James Roberts

Roberts, professor of marketing at Baylor University, studies why Americans believe and behave as if possessions will induce, increase, and enhance happiness. His inquiry provides ample psychological and historical insights as well as self-assessment quizzes on how much we spend and how vulnerable we are to status anxiety.

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. CliffsNotes on As I Lay Dying takes you into the lives of not one, but several narrators in this novel about the value of life. The central problem of the novel involves the reasons for Addies request to be buried and why her family defies fire and water to fulfill it.

A guide to Dostoyevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment," offering chapter summaries, critical commentary, study questions, and recommended topics for further research.

Sustained by the hope of someday owning a farm of their own, two migrant laborers arrive to work on a ranch in central California. Including life of the author, general plot summary, summaries and commentaries, questions for review.