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Operation Red Jericho
New Longman Literature: Operation Red Jericho
Joshua Mowll
What's the story? Shanghai, 1920. Doug and Becca Mackenzie's parents have been missing for over a year when they are taken to live onboard their uncle's ship, the Expedient, bound for a research expedition to the South China Sea. Doug...
Format: Hardback - Released: 13/03/2007
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Freak the Mighty
New Longman Literature: Freak the Mighty
Rodman Philbrick
A small classic, funny-sad, page-turning and memorable. Sunday Times
Format: Hardback - Released: 23/03/2006
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The Conch Bearer
New Longman Literature: The Conch Bearer
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
What's the hook? This classic quest story stirs the interest of reluctant readers while offering rich opportunities for extension work with the quest genre. The narrative involves the reader in Anand's inner conflict, enabling all readers to empathise with him....
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/04/2005
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Boy Overboard
New Longman Literature: Boy Overboard
Morris Gleitzman
The best fiction for the Key Stage 3 classroom!
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/04/2005
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No Angels
New Longman Literature: No Angels
Robert Swindells
What's the hook? The intriguing and thought-provoking parallel narratives gives quite unique perspectives on the subject of homelessness. What are the themes? Prejudice, courage, survival, family, loyalty, homelessness and injustice. Cross-curricular links to history, geography and PSHE are strong. Teaching...
Format: Hardback - Released: 11/03/2005
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Kite
New Longman Literature: Kite
Melvin Burgess
Burgess is a fine writer of dramatic narrative -The Observer
Format: Hardback - Released: 10/03/2005
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Millions
New Longman Literature: Millions
Frank Cottrell Boyce
What's the hook? Entertaining and highly original, this novel appeals strongly to all young readers. What are the themes? Bereavement, family, grown up, self discovery, responsibility, relationships, social conscience and money and its power to corrupt! Teaching points? Many opportunities...
Format: Hardback - Released: 26/01/2005
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Martyn Pig
New Longman Literature: Martyn Pig
Kevin Brooks
Martyn is resigned to having a lousy Christmas: his mum's gone, his best friend Alex is going out with an idiot, and he hates his dad. What he didn't forsee is the nasty accident that leaves him with a real...
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/11/2004
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MacB
New Longman Literature: MacB
Neil Arksey
In this version of Macbeth, transposed to the football field, MacB, with the help of his friend Banksie, plans to supplant Duncan King as the star striker. A nasty accident puts Duncan out of the game and gives MacB his...
Format: Hardback - Released: 27/05/2004
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Fat Boy Swim
New Longman Literature: Fat Boy Swim
Catherine Forde
What's the hook? A humorous novel driven with gritty realism and thrilling imagination. The good mix of girl and boy characters make this book great for whole class work. What are the themes? Social issues such as bullying, self-image and...
Format: Hardback - Released: 16/04/2004
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Hoot
New Longman Literature: Hoot
Carl Hiaasen
Roy's parents move around a lot so he's used to the new-kid routine. But his new home in Florida is the worst yet. Bullied at school and feeling out of place, life is not looking promising... Then Roy spots the...
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/03/2004
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Shadow of the Minotaur
New Longman Literature: Shadow of the Minotaur
Alan Gibbons
Phoenix is a death-defying hero of the Greek myths, battling the snake-haired Medusa and the invincible Minotaur...but only when he's not being bullied at the school that he hates. For Phoenix leads two lives - 'real life' and his adventures...
Format: Hardback - Released: 13/02/2004
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Point Blanc
New Longman Literature: Point Blanc
Anthony Horowitz
What's the hook? Packed with action and offbeat humour, Point Blanc captivates readers of all abilities. What are the themes? Violence for political goals, more dilemmas and the misuse of science. Teaching points? Vivid descriptions, convincing dialogue and cinematic sequences...
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/02/2004
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Stormbreaker
New Longman Literature: Stormbreaker
Anthony Horowitz
What's the hook? Action and tongue-in-cheek humour grip even the most reluctant reader. What are the themes? Moral dilemmas, the nature of heroism and individual vs society. Teaching points? Exciting action sequences, convincing dialogue and cinematic imagery make Stormbreaker ideal...
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/02/2004
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Thursday's Child
New Longman Literature: Thursday's Child
Sonya Hartnett
What's the hook? Mesmerising writing and a stunning story draws the reader in from the beginning. What are the themes? Families, generations, love and other cultures. Teaching points? An excellent model for exploring metaphor and symbolism with lyrical descriptive passages...
Format: Hardback - Released: 18/12/2003
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Of Mice and Men
New Longman Literature: Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
The books in the New Longman Literature series are suitable for use in the examination hall, with no notes to distract students. Of Mice and Men is the powerful story of the relationship between two American labourers and their dreams...
Format: Hardback - Released: 25/06/2003
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Classics Stories of Myths and Legends
New Longman Literature: Classics Stories of Myths and Legends
Gill Murray
These short stories have been selected to amuse, shock and demystify. New Century Readers is a series of educational texts for 11-14 year olds designed to encourage reading for pleasure and including detailed notes and a glossary. Activities offer specific...
Format: Hardback - Released: 19/12/2002
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The Devil's Disciple
New Longman Literature: The Devil's Disciple
George Bernard Shaw
1877. The American Civil War is raging and Dick Dudgeon is the Devil's Disciple, the black sheep in a self-righteous puritan family. But, then trapped in the house of the rebel leader, his mistaken identity leads him towards the gallows!...
Format: Hardback - Released: 12/10/2001
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Cannery Row
New Longman Literature: Cannery Row
John Steinbeck
Amid the sardine canneries, vacant lots, flophouses and honky-tonks of Monterey, Steinbeck assembles a colourful gallery of characters, including Lee Chong the grocer, Doc the marine biologist who surprisingly finds love, and Dora Flood, the flamboyent bordello proprietess.
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/02/2001
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Of Mice and Men with Notes
New Longman Literature: Of Mice and Men with Notes
John Steinbeck, Jim Taylor
George and Lennie are migrant American workers - the one alert and protective, the other strong, stupid and potentially dangerous. This is the powerful story of their relationship and their dreams of finding a more stable and less lonely way...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2000
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Educating Rita
New Longman Literature: Educating Rita
Willy Russell
Hairdresser Rita feels that life is passing her by. She wants an education. But does Frank have anything to teach her? Willy Russell's play gives a hilarious - and often moving - account of a young woman's determination to change...
Format: Hardback - Released: 31/08/2000
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I'm the King of the Castle
New Longman Literature: I'm the King of the Castle
Susan Hill
Hooper had known, from the very first moment he had looked into Kingshaw's face, that it would all be easy, that he would always be able to make him afraid. This tragic tale of two isolated children explores the nature...
Format: Hardback - Released: 31/08/2000
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Daz 4 Zoe
New Longman Literature: Daz 4 Zoe
Robert Swindells
In the not-so-distant future, two teenagers are divided by where they live - one in poverty, one in wealth. This edition is part of a series of pre- and post-1914 works chosen especially for 14-18 year olds. The series features...
Format: Hardback - Released: 25/08/2000
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Animal Farm
New Longman Literature: Animal Farm
George Orwell
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell's modern fable on the way power corrupts is as apt as ever in the twenty-first century. Educational edition of this much-loved classic from Longman.
Format: Hardback - Released: 25/08/2000
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Ten D.H. Lawrence Short Stories
New Longman Literature: Ten D.H. Lawrence Short Stories
D. H. Lawrence
This volume is part of the New Longman Literature series of modern and classic novels, short stories and plays. Each book in the series provides the complete, original text; a section by or about the writer; and a study programme...
Format: Paperback - Released: 08/04/1999
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Voices of the Great War
New Longman Literature: Voices of the Great War
Geoff Barton
The voices of the Great War still haunt, disturb and move us, From famous poems of the trenches to little known letters and diaries, this collection of fiction and non-fiction captures the emotions and aspirations of the women and men...
Format: Paperback - Released: 12/06/1997
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Absent Friends
New Longman Literature: Absent Friends
Alan Ayckbourn
This volume is part of the New Longman Literature series of modern and classic novels, short stories and plays. Each book in the series provides the complete, original text; a section by or about the writer; and a study programme...
Format: Paperback - Released: 22/10/1996
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Fiela's Child
New Longman Literature: Fiela's Child
Dalene Matthee, Roy Blatchford, Cathy Poole
Great literature from different cultures
Format: Paperback - Released: 27/09/1996
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Madame Doubtfire
New Longman Literature: Madame Doubtfire
Anne Fine
There's something strange about Miranda Hilliard's new cleaner-come-childminder, but Miranda can't quiet work out what it is. Still, the children adore her, the house is spotless and what could possible go wrong?
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/05/1996
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Doctor Faustus
New Longman Literature: Doctor Faustus
Christopher Marlowe
Texts in this series are written specifically to help students make the transition from GCSE to AS and onto A Level. This text was edited from performances in the time of Marlowe.
Format: Paperback - Released: 20/06/1995
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Poems 2
New Longman Literature: Poems 2
Julia Markus
Eighty-seven poems by a wealth of well-known poets. Poets include: Maya Angelou, Carol Ann Duffy, U.A. Fanthorpe, James Fenton, Seamus Heaney, Phillip Larkin, Sylvia Plath and Anne Stevenson.
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/05/1995
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Heat and Dust
New Longman Literature: Heat and Dust
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Two English women go out to India. One is Olivia in the 1920s. The other is her step-granddaughter who retraces Olivia's steps, trying to unravel the mysteries of her 'scandalous' life and becoming involved in a passionate drama of her...
Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/1995
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The Rivals AND The School for Scandal
New Longman Literature: The Rivals AND The School for Scandal
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Captain Jack Absolute becomes his own rival in love; Lady Teazle hides behind a screen to avoid a comprising scandal. Here are two classic, comic gems, complete with gossips, lovers, fools and duels.
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/12/1994
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A Christmas Carol
New Longman Literature: A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean and lonely businessman who despises the meaning of Christmas until one Christmas Eve when he is visited by the ghosts of his past, present and future!
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/11/1994
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Silas Marner
New Longman Literature: Silas Marner
George Eliot
Silas Marner's earnings exceed his simple needs and by candlelight he bathes his hands in gold. The desolation of discovering his gold is stolen is only relieved when he discerns and the gold lying by the hearth is the golden...
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/11/1994
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Poems from Other Centuries
New Longman Literature: Poems from Other Centuries
A. Tissier
Poems on seven themes from forty poets. Poets include: Emily Bronte, Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Blake; Emily Dickinson; Gerard Manley Hopkins; William Wordsworth; William Shakespeare and many others.
Format: Paperback - Released: 19/09/1994
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Stories from Asia A Collection of Short Stories from South Asia, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
New Longman Literature: Stories from Asia A Collection of Short Stories from South Asia, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Madhu Bhinda
A collection of stories by modern writers from South Asia. This collection meets National Curriculum requirements to read a range of literature from other cultures . The book also contains assignments and help for wider reading.
Format: Paperback - Released: 19/10/1992
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St. Joan
New Longman Literature: St. Joan
George Bernard Shaw
Seventeen-year-old Joan of Arc is told by voices from God that she will drive the enemy English army from her beloved country and see the French king crowned at last. This peasant girl succeeds against all odds. Two years later,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 18/11/1991
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Far from the Madding Crowd
New Longman Literature: Far from the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy
Bathsheba Everdene takes over the management of her uncle's farm with impressive confidence. But soon her emotional life is in turmoil as she is courted by three different men! Set in his powerful Wessex landscape, Hardy's novel combines comedy with...
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/09/1991
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Wuthering Heights
New Longman Literature: Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
Set on the wild moors of Yorkshire, this novel explores the strange and fateful passion of Heathcliff and Catherine against a background of violence and terror. One of the most famous and disturbing love stories of tall time.
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/09/1991
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Cry, the Beloved Country A Story of Comfort in Desolation
New Longman Literature: Cry, the Beloved Country A Story of Comfort in Desolation
Alan Paton, Roy Blatchford
Set against a background of apartheid, this is the story of Kumalo, an elderly clergyman who goes to Johannesburg in search of his son.
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/09/1991
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Lies of Silence
New Longman Literature: Lies of Silence
Brian Moore
Michael Dillon faces an agonising dilemma. Whatever he decides, someone will pay the price. The question is; whose life does the value the most?
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/09/1991
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Jane Eyre
New Longman Literature: Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
Orphaned and penniless, Jane Eyre arrives as governess at the home of the brooding Mr Rochester. Before long he has captured her heart. But what terrible secret lurks in the attic of Thornfield Hall?
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/09/1991
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The Importance of Being Earnest
New Longman Literature: The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
When Cecily falls in love with Algernon, who is pretending to be his friend Jack's wicked friend Ernest (recently deceased), there are bound to be problems not least from the dreaded Aunt Augusta.
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/09/1991
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Great Expectations
New Longman Literature: Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
An unknown benefactor provides Philip Pirrip with the chance to escape his poor upbringing. Aspiring to be a gentleman, and encouraged by his expectations of wealth, he abandons his friends and moves to London. His expectations prove to be unfounded...
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/09/1991
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
New Longman Literature: Picnic at Hanging Rock
Joan Lindsay
14th February 1900. St Valentine's Day in rural Australia. Nineteen girls and their two schoolmistresses leave for a picnic. Some of them fail to return. Murder? Accident? Supernatural happenings?
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/09/1991
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Pride and Prejudice
New Longman Literature: Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Part of a series of GCSE literature texts, this volume includes an introduction, pre-reading activities, notes and coursework activities. Also provided is a section on the process of writing.
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/09/1991
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Shirley Valentine
New Longman Literature: Shirley Valentine
Willy Russell, Roy Blatchford
The filmscript -- specially adapted by Willy Russell into a full-length play. Shirley Valentine has no one to talk to but the kitchen wall. Surely there's more to life than egg and chips on Tuesdays and steak on Thursdays? On...
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/09/1991
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Arms and the Man
New Longman Literature: Arms and the Man
George Bernard Shaw
Part of a series of GCSE literature texts, this volume includes an introduction, pre-reading activities, notes and coursework activities. Also provided is a section on the process of writing.
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/09/1991
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The Great Gatsby
New Longman Literature: The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The fabulous parties of Gatsby's mansion are legendary -- guests dance tll dawn. But whose face is Gatsby searching for in the crowds? And what secret sorrow lies behind his great fortune?
Format: Paperback - Released: 18/02/1991
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The Winslow Boy
New Longman Literature: The Winslow Boy
Terence Rattigan
When fourteen year-old Ronnie is sent home from naval college accused of stealing, his father vows to prove his innocence.
Format: Paperback - Released: 18/02/1991
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July's People
New Longman Literature: July's People
Nadine Gordimer
South Africa is in flames. The battle against white oppression is raging.
Format: Paperback - Released: 18/02/1991
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Brave New World
New Longman Literature: Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
Into the neatly programmed world of test-tube babies and drug-controlled happiness, misfit Bernard Marx bring the innocent Savage. Aldous Huxley's famous version of the future is also a chilling and witty comment on the present.
Format: Paperback - Released: 18/02/1991
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Pygmalion
New Longman Literature: Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw
You see this creature with her kerbstone English Well sir, in three months I could pass that girl off as a duchess So begins Henry Higgins' linguistic project to transform Eliza Dolittle's speech. But he hadn't bargained on Eliza's feisty...
Format: Paperback - Released: 18/02/1991
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The Cone-gatherers
New Longman Literature: The Cone-gatherers
Robin Jenkins
Calum and Neil are the cone-gatherers -- two brothers at work in the forest of a large Scottish estate. But the harmony of their life together s overshadowed by the dark obsessive hatred of Duror, the gamekeeper.
Format: Paperback - Released: 18/02/1991
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