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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.
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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...
3) 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...
4) 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...
5) 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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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...
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American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by America Ferrera Conversation Starters
Liza Koshy liked being racially ambiguous. Forever the ethnically mysterious little brown girl. She describes her culturally assorted friends "not as a melting pot but a salad bowl who were "tossed haphazardly together" and created a delicious dish with each culture contributing a "special flavor or texture." Actress Issa Rae tells her story about growing...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Graham Greene. Titles in this study guide include Brighton Rock, The Power and the Glory, The Heart of the Matter, The Quiet American, Burnt-Out Case, The Comedians, The Little Train, The Potting Shed, The Lawless Roads, The Lost Childhood, Stamboul Train, The Third Man, The Confidential Agent, Our Man in Havana, and The End of the Affair.
As one...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Edward Everett Hale's The Man Without a Country, a short story written during the Civil War.
As a work of patriotic literature, The Man Without a Country bolstered support across the U.S. for the Union in the North. Moreover, Hale uses irony, mystery, and realism to tell the gripping story of a man who feels seemingly no patriotism or connection to his country...
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I Love Capitalism!: An American Story by Ken Langone Conversation Starters
American billionaire co-founder Ken Langone writes his memoir I Love Capitalism! He tells the story of how he reached the American Dream. He came from a hungry kid to a corporate giant whose net worth is beyond his wildest dreams. Ken Lagone is a former director of the New York Stock Exchange and the co-founder of Home Depot. In I Love Capitalism!, Langone says that capitalism...
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Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga by Hunter S. Thompson: Conversation Starters
Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson vividly recounts his experiences with the most notorious motorcycle gang in California — Hell's Angels. Back in the mid-1960s, Thompson lived for almost two years with the controversial Angels. They cycle up and down the California coast, they revel in their clan's anarchic spirit and as their name befits, they raise hell....
12) Summary of The Deep State: How an Army of Bureaucrats Protected Barack Obama and Is Working to Destr
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The Deep State: How an Army of Bureaucrats Protected Barack Obama and Is Working to Destroy the Trump Agenda by Jason Chaffetz: Conversation Starters
Former Congressman Jason Chaffetz has written the book The Deep State: How an Army of Bureaucrats Protected Barack Obama and Is Working to Destroy the Trump Agenda. This book is set to hit bookshelves on September 18. In this book, he explains how America has ended up with a government system that is...
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Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely by Lysa TerKeurst: Conversation Starters
In the New York Times bestselling book Uninvited, Lysa TerKeurst shares about rejection. She personally struggled with rejection from an incredibly painful childhood when she was abandoned by her father up to an insecure adulthood when she perceived she was being judged by a perfect woman. TerKeurst leans in to explore the truth about rejection...
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Shakespeare's Sonnets (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...
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The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age by David E. Sanger: Conversation Starters
World conflict has now evolved from nuclear weapons and terrorism into cyberwarfare, one that the US suddenly finds itself disadvantaged. The US is the most advanced nation in cyber technology and yet has been subject to numerous cyber-attacks from other countries including that of the Russian interference in the 2016 elections in which the US has...
16) 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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The Three Musketeers (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by Alexandre Dumas
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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...
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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...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Christopher Marlowe, the foremost Elizabethian tragedian of his day. Titles in this study guide include Faustus, Tamburlaine, Jew of Malta, and Edward II.
As Shakespeare's most important predecessor and influencer of English drama, Marlowe's plays are most known for the use of blank verse and their overreaching protagonists. Moreover, Marlowe...
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The Man God Has For You: 7 Traits To Help You Determine Your Life Partner by Stephan Labossiere: Conversation Starters
Author and relationship coach Stephan Labossiere says that you deserve a great man. The question is where he is or if he even exists in the first place. Labossiere says that he does and he is out there. He has been handpicked by God for you and he is waiting to experience a wonderful relationship with him. But before you look, you...
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