David Bruce: 329 books

This book contains easy-to-read retellings of William Shakespeare's 38 plays: COMEDIES (12 Plays) All’s Well that Ends Well As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Love’s Labor’s Lost Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado...

This is an easy-to-read retelling of John Ford's THE BROKEN HEART. According to Charles Lamb, "Ford was of the first order of poets. He sought for sublimity, not by parcels in metaphors or visible images, but directly where she has her full residence in the heart of man; in the actions and sufferings of the greatest minds."

This book is an easy-to-read retelling of William Shakespeare's classic romance "The Two Noble Kinsmen." People who read this retelling first will find the original play much easier to understand.

The purpose of this book is educational. I enjoy reading Lloyd Alexander’s "The Castle of Llyr," and I believe that it is an excellent book for children (and for adults such as myself) to read. This book contains many questions about Lloyd Alexander’s T"he Castle of Llyr" and their answers....

The purpose of this book is educational. I enjoy reading Lois Lowry’s "Number the Stars," and I believe that it is an excellent book for children (and for middle-aged adults such as myself) to read. This book contains many questions about Lois Lowry’s "Number the Stars"...

The purpose of this book is educational. I enjoy reading Lloyd Alexander’s "The Black Cauldron," and I believe that it is an excellent book for children (and for adults such as myself) to read. This book contains many questions about Lloyd Alexander’s "The Black Cauldron"...

The purpose of this book is educational. I enjoy reading Lloyd Alexander’s "The Book of Three," and I believe that it is an excellent book for children (and for adults such as myself) to read. This book contains many questions about Lloyd Alexander’s "The Book of Three"...

The purpose of this book is educational. I enjoy reading Nancy Garden’s "Annie on My Mind," and I believe that it is an excellent book for young adults (and for middle-aged adults such as myself) to read. This book contains many questions about Nancy Garden’s "Annie on My...

This document gives one way of teaching the autobiographical essay to students, although it should also be useful to people who are not students, but who want to write this kind of essay. Feel free to copy this and give sections of it or all of it to your students, other teachers, and your...

I would like to see my retellings of classic literature used in schools, so I give permission to the country of Finland (and all other countries) to buy one copy of this eBook and give copies to all students forever. I also give permission to the state of Texas (and all other states) to buy one copy...

This document describes a composition project that I have successfully used during my years of teaching at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. The composition project is to write a Problem-Solving Letter that gives the reader information that the reader can use. This is practical writing, as opposed...

This is an easy-to-read retelling of Robert Greene's comedy FRIAR BACON AND FRIAR BUNGAY. Reading this version first will help you read and understand the classic play much better.

“What is it that I must conceive of and respond to and that I must subdue and control? “It is that which has stooped the topmost of the gods and stopped the tempest of the gods who have come even from the fiery star-spangled veil of Heaven, to feel the lovely and lowly warmth of shepherds’...

In Westphalia, a gentle youth lived in the beautiful castle of Baron Thunderstormcumlightning. Anyone could look at the youth’s face and see that he was both good-natured and weak-minded. This is why he was given the name Candide, although Virginia would have been a good choice if he had been born...