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'I spring from the pages into your arms'Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass stands as one of the most influential and innovative literary works of the last two hundred years. Widely credited as the originator of free verse in English, Whitman put forward a radical new language of the body, the nation, and same-sex love. After the book's initial publication in June 1855, Whitman revised and expanded the project a further seven times, with subsequent editions appearing at regular intervals until his death in 1892. His revisions to particular poems were often substantial, and the addition of new poems to each edition so extensive, that the books dimensions altered dramatically.This edition introduces Whitmans ongoing labour of revision and renewal his successive responses to the shattering years that encompassed the American Civil War and its aftermath. Beginning with the first edition of 1855, it moves chronologically, selecting and including the most substantial poems and clusters as Whitman first included them. In most cases, this means reprinting the often more politically and sexually daring beginning, rather than the revised end, of a particular poem's journey. The present edition thereby provides a portrait of a poet who attempted to reshape his project in tandem with some of the most tumultuous decades in American history, and who in the process altered forever the parameters and possibilities of poetry itself.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

In Whitman, Melville, Crane, and the Labors of American Poetry, Peter Riley confronts our enduring and problematic investment in poetic vocation--a myth, he argues, that continues to inform how all our multifarious labors are understood, valued, and exploited. The book seeks to challenge a dominant cultural logic that frames contingent, non-vocational labor as a necessary sacrifice that frustrates the righteous progress towards realizing that seemingly purest of callings: Poet. Incorporating the often overlooked or excluded workaday ephemera of three canonical US Romantic poets--Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, and Hart Crane--this volume offers new archival insights that call for a re-examination of celebrated literary careers and disputes their status as renowned or tragic icons of creative vocation. The poetry of Whitman the real estate dealer, Melville the customs inspector, and Crane the copywriter, Riley contends, does not constitute the formal inscription of an antagonistic or discreet poetic labor struggling against quotidian work towards the fulfilment of exceptional individual callings. Instead, the distracted forms of their poetry are always already intermingled with a variety of apparently lesser labors. Ousting poetic production from its default sanctuary of privileged exemption or transcendent repose, the volume refigures the work of the poet as a living sensuous activity that transgresses labor's various divisions and hierarchies. It consequently recasts the poet as a figure who actually unfastens the 'right of passage' vocational logic that does so much to secure and reproduce the current neoliberal paradigm.

Mastering Biology 3rd edition has been fully revised and updated to provide the information required for today's syllabuses. The book provides an interactive element where the readers can focus on the learning objectives, find them easily in each chapter, check their knowledge and understanding by answering the wide-ranging questions and revise their work using the end of chapter summaries. Mastering Biology can be a useful primer for students beginning A Level Biology after studying an integrated course at GCSE. It will also appeal to further education students.

Biology Now! 11-14 is one of three Pupil's Books that cover the requirements of the National Curriculum for science at Key Stage 3, the Common Entrance Examination at 13+ syllabus and equivalent junior science courses. Based on Biology Now! 11-14, the clear text and colourful illustrations and photographs fully explain the concepts and encourage background reading. Boxed sections are used to show how scientific ideas have developed and how they are applied in today's world.Throughout there are numerous questions that test a range of skills including comprehension, application, analysis and evaluation. These may be used as a basis for classwork or homework. There are also 'For discussion' sections to encourage group discussion.In this second edition the Chapters have been reorganised to reflect the QCA Scheme of Work. There is also additional information on types of tissue, parental care in different organisms, daily adaptations in plants and animals and a new chapter on Plants for Food.Each book has a glossary and is supported by a Teacher's Resource Book that contains details of practical work.

Chemistry Now! 11-14 is one of three Pupil's Books that cover the requirements of the National Curriculum for science at Key Stage 3, the Common Entrance Examination at 13+ syllabus and equivalent junior science courses. Based on Chemistry Now! 11-14, the clear text and colourful illustrations and photographs fully explain the concepts and encourage background reading. Boxed sections are used to show how scientific ideas have developed and how they are applied in today's world.Throughout there are numerous questions that test a range of skills including comprehension, application, analysis and evaluation. These may be used as a basis for classwork or homework. There are also 'For discussion' sections to encourage group discussion.In this new edition, the Chapters have been reorganised to reflect the QCA Scheme of Work. There is also additional information on the tests for gases and compounds, mixtures and elements as well as expanded chapters on Rocks and Weathering and the Rock Cycle.Each book has a glossary and is supported by a Teacher's Resource Book that contains details of practical work.

Physics Now! 11-14 is one of three Pupil's Books that cover the requirements of the National Curriculum for science at Key Stage 3, the Common Entrance Examination at 13+ syllabus and equivalent junior science courses. Based on Physics Now! 11-14, the clear text and colourful illustrations and photographs fully explain the concepts and encourage background reading. Boxed sections are used to show how scientific ideas have developed and how they are applied in today's world.Throughout there are numerous questions that test a range of skills including comprehension, application, analysis and evaluation. These may be used as a basis for classwork or homework. There are also 'For discussion' sections to encourage group discussion.In this new edition, the Chapters have been reorganised to reflect the QCA Scheme of Work and there is additional information of fuses and circuit breakers, energy transfers and transmitting electricity, the effects of gravity and ways of measuring speed. There is also an expanded Chapter on the Solar Sysytem.Each book has a glossary and is supported by a Teacher's Resource Book that contains details of practical work.

Stage 7 is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.Help learners engage with and fully understand topics they are studying with captivating content following the new Cambridge Lower Secondary Science curriculum framework (0893). - Provide activities to increase learners' subject knowledge and develop the skills necessary to think and work scientifically.- Test learners' comprehension of each topic with questions designed to develop deeper thinking skills.- Embed knowledge and increase learners' vocabulary with whole class and smaller group discussion.The audio files are FREE to download from: www.hoddereducation.com/cambridgeextras

This title is has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.The Cambridge Checkpoint Lower Secondary Science Teacher's Guides include a print handbook and a subscription to Boost, where you will find a range of online resources to support your teaching. - Confidently deliver the new curriculum framework: Expert author guidance on the different approaches to learning, including developing scientific language and the skills required to think and work scientifically. - Develop key concepts and skills: Suggested activities, quizzes and guidance on assessment, as well as ideas for supporting and extending learners working at different levels.- Support the use of ESL: Introductions and activities included that have been developed by an ESL specialist to help facilitate the most effective teaching in classrooms with mixed English abilities. - Enrich learning: Audio versions of the glossary to help aid understanding, pronunciation and critical appreciation.

Cambridge Checkpoint Lower Secondary Science Stage 8 is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International EducationCreated with teachers and learners in schools across the globe, Boost is the next generation in digital learning for schools, bringing quality content and new technology together in one interactive website.The Cambridge Checkpoint Lower Secondary Science Teacher's Guides include a print handbook and a subscription to Boost, where you will find a range of online resources to support your teaching. - Confidently deliver the new curriculum framework: guidance on the different approaches to learning, including developing scientific language and the skills required to think and work scientifically.- Develop key concepts and skills: Suggested activities, quizzes and guidance on assessment, as well as ideas for supporting and extending learners working at different levels.- Support the use of ESL: Introductions and activities included that have been developed by an ESL specialist to help facilitate the most effective teaching in classrooms with mixed English abilities. - Enrich learning: Audio versions of the glossary to help aid understanding, pronunciation and critical appreciation.

This title is has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.Created with teachers and learners in schools across the globe, Boost is the next generation in digital learning for schools, bringing quality content and new technology together in one interactive website.The Cambridge Checkpoint Lower Secondary Science Teacher's Guides include a print handbook and a subscription to Boost, where you will find a range of online resources to support your teaching. - Confidently deliver the new curriculum framework: guidance on the different approaches to learning, including developing scientific language and the skills required to think and work scientifically.- Develop key concepts and skills: Suggested activities, quizzes and guidance on assessment, as well as ideas for supporting and extending learners working at different levels.- Support the use of ESL: Introductions and activities included that have been developed by an ESL specialist to help facilitate the most effective teaching in classrooms with mixed English abilities. - Enrich learning: Audio versions of the glossary to help aid understanding, pronunciation and critical appreciation.

Cambridge Checkpoint Lower Secondary Science Stage 7 is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.Practise and consolidate knowledge gained from the Student's Book with this, write-in workbook full of corresponding learning activities. - Save time when planning with ready-made homework or extension exercises.-Reinforce student's understanding of key scientific concepts with varied question types, quizzes and the use of ICT.- Challenge learners with extra practice activities to encourage regular self-assessment.

Cambridge Checkpoint Lower Secondary Science Stage 8 is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education. Practise and consolidate knowledge gained from the Student's Book with this, write-in workbook full of corresponding learning activities. - Save time when planning with ready-made homework or extension exercises.- Reinforce student's understanding of key scientific concepts with varied question types, quizzes and the use of ICT.- Challenge learners with extra practice activities to encourage regular self-assessment.

Stage 9 is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.Practise and consolidate knowledge gained from the Student's Book with this, write-in workbook full of corresponding learning activities.Practise and consolidate knowledge gained from the Student's Book with this, write-in workbook full of corresponding learning activities. - Save time when planning with ready-made homework or extension exercises.- Reinforce student's understanding of key scientific concepts with varied question types, quizzes and the use of ICT.- Challenge learners with extra practice activities to encourage regular self-assessment.

Stage 8 is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.Help learners engage with and fully understand topics they are studying with captivating content following the new Cambridge Lower Secondary Science curriculum framework (0893). - Provide activities to increase learners' subject knowledge and develop the skills necessary to think and work scientifically.- Test learners' comprehension of each topic with questions designed to develop deeper thinking skills.- Embed knowledge and increase learners' vocabulary with whole class and smaller group discussion.The audio files are FREE to download from: www.hoddereducation.com/cambridgeextras

Stage 9 is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.Help learners engage with and fully understand topics they are studying with captivating content following the new Cambridge Lower Secondary Science curriculum framework (0893). - Provide activities to increase learners' subject knowledge and develop the skills necessary to think and work scientifically.- Test learners' comprehension of each topic with questions designed to develop deeper thinking skills.- Embed knowledge and increase learners' vocabulary with whole class and smaller group discussion.The audio files are FREE to download from: www.hoddereducation.com/cambridgeextras

A first science series that introduces young readers to basic science principles in a friendly and accessible way. Early scientific skills are taught through a combination of experiments, activities and key questions, designed to get young scientists thinking!All About Plants looks at the parts of a plant and describes where and how plants grow.

A first science series that introduces young readers to basic science principles in a friendly and accessible way. Early scientific skills are taught through a combination of experiments, activities and key questions, designed to get young scientists thinking!Everyday Materials introduces readers to different materials and their properties.

Straight Forward with Science offers a straightforward, but fun, approach to key science learning. Each book explores basic scientific principles and shows them in action, while simple activities and experiments bring the science to life. The Human Body looks at the multitude of parts that make up our amazing body and explores how our organ systems work together to keep us on the move. It also looks at what we can do to stay healthy.

Straight Forward with Science offers a straightforward, but fun, approach to key science learning. Each book explores basic scientific principles and shows them in action, while simple activities and experiments bring the science to life. The Earth in Space looks at Earth and how it spins around in space, giving us night and day. It also explores the Sun, Moon and stars and explains how the solar system works. Space exploration is also looked at.

Have you ever looked at the objects inside a curiosity box? What did you see and what did they feel like? Did you recognise some of them or were there things in there that you'd never seen before? Books that take the magical charm of collecting curiosities and join them together with the science behind some of the wonders of the natural world. Children will be inspired to take a closer look at objects and the world around them and begin to question how and why nature designs things in certain ways.Plants focuses on the different types of plants, including the trees, flowers, grasses and fungi you may encounter in habitats ranging from a park or garden, a field, a pond and a wood.Books that encourage KS1 readers to engage with core science and nature topics, while developing other key skills in thinking and reasoning in an utterly absorbing and charming way.

Step up your science knowledge with Step Into Science and discover the science of electricity! Step Into Science: Electricity reveals how electricity was discovered; what is inside a battery; and how to make your own series circuit. With the help of a cast of funny blobby characters, you'll explore the many uses of electricity and discover how to make your own buzzing robot.Colourful and quirky illustrations make these core science topics exciting and fresh and encourage interaction with the subject.Written to support the National Curriculum at Key Stage 2, each title explores key scientific topics through a combination of concise information and fun experiments. Perfect for readers aged 7+Titles in the series:ElectricityForces & MagnetsHabitatsLightPlantsRocks & SoilSoundThe Body

Step up your science knowledge with Step Into Science and discover the science of forces and magnets! Step Into Science: Forces and Magnets takes you on a journey of scientific discovery. With the help of a cast of funny blobby characters, you'll find out how we use forces everyday; which force pulls objects down holes and why Earth acts like a huge magnet. Explore which materials are magnetic and discover how to test them.Colourful and quirky illustrations make these core science topics exciting and fresh and encourage interaction with the subject.Written to support the National Curriculum at Key Stage 2, each title explores key scientific topics through a combination of concise information and fun experiments. Perfect for readers aged 7+Titles in the series:ElectricityForces & MagnetsHabitatsLightPlantsRocks & SoilSoundThe Body

Step up your science knowledge with Step Into Science and discover the science of habitats! In Step Into Science: Habitats, find out about forest and water homes; the importance of food chains and why humans are changing habitats. With the help of a cast of funny blobby characters, you'll explore different plant and animal groups and discover how a woodland changes with the seasons. Colourful and quirky illustrations make these core science topics exciting and fresh and encourage interaction with the subject.Written to support the National Curriculum at Key Stage 2, each title explores key scientific topics through a combination of concise information and fun experiments. Perfect for readers aged 7+Titles in the series:ElectricityForces & MagnetsHabitatsLightPlantsRocks & SoilSoundThe Body

Step up your science knowledge with Step Into Science and discover the science of light! In Step Into Science: Light, find out about how light comes to Earth from the Sun; when shadows form and how light moves. With the help of a cast of funny blobby characters, you'll explore why certain materials reflect light and discover how to make a shadow puppet theatre. Colourful and quirky illustrations make these core science topics exciting and fresh and encourage interaction with the subject.Written to support the National Curriculum at Key Stage 2, each title explores key scientific topics through a combination of concise information and fun experiments. Perfect for readers aged 7+Titles in the series:ElectricityForces & MagnetsHabitatsLightPlantsRocks & SoilSoundThe Body

Step up your science knowledge with Step Into Science and discover the science of light! In Step Into Science: Light, find out about how light comes to Earth from the Sun; when shadows form and how light moves. With the help of a cast of funny blobby characters, you'll explore why certain materials reflect light and discover how to make a shadow puppet theatre. Colourful and quirky illustrations make these core science topics exciting and fresh and encourage interaction with the subject.Written to support the National Curriculum at Key Stage 2, each title explores key scientific topics through a combination of concise information and fun experiments. Perfect for readers aged 7+Titles in the series:ElectricityForces & MagnetsHabitatsLightPlantsRocks & SoilSoundThe Body

Step up your science knowledge with Step Into Science and discover the science of plants! Step Into Science: Plants explains why flowers have colourful petals; how leaves make food for plants; and how water moves inside roots and stems. With the help of a cast of funny blobby characters, you'll different types of flower and discover what happens when seeds are kept in the dark. Colourful and quirky illustrations make these core science topics exciting and fresh and encourage interaction with the subject.Written to support the National Curriculum at Key Stage 2, each title explores key scientific topics through a combination of concise information and fun experiments. Perfect for readers aged 7+Titles in the series:ElectricityForces & MagnetsHabitatsLightPlantsRocks & SoilSoundThe Body

Step up your science knowledge with Step Into Science and discover the science of plants! Step Into Science: Plants explains why flowers have colourful petals; how leaves make food for plants; and how water moves inside roots and stems. With the help of a cast of funny blobby characters, you'll different types of flower and discover what happens when seeds are kept in the dark. Colourful and quirky illustrations make these core science topics exciting and fresh and encourage interaction with the subject.Written to support the National Curriculum at Key Stage 2, each title explores key scientific topics through a combination of concise information and fun experiments. Perfect for readers aged 7+Titles in the series:ElectricityForces & MagnetsHabitatsLightPlantsRocks & SoilSoundThe Body