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Geography NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum by David Butler; Tony Eggleton; Xiumei Guo; Fiona Tonizzo; Ken Purnell; Dora Marinova; Catherine Acworth; Karlson Hargroves; Peter Newman; Rex Cooke; David Lergessner; Simon Miller; Margaret Robertson; Heather Ruckert; Andrew Walker; Jesmond Sammut; Kate Thompson
Category: Education
Highway Robbery by Kate Thompson
Category: Children's Fiction
A beautifully illustrated short story for young readers featuring the most famous highwaymen of them all, and his wonderful horse: Black Bess. 'Hold the mare for me, lad. And when I come back I'll give you a golden guinea'. It's more money than the street urchin has ever dreamt of. But who is th ...Show more
Nelson Society and Culture: Stage 6 with 1 Access Code by Kate Thompson, Marshall Leaver, Nicole Martirena, Maxine Johnson
Category: Education
Society and Culture Preliminary and HSC, third edition, has been extensively updated to address all aspects of the NSW Society and Culture Stage 6 syllabus in a contemporary context. This market-leading resource retains all the features you valued in previous editions, while offering brand-new focus stu ...Show more
Secrets of the Homefront Girls by Kate Thompson
Category: Fiction
A new series from bestselling author Kate Thompson. 'Kate Thompson's wartime novels always strike a chord and Secrets of the Homefront Girls is no exception. You can almost smell the Yardley violets drifting over the factory as the girls live lives complicated by the trials and tribulations of war' My ...Show more
Secrets of the Sewing Bee by Kate Thompson
Category: Fiction
Orphan Flossy Brown arrives at Trout's garment factory in Bethnal Green amidst the uncertainty of the Second World War. In 1940s London, each cobbled street is strewn with ghosts of soldiers past, all struggling to make ends meet. For the women of the East End, their battles are on the home front.Flossy ...Show more
Secrets of the Singing Girls by THOMPSON KATE
Category: Fiction
1942: Sixteen-year-old Poppy Percival arrives at the gates of Trout's clothing factory in Bethnal Green, ready to begin a new life as an East End seamstress. Forced to leave her quiet countryside home, and banished to a war-ravaged London, Poppy harbours a dark secret - one that tore her away from all s ...Show more
Society and Culture Preliminary and HSC by Kate Thompson
Category: Education
Fully updated to cover elements of the Stage 6 syllabus All four depth studies Close examination of research methodologies Detailed framework for completing the Personal Interest Project Techniques and strategies for essay writing and exams Updated case studies Activities in each chapter focus on buildi ...Show more
The Allotment Girls by Kate Thompson
Category: Fiction
During the Second World War, life in the iconic Bryant & May match factory is grimy and tough. Annie, Rose, Pearl and Millie carry on making matches for the British Army, with bombs raining down around them.Inspired by the Dig for Victory campaign, Annie persuades the owners to start Bryant & Ma ...Show more
The Little Wartime Library by Kate Thompson
Category: Fiction
London, 1944.Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While the world remains at war, in East London Clara has created the country's only underground library, built over the tracks in the disused Bethnal Green tube station. Down here a secret community thrives: with thousands of bunk beds, a nursery, a ca ...Show more
The Little Wartime Library: A gripping, heart-wrenching WW2 page-turner based on real events by Kate Thompson
Category: Fiction
London, 1944.Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While the world remains at war, in East London Clara has created the country's only underground library, built over the tracks in the disused Bethnal Green tube station. Down here a secret community thrives: with thousands of bunk beds, a nursery, a ca ...Show more