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A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Booklist Editor's Choice On the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor comes a harrowing and enlightening look at the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II— from National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin Just seventy-five...

The Early Tudors A Level History series takes you through the OCR specification step by step, ensuring that you have the necessary knowledge to perform throughout the period of your course and to help prepare you for your A Level. The series is produced by Nick Fellows, a lead examiner for OCR who has written many textbooks on The Tudors, Katie Fellows, who is currently studying for her D.Phil in History at St Peter's College, Oxford, and Oxford historian, Dr Glyn Redworth, who is a specialist in Early Modern British & European history.

The significance of what occurred in Germany during our period of study needs no exaggeration. This GCSE series on Germany 1919-1945 really brings alive all the main themes that are required for your History GCSE course, giving you an in-depth knowledge of all the main points, including the establishment of the Weimar Republic, the problems faced by the Weimar Republic from 1919-1923, its recovery from those problems and, finally, the Third Reich.

This series for GCSE History follows the Edexcel specification and will furnish you with all the information required for your coursework and exam. It's a fascinating subject, and our series has been designed not only to provide you with the necessary information but also to bring the subject to life with music and sound effects.

Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, sometimes known more simply as Jekyll and Hyde, has enthralled and horrified listeners for over a century, so much so that the novella has impacted our natural language, with the phrase Jekyll and Hyde coming to mean a person who is vastly different in moral character from one situation to the next. It is a classic to study for GCSE and is full of complexities that need to be understood.

The Cold War sent shivers down the spines of ordinary people, with the world holding its breath and confronting the spectre of nuclear armageddon. Throughout this A level series, students will learn about all the core aspects of the Cold War in Europe. Written by Dr Mark Hurst, an honorary fellow at the University of Kent and Cold War specialist and Richard McFarlane, a senior OCR examiner and Head of Humanities at Nottingham Girls High School.

Das Thema Stress bei Schülern gehört heutzutage leider zum ihrem Alltag und viele schwierige Momente im Schulalltag sowie im Teenager Leben sind somit unausweichlich. Doch wie setzte ich dem etwas entgegen? Wie etabliere ich z.B. das wichtige Thema "Entspannung" für Jugendliche neu und modern, so dass es ein wichtiger Baustein sowohl im Unterricht, als auch im Alltagsleben der Schüler (und Lehrer) werden kann? SyncSouls hat mit "Entspannung für Schüler" hierzu eine Anregung und Anleitung in Theorie und Praxis für den Unterricht und zum Selbst-Ausprobieren geschaffen.

This series, written by Charlotte Unsworth, a prolific blogger on English literature and English teacher at Skipton Girls High School, will examine each of the 15 poems you are required to study across AQA's Love and Relationships poetry anthology for GCSE. From Seamus Heaney's 'Follower' to Charlotte Mew's 'The Farmer's Bride', each poem will be fully examined, looking at structure, form and language so that you will gain an in-depth understanding of all the aspects that you need to study.

With 2016 promising to be an interesting and hotly contested election year, Votes of Confidence offers young listeners an essential guide to the past, present, and future of American elections.

Preparing for interviews in the job market is something seldom learned in classrooms, but it is overwhelmingly important for long-term success. Learning the skills necessary for getting the job is something you can start now. Learn all the tips and tricks you need in order to land the summer job you've had your eye on or to get that camp counselor position you've always wanted. In this book you will find sample questions and possible answers that you can adapt to fit your every need.

Who was Cinna? What do the hawthorn and primrose symbolize? Or President Snow's roses and Peeta's bread? What about Katniss's last name? Bringing details from myths, herbal guides, military histories, and the classics, English professor and award-winning pop culture author Valerie Estelle Frankel sheds light on the deeper meanings behind Panem's heroes and villains in this hottest of YA trilogies.

Les meilleurs devoirs au bac français contiennent une réflexion structurée, nourrie des pensées des plus grands auteurs. Et ce qui fait vraiment la différence, c'est l'utilisation pertinente de citations. Ce livre audio vous propose 100 citations choisies pour vous donner des armes solides quel que soit le sujet. Théâtre, poésie, ou roman : les plus grands auteurs viennent à votre secours avec des définitions parfaitement claires, des arguments chocs, et des phrases clé incontournables dans vos révisions.

Les meilleurs devoirs au bac philo sont ceux dont la réflexion est structurée, nourrie des pensées des plus grands auteurs. Et pour vraiment faire la différence, il faut utiliser des citations pertinentes. Ce livre audio vous propose 100 citations classées selon les thèmes du programme de philosophie en terminale, et choisies pour vous donner des armes solides quel que soit le sujet. Ecoutez-les plusieurs fois pour les avoir fermement à l'esprit : ces 100 citations seront autant de clefs pour attaquer un sujet, et autant de marques d'une copie de qualité. Bonne réussite !

Warum sind wir Menschen so verschieden? Sind wir nicht merkwürdig, wir Menschen, mit verschiedenartigem Aussehen, anderen Sprachen und unterschiedlichen Religionen? Der Evolutionsbiologe Josef H. Reichholf greift das Thema Evolution anhand der alltäglichen Erfahrungen auf, die junge Menschen z.B. bei ihren Mitschülern machen: Jeder Einzelne ist anders, dazu kommt die äußerliche Verschiedenheit durch Kinder asiatischer oder schwarzafrikanischer Herkunft.

In this unsparing exploration of one of the most powerful Americans of the 20th century, accomplished historian Marc Aronson unmasks the man behind the Bureau: his tangled family history and personal relationships; his own need for secrecy, deceit, and control; and the broad trends in American society that shaped his world. Hoover may have given America the security it wanted, but the secrets he knew gave him—and the Bureau—all the power he wanted.

Du möchtest mit dem Nägelkauen aufhören? Dann hast Du zwei Möglichkeiten. Entweder Du probierst die üblichen Hausmittel, streichst Dir zum Beispiel Seife oder Pfeffer unter die Fingernägel, und fasst dann möglichst den ganzen Tag lang nichts mehr an. Im schlimmsten Fall wirst Du damit zwar mit dem Nägelkauen aufhören, aber legst Dir stattdessen eine andere schlechte Angewohnheit zu. Oder aber Du beseitigst mit Hypnose nicht nur das Nägelkauen, sondern die Ursache gleich mit.

Go to any movie shelf in a DVD store, book store, on demand video, and you are sure to stumble upon at least a dozen different zombie-themed offerings. Grotesquely rotten corpse remains, moving in staggering stuttered walks, terror inducing facial growls, hands like claws held out to catch the unwary, and strategically placed blood splotches all over their bodies - This is the common media interpretation when it comes to the modern myth of the zombie. Why are these renowned creatures so popular and sweeping in mainstream as a whole?

Introducing the most comprehensive audio course for ACCUPLACER vocabulary on the market. Learn how to master proper spelling, pronunciation, definitions and synonyms/antonyms through the use of these unique audio exercises. This course contains three levels (easy, medium, and difficult) that each consists of 10 powerful exercises covering 100 words each. You'll learn high-frequency words that have appeared in previous ACCUPLACER tests, increasing your chances to earn better test results!

In questo AudioBook che fa parte della collana dedicata alla letteratura italiana, esploriamo l'incredibile mondo di Gabriele d'Annunzio. Il Prof. vi parla di lui, "il Vate" e dei suoi romanzi più significativi: "Il Piacere", "La Venere delle rocce", "Le Novelle". Poi esplora la sua immensa opera poetica: "Le Lodi" e le celebri liriche in esse contenute. Prima tra tutte, "La pioggia nel pineto", forse la sua poesia più bella, la più suggestiva. In questo AudioBook dedicato a d'Annunzio, il Prof. vi racconta la vita di questo eclettico scrittore, poeta, artista, creativo, della sua ricerca continua verso l'eccellenza e l'eccentricità nella vita come nella sua produzione artistica.

Auf anschauliche und spielerische Weise erklärt der Gedächtnistrainer und Autor Ulrich Bien, wie Schüler sich Vokabeln gehirn-gerecht einprägen können...