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Better for Foundation Tier!!!, 07 Apr 2008
This book is quite light-hearted, and as another review says, probably contains everything you need to pass- get a C grade. It doesn't, however, contain the information i would personally say you need for the A*-B Therefore is better for foundation. I have now bought the York Notes revision book, which is much better for higher grades!!! A must have!, 17 Oct 2007
If you are studying this book for GCSE, I would 100% recommend you get this book. It is a fantastic resource and will definitely help you with your analysis and understanding of the book.
The guide goes into great detail and depth, some of which is not needed but interesting to read anyway. The guide is written in a way where many quotations from the book are incorporated into the guide. This helps you remember the quotations, and helps you in understanding how to use quotations effectively.
This guide provides everything you need to know about Of Mice and Men, including historical context and a fantastic comic-style summary which will aid you greatly in remebering when each event occured. A must have for every student studying this book, no matter what grade you are aiming for or which exam board you are on. Great for GCSE!, 13 Apr 2007
This is a very good text guide to help with An Inspector Calls at GCSE level. It gives you a great insight into the play and explains things very well. But sometimes it doesn't go into a deeper analysis and description which is required if you want to get the higher marks. But it has greatly helped me with the understanding and knowledge that I have of the play. why is this book so good?, 28 Mar 2004
this book is fab. Because it is not a "york notes" which is fab for studying books, plays and poetry. this book tells you how to write. basically! it helps with reading skills, writing skills and essential english. it even tells you how to do a speaking and listening!! if you do not have the english skills, doesnt matter how many york notes you've memorized you wont do well... if you cant write an essay you wont do well... i learnt alot from this book. its great. CGP books are great as they give you good solid facts with funny comic-like pictures. most of the pics are silly but they will make you smile! GCP also uses bright colours to make these books fab to look at. it doesn't matter how good the books are if they are 100 pages of black and white notes you wont want to pick them up and read it.
You Need This!, 25 Jan 2004
If You are studying this book for GCSE and care about passing, then get this book... JUST STOP WHAT YOUR DOING, RIGHT NOW & GET THIS BOOK! it gives you everything you need to pass, the door is right infront of you, you just have to walk through it!
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Customer Reviews
Better for Foundation Tier!!!, 07 Apr 2008
This book is quite light-hearted, and as another review says, probably contains everything you need to pass- get a C grade. It doesn't, however, contain the information i would personally say you need for the A*-B Therefore is better for foundation. I have now bought the York Notes revision book, which is much better for higher grades!!! A must have!, 17 Oct 2007
If you are studying this book for GCSE, I would 100% recommend you get this book. It is a fantastic resource and will definitely help you with your analysis and understanding of the book.
The guide goes into great detail and depth, some of which is not needed but interesting to read anyway. The guide is written in a way where many quotations from the book are incorporated into the guide. This helps you remember the quotations, and helps you in understanding how to use quotations effectively.
This guide provides everything you need to know about Of Mice and Men, including historical context and a fantastic comic-style summary which will aid you greatly in remebering when each event occured. A must have for every student studying this book, no matter what grade you are aiming for or which exam board you are on. Great for GCSE!, 13 Apr 2007
This is a very good text guide to help with An Inspector Calls at GCSE level. It gives you a great insight into the play and explains things very well. But sometimes it doesn't go into a deeper analysis and description which is required if you want to get the higher marks. But it has greatly helped me with the understanding and knowledge that I have of the play. why is this book so good?, 28 Mar 2004
this book is fab. Because it is not a "york notes" which is fab for studying books, plays and poetry. this book tells you how to write. basically! it helps with reading skills, writing skills and essential english. it even tells you how to do a speaking and listening!! if you do not have the english skills, doesnt matter how many york notes you've memorized you wont do well... if you cant write an essay you wont do well... i learnt alot from this book. its great. CGP books are great as they give you good solid facts with funny comic-like pictures. most of the pics are silly but they will make you smile! GCP also uses bright colours to make these books fab to look at. it doesn't matter how good the books are if they are 100 pages of black and white notes you wont want to pick them up and read it.
You Need This!, 25 Jan 2004
If You are studying this book for GCSE and care about passing, then get this book... JUST STOP WHAT YOUR DOING, RIGHT NOW & GET THIS BOOK! it gives you everything you need to pass, the door is right infront of you, you just have to walk through it!
The study guide, 08 Aug 2007
Wow this book really is great! It lists all the poems and annotates them with critical information you can use for your aqa a english language essays telling you all the key themes, feelings and attitudes towards the poem and lanuage used. Then if thats not enough it gives you sample essays by top class students on titles that regualarly come up in the exams. At the end of the book it gives you the common themes of all the poems allowing you to compare each poem in the essay. If your teacher doesnt know their stuff or your struggling to remember the class work this will explain each poem and help you get a good grade in your gcse. "I very much doubt i would have passed my gcse without it." I really recommend you buy it!
Very good and helpful, 17 May 2007
this study guide gives you some key notes on the poems from different cultures from the english gcse course. This is higher tier. It also provides information on how to plan and answer your response in the exam.
It is nicely layed out, colourful and interesting yet has lots of helpful information.
i highly reccomend this if only for the how to plan section.
includes poems like: limbo, presents from my aunts in pakistan. cluster 1 and 2.
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Customer Reviews
Better for Foundation Tier!!!, 07 Apr 2008
This book is quite light-hearted, and as another review says, probably contains everything you need to pass- get a C grade. It doesn't, however, contain the information i would personally say you need for the A*-B Therefore is better for foundation. I have now bought the York Notes revision book, which is much better for higher grades!!! A must have!, 17 Oct 2007
If you are studying this book for GCSE, I would 100% recommend you get this book. It is a fantastic resource and will definitely help you with your analysis and understanding of the book.
The guide goes into great detail and depth, some of which is not needed but interesting to read anyway. The guide is written in a way where many quotations from the book are incorporated into the guide. This helps you remember the quotations, and helps you in understanding how to use quotations effectively.
This guide provides everything you need to know about Of Mice and Men, including historical context and a fantastic comic-style summary which will aid you greatly in remebering when each event occured. A must have for every student studying this book, no matter what grade you are aiming for or which exam board you are on. Great for GCSE!, 13 Apr 2007
This is a very good text guide to help with An Inspector Calls at GCSE level. It gives you a great insight into the play and explains things very well. But sometimes it doesn't go into a deeper analysis and description which is required if you want to get the higher marks. But it has greatly helped me with the understanding and knowledge that I have of the play. why is this book so good?, 28 Mar 2004
this book is fab. Because it is not a "york notes" which is fab for studying books, plays and poetry. this book tells you how to write. basically! it helps with reading skills, writing skills and essential english. it even tells you how to do a speaking and listening!! if you do not have the english skills, doesnt matter how many york notes you've memorized you wont do well... if you cant write an essay you wont do well... i learnt alot from this book. its great. CGP books are great as they give you good solid facts with funny comic-like pictures. most of the pics are silly but they will make you smile! GCP also uses bright colours to make these books fab to look at. it doesn't matter how good the books are if they are 100 pages of black and white notes you wont want to pick them up and read it.
You Need This!, 25 Jan 2004
If You are studying this book for GCSE and care about passing, then get this book... JUST STOP WHAT YOUR DOING, RIGHT NOW & GET THIS BOOK! it gives you everything you need to pass, the door is right infront of you, you just have to walk through it!
The study guide, 08 Aug 2007
Wow this book really is great! It lists all the poems and annotates them with critical information you can use for your aqa a english language essays telling you all the key themes, feelings and attitudes towards the poem and lanuage used. Then if thats not enough it gives you sample essays by top class students on titles that regualarly come up in the exams. At the end of the book it gives you the common themes of all the poems allowing you to compare each poem in the essay. If your teacher doesnt know their stuff or your struggling to remember the class work this will explain each poem and help you get a good grade in your gcse. "I very much doubt i would have passed my gcse without it." I really recommend you buy it!
Very good and helpful, 17 May 2007
this study guide gives you some key notes on the poems from different cultures from the english gcse course. This is higher tier. It also provides information on how to plan and answer your response in the exam.
It is nicely layed out, colourful and interesting yet has lots of helpful information.
i highly reccomend this if only for the how to plan section.
includes poems like: limbo, presents from my aunts in pakistan. cluster 1 and 2.
Great play.., 31 Aug 2008
Didn't read this copy, but I have read the play and it's great. Although fairly old-fashioned, it's very easy to keep up with for young readers. Also came in perfect condition.
Recommended buy.
i am reading this for gcse its really good , 15 Mar 2007
i am reading this in my class for gcse english it has got such a twist in it its fab i love the character eric i am a little bit squiffy! the inspector is such a good character how he is so aburpt and stern and makes nearly all of them regret there actions the play preformed on stage is also amazing i would reconmend this to anyone who loves a good moral mystery murder well suicide and to have all there ideas how they thought the play would end out of the window
read it!
About An Inspector Calls, 11 Jun 2006
Some consider this play to be a murder mystery or whodunit but in the ending of the play the form of moral tale is added as the inspector makes the audiece think about their moral responsiblity and how they collectively killed an innocent woman Eva Smith. An inspector calls is a very well-written play and of course contains the three unites of time place and action. These are all constant throughout the play and so allows the audience to focus of the dialogue. Priestley's socialist view point are put across clearly and many feel after reading or seeing this play they are better people and live a more socialist life. Priestley's use of languge, hints puns and suggests a different meaning to the names Goole and Eva Smith. A good play and a must read.
A brilliant read, 15 Nov 2005
This book is a suprisingly good read for a play. The characters in this book are written under finese, you will find yourself relating to each of them; An inspector does indeed call around, investigating the death of a woman; as the story unfolds you are exposed to a world of deceit, betrayal, and social intolerence. It is an extremely well crafted book, plot twists are aplenty - its core ideas are representation of the time at which the book was set, the ideas of socialism and capitlism, money and love. In the end it is the combined act of each and every family member that seems to lead to the woman's demise. Each one of the family ended up affecting the woman in unimaginable ways - and only after recalecting, do the family peice together how they were involved (pushed along by the inspector), the true essence of the inspector is revealed - how he represents the guilt ridden voice in the back of your head, the final part of the story chilling in itself...when the inspector leaves, the phone rings, the police tell Mr Birling that they are sending an inspector, to ask some questions as they have just found a woman dead...
Relevent Then, Relevent Now, 04 Jun 2004
I think that An Inspector calls is an esential book to read. When J.B Priestly wrote the play in the 1940's, it made a big point a bout class, and although those barriers are alot more faded and fallen than they were, they haven't completely dissapated, making this play still relevent today. It is one of the set texts for at least one GCSE examining boards, so many will be studying it for their GCSE's. To those the reason to buy your own copy is obvious, school don't yell if you lose it, annotating is perfectly allowed, and the book is usually in a better state. The play itself, is very brilliant, very dramatic, exciting and intiguing (yeah, I know I can't spell). I won't give everything away (that would be very mean...)but as every character reveals their story, it links into the others, and makes you want to hear the rest. When you have heard all the stories, you can't blame the girl for killing herself.
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Customer Reviews
Better for Foundation Tier!!!, 07 Apr 2008
This book is quite light-hearted, and as another review says, probably contains everything you need to pass- get a C grade. It doesn't, however, contain the information i would personally say you need for the A*-B Therefore is better for foundation. I have now bought the York Notes revision book, which is much better for higher grades!!! A must have!, 17 Oct 2007
If you are studying this book for GCSE, I would 100% recommend you get this book. It is a fantastic resource and will definitely help you with your analysis and understanding of the book.
The guide goes into great detail and depth, some of which is not needed but interesting to read anyway. The guide is written in a way where many quotations from the book are incorporated into the guide. This helps you remember the quotations, and helps you in understanding how to use quotations effectively.
This guide provides everything you need to know about Of Mice and Men, including historical context and a fantastic comic-style summary which will aid you greatly in remebering when each event occured. A must have for every student studying this book, no matter what grade you are aiming for or which exam board you are on. Great for GCSE!, 13 Apr 2007
This is a very good text guide to help with An Inspector Calls at GCSE level. It gives you a great insight into the play and explains things very well. But sometimes it doesn't go into a deeper analysis and description which is required if you want to get the higher marks. But it has greatly helped me with the understanding and knowledge that I have of the play. why is this book so good?, 28 Mar 2004
this book is fab. Because it is not a "york notes" which is fab for studying books, plays and poetry. this book tells you how to write. basically! it helps with reading skills, writing skills and essential english. it even tells you how to do a speaking and listening!! if you do not have the english skills, doesnt matter how many york notes you've memorized you wont do well... if you cant write an essay you wont do well... i learnt alot from this book. its great. CGP books are great as they give you good solid facts with funny comic-like pictures. most of the pics are silly but they will make you smile! GCP also uses bright colours to make these books fab to look at. it doesn't matter how good the books are if they are 100 pages of black and white notes you wont want to pick them up and read it.
You Need This!, 25 Jan 2004
If You are studying this book for GCSE and care about passing, then get this book... JUST STOP WHAT YOUR DOING, RIGHT NOW & GET THIS BOOK! it gives you everything you need to pass, the door is right infront of you, you just have to walk through it!
The study guide, 08 Aug 2007
Wow this book really is great! It lists all the poems and annotates them with critical information you can use for your aqa a english language essays telling you all the key themes, feelings and attitudes towards the poem and lanuage used. Then if thats not enough it gives you sample essays by top class students on titles that regualarly come up in the exams. At the end of the book it gives you the common themes of all the poems allowing you to compare each poem in the essay. If your teacher doesnt know their stuff or your struggling to remember the class work this will explain each poem and help you get a good grade in your gcse. "I very much doubt i would have passed my gcse without it." I really recommend you buy it!
Very good and helpful, 17 May 2007
this study guide gives you some key notes on the poems from different cultures from the english gcse course. This is higher tier. It also provides information on how to plan and answer your response in the exam.
It is nicely layed out, colourful and interesting yet has lots of helpful information.
i highly reccomend this if only for the how to plan section.
includes poems like: limbo, presents from my aunts in pakistan. cluster 1 and 2.
Great play.., 31 Aug 2008
Didn't read this copy, but I have read the play and it's great. Although fairly old-fashioned, it's very easy to keep up with for young readers. Also came in perfect condition.
Recommended buy.
i am reading this for gcse its really good , 15 Mar 2007
i am reading this in my class for gcse english it has got such a twist in it its fab i love the character eric i am a little bit squiffy! the inspector is such a good character how he is so aburpt and stern and makes nearly all of them regret there actions the play preformed on stage is also amazing i would reconmend this to anyone who loves a good moral mystery murder well suicide and to have all there ideas how they thought the play would end out of the window
read it!
About An Inspector Calls, 11 Jun 2006
Some consider this play to be a murder mystery or whodunit but in the ending of the play the form of moral tale is added as the inspector makes the audiece think about their moral responsiblity and how they collectively killed an innocent woman Eva Smith. An inspector calls is a very well-written play and of course contains the three unites of time place and action. These are all constant throughout the play and so allows the audience to focus of the dialogue. Priestley's socialist view point are put across clearly and many feel after reading or seeing this play they are better people and live a more socialist life. Priestley's use of languge, hints puns and suggests a different meaning to the names Goole and Eva Smith. A good play and a must read.
A brilliant read, 15 Nov 2005
This book is a suprisingly good read for a play. The characters in this book are written under finese, you will find yourself relating to each of them; An inspector does indeed call around, investigating the death of a woman; as the story unfolds you are exposed to a world of deceit, betrayal, and social intolerence. It is an extremely well crafted book, plot twists are aplenty - its core ideas are representation of the time at which the book was set, the ideas of socialism and capitlism, money and love. In the end it is the combined act of each and every family member that seems to lead to the woman's demise. Each one of the family ended up affecting the woman in unimaginable ways - and only after recalecting, do the family peice together how they were involved (pushed along by the inspector), the true essence of the inspector is revealed - how he represents the guilt ridden voice in the back of your head, the final part of the story chilling in itself...when the inspector leaves, the phone rings, the police tell Mr Birling that they are sending an inspector, to ask some questions as they have just found a woman dead...
Relevent Then, Relevent Now, 04 Jun 2004
I think that An Inspector calls is an esential book to read. When J.B Priestly wrote the play in the 1940's, it made a big point a bout class, and although those barriers are alot more faded and fallen than they were, they haven't completely dissapated, making this play still relevent today. It is one of the set texts for at least one GCSE examining boards, so many will be studying it for their GCSE's. To those the reason to buy your own copy is obvious, school don't yell if you lose it, annotating is perfectly allowed, and the book is usually in a better state. The play itself, is very brilliant, very dramatic, exciting and intiguing (yeah, I know I can't spell). I won't give everything away (that would be very mean...)but as every character reveals their story, it links into the others, and makes you want to hear the rest. When you have heard all the stories, you can't blame the girl for killing herself.
Highly recommended, 29 Jul 2008
I used this for my GCSE english and found it very useful. The layout is very easy to use and navigate and makes learning this novel much easier. It is set out neatly and I thought that it was really interesting. I found that if i used them in conjunction with my school notes I had pretty much all the information that I could possibly need. Over the years I know many people who have used this book and there has only been good reviews. I highly recommend it.
Amazing, 04 Jun 2008
you do not even have to read the original book this book tells you all the plot themes and almost everything. to conclude i feel i could of read this book and not turned up to 10 english lessons
fantastic!, 04 Nov 2007
this really helps for your revision! it mas every detail you will need- down the a map of the farm and notes on the background of the great depression! there are character notes and easy to use! it has everything u need to revise in a small book! a MUST for revision
A great guide, 01 Dec 2004
This really is a great guide not just for GCSE students like myself, but anyone who enjoyed the book and wants to think more about it. A simple and easy to understand explanation of some of the more complex issues and ideas raised in the book. A real help with exams and with generally understanding and enjoying the book more.
Of Mice and Men - GSCE York Notes Guide, 19 Jun 2004
Ok, so when i first looked at my coursework title my mind was sent into a swirl on where it was i was suppose to start. You know the feeling, you've probaly got pages and pages of notes, or nothing at all. These guides i found to cover most of what was needed in my exam and coursework piece. By far the best study guides around. The language used is undastandable, it's cut up into clear, obvious sections, and they come up with them vital pieces of info needed to recieve them top grades. Of Mice and Men is an extremely deep and meaningful book, it's full of morals and steriotypes, which are protrayed quite simply in the book, yet it's possible to miss them. York notes picked up on EVERYTHING important in the book. From the lonleness of Crooks, Lennie and Curly's Wife, to revenge seeking Curly, and the simple minded Lennie. The book starts off my setting the scene, you get a picture of why the things in this books happened, mostly because of societies downfalls at the time, remember the book is written around the Great Depression. And ok, i know what you grade A students are thinking, you probaly wrekon your way to good at English to need these books. But i was a grade A student, and these books really helped me to achieve exceptional pieces of work and A* Grades. So swallow your pride and get one!
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Customer Reviews
Better for Foundation Tier!!!, 07 Apr 2008
This book is quite light-hearted, and as another review says, probably contains everything you need to pass- get a C grade. It doesn't, however, contain the information i would personally say you need for the A*-B Therefore is better for foundation. I have now bought the York Notes revision book, which is much better for higher grades!!! A must have!, 17 Oct 2007
If you are studying this book for GCSE, I would 100% recommend you get this book. It is a fantastic resource and will definitely help you with your analysis and understanding of the book.
The guide goes into great detail and depth, some of which is not needed but interesting to read anyway. The guide is written in a way where many quotations from the book are incorporated into the guide. This helps you remember the quotations, and helps you in understanding how to use quotations effectively.
This guide provides everything you need to know about Of Mice and Men, including historical context and a fantastic comic-style summary which will aid you greatly in remebering when each event occured. A must have for every student studying this book, no matter what grade you are aiming for or which exam board you are on. Great for GCSE!, 13 Apr 2007
This is a very good text guide to help with An Inspector Calls at GCSE level. It gives you a great insight into the play and explains things very well. But sometimes it doesn't go into a deeper analysis and description which is required if you want to get the higher marks. But it has greatly helped me with the understanding and knowledge that I have of the play. why is this book so good?, 28 Mar 2004
this book is fab. Because it is not a "york notes" which is fab for studying books, plays and poetry. this book tells you how to write. basically! it helps with reading skills, writing skills and essential english. it even tells you how to do a speaking and listening!! if you do not have the english skills, doesnt matter how many york notes you've memorized you wont do well... if you cant write an essay you wont do well... i learnt alot from this book. its great. CGP books are great as they give you good solid facts with funny comic-like pictures. most of the pics are silly but they will make you smile! GCP also uses bright colours to make these books fab to look at. it doesn't matter how good the books are if they are 100 pages of black and white notes you wont want to pick them up and read it.
You Need This!, 25 Jan 2004
If You are studying this book for GCSE and care about passing, then get this book... JUST STOP WHAT YOUR DOING, RIGHT NOW & GET THIS BOOK! it gives you everything you need to pass, the door is right infront of you, you just have to walk through it!
The study guide, 08 Aug 2007
Wow this book really is great! It lists all the poems and annotates them with critical information you can use for your aqa a english language essays telling you all the key themes, feelings and attitudes towards the poem and lanuage used. Then if thats not enough it gives you sample essays by top class students on titles that regualarly come up in the exams. At the end of the book it gives you the common themes of all the poems allowing you to compare each poem in the essay. If your teacher doesnt know their stuff or your struggling to remember the class work this will explain each poem and help you get a good grade in your gcse. "I very much doubt i would have passed my gcse without it." I really recommend you buy it!
Very good and helpful, 17 May 2007
this study guide gives you some key notes on the poems from different cultures from the english gcse course. This is higher tier. It also provides information on how to plan and answer your response in the exam.
It is nicely layed out, colourful and interesting yet has lots of helpful information.
i highly reccomend this if only for the how to plan section.
includes poems like: limbo, presents from my aunts in pakistan. cluster 1 and 2.
Great play.., 31 Aug 2008
Didn't read this copy, but I have read the play and it's great. Although fairly old-fashioned, it's very easy to keep up with for young readers. Also came in perfect condition.
Recommended buy.
i am reading this for gcse its really good , 15 Mar 2007
i am reading this in my class for gcse english it has got such a twist in it its fab i love the character eric i am a little bit squiffy! the inspector is such a good character how he is so aburpt and stern and makes nearly all of them regret there actions the play preformed on stage is also amazing i would reconmend this to anyone who loves a good moral mystery murder well suicide and to have all there ideas how they thought the play would end out of the window
read it!
About An Inspector Calls, 11 Jun 2006
Some consider this play to be a murder mystery or whodunit but in the ending of the play the form of moral tale is added as the inspector makes the audiece think about their moral responsiblity and how they collectively killed an innocent woman Eva Smith. An inspector calls is a very well-written play and of course contains the three unites of time place and action. These are all constant throughout the play and so allows the audience to focus of the dialogue. Priestley's socialist view point are put across clearly and many feel after reading or seeing this play they are better people and live a more socialist life. Priestley's use of languge, hints puns and suggests a different meaning to the names Goole and Eva Smith. A good play and a must read.
A brilliant read, 15 Nov 2005
This book is a suprisingly good read for a play. The characters in this book are written under finese, you will find yourself relating to each of them; An inspector does indeed call around, investigating the death of a woman; as the story unfolds you are exposed to a world of deceit, betrayal, and social intolerence. It is an extremely well crafted book, plot twists are aplenty - its core ideas are representation of the time at which the book was set, the ideas of socialism and capitlism, money and love. In the end it is the combined act of each and every family member that seems to lead to the woman's demise. Each one of the family ended up affecting the woman in unimaginable ways - and only after recalecting, do the family peice together how they were involved (pushed along by the inspector), the true essence of the inspector is revealed - how he represents the guilt ridden voice in the back of your head, the final part of the story chilling in itself...when the inspector leaves, the phone rings, the police tell Mr Birling that they are sending an inspector, to ask some questions as they have just found a woman dead...
Relevent Then, Relevent Now, 04 Jun 2004
I think that An Inspector calls is an esential book to read. When J.B Priestly wrote the play in the 1940's, it made a big point a bout class, and although those barriers are alot more faded and fallen than they were, they haven't completely dissapated, making this play still relevent today. It is one of the set texts for at least one GCSE examining boards, so many will be studying it for their GCSE's. To those the reason to buy your own copy is obvious, school don't yell if you lose it, annotating is perfectly allowed, and the book is usually in a better state. The play itself, is very brilliant, very dramatic, exciting and intiguing (yeah, I know I can't spell). I won't give everything away (that would be very mean...)but as every character reveals their story, it links into the others, and makes you want to hear the rest. When you have heard all the stories, you can't blame the girl for killing herself.
Highly recommended, 29 Jul 2008
I used this for my GCSE english and found it very useful. The layout is very easy to use and navigate and makes learning this novel much easier. It is set out neatly and I thought that it was really interesting. I found that if i used them in conjunction with my school notes I had pretty much all the information that I could possibly need. Over the years I know many people who have used this book and there has only been good reviews. I highly recommend it.
Amazing, 04 Jun 2008
you do not even have to read the original book this book tells you all the plot themes and almost everything. to conclude i feel i could of read this book and not turned up to 10 english lessons
fantastic!, 04 Nov 2007
this really helps for your revision! it mas every detail you will need- down the a map of the farm and notes on the background of the great depression! there are character notes and easy to use! it has everything u need to revise in a small book! a MUST for revision
A great guide, 01 Dec 2004
This really is a great guide not just for GCSE students like myself, but anyone who enjoyed the book and wants to think more about it. A simple and easy to understand explanation of some of the more complex issues and ideas raised in the book. A real help with exams and with generally understanding and enjoying the book more.
Of Mice and Men - GSCE York Notes Guide, 19 Jun 2004
Ok, so when i first looked at my coursework title my mind was sent into a swirl on where it was i was suppose to start. You know the feeling, you've probaly got pages and pages of notes, or nothing at all. These guides i found to cover most of what was needed in my exam and coursework piece. By far the best study guides around. The language used is undastandable, it's cut up into clear, obvious sections, and they come up with them vital pieces of info needed to recieve them top grades. Of Mice and Men is an extremely deep and meaningful book, it's full of morals and steriotypes, which are protrayed quite simply in the book, yet it's possible to miss them. York notes picked up on EVERYTHING important in the book. From the lonleness of Crooks, Lennie and Curly's Wife, to revenge seeking Curly, and the simple minded Lennie. The book starts off my setting the scene, you get a picture of why the things in this books happened, mostly because of societies downfalls at the time, remember the book is written around the Great Depression. And ok, i know what you grade A students are thinking, you probaly wrekon your way to good at English to need these books. But i was a grade A student, and these books really helped me to achieve exceptional pieces of work and A* Grades. So swallow your pride and get one!
french success at only £4.50, 16 Mar 2008
This book has really helped me in my study of french and makes revision much easier. Grammar points are explained simply, and this is what lets you make up your own sentences and get the top marks. the revision questions at the end of each section reinforce what you have learned and let you know what you need to go back over. all this at a reasonable price, definately worth the money.
CGP GCSE French, 24 Jan 2004
I think that this book is helpful for the very basic uses such as low level vocab and sentences. However, it doesn't explain the grammar to the more complex sentences, so it is very difficult to use the information in your own work. However, it is brightly coloured with pretty pictures to sustain your interest for a bit longer. I find this is just to cover up for the lack of information given. The only real use I found for this book was if you were writing about a very specific topic, it could help to give a few sentences that could be included. Also some of the topics can be useful for preperation for oral exams, such as lost property.
Overall, I do not think that this book is worth buying, becuase although it is cheap there are better quality revision guides around, especially if you are aiming for the higher grades.
An averagely helpful book, 07 Apr 2002
Although this book was helpful in the learning and understanding of many phrases, I felt that to really help one revise GCSE it needed to give the student more space to make up their own sentances and to show how things were constructed more, rather that just dishing out phrases without the key points explained.
Great book!, 13 Aug 2001
i thought this book was brilliant! it covers various topics e.g. shopping, transport, clothes etc. the book consists of 10 chapters- this may seem like a lot but the chapters are really short(except chapter 10). i've finished using this book and i can say that french has never been easier! there was one thing about this book that really annoyed me and that was the amount of vocabulary you have to learn. but it was well worth the hassle as most of the words i'd learnt came up in the exam. i would recommend this book to anyone- be assured that you'll gain something out of revising from this book.
Looking to pass French?, 03 May 2001
This book is a must if you want to pass French for GSCE's. In the beginning there was tenses and that was easy and clear to understand with good examples. This included tenses like past, perfect, imperfect, future and pluperfect tense, which really helps to get marks in the French exams. The rest of the books is split up into sections like sport, transport etc. which also helps in oral exams. The whole book is clear to read and understand and this book really helps to revise and take in the information. Sadly the language and graphics are really quite patronizing for age range it is targeted at. However it spells out the clear facts and that's what counts in the end.
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Customer Reviews
Better for Foundation Tier!!!, 07 Apr 2008
This book is quite light-hearted, and as another review says, probably contains everything you need to pass- get a C grade. It doesn't, however, contain the information i would personally say you need for the A*-B Therefore is better for foundation. I have now bought the York Notes revision book, which is much better for higher grades!!! A must have!, 17 Oct 2007
If you are studying this book for GCSE, I would 100% recommend you get this book. It is a fantastic resource and will definitely help you with your analysis and understanding of the book.
The guide goes into great detail and depth, some of which is not needed but interesting to read anyway. The guide is written in a way where many quotations from the book are incorporated into the guide. This helps you remember the quotations, and helps you in understanding how to use quotations effectively.
This guide provides everything you need to know about Of Mice and Men, including historical context and a fantastic comic-style summary which will aid you greatly in remebering when each event occured. A must have for every student studying this book, no matter what grade you are aiming for or which exam board you are on. Great for GCSE!, 13 Apr 2007
This is a very good text guide to help with An Inspector Calls at GCSE level. It gives you a great insight into the play and explains things very well. But sometimes it doesn't go into a deeper analysis and description which is required if you want to get the higher marks. But it has greatly helped me with the understanding and knowledge that I have of the play. why is this book so good?, 28 Mar 2004
this book is fab. Because it is not a "york notes" which is fab for studying books, plays and poetry. this book tells you how to write. basically! it helps with reading skills, writing skills and essential english. it even tells you how to do a speaking and listening!! if you do not have the english skills, doesnt matter how many york notes you've memorized you wont do well... if you cant write an essay you wont do well... i learnt alot from this book. its great. CGP books are great as they give you good solid facts with funny comic-like pictures. most of the pics are silly but they will make you smile! GCP also uses bright colours to make these books fab to look at. it doesn't matter how good the books are if they are 100 pages of black and white notes you wont want to pick them up and read it.
You Need This!, 25 Jan 2004
If You are studying this book for GCSE and care about passing, then get this book... JUST STOP WHAT YOUR DOING, RIGHT NOW & GET THIS BOOK! it gives you everything you need to pass, the door is right infront of you, you just have to walk through it!
The study guide, 08 Aug 2007
Wow this book really is great! It lists all the poems and annotates them with critical information you can use for your aqa a english language essays telling you all the key themes, feelings and attitudes towards the poem and lanuage used. Then if thats not enough it gives you sample essays by top class students on titles that regualarly come up in the exams. At the end of the book it gives you the common themes of all the poems allowing you to compare each poem in the essay. If your teacher doesnt know their stuff or your struggling to remember the class work this will explain each poem and help you get a good grade in your gcse. "I very much doubt i would have passed my gcse without it." I really recommend you buy it!
Very good and helpful, 17 May 2007
this study guide gives you some key notes on the poems from different cultures from the english gcse course. This is higher tier. It also provides information on how to plan and answer your response in the exam.
It is nicely layed out, colourful and interesting yet has lots of helpful information.
i highly reccomend this if only for the how to plan section.
includes poems like: limbo, presents from my aunts in pakistan. cluster 1 and 2.
Great play.., 31 Aug 2008
Didn't read this copy, but I have read the play and it's great. Although fairly old-fashioned, it's very easy to keep up with for young readers. Also came in perfect condition.
Recommended buy.
i am reading this for gcse its really good , 15 Mar 2007
i am reading this in my class for gcse english it has got such a twist in it its fab i love the character eric i am a little bit squiffy! the inspector is such a good character how he is so aburpt and stern and makes nearly all of them regret there actions the play preformed on stage is also amazing i would reconmend this to anyone who loves a good moral mystery murder well suicide and to have all there ideas how they thought the play would end out of the window
read it!
About An Inspector Calls, 11 Jun 2006
Some consider this play to be a murder mystery or whodunit but in the ending of the play the form of moral tale is added as the inspector makes the audiece think about their moral responsiblity and how they collectively killed an innocent woman Eva Smith. An inspector calls is a very well-written play and of course contains the three unites of time place and action. These are all constant throughout the play and so allows the audience to focus of the dialogue. Priestley's socialist view point are put across clearly and many feel after reading or seeing this play they are better people and live a more socialist life. Priestley's use of languge, hints puns and suggests a different meaning to the names Goole and Eva Smith. A good play and a must read.
A brilliant read, 15 Nov 2005
This book is a suprisingly good read for a play. The characters in this book are written under finese, you will find yourself relating to each of them; An inspector does indeed call around, investigating the death of a woman; as the story unfolds you are exposed to a world of deceit, betrayal, and social intolerence. It is an extremely well crafted book, plot twists are aplenty - its core ideas are representation of the time at which the book was set, the ideas of socialism and capitlism, money and love. In the end it is the combined act of each and every family member that seems to lead to the woman's demise. Each one of the family ended up affecting the woman in unimaginable ways - and only after recalecting, do the family peice together how they were involved (pushed along by the inspector), the true essence of the inspector is revealed - how he represents the guilt ridden voice in the back of your head, the final part of the story chilling in itself...when the inspector leaves, the phone rings, the police tell Mr Birling that they are sending an inspector, to ask some questions as they have just found a woman dead...
Relevent Then, Relevent Now, 04 Jun 2004
I think that An Inspector calls is an esential book to read. When J.B Priestly wrote the play in the 1940's, it made a big point a bout class, and although those barriers are alot more faded and fallen than they were, they haven't completely dissapated, making this play still relevent today. It is one of the set texts for at least one GCSE examining boards, so many will be studying it for their GCSE's. To those the reason to buy your own copy is obvious, school don't yell if you lose it, annotating is perfectly allowed, and the book is usually in a better state. The play itself, is very brilliant, very dramatic, exciting and intiguing (yeah, I know I can't spell). I won't give everything away (that would be very mean...)but as every character reveals their story, it links into the others, and makes you want to hear the rest. When you have heard all the stories, you can't blame the girl for killing herself.
Highly recommended, 29 Jul 2008
I used this for my GCSE english and found it very useful. The layout is very easy to use and navigate and makes learning this novel much easier. It is set out neatly and I thought that it was really interesting. I found that if i used them in conjunction with my school notes I had pretty much all the information that I could possibly need. Over the years I know many people who have used this book and there has only been good reviews. I highly recommend it.
Amazing, 04 Jun 2008
you do not even have to read the original book this book tells you all the plot themes and almost everything. to conclude i feel i could of read this book and not turned up to 10 english lessons
fantastic!, 04 Nov 2007
this really helps for your revision! it mas every detail you will need- down the a map of the farm and notes on the background of the great depression! there are character notes and easy to use! it has everything u need to revise in a small book! a MUST for revision
A great guide, 01 Dec 2004
This really is a great guide not just for GCSE students like myself, but anyone who enjoyed the book and wants to think more about it. A simple and easy to understand explanation of some of the more complex issues and ideas raised in the book. A real help with exams and with generally understanding and enjoying the book more.
Of Mice and Men - GSCE York Notes Guide, 19 Jun 2004
Ok, so when i first looked at my coursework title my mind was sent into a swirl on where it was i was suppose to start. You know the feeling, you've probaly got pages and pages of notes, or nothing at all. These guides i found to cover most of what was needed in my exam and coursework piece. By far the best study guides around. The language used is undastandable, it's cut up into clear, obvious sections, and they come up with them vital pieces of info needed to recieve them top grades. Of Mice and Men is an extremely deep and meaningful book, it's full of morals and steriotypes, which are protrayed quite simply in the book, yet it's possible to miss them. York notes picked up on EVERYTHING important in the book. From the lonleness of Crooks, Lennie and Curly's Wife, to revenge seeking Curly, and the simple minded Lennie. The book starts off my setting the scene, you get a picture of why the things in this books happened, mostly because of societies downfalls at the time, remember the book is written around the Great Depression. And ok, i know what you grade A students are thinking, you probaly wrekon your way to good at English to need these books. But i was a grade A student, and these books really helped me to achieve exceptional pieces of work and A* Grades. So swallow your pride and get one!
french success at only £4.50, 16 Mar 2008
This book has really helped me in my study of french and makes revision much easier. Grammar points are explained simply, and this is what lets you make up your own sentences and get the top marks. the revision questions at the end of each section reinforce what you have learned and let you know what you need to go back over. all this at a reasonable price, definately worth the money.
CGP GCSE French, 24 Jan 2004
I think that this book is helpful for the very basic uses such as low level vocab and sentences. However, it doesn't explain the grammar to the more complex sentences, so it is very difficult to use the information in your own work. However, it is brightly coloured with pretty pictures to sustain your interest for a bit longer. I find this is just to cover up for the lack of information given. The only real use I found for this book was if you were writing about a very specific topic, it could help to give a few sentences that could be included. Also some of the topics can be useful for preperation for oral exams, such as lost property.
Overall, I do not think that this book is worth buying, becuase although it is cheap there are better quality revision guides around, especially if you are aiming for the higher grades.
An averagely helpful book, 07 Apr 2002
Although this book was helpful in the learning and understanding of many phrases, I felt that to really help one revise GCSE it needed to give the student more space to make up their own sentances and to show how things were constructed more, rather that just dishing out phrases without the key points explained.
Great book!, 13 Aug 2001
i thought this book was brilliant! it covers various topics e.g. shopping, transport, clothes etc. the book consists of 10 chapters- this may seem like a lot but the chapters are really short(except chapter 10). i've finished using this book and i can say that french has never been easier! there was one thing about this book that really annoyed me and that was the amount of vocabulary you have to learn. but it was well worth the hassle as most of the words i'd learnt came up in the exam. i would recommend this book to anyone- be assured that you'll gain something out of revising from this book.
Looking to pass French?, 03 May 2001
This book is a must if you want to pass French for GSCE's. In the beginning there was tenses and that was easy and clear to understand with good examples. This included tenses like past, perfect, imperfect, future and pluperfect tense, which really helps to get marks in the French exams. The rest of the books is split up into sections like sport, transport etc. which also helps in oral exams. The whole book is clear to read and understand and this book really helps to revise and take in the information. Sadly the language and graphics are really quite patronizing for age range it is targeted at. However it spells out the clear facts and that's what counts in the end.
Better for Foundation Tier!!!, 07 Apr 2008
This book is quite light-hearted, and as another review says, probably contains everything you need to pass- get a C grade. It doesn't, however, contain the information i would personally say you need for the A*-B Therefore is better for foundation. I have now bought the York Notes revision book, which is much better for higher grades!!!
A must have!, 17 Oct 2007
If you are studying this book for GCSE, I would 100% recommend you get this book. It is a fantastic resource and will definitely help you with your analysis and understanding of the book.
The guide goes into great detail and depth, some of which is not needed but interesting to read anyway. The guide is written in a way where many quotations from the book are incorporated into the guide. This helps you remember the quotations, and helps you in understanding how to use quotations effectively.
This guide provides everything you need to know about Of Mice and Men, including historical context and a fantastic comic-style summary which will aid you greatly in remebering when each event occured. A must have for every student studying this book, no matter what grade you are aiming for or which exam board you are on.
Great for GCSE!, 13 Apr 2007
This is a very good text guide to help with An Inspector Calls at GCSE level. It gives you a great insight into the play and explains things very well. But sometimes it doesn't go into a deeper analysis and description which is required if you want to get the higher marks. But it has greatly helped me with the understanding and knowledge that I have of the play.
why is this book so good?, 28 Mar 2004
this book is fab. Because it is not a "york notes" which is fab for studying books, plays and poetry. this book tells you how to write. basically! it helps with reading skills, writing skills and essential english. it even tells you how to do a speaking and listening!! if you do not have the english skills, doesnt matter how many york notes you've memorized you wont do well... if you cant write an essay you wont do well... i learnt alot from this book. its great. CGP books are great as they give you good solid facts with funny comic-like pictures. most of the pics are silly but they will make you smile! GCP also uses bright colours to make these books fab to look at. it doesn't matter how good the books are if they are 100 pages of black and white notes you wont want to pick them up and read it.
You Need This!, 25 Jan 2004
If You are studying this book for GCSE and care about passing, then get this book... JUST STOP WHAT YOUR DOING, RIGHT NOW & GET THIS BOOK! it gives you everything you need to pass, the door is right infront of you, you just have to walk through it!
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Customer Reviews
Better for Foundation Tier!!!, 07 Apr 2008
This book is quite light-hearted, and as another review says, probably contains everything you need to pass- get a C grade. It doesn't, however, contain the information i would personally say you need for the A*-B Therefore is better for foundation. I have now bought the York Notes revision book, which is much better for higher grades!!! A must have!, 17 Oct 2007
If you are studying this book for GCSE, I would 100% recommend you get this book. It is a fantastic resource and will definitely help you with your analysis and understanding of the book.
The guide goes into great detail and depth, some of which is not needed but interesting to read anyway. The guide is written in a way where many quotations from the book are incorporated into the guide. This helps you remember the quotations, and helps you in understanding how to use quotations effectively.
This guide provides everything you need to know about Of Mice and Men, including historical context and a fantastic comic-style summary which will aid you greatly in remebering when each event occured. A must have for every student studying this book, no matter what grade you are aiming for or which exam board you are on. Great for GCSE!, 13 Apr 2007
This is a very good text guide to help with An Inspector Calls at GCSE level. It gives you a great insight into the play and explains things very well. But sometimes it doesn't go into a deeper analysis and description which is required if you want to get the higher marks. But it has greatly helped me with the understanding and knowledge that I have of the play. why is this book so good?, 28 Mar 2004
this book is fab. Because it is not a "york notes" which is fab for studying books, plays and poetry. this book tells you how to write. basically! it helps with reading skills, writing skills and essential english. it even tells you how to do a speaking and listening!! if you do not have the english skills, doesnt matter how many york notes you've memorized you wont do well... if you cant write an essay you wont do well... i learnt alot from this book. its great. CGP books are great as they give you good solid facts with funny comic-like pictures. most of the pics are silly but they will make you smile! GCP also uses bright colours to make these books fab to look at. it doesn't matter how good the books are if they are 100 pages of black and white notes you wont want to pick them up and read it.
You Need This!, 25 Jan 2004
If You are studying this book for GCSE and care about passing, then get this book... JUST STOP WHAT YOUR DOING, RIGHT NOW & GET THIS BOOK! it gives you everything you need to pass, the door is right infront of you, you just have to walk through it!
The study guide, 08 Aug 2007
Wow this book really is great! It lists all the poems and annotates them with critical information you can use for your aqa a english language essays telling you all the key themes, feelings and attitudes towards the poem and lanuage used. Then if thats not enough it gives you sample essays by top class students on titles that regualarly come up in the exams. At the end of the book it gives you the common themes of all the poems allowing you to compare each poem in the essay. If your teacher doesnt know their stuff or your struggling to remember the class work this will explain each poem and help you get a good grade in your gcse. "I very much doubt i would have passed my gcse without it." I really recommend you buy it!
Very good and helpful, 17 May 2007
this study guide gives you some key notes on the poems from different cultures from the english gcse course. This is higher tier. It also provides information on how to plan and answer your response in the exam.
It is nicely layed out, colourful and interesting yet has lots of helpful information.
i highly reccomend this if only for the how to plan section.
includes poems like: limbo, presents from my aunts in pakistan. cluster 1 and 2.
Great play.., 31 Aug 2008
Didn't read this copy, but I have read the play and it's great. Although fairly old-fashioned, it's very easy to keep up with for young readers. Also came in perfect condition.
Recommended buy.
i am reading this for gcse its really good , 15 Mar 2007
i am reading this in my class for gcse english it has got such a twist in it its fab i love the character eric i am a little bit squiffy! the inspector is such a good character how he is so aburpt and stern and makes nearly all of them regret there actions the play preformed on stage is also amazing i would reconmend this to anyone who loves a good moral mystery murder well suicide and to have all there ideas how they thought the play would end out of the window
read it!
About An Inspector Calls, 11 Jun 2006
Some consider this play to be a murder mystery or whodunit but in the ending of the play the form of moral tale is added as the inspector makes the audiece think about their moral responsiblity and how they collectively killed an innocent woman Eva Smith. An inspector calls is a very well-written play and of course contains the three unites of time place and action. These are all constant throughout the play and so allows the audience to focus of the dialogue. Priestley's socialist view point are put across clearly and many feel after reading or seeing this play they are better people and live a more socialist life. Priestley's use of languge, hints puns and suggests a different meaning to the names Goole and Eva Smith. A good play and a must read.
A brilliant read, 15 Nov 2005
This book is a suprisingly good read for a play. The characters in this book are written under finese, you will find yourself relating to each of them; An inspector does indeed call around, investigating the death of a woman; as the story unfolds you are exposed to a world of deceit, betrayal, and social intolerence. It is an extremely well crafted book, plot twists are aplenty - its core ideas are representation of the time at which the book was set, the ideas of socialism and capitlism, money and love. In the end it is the combined act of each and every family member that seems to lead to the woman's demise. Each one of the family ended up affecting the woman in unimaginable ways - and only after recalecting, do the family peice together how they were involved (pushed along by the inspector), the true essence of the inspector is revealed - how he represents the guilt ridden voice in the back of your head, the final part of the story chilling in itself...when the inspector leaves, the phone rings, the police tell Mr Birling that they are sending an inspector, to ask some questions as they have just found a woman dead...
Relevent Then, Relevent Now, 04 Jun 2004
I think that An Inspector calls is an esential book to read. When J.B Priestly wrote the play in the 1940's, it made a big point a bout class, and although those barriers are alot more faded and fallen than they were, they haven't completely dissapated, making this play still relevent today. It is one of the set texts for at least one GCSE examining boards, so many will be studying it for their GCSE's. To those the reason to buy your own copy is obvious, school don't yell if you lose it, annotating is perfectly allowed, and the book is usually in a better state. The play itself, is very brilliant, very dramatic, exciting and intiguing (yeah, I know I can't spell). I won't give everything away (that would be very mean...)but as every character reveals their story, it links into the others, and makes you want to hear the rest. When you have heard all the stories, you can't blame the girl for killing herself.
Highly recommended, 29 Jul 2008
I used this for my GCSE english and found it very useful. The layout is very easy to use and navigate and makes learning this novel much easier. It is set out neatly and I thought that it was really interesting. I found that if i used them in conjunction with my school notes I had pretty much all the information that I could possibly need. Over the years I know many people who have used this book and there has only been good reviews. I highly recommend it.
Amazing, 04 Jun 2008
you do not even have to read the original book this book tells you all the plot themes and almost everything. to conclude i feel i could of read this book and not turned up to 10 english lessons
fantastic!, 04 Nov 2007
this really helps for your revision! it mas every detail you will need- down the a map of the farm and notes on the background of the great depression! there are character notes and easy to use! it has everything u need to revise in a small book! a MUST for revision
A great guide, 01 Dec 2004
This really is a great guide not just for GCSE students like myself, but anyone who enjoyed the book and wants to think more about it. A simple and easy to understand explanation of some of the more complex issues and ideas raised in the book. A real help with exams and with generally understanding and enjoying the book more.
Of Mice and Men - GSCE York Notes Guide, 19 Jun 2004
Ok, so when i first looked at my coursework title my mind was sent into a swirl on where it was i was suppose to start. You know the feeling, you've probaly got pages and pages of notes, or nothing at all. These guides i found to cover most of what was needed in my exam and coursework piece. By far the best study guides around. The language used is undastandable, it's cut up into clear, obvious sections, and they come up with them vital pieces of info needed to recieve them top grades. Of Mice and Men is an extremely deep and meaningful book, it's full of morals and steriotypes, which are protrayed quite simply in the book, yet it's possible to miss them. York notes picked up on EVERYTHING important in the book. From the lonleness of Crooks, Lennie and Curly's Wife, to revenge seeking Curly, and the simple minded Lennie. The book starts off my setting the scene, you get a picture of why the things in this books happened, mostly because of societies downfalls at the time, remember the book is written around the Great Depression. And ok, i know what you grade A students are thinking, you probaly wrekon your way to good at English to need these books. But i was a grade A student, and these books really helped me to achieve exceptional pieces of work and A* Grades. So swallow your pride and get one!
french success at only £4.50, 16 Mar 2008
This book has really helped me in my study of french and makes revision much easier. Grammar points are explained simply, and this is what lets you make up your own sentences and get the top marks. the revision questions at the end of each section reinforce what you have learned and let you know what you need to go back over. all this at a reasonable price, definately worth the money.
CGP GCSE French, 24 Jan 2004
I think that this book is helpful for the very basic uses such as low level vocab and sentences. However, it doesn't explain the grammar to the more complex sentences, so it is very difficult to use the information in your own work. However, it is brightly coloured with pretty pictures to sustain your interest for a bit longer. I find this is just to cover up for the lack of information given. The only real use I found for this book was if you were writing about a very specific topic, it could help to give a few sentences that could be included. Also some of the topics can be useful for preperation for oral exams, such as lost property.
Overall, I do not think that this book is worth buying, becuase although it is cheap there are better quality revision guides around, especially if you are aiming for the higher grades.
An averagely helpful book, 07 Apr 2002
Although this book was helpful in the learning and understanding of many phrases, I felt that to really help one revise GCSE it needed to give the student more space to make up their own sentances and to show how things were constructed more, rather that just dishing out phrases without the key points explained.
Great book!, 13 Aug 2001
i thought this book was brilliant! it covers various topics e.g. shopping, transport, clothes etc. the book consists of 10 chapters- this may seem like a lot but the chapters are really short(except chapter 10). i've finished using this book and i can say that french has never been easier! there was one thing about this book that really annoyed me and that was the amount of vocabulary you have to learn. but it was well worth the hassle as most of the words i'd learnt came up in the exam. i would recommend this book to anyone- be assured that you'll gain something out of revising from this book.
Looking to pass French?, 03 May 2001
This book is a must if you want to pass French for GSCE's. In the beginning there was tenses and that was easy and clear to understand with good examples. This included tenses like past, perfect, imperfect, future and pluperfect tense, which really helps to get marks in the French exams. The rest of the books is split up into sections like sport, transport etc. which also helps in oral exams. The whole book is clear to read and understand and this book really helps to revise and take in the information. Sadly the language and graphics are really quite patronizing for age range it is targeted at. However it spells out the clear facts and that's what counts in the end.
Better for Foundation Tier!!!, 07 Apr 2008
This book is quite light-hearted, and as another review says, probably contains everything you need to pass- get a C grade. It doesn't, however, contain the information i would personally say you need for the A*-B Therefore is better for foundation. I have now bought the York Notes revision book, which is much better for higher grades!!!
A must have!, 17 Oct 2007
If you are studying this book for GCSE, I would 100% recommend you get this book. It is a fantastic resource and will definitely help you with your analysis and understanding of the book.
The guide goes into great detail and depth, some of which is not needed but interesting to read anyway. The guide is written in a way where many quotations from the book are incorporated into the guide. This helps you remember the quotations, and helps you in understanding how to use quotations effectively.
This guide provides everything you need to know about Of Mice and Men, including historical context and a fantastic comic-style summary which will aid you greatly in remebering when each event occured. A must have for every student studying this book, no matter what grade you are aiming for or which exam board you are on.
Great for GCSE!, 13 Apr 2007
This is a very good text guide to help with An Inspector Calls at GCSE level. It gives you a great insight into the play and explains things very well. But sometimes it doesn't go into a deeper analysis and description which is required if you want to get the higher marks. But it has greatly helped me with the understanding and knowledge that I have of the play.
why is this book so good?, 28 Mar 2004
this book is fab. Because it is not a "york notes" which is fab for studying books, plays and poetry. this book tells you how to write. basically! it helps with reading skills, writing skills and essential english. it even tells you how to do a speaking and listening!! if you do not have the english skills, doesnt matter how many york notes you've memorized you wont do well... if you cant write an essay you wont do well... i learnt alot from this book. its great. CGP books are great as they give you good solid facts with funny comic-like pictures. most of the pics are silly but they will make you smile! GCP also uses bright colours to make these books fab to look at. it doesn't matter how good the books are if they are 100 pages of black and white notes you wont want to pick them up and read it.
You Need This!, 25 Jan 2004
If You are studying this book for GCSE and care about passing, then get this book... JUST STOP WHAT YOUR DOING, RIGHT NOW & GET THIS BOOK! it gives you everything you need to pass, the door is right infront of you, you just have to walk through it!
So nearly perfect!, 07 Apr 2008
My 12 year old son picked this up and read in from front to back in preference to playing computer games - says it all, really! He adored it, but was slightly upset that not all elements were represented. I suggested it would have made it too large and not in the excellent 'pocket book' category, but he is correct that it is not only the wierd and wonderful elements that are missing but some basic ones too. Any chance of a 'Periodic Table Book 2' to fill in some gaps?
The subsequent 'Physics: Why Matter Matters' is even better and we can't wait for the Biology one in Oct 2008. Hope the series keeps going!
Just the best Periodic Table EVER!!!, 18 Jul 2007
This is how Science is supposed to be - FUN!
The book is accurate and covers everything a young mind would need to know about the elements and the little poster that comes with it (not shown here but is folded up in the back of the bok) is AMAZING!
I have scoured the internet for a periodic table for my son, and they come in many shapes and sizes but htis one is ideal as the colourful cartoon characters each element is given are represented on the chart too and he is really keen to learn all about them!
The book is written in the first person for each element and several interesting facts are given for each element as well as the important scientific data in easy to refer to bullet point form at the top of every page.
The elements are grouped correctly and each group has its own title page with description of the main features of each group (i.e. what makes the group what it is and how to identify elements that belong to that group)
the book is smaller than I thought but that just makes it even more accesible and the text is a good size, not too big, yet big enough to keep small eyes glued to the page.
I am now on the hunt to see if Kingfisher have published any more science books in this style as I want them all
Also an ideal read for Adults trying to pick up Science again after many years ( like me)
Super - really worth the money, and mine was delivered in 2 days.
OK - so its not for chemistry A-level or above, but anything below that level is sure to love it and to behonest I am thrilled that the book has given my son of 9 a chance to access the periodic table and that I won't all be far too tedious for him when he gets into Chemistry more later - he'll be one up on his classmates.
Courtesy of Teens Read Too, 30 May 2007
Who said chemistry had to be boring? (I'm sure no one has ever said this, but someone sure forgot to tell my science teacher!) Basher and Adrian Dingle have come together to create an entertaining and valuable resource for students with their version of the 111 elements.
Whether you're studying chemistry in school right now or not, you're sure to get a kick out of the full-color illustrations inside the pages of this book. Plus, you might actually learn something, as each element is fully described in detail: the name, its symbol, its atomic number, its atomic weight, its color, its standard state, and its classification.
The elements are also broken down into eleven separate categories, including the Alkali Metals, the Transition Elements, the Boron Elements, the Carbon Elements, the Nitrogen Elements, the Oxygen Elements, the Halogen Elements, the Noble Gases, the Lanthanides and Actinides, and the Transactinides.
This is the perfect, easy-to-use reference guide for people of all ages, and the included poster can easily be used for an educating, stylish decorating tool. Who knew elements could be so interesting??
Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
Elements with Style indeed!, 21 May 2007
Although the previous reviewer is correct in saying that not all the elements were represented in this book - I think this is not the point of the book.....Some elements, as I'm sure he is aware, have only been detected for millonths of a second - so writing much about them might, at this level, be a bit tough! I thought it was a wonderfully attractive book that breathed some new life into this subject - it was an excellent idea to give each of the elements a "personality"; and the text, on the whole, was witty and entertaining and accurate!
Short-changed, 25 Apr 2007
The concept behind this book is quite appealing: present cameo portraits of the elements of the periodic table as if they were personalities (Lead: "Don't let my heavyweight status fool you---at heart I'm a totally malleable softie...") accompanied by fun, manga-style cartoon characters. This kind of approach has the potential to appeal to older children.
Where it falls down is that of the 111 elements shown on the folded 9.5" x 13.5" poster at the back of the book, only 54 (i.e. less than half) are actually written up in the book proper. Thus, for example, Cadmium, shown on the back cover, and Polonium---intriguingly shown on the front cover no less---are conspicuously absent. The Boron elements mysteriously stop after Aluminium; missing are Gallium, Indium and Thallium. The entirety of the Lanthanoids and Transactinides has been given short-shrift.
These are disappointing omissions. The end product is frustratingly superficial, redundant (who cares about Lead---tell me something interesting about an element I may have never heard of e.g. Gallium, Europium, Astatine etc) and incomplete.
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Customer Reviews
Better for Foundation Tier!!!, 07 Apr 2008
This book is quite light-hearted, and as another review says, probably contains everything you need to pass- get a C grade. It doesn't, however, contain the information i would personally say you need for the A*-B Therefore is better for foundation. I have now bought the York Notes revision book, which is much better for higher grades!!! A must have!, 17 Oct 2007
If you are studying this book for GCSE, I would 100% recommend you get this book. It is a fantastic resource and will definitely help you with your analysis and understanding of the book.
The guide goes into great detail and depth, some of which is not needed but interesting to read anyway. The guide is written in a way where many quotations from the book are incorporated into the guide. This helps you remember the quotations, and helps you in understanding how to use quotations effectively.
This guide provides everything you need to know about Of Mice and Men, including historical context and a fantastic comic-style summary which will aid you greatly in remebering when each event occured. A must have for every student studying this book, no matter what grade you are aiming for or which exam board you are on. Great for GCSE!, 13 Apr 2007
This is a very good text guide to help with An Inspector Calls at GCSE level. It gives you a great insight into the play and explains things very well. But sometimes it doesn't go into a deeper analysis and description which is required if you want to get the higher marks. But it has greatly helped me with the understanding and knowledge that I have of the play. why is this book so good?, 28 Mar 2004
this book is fab. Because it is not a "york notes" which is fab for studying books, plays and poetry. this book tells you how to write. basically! it helps with reading skills, writing skills and essential english. it even tells you how to do a speaking and listening!! if you do not have the english skills, doesnt matter how many york notes you've memorized you wont do well... if you cant write an essay you wont do well... i learnt alot from this book. its great. CGP books are great as they give you good solid facts with funny comic-like pictures. most of the pics are silly but they will make you smile! GCP also uses bright colours to make these books fab to look at. it doesn't matter how good the books are if they are 100 pages of black and white notes you wont want to pick them up and read it.
You Need This!, 25 Jan 2004
If You are studying this book for GCSE and care about passing, then get this book... JUST STOP WHAT YOUR DOING, RIGHT NOW & GET THIS BOOK! it gives you everything you need to pass, the door is right infront of you, you just have to walk through it!
The study guide, 08 Aug 2007
Wow this book really is great! It lists all the poems and annotates them with critical information you can use for your aqa a english language essays telling you all the key themes, feelings and attitudes towards the poem and lanuage used. Then if thats not enough it gives you sample essays by top class students on titles that regualarly come up in the exams. At the end of the book it gives you the common themes of all the poems allowing you to compare each poem in the essay. If your teacher doesnt know their stuff or your struggling to remember the class work this will explain each poem and help you get a good grade in your gcse. "I very much doubt i would have passed my gcse without it." I really recommend you buy it!
Very good and helpful, 17 May 2007
this study guide gives you some key notes on the poems from different cultures from the english gcse course. This is higher tier. It also provides information on how to plan and answer your response in the exam.
It is nicely layed out, colourful and interesting yet has lots of helpful information.
i highly reccomend this if only for the how to plan section.
includes poems like: limbo, presents from my aunts in pakistan. cluster 1 and 2.
Great play.., 31 Aug 2008
Didn't read this copy, but I have read the play and it's great. Although fairly old-fashioned, it's very easy to keep up with for young readers. Also came in perfect condition.
Recommended buy.
i am reading this for gcse its really good , 15 Mar 2007
i am reading this in my class for gcse english it has got such a twist in it its fab i love the character eric i am a little bit squiffy! the inspector is such a good character how he is so aburpt and stern and makes nearly all of them regret there actions the play preformed on stage is also amazing i would reconmend this to anyone who loves a good moral mystery murder well suicide and to have all there ideas how they thought the play would end out of the window
read it!
About An Inspector Calls, 11 Jun 2006
Some consider this play to be a murder mystery or whodunit but in the ending of the play the form of moral tale is added as the inspector makes the audiece think about their moral responsiblity and how they collectively killed an innocent woman Eva Smith. An inspector calls is a very well-written play and of course contains the three unites of time place and action. These are all constant throughout the play and so allows the audience to focus of the dialogue. Priestley's socialist view point are put across clearly and many feel after reading or seeing this play they are better people and live a more socialist life. Priestley's use of languge, hints puns and suggests a different meaning to the names Goole and Eva Smith. A good play and a must read.
A brilliant read, 15 Nov 2005
This book is a suprisingly good read for a play. The characters in this book are written under finese, you will find yourself relating to each of them; An inspector does indeed call around, investigating the death of a woman; as the story unfolds you are exposed to a world of deceit, betrayal, and social intolerence. It is an extremely well crafted book, plot twists are aplenty - its core ideas are representation of the time at which the book was set, the ideas of socialism and capitlism, money and love. In the end it is the combined act of each and every family member that seems to lead to the woman's demise. Each one of the family ended up affecting the woman in unimaginable ways - and only after recalecting, do the family peice together how they were involved (pushed along by the inspector), the true essence of the inspector is revealed - how he represents the guilt ridden voice in the back of your head, the final part of the story chilling in itself...when the inspector leaves, the phone rings, the police tell Mr Birling that they are sending an inspector, to ask some questions as they have just found a woman dead...
Relevent Then, Relevent Now, 04 Jun 2004
I think that An Inspector calls is an esential book to read. When J.B Priestly wrote the play in the 1940's, it made a big point a bout class, and although those barriers are alot more faded and fallen than they were, they haven't completely dissapated, making this play still relevent today. It is one of the set texts for at least one GCSE examining boards, so many will be studying it for their GCSE's. To those the reason to buy your own copy is obvious, school don't yell if you lose it, annotating is perfectly allowed, and the book is usually in a better state. The play itself, is very brilliant, very dramatic, exciting and intiguing (yeah, I know I can't spell). I won't give everything away (that would be very mean...)but as every character reveals their story, it links into the others, and makes you want to hear the rest. When you have heard all the stories, you can't blame the girl for killing herself.
Highly recommended, 29 Jul 2008
I used this for my GCSE english and found it very useful. The layout is very easy to use and navigate and makes learning this novel much easier. It is set out neatly and I thought that it was really interesting. I found that if i used them in conjunction with my school notes I had pretty much all the information that I could possibly need. Over the years I know many people who have used this book and there has only been good reviews. I highly recommend it.
Amazing, 04 Jun 2008
you do not even have to read the original book this book tells you all the plot themes and almost everything. to conclude i feel i could of read this book and not turned up to 10 english lessons
fantastic!, 04 Nov 2007
this really helps for your revision! it mas every detail you will need- down the a map of the farm and notes on the background of the great depression! there are character notes and easy to use! it has everything u need to revise in a small book! a MUST for revision
A great guide, 01 Dec 2004
This really is a great guide not just for GCSE students like myself, but anyone who enjoyed the book and wants to think more about it. A simple and easy to understand explanation of some of the more complex issues and ideas raised in the book. A real help with exams and with generally understanding and enjoying the book more.
Of Mice and Men - GSCE York Notes Guide, 19 Jun 2004
Ok, so when i first looked at my coursework title my mind was sent into a swirl on where it was i was suppose to start. You know the feeling, you've probaly got pages and pages of notes, or nothing at all. These guides i found to cover most of what was needed in my exam and coursework piece. By far the best study guides around. The language used is undastandable, it's cut up into clear, obvious sections, and they come up with them vital pieces of info needed to recieve them top grades. Of Mice and Men is an extremely deep and meaningful book, it's full of morals and steriotypes, which are protrayed quite simply in the book, yet it's possible to miss them. York notes picked up on EVERYTHING important in the book. From the lonleness of Crooks, Lennie and Curly's Wife, to revenge seeking Curly, and the simple minded Lennie. The book starts off my setting the scene, you get a picture of why the things in this books happened, mostly because of societies downfalls at the time, remember the book is written around the Great Depression. And ok, i know what you grade A students are thinking, you probaly wrekon your way to good at English to need these books. But i was a grade A student, and these books really helped me to achieve exceptional pieces of work and A* Grades. So swallow your pride and get one!
french success at only £4.50, 16 Mar 2008
This book has really helped me in my study of french and makes revision much easier. Grammar points are explained simply, and this is what lets you make up your own sentences and get the top marks. the revision questions at the end of each section reinforce what you have learned and let you know what you need to go back over. all this at a reasonable price, definately worth the money.
CGP GCSE French, 24 Jan 2004
I think that this book is helpful for the very basic uses such as low level vocab and sentences. However, it doesn't explain the grammar to the more complex sentences, so it is very difficult to use the information in your own work. However, it is brightly coloured with pretty pictures to sustain your interest for a bit longer. I find this is just to cover up for the lack of information given. The only real use I found for this book was if you were writing about a very specific topic, it could help to give a few sentences that could be included. Also some of the topics can be useful for preperation for oral exams, such as lost property.
Overall, I do not think that this book is worth buying, becuase although it is cheap there are better quality revision guides around, especially if you are aiming for the higher grades.
An averagely helpful book, 07 Apr 2002
Although this book was helpful in the learning and understanding of many phrases, I felt that to really help one revise GCSE it needed to give the student more space to make up their own sentances and to show how things were constructed more, rather that just dishing out phrases without the key points explained.
Great book!, 13 Aug 2001
i thought this book was brilliant! it covers various topics e.g. shopp | | |