Books with author Stephen Charles

This is a complete and comprehensive teaching and learning course intended for children sitting 11+, CATs, and common entrance and scholarship examinations. It is arranged in a topic by topic format. A unique code is used covering Technique, Information and Exercises. Clear methodologies, with examples, are given for each technique. Useful hints and approaches to multiple-choice papers are included. Plenty of practice exercises are also included. This work prepares children for Cognitive Abilities Tests (CATs). Over 1 million children sit CATs tests every academic year. All books are rigorously classroom tested. Methodologies presented are used in AE Tuition classes for over 15 years. There is over 85 per cent success rate in 11+ and selection tests. These books are frequently revised and updated. The course comprises two books: Book 1 contains Alphabet Reasoning, Word Patterns and Codes, Vocabulary with Spelling, and Vocabulary with meaning; and, Book 2 contains Logical Reasoning and Mathematical Reasoning. Answers, progress chart and certificate of achievement are also included. The whole series is designed to be completed over 4 to 6 weeks.

Stunning photographs and evocative, full-color drawings combine with the lively and easily accessible narrative of The Oxford Children's Book of Science to take children on an unforgettable tour through a mysterious world of exploration, knowledge, and discovery. From lightning to lasers and from dandelions to DNA, this inviting book travels through every area of science, explaining simply and entertainingly the major processes, forces and structures that shape the world of nature. Starting with the basics and moving on to challenging ideas from bacteria to the Milky Way, Charles Taylor and Stephen Pople tie every scientific concept to everyday issues children can relate to. While describing how a hologram is created, for example, the authors trick their readers into a full-fledged explanation of how light is produced and disseminated; rock concerts and a soccer ball are used as examples in discussions of electronics and airflow. The Oxford Children's Book of Science is a treat for browsers, and the glossary of key scientific terms and the alphabetical index are ideal research and study tools. This authoritative, lavishly illustrated, and accessible volume will find a welcome place in any home or school.

Reverend Septimus Treloar, retired as Chief Inspector of the CID after thirty years service, is now country parson of the seemingly sleepy St. Mary's Danedyke. But the rural calm of his and the villagers' lives are thrown into chaos when mysterious happenings cause them to suspect the haunting of a fabled ghost within the dark recesses of their church. But can this really be a case of supernatural spirits? Or are Septimus's suspicions of thieving mischief closer to the truth? If so, what could be the object of all this criminal plotting? Septimus must use his detective know-how to find the answers on a mission that will lead him to the secret of The Danedyke Cup, a silver gilt relic supposedly once belonging to Our Lady...The first in Stephen Chance's classic series about Reverend Septimus, 'the one and only beatified bobby,' Septimus and the Danedyke Mystery (1971) has everything: treasure hunts, ancient clues, rollicking humour and quick-witted suspense. It has been described by Philip Ardagh in the Guardian as 'truly marvellous.'

WHEN CLASSES END, THE HORROR BEGINS...Posh Thaler Academy, nestled in the leafy Connecticut countryside, is one of New England's most exclusive boarding schools. For scholarship student Jennifer Field, it's a dream come true to be Thaler. Until the dream turns into a nightmare.Strange shadows flickering across the moonlit campus... a mysterious old building in the woods with a secret lab...a Dean of students whose startling eyes seem to convey unspoken evil. Jennifer is tempted to blame her imagination for her fears. Then she and her boyfriend, Lee, stumble across the body of a Thaler classmate in the woods. A body twisted in agony... from an encounter with something that only looks human...

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THE FINAL BATTLEThe aliens have been defeated. The nightmare is over. Or so Jennifer thinks. Lurking in the shadows of Thaler Academy, the last surviving creature plots its vengeance in blood.One by one, her friends are stalked by the wolf-like beast. And one by one, they are rendered helpless. Now, Jennifer is alone. Can she put an end to the alien terror?

JENNIFER IS FIGHTING A BATTLEFOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE PLANET.The eerie night cloaks Thaler Academy in silent shadows. Jennifer and her friends know that something is out there. It is infinitely dangerous and it comes from a distant world; intending to destroy all that lives on the planet.Two of Jennifer's friends have been kidnapped--dragged down into the Alien laboratories on the edge of the lake known as the Witch's Eye. And Now, Jennifer realizes there is only one way to stop the relentless terror of the hideous wolf-like creatures: Enter their lair and destroy them. . .or die. . .

Stunning photographs and evocative, full-color drawings combine with the lively and easily accessible narrative of The Oxford Children's Book of Science to take children on an unforgettable tour through a mysterious world of exploration, knowledge, and discovery. From lightning to lasers and from dandelions to DNA, this inviting book travels through every area of science, explaining simply and entertainingly the major processes, forces and structures that shape the world of nature. Starting with the basics and moving on to challenging ideas from bacteria to the Milky Way, Charles Taylor and Stephen Pople tie every scientific concept to everyday issues children can relate to. While describing how a hologram is created, for example, the authors trick their readers into a full-fledged explanation of how light is produced and disseminated; rock concerts and a soccer ball are used as examples in discussions of electronics and airflow. The Oxford Children's Book of Science is a treat for browsers, and the glossary of key scientific terms and the alphabetical index are ideal research and study tools. This authoritative, lavishly illustrated, and accessible volume will find a welcome place in any home or school.

WHERE FEAR LURKS--HORROR MAKES ITS HOME...They were out there. Watching, Waiting, in the looming shadows around Thaler Academy, the wolf-like creatures were hiding their terrible secret from the world. A student was dead, a teacher was missing...and Jennifer Field was terrified. She and her friends were the only ones who knew the awful truth. For only miles away from the school, beyond the murky waters of a legendary lake called Witch's Eye, the alien horror had set up its unearthly home--killing trees and plants, and perhaps, anyone who knew too much.

TRAPPED LIKE A FLY--IN A WEB OF MOUNTING TERRORThe aliens were taking over. At first, Jennifer thought the horrible menace was confined to posh Thaler Academy. But now, she and her friends were beginning to realize that no one could be trusted. Not even the police.The terror was growing. The hideous creatures that roamed the school grounds assumed human forms.And worse yet, the unearthly beasts knew about Jennifer and her plan to expose them. Could she stop the escalating nightmare before the aliens found the key to Earth's ultimate destruction?