For many years, Roger Brown and his colleagues have studied the developing language of pre-school children-the language that ultimately will permit them to understand themselves and the world around them.
01 - Wizard's First Rule ("The Sword of Truth" series)
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Wizard's First Rule (
Wizard's First Rule, written by Terry Goodkind, is the bestselling first book in the epic fantasy series "The Sword of Truth". The series consist of 11 books that have been translated in more than 20 languages and sold 25 million copies worldwide.
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Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth by Tom Stoppard
Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth are two plays by Tom Stoppard, written to be performed together. This was not the first time that Stoppard had made use of Shakespearian texts in his own plays or even the first time he had used Hamletalthough the context is far different from that of his earlier Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
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First Love, Last Rites: Stories By Ian Mcewan
Ian McEwan's Somerset Maugham Award-winning collection First Love, Last Rites brought him instant recognition as one of the most influential voices writing in England today. Taut, brooding, and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness. These tales are as horrifying, but they are crafted with a lyricism and intensity
The Merchant of Venice has been performed more often than any other comedy by Shakespeare. Molly Mahood pays special attention to the expectations of the play's first audience, and to our modern experience of seeing and hearing the play.