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Shakespeare everyone can understand-now in this new EXPANDED edition of MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM!
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:
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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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Julius Caesar SparkNotes Literature Guide by William Shakespeare
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When a paper is due, and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter, better, and faster. They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis; explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols; a review quiz; and essay topics. Lively and accessible, SparkNotes is perfect for late-night...
4) Hamlet
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Hamlet SparkNotes Literature Guide by William Shakespeare
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When a paper is due, and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter, better, and faster. They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis; explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols; a review quiz; and essay topics. Lively and accessible, SparkNotes is perfect for late-night studying...
5) Macbeth
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Macbeth SparkNotes Literature Guide by William Shakespeare
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When a paper is due, and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter, better, and faster. They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis; explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols; a review quiz; and essay topics. Lively and accessible, SparkNotes is perfect for late-night studying...
6) Othello
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Othello SparkNotes Literature Guide by William Shakespeare
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When a paper is due, and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter, better, and faster. They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis; explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols; a review quiz; and essay topics. Lively and accessible, SparkNotes is perfect for late-night studying...
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by J.K. Rowling
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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 topics
Lively and accessible, these...
8) Richard III
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Richard III (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by William Shakespeare
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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 topics
Lively and accessible, these guides are perfect for...
9) Richard II
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Read Shakespeare's plays in all their brilliance-and understand what every word means!
Don't be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular guides make the Bard's plays accessible and enjoyable.
Each ‘No Fear’ guide contains:
• The complete text of the original play
• A line-by-line translation that puts the words into everyday language
• A complete list of characters, with descriptions
• Plenty of helpful commentary
For God's sake, let...
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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...
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Hemos resumido lo esencial de este libro, cuyos capítulos son los siguientes: 1-"Poder: autoridad y autoritarismo"2-"Lo público de lo privado mercantil"3-"La eficiencia"4-"Valor mercantil y la superación de los prejuicios atávicos"5-"Valor mercantil y moda"6-"El valor mercantil moderniza el machismo"7-" El sujeto del mercado"8-"Lo objetivado en el mercado: el poder y lo racional"9-"Democracia, república y mercado".
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Read Shakespeare's plays in all their brilliance-and understand what every word means!
Don't be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular guides make the Bard's plays accessible and enjoyable.
Each ‘No Fear’ guide contains:
• The complete text of the original play
• A line-by-line translation that puts the words into everyday language
• A complete list of characters, with descriptions
• Plenty of helpful commentary
Wild jealousy. Unfounded...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Aristophanes, is popularly, known as the Father of Comedy. Titles in this study guide include Plutus, The Ecclesiazusae, The Frogs, The Thesmophoriazusae, Lysistrata, The Birds, Peace, The Clouds, The Wasps, The Knights, and The Acharnians.
As a playwright of Old Comedy, his work, explores the limits of comedy. Moreover, his work was pivotal in the...
14) Summary of Destined for War Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?: Conversation Starters
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Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap? by Graham Allison: Conversation Starters
China has arrived as a superpower and America seems to have a hard time grasping this reality. The US and China have to learn the skill to make adjustments to this global power shift. The law of Thucydides's Trap says that "when a rising power threatens to displace a ruling one, violence is the likeliest result." History shows that this situation...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for William Shakespear's As You Like It, one of Shakespeare's "great" or "middle" comedies.
As a satirical tale of pastoral romance, As You Like It examines the cruelties and corruption of court life and love. Moreover, Shakespeare amusingly weaves a tale of love manifested in varied forms but targets the main theme of "love at first sight" through his playful imagery...
16) Seize the Day
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Seize the Day (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by Saul Bellow
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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 for late-night...
17) Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln (SparkNotes Biography Guide)
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SparkNotes Biography Guides examine the lives of historical luminaries, from Alexander the Great to Virginia Woolf. Each biography guide includes:
• An examination of the historical context in which the person lived
• A summary of the person's life and achievements
• A glossary of important terms, people, and events
• An in-depth look at the key epochs in the...
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In his book, Dr. John E. Sarno uses what he discovered about TMS (Tension Myositis Syndrome) to help people overcome back conditions without dangerous surgery or drugs. He explains that is necessary to identify stress and other psychological factors that can create back pain and, by doing this, patients can heal themselves without physical therapy or specific exercise. Dr. Sarno includes case histories in his book along with the results of in-depth...
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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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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Robert M. Sapolsky's Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers and NOT the original book. Preview: Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers (2004) by Robert Sapolsky is a thorough explanation of the impact of chronic stress on the body. It describes the many systems and mechanisms that stress triggers, and the ways that those systems and mechanisms can malfunction…Inside this companion to the book: • Overview of the Book • Insights...