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Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) History prepares students for the
new specification. These books provide comprehensive coverage of
the latest Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) specification and are
designed to supply students with the best preparation possible for
the examination: written by a team of highly experienced History
teachers, examiners, and authors each book provides free access to
an ActiveBook, a digital version of the Student Book, which can be
accessed online, anytime, anywhere supporting learning beyond the
classroom chapters are mapped closely to the specification to
provide comprehensive coverage learning is embedded with exercises,
source materials and exam practice throughout transferable skills,
needed for progression into higher education and employment, are
signposted allowing students to understand, and engage with, the
skills they're gaining Pearson progression tools allow quick and
easy formative assessment of student progress, linked to guidance
on how to personalise learning solutions. reviewed by a language
specialist to ensure the book is written in a clear and accessible
style for students whose first language may not be English glossary
of key History terminology. Student Books will be available for the
following units: Depth Studies Development of Dictatorship: Germany
1918-45 A World Divided: Superpower Relations, 1943-72 A Divided
Union: Civil Rights in the USA, 1945-70 Dictatorship and Conflict
in the USSR, 1924-53 Historical Investigations The USA, 1918-41 The
Soviet Union in Revolution, 1905-24 The Origins and Course of the
First World War, 1905-18 Breadth Studies Conflict, Crisis and
Change: China, 1900-1989 Conflict, Crisis and Change: The Middle
East, 1919-2012 The Changing Role of International Organisations:
the League and the UN, 1919-2011 Changes in Medicine, c1848-c1948
Available: May to September 2017
Exam Board: Edexcel Level: GCSE Subject: History First teaching:
September 2016 First exams: Summer 2018 Series Editor: Angela
Leonard This Student Book: covers the essential content in the new
specification in an engaging way, using detailed narrative,
sources, timelines, key words, helpful activities and extension
material uses the 'Thinking Historically' approach and activities
to help develop conceptual understanding of areas such as evidence,
interpretations, causation and change, through targeted activities
has 'Writing Historically' features that focus on the writing
skills most important to historical success. This literacy support
uses the proven Grammar for Writing approach used in many English
departments includes lots of exam guidance, with practice
questions, sources, sample answers and tips to support preparation
for GCSE assessments. * These resources have not yet been endorsed.
This information is correct as of 31st July 2015, but may be
subject to change. You do not have to purchase any resources to
deliver our qualification.
From the bestselling authors of The Montessori Toddler and The
Montessori Baby, The Montessori Child guides parents in using the
principals of Montessori to raise their school-aged children in ways
that assist their development and foster a respectful relationship
between parent and child and world.
When children are given independence, the tools to succeed, and the
encouragement to build on their abilities, it's amazing what they can
achieve. The newest book in the bestselling Montessori series is an
everything-you-need-to-know guide to raising your school-aged child
(from 3-12 years old, with a bonus chapter for the teen years) in the
Montessori way. Educators Simone Davies and Junnifa Uzodike provide an
in-depth, practical guide to incorporating Montessori principles into
readers' everyday lives, with advice on everything from setting up your
home in ways that encourage curiosity and independence to supporting
your child's social and moral development with a balance of
limit-setting and age-appropriate freedoms.The book includes dozens of
hands-on activities to help foster your child's love of numbers and
literacy, art and science, and ones that encourage community-building,
social awareness, and connection with the natural world. The Montessori
Child offers a powerful alternative for parents who feel that family
life has gotten too complicated by showing parents how to make more
intentional choices for your family, how to better understand the needs
of your children, and support them as they develop their unique
potential.
A guide to raising a baby from birth to age one by applying the
wisdom of Montessori, from the bestselling author of The Montessori
Toddler and a co-author with expertise in infant care and
education. The Montessori Baby guides new parents in how to
interact with babies in ways that assist their development and
foster a respectful relationship between parent and child. It's
time to change the way we see babies. Drawing on principles
developed by the educator Dr Maria Montessori, The Montessori Baby
shows how to raise your baby from birth to age one with love,
respect, insight, and a surprising sense of calm. Cowritten by
Simone Davies, author of the bestselling The Montessori Toddler,
and Junnifa Uzodike, it's a book filled with hundreds of practical
ideas for understanding what is actually happening with your baby,
and how you can mindfully assist in their learning and development.
Including how to: * Prepare yourself for parenthood-physically,
emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually. * Become an active
observer to understand what your baby is really telling you. *
Create Montessori spaces in your home, including "yes" spaces where
nothing is off-limits. * Set up activities that encourage baby's
movement and language development at their own pace * Raise a
secure baby who's ready to explore the world with confidence.
Albion, in a time of legend. Celtic warrior Slaine united the
tribes of the Earth Goddess Danu and became the first High King of
Ireland. After ruling for seven years, he travelled through time to
fight for the Goddess in other eras before returning to save his
people from the Fomorian sea devils. Now, having journeyed to
Monadh to rescue Sinead from the Drune Lords, he must face the
powerful might of the Trojan army and their superhuman warrior, the
Primordial, in a battle to the death!
Announcing that rare parenting book that will not only help you
become a more effective parent but actually change how you see your
children. Written by Montessori educator Simone Davies, this book
shows you how to bring the educational values of a Montessori
classroom into your home-while turning the whole idea of the
"terrible twos" on its head. Here is how to set up
Montessori-friendly spaces in your home. Principles for fostering
curiosity in your child-and in yourself. Specific Montessori
skills-the winter coat flip; getting your toddler to pour his or
her own water and clean up whatever spills might occur. And it goes
much deeper, showing how a parent can really be present, be the
child's guide, and handle tantrums and problematic behaviour
without resorting to bribes, threats, or punishment and truly
celebrate every stage. It's also that rare parenting book that's
beautiful to look at, with a bright, airy design and simple colour
illustrations and photographs.
YUMI STYNES worked as a cook before going into broadcasting, and
SIMON DAVIS has edited literally hundreds of cookbooks in his
career in food publishing. They met while working on one of Yumi's
cookbooks and discovered they share an insatiable desire to nail
the never-ending task of feeding a family (between them, they have
a LOT of kids). Inside their heads is an infinite Rolodex of
recipes, plus endless hints and hacks for getting the most out of a
meal without cracking the shits. So they decided to join forces and
launched a podcast to solve the daily dilemma of what to cook for
dinner. Since its launch, the 5 Minute Food Fix has consistently
been among the most downloaded food podcasts in the country, and
has spawned a vast collection of fans who tune in religiously for
dinner inspiration. This book pulls together the best hits from the
pod and some never-before-seen recipes, all of which have been
tested - and re-tested - on the world's most unforgiving critics,
and cooked under the most trying circumstances (during life or
whatever). Yumi and Simon aren't here to waste your time, so every
recipe has been developed to be quick, fuss-free and most
importantly, delicious. You need this book if ... * you're
constantly being asked 'What's for dinner?' and your answer is a
despairing shrug * you're exhausted by dinnertime and your
repertoire of meals is nightmarishly repetitive * you love food and
want to be a better cook but, like, within the bounds of reality *
you want to save money, eat less takeaway and generally be a better
human * you might not be nailing life but could possibly nail an
easy and delicious dinner.
Content Covered: The Norman Conquest Religion in medieval England
The Crusades The problems of medieval monarchs The Black Death
Migration
1763-1764 shows a relentlessly satirical Voltaire whether he is
goading the Le Franc de Pompignan brothers ("Writings on
Jean-Jacques Le Franc de Pompignan", "Instruction pastorale de
l'humble eveque d'Aletopolis", and "Letters from a quaker"), or
mocking Omer de Fleury for his stance on inoculation ("Omer de
Fleury etant entre, ont dit"). In "Voltaire and the tithes of
Ferney", there is further evidence of his continued involvement
with local and national politics on the subject of taxes, while
simultaneously penning one of his early essays in biblical
criticism, his "Catechisme de l'honnete homme".
"Cold war" was a term coined in 1945 by left-leaning British writer
George Orwell to predict how powers made unconquerable by having
nuclear weapons would conduct future relations. It was popularized
in 1947 by American journalist Walter Lippmann amid mounting
tensions between the erstwhile World War II Allies - the capitalist
democracies - the United States of America and Britain - versus the
Soviet Union, a communist dictatorship. As the grand alliance of
the "Big Three" they had defeated Nazi Germany, its satellites and
Japan in World War II but became rivals who split the world into an
American-led Western "bloc" and Soviet-led Eastern "bloc." Both
were secured from direct attack by arraying ever-greater nuclear
and conventional forces against the other while seeking global
supremacy by other means. The 45-year Cold War lasted until the
Soviet Union collapsed between 1989 and 1991. This second edition
of Historical Dictionary of the Cold War contains a chronology, an
introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section
has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities,
crucial countries and peripheral conflicts, the increasingly lethal
weapons systems, and the various political and military strategies.
This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and
anyone wanting to know more about this crucial period in history.
It has been over a year since journalist Seema Chaudry accompanied
cult survivor Avril Eason back to the village of Harrowvale, the
site of her terrifying experiences at the hands of Jasper Hillman's
Thistlebone worshippers, a crazed occult group that believed in an
ancient woodland deity. Intended as a cathartic experience, both
women were changed forever by what they were confronted with. Now,
in the process of researching a book on the Thistlebone legend,
Seema believes much of it centres around one man - Malcolm
Kinniburgh.
This highly praised book captures the essence and the madness of
the "balance of terror" that was the Cold War. Describing an
extensive period and much of the globe, The A to Z of the Cold War
presents a year-by-year chronology, an introductory essay, and
hundreds of entries on civilian and military leaders, central
issues and peripheral conflicts, crucial countries and their allies
or foes, the contending alliances and the non-aligned, deterrence
and detente, the increasingly lethal weapons systems, and the
various political and military strategies. While both authors are
specialists in American foreign policy and diplomacy, Smith has a
particular interest in United States relations with Latin America
and Davis in Anglo-American relations. This broader focus is
helpful, because it enables the authors to have a broader view of
the Cold War, and having studied and lived in Great Britain, they
view events from a more neutral perspective. This, and a conscious
effort to maintain a scholarly balance, enhances the objectivity of
this volume. Smith and Davis have produced an easy-to-use reference
tool for both the history scholar and student.
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T.C. Eglington, Simon Davis
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Britain, 2019. The secluded rural village of Harrowvale holds a
dark past-that years earlier, on a farm bordering the vast tracts
of woodland, it hosted a cult that was seeking to escape
civilisation and find purity in the old ways, namely worshipping an
ancient deity called Thistlebone. Led by the charismatic Jasper
Hillman, their pagan beliefs grew ever more radical to the point
where they held the young Avril Eason captive with the intention of
sacrificing her. But Avril escaped...
Even by the hyperactive standards of Voltaire, 1768 was to prove a
remarkable year and this volume is distinguished by a multiplicity
of works. His interest in eastern Europe manifested itself in the
"Discours aux confederes catholiques", he was anxious to smooth
over matters concerning the alleged thefts of manuscripts by La
Harpe through the "Declaration", and was delighted when a ship was
named after him, publicising the event by composing the "Epitre a
mon vaisseau". His playful practice of attributing his works to
pseudonymous authors was joyously continued ("Instruction du
gardien des capucins de Raguse", "Lettre de l'archeveque de
Cantorbery"), and revenge was enacted on the author of the "Compere
Matthieu", a work attributed to Voltaire in 1766. The
reverberations of the Belisaire affair of 1767 are reflected in a
number of texts: the "Declaration", the "Lettre de l'archeveque de
Cantorbery", "La Prophetie de la Sorbonne", "Les Trois empereurs en
Sorbonne", "Le Sermon preche a Bale" and the "Epitre ecrite de
Constantinople". Personal scores are settled with La Bletterie and
with a new target in "Le Pyrrhonisme de l'histoire", Chiniac de la
Bastide; the basis of the authority of Rome and the Scriptures is
characteristically undermined in "Les Droits des hommes", the
"Epitre ecrite de Constantinople" and the "Instruction du gardien
des capucins de Raguse"; and the doctrines of Christianity are
likewise ridiculed in the scathing dialogue of the "Relation du
bannissement des Jesuites de la Chine". In some respects, however,
1768 can be regarded as a year of relative optimism, with
Voltaire's belief, perhaps, that the philosophic cause was gaining
ground.
Albion, in a time of legend. Celtic warrior SL AINE united the
tribes of the Earth Goddess Danu and became the first High King of
Ireland, before returning to being a wanderer. Now, having
journeyed to the Isle of Monadh to rescue Sinead from the Drune
Lords, he's discovered that they have been experimenting on their
own creations - including the brutal, superhuman Primordial, whom
Slaine has just learnt is his old friend Gort...
Large-scale data loss and data privacy compliance breaches continue
to make headline news, highlighting the need for stringent data
protection policies, especially when personal or commercially
sensitive information is at stake. While regulations and
legislation exist to address these issues, how organisations can
best tailor their compliance approaches to their own operational
circumstances has remained an open question. The focus of this book
is on operationalising a truly risk-based approach to data
protection and compliance, beyond just emphasis on regulatory
frameworks and legalistic compliance.
Exam Board: Edexcel Level: A level Subject: History First teaching:
September 2015 First exams: June 2017 This book: covers the
essential content in the new specifications in a rigorous and
engaging way, using detailed narrative, sources, timelines, key
words, helpful activities and extension material helps develop
conceptual understanding of areas such as evidence,
interpretations, causation and change, through targeted activities
provides assessment support for both AS and A level with sample
answers, sources, practice questions and guidance to help you
tackle the new-style exam questions. It also comes with three
years' access to ActiveBook, an online, digital version of your
textbook to help you personalise your learning as you go through
the course - perfect for revision.
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