Persuasion

Persuasion is Jane Austen's last completed novel. She began it soon after she had finished Emma, completing it in August 1816. She died, aged 41, in 1817; Persuasion was published in December that year (but dated 1818). Persuasion is linked to Northanger Abbey not only by the fact that the two books were originally bound up in one volume and published together, but also because both stories are…

Caterpillars and butterflies

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9780746074473

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32 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm

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Usborne Beginners

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590 TUR c

Bugs

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ISBN/ISSN

9780746080375

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32 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm

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Usborne Beginners

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590 BOW b

Bees and wasps

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ISBN/ISSN

9781409544876

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32 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm

Series Title

Usborne Beginners

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590 MAC b

Bees (national geographic kids, level 2)

What's that buzzing around? It's a busy bee! With beautiful, engaging, and authentic photos, and accessible text, kids will learn all about these incredible insects in this Level 2 reader.

Trains (national geographic kids, level 1)

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9781426307775

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32 p. ; ill. ; 21,5 cm

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600 SHI t

Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah's inspiring true story—which was turned into a film, Emmanuel's Gift, narrated by Oprah Winfrey—is nothing short of remarkable. Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people—but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, le…

Henry's holiday

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ISBN/ISSN

9781447202714

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32 p. ; ill. ; 25 cm

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F SHI h

Why does E=mc2? and why should we care?

What does E=mc2 actually mean? Dr. Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw go on a journey to the frontier of twenty-first century science to unpack Einstein's famous equation. Explaining and simplifying notions of energy, mass, and light-while exploding commonly held misconceptions-they demonstrate how the structure of nature itself is contained within this equation. Along the way, we visit the s…

Learnership: raising the status of learning from an act to an art in your school

Today, we understand quality teaching better than ever. We have skilful teachers doing a great job in our classrooms. But when we have quality teaching and are still not achieving the results we're looking for, it's a sign that we don't have a teaching problem. What we have is a learning problem. Ultimately, learning is not the product of teaching, it's the product of the activity of learner…