| Launched by Cliff Hillegass in 1958 and acquired by IDG Books Worldwide in 1999, CliffsNotes are an all-American icon, with more than 200 literature titles available and well over 80 million copies sold. Last year, we introduced the first CliffsNotes for adults -- "what you need to know now" about technology, personal finance, and career topics -- and now we're introducing new cover designs, updated editions, and new editorial features for all the series in the CliffsNotes family. These concise supplements to selected works of literature help students, from middle school to college, understand the overall structure of the work, actions and motivations of the characters, and the social and cultural perspectives of the author(s). Major features of these bestselling guides:
-- Written by expert teachers and scholars
-- Character maps, genealogies, maps, and illustrations
-- Summaries, critical commentaries, and glossaries National Book Award-winner Tim O'Brien's semi-autobiographical Vietnam novel, analyzed and illuminated.
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