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Jack Worthing creates a fictitious brother Earnest who lives in London to escape his dull country routine, but finds the lie backfiring when he falls in love.

Mikey Walsh, who was born into a Romany Gypsy family, tells how he decided to leave this community and enter the outside world.

Mikey Walsh's memoir of his life in a Romany Gypsy family, and his choice to leave.

Fifteen-year-old David Case saves his little brother from falling out a window, but, despite being called a hero, David is sure that fate is coming after him, so he changes his name and appearance and tries to escape destiny with the help of the mysterious Angela.

Discusses the history of Shakespeare's Globe theatre, including its construction, the plays that were performed there, its financial aspects, and the reconstruction in 1995.

Contains eighteen essays in which the authors examine various aspects of Elizabethan England, discussing political, social, and cultural turning points, the Elizabethan theater, and conquests and discoveries.

Primary and secondary source accounts provide readers with a historical perspective and comprehensive picture of the cultural, political, and social events that characterize Elizabethan England.

Traces the history of the Protestant Reformation and discusses the actions of King Henry VIII in starting a new religion in England.

Traces a year in the Lincolnshire village of Gerneham, from ploughing through sowing, harvesting, and threshing, with illustrations of village life inspired by the fourteenth-century Luttrell Psalter.

Recreates the daily lives of people who lived in Chaucer's England, from 1342 to 1400, with information on clothing, games, songs, dances, and historical background. Includes a chronology of Medieval England, a glossary, information and ideas on organizing medieval events, and suggestions for further reading.