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This carefully crafted ebook: «The Taming of the Shrew (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's earliest comedies, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. It was inspired by classical Roman comedy and the Italian commedia dell'arte. Baptista Minola, a rich gentleman of Padua, has two daughters: Katherina, renowned for her sharp tongue, and Bianca, who is sought after by multiple suitors. Baptista decides that Bianca cannot marry until her elder sister finds a husband. Enter Petruchio, who has come to «wive it wealthily in Padua,» and who is convinced by Bianca's suitors to woo Katherina. The play ultimately poses the question of who is the bigger shrew: Kate or Petruchio. The subplot involves the subterfuge employed by Lucentio to woo the lovely Bianca. Life of William Shakespeare is a biography of William Shakespeare by the eminent critic Sidney Lee. This book was one of the first major biographies of the Bard of Avon. It was published in 1898, based on the article contributed to the Dictionary of National Biography. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the «Bard of Avon». His extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, the authorship of some of which is uncertain. Sir Sidney Lee (1859 – 1926) was an English biographer and critic. He was a lifelong scholar and enthusiast of Shakespeare. His article on Shakespeare in the fifty-first volume of the Dictionary of National Biography formed the basis of his Life of William Shakespeare. This full-length life is often credited as the first modern biography of the poet.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «Anne of Green Gables (Anne Shirley Series, Unabridged)» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Anne of Green Gables is a bestselling 1908 novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. It recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, a young orphan girl mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who have a farm on Prince Edward Island and who had intended to adopt a boy to help them. The novel recounts how Anne makes her way with the Cuthberts, in school and within the town. Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 – 1942), was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables. Montgomery went on to publish 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «The Open Boat» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. «The Open Boat» is a short story by American author Stephen Crane. First published in 1897, it was based on Crane's experience of surviving a shipwreck off the coast of Florida earlier that year while traveling to Cuba to work as a newspaper correspondent. Crane was stranded at sea for thirty hours when his ship sank after hitting a sandbar. He and three other men were forced to navigate their way to shore in a small boat. Crane's personal account of the shipwreck and the men's survival, titled «Stephen Crane's Own Story», was first published a few days after his rescue. Stephen Crane (1871-1900) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet who is often called the first modern American writer. Crane was a correspondent in the Greek-Turkish War and the Spanish American War, penning numerous articles, war reports and sketches. In addition to six novels, Crane wrote over a hundred short stories including «The Blue Hotel,» «The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky,» and «The Open Boat.»

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This carefully crafted ebook: «The Complete Apocryphal Plays of William Shakespeare» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Shakespeare Apocrypha is a group of plays and poems that have sometimes been attributed to William Shakespeare, but whose attribution is questionable for various reasons. The issue is separate from the debate on Shakespearean authorship, which addresses the authorship of the works traditionally attributed to Shakespeare. Table of Contents: Arden Of Faversham A Yorkshire Tragedy The Lamentable Tragedy Of Locrine Mucedorus The King's Son Of Valentia, And Amadine, The King's Daughter Of Arragon. The London Prodigal The Puritaine Widdow The Second Maiden's Tragedy Sir John Oldcastle Lord Cromwell King Edward The Third Edmund Ironside Sir Thomas More Faire Em A Fairy Tale In Two Acts The Merry Devill Of Edmonton Thomas Of Woodstock William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the «Bard of Avon». His extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, the authorship of some of which is uncertain.

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Este ebook presenta «Colección integral de Edgar Allan Poe» con un sumario dinámico y detallado. Edgar Allan Poe escribió alrededor de sesenta cuentos, además de una serie de poemas, aunque a este género no le dedicó el tiempo que él hubiera querido, debido a su precaria situación económica. Según Poe, la máxima expresión literaria era la poesía. Tabla de contenidos: El gato negro El pozo y el péndulo Manuscrito hallado en una botella El escarabajo de oro El cuervo La máscara de la muerte roja Los crímenes de la calle Morgue Poemas Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849) fue un escritor, poeta, crítico y periodista romántico estadounidense, generalmente reconocido como uno de los maestros universales del relato corto, del cual fue uno de los primeros practicantes en su país. Fue renovador de la novela gótica, recordado especialmente por sus cuentos de terror. Considerado el inventor del relato detectivesco, contribuyó asimismo con varias obras al género emergente de la ciencia ficción. Por otra parte, fue el primer escritor estadounidense de renombre que intentó hacer de la escritura su modus vivendi, lo que tuvo para él lamentables consecuencias.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «Moby-Dick (Unabridged) + D. H. Lawrence's critique of Moby-Dick» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville: first published in 1851, considered to be one of the Great American Novels and a treasure of world literature, one of the great epics in all of literature. The story tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg, which now drives Ahab to take revenge… D. H. Lawrence's critique of Moby-Dick: Lawrence's opinions earned him many enemies and he endured official persecution, censorship, and misrepresentation of his creative work throughout the second half of his life, much of which he spent in a voluntary exile which he called his «savage pilgrimage.» Lawrence is now valued by many as a visionary thinker and significant representative of modernism in English literature. In his Studies in Classic American Literature, D. H. Lawrence reads Moby Dick as a peculiarly American work. The Pequod, containing «many races, many peoples, many nations, under the Stars and Stripes,» is the ship of America's soul; it can be no accident that the ship is governed by a mad captain embarked upon a fanatic's hunt. Moby Dick is the «deepest blood-being of the white race,» hunted by the «maniacal fanaticism of our white mental consciousness.»

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Vivimos en un mundo cada vez más violento. Guerras, terrorismo, homicidios, delincuencia urbana, violencia doméstica, todos los ámbitos del quehacer humano están corroídos por el virus de la violencia. La escuela no está exenta de este fenómeno universal, está siendo atacada por el bullying y otras formas de hostilidades, que padecen alumnos, docentes y padres. La escuela no solo debe enseñar los saberes curriculares, sino también desarrollar una convivencia pacífica, proclamar la cultura de la paz y promover una pedagogía de resolución de conflictos, enseñando a superar desavenencias y discordias. El autor nos presenta en este libro modelos, estrategias y técnicas de intervención para resolver las controversias interpersonales y promover el perdón y la reconciliación desde una cosmovisión cristiana, logrando experiencias enriquecedores y conmovedoras que permiten superar los enojos y las confrontaciones para afianzar los vínculos y la amistad.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «Thoughts Are Things & The God In You – Connect With The Force Within Yourself» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
"The God in You" is a collection of essays written by American «New Thought» pioneer Prentice Mulford. The goal of the book is to help the reader to discover how to get to know his inner forces and how to get in touch with the god and its' spirit using those forces and possibilities from within himself.
"Thoughts are Things" serves as a guide to this new belief system.
Contents:
The God in You
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE THOUGHT
SOME PRACTICAL MENTAL RECIPES
SELF-TEACHING; OR, THE ART OF LEARNING HOW TO LEARN
LOVE THYSELF
THE ART OF FORGETTING
SPELLS; OR, THE LAW OF CHANGE
REGENERATION; OR, BEING BORN AGAIN
Thoughts are Things
THE MATERIAL MIND V. THE SPIRITUAL MIND
WHO ARE OUR RELATIONS?
THOUGHT CURRENTS
ONE WAY TO CULTIVATE COURAGE
LOOK FORWARD!
GOD IN THE TREES; OR, THE INFINITE MIND IN NATURE
SOME LAWS OF HEALTH AND BEAUTY
MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE HORRORS
THE GOD IN YOURSELF
THE HEALING AND RENEWING FORCE OF SPRING
IMMORTALITY IN THE FLESH
THE ATTRACTION OF ASPIRATION
THE ACCESSION OF NEW THOUGHT
Prentice Mulford (1834-1891) was a noted literary humorist, comic lecturer, author of poems and essays, and a columnist. He was also instrumental in the founding of the popular philosophy, New Thought, along with other notable writers including Ralph Waldo Emerson. Mulford coined the term Law of Attraction.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «The Collected Writings of Confucius + The Life, Labours and Doctrines of Confucius (6 books in one volume)» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The collection of writings by Confucius includes : The Life, Labours and Doctrines of Confucius (Unabridged) The Great Learning (Unabridged) Classic of History (Part 1 & 2: The Book of Thang & The Books of Yü) The Analects (The Revised James Legge Translation) Doctrine of The Mean (or How to Achieve Equilibrium) The Great Learning (A short Confucian text + Commentary by Tsang) Confucius (551–479 BC) was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «Roughing It» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Based on Mark Twain's 1872 autobiographical novel, Roughing It follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861–1867. After a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman, he joined his brother Orion Clemens, who had been appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory, on a stagecoach journey west. Twain consulted his brother's diary to refresh his memory and borrowed heavily from his active imagination for many stories in the novel. Roughing It illustrates many of Twain's early adventures, including a visit to Salt Lake City, gold and silver prospecting, real-estate speculation, a journey to the Kingdom of Hawaii, and his beginnings as a writer. Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835-1910), quintessential American humorist, lecturer, essayist, and author wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

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