New Releases by Ray Moore

Author, Business Owner and Coach, Ray Moore brings together his extensive knowledge, experience and challenges faced over his long and successful career in business into this gripping and easy-to-understand book based on The Levels Framework. A tried and tested model The Levels Framework can be described as a manual for growth that focuses on the changes a business should put in place to make the difficult transition up from a small-to medium-sized company. Can Your Business Step Up To The Growth Challenge? Introduces business owners to a new way of thinking through a logical and insightful analysis of the often-undiscussed challenges of owning and growing a business!

Ray Moore''s Study Guides provide insights into demanding texts.This updated and expanded second edition''s key feature is the guiding questions to which the reader /student needs to find his/her own answers. This enables readers to develop their own opinions and support them with reference to the text. Includes: - A detailed analysis of characters, setting, genre and themes; - An expanded commentary, with helpful explanatory notes and guiding questions that suggest issues for further discussion and thought;. - A glossary of relevant literary terms and a literary terms activity; - Ideas for managing group discussions and post-reading presentations.

Ray Moore''s Study Guides aim to provide insights into important, demanding texts.This revised and expanded second edition will support the reader in developing his/her own thoughts and ideas about what is often regarded as Shakespeare''s greatest tragedy. Unlike other guides which simply tell the reader what the text is about, the key feature of this book is the guiding questions to which the student needs to find his/her own answers. The author is aware of the continual complaints from examiners that students are simply repeating what they have been told or have read about the play rather than developing their own opinions and supporting them with reference to the text. Includes: - A detailed analysis of characters, setting and history, genre and themes; - A scene-by-scene commentary, with helpful explanatory notes and guiding questions that suggest issues for further discussion and thought;. - Graphic organizers that allow the reader to make concise notes; - A glossary of relevant literary terms and a literary terms activity; - Ideas for managing group discussions and post-reading presentations; - Suggestions for further reading.

Moloka''i is the moving life story of a native Hawaiian girl, Rachel, who contracts leprosy as a child and is sent (presumably for the rest of her life) to live in isolation at the leper colony on the island of Moloka''i. This guide offers the reader insight into what Brennert set out to achieve in the novel and suggests how its success may be judged.Includes: - An introduction for teachers and reading group leaders; - Detailed discussion of characters, genre, narrative voice, themes, and symbols; - A chapter-by-chapter commentary, with helpful explanatory notes and guiding questions that suggest topics for further discussion and thought; - A vocabulary activity and test - with answers; - Two maps and three graphic organizers that allow the reader to make concise notes; - A glossary of relevant literary terms; - Suggestions for group discussion and post-reading activities.

"The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck: A Study Guide is ideal for both the individual reader and for reading groups/classes.This comprehensive study guide aims to support reflective reading, not to replace it.It includes:1. Introduction;2. Detailed, original introduction to the book for readers including: an annotated list of characters, genre, themes, symbolism, etc.;3. Each chapter is accompanied by a detailed commentary and (as appropriate) notes on historical references, and by guiding questions. The questions encourage readers to a deeper understanding of the background, themes, and characters of the text. NOTE: No answers are given. The questions are designed to stimulate thought, discussion and interpretation, and can be used for self-study, homework, group discussion in class, jigsaw groups, formal presentations, written answers, reading discussion groups etc.;4. Ideas for groupings for classroom discussion, feedback, and presentation;5. Definitions of key literary terms;6. Post-reading discussion topics and activities;7. One map and two graphic organizers for student notes. (Again NO completed graphics are included, nor are they needed. The graphics allow the reader to make their own notes and therefore develop their own ideas and interpretations of the text)

Ray Moore''s Study Guides provide insights into popular and important texts.In Esperanza Rising we experience, through the eyes of thirteen-year-old Esperanza, the plight of Mexican migrant workers in the USA.at the start of the 1930s.The Guide includes:- An Introduction- A list of characters with detailed notes;- In-depth analysis of the setting, structure of the novel, themes, etc.;- A commentary on each chapter, and questions to guide the reader to a deeper understanding of the issues raised;- Vocabulary activities and tests;- An explanation of relevant literary terms;- Guidance on organizing group discussion;- Five graphic organizers for reader''s notes.Whether you are studying this much-loved novel individually or in a class, this Guide will increase your understanding and enjoyment.

Would you search for your mother if she went missing like Bee does?"Where''d You Go, Bernadette" by Maria Semple: A Study Guide is ideal for both the individual reader and for reading groups/classes.This comprehensive study guide aims to support your reading of the book. It includes:1. An introduction;2. An annotated list of characters, genre, themes, setting;3. Each chapter is accompanied by an (occasional) brief commentary and by guiding questions;4. Ideas for groupings for classroom discussion, feedback, and presentation;5. Definitions of key literary terms;6. A vocabulary activity and vocabulary test (with answers);7. Guide to further reading;8. Two graphic organizers for study notes.

Ray Moore''s Study Guides provide insights into demanding texts.The Goldfinch is a Pulitzer prize winning international bestseller. However some readers seem to love it whilst others hate it. This makes for great discussions and Ray Moore''s Study Guide will help any reader gain deeper understanding of this lengthy text.It includes: - An Introduction, containing an annotated list of characters, themes, setting, narrative voice, - Each chapter/section is accompanied by a commentary and guiding questions for readers to gain a deeper understanding, stimulate thought, discussion and interpretation, - Ideas for groupings for reading group discussion, feedback, and presentation; - Definitions of key literary terms; - Two graphic organizers for reader''s notes.This Study Guide is designed to help individuals and reading groups to engage with a text that asks provocative questions about the place of art in life.

Need help understanding this great American poet''s "Selected Poems"? Ray Moore''s Study Guides provide insights into demanding texts. Sylvia Plath is one of the greatest, and one of the most popular, poets of the twentieth century. Her poems do not, however, yield their meaning to a superficial reading. Plath demands a lot of her readers, but the rewards are always worth the effort! The Guide includes the following sections; - biographical information on Plath and Sigmund Freud, - introductory notes and study guide questions on the poems, - an extended Reading Diary activity on Daddy, - a sample essay on the importance of place in the poems, - an activity to aid understanding of literary terms, - a glossary of literary terms.

Do you want to really understand this demanding text? The Myth of Sisyphus is essential reading for anyone who wants fully to understand Camus'' classic novel The Stranger. In one of the most important and influential philosophical statements of the twentieth century, Camus explores the plight of man condemned to live in an apparently meaningless universe. This book provides: - a clear introduction to the intellectual background and themes of The Myth of Sisyphus; - a commentary on each section of the text followed by a series of questions designed to promote thought and discussion; - a critical analysis of the text; and - a detailed bibliography. This Study Guide is designed to lead the reader to a deeper understanding of a text that challenges all of us to define the nature of the values by which we live.

The Study Guide is a comprehensive aid to reflective reading of this popular novel. Including: 1. An Introduction; 2. Original annotated list of characters; 3. Original sections on setting, genre, themes, etc.; 4. Commentary, explanatory notes and guiding questions for each chapter. 5. Glossary of relevant literary terms; 6. Two graphic organizers (plot structure and character) for making notes. All you need to reach a deeper understand of this book! If you want an even more challenging analysis of this text then a more detailed critical analysis is available in this author''s popular Critical Introduction series: The Stranger by Albert Camus: A Critical Introduction (Revised Edition) by Ray Moore

Here is everything you need to enhance your understanding of Khaled Hosseini''s challenging text, A Thousand Splendid Suns. Whether you are reading the book as an individual, as a member of a reading circle or in class, this guide will help you to understand the book at a more meaningful level. The Guide includes: - An introduction; - A list of characters with detailed notes; - Analysis of themes, etc.; - A commentary and questions on each chapter to guide the reader to a deeper understanding of the novel; - Graphic organizers on plot and the perspectives of key characters; - A family tree; - A timeline of historical events in Afghanistan; - An Arabic/ Persian glossary.

Want to understand John Green''s popular page turner "Paper Towns"? Ray Moore''s Study Guides provide insights into important texts. This text is popular with teens and allows them to consider how one''s perception of a person''s image can be misleading. This thought-provoking guide provides an introduction to the book, an annotated list of the characters, and chapter by chapter guiding questions with occasional commentary. The questions will allow you to develop your own ideas and thoughts about the text. Material and ideas for research and discussion on the controversial nature of the novel are included. Graphics organizers and vocabulary activities are also supplied as an aid to understanding the text.

Would you love to understand more about this often forgotten classic? In East of Eden John Steinbeck brings together the history of his mother''s family (the Hamiltons) and the fictional story of the Trask family. This comprehensive study guide will help you appreciate a great novel. It includes: - An Introduction - A list of characters with detailed notes; - In-depth analysis of the setting, structure of the novel, themes, etc.; - Per chapter commentary, helpful background notes on references in the text, and questions to guide you, the reader, to a deeper understanding of the novel.; Literary terms are defined and the reader is encouraged to develop their understanding through finding examples in the text. Two graphic organizers are included for notetaking.

Need help understanding Antigone? This Guide puts this third play in the trilogy by Sophocles in context. The structure of Greek plays is explained, as well as background information on Greece. The central issues of the play and its themes are clearly set out. Questions to deepen your understanding of the play are included for each section of the play. An activity to encourage familiarization with the literary terms used in the guide and two graphics: one to help you plot the development of the play and the second to encourage study of the different perspectives of the main characters to the action in the play.

This Study Guide puts into context this first play in the trilogy Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone by Sophocles. The informative guide supplies: a clear, original account of the back-story: the Myth of Oedipus. a detailed guide to Greek Tragedy; in-depth questions on the play designed to encourage original thought, ideas and discussion. a literary terms activity with student sheets; a literary terms glossary, including terms specifically used in Greek plays;

Gain more insight into Kamel Daoud''s 2015 bestseller which offers an alternative viewpoint on the murder of an anonymous Arab by Meursault in Albert Camus'' classic novel "The Stranger." An original Introduction considers the philosophical and political background, the themes, genre and the setting of the text. For each chapter there are Study Questions which aim to stimulate thought and discussion and a detailed Commentary to keep you the reader on-track.

A Must Read for Every Inner City Teenager. . . The decade is the 60''s, a turbulent time in America, during the height of the civil rights movement, and still there are choices for a young black teenager to make about either joining a gang or taking the right path to a productive manhood.

In the final set of Reverend Lyle Thorne short stories, our intrepid vicar finds that even in retirement he is still solving mysteries that confound the police.From bank robberies to arson, murder or suicide, the terrors of WW1 all provide intellectual challenges which the Reverend Lyle Thorne loves.

The Second Edition of this popular critical study has been significantly expanded and completely revised, making it the most thorough single-volume study of Camus'' classic novel. A Critical Introduction places Camus'' ideas in context. Part One shows the development of his thought in the early essays, the unpublished “A Happy Death”, the plays “Caligula” and “The Misunderstanding”, and the philosophical work “The Myth of Sisyphus”. Building on this foundation, Part Two gives a detailed, consistent reading of “The Stranger”. The aim throughout, is to explain the meaning that Camus intended his text to have, thus meeting the needs of both the general reader and the student up to graduate level. This guide is thought provoking and encourages the reader to develop their own ideas about interpreting the central themes of the text.

Would you like to develop a deeper understanding of this tragic story of two men who, living during the Depression, have friendship and dreams which are crushed by circumstance?The study guide includes: an outline of the characters,the main themes, a commentary and notes to guide the reader through the text,guiding questions to direct the reader to what is really important as they read and to help understand the underlying themes in the book. The questions are designed to stimulate thought and discussion. It also includes graphic organizers to help the reader understand the plot and appreciate that the characters have different perspectives on George and Lennie''s dream of owning a farm. An activity to aid in the understanding of the literary terms used in the questions is also included.

In Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger''s tale proved popular with the youth of the day, but created controversy with parents and schools. This Study Guide will allow you to explore the themes and literary devices used in this popular novel and prompt you to develop your own ideas and thoughts about the text, through using the commentary and insightful questions Two graphic organizers are included for note-taking. Activities are included so that you can consider the issues relating to controversial texts and the banning of books.

Want to understand this popular novel? Would you like to understand the issues of this novel at a more meaningful level?Do you need to know more about the social conventions that existed in the early twentieth century?This Study Guide will aid the reader in providing character notes, and an introduction to the themes of the text and the literary devices used. Insightful questions and commentaries on the chapters are designed to help readers to develop their own ideas and opinions about the characters and themes. It also contains a guide to developing your skills with written or oral commentaries. Two passages with guiding questions are supplied so that the reader can work on their writing or speaking skills.

Trying to understand one of Shakespeare''s greatest tragedies? Need help understanding the play? This guide provides an introduction to the characters, genre and themes, together with a supportive commentary and 125 in-depth questions which lead to a deeper understanding of the play. The questions are designed to stimulate thought, discussion, and an active engagement with the text. A teacher may wish to use them for homework, group discussion in class, formal presentations, written answers, etc. Also included is an activity on the literary terms used in the text and two graphics (plot and character). The guide encourages you to formulate your own ideas and support them through reference to the text.

The book is virtually unique in providing: the full text in Middle English, an interlinear translation, introductory chapters on the pilgrims and the narrator, guided study questions on each section of the text, a detailed analysis of the frame story and each portrait, a full bibliography and a guide to further reading. The author''s aim is to meet the needs of students up to undergraduate level, of their teachers, and of the general reader who wishes to experience and enjoy one of the great comic works of world literature.

This book uniquely offers everything a reader needs to appreciate the text. It gives the reader a newly edited Middle English text with side-by-side modernization and a commentary. Also included are chapters on the General Prologue, the Structure of the Wife''s Prologue and Tale, the Teller and the Tale, and a comparison with three other tales of the Knight and the Loathly Lady.

The long-anticipated second volume of the reprint of the entire run of Lee Falk''s full-color Phantom Sundays, with art by Wilson McCoy and Ray Moore continues! Presented in Volume 2 are eight storylines which encompass "The League of Lost Men" (May 28-October 15, 1939) to "Castle in the Clouds" (October 18, 1942-April 18, 1943). In addition to the strips, this volume contains documentary materials and a detailed essay.

Would you like to develop a deeper understanding of the text? The study guide includes items on the characters, chronology, themes and structure in the novel. It also incorporates a commentary and notes to guide the reader through the text. The guide poses questions to direct the reader to what is really important as they read and to help understand the underlying themes in the book. The questions are designed to stimulate thought and discussion. The guide can be used for self-study, to promote group discussion, classroom presentations, et cetera Also included is an activity to help you (the reader) understand the figurative language used in the questions.