In a lively introduction to Shakespeare's life, career and the theater of his day, Michael Alexander returns to the basics of how to read Shakespeare's works as literary texts. Surveying the most popular and widely-studied plays and sonnets, he elaborates upon the historical, cultural and literary contexts that surrounded their creation.

Reading Shakespeare

Literature & Fiction

MICHAEL, ALEXANDER

History & Criticism

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Brilliant Microsoft Excel 2007 Charts and Graphs (Brilliant Excel Solutions)

Computers & Technology

Bill Jelen

Software

PRENTICE/HALL

Brilliant Microsoft Excel 2007 Pivot Tables (Brilliant Excel Solutions)

Alexander's (English literature, St. Andrews University) history of English literature traces the developments of English literature from the Old English period to its present day. A narrative which is also a discussion of major authors, the history reads as a whole, but serves as a reference. Chapters are arranged chronologically by period, with the exception of chapters discussing the forms of poetry and fiction. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

A History of English Literature (Foundations)

This book is aimed squarely at Excel users who want to harness the power of the VBA language in their Excel applications. At all times, the VBA language is presented in the context of Excel, not just as a general application programming language. 
The Primer has been written for those who are new to VBA programming and the Excel object model. It introduces the VBA language and the features of the language that are common to all VBA applications. It explains the relationship between collections, objects, properties, methods, and events and shows how to relate these concepts to Excel through its object model. It also shows how to use the Visual Basic Editor and its multitude of tools, including how to obtain help. The middle section of the book takes the key objects in Excel and shows, through many practical examples, how to go about working with those objects. The techniques presented have been developed through the exchange of ideas of many talented Excel VBA programmers over many years and show the best way to gain access to workbooks, worksheets, charts, ranges, and so on. The emphasis is on efficiency―that is, how to write code that is readable and easy to maintain and that runs at maximum speed. In addition, the chapters devoted to accessing external databases detail techniques for accessing data in a range of formats. The final four chapters of the book address the following advanced issues: linking Excel to the Internet, writing code for international compatibility, programming the Visual Basic Editor, and how to use the functions in the Win32 API (Windows 32-bit Application Programming Interface).

Excel 2007 VBA Programmer's Reference

JOHN GREEN

Stephen Bullen

Rob Bovey

Wrox

Anglo-Saxon poetry was produced between 700 and 1000 AD for an audience that delighted in technical accomplishment, and the durable works of Old English verse spring from the source of the English language.Michael Alexander has translated the best of the Old English poetry into modern English and into a verse form that retains the qualities of Anglo-Saxon metre and alliteration. Included in this selection are the "heroic poems" such as Widsith, Deor, Brunanburh and Maldon, and passages from Beowulf; some of the famous 'riddles' from The Exeter Book; all the "elegies," including The Ruin, The Wanderer, The Seafarer, The Wife's Complaint and The Husband's Message, in which the virtu of Old English is found in its purest and most concentrated form; together with the great Christian poem The Dream of the Rood.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The earliest English poems;: A bilingual edition

University of California Press

Key Features: *Study methods *Introduction to the text *Summaries with critical notes *Themes and techniques *Textual analysis of key passages *Author biography *Historical and literary background *Modern and historical critical approaches *Chronology *Glossary of literary terms

York Notes Advanced on "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare (York Notes Advanced)

Mary Alexander

Pearson York Notes

A young boy, his mother and sister are abandoned in a dilapidated house while his brutal father makes a career out of prostituting women. In order to help his mentally disturbed mother and abused sister escape the impoverished conditions under which they live, the boy undertakes extraordinary measures to better himself. He transforms his frail body into a form more suited for the cruel and violent world that was first introduced to him by his father. He also sets out to overcome the learning disability that stands between him and the college education he needs to help his family. It is not, however, until after the unrelated murders of the boys brother and best friend that the story takes its darkest turn. Futile Efforts provides a compelling story of psychological intrigue as it depicts the evolution of a scared, frail boy into something that is more frightening than his worst nightmare. What sets Futile Efforts apart from its genre is not the terrible misfortunes described in the story but the responses to those misfortunes. Futile Efforts is made even more compelling by the fact that it is based entirely on a true story.

Futile Efforts

Genre Fiction

iUniverse

A Home Without A Dog Is Just A House.Something wakes little Kelly Bradwyn from sleep every morning, and it is not the play attacks from her beloved labrador, Link. Something dwells in the attic. Surely her neighbour's ouija board is the solution to all her problems. Home Is Where The Heart Is. As the Bradwyn family prepare the farm for oncoming snows, a sudden earthquake heralds terror - an insidious presence stalking the halls; mysteries in an occult archive; nightmares of a strange world under scarlet skies. And something else is approaching, wandering across the state on an insane pilgrimage. Home Is Under Siege.

Home

Alexander Michael Tetis

A true story with more drama and excitement than fiction. In 1836, the barque Stirling Castle shipwrecked on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, leaving the crew, Captain Fraser, and his wife at the mercy of cannibalistic aborigines. The captain was soon murdered; Mrs. Fraser remained alive, forced to endure humiliation as a slave of the tribe--and more tragically, to witness her new baby drowned. A remarkable rescue finally saved her--and her subsequent misadventures in England provide an intriguing finale to this sensational tale.

Mrs. Fraser on the Fatal Shore

Simon&Schuster

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