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Designed for teachers, this is a comprehensive book of lesson plans, projects, discussion questions, reproducible worksheets and more.
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This refresher reference volume features concise character and plot summaries for 12 of Shakespeare’s best-known plays, drawn from the SparkNotes website and illustrated with colourful infographics.
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SparkNotes
The play plus a translation anyone can understand –Cover.
A student guide to Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel. It includes chapter-by-chapter analysis and instructions on how to write a literary essay.
SparkCharts ™: The information you need-concisely, conveniently, and accurately.
Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, these study companions and reference tools cover a wide range of college and graduate…
Boiling down subjects into easily digestible tidbits that make studying faster and easier, this title features cards that pose questions, provide fill-in-the-blank problems to test your skills, and present diagrams…
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This guide helps make Shakespeare’s play more accessible. It contains a complete text of the original work, along with a line-by-line modernisation and plenty of helpful commentary.
Madeleine L'Engle’s Newbery Award-winning masterpiece has entranced young people since it was first published more than 50 years ago. With its mix of science fiction and fantasy-including quantum physics-plus a…
Features explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols and detailed analysis of important characters.
No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Twelfth Night on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right.
Each No Fear Shakespeare contains:
The complete…
The Testaments features explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols including: power; collective guilt; embroidery; aphorisms; Agnes’s dollhouse; and Baby Nicole.
This compilation presents the original texts of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, and the Gettysburg Address side-by-side with modern translations that put the texts into…
At head of cover title: Shakespeare side-by-side plain English.
Americanah features explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols including: the importance of authenticity; race and racism; the male peacock; reading and novels; lies; and hair.
Legendary lovers come to dramatic life in Shakespeare’s gripping tragedy about the conflict of love and duty. Brilliant characterizations, fast-paced action in exotic locales, and matchless poetry make this tale…
These updated editions of classic plays feature new cover art along with the complete text of each work, full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and…
This edition of The Taming of the Shrew includes a collection of historical and cultural documents. Documents include a Renaissance homily on marriage, popular caricatures of shrewish wives and abusive…
No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Henry IV Part One and Two on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right.
Each No Fear…
Presents the original text of Shakespeare’s play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
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…
Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes give you just what you need to succeed in school: Complete Plot Summary and Analysis Key Facts About the Work Analysis of…
An introduction to the life and works of William Shakespeare.
This edition provides a detailed history of the play in production, both on stage and on screen.
The Signet Classic Shakespeare series contains the preeminent mass market books of the complete works of Shakespeare. This reissue features a new Overview by Sylvan Barnet, former chairman of the…
For use in schools and libraries only. Provides the full text of the poem in its original Middle English with an accompanying translation into modern prose to better understand the…
Featuring the text of the original play The Scarlet Letter , a list of characters with descriptions, and helpful commentary, this title is suitable for students or for those who…
The Glass Castle features explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, including: strength from hardship; abuse; fire; compassion vs. boundaries; the glass castle; and the Joshua tree.