In the closed society of Japan in 1862, a bitter battle for commercial supremacy rages between the Struan and Brock trading houses. Young Malcolm Struan confronts the complex politics of the Japanese Court and the samurai of the warlords to succeed in love.
This cd-rom program contains 101 study and reference guides, which cover the topics of: Plot Summary, Character Analysis, Settings, Themes, Form and Structure, Style and Point of View, and Chapter/Act Synopsis. REUPLOAD NEEDED
A Collection of Short Short Stories An anthology that offers students the opportunity to enjoy, investigate, respond to and write short stories by meeting them in their shortest forms. Each story is accompanied by activities: Fragments – to inspire talk about the pieces
Chips – for consideration of the technical devices that drive the story.Scraps – a workshop for imaginative writing and creative thinking
The Stage 4 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. Stories, More Stories A, More Stories B and More Stories C help children to progress from teacher-supported reading at the early stages to more independent reading. The new-style inside cover notes provide advice and support to help adults read and explore the story with the child
Monica Ali's gorgeous first novel is the deeply moving story of one woman, Nazneen, born in a Bangladeshi village and transported to London at age eighteen to enter into an arranged marriage. Already hailed by the London Observer as "one of the most significant British novelists of her generation," Ali has written a stunningly accomplished debut about one outsider's quest to find her voice.
