John L. Tomkinson Livres

First edition published by Leader Books 1999, Reprinted 2001. Copyright Anagnosis, 2004. (Anagnosis, Harilaou Trikoupi 130, 145 63 Kifissia, Athens, Greece.

IN "HAUNTED GREECE" JOHN L. TOMKINSON TAKES YOU ON A JOURNEY INTO THE DARK REGIONS OF THE HELLENIC FOLK MEMORY. HERE YOU WILL MEET THE FEARFUL STRANGLES, WHO MURDER INFANTS IN THEIR COTS; BEAUTIFUL NYMPHS WHO ENTICE YOUNG MEN INTO THE DEAD WHO CLIMB OUT OF THEIR GRAVES TO PREY UPON THEIR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES; THE MISCHIEVOUS DEMONS WHO EMERGE FROM THE UNDERWORLD DURING THE TWELVE NIGHTS OF CHRISTMAS; AX-HEATED SERPENTS WHICH HAUNT CHURCHES AND FORETELL DEATH; THE RAINBOW-PLUMAGED BIRD WHOSE FLIGHT SIGNALS IMMINENT CATASTROPHE; AND MANY EVEN MORE TERRIBLE CREATURES. SOME OF THESE MAY HAVE HAUNTED THE IMAGINATION OF THIS MOST INVENTIVE PEOPLE FOR MORE THAN THREE MILLENNIA.

This IB txtbook includes: understanding grades and testing - analysing success and failure in school - making the most of time spent studying at school and at home It helps the student develop basic study skills, such as: using a library, researching, reading 'difficult' books - making notes and writing essays - working in the laboratory - studying in a foreign language - memory work, revising, taking tests and - developing examination techniques In addition to brief advice on approaching the various subjects on the IB syllabus, it provides specific advice on the IB requirements: making the ToK presentation - taking oral examinations - writing the extended essay - preparing for and taking the final written examination