New Releases by David Hill

It''s all about basketball for Ethan, Hamish, Tye and Amber as they and their small-town team take on the city-slicker Banks Street team, fighting for the championship round.

A story for children in which Jake''s growing interest in the swamp, and what a new sports stadium might do to it, lead him to Calcott Intermediate''s Green Group, and the events leading up to a disaster at the swamp. The author has won many awards, and his stories for children and teenagers have been published internationally.

Many good things are happening where Glyn and Api live. But the bad things are starting to build up - Glyn''s mother''s boyfriend, family pressures, and a stunning, scary discovery in the nearby sandhills which turns their world upside-down and almost ends a life.

When Welton Intermediate School starts its own New Image rugby team, things don''t look promising; but Welton Wanderers have a few cunning plans. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

Sent by his father on a five-day wilderness hike in the rugged New Zealand mountains, Rob and five other less-experienced teenagers must go it alone when their leader suddenly dies.

Spinner the house spider has trouble with the new human residents of his house. Suggested level: primary.

This book considers four centuries of Spenser criticism, locating critics in ongoing discussions of Spenser''s poetry and the cultural contexts of their time.

Contains two versions of Lenz''s play, the translation and an adaptation by Theresa Heskins.

A two-act play which is a study of a teenage boy as he comes to terms with the death of a parent.

The remarkable series of 244 maps and charts in this book comprise the first atlas of Anglo-Saxon England. It will be an indispensable companion to scholars and students of early English history and archaeology. The book covers every major aspect of Anglo-Saxon culture and history that may be expressed in graphic terms -- sea level changes, settlement patterns, place names, invasions, campaigns, mints and coinage, important itineraries, land holdings, mining, agriculture, trade, towns, monasteries and the Church. Wherever appropriate, David Hill sets English developments in their European context. The book is very much more than a straightforward work of historical exegesis. It bears the stamp of its author''s vision and imagination and is informed by new historical and archaeological research. The author has provided a concise commentary to accompany the maps, and a comprehensive index of place names. - Back cover.