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Year 11 Reading List Year 11 Reading List Please find a reading list for various subjects to help you prepare for Post 16 studies. English • David Crystal ‘The English Language’ • David Crystal ‘Rediscover Grammar’ • Bill Bryson ‘The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way’ • The Guardian ‘Mind Your Language’ https://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your- language • F Scott Fitzgerald ‘The Great Gatsby’ • Emily Bronte ‘Wuthering Heights’ • Khaled Hosseini ‘The Kite Runner’ • Charles Dickens ‘Bleak House’ • Ian McEwan ‘Atonement’ • Malala Yousafzai ‘I am Malala’ Shakespeare and poetry • Othello • The Taming of the Shrew • Measure for Measure • The Winter's Tale • Jane Austen Persuasion • Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre • Emily Brontë Wuthering Heights • Kate Chopin The Awakening • Jonathan Coe The Rotters' Club • George Eliot The Mill on the Floss • Thomas Hardy Tess of the D’Urbervilles • F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby • E.M. Forster A Room with a View • L.P. Hartley The Go-Between • Daphne Du Maurier Rebecca • Ian McEwan Atonement Mathematics • Measuring the World Paperback. 4 Oct 2007 - Daniel Kehlmann • Parrots Theorem Paperback. 4 Oct 2002 - Denis Guedj (Author), Frank Wynne (Translator) • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon • Fermat's Last Theorem: The Story of a Riddle That Confounded The World's Greatest Minds For 358 Years - Simon Singh • The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking – Simon Singh • The Number Mysteries: A Mathematical Odyssey through Everyday Life - Marcus Du Sautoy • Significant Figures: LiVes and Works of Trailblazing Mathematicians - Professor Ian Stewart • SeVenteen Equations that Changed the World - Professor Ian Stewart • Math Riddles for Smart Kids: 400 Math riddles and brain teasers for kids and family Paperback. 15 Sep 2018 – Linda Nguyen • Maths Games for CleVer Kids (Buster Brain Games) Paperback. 8 Mar 2018 – Gareth Moore Science • Peter Atkins- The Periodic Kingdom • Philip Ball – Elegant Solutions • John Emsley – Vanity Vitality and Virility • Dick Lane – Oxygen • Lawrence M Krauss - The Physics of Star Trek • Richard Dawkins – How a Scientist Changes the Way we Think. • Richard Dawkins – The Selfish Game • Pater Macinnis – Poison • James Gleick – Chaos • Bill Bryson – A Short History of Everything • Stanley Feldman – Poison Arrows • Michael White – Leonardo The First Scientist • RSE – The Age of the Molecule • David Attenborough- Life on Earth History • The Cousins War series by Phillipa Gregory (7 books) • The Tudor Court series by Phillipa Gregory (8 books) Religious Education • The Divinci code: Dan Brown • Inferno • Angels and Demons • Origin • The lost Symbol • Deception point (All Dan Brown) Geography Human Geography General • Crang, P., Goodwin,M, & Cloke, P. (2014). Introducing human geographies (Third ed.) – Abingdon, Oxon, New York, Routledge • Gregory, D., & Herod, A. (2010). The dictionary of human geography (5th ed. ed.) – Chichester, Wiley-Blackwell. Geopolitics and Governance • Boyes, B. (2009) Meltdown Iceland. Howe the Global Financial Crisis Bankrupted an Entire Country – Bloomsbury • Dharshini D. (2018) The Almighty Dollar: Follow the Incredible Journey of Single Dollar to See How the Global Economy Really Works, Elliott and Thompson • Dimbleby, J. (2009) Russia: a journey to the heart of a land and its people, BBC Books • Flint, C. (2017) An Introduction to Geopolitics, 3rd Edition, Routledge • Marshall, T. (2018) Divided: Why We’re Living in an Age of Walls, Elliot and Thompson Ltd • Marshall, T. (2016) Worth Dying For the power and the politics of flags, Elliot and Thompson Ltd • Marshall, T. (2015) Prisoners of Geography, Elliot and Thompson Ltd Rebranding Places and Gentrification • Bennett, J. (2010) Hello Dubai: Skiing, Sand, and Shopping in the World’s Weirdest City – Simon & Schuster • Bryson, B. (1996) Notes from a small island– Blackswan Books in fact anything by him • Coates, K. and Silbur, R. (1973) Poverty: The Forgotten Englishmen–Pelican • Florida, R. (2017) The new urban crisis gentrification, housing bubbles, growing inequality and what we can do about it – Oneworld • Orwell, G. (2001) The Road to Wigan Pier –Penguin Cities and Urban Geography • Ali, S. (2010) Dubai: Gilded Cage – Yale University Press • Brugmann, J. (2010) Welcome to the Urban Revolution. How Cities are Changing the World • Davis, M. (1998) City of Quartz – Pimlico • Davis, M. (1998) Ecology of Fear – Vintage • Davis, M. (2004) Dead Cities – The New Press • Davis, M. (2007) Planet of Slums – Verso • Franz, F. & Collins, C. (2000) Celebration, U.S.A.: Living in Disney’s Brave New Town – Owl Books • Hall, P. (2002) Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth History – Blackwell • Ross, A. (2000) The Celebration Chronicles: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Property Value in Disney’s New Town – Verso Books • Tatchell, J. (2010) A Diamond in the Desert: Behind the Scenes in the World’s Richest City – Sceptre Development Geographies • Allen, T. and Thomas, A. (eds) (2000) Poverty and development: into the 21st century, Oxford: OUP. • Collier, P. (2010) Plundered Planet: How to Reconcile Prosperity With Nature – Oxford University Press • Collier, P. (2007) The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It – Oxford University Press • Dorling, D. (2015) Inequality and the 1% - Verso • Hickel, J. (2017) The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions – William Heinemann • Monbiot, G. (2008) Bring on the Apocalypse: Six Arguments for Global Justice - Atlantic Books • Moyo, D. (2009) Dead Aid: Why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa – Farrar, Straus & Giroux • Squires, G. & Hartman, C. (2006) There is no such thing as a natural disaster Food Geographies and Consumption Supply Chains • Abbott, E. (2010) Sugar: A Bittersweet History – Gerald Duckworth • Berners-Lee, M. (2010) How Bad Are Bananas?: The Carbon Footprint of Everything – Profile Book • Blay-Palmer, A. (2008) Food fears : from industrial to sustainable food systems – Oxford: Ashgate • Ellis, H. (2007) Planet Chicken. The Shameful Story of the Bird on Our Plate – Sceptre • Griffitth, G. (2007) Tea: The Drink That Changed the World – Andre Deutsch • Kurlansky, M. (1998) Cod. The Biography of the Fish that Changed the World – Penguin • McMahon, P. (2013) Feeding Frenzy: The New Politics of Food – Profile • Ming Lee, S. (2019). Hungry For Disruption: How Tech Innovations Will Nourish 10 Billion By 2050 - New Degree Press • Pearce, F. (2009) Confessions of an Eco Sinner: Travels to Where My Stuff Comes From – Eden Project Books • Reader, J. (2009) The Untold Story of the Potato –Vintage • Rivoli, P. (2009) The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade – John Wiley & Sons. • Schlosser, E. (2002) Fast Food Nation: What the All American Meal is Doing to the World – Penguin • Timmerman, K. (2010) Where am I Wearing? A Global Tour to the Counties, Factories, and People that Make Our Clothes – John Wiley & Sons Globalisation • Auletta, K. (2010) Googled: The End of the World As We Know It – Virgin • Beattie, A. (2009) False Economy. A Surprising Economic History of the World -Penguin • Harvey, D. 1989. The Condition of Postmodernity – Oxford: Blackwell • Klein, N. (2010) No Logo, Fourth Estate • Rouke,PJO. (2008) On the Wealth of Nations. Adam Smith’s Book that Changed the World -Atlantic Books • Stross, R. (2010) Planet Google: How One Company Is Changing Our Lives-Atlantic Book • Bernstein, W. (2009) A Splendid EXchange: How Trade Shaped the World – Atlantic Books. Race, ‘The Other’ and Identity • Ali, M. (2003) Brick Lane, Transworld Publishers • Christopher, A.J. (1994). The Atlas of Apartheid – London: Routledge • Dwyer, C., Bressey, C. (2009). New geographies of race and racism. • Gilroy, P. (1986) There ain’t no black in the Union Jack: the cultural politics of race and nation – Hutchinson • Kundnani, Arun (2007), The End of Tolerance: Racism in the 21st Century – London, Pluto Press • Rose, G (1993) Feminism and Geography: The Limits of Geographical Knowledge – Polity Press • Said, E. (1978) Orientalism – Random House Energy Futures • Dennis, K. & Urry, J. (2009) After the car – Cambridge: Polity • Pickerill, J. (2016) Eco-Homes: People, Place and Politics. • Rubinyi, K. (2013). The car in 2035 : Mobility planning for the near future – Los Angeles, Civic Projects Foundation • Smil, V. (2005). Energy at the crossroads: Global perspectives and uncertainties – Piscataqay, New Jersey, MIT Press. • Urry, J. (2007) Mobilities – Cambridge: Polity French Below is the list of literary texts and films that you could cover in AQA A-Level French. Try watching or reading a few (you could even watch / read an English translation first). Please speak to Mr O’Meara if you want some help with this. 3.4.1.1 Texts • Molière Le Tartuffe • Voltaire Candide • Guy de Maupassant Boule de Suif et autres contes de la guerre • Albert Camus L’étranger • Françoise Sagan Bonjour tristesse • Claire Etcherelli Elise ou la vraie vie • Joseph Joffo Un sac de billes • Faïza Guène Kiffe kiffe demain • Philippe Grimbert Un secret • Delphine de Vigan No et moi 3.4.1.2 Films • Les 400 coups François Truffaut (1959) • Au revoir les enfants Louis Malle (1987) • La Haine Mathieu Kassovitz (1995) • L’auberge espagnole Cédric Klapisch (2002) • Un long dimanche de fiançailles Jean-Pierre Jeunet (2004) • Entre les murs Laurent Cantet (2008) • Teachitlanguages.co.uk
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