COMPACT CLASSICS provides two-page summaries of 130 timeless books, together with 90 additional research overviews on important topics, grouped in nine separate libraries. COMPACT CLASSICS allows you to learn more in less time & introduces you to new ideas, interesting people & classic book plots. CLASSICS' libraries include 65 reknowned literary classics (THE SCARLET LETTER, DON QUIXOTE, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE...), 31 business & personal productivity best sellers (ENTREPRENEURIAL MEGABUCKS, A PASSION FOR EXCELLENCE, THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED, THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE...), 30 biographies (Churchill, Euclid, Einstein, Confucius, Mother Teresa...), 16 multi-page sections of useful quotes & anecdotes, 20 current best-seller novels (THE JOY LUCK CLUB, NOT WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER...) & sections on health & fitness (THE STRESS SOLUTION, FEED YOURSELF RIGHT...), communication ("500 Vocabulary Words", "A Painless Grammar Guide"...), "Trivia to Learn By" (music, science...) & "Sports Shorts" (four-page explanations of the basics of football, basketball...). COMPACT CLASSICS summaries are available in two formats: a sturdy, handsome softcover edition (a must for any home or office library) & a seven-ring binder/slipcover edition with pages that can be removed & placed for easy reading in any 6-by-9 daily planner.