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World-renowned writer, teacher, activist, and Chairman of the President's Commission on the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. This profile helps students learn why Wiesel ""swore never to be silent whenever, human beings endure suffering and humiliation.

This series takes young readers to the first step in literary criticism, drawing their attention to pre-reading contexts with the understanding that readers create assumptions before even opening the book. Ages 12+

Despite the success of The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde is sometimes better known for his indecency trial in which he was sentenced to two years hard labour. Age 16+.

More than 1 million US households declared bankruptcy in 2004. Alarmed by rising defaults, the nation's lenders and political leaders set out to reform laws that clear away debt. Is this political action timely consumer protection or an unwarranted corporate bailout? This title covers these issues, examining each from different perspectives.

Provides people of all ages with guidance on choosing and maintaining a healthy diet, and explores how nutrition plays a role in areas such as sports, weight loss, disease prevention, and human development. Including up-to-date content, this new set provides readers with the information they need to make smart choices for a healthy lifestyle.

This series examines authors of the most popular children's books. It enables readers to discover new works by some of their favourite authors, while providing readers a more fully developed background of the author, his life and works. Ages 13+.

Home to the 1920 American expatriate group of Hemingway, Stein, Eliot, Dos Pasos, and others, Paris has long been associated with intellectualism and sidewalk cafe culture. Taking you on a literary tour of the city, examining it as a setting in various works of literature, and as it has influenced various authors. Ages 15+.

When you step into a full bathtub, you learn a lot about displacement of water. As your body sinks into the tub, the water moves out of the way. But water is also pushing up on you as you enter into it. This title reveals the science behind buoyancy and why objects float, even if they are large cruise or military vessels.

The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner's fourth novel, was his first attempt at a wholly self-conscious style. Faulkner's willingness to experiment affords his readers no stable perspective from which to comprehend the decline of the Compson family. This title includes critical essays on Faulkner's work.

Lets you find out about the people behind your favorite tales and why they felt compelled to write for children. This title offers insights with 'Did You Know?' boxes that highlight interesting facts about the authors. It contains the 'Popular Books' and 'Popular Characters' sections that allow students to discover works by their favorite authors.

King Lear occupies a special place in the Shakespearean canon. Lear's descent into madness, the central event of this play, illustrates the extent to which humanity can be degraded by its errors. This study guide contains a selection of the finest criticism through the centuries on ""King Lear"". It also includes a biography of Shakespeare.

Believing that the Fountain of Youth could be found in the New World, Ponce de Leon explored the coast of a land that he would call Florida. He also had explored and settled the island of Puerto Rico, long before setting foot in Florida.

Tokyo, officially ""Tokyo Metropolis,"" is the capital of Japan and the island nation's hub of business, government, education, and mass media. Offering a 21st-century introduction to the high-tech, go-go home of samurai, sushi, anime, and manga, this work combines facts about history, culture, and growth with discussions about key issues.

A study guide to one of Shakespeare's greatest plays that contains a selection of criticism through the centuries, as well as an introduction by the author, a summary of the plot, a comprehensive list of characters, a biography of Shakespeare, and more.