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  No Fear Shakespeare

  Much Ado About Nothing (No Fear Shakespeare)

  by SparkNotes Editors

  No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of  Much Ado About Nothing  on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right.   Each No Fear Shakespeare contains The complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language A complete list of characters with descriptions Plenty of helpful commentary
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  A Dual-Language Book

  Best Short Stories / Les Meilleurs Contes

  by Guy de Maupassant

  New edition features seven of the most popular tales of one of the greatest of all short-story writers. Included are "La Parure," "Mademoiselle Fifi," "La Maison Tellier," "La Ficelle," "Miss Harriet," "Boule de Suif" and "Le Horla," all reflecting Maupassant’s intimate familiarity with Paris and the universality of his creations.
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  What Grandmas Do Best What Grandpas Do Best

  by Laura Joffe Numeroff

  Grandmas can do lots of things, like paint with you, take you on a picnic, and teach you how to dance. But what do they do best? The answer is made perfectly clear in this Irresistible celebration of grandparents and the everyday things they do. Grandpas can do lots of things, like play hide-and-seek, help you build a sand castle, and sing you a lullaby. But what do they do best? The answer is made perfectly... (more)
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  Spanish Short Stories 1 / Cuentos hispánicos 1

  by Various

  The eight short stories in this collection by Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Camilo José Celá and other writers in Spanish have been chosen both for their literary merit and for being representative of 20th-century Spanish-American writing. The English translations that are printed in a parallel text are literal rather than literary, and there are additional notes on the text.
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  War Against War!

  by Ernst Friedrich

  First published in Germany in 1924 as a protest against war, this collection of gruesome photographs and disgusted, sarcastic captions (in many cases, juxtaposing official slogans and rhetoric with brutal reality) will shock and dismay the reader. The images here include the dead on battlefields, destroyed buildings, starving civilians, army executions, cemeteries and, perhaps most disturbing, shots of soldiers... (more)
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  Richard III

  by William Shakespeare

  Richard III is a History written by English playwright William Shakespeare, who is widely considered to be the greatest writer of the English language. Richard III is about a King who makes enemies out of his friends in an attempt to make his Kingdom stronger, thus enidng the War of the Roses. Richard III is an important work of William Shakespeares, and is highly recommended for fans of his works as well as those... (more)
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  Spanish Short Stories 1 / Cuentos hispánicos 1 (Parallel Text) (Spanish Edition) (v. 1)

  by Various

  The eight short stories in this collection by Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Camilo José Celá and other writers in Spanish have been chosen both for their literary merit and for being representative of 20th-century Spanish-American writing. The English translations that are printed in a parallel text are literal rather than literary, and there are additional notes on the text.
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  No Fear Shakespeare

  Macbeth (No Fear Shakespeare)

  The Play Plus a Translation Anyone Can Understand

  by SparkNotes Editors

  Macbeth (No Fear Shakespeare)Contributor(s): Shakespeare, William (Author), Sparknotes Editors (Author)Binding: PaperbackLanguage(s): EnglishPub Date: July 01, 2003Annotation: Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
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  Watabe Yukichi - a Criminal Investigation (English and French Edition)

  by Titus Boeder

  Le 14 janvier 1958, le corps défiguré et amputé d'un homme est découvert près du lac Senibako au Japon. Deux enquêteurs de Tokyo viennent prêter main forte à la police locale pour résoudre ce qui semble à première vue une affaire "banale. Ce ne sera pas le cas. On January 14th 1958 the disfigured and mutilated body of a man was discovered near Lake Sembako, Japan. Two Tokyo detectives were sent to help local... (more)