Designed for classroom reading as well as staged performance, these scripts are adaptations of popular stories from the "Treetops" series. They can also be performed by groups of as few as six actors. It is intended for use within the Literacy Hour.[...]

Provides an extension to the "Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops" range. This work, from Abu Simnel to War in words and pictures, presents an encyclopaedic treatment. It provides a graphic look at how Roman soldiers lived on Hadrian's Wall, includes an alphabetical tour of skills and knowledge needed for [...]

An extension to the "Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops" range. This title features: "Making Music"; "Hard Work"; "Under the Volcano"; "Winning Words"; "Wonderful Things"; and "Save Our Coasts".[...]

An extension to the "Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops" range. This title features: "Making Music"; "Hard Work"; "Under the Volcano"; "Winning Words"; "Wonderful Things"; and "Save Our Coasts".[...]

Teleosemantics seeks to explain meaning and other intentional phenomena in terms of their function in the life of the species. This volume of new essays from an impressive line-up of well-known contributors offers a valuable summary of the current state of the teleosemantics debate.[...]

Over the past fifty years, a unique hybrid genre of nonfiction cinema called the "avant-doc" has emerged in the world of independent film. Combining the unconventional techniques of avant-garde auteurs like Stan Brakhage with the verisimilitude of traditional documentaries, the avant-doc expands th[...]

Easeful Death sets out straightforwardly the arguments for and against the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia. Exploring the philosophical and legal debates as well as the medical practicalities of this sensitive issue, the authors ultimately conclude that the law should embrace a more [...]

Today Georges Bizet is most immediately recognized as the composer of the acclaimed opera Carmen. One of the most frequently performed operas for over a century, Carmen explores concepts such as the femme fatale and murderous jealousy with vivacity, color, and a wealth of melody. Yet it is only one [...]

The Helping Relationshipis a text for learning and teaching basic philosophy, helping skills, and processes that are essential grounding for most professions and for all human-contact occupations.The Helping Relationship presents and illustrates skills in the order in which they are used in the help[...]

'There was hardly a household in the land', writes Lyn Macdonald, 'there was no trade, occupation, profession or community, which was not represented in the thousands of innocent enthusiasts who made up the ranks of Kitchener's Army before the Battle of the Somme...' The year 1916 was one of the gre[...]

The Classic Account of Passchendaele - Reissued for the First World War Centenary. The third battle of Ypres, culminating in a desperate struggle for the ridge and little village of Passchendaele, was one of the most appalling campaigns in the First World War. A million Tommies, Canadians and Anzacs[...]

Can an orthodox Christian, committed to the historic faith of the Church and the authority of the Bible, be a universalist? Is it possible to believe that salvation is found only by grace, through faith in Christ, and yet to maintain that in the end all people will be saved? Can one believe passio[...]