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BA: An Insider's Guide is a practical, honest introduction to getting a great arts degree at university. Author Rebecca Jury has just emerged from the maelstrom of university study and offers her personal take on how to ace your BA. She introduces readers to everything from choosing courses (like putting together personalised gourmet sandwich), setting up a study space and doing part-time work, to turning up at lectures and tutorials and actually reading your 'readings'. In particular, she focuses on planning, work-life balance, st... read more

Covers all NCEA Level 2 Chemistry Achievement Standards. Features brief revision notes, worked examples and all questions from the 2006 - 2009 exams. Full answers are provided with A, M and E grades shown. Use throughout the year or from later Term 3 to revise and prepare for the NCEA external exams.

This Study Guide covers the internal and external Level 1 NCEA History Achievement Standards. All the year's work is carefully presented with revision notes, examples, diagrams, maps, pen portraits, illustrations and NCEA questions with answers detailing NCEA grades (A, M and E). There is NCEA material covering historical investigations, historical ideas, interpreting historical sources and historical settings, and how to describe these in an essay. Use throughout the year to help with homework, to support and understan... read more

Sing along with Play School presenter Jay Laga'aia and his favourite songs from the CD 'Come Dance and Sing'. You can sing along and play along on the guitar or piano with our book of lyrics, guitar chords and melody lines. The songs in this lively collection are all about family and community.

One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is a retelling of 32 legends from Greek mythology.

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A bright and lively introduction to basic letter-sounds, helping children learn to write letters and simple words. The third workbook in the series, with irresistible illustrations, fun colouring activities and stickers. Fully supports the UK Government's Letters and Sounds programme and phonics teaching in schools, and complements the Usborne Very First Reading series of storybooks. WARNING! Not suitable for children under 36 months because of small parts. Choking Hazard.

This full new edition covers the three external and a selection of internal the Level 1 Science Achievement Standards (S1.1, S1.5, S1.9, B1.1, C1.1 and P1.1) being implemented in 2011. It features theory, illustrations, examples and activities for student practice. Answers are given in the back of the book.

A new addition to this hugely popular series. An ideal introduction to the worlds of science, nature, history and culture. Numbered facts, simple projects, quizzes and cartoons provide a fun aspect to learning. Highly illustrated throughout with superb artwork and photos.

Issuing a warning against the imminent "Atkins Backlash", the author cuts through the haze of misinformation and delivers an insightful message to those living with cancer, diabetes, heart disease, obesity and those concerned with the effect of ageing. He also challenges the validity of these low-carb fad diets.

Have you ever wondered...how to cope with a very bright child when you've got 25 other children in the class; what to do now you're in charge of the gifted programme; how to help the teacher understand your gifted child. This book is written for everyone who lives or works with a gifted child - classroom teachers, GATE coordinators, parents and caregivers, special needs and resource teachers, counsellors and home-schooling families. They're Not Bringing My Brain Out: provides clear discussion of the issues involved for all concerne... read more

This book by a clinical psychologist was highly commended in the British Medical Association 2003 Medical Book Competition. “A wealth of experience in a highly accessible volume.” - European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. “A good, clear synthesis of the techniques that are available… [and] some nice, fun ways of presenting them to children.” - Journal of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. Also available: Clinician’s Guide.

This new title covers the NCEA Level 1 Chemistry and Science (Material World) Achievement Standards C1.1 to C1.5 and S1.5 implemented in 2011. It features theory, examples and activities for student practice. Answers are given in the back of the book. Use throughout the year to support classroom work, to help with internal assessments and to revise for end-of-year exams.

There's a new boy in school, and he's from Paris. Nancy cannot believe her luck. But this Parisian may not be as fancy as Nancy expects!

Tony Buzan, Mind MapR genius and founder of the World Memory Championships, shows kids how easy it is to become the master of their memories and succeed at school with his unique combination of learning tools. Tony Buzan impressed kids - and adults - with his incredible powers of memory on the UK kids' TV program, Blue Peter (April 2004), and again on BBC2's prime-time documentary, 'In Search of Genius' (May 2004), where one of the struggling schoolchildren he worked with memorised details of over 100 cars - when before he had stru... read more

A bright and lively introduction to basic letter-sounds, helping children learn to write letters and simple words. The fourth workbook in the series, with irresistible illustrations, fun colouring activities and stickers. Fully supports the UK Government's Letters and Sounds programme and phonics teaching in schools, and complements the Usborne Very First Reading series of storybooks. WARNING! Not suitable for children under 36 months because of small parts. Choking Hazard.

LEGO® Hero Factory: Keeping the galaxy free from pests and villains! New and exciting LEGO® adventures for beginner readers. LEGO® Hero Factory is the newest addition to the DK Reader collection. In this all-new Level 2 reader, young children beginning to read alone will meet the LEGO® Hero Factory heroes and learn about the world of Makuhero City, a modern metropolis full of different neighborhoods and home to millions of living robots who need help from their local heroes!

All monkeys love bananas! For breakfast for dinner for snacks and for lunch they all crave bananas, munch, munch, munch. Well, maybe not all monkeys ... A very funny picture book about one poor monkey who can't stand to see another banana.

The first ever sequel to Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, written by bestselling author Frank Cottrell Boyce and endorsed by the Fleming family. When the Tooting family find a vast abandoned engine and fit it to their camper van, they have no idea of the adventure that lies ahead. The engine used to belong to an extraordinary flying car – and it wants to be back on the road again... fast! The Tootings can haul on the steering wheel and pull the handbrake as hard as they like, but their camper van now has a mind of h... read more