Reading List
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Art |
How to read Paintings- A crash course in meaning and method by Liz Rideal Bloombury books ISBN 975-1-4725-2512-3 Contemporary Art- The essential guide to 200 ground breaking artists by Charlotte Bonham Carter and David Hodge- Goodman ISBN 978-1-84786-58-0 |
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Biology |
Understanding Biology, advanced theory (Toole & Toole) ISBN: 978-0748739578 AQA Biology A Level year 1 (Toole & Toole) ISBN: 978-0198351764 AQA Biology A Level year 2 (Toole & Toole) ISBN: 978-0198357704 Maths skills for A-level Biology (Penny) ISBN 978-1-4085-2118-2 The Selfish Gene (Dawkins) ISBN: 978-0198788607 The Coming Plague (Garrett) 978-0140250916 The Hot Zone: the true story of the Ebola outbreak (Preston) 978-0552171649 The Epigenetics Revolution (Carey) 978-1848313477 Mutants (Leroi) 978-0006531647 Nature via nurture (Ridley) 978-1841157467 DNA (Watson) 978-0099451846 Oxygen (Lane) 978-0198784937 How we live and why we die: the secret lives of cells (Wolpert) 978-0571239122 Genome (Ridley) 978-1857028345 Why we get sick (Nesse & Williams) 978-0679746744 The drugs don’t work: a global threat (Davies) 978-0241969199
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Business Studies |
AQA A Level Business Year 1/AS Third Edition (Wolinski & Coates) Authors: John Wolinski and Gwen Coates. ISBN-13: 978-1-4718-3609-1 AQA A Level Business Year 2 Third Edition (Wolinski & Coates) Authors: John Wolinski and Gwen Coates. ISBN-13: 978-1-4718-3611-4 AQA Business for A Level (Marcousé) (covers full A Level) Authors: Ian Marcousé, Andy Hammond, Nigel Watson. ISBN-13: 978-1-4718-3569-8 AQA Business for A Level Year 1/AS (Surridge & Gillespie) Authors: Malcolm Surridge and Andrew Gillespie. ISBN-13: 978-1-4718-3613-8 AQA Business for A-Level Year 2 (Surridge & Gillespie) Authors: Malcolm Surridge and Andrew Gillespie.ISBN-13: 978-1-4718-3578-0 AQA Business for AS (Marcousé). Authors: Ian Marcousé, Andy Hammond, Nigel Watson. ISBN-13: 978-1-4718-3580-3 |
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Computer Science |
OCR A-level Computer Science Paperback by George Rouse. 978-1471839764 Computational Fairy Tales by Jeremy Kubica. ISBN: 978-1477550298 Computer Science: An Overview by J. Glenn Brookshear. ISBN: 978-0321544285 The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work by Daniel Hillis. ISBN: 978-0465025961 |
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French
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AQA A Level Year 1 and AS French Student Book by Robert Pike (Author), Colin Povey (Author), Paul Shannon (Author) Atouts: AQA French student book - Bell Literature in French/ French literature in translation- Balzac, Camus, Satre, Zola French magazines, newspapers - Le Figaro, Le Monde |
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Economics |
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Stephen J. Dubner (Author), Steven D. Levitt (Author) The Economic Naturalist: Why Economics Explains Almost Everything by Robert H Frank The Undercover Economist Paperback by Tim Harford (Author) |
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English (both Literature and Lit and Lang) |
A Brave New World- Aldous Huxley In Cold Blood- Truman Capote Heart of Darkness- Joseph Conrad The Handmaid’s Tale- Margaret Atwood Frankenstein- Mary Shelley Gulliver’s Travels- Jonathan Swift A Streetcar Named Desire- Tennessee Williams The Oxford Book of English Verse The Third Man- Grahame Greene Brideshead Revisited- Evelyn Waugh The Lovely Bones- Alice Sebold Dracula- Bram Stoker The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini Atonement- Ian McEwan 1984- George Orwell Letters- John Keats Selected Essays- George Orwell The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald Othello- William Shakespeare The Tempest- William Shakespeare Richard III- William Shakespeare Hamlet- William Shakespeare Macbeth- William Shakespeare Twelfth Night- William Shakespeare The Cambridge Companion to English Novelists-Various The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare-Various We also recommend you read as much poetry as possible: Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, Carol-Ann Duffy, John Keats, Philip Larkin, John Donne, Robert Frost, Wilfred Owen etc. |
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Government and Politics |
My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS UK Government & Politics (MRN) Paperback – 27 Jan 2012 by Neil McNaughton Essentials of UK Politics, 1 Aug 2015, by Andrew Heywood AQA AS Government & Politics Student Unit Guide New Edition: Unit 1 People, Politics and Participation, 27 Apr 2012, by Paul Fairclough AQA AS Government & Politics Unit 1 Workbook: People, Politics and Participation Paperback – 28 Feb 2014, by Nick Gallop AS UK Government & Politics Flash Revise Pocketbook Paperback – 29 Oct 2010 by Paul Fairclough |
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History |
Robin Bunce and Laura Gallagher, Edexcel AS History, Unit 1: Pursuing Life and Liberty: Equality in the USA, 1945–1968 (Pearson, 2009) Peter Clements, Prosperity Depression and the New Deal Third Edition, Access to History (Hodder Education, 2005) David Mauk and John Oakland, American Civilization (Routledge, sixth edition, 2014) Derrick Murphy, Kathryn Cooper and Mark Waldron, The United States 1776–1992 (Collins, 2001) Vivienne Sanders, Civil Rights in the USA, 1945–1968, Access to History (Hodder Education, 2008) Doug and Susan Willoughby, The USA 1917–45, Heinemann Advanced History (Heinemann, 2000) Hugh Brogan, The Penguin History of the United States of America (Penguin, 2001) Eric Rauchway, The Great Depression and the New Deal: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2008) Robert J McMahon, The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2003) James Barber, South Africa in the Twentieth Century (Blackwell, 1999) W Beinart, Twentieth Century South Africa (Oxford University Press, 2001) Nancy L Clark, South Africa: The Rise and Fall of Apartheid (Seminar Studies In History, Routledge, 2011) T Davenport and C Saunders, South Africa: A Modern History (Macmillan, 2000) Saul Dubow, Apartheid, 1948–1994 (Oxford University Press, 2014) Nelson Mandela, The Long Walk to Freedom (Abacus, 2013) Tony Pinchuk, Mandela for beginners (Icon, 1994) Christopher Culpin, South Africa 1948–1995: a depth study (Hodder Education, 2000) Martin Roberts, South Africa 1948–1994: the Rise and Fall of Apartheid (Longman, 2001) |
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Eduqas Media Studies for A Level Year 1 & AS Student Book Christine Bell & Lucas Johnson (Illuminate Publishing) – Covers all key concepts, media frameworks, and Year 1 set products. Eduqas Media Studies for A Level Year 2 & A2 Student Book Christine Bell & Lucas Johnson (Illuminate Publishing) – Builds on Year 1 knowledge with advanced theory and synoptic links. Eduqas Media Studies Revision Guide (Illuminate Publishing) – Ideal for exam practice, quick reference, and consolidating key terms. Media Theory & Core Concepts Media Theories: An Introduction Julian McDougall – Clear explanations of theorists like Barthes, Hall, Mulvey, Baudrillard, and more. A Level Media Studies: The Essential Introduction Peter Bennett, Andrew Hickman & Peter Wall – Broad introduction to key concepts, with examples and theory breakdowns. The Media Student's Book Gill Branston & Roy Stafford – A comprehensive, accessible guide with real-world applications. Set Texts & Case Study Support Media Magazine (English & Media Centre) – A-level focused publication with in-depth analysis, ideal for Eduqas students. Sight & Sound Magazine – Professional-level media criticism and analysis, perfect for extending case study knowledge. Eduqas Set Text Guides (Available on EDUQAS resources) – Breakdowns of all set products Extension & Enrichment Gender Trouble – Judith Butler – Key feminist theory text, helpful for understanding representation. Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices – Stuart Hall – Focus on encoding/decoding, race, identity, and ideology. Bonus – Podcasts & Online Media The Rest is Entertainment Podcast – BBC Sounds Mrs Fisher– YouTube (Eduqas-specific tutorials) Eduqas Resources – Official Site for updates, exemplars, and marking schemes |
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Edexcel AS/A level Anthology of Music Music: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Nicholas Cook Aural Matters by David Bowman and Paul Terry (Schott) Music Theory in Practice Grades 1-5 by Eric Taylor (ABRSM) The AB Guide to Music Theory Part One by Eric Taylor (ABRSM) Music Dictionary (Longman) |
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PE |
AQA A Level PE For Year 1 and AS. Authors Carl Atherton, Symond Burrows, Ross Howitt and Sue Young. ISBN-13: 9781471859564 AQA A Level PE For Year 2 and AS. Authors Carl Atherton, Symond Burrows, Ross Howitt and Sue Young. ISBN-13: 9781471859564 Bevis, P & Murray, M. AQA AS Physical Education (2008) Nelson Thornes. Roscoe D, Davis B, Roscoe J. Clegg, C. Exercise Physiology And Functional Anatomy (1995) Feltham Press Physical Education and the Study of Sport. Robert Davis PhD, Jan Roscoe Sports Psychology. Inside the athletes mind. Jonny Bell |
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Psychology |
Introducing Mind and Brain ISBN: 978-1840468540 50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know ISBN: 978-1847248527 Free radicals: The Secret Anarchy of Science ISBN 978-1846684067 Bad science ISBN-13: 978-0007284870 Affluenza ISBN-13: 978-0091900113 Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain ISBN-13: 978-0415870535 Psychology: A Very Short Introduction ISBN-13: 978-0-19-967042-0 Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction ISBN-13: 978-0-19-289321-5 Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction 978-0-19-280585-0 Psychiatry: A Very Short Introduction ISBN-13: 978-0-19-280727-4 Madness: A Very Short Introduction ISBN-13: 978-0-19-960803-4 Memory: A Very Short Introduction ISBN-13: 978-0-19-280675-8 The Brain: A Very Short Introduction ISBN-13: 978-0-19-285392-9 |
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Philosphy |
WJEC/EDUQAS RS for yr1/AS Philosophy and ethics of religion - Gray & Lawson (Illuminate Publishing) ISBN: 978-1-908682-99-4 AS and A-level Religious Studies: Philosophy and Ethics through diagrams (Oxford University Press) 2002 – Dewar ISBN 0199148732 Cole, W.O. & Sambhi, Piara Singh. The Sikhs: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices (Sussex Academic Press) |
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Sociology |
Outsiders: Studies in Sociology of Deviance: Howard Becker The 32 Stops: Danny Dorling Quirkology: The Curious Science Of Everyday Lives: Richard Wiseman Gang leader for a day – Sudhir Venkatesh The Spirit level – Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett Chavs! The demonization of the working class – Owen Jones How to be a woman – Caitlin Moran Non-stop Inertia: Ivor Southwood Down and Out in Paris and London – George Orwell |
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Spanish |
Ánimo 1: AS AQA Self-Study Guide- De Sudea. Literature in Spanish/Translation- Cervantes, Molina, Ruiz Zafon, Marquez, Borges etc. Spanish newspapers/magazine- El Pais, ABC, El Mundo etc. La Sombra Del Viento (The shadow of the wind) – Ruiz Zafón. |
