My Review

This book is due to be released within the next couple of weeks.

This book has been a long time coming! I own the standard level version on this book and it is fantastic! If this higher level book is anything like the standard level book (I’m very sure of this) then it’s going to be a very useful book with lots of great diagrams and a fantastic breakdown of content!

This book is available for £37.99 and is currently available to preorder until the release in the first week of September 2009 when it will be available for immediate dispatch. This maybe be a little more expensive than the other books, but it is sure to be a good investment into securing a very good grade for IB Chemistry, Higher.

My Review

This book is due to be released soon.

This book is available for £18.99 and is currently available to preorder until November 2009 when it will be available for immediate dispatch.

Name: Biology Higher Level (Heinemann Baccalaureate)
Author: Alan Damon, William Ward, Patricia Tosto & Randy McGonegal
Publisher: Heinemann Baccalaureate (Pearson Baccalaureate)
Published: 2007
Pages: 702
ISBN: 0435994247

My Review

I got this book through the other day and have had a good look through it before posting this review. Wow. I never knew how thick it was! 700 pages, of course it’s going to be thick, but when I first saw it I was a little gobsmacked.

The first thing I noticed in the book was the wide range of colours and pictures, for some people these may not be worth much, but I know that I learn better with colours and variety, so this book is going to be more helpful than the Oxford Press book, but does it match the oxford book in terms of content? Pretty Much! The book contains all the information including the options (why it is so thick!) The diagrams are really clear and mostly well explained, sometimes the Clegg book describes a diagram in more detail which helps, but as always, it is better to have a variety of these books to take the best from each.

The book also includes nice little boxes, a different colour box for a different function. For example you have important words with their meaning in one colour box and in another colour box there are links to sites with more information to help with the study, they are called Heinemann Hotlinks, you just enter to code and presto! you get redirected to the useful page that Heinemann has checked is safe from viruses and of suitable content. What more could you want?

This book doesn’t come with a disc, which is a shame as I like to have a digital copy of my textbooks incase the original book is damaged or lost. But it is to be expected as a PDF file is very easily shared using the internet and the power of torrents.

In conclusion, this is a good book, the diagrams are clear and concise. The information is easy to understand, I found it easier to understand than that Oxford book which is very heavy reading sometimes.

This book is from the same people that published the History – Cold War book, which is part of the Heinemann Baccalaureate series and I assume know that this book will be is just as great! This book is for people that are studying IB Biology at Higher Level, if you are studying IB Biology at Standard Level you will be better with the Biology Standard Level (Heinemann Baccalaureate), Clegg and Oxford University Press books.

The book is usually around £29.50 or $71 or cheaper depending on how many are available when you buy.

You can download sample chapters from this book, provided by Heinemann.
Chapter One
Chapter Two

Contents of Book
Introduction
1. Statistical Analysis
2. Cells
3. The chemistry of life
4. Genetics 1
5. Ecology and evolution
6. Human health and physiology 1
7. Nucleic acids and proteins
8. Cell respiration and photosynthesis
9. Plant science
10. Genetics 2
11. Human health and physiology 2
12. (Option A) Human nutrition and health
13. (Option B) Physiology of exercise
14. (Option C) Cells and energy
15. (Option D) Evolution
16. (Option E) Neurobiology and behaviour
17. (Option F) Microbes and biotechnology
18. (Option G) Ecology and conservation
19. (Option H) Further human physiology
Theory of Knowledge
Advice on Internal Assessment
Advice on the Extended Essay
Answers
Index

If you own this book feel free to submit a review!

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My Review

I do not take Mathematical Studies as a subject for IB, so I can not give a review of this book. However, From the sample pages and knowledge of other Heinemann Books, I think that this would be a great book for Mathematical Studies students. There are over 600 pages with lots of detail. If you own this book please submit your review!

You can download these two sample chapters from the book, provided by Heinemann.
Chaper Two
Chaper Three

Contents of Book
Introduction
1. Presumed Knowledge
2. Numbers
3. Functions I (linear, quadratic, exponential)
4. Functions II (since, cosine, unfamiliar)
5. Geometry I (basic concepts, 2-D, 3-D)
6. Geometry II (solving triangles)
7. Sequences and Series
8. Financial
9. Sets
10. Logic
11. Probability
12. Statistics I (basic concepts)
13. Statistics II (regression line, chi-square)
14. Calculus
15. The Project
16. Practice IB exams
Theory of Knowledge
Answers
Index

This book is available from Amazon in the UK for £28 and is not yet available from Amazon in the USA. However, Amazon UK can ship this worldwide!

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My Review

This book is being delivered soon! I’ll have a full review up as soon as I have had a full look through it! For now I’ve been having a look at the Sample Chapters, see below, and I’m liking the look of the book so far (The reason I bought it in the first place), and also because it’s Heinemann =D.  I especially like the way the book is set out, see contents list below. If you own the book, please submit your review for the book using the comments section!

You can download these two sample chapters from the book, provided by Heinemann.
Chaper One
Chaper Two

Contents of Book
Introduction
1. Your knower profile
2. Key ideas and vocabulary
3. Knowledge
4. Belief
5. Certainty
6. Truth
7. The ideal knower
8. Ways of knowing
9. Perception
10. Emotion
11. Language
12. Reason
13. Areas of knowledge
14. Mathematics
15. Science
16. Social science
17. History
18. Ethics
19. Art
20. The learner profile
Themes of global significance
Index

This book is available from £23 and $45.

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My Review

I am waiting for this book to be delievered! I will fully review it when I get it. I know this is going to be a good book, just from the Sample Chapters and the fact that Heinemann make some of the best IB Textbooks!

You can download these two sample chapters from the book, provided by Heinemann.
Chaper One
Chaper Two

Contents of Book
Introduction
1. Algebra
2. Sequences and Series
3. Functions
4. Exponents and Logarithms
5. Matrices
6. Trigonometry I
7. Vectors I
8. Descriptive Statistics
9. Introductory Probability
10. Differential Calculus I
11. Differential Calculus II – Applications
12. Vectors II
13. Trigonometry II
14. Differential Calculus III
15. Integral Calculus
16. Further Statistics & Probability
17. Portfolios – Ideas & Examples
18. Practice IB Exams
Theory of Knowledge
Answers
Index

This book is available from around £22 or $40.

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My Review

I don’t take Physics as a subject so I am unable to review the book. However, I know that this publisher is excellent! Check out my reviews on the other Heinemann Baccalaureate Books and take a look at the sample chapters!

You can download these two sample chapters from the book, provided by Heinemann.
Chaper One
Chaper Two

Contents of Book
Introduction
1. Physics and physical measurement
2. Mechanics
3. Thermal physics
4. Simple harmonic motion and waves
5. Electrical currents
6. Fields and forces
7. Atomic and nuclear physics
8. Energy, power and climate change
9. (Option A) Sight and wave phenomena
10. (Option B) Quantum physics and nuclear physics
11. (Option C) Digital Technology
12. (Option D) Relativity and particle physics
13. (Option E) Astrophysics
14. (Option F) Radio communication
15. (Option G) Electromagnetic waves
Theory of Knowledge
Advice on Internal Assessment
Advice on the Extended Essay
Answers
Index

This book is available for around £22 or $32.

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Name: Biology Standard Level (Heinemann Baccalaureate)
Author: Alan Damon, Randy McGonegal, Patricia Tosto & William Ward
Publisher: Heinemann Baccalaureate (Pearson Baccalaureate)
Published: 2007
Pages: 480
ISBN: 0435994271

My Review

I don’t own this book, and therefore am unable to review it fully, but from the sample chapters I believe that it is a really good book that displays information really clearly and easily to understand.

I was really impressed with the History – Cold War book in the Heinemann Baccalaureate series and I think this book will be good also. I am going to buy the Higher Level version of the book soon.

This book will be fine for people doing Standard Level IB Biology but you will be better with the Biology Higher Level (Heinemann Baccalaureate),  Clegg and Oxford University Press books if you are doing Higher!

The book is usually around £22 or $32.

You can download sample chapters from this book, provided by Heinemann.
Chaper One
Chapter Two

Contents of Book
1. Statistical analysis
2. Cells
3. The chemistry of life
4. Genetics 1
5. Ecology and evolution
6. Human health and physiology 1
7. (Option A) Human nutrition and health
8. (Option B) Physiology of exercise
9. (Option C) Cells and energy
10. (Option D) Evolution
11. (Option E) Neurobiology and behaviour
12. (Option F) Microbes and biotechnology
13. (Option G) Ecology and conservation
Theory of Knowledge
Advice on Internal Assessment
Advice on the Extended Essay
Answers
Index

If you own the book, please submit a review to help us determine which books are the best for our IB studies!

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Name: History: The Cold War
Author: Keely Rogers & Jo Thomas
Publisher: Heinemann Baccalaureate (Pearson Baccalaureate)
Published: 2007
ISBN: 043599428X

My Review

This is an amazing book that everybody in my history class loves.

The book contains a huge amount of information for you to use in the exam and a great deal more. The authors have made everything easy for you, with time lines at the start of each chapter and an overall timeline of pretty much everything at the end of the book. This is incredibly helpful for when you want to revise and for getting an overall view of how things happened and in which order they happened.

Another thing the book focuses on heavily is Historiography. For each topic there are views from world famous historians which will, if used in the exam, be sure to score you more marks. The book also includes some extracts from speeches and documents which were influential at the time. This includes Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech and the NSC68 document

This book will become your Cold War Bible. It has everything you need, and is a pleasure to read.

The book is not priced too heavily either, it’s available for £18 or $15.

See for yourself! Download Samples of Chapter One and Chapter Two from Heinemann
Chapter One
Chapter Two

Contents
1. What was the Cold War?
2. Steps to the political, economic and military division of Europe 1
3. Steps to the political, economic and military division of Europe 2
4. Who was responsible for the development of the Cold War?
5. The Cold War goes global: The Korean War and National Security Council Report 68
6. The USA and containment in Asia
7. New leaders, new ideas
8. Why was Germany such a source of tension?
9. Cuba: Could this crisis have led to nuclear war?
10. What was the impact of the arms race on the Cold War?
11. Sino-Soviet relations
12. Sino-American relations
13. Why did détente end in a second Cold War?
14. What was the impact of the Cold War on the United Nations?
15. What was the impact of the non-aligned states on the Cold War?
16. Challenges to Soviet control 1945-1980
17. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War
18. Cold War Review and Consolidation
Theory of Knowledge
Appendix
Further Reading
Glossary
Index

Pros
Fantastic Content
Great Historiography
Easy to read
Cheap

Cons
It is the only history book in the Heinemann Baccalaureate series

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