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Contains over eight hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on various aspects of the life and work of Irish novelist James Joyce, covering terms, people, places, and concepts.

Reference guide to the world, history, and adventures of the characters from Anne Rice's five vampire novels, with 1,200 entries, arranged alphabetically, offering interpretation of the events, names and places, symbols, and themes, including photographs, maps, drawings, and a timeline.

Presents a comprehensive companion to "The Chronicles of Narnia, " the classic novel by C.S. Lewis, and contains alphabetically-arranged entries on the characters, events, places, and themes of the story.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide definitions and descriptions of characters, places, and things found in the Middle-Earth world created by author J.R.R. Tolkien.

Contains over 6,000 alphabetically arranged entries, listing all the important words in Shakespearean plays, along with an indication of the passages in which they appear, and includes an index according to subject matter, outlines of Shakespeare's plays, and sketches of principal characters.

Alphabetically-arranged entries provide information on Shakespeare's life, influences, and plays, on Shakespearean actors and actresses, on music, art, and criticism inspired by the plays, and on other relevant topics.

Contains approximately three thousand alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about various aspects of the life and works of sixteenth-century poet and playwright William Shakespeare.

A companion to the works of Agatha Christie containing 2,000 character entries and a complete list of all her works.

A collection of quotations from Shakespeare, grouped in over five hundred alphabetically arranged topics, each with a note on the play, speaker, and context of the quote.

Provides reference information on the life and work of William Shakespeare, featuring a brief biography of the playwright, commentaries on each of his known works, an alphabetical listing of related places, terms, works, documents, references, and people, and a time line, quotations, and a reading list.