handbooks, manuals, etc

A guide to reading and understanding William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" that includes a plot summary, character listing, and explanation of key themes and ideas.

Presents a critical guide to William Shakespeare's classic play "Twelfth Night, " and contains historical and cultural contexts, themes, analogues, and bibliography.

Includes an interview with the author, a collection of his essays, and a complete concordance.

A companion guide to Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games series, describing the fictional, post-apocalyptic world where boys and girls are chosen from twelve districts to compete in a televised fight to the death, and providing background facts about all three novels, a biography of the author, and discussion on the major themes of the books.

Contains a biography of the author, critical essays on each of his works, thematic analysis of each short story, and more.

Contains a biiography of the author, critical essays on each of his works, thematic analysis of each short story, and more.

Profiles early-twentieth-century English author D. H. Lawrence, describing his life and influences; discussing his early writing, novels, poetry, novellas and short stories, discursive writing, and travel writing; and exploring criticism of his works.

Presents an introduction to the life and literary career of nineteenth-century American writer and naturalist Henry David Thoreau, features a selection of essays that examine various aspects of Thoreau's thought and work, and includes a chronology.

Presents a brief biography of nineteenth-century American poet Walt Whitman, and features five essays in which the authors examine his life and work in the context of his times.

Offers a book-by-book overview of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, providing information on the series' characters, settings, symbolism, and basic plot lines without spoiling any surprises.