clear background information & rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. The Tempest is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. This edition

Includes:: illustrations preliminary notes reading lists (including websites) & classroom notes.

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This new edition of The Tempest is part of the established Cambridge School Shakespeare series & has been substantially updated with new & revised activities throughout. Remaining faithful to the series' active approach it treats the play as a script to be acted explored & enjoyed. As well as the complete script of The Tempest you will find a variety of classroom-tested activities an eight-page colour section & an enlarged selection of notes including information on characters performance history & language. ...

A storm rages. Prospero & his daughter watch from their desert island as a ship carrying the royal family is wrecked. Miraculously all on board survive. Plotting mistaken identities bewitching love & drunkenness follow as the travellers explore the strange place of spirits & monsters on which they have landed. They soon begin to realize all is not as it seems. ...

The ruthless reign of a secret power must be stopped... In Rome the public assassination of the Pope by a sniper on Christmas Day sets off a massive investigation that stretches across the globe. But behind the veil of Rex Deus
- the Templar cabal that silently wields power in the twenty-first century
- the plot has only just begun. The cabal has a position of ultimate control in its sights
- & its head Kate Sinclair is never going to yield her one great ambition for her US senator son Richard Pierce Sinclair. When ex-Army Ranger John Holliday uncovers the true motive behind the Pontiffs murder he must unlock the secrets of a modern Templar conspiracy
- & unravel Kate Sinclairs deadly design.



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