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A Moby-Dick study guide: how the 135 chapters are organized, the main themes and characters, how to handle the whaling chapters, and questions to discuss.
Nicomachean Ethics study guide: Aristotle's ten books mapped, happiness, virtue and the mean explained with examples, a reading plan and questions to ask.
On the Origin of Species study guide: how Darwin's one long argument is built, the main themes and key ideas, a reading plan, editions and questions to ask.
How to read philosophy without giving up: find the thesis, map the argument, read in three passes, and know what to do when a passage will not make sense.
A Pride and Prejudice study guide: how the three volumes are built, the main themes and characters, a volume-by-volume reading plan and questions to ask.
Plato's Republic study guide: how its ten books build one argument about justice, the cave, the divided line and the soul explained, plus a plan and questions.
How to read Shakespeare: pick the right first play and edition, decode the language, hear the verse, and use a scene-by-scene method that makes a play clear.
The Great Gatsby study guide: how the nine chapters are built, the main themes and characters, a four-sitting reading plan and questions to bring to class.
The Iliad study guide: what Homer's poem covers and what it leaves out, how the 24 books are built, its main themes and characters, and questions to ask.
The Odyssey study guide: how the poem's 24 books fit together, the themes of homecoming, hospitality and disguise, a reading plan and questions to ask.
The Prince study guide: Machiavelli's 26 chapters mapped, the main themes, the historical figures he argues from, a reading plan and questions to discuss.
The Wealth of Nations study guide: what Adam Smith argues in each of the five books, the key terms, which chapters to read closely and questions to ask.
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