books about: macbeth

books about: macbeth

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Macbeth

Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library)

William Shakespeare

Washington Square Press, 2003

Yale's may be the best edition of Macbeth
Virtually all editions of Macbeth will have at least some annotations. Rummaging through five different editions, I preferred the Yale University Press version, edited by Burton Raffel, as having the most comprehensive and comprehensible notes, as well as an excellent ...

Death of a Witch (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 25)
M. C. Beaton

Grand Central Publishing, 2009

Returning from a foreign holiday, Hamish Macbeth is worried because he senses a dark cloud of evil hanging over the Highland village of Lochdubh . He learns that a newcomer, Catriona Beldame, is regarded as a witch and various men have been seen visiting her. Hamish himself is charmed by her until he finds out she has been supplying ...

Macbeth (Signet Classics)

William Shakespeare

Signet Classics, 1998

Deception and Treachery
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was a dramatist whose genius is universally acknowledged, with a reputation as an actor, playwright and poet. He lived in an age of vast and significant changes characterised by the rise of the middle class and of a centralised ...

Macbeth (No Fear Shakespeare)

William Shakespeare

SparkNotes, 2003

No need to avoid Shakespeare anymore
I consider myself to be a reasonably literate individual but, I have always avoided Shakespeare since I cannot make sense of the text. But now, I have fianally read Macbeth because, with "No Fear Shakespeare," each left hand page is written in the original whereas the ...

Macbeth (Norton Critical Editions)

William Shakespeare

W. W. Norton, 2004

OUTSTANDING background for play!
As a teacher of 11th grade English, I ordered this text because I was curious about its supplementary material. Now I am committed to the Norton Critical Editions for EVERY Shakespeare play I teach in the future! My students were amazed and sometimes enthralled with ...

Macbeth (Cliffs Notes)

Alex Went

Cliffs Notes, 2000

Indispensble for teachers and students.
At last. Shakespeare study notes that are really authoritative, accurate and enthusiastic. This new edition of Cliff's notes on Macbeth is outstanding. There are all the usual things that would be expected in notes of this type, but added to this is a real ...

Praying in Color: Drawing a New Path to God

Sybil MacBeth

Paraclete Press (MA), 2007

Praying in Color
This book offers a very creative way to use simple drawing materials and doodling as a form of prayer. Using color, shape, and lines makes it easy to stay engaged in prayer, whether on behalf of others or for oneself. The finished product is a visual reminder of the ...

Macbeth (Shakespeare Made Easy)

William Shakespeare

Barron's Educational Series, 1985

You'll get Shakespeare after reading this
My World Literature professor suggested the "Shakespeare Made Easy" series after I told her that I would have difficulty understanding the Bard. I not only (finally!) understood what was happening but, in the future, will buy the other books in the series to do some ...

Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library)

William Shakespeare

Washington Square Press, 2004

Shakespeare on the danger of messing with prophecy
William Shakespeare's tragedy "Macbeth" was performed at the Globe Theater in 1605-06. The "Scottish" play was a calculated to be pleasing to James I, who took the throne of England after the death of Elizabeth Tudor in 1603. It was not simply that the play was set in ...

Macbeth (Cliffs Complete)

William Shakespeare

Cliffs Notes, 2000

Cliffscomplete Macbeth is great for school reports
I read the play with this book and was able to understand it because of the commentaries. It was very helpful for writing a great thesis paper. It identifies reoccuring themes throughout the book to assist in writing reports of thesis papers. I would recommend this to ...

The Faeries' Oracle

Brian Froud, Jessica Macbeth

Simon & Schuster, 2000

Powerful cards
I love collecting card since I like reading them, these are the most powerful cards, I respect them mre than my Tarot ones. They posses a magic and love beyond words

Shakespeare Set Free: Teaching A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth

Teaching Shakespeare Institute

Washington Square Press, 2006

"Shakespeare Set Free" set my imagination free!
Do you have HS students who just don't get Shakespeare? Don't even bother because of the language? Here's the book to break the Shakespeare language barrier. I bought this book for a "secondary English class" at college, since then I have bought one for a friend who ...

Death of a Hussy (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 5)

M.C. Beaton

Fawcett, 1991

The Best Book in the Hamish Macbeth Series!
What's a hussy? The definition that fits this book is "an immoral woman." As you can imagine, hussies are not well regarded in the conservative Scottish highlands. Put a hussy in that locale, and the results can be explosive. If you love Hamish Macbeth ...

Macbeth (Arkangel Shakespeare)

William Shakespeare

BBC Audiobooks America, 2005

Best Yet!
I've been playing this in a regular senior English class. Many of the students are finally understanding the play. The actors in this cd do a wonderful job interpreting their lines. The Scottish accents are well done. Sound effects make it vivid. It's the best ...

Death of a Snob (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 6)

M.C. Beaton

Fawcett, 1992

A great book, and a great mystery
This is the sixth in a series of wonderful mysteries featuring the detective work of small town, Highland Scottish detective Hamish Macbeth, P.C. In this book, Hamish is dubious of an attractive health farm owner's belief that someone is trying to kill her, but accepts ...