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Anthony and Cleopatra
Andrew Matthews, William Shakespeare, Tony Ross
Paperback (Orchard Books, Aug. 28, 2003)A wonderful retelling of Shakespeare's thrilling tale of love torn apart by history. With notes on Shakespeare and the Globe theatre and Love and Death in Anthony and Cleopatra.
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A Shakespeare Story: King Lear
Andrew Matthews
Paperback (Orchard Books, March 15, 2010)Foolish and bad-tempered, King Lear divides the kingdom between his two wicked daughters, disowns his honest youngest daughter and banishes his friends. As the kingdom falls apart and Lear's humiliation turns him mad, will he finally realise what he has done? With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Chaos and Old Age in King Lear.
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Shakespeare Stories
Andrew Matthews
Paperback (Orchard Books, April 3, 2014)Andrew Matthews' classic retellings of Shakespeare's best-loved plays, illustrated by the award-winning Tony Ross. This special anniversary edition contains Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night and Anthony and Cleopatra, reissued to celebrate 450 years since the Bard's birth. The easy-to-read writing style and fabulous illustrations bring the well-known characters and their stories gloriously to life. A fantastic introduction to Shakespeare for the younger reader.
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Stop the Bullying!
Andrew Matthews
Paperback (Seashell Publishers Pty Ltd, )None
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Shadow of the Ninja
Andrew Matthews
Paperback (Usborne, Jan. 1, 2010)This is the thrilling sequel to the Samurai tale "The Way of the Warrior"; a story of truth, honour, bravery and love in sixteenth century Japan. Young samurai Jimmu puts his life on the line when he sets out to rescue his master's daughter from a rival warlord. Jimmu cannot save Takeko alone, so when he meets a band of ninja warriors, he is tempted to enlist their help. But samurai live by their code of honour, while ninjas are notorious cold-blooded killers. Will Jimmu join forces with the deadly ninja, and learn to live, and die, their way?
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The Taming of the Shrew
Andrew Matthews
Hardcover (Orchard, March 15, 2009)Lovely Bianca has a queue of admirers anxious to marry her. But her older sister, Katharina, must get married first. Katharina has such a fiery temper she is known as 'the shrew', and no man is brave enough to propose. Can Petruchio tame her with his outrageous behaviour? With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Love and Marriage in the Taming of the Shrew.
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The Way of the Warrior
Andrew Matthews
Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, Nov. 13, 2008)In 16th century Japan Jimmu Shimomura is raised to avenge his father's death caused by Lord Ankan, but after training as a samurai warrior and becoming a bodyguard for his sworn enemy he becomes sympathetic toward Ankan and is unsure what the right thing to do is.
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Wolf Pie
Andrew Matthews, Tony Ross 1938
Hardcover (Egmont Childrens Books, March 26, 1987)None
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Dr Monsoon Taggart's Amazing Finishing Academy
Andrew Matthews
Paperback (Egmont Childrens Books, Nov. 1, 1990)None
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A Treasury of Funny Stories
Andrew Matthews
Paperback (Kingfisher, April 15, 1995)Jan Mark, Bel Mooney, Anne Fine, Michael Rosen and Paul Jennings are among the contributors to this rib-tickling collection of humorous stories.
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The Orchard Book of Classic Shakespeare Stories
Andrew Matthews
Hardcover (Orchard Books, March 20, 2014)Eight of Shakespeare's best-loved plays are retold in this collection, capturing all the drama and excitement of the original plays.
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The Way of the Warrior
Andrew Matthews
Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, Nov. 13, 2008)Jimmu is haunted by his fathers suicide. Vowing vengeance on the man responsible, Jimmu masters the skill of the samurai and secures a position among the lords guards. But the closer Jimmu comes to fulfilling his dark destiny, the more tangled he becomes in the truth of his fathers death.
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