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1) Hamlet
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Shakespeare everyone can understand-now in this new EXPANDED edition of HAMLET!
Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play next to line-by-line translations in plain English, this popular guide makes Shakespeare accessible to everyone. And now it features expanded literature guide sections that help students study smarter.
The expanded sections include:
Five Key Questions: Five frequently asked questions about major moments...
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Shakespeare everyone can understand-now in this new EXPANDED edition of ROMEO AND JULIET!
Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play next to line-by-line translations in plain English, this popular guide makes Shakespeare accessible to everyone. And now it features expanded literature guide sections that help students study smarter.
The expanded sections include:
Five Key Questions: Five frequently asked questions about major...
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Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play next to line-by-line translations in plain English, this popular guide makes Shakespeare accessible to everyone. And now it features expanded literature guide sections that help students study smarter.
The expanded sections include:
Five Key Questions: Five frequently asked questions about major moments and characters in the play.
What Does the Ending Mean?: Is the ending sad, celebratory,...
4) Othello
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Shakespeare everyone can understand-now in new DELUXE editions!
Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play next to line-by-line translations in plain English, these popular guides make Shakespeare accessible to everyone. They introduce Shakespeare's world, significant plot points, and the key players. And now they feature expanded literature guide sections that help students study smarter.. A Q&A, guided analysis of significant...
5) Macbeth
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Shakespeare everyone can understand-now in this new EXPANDED edition of MACBETH!
Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play next to line-by-line translations in plain English, this popular guide makes Shakespeare accessible to everyone. And now it features expanded literature guide sections that help students study smarter.
The expanded sections include:
Five Key Questions: Five frequently asked questions about major moments...
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How Bernie Won: Inside the Revolution, That's Taking Back Our Country-and Where We Go from Here by Jeff Weaver: Conversation Starters
Bernie Sanders overcame big challenges and earned the respect and admiration of many when he ran the presidential race. He won the race. He ignited a movement that inspired millions of Americans. His presidential campaign manager explains how the 2016 race showed the conflict that was happening within the Democratic...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Lama Surya Das's Awakening the Buddha Within and NOT the original book. Preview: Awakening the Buddha Within: Eight Steps to Enlightenment: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World (1998) by Lama Surya Das explains the eight steps to enlightenment outlined by Tibetan Buddhism. Buddhism is a spiritual philosophy that was established more than 2,500 years ago... Inside this companion to the book: • Overview of the...
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From the Corner of the Oval: A Memoir by Beck Dorey-Stein: Conversation Starters
In 2012, Beck Dorey-Stein was looking for a job in DC. She found a post on Craigslist that landed her a job as one of the stenographers in the Oval Office of Barack Obama. Six years later, she writes about her story in her book From the Corner of the Oval Office: One Woman's True Story of Her Accidental Career in the Obama White House. This memoir is a behind-the-scenes...
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Sold on a Monday: A Novel by Kristina McMorris Conversation Starters
In 1931, a mother wrote the sign: Children for Sale on their farmhouse porch. It is her last resort. During this time, this sign could be found anywhere. There were endless bank runs, breadlines, and broken dreams. The sign meant that the mother faced impossible choices between her children and their welfare. Ellis Reed was a struggling reporter during this time. When she saw this...
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Summary of Never Split the Difference - After being a police officer in Kansas City, Missouri, for a while, Voss joined the FBI. As a kidnapping negotiator, he met bank robbers, gang leaders, and terrorists. It takes you into Voss's world of high-stakes negotiations and shows you the key principles that helped him and his teammates succeed when it mattered most-when people's lives were at stake.It is based on the real-life experiences of an intelligence...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, one of several plays based on true events from Roman history.
As a historical drama of Roman war time, Julius Caesar explores the complicated nature of power and political transitions. Moreover, Shakespeare focuses on the moral struggle between demands of honor, friendship, patriotism, and loyalty. This Bright Notes Study Guide...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Robin Sharma's The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari and NOT the original book. Preview: In The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny (1997), life improvement and leadership expert Robin Sharma uses a fable to make the case that the world needs mental and spiritual transformation. Sharma explains through his story's protagonists, John and Julian, that this transformation...
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The Things They Carried (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by Tim O'Brien
Making the reading experience fun!
Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster. Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides: *Chapter-by-chapter analysis
*Explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols
*A review quiz and essay topicsLively and accessible, these guides are perfect...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Patrick White. Titles in this study guide include The Aunts, The Vivisector, The Solid Mandala, The Tree of Man, Riders in the Chariot, Voss, and The Eye of the Storm.
As a writer of the twentieth-century, his work, included a stream of consciousness technique and unique shifting narrative points. Moreover, White was the first and only Australian...
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The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy by Jean Kennedy Smith: Conversation Starters
The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy" is a memoir by ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the eighth of the nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald. In her book, she looks back at a time long ago when she and her siblings (including future President John F. Kennedy, Senator Ted Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy...
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Please remind this content provides key takeaways and analysis of the book, and does not constitute the original book itself.
In this summary book, readers embark on a transformative spiritual journey beyond mere principles and clichés. It guides them towards discovering their truest selves and achieving profound personal growth and spirituality: the revelation of truth and illumination.
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Plato, ancient Greek philosopher. Titles in this study guide include The Republic, Gorgias, Meno, Protagoras, Theaetetus, Phaedrus, Symposium, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo.
As a philosopher and poet during the Classical period, Plato created dialogue and dialect within philosophy. Moreover, he is considered the father of Western political philosophy....
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Christina Baker Kline's A Piece of the World and NOT the original book. Preview: A Piece of the World, a novel by Christina Baker Kline, is the partially true story of Christina Olson, the subject of Christina's World, Andrew Wyeth's most famous painting. Christina and Andy, as she called him, were kindred spirits who formed a special friendship before he became known in the art world... Inside this companion to...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for William Shakespeare's Richard II, a political tragedy and historical play set during the Hundred Years' War.
As a historical drama of 1595, Richard II contains imaginative descriptions and characterizations of real people in history and balances poetic language with harsh realism. Moreover, Richard II expresses themes of betrayal, leadership, and father-son relationships....
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Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss: Conversation Starters
The book Never Split The Difference is written by Chris Voss. He is a former international hostage investigator for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Prior to joining the FBI, Voss was part of the Kansas City police force. He has witnessed crimes after crimes in the city. After this stint, he began his career in the FBI. His job as a hostage...
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