Planning to will the largest portion of his kingdom to the daughter who can articulate her filial love most effectively, King Lear is furious when his youngest of three daughters, the unwed Cordelia, simply states "I cannot heave my heart into my mouth." As the elder sisters, Regan and Goneril, each ...
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" soNormal><B>KEY BENEFIT</B>: A true exploration of world history, this book links chronology, themes, and geography in eight units, or parts of study, each emphasizes a single theme?origins, cities, empires, religion, trade, migrations, revolutions, and technology. <B> ...
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Few books have so firmly established their place in American literature as The Education of Henry Adams. When it was first published in 1918, it became an instant bestseller and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. More than eighty years later, in an age of self-reflection and exhaustive memoirs, The ...
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Regency romance and murder mystery mix in this enchanting novel by bestselling writer Quick (aka Jayne Ann Krentz). Eleanora Lodge is desperately in need of money; her spendthrift stepfather has bankrupted her. Arthur Lancaster, the eminently eligible earl of St. Merryn, is desperately in need of so ...
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In the fall of 1950, the U.S. Marines confront an uphill battle as they make their way from Inchon across the 38th parallel, dealing with the full force of Chinese military might, an escalating confrontation between General MacArthur and President Truman, and the disappearance of Brigadier General P ...
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In addition to weaving the political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, military, and other threads of Western civilization into a compelling story, this BRIEF DISCOVERY EDITION, Volume 1 helps students develop critical thinking and study skills. Learning to analyze source materia ...
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One of Shakespeare's final works, Cymbeline uses virtuoso theatrical and poetic means to dramatize a story of a marriage endangered by mistrust and painfully rebuilt, in a context of international conflict. This edition emphasizes the play's theatrical impact and pays close attention to its complex, ...
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Uses speeches, articles, and other writings of those involved to trace the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, primarily from 1954 to 1965.
“<i>My Bondage and My Freedom</i>,” writes John Stauffer in his Foreword, “[is] a deep meditation on the meaning of slavery, race, and freedom, and on the power of faith and literacy, as well as a portrait of an individual and a nation a few years before the Civil War.” As hi ...
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Ferdinand Jones and Arthur C. Jones, brothers who are both clinical psychologists, invited distinguished scholars to join in providing fresh interpretations of African American music. These essays document the persistent competency and self-definition of African Americans represented in their contin ...
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This book introduces the military roles expected of aircraft types and describes the avionics systems required to fulfil these roles. These range from technology and architectures through to navigations systems, sensors, computing architectures and the human-machine interface. It enables students to ...
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