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In the News: Immigration and Asylum
Author: Iris Teichmann
Format: MP3 CD
Author Iris Teichmann
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 50m
Asylum seekers and immigration are topics that are constantly in the news, but do you really know the facts behind the headlines? This audiobook tells you all you need to know about this topic.
View BookCitizen Guides: What Happens In A Town Hall
Author: Simon Adams
Format: MP3 CD
Author Simon Adams
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 42m
Why do we have Town Halls? What do local councillors do? What happens in your local Town Hall affects you in many important ways, but do you really know how local government works? A Franklin Watts title.
View BookCitizen Guides: What Happens In A Law Court
Author: Dan Lambeth
Format: MP3 CD
Author Dan Lambeth
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 41m
Why do we have law courts? What do barristers do? How are judges appointed? What happens in a court of law can have an important effect on you, but do you know how courts actually work, and why? A Franklin Watts title.
View BookModern World History For Edexcel: Britain In the Age of Total War 1939-1945
Author: Malcolm Chandler
Format: MP3 CD
Author Malcolm Chandler
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 1h 10m
Written by one of the senior examiners for Edexcel, this coursework topic audio book provides the necessary background information to help students complete coursework assignments on the subject of life in Britain between 1939-1945. A Heinemann Educational title.
View BookWhat's At Issue: Media and Censorship
Author: Roger Thomas
Format: MP3 CD
Author Roger Thomas
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 1h 50m
What is the role of the media? This audio book features case studies of the media and reveals facts, figures, tips and useful contact names for issues in media and censorship. It also provides a range of information that will help you to come to your own balanced conclusion on the issues discussed.
View BookIn the News: Food Safety and Farming
Author: Andrea Smith, Claire Harte
Format: MP3 CD
Author Andrea Smith, Claire Harte
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 52m
An informative guide to the various issues surrounding food safety and farming. This audiobook explores topics from 'mad cow' disease to genetically modified crops and attempts to discover the facts behind the headlines.
View BookAuthor: Norma Fairburn, Jack Priestly
Format: MP3 CD
Author Norma Fairburn, Jack Priestly
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 46m
Part of the 'Living Festivals' series, this audio book examines the importance of Holy Week for Christians. Although Holy Week is not strictly a festival in its own right it is a very significant period in the Christian calendar. The authors explain the stories behind the three special days - Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.
View BookAuthor: Chris Wright
Format: MP3 CD
Author Chris Wright
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 2h 12m
In this audiobook, students are encouraged to reflect on the 'big questions' about suffering, life and death in relation to Buddhism. There are activities to encourage students to make links between their own experiences and those encountered in religions, as well as factual information to ensure depth as well as breadth of knowledge.
View BookAuthor: Salman Rushdie
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Salman Rushdie
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 5h
Haroun's father is the greatest of all story-tellers. His magical stories bring laughter to the sad city of Alifbay. But, one terrible day everything goes wrong and his father runs out of stories to tell. Haroun, determined to return the story-teller's gift to his father, flies off on the back of a hoopoe bird to the Sea of Stories... This is a pos...
View BookHalloween, All Souls' and All Saints'
Author: Antony Ewens
Format: MP3 CD
Author Antony Ewens
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 30m
Part of the 'Living Festivals' series, this is an informative guide to the festivals of Hallowe'en, All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, which explains the history behind the festivals, their significance as religious occasions and looks at the differences in the ways they were celebrated in the past and the ways they are celebrated today.
View BookAuthor: Ralf Perkins
Format: MP3 CD
Author Ralf Perkins
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 45m
This audio book examines how the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement works to ease suffering and improve standards of health care around the world. Part of the 'World Organisations' series from Franklin Watts.
View BookOur Planet In Peril: Acid Rain
Author: Louise Petheram
Format: MP3 CD
Author Louise Petheram
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 45m
Ever wonder how acid rain is made? Or why it is dangerous? Discover the truth behind this environmental issue and some pratical solutions to prevent it.
View BookCritical Thinking: An Introduction
Author: Alec Fisher
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Alec Fisher
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 11h 7m
In this highly accessible book, Alec Fisher shows students how they can develop a range of creative and critical thinking skills that are transferable to other subjects and contexts. Critical Thinking includes topics such as: argument analysis, clarifying terms and interpreting ideas, skilful decision making and value judgements, and applying criti...
View BookMichael Rosen's A To Z: The Best Children's Poetry From Agard To Zephaniah
Author: Michael Rosen
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Michael Rosen
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 2h 26m
From Agard to Zephaniah, this wonderful anthology is rich with the many cultures, voices and sounds of the most exciting children's performance poets in Britain today. Whether it's haunting or funny, musical or compassionate, the brilliant Michael Rosen, our Children's Laureate, has created a simply stunning collection of the best of children's poe...
View BookOur Planet In Peril Nuclear Waste
Author: Kate Scarborough
Format: MP3 CD
Author Kate Scarborough
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 45m
What is nuclear waste? How is it made? Why is it dangerous? What can we do to reduce it? This series presents the truth behind major environmental issues, gives the facts and figures and offers some solutions.
View BookFlash Revise Gcse: Physical Education
Author: Tony Scott
Format: Stream / Download
Author Tony Scott
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 2h 26m
This audiobook is ideal for quick revision. There are over 350 quick-fire questions and their answers along with exam tips. Areas covered are: a healthy, active lifestyle and your anatomy; diet and your personal health and wellbeing, and exercise, fitness and performance.
View BookIdeas of the Modern World: Feminism
Author: Kay Stearman
Format: MP3 CD
Author Kay Stearman
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 1h 32m
This audiobook looks at the history of feminism and at its gradual impact on societies throughout the world. It also examines the effect that movements such as fascism and communism had on feminism.
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