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Join Winnie the witch and her cat Wilbur in two fast and furious stories with short chapters. In Whizz-Bang Winnie, Winnie and Wilbur join a motor race on their broomstick, and in Giddy-up, Winnie, Winnie brings her magic to a horse race!Books with short chapters are a great way for children who are reading independently to extend reading stamina and progress to the next step of their reading journey. This Read with Oxford Stage 6 book has two engaging stories with short chapters and humorous colour illustrations. Tips for parents and fun after-reading activities help you to get the most out of the stories. Featuring much-loved characters, great authors, engaging storylines and fun activities, Read with Oxford offers an exciting range of carefully levelled reading books to build your child''s reading confidence. Since Winnie and Wilbur first appeared in 1987 they have been delighting children and adults in homes and schools all over the world and more than 7 million books have been sold.Find practical advice, free eBooks and fun activities to help your child progress on oxfordowl.co.uk. Let''s get them flying!

Bond 10 Minute Tests are perfect for bite-sized practice for all the core non-verbal reasoning question types in the 11+ and other school entrance exams. Features include:• A combination of skills-based tests and 6 mixed tests• Provides essential practice in finding the odd one out, reflections and shapes, sequences and patterns, and solving coded shapes• Answers in a pull-out section that can be easily removed• A puzzles section to keep children engaged whilst reinforcing exam skills• A progress grid at the back of the book to keep track of scores• For children aged 7-8Used in combination with the Bond 11+ Non-verbal Reasoning Handbook (9781382054195), Assessment Papers and other supporting Bond titles, the 10 Minute Tests offer focused practice for the 11+ at home.

Oxford International Science teaches students the skills they need to become confident scientists. Students discover the joy of learning science through experiments and investigations that stimulate their curiosity. Through an enquiry-based approach, Oxford International Science encourages active collaboration, develops scientific knowledge, skills, and understanding, stimulates curiosity, and promotes a joy of learning. The topics covered ask students big questions and encourage them to make connections to the real world. Workbooks provide write-in materials for classroom activities and practical investigations, and additional support resources and questions suitable for the classroom or home study. Includes answer key, making it easy for students to check their work, self-assess, and correct.

Bond Brain Training Puzzles provide fun challenges that entertain and stretch young minds, and are a great way to build the skills required for the 11+ and other school entrance exams. Word Puzzles has been designed by Bond to develop children''s abilities with words through problem-solving. Key features include:• Packed with over 100 puzzles • Puzzles broken up into Warm-up, Intermediate and Tricky levels so children can take on the challenge that suits them best• Builds essential logic and reasoning skills in alignment with the national school curriculum, and core SATS and 11+ exam skills• Perfect for covert learning

In Burps, Scabs and Smells, find out gruesome facts such as why we burp, why bogies are green and whether geese have goosebumps!Oxford Reading Tree inFact is a non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully as fiction does. The variety of topics means there are books to interest every child in this compelling series. The series is written by top children''s authors and subject experts. The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

Nobody suspects that intelligent life exists on other planets until a cylinder falls to Earth and lands in the town of Woking. From this ominous metallic cylinder emerge the unsightly Martians, equipped with terrifying killing machines. Although the Martians initially provoke local curiosity, this rapidly turns to fear as the savage attacks begin.

Con una gran cantidad de contenido digital, el Pack de Libro Impreso y Digital y con un enfoque basado en conceptos, se ha desarrollado en cooperación con la organización IB para proporcionar un apoyo completo al nuevo programa de estudios de Matemáticas: Análisis y Enfoques Nivel Medio del Programa del IB Diploma, cuya primera ensenanza ha sido establecida en septiembre de 2019.

The Level 1+ Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories, written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta, provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills. First Sentences and More First Sentences A, B and C introduce children to stories told through complete sentences to provide practice of high frequency vocabulary to build confidence and fluency. Patterned Stories and More Patterned Stories A practise vocabulary in the context of a repeated sentence structure to help develop confidence and fluency.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children''s reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.

Alexander * Demosthenes * Phocion * Eumenes * Demetrius * Pyrrhus * Agis and Cleomenes * Aratus * Philopoemen * FlamininusThis selection of ten Lives traces the history of Hellenistic Greece from the rise of Macedon and Alexander''s conquest of the Persian empire to the arrival of the Romans. Plutarch''s biographies of eminent politicians, rulers, and soldiers combine vivid portraits of their subjects with a wealth of historical information; they constitute a uniquely important source for the period. We see how Greek politics changed as Macedon''s power grew, and we learn of the warlords who followed Alexander. Resistance to Macedon is reflected in the Lives of Demosthenes and Aratus, and that of Agis and Cleomenes, two revolutionary kings of Sparta. The volume concludes with the emergence of Rome in Greek affairs, and the life of Flamininus, the Roman general who defeated Philip V of Macedon.Plutarch''s elegant style combines anecdote and erudition, humour and psychological insight, consummately translated by Robin Waterfield and introduced by Andrew Erskine. These Lives from the Hellenistic period complement Greek Lives and Roman Lives in Oxford World''s Classics. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

This textbook provides a comprehensive scholarly introduction to Classical Chinese and its texts. Classical Chinese is the language of Confucius and Mencius and their contemporaries, who wrote the seminal texts of Chinese philosophy more than 2,000 years ago. Although it was used as a living language for only a relatively short time, it was the foundation of Chinese education throughout the Imperial age, and formed the basis of a literary tradition that continues to the present day. This book offers students all the necessary tools to read, understand, and analyse Classical Chinese texts, including: step-by-step clearly illustrated descriptions of syntactic features; core vocabulary lists; introductions to relevant historical and cultural topics; selected readings from classical literature with original commentaries and in-depth explanations; introductions to dictionaries and other reference works on the study of ancient China; and a guide to philological methods used in the critical analysis of Classical Chinese texts. The extensive glossary provides phonological reconstructions, word classes, English translations, and citations to illustrate usage, while the up-to-date bibliography serves as a valuable starting point for further research.

Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (commonly known as Fanny Hill), the most famous erotic novel in English, was denounced by its author as ''a Book I disdain to defend, and wish, from my soul, buried and forgot''. Cleland''s critics too condemned the ''infamous'' and ''poisonous'' novel when it first appeared in 1748-9. But the proliferation of editions, adaptations, and translations since then bears witness not only to the popularity of scandalous novels, but also to the book''s literary merit. Recounted with a lively use of metaphor and some curiously moral asides, Fanny Hill''s boisterous education as a London prostitute never quite effaces the ingenuous charm of her country upbringing, and her story places her among the great heroines of eighteenth-century literature. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

''you''ll find another man to harvest, Glycerion: let this one go''The Greek satirist Lucian was a brilliantly entertaining writer who invented the comic dialogue as a vehicle for satiric comment. His influence was immense, not only in the Greek world, but on later European writers such as Rabelais and Swift. His dialogues puncture the pretensions of pompous philosophers and describe the daily lives of Greek courtesans; they are peopled by politicians, historians and ordinary citizens, as well as by gods and mythic figures. This selection provides a cross-section of Lucian''s styles and satirical targets, from serious polemic to lighter squibs and character portrayals. It includes How to Write History and his most famous piece, A True History, a fabulous tale of space travel and a monstrous whale which prefigures the fantasies of Jules Verne.This lively new translation is both accurate and idiomatic, and the introduction highlights Lucian''s importance in his own and later times. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Comprehensive and engaging, this colourful study covers the whole sweep of ritual history from the earliest written records to the present day. From May Day revels and Midsummer fires, to Harvest Home and Hallowe''en, to the twelve days of Christmas, Ronald Hutton takes us on a fascinating journey through the ritual year in Britain. He challenges many common assumptions about the customs of the past, and debunks many myths surrounding festivals of the present, to illuminate the history of the calendar year we live by today.

The little mouse deer, Sang Kancil, thinks she''s the fastest animal in the forest. Will she win the race against Snail? Using the world''s largest known database of writing for and by children, our experts have defined 300 ambitious words to help children succeed at school. We''ve combined these with fully-decodable books that help you match your phonics teaching and practice, while inspiring and engaging your young readers. Specially developed to enhance children''s vocabulary alongside their decoding skills, these books are perfect for sharing.

This new edition of the best-selling and trusted Tricolore 4, is written by the highly experienced Tricolore team to give you materials that really work. It is suitable for all exam boards, with specific specification support on Kerboodle for AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas and OCR. It offers a smooth transition from KS3, whilst providing topic coverage to ensure seamless progression towards AS and A Level, providing assessment and exam-practice to ensure students are ready for the increased demands of the new linear course. As with the other books in the series, there is a systematic approach to language and grammar with clear progression leading towards the cumulative exam. The series includes: Student Book, Teacher Book, Grammar in Action Workbook, Copymasters and Assessment, Audio CD, Kerboodle.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.Can octopuses feel pain and pleasure? What about crabs, shrimps, insects or spiders? How do we tell whether a person unresponsive after severe brain injury might be suffering? When does a fetus in the womb start to have conscious experiences? Could there even be rudimentary feelings in miniature models of the human brain, grown from human stem cells? And what about A? hese are questions about the edge of sentience, and they are subject to enormous, disorienting uncertainty. We desperately want certainty, but it is out of reach. The stakes are immense, and neglecting the risks can have terrible costs. We need to err on the side of caution, yet it''s often far from clear what ''erring on the side of caution'' should mean in practice. When are we going too far? When are we not doing enoug? he Edge of Sentience presents a comprehensive precautionary framework designed to help us reach ethically sound, evidence-based decisions despite our uncertainty. The book is packed with specific, detailed proposals intended to generate discussion and debate. At no point, however, does it offer any magic tricks to make our uncertainty go away. Uncertainty is with us for the long term. We must manage our uncertainty by taking precautions that are proportionate to the risks. It''s time to start debating what those steps should be.