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Winston is a magic wizard. He does a magic spell. Oh no! My black cat is a dog now! Where is my wand? Where is my magic? I want my cat!

Tony Richardson's A Taste of Honey (1961) is a multi-award-winning landmark film in British cinema history and one of the few key films of the British New Wave to have be written by a woman (Shelagh Delaney, adapting her own stage play). Melanie Williams' study explores the many ways in which A Taste of Honey was innovative. It was one of the first films to be made almost entirely on location, its Salford, Manchester and Blackpool exteriors and interiors perfectly curated by production designer Ralph Brinton. It was shot by Walter Lassally in a style liberated from previous orthodoxies about good cinematography and was poetically assembled by visionary editor Anthony Gibbs. The film also launched a wholly new kind of female star in Rita Tushingham, and introducing new faces to British cinema, including Murray Melvin, Paul Danquah, and Robert Stephens. Perhaps most innovatively of all, it boldly but un-sensationally explored class, place, gender, age, ethnicity, sexuality, maternity, and their various intersections at this key moment in post-war British history. Teenage playwright Delaney's strikingly original dramatic vision was sympathetically rendered on screen by Tony Richardson, in perhaps the finest and most fully realised of all his films, and certainly among the finest achievements of the British New Wave he helped to instigate.

In Wolfred the Big Sad Wolf, join Wolfred on an uplifting adventure as he navigates the challenges of being a big, misunderstood wolf in search of true friendship. Though his size might be intimidating, his heart is full of kindness. Can Wolfred break through the fear and misconceptions to find friends who appreciate him for who he truly is? Embark on a heartfelt journey that teaches the importance of looking beyond appearances and discovering the beauty of genuine friendship.

Winner of the Theatre Library Association’s Richard Wall Memorial Award Special Jury Prize for an exemplary work in the field of recorded performanceAfter the advent of sound, women in the British film industry formed an essential corps of below-the-line workers, laboring in positions from animation artist to negative cutter to costume designer. Melanie Bell maps the work of these women decade-by-decade, examining their far-ranging economic and creative contributions against the backdrop of the discrimination that constrained their careers. Her use of oral histories and trade union records presents a vivid counter-narrative to film history, one that focuses not only on women in a male-dominated business, but on the innumerable types of physical and emotional labor required to make a motion picture. Bell's feminist analysis looks at women's jobs in film at important historical junctures while situating the work in the context of changing expectations around women and gender roles. Illuminating and astute, Movie Workers is a first-of-its-kind examination of the unsung women whose invisible work brought British filmmaking to the screen.

Comprehensive overview of the director's body of work which yields new insights on the established classics of Lean's career as well as its lesser- known treasures -- .

An update of the well-loved course for young learners - now fully in line with the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. The fun course for seriously good results! This seven-level course delights children and inspires teachers with its bright ideas. Perfect for general use Kid's Box Second edition is now updated with new vocabulary and activities so that it fully covers the syllabus of the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. The Teacher's Book contains comprehensive teaching notes and the Pupil's Book pages for reference, as well as extra activities, photocopiable pages and classroom ideas to inspire both teachers and students.show more

An update of the well-loved course for young learners - now fully in line with the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests.

An exciting, seven-level course that enhances young learners' thinking skills, sharpening their memory while improving their language skills.

An exciting, seven-level course that enhances young learners' thinking skills, sharpening their memory while improving their language skills. Written by a highly experienced author team, Super Minds enhances your students' thinking skills, improving their memory along with their language skills. For ease of use, this Level 5 Teacher's Book includes detailed lesson aims, clear instructions and a vast array of extra activities. Class Audio CDs, including audio from the Student's Book and Workbook, are sold separately.show more

An exciting, seven-level course that enhances young learners' thinking skills, sharpening their memory while improving their language skills. This exciting seven-level course enhances your students' thinking skills, improving their memory along with their language skills. Super Minds develops language creatively with activities including role play and project work and explores social values with both lively stories and cross-curricular thinking with fascinating 'English for school' sections. For ease of use, this Level 6 Teacher's Book includes detailed lesson aims, clear instructions and a vast array of extra activities. Class Audio CDs, including audio from the Student's Book and Workbook, are sold separately.show more