Princes Risborough 6th Form Recommended Book List Last Updated July 2013 Please speak to subject teachers if you need advice before making a purchase. Teachers will have copies for you to look at before you make a decision to buy. Second hand copies may be available at the beginning of the academic year if any students wish to sell theirs at the end of the course. Subject/Book Title Biology Edexcel A Level Science Student Book with Active Book CD AS Biology. ISBN: 1405896329 AS- Level Biology Headstart Mind the Gap Richard Parsons. ISBN: 1841466204 Edexcel A Level Science Student Book with Active Book CD A2 Biology. ISBN: 1408206021 Biology (Collins Advanced Science) Mike Boyle. ISBN: 0007267452 Edexcel AS Biology Revision Guide (Edexcel A Level Sciences). ISBN: 1846905982 AS Level Biology Edexcel Revision Guide. Richard Parsons. ISBN: 1847621201 Edexcel AS Biology Unit 1 Lifestyle, Transport, Genes and Health. ISBN: 0340948299 Edexcel A2 Biology Revision Guide (Edexcel A Level Sciences). ISBN: 1846905990 A2 Level Biology Edexcel Revision Guide. Richard Parsons. ISBN: 184762264X Edexcel A2 Biology Unit 4 The Natural Environment ISBN: 0340948329 Edexel A2 Biology Unit 5 Energy, Exercise and Co-ordination. ISBN: 0340948329 Chemistry Chemistry, by Chris Conoley and Phil Hills (publisher Collins) ISBN: 978-0-00-726747-7 Edexcel AS Chemistry Revision Guide; ISBN: 978-1-8469-0597-1 Edexcel A2 Chemistry Revision Guide; ISBN: 978-1-8469-0596-4 Get the Grade: Edexcel AS/A2 Chemistry [Paperback] by George Facer A level Mathematics Core Mathematics 1 (C1) ISBN 978 0 435519 10 0 (SMP) Core Mathematics 2 (C2) (480) ISBN 978 0 435519 11 7 Core Mathematics 3 (C3) (481) ISBN 978 0 435519 09 4 Core Mathematics 4 (C4) (482) ISBN 978 0 435519 07 0 Statistics 1 (S1) (483) ISBN 978 1 84690 893 4 Decision Mathematics 1 (D1) (492) ISBN 978 0 43551912 4 A level and AS level Further Mathematics Statistics 2 (S2) (484) ISBN 978 0 43551913 1 Year/Level Essential or Additional Y12/AS Essential Y12/AS Additional Y13/A2 Essential Y12 and 13 AS and A2 Y12/AS Essential Y12/AS Essential Y12/AS Additional Y13/A2 Essential Y13/A2 Additional Y13/A2 Additional Y13/A2 Additional Y12 and 13 AS and A2 Y12/AS Y13/A2 Y12 and Y13 Essential Y12 Y12 Y13 Y13 Y12 Y13 Essential Essential Essential Essential Essential Essential Y13 Essential Additional Essential Essential Additional Mechanics 1 (M1) (487) ISBN 978 0 43551916 2 Y12 Essential Mechanics 2 (M2) (488) ISBN 978 043551917 9 Y12 Essential Decision Mathematics 2 (D2) ISBN 978 043551920 9 Y13 Essential Further Pure Mathematics 1(FP1) (494) ISBN978 043551923 0 Y12 Essential Further Pure Mathematics 2(FP2) (495) ISBN978 043551921 6 Y13 Essential Calculators You will need your standard GCSE scientific calculator for all exams except the C1 module exam. You may like to buy a graphical calculator, which can be used in the other exams, and will be useful for classwork on investigating properties of graphs. It will be particularly useful for Further Mathematicians studying Statistics. Classical Civilisation The Archaeologist’s Handbook (easy introduction) Y12/AS Essential Louise Schofield – The Myceneans Y12/AS Essential Hill KA and Diana Wardle – The Mycenean World Y12/AS Essential Bowkett, Hill KA and Diana Wardle – Classical Archaeology in the Y12/AS Essential Field: Approaches Penguin Classics Translation of Homer's Odyssey and York Y12/AS Essential Advanced Notes on the Odyssey Jane McIntosh – The Practical Archaeologist Y12/AS Additional Anything else about Mycenae or about archaeology Y12/AS Additional Watching lots of Time Team episodes (yes really) Y12/AS Additional Cathy Gere – the Tomb of Agamemnon Y12/AS Additional Penguin Classics translations of Virgil's Aeneid and Homer's Iliad Y13/A2 Essential and York Advanced Notes on the Aeneid and Odyssey Hill and Ireland – Roman Britain Y13/A2 Additional Guy de la Bedoyere – Roman Britain Y13/A2 Essential Peter Salway – The Roman Era ISBN 0 19 873194-9(from the Y13/A2 Essential series Short Oxford History of the British Isles) don’t get this confused with other books he has written. Y13/A2 Essential Keith Branigan RomanBritain Available to borrow from school Any of the books about Roman Britain from the Shire series Y13/A2 Additional (cheap on Amazon) Sociology Sociology AS for AQA, Stephen Moore, Dave Aiken, Steve Y12 Essential Chapman. Collins Sociology A2 for AQA, Stephen Moore, Dave Aiken, Steve Y13 Essential Chapman. Collins A2-Level Sociology: Exam Board AQA The Revision Guide Y13 Essential AS- Level Sociology: Exam Board AQA The Revision Guide Y12 Essential Ken Browne: Sociology A2 AQA. Jonathan Blundell, Pamela Law Y13 and Margaret Whalley Instant Revision AS sociology – The ideal solution to last minute Revision. Collins BTEC National Business BTEC Level 3 National Business Student Book 1 ISBN 978 1 846906 34 3 BTEC Level 3 National Business Student Book 2 ISBN 978 1 846906 35 0 A Level Economics and Business Studies No specific books but we recommend students read a quality newspaper regularly English Y12/13 Y12/13 Not essential, copies are held in school for reference Selected poetry of Browning and Auden The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde The Bloody Chamber (collection of short stories) by Angela Carter Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Dr Faustus by Christopher Marlow The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks A Critical Anthology supplied by PRS AQA English Literature B AS textbook, by Adrian Beard and Alan Kent AQA English Literature B A2 textbook, by Adrian Beard Geography Geography for Edexcel, Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978019913482-2 A2 Geography for Edexcel (Oxford University Press). ISBN: 978019913483-0. Edexcel AS Geography: Student book, Pearsons, ISBN 9781846903212 Edexcel A2 Geography: Students book, Pearsons, ISBN 9781846903663 BTEC National Sport Btec Level 3 National Sport Book 1 ISBN 978 1 846906 510 (May 2010) Btec Level 3 National Sport Book 2 ISBN 978 1 846906 513 (June 2010) Health and Social Care New course for September 2013 – Booklist to follow Textiles Textiles at the Cutting Edge by Lesley Cresswell Travel and Tourism New course for September 2013 – Booklist to follow A2 Travel and tourism, Dale. G. Heinemann ISBN: 978-04354635540 Media Studies AQA AS Media: Student Book (Aqa Media Studies for As) Nelson Thornes Ltd AQA A2 Media Studies: Student Book (Aqa Media Studies for A2) Nelson Thornes Ltd The Media Student’s Book by Gill Branston and Roy Stafford Routledge Publishers; 5th edition (27th May 2010) Product Design AQA Design & Technology Product Design (3-D Design) Nelson Thornes ISBN 978-0-7487-8257-4 A Level Product Design - Nelson Thornes ISBN 978-0-74878674-9 Y12 Essential Y13 Essential Y12 Essential Y13 Essential Y12/AS Essential Y13/A2 Essential Y 12 / AS Recommended Y 13/A2 Recommended Y12 Essential Y13 Essential Y12 Essential Y12 Y13/A2 Essential Y12/AS Essential Y13/A2 Essential Y12/13 Essential Y12/13 Essential Y12/13 Essential