In a Southern nursing home, an 80-year-old man reads from his diary to his wife, suffering from Alzheimer's. It's the story of their teenage romance, followed by years of separation because he was from the wrong class, followed by her decision, on his return from World War II, to be her own woman and marry him. Set amid the austere beauty of coastal North Carolina in 1946, The Notebook begins with the story of Noah Calhoun, a rural Southerner returned...

Menagerie was Williams' first popular success and launched the brilliant, if somewhat controversial, career of our preeminent lyric playwright. Since its premiere in Chicago in 1944, with the legendary Laurette Taylor in the role of Amanda, the play has been the bravura piece for great actresses from Jessica Tandy to Joanne Woodward, and it is studied and performed in classrooms and theaters around the world. A new introduction by prominent Williams...

The second volume in one of the most useful vocabulary series you'll find! To speak a new language, you need vocabulary. You need words, phrases, key sentences, and idioms. To speak a language really well, you need a lot of vocabulary, and you need to know the different meanings for the vocabulary. One of the most difficult parts of English is a special vocabulary group called phrasal verbs. Phrasal verbs have two or three words. The first word is...

The Professors' Guide to Getting Good Grades in College is the first book to reveal the insider secrets about how professors really grade. The book offers high-value, practical tips about how to succeed at each of the five "grade-bearing" moments of the semester: (1) The Start (2) The Class (3) The Exam (4) The Paper and (5) The Last Month of the Semester. Fast-paced, entertaining, and easy-to-follow, the Professors' Guide will help you get truly...

Impress law school admissions committees with your high LSAT score! For prospective law school students, the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is a crucial part of the admissions process. Updated to reflect the latest changes to the LSAT, this revised edition of LSAT Prep For Dummies ensures you have the info you need to achieve your best score on exam day. With plenty of review materials, including five practice tests online, expert advice, and...

The Effective Executive (1967) by Peter Drucker summarizes the author's experiences and observations as a time management and team dynamics consultant. Drucker considers everyone who manages his or her personal time to be an executive, and he believes anyone can learn to be an effective executive…Inside this companion to the book: • Overview of the Book • Insights from the Book • Important People • Author's Style and Perspective • Intended...

A real-world guide to passing the entrance exam for Catholic high school Catholic High School Entrance Exams For Dummies provides students and their parents with an efficient and effective way to prepare for the HSPT, TACHS, and COOP-the three entrance exams used by Catholic high schools. Included are • Six full-length practice tests • Test-taking tips from the experts • Thorough reviews of each test's format With full sample tests, up-to-date...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Lama Surya Das's Awakening the Buddha Within and NOT the original book. Preview: Awakening the Buddha Within: Eight Steps to Enlightenment: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World (1998) by Lama Surya Das explains the eight steps to enlightenment outlined by Tibetan Buddhism. Buddhism is a spiritual philosophy that was established more than 2,500 years ago... Inside this companion to the book: • Overview of the...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Steven Levitt's & et al SuperFreakonomics and NOT the original book. Preview: SuperFreakonomics (2009) by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner is a follow-up to the authors' previous book Freakonomics (2005). Like the previous book, SuperFreakonomics describes research and innovative ideas in the field of behavioral economics for the casual reader…Inside this companion to the book: • Overview of the Book • Insights...

Your one indispensable guide to all the Fair Value requirements of IFRS Acomplete guide to the complex valuation requirements of IFRS, this book includes chapters on theoretical and practical applications, with extensive examples illustrating the required techniques for each application. Appropriate for anyone involved professionally with finance-managers, accountants, investors, bankers, instructors, and students-this guide draws on a stellar panel...