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Subject |
Books |
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Art & Design |
No books required |
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Biology |
Nelson Thornes AQA Biology AS Student book – author Glenn Toole and Susan Toole published 26/4/2008 priced at £19.99 – ISBN 978-0-7487-8275-8
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Business Studies |
AQA Business Studies AS, Steven Foden, Diane Mansell, Peter Stimpson (Publishers Nelson Thornes) ISBN 978-0-7487-9846-9 |
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Chemistry |
Salters Advanced Chemistry: Chemical Ideas 3rd Edition, by: Adelene Cogill, Frank Harriss, Chris Otter, Gill Saville, Dave Waistnidge, Ashley Wheway. Publisher: Heinemann, ISBN: 9780435631499, RRP: £22.99
Salters Advanced Chemistry: Chemical Storylines AS 3rd Edition, by: Frank Harriss, Chris Otter, Gwen Pilling, Gill Saville, Dave Waistnidge, Ashley Wheway. Publisher: Heinemann, ISBN: 9780435631475, RRP: £15.99 |
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Classics |
The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) (Paperback) by Homer (Author), D.C.H. Rieu (Editor), Peter Jones (Introduction), E.V. Rieu (Translator) ISBN-10: 0140449116
ISBN-13: 978-0140449112
A History of Sparta (Bristol Classical Paperbacks.) (Unknown
Binding)
by W.G. Forrest (Author) ISBN-10: 1853994774 ISBN-13:
978-1853994777
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Design Technology |
Combined AS-A2 D&T Textbook for next year has a list price of £19.99.
AQA Design & Technology Product Design.
Published by Nelson Thornes.
ISBN 978-0-7487-8257-4 |
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Economics |
Edexcel Economics 5th Edition “A” Level, Alain Anderton (Publishers Pearson Education) ISBN 978-1-40589-228-5 |
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English |
Texts to purchase for AS study 2008-9
Please make sure that the following texts are purchased by the time you start year 12 in September. We would also expect you to have read the two novels for study in Unit 1 as a priority.
It is essential that you purchase the EXACT edition specified by the exam board, and that if we have instructed you to purchase two copies (one clean for the exam – and one for notation in class) that you do so!
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Name of text |
Name of Author |
Publisher |
ISBN |
No. copies? |
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Birdsong |
Sebastian Faulks |
Vintage |
9780099387916 |
2 |
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Great Expectations |
Charles Dickens |
Penguin |
9780140620160 |
2 |
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Hamlet
(coursework) |
William Shakespeare |
Heinemann Advanced Shakespeare |
9780435193102 |
1 |
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A Streetcar Named Desire
(coursework) |
Tennessee Williams |
Penguin Classics |
9780141182568 |
1 |
You will also be given a Poetry Anthology which is free of charge for your Unit 1. You can collect this when the course commences in September, but the main poets you will study at AS are
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Thomas Hardy
W.H. Auden
Texts to purchase for A2 study 2008-9
Please make sure that the following texts are purchased by the time you return from Study Leave in year 12. Please be clear – no text = no lesson and immediate detention.
We will start immediately with A Passage to India so make this your absolute priority.
It is essential that you purchase the EXACT edition specified by the exam board, and that if we have instructed you to purchase two copies (one clean for the exam – and one for notation in class) that you do so!
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Name of text |
Name of Author |
Publisher |
ISBN |
No. copies? |
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A Passage to India |
E.M.Forster |
Penguin |
0-140-27423-5 |
1 |
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Othello (FOR EXAM) |
William Shakespeare |
Penguin Popular Classics |
978-0-140-62105-1 |
1 = £2 |
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Othello (FOR CLASS) |
William Shakespeare (edited by Colin Gray) |
Heinemann Advanced Shakespeare |
0-435-19305-8 |
1 |
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A Merchant’s Tale |
Geoffrey Chaucer |
Cambridge University Press |
0-521-04631-9 |
2 (one clean/one for notes) |
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Songs of Innocence and Experience |
William Blake (edited by Geoffrey Keynes) |
Oxford University Press |
0-19-281089-8 |
1 |
ALSO YOU WILL NEED TO KEEP YOUR BETJEMAN IN GOOD CONDITION AS THIS IS ALSO AN A2 TEXT O BE COMBINED WITH BLAKE NEXT YEAR.
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French |
The textbook that we will use for L6 students in French is:
Title: “Edexcel A Level French (AS) Student Book and CDROM”
Author: Clive Bell & Anneli McLachlan Publisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435396107 Price: £17.99
Available in July 2008
Students could also buy the Grammar Practice Book:
Title: Edexcel A Level French Grammar Practice Book
Author: N/A. Publisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435396091 Price: £8.50
Available in August 2008
http://www.heinemann.co.uk/Series/Secondary/EdexcelALevelFrench/EdexcelALevelFrench.aspx |
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Geography |
AQA AS Geography [Philip Allan]
Authors: Barker, Redfern and Skinner
ISBN: 978-0-340-94611-4 |
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German |
To be advised |
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History |
To be advised |
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ICT |
OCR ICT for AS
Hodder Education by Paul Long, Glen Milbury and Sonia Stuart |
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Mathematics |
The Mathematics Department provide their own books according to modules undertaken at competitive prices. More information will be provided at the start of term.
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Medieval History |
R. Huscroft, Ruling England 1052-1216 (ISBN: 0582848822) J. Phillips. The Crusades 1095-1197 (ISBN: 0582328225) |
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Music |
AS Music Study Guide Paul Terry and David Bowman Edexcel
specification)
Published by Rhinegold £19.95 (Order code N304)
AS Music Harmony Workbook Hugh Benham
Published by Rhinegold £19.95 (Order code N427)
AS Music Composition Workbook Alan Charton and Robert Steadman Published by Rhinegold £19.95 (Order Code N419) |
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Philosophy |
AQA AS Philosophy: Student's Book, by M. Butler & D. Rawlinson. Publisher: Nelson Thornes, ISBN: 0748798587, RRP: £18.99 |
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Physical Education |
Title: 'AQA AS Physical Education' (It is the one exclusively endorsed by AQA)
ISBN: 978 1 4085 0015 6
Authors: Paul Bevis + Mike Murray
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
RRP: varies
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Physics |
Nelson Thornes AQA Physics A AS Student book - author J Breithaupt published 25/3/2008 priced at £19.99. – ISBN 978-0-7487-8282-6
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Religious Studies |
Religious Studies: Philosophy of Religion, ISBN 978 0 7487 9820 9
Religious Studies: Ethics, ISBN 978 0 7487 9819 3
Both books are published by Nelson Thornes and cost £12:99 each.
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