B.E.S. Publishing is an American publishing company, founded in 1939 as Barron's Educational Services, a publisher of materials to help students to prepare for college
entrance examination
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s. In recent years, Barron's expanded into many other publishing fields, with 2,000 titles in a wide range of categories. In 2018, Barron's sold its brand name and its test prep list to
Kaplan Test Prep
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; the company was renamed B.E.S. Publishing. The company was acquired by Peterson's Publishing in 2019.
B.E.S. Publishing's headquarters were in
Hauppauge, New York. Several present and past series include:
*''Step-by-Step'' cookbooks, including both ethnic and appliance-based titles
*''Made Easy'' educational books, which cover numerous school subjects, particularly on high school and college level, in concise form
*''1001 Pitfalls'', foreign-language grammars focusing on common student pitfalls. The ''501 Verbs'' series functions as companion volumes, and abbreviated pocket-sized grammars, verb tables, and vocabulary books based on these are also available
*''Master the Basics'', foreign-language self-instruction
*''E-Z Series'', a series of self-teaching textbooks designed to help students master a variety of subjects.
*''Painless'', a reference-oriented review of numerous academic subjects
*''MazeToons Series'', cartoon illustrated books of mazes by Joe Wos. Titles include "A-Maze-Ing Animals", "Myths and Monsters", "Maze-O-Zoic", “A-Maze-Ing America", and “Mega Maze Challenge.”
See also
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The Night at the Museum
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Food Lover's Companion
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Educational publishing companies of the United States
Test preparation companies
Publishing companies established in 1939
Study guides
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