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New Edition of 'For Students' Series Focuses on Most Popularly-Studied Shakespeare Plays

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Aug. 15, 2007 - Gale, part of Thomson Learning, announces the release of Shakespeare for Students, Edition 2.

Shakespeare for Students is an attractive and accessible three-volume set of essential criticism to the playwright's most-popularly-studied plays in secondary schools and undergraduate curricula. In all, 25 of Shakespeare's plays and some of his best known poetry are covered.

Greenhaven Press, Lucent Books and KidHaven Press Publish New Series Focusing on Social Issues, Current Events, Forensics and Notable People

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Aug. 2, 2007 - Three of Gale's popular K-12 imprints are continuing to add to their list of young adult reference titles with new series focusing on subjects ranging from highly contested social issues to forensics to profiles of some of the twentieth century's most innovative and influential people.

Greenhaven Press publishes circulating resources for libraries and secondary and college classrooms. Its newest series include Fueling the Future and Issues That Concern You. Each book in the colorful Fueling the Future series focuses on one energy source such as hydrogen, oil or wind. Volumes trace the development of the technology, examine the controversies surrounding the energy source in a pro-con format and explore how the source will meet future energy needs.

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Aug. 1, 2007 - Gale is pleased to announce its newest publishing partner on Gale Virtual Reference Library. Elsevier is the 38th publisher with content housed on Gale's unprecedented, recently enhanced platform for delivering electronic reference material as eBooks.