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SCRABBLE (TM) Junior Spelling Activity book Age 6-7
Fun Scrabble word puzzles, games and activities for kids aged 6+Make learning to spell fun with the new series of activity books from Scrabble! Taking inspiration from the classic board...
Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses
A Book of the Year in The Times, Guardian, Independent, New Statesman, Bookseller and at Waterstones'He understands only the women he invents - the others not at all' Thomas Hardy...
School Dictionary and Thesaurus: Trusted support for learning (Collins
The must-have Back to School dictionary and thesaurus for Year 7.The English School Dictionary and Thesaurus is the perfect English reference tool for all students aged 11+ (KS3). In a...
Ian Fleming: The man who created James Bond
The definitive biography of author Ian FlemingIan Fleming's life was just as dramatic as that of his fictional creation, James Bond 007. Andrew Lycett's direct access to Fleming's family, friends...
Reading Champion: Puss in Boots and Kitty: Independent Reading
This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute...
Reading Champion: Tom and the Gingerbread Man: Independent Reading
This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute...
Correct English: The classic practical reference guide to using spoken
This classic book by Brian Phythian has been updated and simplified to make it accessible and relevant to today's readers. Never has the ability to express yourself well - in...
Reading Champion: Little Red Riding Hood and her Dog: Independent
This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute...
The Very British Problems Quiz Book
What does 'custard and jelly' mean in cockney rhyming slang?Which biscuit has half of its name on top of the cooker and the other half on the door?And 25 million...
Oh, To Be a Painter!
Virgina Woolf's collection of writings on visual arts offer a whole new perspective on the revolutionary author.Despite wide interest in Woolf's writings, her circle, and her relationship with the visual...
Reading Champion: A Spooky Surprise: Independent Reading Green 5
This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute...
The Winners: From the New York Times bestselling author of TikTok
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO STAND TOGETHER? 'It's often said that winners write history, but there are no winners here'This is a small story about big questions. It's a story...
Reading Champion: The Orange Lamb: Independent Reading Orange 6
This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute...
Mom and Me and Mom
'In the first decade of the twentieth century, it was not a good time to be born black, or woman, in America.' So begins this stunning portrait of Vivian Baxter...
The Chambers Paperback Thesaurus
Containing alternatives for 9,000 common words, The Chambers Paperback Thesaurus is the ideal easy-to-use guide to finding the right alternative word every time.Cleary structured entries include numbered alternative meanings as...
John Keats
In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their selection of verses and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their...
Dylan Thomas: The Collected Letters Volume 2: 1939-1953
Dylan Thomas's letters bring the fascinating and tempestuous poet and his times to life in a way that no biography can.The letters begin in the poet's schooldays and end just...
The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction
THE VIEW FROM THE CHEAP SEATS draws together myriad non-fiction writing by international phenomenon and Sunday Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman. From Make Good Art, the speech that went viral,...
A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi: Words We Pinched From Other Languages
English as we know it today is enriched with many borrowings and influences from other languages. Aficionado, chutzpah, pro bono, hoi polloi, ketchup, nous, zeitgeist - we use these foreign...
Reading Champion: Beetle Wants to Fly: Independent Reading Green 5
This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute...
The Chosen: who pays the price of a writer's fame?
'A delicate novel, finely judged and full of insight' Hilary MantelSHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA GOLD CROWN AWARD 2023One Wednesday morning in...
Reading Champion: The Queen's New Crown: Independent Reading Orange 6
This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute...
Reading Champion: The Bunk Bed: Independent Reading Green 5
In this story, Freddie and Billy are getting bunk beds. They are very excited but just cannot agree on which bunk each should have. Luckily, Mum has a plan.Reading Champion...
Word Play: A cornucopia of puns, anagrams and other contortions [...]
'No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest.' Only words can do that. Words are magic. Words are fun....
A Circle of Five
On a misty Monday-21st June 1948-the MV Empire Windrush sailed up the Thames and anchored at Tilbury Dock, London. There were a total of 1027 passengers on board with 802...
In My Own Time: Thoughts and Afterthoughts
For the past four years Jane Miller, author of CRAZY AGE: THOUGHTS ON BEING OLD, has been writing a column for an American magazine called In These Times. Her beautifully...
A Circle of Five
On a misty Monday-21st June 1948-the MV Empire Windrush sailed up the Thames and anchored at Tilbury Dock, London. There were a total of 1027 passengers on board with 802...
The Myth of Piers Plowman: Constructing a Medieval Literary Archive
Addressing the history of the production and reception of the great medieval poem, Piers Plowman, Lawrence Warner reveals the many ways in which scholars, editors and critics over the centuries...
Jonathan Swift: The Irish Identity
Jonathan Swift was internationally acclaimed in his own time for "Gulliver's Travels" and other satires in verse and prose. In his native Ireland, however, he was most fervently admired as...
Voice of the Hammer: The Meaning of Work in Middle English Literature
Shaped by the increasing commercialization of economic relations, the social agitation of the agricultural and artisan classes, and the growing formalization of status consciousness, the cultural landscape of late medieval...
A Mirror for Magistrates in Context: Literature, History and Politics in Early Modern England
This is the first essay collection on A Mirror for Magistrates, the most popular work of English literature in the age of Shakespeare. The Mirror is here analysed by major...
William Bradford's Books: Of Plimmoth Plantation and the Printed Word
Widely regarded as the most important narrative of 17th-century New England, William Bradford's "Of Plimmoth Plantation" is one of the founding documents of American literature and history. In this study,...
Children's Dictionary: Illustrated dictionary for ages 7+ (Collins Children's Dictionaries)
Gift a love of words with this beautifully designed children's dictionaryFor children aged 7 and over, this dictionary contains up-to-date coverage of a range of everyday and curriculum vocabulary. This...
Behind Her Eyes
Don't trust this book. Don't trust these people. Don't trust yourself. And whatever you do, don't give away that ending...No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Behind Her Eyes has been called the...
German Gem Dictionary: The world's favourite mini dictionaries (Collins Gem)
The home of trusted German dictionaries for everyday language learning.With 40,000 words and phrases and 60,000 translations packed into this Collins Gem German to English and English to German dictionary,...
French Essential Dictionary: All the words you need, every day (Collins Essential)
The home of trusted French dictionaries for everyday language learning. A handy and affordable French to English and English to French reference dictionary for everyday use, including short grammars of...
Mapping Shakespeare: An exploration of Shakespeare's worlds through maps
William Shakespeare's lifetime (1564-1616) spanned the reigns of the last of the Tudors, Elizabeth I and the first of the Stuart kings, James I and the changing times and political...
Sanctity as Literature in Late Medieval Britain
This collection explores some of the many ways in which sanctity was closely intertwined with the development of literary strategies across a range of writings in late medieval Britain. Rather...
New Slaveries in Contemporary British Literature and Visual Arts: The Ghost and the Camp
The book is a study of the literature and visual arts concerned with the many and diverse forms of slaveries produced by globalisation in Britain since the early 1990s.Starting from...
To The City: Life and Death Along the Ancient Walls of Istanbul
'An enthralling guide to one of the world's great cities - that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics...
Easy Learning Mandarin Chinese Dictionary: Trusted support for learning (Collins Easy Learning)
The home of trusted Mandarin dictionaries for everyday language learning.An easy-reference Chinese to English and English to Chinese dictionary. The easiest way to learn Mandarin Chinese for students with the...
Spanish Visual Dictionary: A photo guide to everyday words and phrases in Spanish (Collins Visual Dictionary)
The home of trusted full-colour visual dictionaries for everyday use.A photographic guide to the key words and phrases in Spanish. This attractive pocket-sized book is a perfect travel companion and...
IELTS Vocabulary IELTS 5-6+ (B1+): With Answers and Audio (Collins English for IELTS)
Increase your knowledge of vocabulary with Collins Vocabulary for IELTS and get the score you need. IELTS is the world's leading test of English for higher education and migration and...
Skills for the TOEFL iBT (R) Test: Listening and Speaking (Collins English for the TOEFL Test)
If you feel overwhelmed by the complexity of TOEFL, Collins Skills for TOEFL iBT (R) Test can help.This book helps you handle the integrated aspect of the tasks in the...
MIDWINTER MURDER: Fireside Mysteries from the Queen of Crime
Author: Agatha ChristieFormat: Hardback, 141mm x 222mm, 330g, 256 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2020An all-new collection of winter-themed mysteries from the master of the genre, just in time for...
Tell Me Your Secrets
Author: Mel McGrathFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 234mm, 530g, 432 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023She knows everything. She'll stop at nothing. 'Tender...confidently told and a very relatable tale.' Daily Mail'An...
Mandarin Chinese Visual Dictionary: A photo guide to everyday words and phrases in Mandarin Chinese (Collins Visual Dictionary)
Author: Collins DictionariesFormat: Paperback, 106mm x 151mm, 250g, 272 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2019The home of trusted full-colour visual dictionaries for everyday use.A photographic guide to the key words...
In the Blood: A Memoir of my Childhood
Author: Sir Andrew MotionFormat: Paperback, 128mm x 198mm, 269g, 336 pagesPublished: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, 2007Written from a teenage child's point of view, Motion captures the pathos and puzzlement...