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October 1623--Sir Francis Bacon describes a new and ingenious method for writing in code. November 1623--one month later, the Shakespeare First Folio is published. Coincidence? For over 250 years, the Word Cipher, concealed in the plays of William Shakespeare, remained undiscovered--until the late 1800s. The Shakespeare Code reveals an explosive story of secret marriage, children of Elizabeth I, Virgin Queen, and Francis Bacon as the true author of Shakespearean plays.
With the environment, climate change, and global warming taking center stage in the national debate, the issues seem insurmountable and certainly unsolvable at the local level. Written by Chris Maser, international consultant on forest ecology, sustainable forestry practices, and sustainable development, Social-Environmental Planning: The Design In
Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro explains when and why so many people began to question whether Shakespeare wrote his plays.
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What's the worst thing you can do to Shakespeare? The answer is simple: don't read him. To that end, Richard Burt and Julian Yates embark on a project of un/reading the Bard, turning the conventional challenges into a roadmap for textual analysis and a thorough reconsideration of the plays in light of their absorption into global culture.
A tantalizing true story of one of literature’s most enduring enigmas is at the heart of this “lively, even sprightly book” (Michael Dirda, The Washington Post)—the quest to find the personal library of the world’s greatest writer. Millions of words of scholarship have been expended on the world’s most famous author and his work. And yet a critical part of the puzzle, Shakespeare’s library, is a mystery. For four centuries people have searched for it: in mansions, palaces and libraries; in riverbeds, sheep pens and partridge coops; and in the corridors of the mind. Yet no trace of the bard’s manuscripts, books or letters has ever been found. The search for Shakespeare’s lib...
Unravel the mystery of Sir Francis Bacon... Was he the son of Elizabeth I and a disowned prince of England? Author of the Shakespeare plays and sonnets? Did he die or conveniently disappear? Why is Francis Bacon important to you in the chaos of the twenty-first century? If this one man could affect the fields of law, spirituality, science and the arts to alter the trajectory of western civilization, is there a role for you in this ongoing revolution in consciousness? If you like history books that are the safe, academic conspiracy of silence on uncomfortable facts, this book is not for you. Do you march to a different drum and question the narrative? Would you enjoy working with the “man who would not die” ? Then this book is your doorway to an exciting rest of your life.
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