Download or read book Edexcel GCSE 9 1 English Language Text Anthology written by David Grant and published by GCSE English Language 2015. This book was released on 2015-04-08 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Text Anthology will support students working towards the Edexcel GCSE English Language qualification (9-1) and includes over 100 fiction and non-fiction extracts.
Download or read book H Is for Hawk written by Helen Macdonald and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century One of the New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year One of Slate's 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Last 25 Years ON MORE THAN 25 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR LISTS: including TIME (#1 Nonfiction Book), NPR, O, The Oprah Magazine (10 Favorite Books), Vogue (Top 10), Vanity Fair, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, San Francisco Chronicle (Top 10), Miami Herald, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top 10), Library Journal (Top 10), Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Slate, Shelf Awareness, Book Riot, Amazon (Top 20) The instant New York Times bestseller and award-winning sensation, Helen Macdonald's story of adopting and raising one of nature's most vicious predators has soared into the hearts of millions of readers worldwide. Fierce and feral, her goshawk Mabel's temperament mirrors Helen's own state of grief after her father's death, and together raptor and human "discover the pain and beauty of being alive" (People). H Is for Hawk is a genre-defying debut from one of our most unique and transcendent voices.
Download or read book 127 Hours written by Aron Ralston and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-03 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A day-by-day account of Aron Ralston's unforgettable survival story. On Saturday, 26 April 2003, Aron Ralston, a 27-year-old outdoorsman and adventurer, set off for a day's hike in the Utah canyons. Eight miles from his truck, he found himself in the middle of a deep and remote canyon. Then the unthinkable happened: a boulder shifted and snared his right arm against the canyon wall. He was trapped, facing dehydration, starvation, hallucinations and hypothermia as night-time temperatures plummeted. Five and a half days later, Aron Ralston finally came to the agonising conclusion that his only hope was to amputate his own arm and get himself to safety. Miraculously, he survived. 127 Hours is more than just an adventure story. It is a brave, honest and above all inspiring account of one man's valiant effort to survive, and is destined to take its place among adventure classics such as Touching the Void.
Download or read book Beyond the Sky and the Earth written by Jamie Zeppa and published by Doubleday Canada. This book was released on 2011-01-28 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Iron and Silk and Touch the Dragon, Jamie Zeppa’s memoir of her years in Bhutan is the story of a young woman’s self-discovery in a foreign land. It is also the exciting début of a new voice in travel writing. When she left for the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan in 1988, Zeppa was committing herself to two years of teaching and a daunting new experience. A week on a Caribbean beach had been her only previous trip outside Canada; Bhutan was on the other side of the world, one of the most isolated countries in the world known as the last Shangri-La, where little had changed in centuries and visits by foreigners were restricted. Clinging to her bags full of chocolate, hair conditioner and Immodium, she began the biggest challenge of her life, with no idea she would fall in love with the country and with a Bhutanese man, end up spending nine years in Bhutan, and begin a literary career with her account of this transformative journey. At her first posting in a remote village of eastern Bhutan, she is plunged into an overwhelmingly different culture with squalid Third World conditions and an impossible language. Her house has rats and fleas and she refuses to eat the local food, fearing the rampant deadly infections her overly protective grandfather warned her about. Gradually, however, her fear vanishes. She adjusts, begins to laugh, and is captivated by the pristine mountain scenery and the kind students in her grade 2 class. She also begins to discover for herself the spiritual serenity of Buddhism. A transfer to the government college of Sherubtse, where the housing conditions are comparatively luxurious and the students closer to her own age, gives her a deeper awareness of Bhutan’s challenges: the lack of personal privacy, the pressure to conform, and the political tensions. However, her connection to Bhutan intensifies when she falls in love with a student, Tshewang, and finds herself pregnant. After a brief sojourn in Canada to give birth to her son, Pema Dorji, she marries Tshewang and makes Bhutan her home for another four years. Zeppa’s personal essay about her culture shock on arriving in Bhutan won the 1996 CBC/Saturday Night literary competition and appeared in the magazine. She flew home to accept the prize, where people encouraged her to pursue her writing. Her letters from Bhutan also featured on CBC’s Morningside. The book that grew out of this has been published in Canada and the United States to ecstatic reviews, followed by British, German, Dutch, Italian and Spanish editions. Although cultural differences finally separated Jamie and Tshewang in 1997 while she was writing the book and she returned to Canada, she will always feel at home in Bhutan. Zeppa shares her compelling insights into this land and culture, but Beyond the Sky and the Earth is more than a travel book. With rich, spellbinding prose and bright humour, it describes a personal journey in which Zeppa acquires a deeper understanding of what it means to leave one’s home behind, and undergoes a spiritual transformation.
Download or read book Pearson Edexcel International GCSE in English Literature and Language 2020 Revision Guide written by Shivank Sharma and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-02-21 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BRAND NEW FOR 2020This revision guide is a perfect companion if you are studying for the Pearson Edexcel International GCSEs in English Literature and English Language A. It is written to help you do the best you can on the exam, but also so that you can learn the material well. It includes the following: - A complete analysis for every text in Sections A, B and C in the Official Anthology. - Detailed, extensive notes on characters and themes for some of the most popular texts: An Inspector Calls, A View from the Bridge, Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird and Macbeth. These notes include quotations and the social context, both of which are simply essential if you want to earn the highest marks on the exam. - Exemplar essays so that you can get an indication of the level expected for the exam. - A table of commonly used literary devices, including their definitions and typical effects. This will come in very useful for analysing unseen poetry. This guide is clear, concise and will certainly help you do your best in your upcoming GCSEs.Mrinank Sharma grew up by Liverpool and graduated top of his class from The Univeristy of Cambridge, after which he enrolled at the Univeristy of Oxford as a DPhil (PhD) student. He previously co-authored a 2013 edition of this guide which sold internationally.Please note that this guide is in no way affiliated with, endorsed by or in any other way connected to Pearson Edexcel Education Ltd
Download or read book Edexcel GCSE 9 1 Anthology of Music written by Julia Winterson and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pearson Edexcel GCSE Anthology of Music introduces the GCSE set works to a new generation of musicians and will inspire them to develop their music knowledge, understanding and skills and will help them prepare for their assessment. Published in partnership with Edition Peters and Faber Music, and edited by Julia Winterson, the printed Anthology contains: printed music scores of all 8 new set works in a single volume a preface to each score, setting the piece in context and highlighting key themes and listening awareness points glossary of key terms used in each set work.
Download or read book Edexcel GCSE 9 1 Music Student Book written by Jonny Martin and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ideal student companion to the Edexcel GCSE Music course from September 2016, containing detailed analyses of the set works and sections dedicated to preparing students for the exam and other assessments.
Download or read book Pearson REVISE AQA GCSE 9 1 English Language Revision Workbook written by Jonathan Morgan and published by REVISE AQA GCSE English 2015. This book was released on 2016-04-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Grey is the Color of Hope written by Irina Ratushinskai︠a︡ and published by Alfred A. Knopf. This book was released on 1988 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of a Soviet poet's four years spent in a labor camp.
Download or read book A Passage To Africa written by George Alagiah and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'One of Britain's most respected television journalists, with a reputation built up over many years of covering world events' Guardian 'Tributes will rightly be paid to a fantastic journalist and brilliant broadcaster - but George was the most decent, principled, kindest, most honourable man I have ever worked with' Jon Sopel As a five-year-old, George Alagiah emigrated with his family to Ghana - the first African country to attain independence from the British Empire. A Passage to Africa is Alagiah's shattering catalogue of atrocities crafted into a portrait of Africa that is infused with hope, insight and outrage. In vivid and evocative prose and with a fine eye for detail, Alagiah's viewpoint is spiked with the freshness of the young George on his arrival in Ghana, the wonder with which he recounts his first impressions of Africa and the affection with which he dresses his stories of his early family life. A sense of possibility lingers, even though the book is full of uncomfortable truths. It is a book neatly balanced on his integrity and sense of obligation in his role as a writer and reporter. The shock of recognition is always there, but it is the personal element that gives A PASSAGE TO AFRICA its originality. Africa becomes not only a group of nations or a vast continent, but an epic of individual pride and suffering.
Download or read book Chinese Cinderella written by Adeline Yen Mah and published by Laurel Leaf. This book was released on 2009-05-06 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 800,000 copies in print! From the author of critically acclaimed and bestselling memoir Falling Leaves, this is a poignant and moving true account of her childhood, growing up as an unloved daughter in 1940s China. A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to their roots." In her own courageous voice, Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph in the face of despair. Adeline's affluent, powerful family considers her bad luck after her mother dies giving birth to her, and life does not get any easier when her father remarries. Adeline and her siblings are subjected to the disdain of her stepmother, while her stepbrother and stepsister are spoiled with gifts and attention. Although Adeline wins prizes at school, they are not enough to compensate for what she really yearns for -- the love and understanding of her family. Like the classic Cinderella story, this powerful memoir is a moving story of resilience and hope. Includes an Author's Note, a 6-page photo insert, a historical note, and the Chinese text of the original Chinese Cinderella. A PW BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AN ALA-YALSA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS “One of the most inspiring books I have ever read.” –The Guardian
Download or read book A Girl Called Jack written by Jack Monroe and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-02-27 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 simple, budge and basic-ingredient recipes from the bestselling and award-winning food writer and anti-poverty campaigner behind TIN CAN COOK 'A terrific resource for anyone trying to cook nutritious and tasty food on a tight budget' Sunday Times ______ Learn how to utilise cupboard staples and fresh ingredients in this accessible collection of low-budget, delicious family recipes. When Jack found herself with a shopping budget of just £10 a week to feed herself and her young son, she addressed the situation with immense resourcefulness and creativity by embracing her local supermarket's 'basics' range. She created recipe after recipe of delicious, simple and upbeat meals that were outrageously cheap, including: · Vegetable Masala Curry for 30p a portion · Jam Sponge reminiscent of school days for 23p a portion · Onion Pasta with Parsley and Red Wine - an easy way to get some veg in you · Carrot, Cumin and Kidney Bean Soup - tasty protein-packed goodness In A Girl Called Jack, learn how to save money on your weekly shop whilst being less wasteful and creating inexpensive, tasty food. ______ Praise for Jack Monroe: 'Jack's recipes have come like a breath of fresh air in the cookery world' NIGEL SLATER 'A terrific resource for anyone trying to cook nutritious and tasty food on a tight budget' Sunday Times 'A plain-speaking, practical austerity cooking guide - healthy, tasty and varied' Guardian 'A powerful new voice in British food' Observer 'Packed with inexpensive, delicious ideas to feed a family for less' Woman and Home
Download or read book Student Guide written by Athena Critical Guides and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-26 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Athena GCSE Guide to Edexcel IGCSE English Language A Paper 2 Guide includes Activities with Suggested Answers and Detailed Notes on Anthology Texts. This Study Guide is intended to support learners who are taking an IGCSE qualification in English Language following the Edexcel IGCSE English Language Specification A (4EA1), with a particular focus on the skills required for Paper 2 (4EA1/02): Paper 2: Poetry and Prose Texts and Paper 2: Imaginative Writing. This IGCSE Guide is designed to help the learner explore the poetry and prose fiction anthology texts from the Edexcel IGCSE English Language Anthology. This Study Guide also explores a range of narrative techniques which can support Imaginative Writing, using non-fiction texts from 19th, 20th and 21st century sources. Throughout the guide, reading and writing tasks are provided to support revision. A glossary of key terms is also provided. This IGCSE Guide will support exploration and understanding of the ways in which writers use literary techniques to capture the interest of readers in poetry and prose fiction texts. This guide will help the learner demonstrate their own writing skills in a response to a variety of Imaginative Writing prompts and tasks. The learner will be supported in the development of imaginative, effective and accurate writing. This Study Guide will also help to lay a sound foundation for those who go on to study English at Advanced level, as well as appeal to those who are interested in developing their general literacy.
Download or read book Student Guide written by Athena Critical Guides and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Athena GCSE Guide to Edexcel IGCSE English Language A Paper 1Guide includes Activities with Suggested Answers and Detailed Notes on Anthology Texts. This Study Guide is intended to support learners who are taking an IGCSE qualification in English Language following the Edexcel IGCSE English Language Specification A (4EA1), with a particular focus on the skills required for Paper 1 (4EA1/01): Paper 1: Non-Fiction Texts and Paper 1: Transactional Writing.This IGCSE Guide is designed to help the learner explore the non-fiction anthology texts from the Edexcel IGCSE English Language Anthology, as well as develop responses to unseen non-fiction texts. This Study Guide focuses on Non-Fiction Reading and Writing, using non-fiction texts from 20th and 21st century sources. Throughout the guide, reading and writing tasks are provided to support revision. A glossary of key terms is also provided. This IGCSE Guide will support exploration and understanding of the ways in which writers use informative and persuasive techniques to capture the interest of readers. This guide will help the learner demonstrate their own writing skills in a response to a variety of Transactional Writing prompts and tasks. This Study Guide will also help to lay a sound foundation for those who go on to study English at Advanced level, as well as appeal to those who are interested in developing their general literacy
Download or read book Edexcel GCSE Music written by John Arkell and published by Heinemann Educational Publishers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on developing students' listening and appraising skills around the 12 set-pieces, and includes performance and composing tasks within four Areas of Study to ensure students develop the key musical skills assessed in the coursework element.
Download or read book A Study Guide for the New Edexcel IGCSE Anthology Non Fiction for the English Language Exam written by Josephine Pearce and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to mastering the new Edexcel IGCSE Anthology Non-fiction prose extracts, for first examination in 2017, for the English Language exam. This book has a line by line analysis of all the extracts, with a detailed explanation of all the literary techniques. It is a one stop shop with all you need to succeed in the IGCSE English Language exam.The book itself is designed to fit within a student's study folder. It is ideal to work between the anthology and the study notes, giving them everything they need to prepare for the exams. If you buy this, you might also wish to purchase the companion "Study Guide for the New Edexcel IGCSE Anthology Poetry for the Literature Exam", also by Josephine Pearce.
Download or read book Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde AQA GCSE 9 1 English Literature Text Guide written by Collins Collins GCSE and published by Collins. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exam Board: AQALevel & Subject: GCSE English LiteratureFirst teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 Revise set texts in a snap. Need extra help with 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' ahead of the exam? Revise and review your understanding of the plot, characters, themes and context with this handy A5, exam-focused guide. With lots of practice and tips for your AQA exam, this 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' Snap Revision Text Guide contains all the key information you need to get a top mark.
