Short Stories for Students contains concise synopses of the story's plot, characters and themes, along with a brief author biography, a discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance and excerpted criticism geared specifically towards the high school student. Researchers will also find information on media adaptations of the story, discussion questions and suggestions on what to read next.

There is only one Dan Brown—and there is only one Secrets team that has achieved worldwide bestselling success by providing curious readers with compelling and authoritative explorations into the thought-provoking ideas that lie behind Brown's bestselling novels. Once again, Dan Burstein and Arne de Keijzer have gathered a wide range of world-class historians, theologians, scientists, philosophers, symbologists, code breakers, art historians, experts on the occult, and writers and thinkers of all types who give readers the essential tools to understand The Lost Symbol.

Poetry for Students is designed specifically to meet the curricular needs of high school and undergraduate college students studying poetry. A quick but information-rich reference source, each volume of Poetry for Students  provides analysis of approximately 20 poems that teachers and librarians have identified as the most frequently studied in literature courses.

The Companion to Voltaire

As a leading thinker of the European Enlightenment, Voltaire is a central figure in France's collective cultural memory. The popularity of Candide has made him perhaps best known as a writer of tales. Yet these represent only a fraction of his entire œuvre. Voltaire created a style of authorship which made him the most famous writer in Europe and turned his name into a brand for a certain style of writing and thinking. This Companion covers his plays, fiction, pamphlets, correspondence, biblical criticism, and historical, political and philosophical thought

The friar's tale (canterbuty tale)

This story concerns a Summoner who is paid by a Bishop to summon sinners for Trial before the Church Court.

This particular Summoner has a team of spies and harlots who provide him with information concerning those living in the Parish, and the Summoner gathers this information to be used against them by the Church.  The Summoner blackmails the Parishioners to prevent him revealing the information to the Church Court.