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Simplifying chaos and complexity theory for the perplexed, John Gribbin's Deep Simplicity: Chaos, Complexity and the Emergence of Life brilliantly illuminates the harmony underlying our existence. The world around us can be a complex, confusing place...

It will help you to: Check what you know - the warm-up activities in the knowledge booster section help you recap what you already know about the topic. Understand the exam questions - the exam skills section break down each type of questions so you can...

Funny and heartbreaking, Writers & Lovers by Lily King is the bitingly clever story of Casey, a young writer who has lost her direction in life, until two men step into her world and offer her two very different futures.The New York Times...

Walter Benjamin is one of the most fascinating and enigmatic intellectual figures of this century. Not only was he a thinker who made an enormous impact with his critical and philosophical writings, he shattered disciplinary and stylistic conventions...

Winner - Schools Library Association Information Book AwardA fantastic journey through an amazing world of over 130 colours, including the primary and secondary colours and descriptive colour words, such as canary yellow, russet and mint green. Includes...

Full answers are available in a separate answer book (9781782944881) - or you can buy a version including answers all in one workbook (9781782944935). When it comes to Grade 9-1 GCSE Chemistry exam prep, nothing beats good old-fashioned practice. This...

W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) was not only Ireland's greatest poet but one of the most influential voices in world literature in the twentieth century. His extraordinary work, in the words of this volume's editor Seamus Heaney, encourages us 'to be more...

Increase students' skills, confidence and chance of success in their National 5 Maths exam, with full course coverage delivered through the trusted TeeJay approach.This book provides hundreds of practice questions, with progression and consolidation -...

_____________________________________THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE JQ WINGATE PRIZE 2015SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD'A gripping thriller, an unspeakable crime, an essential history.' JOHN LE...

'Dazzling... Pinker's big idea is that language is an instinct...as innate to us as flying is to geese... Words can hardly do justice to the superlative range and liveliness of Pinker's investigations'- Independent'A marvellously readable book.....

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620921821Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes Manuals IncWeight(grams) 503gDimensions(mm)...

Ever wondered about how to really interpret poetry? Puzzled about metre, rhyming and stanzas? Presented in language thoroughly accessible for all, poet and writer Ruth Padel demystifies poetic style, structure and meaning in this comprehensive anthology...

This CGP Workbook provides brilliant practice for KS3 French grammar - it covers all the grammar students will need in Years 7-9. Trickier questions have handy hints to help students along, and there are self-assessment tick boxes to help keep track of...

Do words fail you? Never again, once you've become the proud owner of The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary. Every word has a meaning, but over the years those meanings change. Dip into these helpfully illustrated pages and you'll find many of the...

From coding languages and hardware to cyberbullying and gaming, this comprehensive homework helper for kids and parents covers the essentials of computer science. This unique visual study guide examines the technical aspects of computers, such as how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Australian Book Designer Awards 2023 (Australia).Book InformationISBN 9781760761608Author Michael LimFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint Thames and Hudson...

Boost your grade by focusing on the lessons learnt from previous exams. This write-in workbook targets the tricky topics in A-level Biology with insights from the examiners' reports, model answers and practice questions to secure understanding and...

The collaboration of the philosopher Gilles Deleuze and the psychoanalyst Felix Guattari has been one of the most profoundly influential partnerships in contemporary thought. Anti-Oedipus is the first part of their masterpiece, Capitalism and...

Intolerance and bigotry lie at the heart of all human suffering. So claims Bertrand Russell at the outset of In Praise of Idleness, a collection of essays in which he espouses the virtues of cool reflection and free enquiry; a voice of calm in a world of...

If you're in education, then you know that while there are many positives to the profession, it is also facing many challenges. This easy-to-use, accessible, and entertaining book shows us how diary-keeping can help us gain insight into our wellbeing...

Juliet Robertson offers tips and tricks to help any primary school teacher kick-start or further develop their outdoor practice. One of the keys to a happy and creative classroom is getting out of it and this book will give you the confidence to do...

'I loved every second of it!' Ali Hazlewood, The Love Hypothesis He loves me. He loves me not... Ama Torres is a great wedding planner. Ama Torres does not...

Exam Board: WJEC, Eduqas Level: AS/A-level Subject: Geography First Teaching: September 2016 First Exam: Summer 2017Reinforce students' geographical understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers help...

With up-to-date case studies of real-world businesses, this fully updated AQA GCSE (9-1) Business Student Textbook will help your students respond to exam questions with confidence, demonstrating how they can structure their answers for maximum impact...

This volume gives readers the First Quarto text of 1603 and the Folio Text of 1623, modernised and edited to the usual Arden standard. As a companion to the Second Quarto volume, it will be of particular interest to scholars and students of textual...

The first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle"For the first time, a complete reproduction [of] The Voynich Manuscript, has been published, featuring essays exploring what is known about the book...

Millions of people were held captive all over the world during the Second World War, including those in the armed services, who were captured and became prisoners of war, as well as many ordinary citizens, who were classified as enemy aliens -...

Level: KS3 Subject: Maths Targeted practice questions covering the Year 8 maths curriculum - now with QR codes to worked solution videos Research proves that repeated practice is...

Two hilarious comic strip stories for children who are beginning to read independently. They might be a bit different from your average superheroes - but can the Superhero Bunny League work together to save the day? Comic strip stories offer...

This best-selling text pioneered the comparison of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research design. For all three approaches, John W. Creswell and new co-author J. David Creswell include a preliminary consideration of philosophical...

Exam board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: EngineeringFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2019Build a foundation of knowledge alongside practical engineering skills for the 2017 AQA GCSE (9-1) Engineering specification, inspiring your students'...

Exam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: SociologyFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Build students' confidence to tackle the key themes of the 2015 OCR A-Level Sociology specification with this clear and accessible approach delivered by a...

Encourage students to take an active role in citizenship with fully updated content that will allow them to understand the key issues and concepts they need to know using clear, detailed explanations of key terms, supported by real-life case studies that...

Reinforce and review pupils' knowledge throughout the Progress in Geography: Key Stage 3 course with this write-in Workbook.- Extend learning beyond lessons: every double-page spread in the Student Book has a corresponding Workbook page about the lesson...

Exam board: AQALevel & Subject: GCSE BiologyFirst teaching: September 2016 Next exams: June 2024 To support students in their completion of the required practicals on their GCSE Science (9-1) course, the Collins AQA lab book is the only...

Bag the perfect GCSE dictionary this Back to School. The perfect dictionary reference with 200,000 words and phrases for daily use. Language usage notes help you choose the right word and the easy-to-use layout allows you to find what you're...

"A feminist classic."-Judith Shulevitz, New York Times Book Review"A pivotal book, one of those after which we will never think the same again."-Carolyn G. Heilbrun, Washington Post Book World A pathbreaking book of literary criticism is now reissued...

Trust Scotland's most popular revision guides to deliver the results you want. The How to Pass series is chosen by students, parents and teachers again and again.This is the only study guide that is structured around the skills of reading, writing,...

Chinese is a fascinating language that can seem impossibly difficult to learn at first but is relatively easy if you focus on the spoken language. This user-friendly guide to the basics helps you learn how to speak Chinese quickly and easily by drawing...

"Guy Deutscher is that rare beast, an academic who talks good sense about linguistics... he argues in a playful and provocative way, that our mother tongue does indeed affect how we think and, just as important, how we perceive the world." Observer*Does...