From Pong to Grand Theft Auto, Charlie Brooker delves into the history of videogames and pulls out a selection of its most significant titles.  From Atari to Angry Birds, How Videogames Changed the World explores how interactive entertainment evolved from a penny arcade diversion into a medium that some believe is art, and shows how it is changing the way we work, communicate and, of course, play.  Joined by Jonathan Ross, Dara O'Briain and gaming legends like Will Wright and John Romero, Brooker looks at how videogames have become the most progressive art form of the last 40 years.  This humorous and insightful tour will surprise and entertain the uninitiated and dedicated gamers alike.

How Videogames Changed the World

Accept a transplant of a pig's heart, or die? That's what Cameron has to decide ...The story: Cameron is offered the chance to have a highly experimental and controversial operation which might save his life. But replacing his heart with one from a pig brings not only medical risk, it places Cameron at the eye of a storm of controversy. Medical ethics, the role of the press and the right to privacy are all brought into vivid focus in this gripping read. Themes: medical ethics; disability; the experience of growing up; animal rights; the individual and society; the media; death. Multicultural Suitable for KS 3/4 (P7-S4)
 
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Pig-heart Boy

<div>Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series, for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language. * Carefully adapted text. * Accompanying audio with the print edition, accessed securely online. * The series includes popular classics, bestselling modern fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction. * The eight levels of Penguin Readers are mapped to the CEFR, and Lexile measured. * Beautiful new illustrations for levels 2 to 6. Starter and level 1 titles in graphic novel format, for beginner learners. * Language practice exercises in every book, additional activities and lesson plans online. * Each book contains a glossary, with definitions of key vocabulary. * A digital version accompanies the print edition, available securely online. * Visit the Penguin Readers website for more information. * Boys Don't Cry, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework. * The Level 5 text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing present perfect continuous, past perfect, reported speech and second conditional. Seventeen-year-old Dante is waiting for his exam results. If they are good, he'll go to university. But Dante's plans have to change when he hears that he is the father of a baby girl. With the help of his father and brother, Dante must learn how to be a single father.</div>
 
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