An essential guide to Shakespeare, from the international bestselling authors of Homework for Grown-Ups The Bard was so incredibly prolific that even most Shakespeare scholars would welcome the occasional refresher course, and most of the rest of us haven’t even got a clue as to what a petard actually is. Fear not, the bestselling authors of Homework for Grown-Ups are here to help. For parents keen to help with their children’s homework, casual theatre-goers who want to enhance their enjoyment and understanding, and the general reader who feels they should probably know more, Shakespeare Basics for Grown-Ups includes information on the key works, historical context, contemporaries and influences, famous speeches and quotations, modern day adaptations, and much, much more.

Shakespeare Basics for Grown-Ups: Everything You Need to Know About the Bard

Foley, E.

Coates, B.

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Penguin Publishing Group

Following the original Homework for Grown-ups the authors revisit the core subjects of Math, English, Science, Geography, History and Classics and introduce Music, Languages, Economics, Politics, Philosophy, Psychology, Design and Drama to the timetable.

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Homework for Grown-Ups Quiz Book: Fiendishly Fun Questions to Test Your Old-school Knowledge

For all fans of Homework for Grown-ups, a fiendishly entertaining quiz book for all the family
Full of fun questions to stimulate the grey matter, this quiz book provides the perfect framework for hours spent bettering yourself and your loved ones. Where would you find the islets of Langerhans? Which country has Ouagadougou as its capital city? Which former concubine went on to become the first, and only, Empress of China? Who did Stephen Hawking describe as "responsible for the birth of modern science?" In what language were the 39 book of the Bible's Old Testament originally written? How old was George Harrison when the Beatles split up? Whether you're the one shouting out the answers, or the simplest questions have you scratching your head, this quiz book will be a treat.

Homework for Grown-Ups Quiz Book: Fiendishly Fun Questions to Test Your Old-School Knowledge

A nostalgic compendium of essential knowledge that can help you show the world that you’re smarter than a ten-year-old after all! Have you ever stared blankly at your kids when they’ve asked why the sky is blue? Or clumsily changed the subject when they’ve wanted to know why the wind blows? If you’re done with school, it’s likely you’re also done knowing the difference between an isosceles and equilateral triangle, and you probably leave participles dangling all over the place. Well, not anymore! Thanks to professional know-it-alls Foley and Coates, you can now gain back your self-respect and actually show those kids a thing or two as you tell it to them straight (and not make it up from fragments of facts you kind of remember). Packed with all the basic facts that have managed to free-fall from our heads over the years, Homework for Grown-ups is the ultimate grammar school refresher course in book form. In fact, there’s even a quiz at the end of each chapter to ensure you’ve been paying attention! Written in the light, engaging style of a favorite teacher and featuring lessons in English, math, history, science, geography, art, and even home economics and recess, this fun and handy guide will help you stop hemming and hawing and start speaking with a lot more authority—and a little less shame. E. FOLEY and B. COATES are editors at Vintage who both live in London.

Homework for Grown-ups: Everything You Learnt at School...and Promptly Forgot

Crown

Homework for Grown-ups is a brilliantly informative and entertaining book of old-school knowledge for adults. It is the ultimate refresher course on mathematics (remember Pythagoras' theorem? You will!), English grammar and literature (do you know your Margarets?), and chemistry and the sciences (including the big bang theory). It spans geography (can you name the planets in order?), history (what exactly was the Family Compact?), art, Latin, phys. ed. (hockey!), home economics and much more... including, crucially, recess (finally, definitive rules for Red Rover!). Packed with essential facts, figures and theories, Homework for Grown-ups is a practical and wonderfully nostalgic revision guide for adults that will entertain while exercising the mind. It'll make readers the hit of any cocktail party, and might even equip parents to handle their child's homework without humiliation.

Homework For Grown-Ups: Everything You Learned At School...and Pr

Collins