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Passing Time in the Loo is a book series published by Scarab Book Ltd. The series includes the 600-page Compact Classics Volume 1 compendium of knowledge, published in 1999, and Passing Time in the Loo - Shakespeare, published in 2005 as well as Passing Time in the Loo Vol 2 and Vol 3. The books are books summaries and were written with the intention of helping to 'pass time in the loo', hence the title.
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Passing Time in the Loo Volume 1
ISBN 0-9537357-1-0
Passing Time in the Loo was originally published in the U.S. under the title Great American Bathroom Book, which used American English spellings ("honor", "color" etc.) and referred to American football as simply "football" and to association football as "soccer".
Passing Time in the Loo Volume 2
ISBN 978-0-9537357-9-2
Passing Time in the Loo Vol 2 was also published in the US under the title Great American Bathroom Book.
Passing Time in the Loo Volume 3
Passing Time in the Loo Vol 3 was also published in the US under the title Great American Bathroom Book.
Passing Time in the Loo - Shakespeare - Summaries Of Shakespeare's Plays
ISBN 0-9537357-3-7
Passing Time in the Loo - Shakespeare contains summaries of 22 of the playwright's most famous comedies, tragedies, and historical works; 11 of them borrowed from the international bestseller compendium Passing Time in the Loo Vol. 1. It has also been published as A Touch of Classics – Shakespeare.
Contents
Introduction
1 Shakespeare At A Glance
A Brief Biography, A Taste of Shakespeare’s Poetry, Wit and Wisdom in Shakespeare, Shakespearean Insults
2 Play Overviews
Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, All’s Well That Ends Well, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Comedy of Errors, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Winter’s Tale
Tragedies: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Othello, Julius Caesar
Histories: Antony and Cleopatra, Troilus and Cressida, The Life of King Henry V, Henry VIII, Richard II, Richard III
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