| Art | - How to read Paintings- A crash course in meaning and method by Liz Rideal Bloombury books ISBN 975-1-4725-2512-3
- Contemporary Art- The essential guide to 200 ground breaking artists by Charlotte Bonham Carter and David Hodge- Goodman ISBN 978-1-84786-58-0
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| Biology | - Understanding Biology, advanced theory (Toole & Toole) ISBN: 978-0748739578
- AQA Biology A Level year 1 (Toole & Toole) ISBN: 978-0198351764
- AQA Biology A Level year 2 (Toole & Toole) ISBN: 978-0198357704
- Maths skills for A-level Biology (Penny) ISBN 978-1-4085-2118-2
- The Selfish Gene (Dawkins) ISBN: 978-0198788607
- The Coming Plague (Garrett) 978-0140250916
- The Hot Zone: the true story of the Ebola outbreak (Preston) 978-0552171649
- The Epigenetics Revolution (Carey) 978-1848313477
- Mutants (Leroi) 978-0006531647
- Nature via nurture (Ridley) 978-1841157467
- DNA (Watson) 978-0099451846
- Oxygen (Lane) 978-0198784937
- How we live and why we die: the secret lives of cells (Wolpert) 978-0571239122
- Genome (Ridley) 978-1857028345
- Why we get sick (Nesse & Williams) 978-0679746744
- The drugs don’t work: a global threat (Davies) 978-0241969199
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| Business Studies | - AQA A Level Business Year 1/AS Third Edition (Wolinski & Coates) Authors: John Wolinski and Gwen Coates. ISBN-13: 978-1-4718-3609-1
- AQA A Level Business Year 2 Third Edition (Wolinski & Coates) Authors: John Wolinski and Gwen Coates. ISBN-13: 978-1-4718-3611-4
- AQA Business for A Level (Marcousé) (covers full A Level) Authors: Ian Marcousé, Andy Hammond, Nigel Watson. ISBN-13: 978-1-4718-3569-8
- AQA Business for A Level Year 1/AS (Surridge & Gillespie) Authors: Malcolm Surridge and Andrew Gillespie. ISBN-13: 978-1-4718-3613-8
- AQA Business for A-Level Year 2 (Surridge & Gillespie) Authors: Malcolm Surridge and Andrew Gillespie.ISBN-13: 978-1-4718-3578-0
- AQA Business for AS (Marcousé). Authors: Ian Marcousé, Andy Hammond, Nigel Watson. ISBN-13: 978-1-4718-3580-3
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| Computer Science | - OCR A-level Computer Science Paperback by George Rouse. 978-1471839764
- Computational Fairy Tales by Jeremy Kubica. ISBN: 978-1477550298
- Computer Science: An Overview by J. Glenn Brookshear. ISBN: 978-0321544285
- The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work by Daniel Hillis. ISBN: 978-0465025961
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| French | - AQA A Level Year 1 and AS French Student Book by Robert Pike (Author), Colin Povey (Author), Paul Shannon (Author)
- Atouts: AQA French student book - Bell
- Literature in French/ French literature in translation- Balzac, Camus, Satre, Zola
- French magazines, newspapers - Le Figaro, Le Monde
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| Economics | |
| English (both Literature and Lit and Lang) | - A Brave New World- Aldous Huxley
- In Cold Blood- Truman Capote
- Heart of Darkness- Joseph Conrad
- The Handmaid’s Tale- Margaret Atwood
- Frankenstein- Mary Shelley
- Gulliver’s Travels- Jonathan Swift
- A Streetcar Named Desire- Tennessee Williams
- The Oxford Book of English Verse
- The Third Man- Grahame Greene
- Brideshead Revisited- Evelyn Waugh
- The Lovely Bones- Alice Sebold
- Dracula- Bram Stoker
- The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini
- Atonement- Ian McEwan
- 1984- George Orwell
- Letters- John Keats
- Selected Essays- George Orwell
- The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Othello- William Shakespeare
- The Tempest- William Shakespeare
- Richard III- William Shakespeare
- Hamlet- William Shakespeare
- Macbeth- William Shakespeare
- Twelfth Night- William Shakespeare
- The Cambridge Companion to English Novelists-Various
- The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare-Various
- We also recommend you read as much poetry as possible: Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, Carol-Ann Duffy, John Keats, Philip Larkin, John Donne, Robert Frost, Wilfred Owen etc.
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| Government and Politics | |
| History | - Robin Bunce and Laura Gallagher, Edexcel AS History, Unit 1: Pursuing Life and Liberty: Equality in the USA, 1945–1968 (Pearson, 2009)
- Peter Clements, Prosperity Depression and the New Deal Third Edition, Access to History (Hodder Education, 2005)
- David Mauk and John Oakland, American Civilization (Routledge, sixth edition, 2014)
- Derrick Murphy, Kathryn Cooper and Mark Waldron, The United States 1776–1992 (Collins, 2001)
- Vivienne Sanders, Civil Rights in the USA, 1945–1968, Access to History (Hodder Education, 2008)
- Doug and Susan Willoughby, The USA 1917–45, Heinemann Advanced History (Heinemann, 2000)
- Hugh Brogan, The Penguin History of the United States of America (Penguin, 2001)
- Eric Rauchway, The Great Depression and the New Deal: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2008)
- Robert J McMahon, The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2003)
- James Barber, South Africa in the Twentieth Century (Blackwell, 1999)
- W Beinart, Twentieth Century South Africa (Oxford University Press, 2001)
- Nancy L Clark, South Africa: The Rise and Fall of Apartheid (Seminar Studies In History, Routledge, 2011)
- T Davenport and C Saunders, South Africa: A Modern History (Macmillan, 2000)
- Saul Dubow, Apartheid, 1948–1994 (Oxford University Press, 2014)
- Nelson Mandela, The Long Walk to Freedom (Abacus, 2013)
- Tony Pinchuk, Mandela for beginners (Icon, 1994)
- Christopher Culpin, South Africa 1948–1995: a depth study (Hodder Education, 2000)
- Martin Roberts, South Africa 1948–1994: the Rise and Fall of Apartheid (Longman, 2001)
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| Media Studies | - Eduqas Media Studies for A Level Year 1 & AS Student Book Christine Bell & Lucas Johnson (Illuminate Publishing) – Covers all key concepts, media frameworks, and Year 1 set products.
- Eduqas Media Studies for A Level Year 2 & A2 Student Book Christine Bell & Lucas Johnson (Illuminate Publishing) – Builds on Year 1 knowledge with advanced theory and synoptic links.
- Eduqas Media Studies Revision Guide (Illuminate Publishing) – Ideal for exam practice, quick reference, and consolidating key terms.
- Media Theory & Core Concepts Media Theories: An Introduction Julian McDougall – Clear explanations of theorists like Barthes, Hall, Mulvey, Baudrillard, and more.
- A Level Media Studies: The Essential Introduction Peter Bennett, Andrew Hickman & Peter Wall – Broad introduction to key concepts, with examples and theory breakdowns.
- The Media Student's Book Gill Branston & Roy Stafford – A comprehensive, accessible guide with real-world applications.
- Set Texts & Case Study Support
- Media Magazine (English & Media Centre) – A-level focused publication with in-depth analysis, ideal for Eduqas students.
- Sight & Sound Magazine – Professional-level media criticism and analysis, perfect for extending case study knowledge.
- Eduqas Set Text Guides (Available on EDUQAS resources) – Breakdowns of all set products
- Extension & Enrichment
- Gender Trouble – Judith Butler – Key feminist theory text, helpful for understanding representation. Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices – Stuart Hall – Focus on encoding/decoding, race, identity, and ideology.
- Bonus – Podcasts & Online Media The Rest is Entertainment Podcast – BBC Sounds
- Mrs Fisher– YouTube (Eduqas-specific tutorials)
- Eduqas Resources – Official Site for updates, exemplars, and marking schemes
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| Music | - Edexcel AS/A level Anthology of Music
- Music: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Nicholas Cook
- Aural Matters by David Bowman and Paul Terry (Schott)
- Music Theory in Practice Grades 1-5 by Eric Taylor (ABRSM)
- The AB Guide to Music Theory Part One by Eric Taylor (ABRSM)
- Music Dictionary (Longman)
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| PE | - AQA A Level PE For Year 1 and AS. Authors Carl Atherton, Symond Burrows, Ross Howitt and Sue Young. ISBN-13: 9781471859564
- AQA A Level PE For Year 2 and AS. Authors Carl Atherton, Symond Burrows, Ross Howitt and Sue Young. ISBN-13: 9781471859564
- Bevis, P & Murray, M. AQA AS Physical Education (2008) Nelson Thornes. Roscoe D, Davis B, Roscoe J.
- Clegg, C. Exercise Physiology And Functional Anatomy (1995) Feltham Press
- Physical Education and the Study of Sport. Robert Davis PhD, Jan Roscoe
- Sports Psychology. Inside the athletes mind. Jonny Bell
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| Psychology | |
| Philosphy | - WJEC/EDUQAS RS for yr1/AS Philosophy and ethics of religion - Gray & Lawson (Illuminate Publishing) ISBN: 978-1-908682-99-4
- AS and A-level Religious Studies: Philosophy and Ethics through diagrams (Oxford University Press) 2002 – Dewar ISBN 0199148732
- Cole, W.O. & Sambhi, Piara Singh. The Sikhs: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices (Sussex Academic Press)
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| Sociology | - Outsiders: Studies in Sociology of Deviance: Howard Becker
- The 32 Stops: Danny Dorling
- Quirkology: The Curious Science Of Everyday Lives: Richard Wiseman
- Gang leader for a day – Sudhir Venkatesh
- The Spirit level – Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
- Chavs! The demonization of the working class – Owen Jones
- How to be a woman – Caitlin Moran
- Non-stop Inertia: Ivor Southwood
- Down and Out in Paris and London – George Orwell
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| Spanish | - Ánimo 1: AS AQA Self-Study Guide- De Sudea.
- Literature in Spanish/Translation- Cervantes, Molina, Ruiz Zafon, Marquez, Borges etc.
- Spanish newspapers/magazine- El Pais, ABC, El Mundo etc.
- La Sombra Del Viento (The shadow of the wind) – Ruiz Zafón.
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