Preeminent Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro shows how the tumultuous events in England in 1606 affected Shakespeare and shaped the three great tragedies he wrote that year--_King Lear_ , _Macbeth_ , and _Antony and Cleopatra_. In the years leading up to 1606, since the death of Queen Elizabeth an
The Year of the Baby: a novel
β Scribed by Andrea Cheng
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0544035682
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β¦ Synopsis
Last year, Anna learned how to be a good friend. Now that her family has adopted a baby girl from China, she wants to learn how to be a good sister. But the new year proves challenging when the doctor warns that the baby isn't thriving. Can Anna and her best friends, Laura and Camille, create a science project that saves the day? In this heartwarming sequel to The Year of the Book , readers will be just as moved by Anna's devotion to her new sister as they will be inspired by her loving family and lasting friendships.
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