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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Aristophanes, is popularly, known as the Father of Comedy. Titles in this study guide include Plutus, The Ecclesiazusae, The Frogs, The Thesmophoriazusae, Lysistrata, The Birds, Peace, The Clouds, The Wasps, The Knights, and The Acharnians.
As a playwright of Old Comedy, his work, explores the limits of comedy. Moreover, his work was pivotal in the...
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This is a companion to Judson Brewer's The Craving Mind and NOT the original book. Preview: In The Craving Mind (2017), Judson Brewer argues that addiction is the result of behavioral conditioning. Certain behaviors are initiated by triggers and are associated with specific rewards, such as pleasure or distraction…Inside this companion to the book: • Overview of the Book • Insights from the Book • Important People • Author's Style and Perspective...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Robert M. Sapolsky's Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers and NOT the original book. Preview: Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers (2004) by Robert Sapolsky is a thorough explanation of the impact of chronic stress on the body. It describes the many systems and mechanisms that stress triggers, and the ways that those systems and mechanisms can malfunction…Inside this companion to the book: • Overview of the Book • Insights...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Christopher Marlowe, the foremost Elizabethian tragedian of his day. Titles in this study guide include Faustus, Tamburlaine, Jew of Malta, and Edward II.
As Shakespeare's most important predecessor and influencer of English drama, Marlowe's plays are most known for the use of blank verse and their overreaching protagonists. Moreover, Marlowe...
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10% Happier chronicles author and television news reporter Dan Harris' life as he discovers mindfulness, meditation, and Buddhist theories for happiness and wellness. A war reporter in the trenches for the American Broadcasting Company News (ABC News), Harris began to struggle with depression while at home between assignments. To battle the symptoms of depression, he began using drugs. Harris had a panic attack while on the set of Good Morning America....
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for William Shakespear's As You Like It, one of Shakespeare's "great" or "middle" comedies.
As a satirical tale of pastoral romance, As You Like It examines the cruelties and corruption of court life and love. Moreover, Shakespeare amusingly weaves a tale of love manifested in varied forms but targets the main theme of "love at first sight" through his playful imagery...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Steven R. Gundry's, MD The Plant Paradox and NOT the original book. Preview: The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain (2017) by Steven R. Gundry, MD, reveals how eating plants can actually be harmful to health. Gundry's "Plant Paradox" diet explains how to prepare and eat plant foods when they're in season and in the right amounts to achieve optimal health…Inside...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for George Meredith's The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, published in 1859 and regarded as his best work.
As a philosophical novel, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel tells the story of an abusive father and his son who fell in love with a girl of a lower social class. Moreover, Meredith uses intellectualism, satire, and poetry to explore human motive and rationalization....
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Herman Melville's Moby Dick, deemed by author Raymond Weaver as "indisputably the greatest whaling novel."
As an 1851 tragic epic, Moby Dick tells the story of a captain's expedition to track down and seek revenge on a whale from the point of view of one of the sailors. Moreover, Melville uses allusion, simile, and metaphor to showcase themes such as revenge,...
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Summary of The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown. PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Preview: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown, is a non-fiction account of the remarkable life story of Joe Rantz. Rantz was a determined young man who overcame personal tragedy and hardship to win a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics as...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Ed Yong's I Contain Multitudes and NOT the original book. Preview: Ed Yong's I Contain Multitudes (2016) is an expansive treatise on microbes, the microscopic organisms that shape the known world. Yong celebrates the fascinating complexity of the microbes contained within all living organisms and the environments they inhabit…Inside this companion to the book: • Overview of the Book • Insights from the Book...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to John C. Maxwell's Developing the Leader Within You and NOT the original book. Preview: John C. Maxwell's Developing the Leader Within You (1993) is a guide to forming the necessary traits required of a leader. A leader is someone who can attract, motivate, and mentor followers who help bring the leader's vision to life…Inside this companion to the book: • Overview of the Book • Insights from the Book • Important...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Paul Van Der Merwe's Lucky Go Happy and NOT the original book. Preview: Author Paul van der Merwe follows an unlikely journalist on an adventure to define happiness in Lucky Go Happy: Make Happiness Happen! (2014). The journalist is not actually a person but rather a rat named Lucky who searches for a shared definition of happiness among the animals of the African Bushveld... Inside this companion to the book:...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Virgil, ancient Roman poet. Titles in this study guide include The Aeneid.
As a poet of the Augustan period, his poems are, regarded as one of the most important poems in Latin literature. Moreover, The Aeneid, captures the personal qualities of Romans and what life in Rome looked like. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by D.H. Lawrence, distinguished British writer and poet. Titles in this study guide include Sons and Lovers, The Plumed Serpent, The Rainbow, and Women in Love.
As a controversial writer of the twentieth-century, Lawrence unknowingly shaped early modernism. Moreover, his reflections of human behavior depict the effects that industrialism had on the...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Ron Powers's No One Cares About Crazy People and NOT the original book. Preview: No One Cares About Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America (2017) by Ron Powers is a memoir by the father of two schizophrenic sons, Dean and Kevin. Powers incorporates history about the treatment of mental illness into personal narrative about his family... Inside this companion to the book: • Overview...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for the Old Testament, the first and longest section of the Christian bible.
As a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings, the Old Testament contains thirty-nine books, containing stories that span thousands of years. Moreover, the Old Testament gives readers a look into the history and the beginning of the Christian religion. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Nikos Kazantzakis' Zorba the Greek, the internationally acclaimed novel of opposing forces.
As a tale of Greek's Great Famine during WWII, Zorba the Greek gives a fresh perspective on the duality between body and mind, beauty and pain, feeling and thinking. Moreover, Kazantzakis empowers readers to pursue life like Zorba. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Richard P. Feynman's Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! and NOT the original book. Preview: Richard Feynman's Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character (1985) is an unconventional memoir by a decidedly unconventional theoretical physicist. Feynman was a brilliant and eccentric thinker who was present for some of the key scientific developments of the twentieth century. Inside this companion...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Albert Camus, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. Titles in this study guide include The Stranger, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Rebel, The State of Siege, The Misunderstanding, The Just Assassins, Requiem for a Nun, The Possessed, The First Man, The Fall, Exile and the Kingdom, The Plague, Caligula, Summer, Betwixt and Between, Nuptials,...
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