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CliffsNotes on Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!

As I Lay Dying, Notes, Including Life and Background. .. Select Bibliography

Gary Carey

Cover title: Cliffs notes on Steinbeck's The grapes of wrath.

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The Grapes of Wrath

J.R.R. Tolkien

Maria da Graça Pinhão

O senhor dos anéis, o Hobbit [de] Tolkien

L. David Allen

A clean description of the actions and thoughts of the story and a concise interpretation.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

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CliffsNotes on Flaubert's Madame Bovary

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CliffsNotes on Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury

John H. Byrne

Ruth Heidelberger

M. Neal Waxham

An understanding of the nervous system at virtually any level of analysis requires an understanding of its basic building block, the neuron. This book provides the solid foundation of the morphological, biochemical, and biophysical properties of nerve cells that is needed by advanced undergraduates and graduate students, as well as researchers in need of a thorough reference. * Highly referenced for readers to pursue topics of interest in greater detail * Unique coverage of the application of mathematical modeling and simulation approaches not found in other textbooks * Richly illustrated, four color presentation throughout * Includes CD-ROM of all of the illustrations

An Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

From Molecules to Networks

An understanding of the nervous system at virtually any level of analysis requires an understanding of its basic building block, the neuron. From Molecules to Networks provides the solid foundation of the morphologic, biochemical, and biophysical properties of nerve cells. All chapters have been thoroughly revised for this second edition to reflect the significant advances of the past 5 years. The new edition expands on the network aspects of cellular neurobiology by adding a new chapter, Information Processing in Neural Networks, and on the relation of cell biological processes to various neurological diseases. The new concluding chapter illustrates how the great strides in understanding the biochemical and biophysical properties of nerve cells have led to fundamental insights into important aspects of neurodegenerative disease. • Written and edited by leading experts in the field, the second edition completely and comprehensively updates all chapters of this unique textbook • Discusses emerging new understanding of non-classical molecules that affect neuronal signaling • Full colour, professional graphics throughout • Includes two new chapters: Information Processing in Neural Networks - describes the principles of operation of neural networks and the key circuit motifs that are common to many networks in the nervous system. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Disease - introduces the progress made in the last 20 years in elucidating the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying brain disorders, including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson disease, and Alzheimer’s disease.

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An Introduction ...

Science Fiction

Nikki Moustaki

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Inferno

CliffsNotes on Dante's Divine Comedy

CliffsNotes on James' The American

Peter Clark

CliffsNotes on O'Neill's The Emperor Jones, The Hairy Ape & Mourning Becomes Electra

Includes the life and background of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, a list of characters, an introduction to the novel, the general plot summary and more.

Notes from Underground

Denis M. Calandra

CliffsNotes on Moliere's Tartuffe, The Misanthrope & The Bourgeois Gentleman

The CliffsNotes study guide on Twain's The Prince and the Pauper supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work. This study guide was written with the assumption that you have read The Prince and the Pauper. Reading a literary work doesn’t mean that you immediately grasp the major themes and devices used by the author; this study guide will help supplement your reading to be sure you get all you can from Twain's The Prince and the Pauper. CliffsNotes Review tests your comprehension of the original text and reinforces learning with questions and answers, practice projects, and more. For further information on Twain's The Prince and the Pauper, check out the CliffsNotes Resource Center at www.cliffsnotes.com.

CliffsNotes on Twain's The Prince and the Pauper

Cynthia C. McGowan

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Cliffs Notes on Skinner's Walden Two

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Light in August

CliffsNotes on Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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