AuthorKate Maurer
NarratorUnknown
Duration3h 45m
CategoriesChildren and Young Adult Non-Fiction and Educational Titles, English
Key StageKS4
PublisherPenton Overseas Inc
VersionUnabridged
With CliffsNotes Audio, there's no reading required - just listen and learn! Learn about the life and background and the author, preview the literary work through the Introduction and Brief Synopsis, explore the themes, literary devices and development of characters with the Critical Commentaries, examine in-depth Character Analyses and Critical Essays, and reinforce the material with the CliffsNotes Review.
Axed Between the Ears: A Poetry Anthology
Author: David (ed.) Kitchen
Author David (ed.) Kitchen
Narrator Jane Steel
Duration 2h 30m
David Kitchen's selection of modern poets covers a wide range of topics, from were-wolves to Vietnam, and has something for everyone. Poets reflect the diversity of contemporary writing and include Michael Rosen, Pat Arrowsmith, Adrian Henri, Edwin Brock, Elizabeth Jennings and Tony Connor.
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KS2 English: Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Study Book
Author: CGP Publications
Author CGP Publications
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 1h 10m
This book explains everything KS2 students will need to know about Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling for the English SATS. There are plenty of examples to demonstrate each point, with quick recap questions for every topic and exam-style tasks at the end of each section.
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Key Stage Three Shakespeare: Macbeth
Author: Group Publications Coordination
Author Group Publications Coordination
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 2h 41m
This revision guide to Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' leads you painlessly through the plot, exploring characters and explaining historical detail in ordinary, straightforward language. This is ideal for helping you with your Key Stage 3 English SATS.
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Stories For Boys Who Dare To Be Different
Author: Ben Brooks
Author Ben Brooks
Narrator Thomas Judd
Duration 2h 59m
Prince charming, dragon slayer, mischievous prankster... More often than not, these are the role-models boys encounter in the books they read at home and at school. As a boy, there is an assumption that you will conform to a stereotypical idea of masculinity. What if you prefer to pick up a book rather than a sword? What if you want to cry when you...
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Writers In Britain: The Romantic Poets
Author: Nicola Barber, Patrick Lee-Browne
Author Nicola Barber, Patrick Lee-Browne
Narrator Krystyna Gajda
Duration 57m
This audiobook looks at the lives of six extraordinary poets (Blake, Wordsworth, Shelley, Coleridge, Byron and Keats) whose work helped shape the Romantic movement, and examines the historical, political and social background that influenced them.
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The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
Author: Christopher Marlowe
Author Christopher Marlowe
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 37m
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on German stories about the title character Faust, that was first performed sometime between 1588 and Marlowe's death in 1593. Two different versions of the play were published in the J...
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Author: Susie Dent
Author Susie Dent
Narrator Jen Lunn
Duration 1h 36m
Susie Dent is here to take children on a rip-roaring tour through some of the most astonishing, amusing and sometimes quite revolting backgrounds of English words. Did you know, for instance, that 'fizzle' originally meant to break wind silently? Over time, it came to describe a weak, spluttering, hissing sound. And you might think that 'ain't' isn...
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An Interview With Robin Stevens
Author: Books Listening
Author Books Listening
Narrator Robin Stevens
Duration 14m
We speak to the author of the very popular children's series, A Murder Most Unladylike.
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Writers In Britain: Thomas Hardy
Author: Nicola Barber
Author Nicola Barber
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 50m
Hardy was a writer whose work highlighted the changes that were taking place as the Victorian age moved into the modern age of the 20th century. This audio book provides an excellent introduction to his work for students at KS3 and KS4.
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