On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln ...
In this great, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution; who thought, wrote, and spoke out for the "Excellent Cause" come what might, who traveled far and wide ...
One of the much important and influential books written in the past half-century, Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a great, moving, and penetrating examination of how we exist . . . and a breathtaking meditation on how to exist better. Here is the book this transformed a generation: an unforgettable ...