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Who would have thought that a book about English would be so entertaining? Certainly not this grammar-allergic reviewer, but The Mother Tongue pulls it off admirably. Bill Bryson–a zealot–is the right man for the job. Who else could rhapsodize about “the colorless murmur of the schwa” with a straight face? It is his unflagging enthusiasm, seeping…
Here is a small fact – You are going to die. 1939, Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story…
Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. Coriolanus is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including websites) and classroom notes. This title is suitable for…
Lindie en haar maats se skooltermyn skop af met allerhande probleme. Wie is die twee geheimsinnige mans wat agter Lindie en Talita aan is – en wat wil hulle he? En dan is daar nog Gina se katastrofiese nuwe haarstyl, Matrone wat ‘n sjampanjebottel ontdek het en vasbeslote is om die skuldiges uit te snuffel,…
A seashell and a sealed letter form a tenuous connection to a forbidden wartime romance… 1937. Simon’s Town is a vibrant and diverse community in a picturesque part of the Union of South Africa. At the heart of the town is the Royal Navy port, and Louise Ahrendts, daughter of a shipbuilder, nurtures the idea…
When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of ‘rogue’ elephants on his reserve at Thula Thula, his commonsense told him to refuse. But he was the herd’s last chance of survival – notorious escape artists, they would all be killed if Lawrence wouldn’t take them. He agreed, but before arrangements…
One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is Sue Townsend’s wry and witty diary of the adolescent Adrian Mole.
The Republic of Gilead allows Offred only one function – to breed. If she deviates, she will, like all dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire – neither Offred’s nor that of the two men on whom her future…
One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is a sympathetic look at the confusions of adolescence. Buddy’s father, still dreaming of his teddy-boy youth, turns to crime, and his mother leaves home to make a better life for herself.
Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading. Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles, all featuring carefully graded language to make them accessible to learners of all abilities. Through…
This volume is part of a series of novels, plays and stories at GCSE/Key Stage 4 level, designed to meet the needs of the National Curriculum syllabus. Each text includes an introduction, pre-reading activities, notes and coursework activities. Also provided is a section on the process of writing, often compiled by the author.
Harry Potter’s summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a house-elf called Dobby, and rescue from the Dursleys by his friend Ron Weasley in a magical flying car! Back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for his second year, Harry hears strange whispers echo through empty corridors – and then the…
She will do as I have bidden her.’ Catherine Sloper is heiress to a fortune and the social eminence associated with Washington Square. She attracts the attention of a good-looking but penniless young man, Morris Townsend. His suit is encouraged by Catherine’s romantically-minded aunt, Mrs Penniman, but her father, a clever physician, is convinced that…
When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the aliens traverse the country in huge three-legged machines, incinerating all in their path with a heat ray and spreading noxious toxic gases, the people of the Earth must come to terms with the prospect of the end of…
14-year old Judy returns to Cape Town from England. Shy and interested in classical music, she makes friends slowly. Meanwhile, Wiseman and Zolani take to the streets, meet Lemmy and play music. Things get dangerous when the boys search for Lemmy, while Judy tries to sort out her own problems.
Aimed at both teachers and pupils at higher and lower secondary levels, this lively book offers a practical first introduction to the plays of Shakespeare. This volume is part of a series which uses classroom drama to teach English as a second language. Speaking the parts helps children to increase their confidence with English and…
Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. They live in a beautiful house, with a caring family, and attend an exclusive missionary school. They’re completely shielded from the troubles of the world. Yet, as Kambili reveals in her tender-voiced account, things are less perfect than they appear. Although…
Product details New Beginnings (2nd edition): revised and now even better! Features include: six new stories for a total of 20 by top southern African writers; wide range of styles, including the satirical, the lyrical, and the humorous; short, punchy stories with pace and freshness to grab students’ attention; introductory notes on stories and writers…
It is 1942 in Holland and the Germans have invaded. All Jewish people are frightened for their lives, so the Frank family hide. Life is dangerous but they hope for the best – until they are finally discovered. Anne Frank was a real person, and this is her diary.
Each book in the Longman Imprint series is designed to satisfy coursework requirements for GCSE examinations. Short stories, plays and novels are chosen for their accessibility to young readers and include many of today’s major authors and playwrights. The material is designed to reflect both male and female interests and an awareness of our multicultural…
“The storyteller is deep inside every one of us.” So says Dorothy Lessing, one of the storytellers in this anthology. We all enjoy listening to and telling stories. A short story is just a more organised form of our everyday stories, with the teller taking more care about how the story is told. Learners will…
A short story anthology comprising writing from South Africa, Africa and the rest of the world, including work by Nadine Gordimer, Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Margaret Atwood. The anthology supplies glossaries, biographic and background information.
The title of this work, “Attitudes”, is intended to sum up the link that connects the stories. Each story deals with the attitude of the writer (or one or more of the characters) towards different subjects. Most of the topics revolve around aspects of the human condition and so, along the way, views will be…
The series offers line-by-line notes in plain language, clear commentary after acts and scenes and practical exercises. Also included are comprehensive essays and background information. An ‘Africa writes’ feature relates Shakespeare to African literature, making Shakespeare relevant in contemporary Africa.
A collection of the playwright’s best-known works: Asinamali!; Sarafina; Township fever! And Magic at 4am!
Oxford Classic Playscripts: Canterbury TalesGeoffrey Chaucer is dead! In a dramatic attempt to bring him back to life, four medieval alchemists invite a group of Chaucer’s best-known pilgrims – the Knight, the Wife of Bath, the Pardoner, the Nun’s Priest, and the Miller – to tell their Canterbury Tales. New, innovative activities specifically tailored to support…
Publisher’s Synopsis Caryl Churchill: ‘A dramatist who must surely be rated among the half-dozen best now writing… a playwright of genuine audacity and assurance, able to use her considerable wit and intelligence in ways at once unusual, resonant and dramatically riveting’ Benedict Nightingale, New Statesman ‘Ms Churchill is one of our best writers… her…
About the Book A beautiful paperback edition of The Horse and His Boy, book three in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. This edition is complete with cover and interior art by the original illustrator, Pauline Baynes. On a desperate journey, two runaways meet and join forces. Though they are only looking to…
This unabridged, unexpurgated edition has been prepared in the belief that the student can reach a clear understanding of the play only through close and careful reading of the text. To this end, the commentary facing each page of text. To this end, the commentary facing each page of text has been designed so that,…
The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, naïve locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag – only to be quickly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray, as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. Soon the whole of…
When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama. A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new representation of black life. “A play that changed American…
Why does Sean risk going rock climbing in Montagu, when he knows his lungs may not hold out? Maybe the opportunity to spend time with the cool group, including the girl of his dreams, Tamsin, is just too hard to turn down… The climbing is intense, the rivalry over Tamsin is hectic, and then Kelly…
Born in a South Africa divided by racism and hatred, little six-year-old Peekay learns that small can beat big. Armed with this knowledge, he resolves to take on the injustices of his country, and sets his heart on becoming the welterweight champion of the world. Peekay starts to take boxing lessons, makes new friends, collects…
Almal is baie opgewonde oor Thomas se kans om ‘n sepiester te wees. Hy het immers ‘n rol gekry in Die Malans van Marthaheim, die gewildste TV-reeks ooit! En sy medester is boonop die aantreklike Fleur Vermaak. Maar dis die minste van Thomas se probleme. Hy wonder hoe op aarde hy sy plek in die…
This anthology of thirty-six short stories with supporting notes and activities has everything South African learners need for success in Grade 12. Features all the short stories chosen by the national Department of Education a clear introduction to the short story genre fascinating background information on each author, plus a photograph footnotes for each…
Mhudi, the first full-length novel in English by a black South African, was written in the late 1910s. A romantic epic set in the first half of the nineteenth century, the main action is unleashed by King Mzilikazi’s extermination campaign against the Barolong in 1832 at Kunana (nowadays Setlagole), and covers the resultant alliance of…
Sy is Helena Bosman van ‘n piepklein dorpie doer ver in die Noord-Kaap, maar Oupa en Oumie noem haar sommer Vaselinetjie. Sy is hulle veldbosengeltjie, hulle hart se punt. Tot Vaselinetjie tien jaar oud is en die Welsyn haar laat wegstuur na die kosskool in Gauteng die weeshuis waar Madiba se weggooikinders bly. Dis…
Op ‘n dag staan Gert Afrika met die kleuter op sy arm voor die agterdeur van die gegoede blanke boer. “Ek kan nie lat sommer enigiemand na my kind kyk nie, baas! Baas ken die spul! Dis heeldag dronknes en messteek…Sy’s al wat ek oorhet van my eie, baas! Kyk net watse mooie kind is…
Edited by George Kulbacki, this collection brings together nine intriguing and astonishing stories by one of the most outstanding storytellers of our time. Stories include Man from the South, Lamb to the Slaughter, The Landlady, The Champion of the World, Galloping Foxley, Mrs Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat, The Ratcatcher and The Hitchhiker
When Christina is sent to live in the grand country house, Flambards, she doesn’t know what to expect. Once there, she meets two young men, Mark and Will, trying to cope with their bad-tempered father. She also discovers a passion for horse-riding and a love for life in the country. As time goes by Christina…
’n Plaasmoord ruk ’n gemeenskap en familie tot stilstand en dwing die jong Faan Venter om terug te keer na die plek waar sy geliefde oupa vermoor is. Sy terugkeer na die plaas krap wonde oop van woede oor die moord, misdaad, korrupsie en die verval van die land. Faan is wanhopig oor sy toekoms…
Description In its towering central characters, vast geographical and historical sweep, and its variety of style and mood, Anthony and Cleopatra is perhaps the most ambitious of Shakespeare’s designs. Yet the degree and nature of its success remain surprisingly contentious, and performances of the play have seldom matched the extravagant expectations of its admirers. Michael Neill’s wide-ranging…
Things Fall Apart – One of a series of fiction titles for schools. Okonkwo, a man of the Ibo tribe in Nigeria at the end of the last century, is a person of substance, character and promise, but he and his people are doomed to be destroyed – both from within the tribe and by…
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