The Tempest is the most lyrical profound & fascinating of Shakespeare's late comedies. Prospero long exiled from Italy with his daughter Miranda seeks to use his magical powers to defeat his former enemies. Eventually having proved merciful he divests himself of that magic his 'art' & prepares to return to the mainl&. The Tempest has often been regarded as Shakespeare's 'farewell to the stage' before his retirement. ...

The Tempest is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays both in the classroom & in the theatre & this revision brings the Arden 3 edition right up-to-date. A completely new section of the introduction discusses new thinking about Shakespeare's sources for the play & examines his treatment of colonial themes as well as covering key productions since this edition was first published in 1999. Most importantly it looks at Julie Taymor's ground-breaking 2010 film starring Helen Mirren as Prospera." Alden & Virginia Vaughan's edition of The Tempest is much valued for its authority & originality & their revision brings it up-to-date making it even more relevant & useful to students & theatre practitioners." ...

Jackson Meyer is hiding a secret. He can time-travel. But he doesnt know how he does it how to control it or what it means. When Jackson & his girlfriend Holly find themselves in fatal danger Jackson panics & catapaults himself two years into his past further than hes ever managed before & this time he cant find a way back to the future. All the rules of time-travel hes experienced so far have been broken & Jackson has no choice but to pretend to be his younger self whilst he figures out a solution. Jackson is tearing himself apart with guilt & frustration wondering if Holly survived. Hes also become the target of an unknown enemy force & it seems even his dad is lying to him. Jackson is racing against time to save the girl he loves but to do that he must first discover the truth about his family & himself. & stay alive. ...

* Unrivalled design that is enticing & clear for all students including low-attainers. * Dramatic photography from a range of productions to stimulate discussion. * Targeted support that helps pupils to understand the play & its language. * Interpretation-based questions & activities that encourage students to explore the plays in performance. * Durable & hardwearing books that last for years. ...

Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students with accessible on-page notes & explanatory illustrations clear background information & rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. The Tempest is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. This edition

Includes:: illustrations preliminary notes reading lists (including websites) & classroom notes.

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A storm rages. Prospero & his daughter watch from their desert island as a ship carrying the royal family is wrecked. Miraculously all on board survive. Plotting mistaken identities bewitching love & drunkenness follow as the travellers explore the strange place of spirits & monsters on which they have landed. They soon begin to realize all is not as it seems. ...

The ruthless reign of a secret power must be stopped... In Rome the public assassination of the Pope by a sniper on Christmas Day sets off a massive investigation that stretches across the globe. But behind the veil of Rex Deus
- the Templar cabal that silently wields power in the twenty-first century
- the plot has only just begun. The cabal has a position of ultimate control in its sights
- & its head Kate Sinclair is never going to yield her one great ambition for her US senator son Richard Pierce Sinclair. When ex-Army Ranger John Holliday uncovers the true motive behind the Pontiffs murder he must unlock the secrets of a modern Templar conspiracy
- & unravel Kate Sinclairs deadly design.



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The Templar Cross" is the second in the Paul Christopher's John Holliday series. Some secrets are too great to bear... Army Ranger Lt. Col. John ' Doc' Holliday is teaching at West Point when he receives desperate news. His niece Peggy has been kidnapped while joining an ancient tomb excavation in Egypt. Holliday immediately sets out to locate & rescue her. But Peggy's captors belong to the Brotherhood of the Temple of Isis
- murderous fanatics who worship a dead god. A trail of clues sends Holliday deep into Africa & into the heart of a conspiracy involving an ancient Egyptian legend & the darkest secrets of the Order of Templar Knights. Secrets that once uncovered are a death warrant..." The Templar Cross" by Paul Christopher is the second instalment in the historical thriller series following John Holliday on his quest to uncover the secrets of the ancient Templar Order. Subsequent titles include " The Templar Conspiracy" " Lost City of the Templars" & " Valley of the Templars". Paul Christopher is the pseudonym of a bestselling US novelist who lives in the Great Lakes region."
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The second volume of the crusades trilogy from bestelling Swedish author Jan Guillou. THE KNIGHT TEMPLAR follows Arns adventures in the Holy Land where he discovers that the infidel Saracens arent as brutish & uncivilised as he had been led to believe & that in fact there is another darker side to the teaching of the Cistercians. ...

The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth & absolute power until the Inquisition destroyed them & their riches were lost forever. But some people dont believe in forever. Ex-agent Cotton Malone used to work for Stephanie Nelle in the US Justice Department. Now Nelle wants his help to crack a series of puzzles that have confounded experts for centuries
- & could lead to the legendary lost treasure of the Knights Templar. But someone else is on the trail
- someone prepared to commit the ultimate crime to win the ultimate prize. Malone & Nelle find themselves in a heart-stopping race through the villages castles & cloisters of Europe in pursuit of a secret that in the wrong hands could bring the world to its knees.

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