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Are these newly endorsed o level books for chem and phy good?

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So these are some books, not so common among students. Writing author names :)
Phy: 1) Anning
2) D Sang

Chem: McMonagle

These are the only endorsed books at the moment. I already have Fundamental Physics(no longer endorsed), Chemistry Matters and Prescott which miss a few topics and are not endorsed. So should i buy those bks, and which one of the two physics books is better?

And any book for English? ;-)

And needed some advice for preparing Eng,Bio,Chem,Phy,Maths.
I have the four Ds in Maths as well as Endorsed book by Audrey Simpson.

I hope you will help me as soon as possible :)
 
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So these are some books, not so common among students. Writing author names :)
Phy: 1) Anning
2) D Sang

Chem: McMonagle

These are the only endorsed books at the moment. I already have Fundamental Physics(no longer endorsed), Chemistry Matters and Prescott which miss a few topics and are not endorsed. So should i buy those bks, and which one of the two physics books is better?

And any book for English? ;-)

And needed some advice for preparing Eng,Bio,Chem,Phy,Maths.
I have the four Ds in Maths as well as Endorsed book by Audrey Simpson.

I hope you will help me as soon as possible :)

Don't know much about the physics books you mentioned but talking about chemistry I think the matters book is the best for preparation ,plus I used this book when I was in O levels, the few topics which are missing you can get good notes about them separately to study them.
For english honestly I never actually used a book to prepare for it but I did take a huge help from the following website to improve the discriptions in my stroy
https://www.descriptionari.com
 
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Don't know much about the physics books you mentioned but talking about chemistry I think the matters book is the best for preparation ,plus I used this book when I was in O levels, the few topics which are missing you can get good notes about them separately to study them.
For english honestly I never actually used a book to prepare for it but I did take a huge help from the following website to improve the discriptions in my stroy
https://www.descriptionari.com

thanks ;-) and what about physics? Any book which u would refer?
 
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thanks ;-) and what about physics? Any book which u would refer?

Sorry I don't know much about it, but I would recommend Physics 'A course for O level ' (the green cover book) which I used for my preparations though my class fellows used the physics matters, you can use either of them For both books have the same writers just a different style of explanation.
And my personal advice do read the syllabus again and again to know that you have not missed any point which you were suppose to learn or which was not mentioned in the books.
 
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DONT READ ANY NOTES OR REDSPOT OR ANY OR THESE USELESS BOOKS THEY TELL YOU!.

Read the endorsed book for cambridge physics by cambridge by heather kennet and tom duncan. Solve every book question and then solve every Past paper quston,atleast from 2018 to 2013 for an A!.And for Chemistry also read endrsed book for 2016 no guides and try to understand it as fully as possible,only 1 book no notes no anything,it's olevels!,you can manage with 1 book and solve alot of pastpapers.
Goodluck.
 
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DONT READ ANY NOTES OR REDSPOT OR ANY OR THESE USELESS BOOKS THEY TELL YOU!.

Read the endorsed book for cambridge physics by cambridge by heather kennet and tom duncan. Solve every book question and then solve every Past paper quston,atleast from 2018 to 2013 for an A!.And for Chemistry also read endrsed book for 2016 no guides and try to understand it as fully as possible,only 1 book no notes no anything,it's olevels!,you can manage with 1 book and solve alot of pastpapers.
Goodluck.

the physics book by tom duncan is no longer endorsed. Now Cambridge University Press publishes the endorsed book by D Sang. So should i take this book by D Sang?
 
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the physics book by tom duncan is no longer endorsed. Now Cambridge University Press publishes the endorsed book by D Sang. So should i take this book by D Sang?

I'm pretty sure it's still endorsed
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It is one of the best and easiest to understand.Other books are a bit confusing and I woudn't recommend them.

I got a B with guides and all those useless notes and stuff but got a solid A when I studied this book in detail with loads of past papers.
BETWEEN YOU ARE DOING IGCSE PHYSICS RIGHT?
 
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I'm pretty sure it's still endorsed
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It is one of the best and easiest to understand.Other books are a bit confusing and I woudn't recommend them.

I got a B with guides and all those useless notes and stuff but got a solid A when I studied this book in detail with loads of past papers.
BETWEEN YOU ARE DOING IGCSE PHYSICS RIGHT?

O LEVEL Physics
 
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So these are some books, not so common among students. Writing author names :)
Phy: 1) Anning
2) D Sang

Chem: McMonagle

These are the only endorsed books at the moment. I already have Fundamental Physics(no longer endorsed), Chemistry Matters and Prescott which miss a few topics and are not endorsed. So should i buy those bks, and which one of the two physics books is better?

And any book for English? ;-)

And needed some advice for preparing Eng,Bio,Chem,Phy,Maths.
I have the four Ds in Maths as well as Endorsed book by Audrey Simpson.

I hope you will help me as soon as possible :)
In Math, you just have to clear the concepts, revise the formulae and practice past papers. The books you have are fine

For tips for Bio, see these
http://www.gcestudybuddy.com/5-google-conversation-element
http://www.gcestudybuddy.com/chemistry-classroom
http://www.gcestudybuddy.com/using-word-documents
 
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In Math, you just have to clear the concepts, revise the formulae and practice past papers. The books you have are fine

For tips for Bio, see these
http://www.gcestudybuddy.com/5-google-conversation-element
http://www.gcestudybuddy.com/chemistry-classroom
http://www.gcestudybuddy.com/using-word-documents

which one of the two physics books should i buy; the one by Anning or D Sang? And are Prescott and Chemistry Matters enough or should i buy that one by McMonagle?
 
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Hi friends :)
can u give me some tips for physics too. Like how should i prepare it from the book.. This is actually my weakest subject..

And any additional tips for those ray diagrams in LENSES would be appreciated :) The endorsed books do not mention where the image would be formed according to object position(cuz they say o level is not rote study), while some bks which my friends have mention this and they just cram it!
 
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I'm pretty sure it's still endorsed
View attachment 63681

It is one of the best and easiest to understand.Other books are a bit confusing and I woudn't recommend them.

I got a B with guides and all those useless notes and stuff but got a solid A when I studied this book in detail with loads of past papers.
BETWEEN YOU ARE DOING IGCSE PHYSICS RIGHT?

Although i m O Level student, i m still buying this book, as the syllabus is almost same. Is this bk alone enough?
 
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