While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the wor...more
Presents the play with an introductory essay putting the play into its historical context and discussing its themes; a note on Elizabethan theater; and concluding commentary and study questions.
Julius Caesar is the most successful general Rome has ever had, and how he wants to be King. Cassius, Brutus, and other senators are determined not to see power fall into the hands of one man. And so they plot to kill him. A gripping story of the struggle for power in Ancient Rome, Julius Caesar contains some of the most memorable characters in Eng...more
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)This single volume brings together all of Poe's stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary history.
Tragic tale of a retarded man and the friend who loves and tries to protect him. With illustrations from the movie starring John Malkovich and Gary Sinise.