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  • Much Ado about Nothingby William Shakespeare

    The Floating Press 1753; US$ 3.95

    Shakespeare's comedy play Much Ado About Nothing pivots around the impediments to love for young betrothed Hero and Claudio when Hero is falsely accused of infidelity and the "lover's trap" set for the arrogant and assured Benedick who has sworn of marriage and his gentle adversary Beatrice. The merry war between Benedick and Beatrice with the promptings of their friends soon dissolves into farcical love, while Hero's supposed infidelity is shown to be little more... more...

  • Two Playsby Donald Batchelor

    Boson Books 1999; US$ 15.95

    Old Raleigh Road is a play in three acts. It is a serious look at the tobacco issue both economically and morally. A tobacco farmer contracts lung cancer and summons his family home while he deals with his impending death. Ultimately, he makes a decision that will affect his entire family and the tobacco industry in his region. Rednecks , the play, was an adaptation of Batchelor's novel by the same name. Rednecks has also been produced. Rednecks was staged in the very bar, by and among the characters that inspired the broad satire. This play is a satirical approach to the ironies and idiocy of two actual killings stunning in their irrationality. . Boson Books also offers Becoming Americans , a historical novel by Donald Batchelor. For an... more...

  • Vonnegut's Major Worksby Thomas R. Holland

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004; US$ 5.99

    Kurt Vonnegut takes on many aspects of life and America, science and fantasy. He points a camera at society and individuals, obscures certain elements of narrative device, and then reveals a twisted, yet recognizable picture. more...

  • Hinton's The Outsidersby Janet Clark

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2001; US$ 5.99

    The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. In CliffsNotes on The Outsiders, you’ll dig into a novel of the 1960s is a story about teenagers written by a teenager. Ponyboy Curtis, a 14-year-old boy, struggles with right and wrong in a society within which he feels he is an outsider. He and his brothers, lower-class "greasers," fight the "Socs," the rich kids, for 14 days. Social issues gaining notice in the '60s – teen pregnancy, underage drinking, and violence – still... more...

  • Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Fiveby Dennis Stanton Smith

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1997; US$ 5.99

    An odd book in that it mixes elements of science fiction with psychological analysis, Slaughterhouse-Five tells the story of Billy Pilgrim, a GI prisoner of war. He time-travels and wanders through a mysterious ether where spatial-temporal relationships are at odds with what we accept as reality. more...

  • Morrison's Beloved by Mary Robinson; Kris Fulkerson

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2001; US$ 5.99

    Classified as historical fiction, gothic horror story, and bildungsroman, this novel tells the story of a woman who murders her daughter to protect her from the living hell of slavery. Told in flashbacks, memories, and nightmares, the story is difficult but rewarding. This concise supplement to Toni Morrison's Beloved helps students understand the overall structure of the novel, actions and motivations of the characters, and the social and cultural perspectives of the author. more...

  • Anaya's Bless Me, Ultimaby Ruben O. Martinez

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1999; US$ 5.99

    The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. CliffsNotes on Bless Me, Ultima brings to life a search for personal identity in the context of the social changes experienced by Chicanos in New Mexico during the 1940s. Anaya’s story covers a two-year period at the close of World War II and centers on the experiences of a young, but serious boy who is attempting to make sense of the world around him and, at the same time, grappling with the opposing expectations of his parents. With this study guide, you’ll enter the family life of young Antonio in the Pecos Valley . Insight into the background of author Rudolfo Anaya and a brief... more...

  • Nordhoff and Hall's The Mutiny on the Bountyby Greg Tubach

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1999; US$ 5.99

    The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. In CliffsNotes on Mutiny on the Bounty, you follow the adventures of Roger Byam as he embarks on an expedition to Tahiti to study the native language, unaware that his choice to leave England will change the course of the rest of his life. Just as the Bounty carries Byam, Captain Bligh, and his crew over high seas, this study guide carries you along on this incredible adventure by providing detailed summaries and critical analyses on the late-eighteenth century... more...

  • Hardy's The Return of the Nativeby Frank H. Thompson

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004; US$ 5.99

    The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. CliffsNotes on The Return of the Native carries you through this timeless romantic classic about an ambitious beauty and the two men who will seemingly sacrifice everything to claim her. CliffsNotes helps you explore this novel by providing you with summaries and commentaries, book by book. You’ll also gain insight into the author Thomas Hardy, and discover what led him to write The Return of the Native . Other features that help you study include A list of... more...

  • Eliot's Adam Bedeby David M. Byers

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1999; US$ 5.99

    George Eliot takes the well-worn tale of a lovely dairy-maid seduced by a careless squire, and out if it creates a portrait of the lives of ordinary Midlands working people – their labors and loves, their beliefs, their speech. This concise supplement to George Eliot's Adam Bede helps students understand the overall structure of the work, actions and motivations of the characters, and the social and cultural perspectives of the author. more...