Derina Dinkin

People are shaking off the memory of the drab austerity years after the Second World War. Ration books are now history. The good times have finally arrived. Families like Jacky Hyam’s are starting to be tempted by the incredible new household goods in high-street shop windows: TVs, fridges, washing machines, electric heaters, now widely available on credit. And Wimpy bars and frozen fish fingers are changing the culinary landscape.

Now, for the first time ever, teenagers are being wooed as never before, consumers in their own right. It is a dramatic cultural shift that sparks a huge rift between the generations. For Jacky all these tempting changes can only lead her in one direction - an all embracing desire for freedom - and a growing determination to break free of the traditional East End way of life.

Like Dr Jekyll, we all have a dark side… but this Text Guide will help students make sure examiners see them at their best! It contains everything they need to write unbeatable essays about Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and it's suitable for all major GCSE English exam boards.

Inside, you'll find clear, thorough notes on the novel's context, plot, characters, themes and the writer's techniques - plus quick warm-up activities, in-depth exercises and realistic exam-style questions at the end of sections, alongside challenging questions for students aiming for Grades 8-9.

When the Blitz hit London, everything changed. Once, the Home Front was relatively safe - now it wasn't. Suddenly, London was its own front line. Blitz Hospital follows the fortunes of two major London hospitals as they struggled to cope with mounting wartime casualties: St Thomas' and The London. The diaries, letters and reports of medical and nursing staff highlight the many human stories of tremendous courage and hope that lived and breathed within the corridors of London's hospitals during the Blitz.

Cambridge University is renowned worldwide for its academic prowess, but below the surface lurks a murky past. During the nineteenth century, the university became infamous for its dogged determination to cling to ancient laws allowing it to arrest and imprison unchaperoned women found walking the streets of Cambridge after dark.

Mistakes were made. Violence and legal action followed until finally an Act of Parliament put an end to the university's jurisdiction over the women of Cambridge.

Mary Coe recalls summers spent gleaning in the fields, laudanum-soothed babies strapped to their mothers' backs. Ann Sharman, married and pregnant at seventeen, imagines another life outside the village. Eighty-six-year-old Sybil Hayhoe looks back with pride at her years in service, while the village postwoman is sharply aware of her unequal wages. Girls aspire to be housewives, hairdressers or nurses - except Fiona, who dreams of training horses.

Told through the voices of ordinary women, Mary Chamberlain's portrait of an isolated village in the Cambridgeshire Fens remains as vital and thought-provoking as on its groundbreaking publication in 1975. A feminist answer to Ronald Blythe's Akenfield, it vividly captures the rhythms, hopes and tensions of women's lives in a working-class rural community, and offers a unique snapshot of an almost-vanished England.

This is a collection of the true stories of 40 inspirational figures from around the world, all of whom are physically or neurologically diverse. Each story includes struggles and triumphs, a motivational quote and information on each condition.

Reflective of our diverse society, this book features Simone Biles, Selena Gomez, Temple Grandin, Warwick Davis, Daniel Radcliffe, Stephen Hawking, Greta Thunberg and many more.

A poetry anthology for students preparing for the AQA GCSE English Literature specification Unit 2. This selection covers a range of poems from the English, Welsh and Irish Literary Heritage chosen by teachers to engage and stimulate readers in the classroom.

Sequel to: 'Helga' (12441). After escaping from the advancing Russian Army and experiencing hardship and danger, Helga finds her new life a further test of her courage.

Discover 25 mystical destinations from around the globe in this enchanting guide full of magic, folklore and exquisitely beautiful places.

Travel writer Sarah Baxter expertly curates the world's most wonder-filled sites where magic is made manifest. Discover the history and geography of each site and learn their most significant and spellbinding stories, with suggestions of features to look out for and information on ceremonies. Filled with beautifully bewitching illustrations, this guide aims to transport you, in the comfort of your own armchair, to sacred and mystical spots, digging into their legends and evoking their supernatural essence.

Seeking a transcendent travel experience? Take a magical pilgrimage to Alfaborg, the City of Elves; marvel at the otherworldly splendour of Xandadu, the heart of a lost dynasty; and discover the gateway to the afterlife in the Alepotrypa Cave. In these pages we meet mythical kings, explore sacred summits and enchanted architecture, and find a cast of giants, ghosts, golems and sea creatures.

Detective Tom Newquist died of a heart attack. His widow is sure he was keeping secrets from her and asks Kinsey Millhone to investigate.

Volume 4; LONDON'S OUTCASTS: Peter Ackroyd's work is his definitive account of the city of London. For him it is an organism with its own laws of growth and change, so this book is a biography rather than a history.

Investigator, Nancy Drew, is on the trail of a kidnapped Rock Star - but discovers a lethal conspiracy.

Tracey Beaker, the Great Inventor of Extremely Outrageous Dares - and I dare YOU not to say this is the most brilliant story ever!

I thought I was going to live happily ever after with Cam as my foster-mum. Well, ha ha! It hasn't turned out like that. Cam's so MEAN! She won't buy me designer clothes so all the other kids at my new school laugh at me. No wonder I bunk off and go to this special secret place. There are these two boys I meet there, Alexander and Football. We play the Dare Game - and I always win. I'm the greatest. I AM!

After forty years Janina Bauman is ready to tell the story of her life and experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto during the holocaust.

Victoria was just 18 years old when she was crowned Queen in 1837 - a tiny figure, with a will of iron. Never was there so queenly a queen. She made Britain great and the people loved her for it. In 1861 tragedy struck, when her husband Albert died. Dumb with grief, she hid herself away. Could anyone persuade her to be Queen again?

1832 - a period of English History that never happened. Good King James III is on the throne and the country is ravaged by wolves which have migrated through the newly-opened Channel Tunnel. When Sylvia and Bonnie (both orphans) fall into the hands of evil Miss Slighcarp, they must use all their wits to escape unscathed - for the governess is more cruel and merciless than the wolves that surround the great house of Willoughby Chase.

Mary, Madeline and Pamela – the three beautiful Wyndham sisters – were born into immense wealth. This biography of the sisters captures their dramatic lives from romantic beginnings to the tragedy and devastation of the First World War that brought a definitive end to their era and way of life.

A gripping children’s story from War Horse author and former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo.

“We all knew what was going to happen. We’d seen it before. A ship about to founder staggers before she falls. A huge wave broke over her stern and she did not come upright again..."

Life on the Scilly Isles in 1907 is bleak and full of hardship. Laura’s twin brother, Billy, disappears, and then a storm devastates everything. It seems there’s little hope. But then the Zanzibar is wrecked on the island’s rocks, and everything changes…

After her father's death in Belfast, Josie and her mother were given a roof over their heads by relatives in England. Their new home turns out to be far from a refuge - a nuclear power station has just been built nearby and Josie is determined to oppose it.

Charlotte learns to deal with her own family problems by discovering Lottie in a history project - a girl whose life in Victorian England was really hard.

Gabriel has no idea what the future will hold when he runs away from his apprenticeship with the bad-tempered stonemason. But God Himself, in the shape of playmaster Garvey, has plans for him. He wants Gabriel for his angel...

But will Gabriel's new life with the travelling players be any more secure? In a world of illusion, people are not always what they seem. Least of all Gabriel.

Cat’s granny is a little unconventional: she rides a Harley-Davidson and shares her home with nine cats and four dogs. Cat is very happy living with her but then her parents decide she should live with them and Cat has a fight on her hands.

Zlata was 11 years old when she wrote about her life in Sarajevo and the dramatic changes brought about by war.

A fifteen year old girl's nightmare of her father's death brings anger and grief until she meets a mysterious young man.

Four girls spend their summer holidays with their grandma in Cumbria and experience many fascinating adventures.

Enthralling story of Grace Darling and her daring rescue of shipwrecked passengers in 19th century Northumberland.

Between the parching land and the mothering sea lived a tribe, our ancestors. One of them a child, Li, is different, a thinker, a questioner, preparing herself and them, unawares, for the huge change coming. Four million years later, that sea is dry. Another child, Vinny, visits the site with her father. She too is a thinker, a questioner, a herald of change..

Helen and Chris are in their last year at school when Helen discovers that she is pregnant. Deeply unhappy and confused, she resolves to break off their relationship. Chris is bitter at Helen's decision, believing that he should be involved in any plans for the baby's future, but Helen needs time alone to make sense of her conflicting feelings.

The Mississippi of the 1930s was a hard place for a black child to grow up in, but still Cassie didn't understand why farming his own land meant so much to her father. During that year, though, when the night riders were carrying hatred and destruction among her people, she learned about the great differences that divided them, and when it was worth fighting for a principle even if it brought terrible hardships.

Anne believes she is the last person alive after an atomic war.

With some awesome facts, Palm Trees at the North Pole shares the science and history of climate change in an accessible and entertaining way. Palm Trees at the North Pole helps kids understand why and how climate change is happening, and what we can do about it.

Is anything bothering you? Problems in class or at home? Don't know where to turn for help? Log on to the Worry Website! Type in your worry and wait for the good advice to flow in.

At least that's the plan when Mr Speed sets up his super-cool new Worry Website. Holly, Greg, Natasha and the rest of the class think they've got shedloads of worries. But, as they find out, sometimes the best advice comes from the most unexpected place.

It's just your average Friday night. Then the police show up.

Your mum's been caught on CCTV, breaking into a giant chemical company. They say she's working undercover for A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E, a group against animal testing - but how is that possible? She's not a spy - is she? Now she's on the run - and only you can uncover the truth. And you've got to crack a code to do it.

Anila Tandy, the ‘Bird Girl of Calcutta,’ is given the chance of accompanying a scholar on an expedition to record bird life in Bengal. She hopes that this will give her the chance to search for her father who has been missing for many years and is now presumed dead.

Adventures of a runaway housewife.

As a result of a blood transfusion a young gifted 11-yr-old girl contracts AIDS.The story portrays the complex reactions of Amanda's mother, brother and grandparents, as well as those of the New England community in which they live.