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Each study guide includes essays, an in-depth chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quiz. Study guides are available in PDF format.
Each study guide includes essays, an in-depth chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quiz. Study guides are available in PDF format.
Discourse on Colonialism is a text by Martinican author, politician, and poet Aime Cesaire published in the 1950s France. Cesaire argues that the true intention of colonial powers in Africa and other colonized territories was not to civilize the...
On the Way to the Wedding is a historical romance novel written by Julia Quinn and is the eighth and final book in the Regency-set Bridgeton series. The book series charts the romantic pursuits of the eight siblings in the Bridgeton household from...
It's in His Kiss is a historical romance novel written by Julia Quinn and is the seventh in her Bridgerton Series. The series follows the romantic journey of eight siblings and how they handle British society when it comes to marriage and love. It...
When He Was Wicked is a historical romance novel written by Julia Quinn and is the seventh in her Bridgerton Series. The series follows the romantic journey of eight siblings and how they handle British society when it comes to marriage and love....
To Sir Phillip, With Love is a historical romance novel written by Julia Quinn and is the fourth in her Bridgerton Series. The series follows the romantic journey of eight siblings and how they handle British society when it comes to marriage and...
Romancing Mr Bridgerton is a historical romance novel written by Julia Quinn and is the fourth in her Bridgerton Series. The series follows the romantic journey of eight siblings and how they handle British society when it comes to marriage and...
An Offer From a Gentleman is a historical romance novel written by Julia Quinn and is the third in her Bridgerton Series. The series follows the romantic journey of eight siblings and how they handle British society when it comes to marriage and...
The Viscount Who Loved Me is a historical romance novel written by Julia Quinn and is the first in her Bridgerton Series. The series follows the romantic journey of eight siblings and how they handle British society. The series has reached both ...
The Duke and I is a historical romance novel written by Julia Quinn and is the first in her Bridgerton Series. The series follows the romantic journey of eight siblings and how they handle British society. The series has reached both The New York...
Nine Perfect Strangers is a psychological thriller novel written by Australian author Liane Moriarty. The book was published in 2018 and made it in the New York Times Bestseller List. It was a finalist for Best Fiction in the 2018 Goodreads Choice...
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Element is the first book published Sam Kean, a science writer of articles published in periodicals ranging from Psychology...
Dibs in Search of Self is a book about the author’s research and treatment of a boy called Dibs. The author of the book was a renowned psychologist who influenced the use of play therapy. The book is constructed out of the sessions and...
Copper Sun is a young adult fictional book written by Sharon Draper and was first published on 2006 by Atheneum Books. The book focuses on transatlantic slavery, and was inspired from Draper’s visit to Ghana where she first-hand witnessed the...
The City and the City is a book written by China Miéville and was first published on 15 May 2009 by Macmillan. The genre falls into both weird fiction and police crime drama, and was written as homage to the author’s mother.
The plot revolves...
Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orisha) is a fictional young adult book written by Tomi Adeyemi and was first published in 2020 by Macmillan. The book is the second in the Legacy of Orisha series, following on from Children of Blood...
Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists and the Ecology of New England is a historical nonfiction book written by William Cronon and was first published by Hill and Wang in 1983. Cronon is a award-winning author, having won the Bancroft Prize in...
"The Black Man's Burden” is a poem written by H. T. Johnson in 1899. The poem was a retaliation to Rudyard Kipling's poem "The White Man's Burden” (1897).
In the poem, Johnson criticizes the subjugation of black people at the hands of their white...
Binti is a horror science fiction story written by Nnedi Okorafor and was first published in 2015 by Tor.com. It is the first in a series with the titular name.
The book follows the main protagonist, Binti, as she leaves Earth to travel...
Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions is a novel entailing elements of magical realism written by Daniel Wallace and first published in 1998. The book was Wallace’s sixth submission after his first five novels were rejected by publishing houses....
“The Best We Could Do” is an illustrated book that is also a memoir about the author’s life, her parents, and their migration to America to escape the Vietnam War. The memoir was inspired by the conversations the author had with her parents for...
Belfast Confetti is a collection of poetry by Ciaran Gerard Carson. It was initially published in January 1989 and later in December 1989 by Wake Forest University Press.
The collection is made up of long poems, prose, haiku, and lyrics. Born,...
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End is a book by surgeon Atul Gawande. Published in 2014 by Metropolitan Books, the book explores Gawande's profession as a surgeon and the challenges faced as he attempts to save lives. Along the...
“Before We Were Yours” is a novel inspired by true events, about a Memphis adoption organization that stole and sold children to wealthy families. The novel begins with the story about five siblings being taken away one night from their idyllic...
Written by the Dominican-American novelist Julia Alvarez, Before We Were Free is a historical fiction set in the 1960s Dominican Republic. The fictional events in the novel take place on the backdrop of the political unrest during the Trujillo...