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In Russia, Yuri Zhivago is a young doctor and poet trying to care for his wife and family when he meets Lara, the love of his life.

Presents Charles Dickens's classic novel set in London and Paris during the French Revolution and includes explanatory notes, an author chronology, a historical time line, a theme and plot outline, contemporary and modern critical analyses, discussion questions, and a list of related books and films.

When twenty-year-old Paul Baumer and his classmates enlist in the German army during World War I, they are full of youthful enthusiam.

Presents Homer's epic in which Greek hero Odysseus makes his long and treacherous journey home from the Trojan War while his wife and son are forced to scheme to protect his throne; and includes an introduction, time line, outline of key themes, explanatory notes, critical analyses, and discussion questions.