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This edition of Measure for Measure is an annotated text with detailed notes on the play from different angles. It has a general introduction by the series editor and an introduction to the play by the editor of the book, marking the place of the play in Shakespeare's dramatic career. There is also ... More

A New York Times bestseller and the favored annual amongst kids, parents, teachers and librarians, The World Almanac for Kids has over 3.5 million copies in print. In its 12th year of publication, The World Almanac for Kids 2008 is completely updated and filled with facts, quizzes, experiments, puzz... More

The story of an LTTE child soldierPlayful yet disturbing, Gorilla plunges us into the village of Kunjan Fields, in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Here, amusing local thug Gorilla runs wild and poor Rocky Raj, his son, tries to distance himself from his father's antics. Rocky Raj immerses himself in his studies,... More

From global trends to national events, outer space to cyberspace, this comprehensive up-to-the-minute almanac includes all the facts, statistics, dates, and information that readers could ever need or want.Turn to Time Almanac 2008 ??? Powered by Encyclopedia Britannica for over a million answers. F... More

The only source of previously-administered practice tests for all 20 SAT Subject Tests Every year nearly 600,000 high school students take one or more SAT Subject Tests. Many selective colleges recommend or require them for admission or placement. "The Official Study Guide for All SAT Subject Tests ... More

Book DetailsThis brand-new edition of Barron’s SAT test preparation manual presents one diagnostic test and six full-length practice SATs, all of which reflect the new SAT in length, question types, and degree of difficulty. The manual offers an overview of the SAT and its scoring method, and then... More

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No dramatist to this day, among us, has matched O'Neill in depicting the nighmare realities that can affict American Family life, indeed family life in the twentieth century Western world.. The helpnessness of family love to sustain, let alone heal, the wounds of marriage, of parenthood, and of sons... More

The world-renowned teacher describes his own search for spirituality as a teen, pointing the way for others who want to begin the spiritual journey, as well as for parents who want a higher vision of life for their children.A fifteen-year-old boy is walking through a swirling fog on his way to schoo... More

Hemingway's women and men know that we have an interval, and then our place knows us no more. Our one chance is to pack that interval with the multiplied fruit of conciousness, with the solipsistic truths of perception and sensation. What survives time's ravages in A Farewell to arms is precisely He... More

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The Association of castration, blindeness, and death, so crucial in Freud, is already a given in Chaucer, just as the strangely authentic power of the Pardoner's sermon, which transcends his overt tricksterism, testifies to the weird prolepsis of Dostoevsky in the Canterbury Tales. A Professional hy... More

The Metamorphosis cannot be interpreted coherently as a fantasy of death and resurrection, or as allegory on the less is more fate of being a writer. Gregor's death is not an effectual sacrifice, not a self fulfillment, and not even a tragic irony of any kind. It is another Kafkan negation that refu... More