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Recipient of the Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American HistoriansRalph Waldo Emerson is one of the most important figures in the history of American thought, religion, and literature. The vitality of his writings and the unsettling power of his example continue to influence us more than a hundred years after his death. Now Robert D. Richardson Jr. brings to life an Emerson very different from the old stereotype of the passionless Sage of Concord. Drawi...

The definitive biography of the fascinating William James, whose life and writing put an indelible stamp on psychology, philosophy, teaching, and religion—on modernism itself.Often cited as the "father of American psychology," William James was an intellectual luminary who made significant contributions to at least five fields: psychology, philosophy, religious studies, teaching, and literature.A member of one of the most unusual and notable of American fami...

In a city shrouded in secrets, two detectives, Samsom and House, embark on a treacherous journey to solve a high-profile murder. Amidst power play and deceit, they strive to uphold justice, challenging their own ethics. Confronting a spectrum of shadowy figures, from tech-savvy sleuths to dubious allies, they unravel a web of crime and identity, where loyalty and truth are ephemeral. In bars and back alleys, alliances form in silent understandings, and the quest for truth becomes as perilo...

In a city shrouded in secrets, two detectives, Samsom and House, embark on a treacherous journey to solve a high-profile murder. Amidst power play and deceit, they strive to uphold justice, challenging their own ethics. Confronting a spectrum of shadowy figures, from tech-savvy sleuths to dubious allies, they unravel a web of crime and identity, where loyalty and truth are ephemeral. In bars and back alleys, alliances form in silent understandings, and the quest for truth becomes as perilo...

The "must read" story of America's first high-altitude aviation program and one of its pilots (Francis Gary Powers Jr.).William "Greg" Gregory was born into a sharecropper's life in the hills of North Central Tennessee. From the back of a mule-drawn plow, Greg learned the value of resilience and the importance of determined living. Refusing to accept a life of poverty, he found a way out: a work-study college program that made it possible for him to leave farming b...

From their acclaimed biographer, a final, powerful book about how Emerson, Thoreau, and William James forged resilience from devastating loss, changing the course of American thoughtIn Three Roads Back, Robert Richardson, the author of magisterial biographies of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and William James, tells the connected stories of how these foundational American writers and thinkers dealt with personal tragedies early in their careers...

Writing was the central passion of Emerson’s life. While his thoughts on the craft are well developed in “The Poet,” “The American Scholar,” Nature, “Goethe,” and “Persian Poetry,” less well known are the many pages in his private journals devoted to the relationship between writing and reading. Here, for the first time, is the Concord Sage’s energetic, exuberant, and unconventional advice on the idea of writing, focused and distilled by the preeminent Emerson biographer at work t...

Thomas Kline is a struggling comedian when he receives an offer from a mobster who lent him money he most likely cannot repay on time. After he is taken to a strange location by two of the mobster’s thugs, Thomas waits for his next instructions. Dawn Ford, the only child of Senator and Mrs. Daniel Ford, is just ready to walk through the gates of her school when she is abducted, along with two of her friends, and thrown into a windowless van that speeds away. As the terrified girls are left...

This audiobook narrated by William Hope examines how Emerson, Thoreau, and William James forged resilience from devastating loss and changed the course of American thoughtIn Three Roads Back, Robert Richardson, the author of magisterial biographies of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and William James, tells the connected stories of how these foundational American writers and thinkers dealt with personal tragedies early in their careers. For Emerso...

"This account of oft-forgotten aspects of the war that is also a powerful survival story is highly recommended for the casual reader of military history as well as the serious scholar of the Pacific war." - Journal of America's Military Past In September 1943, as America began advancing from its foothold on Guadalcanal, a young American airman was lost in heavy weather over the South Pacific on what was expected to be a routine flight. In examining that loss and the events leading up to a ...

The founding American Presidents before George Washington were the presiding officers of three United American Republics from 1774 to 1789. These unknown Presidents presided over the most important period in American history, which resulted in America defeating Great Britain and becoming an independent nation. The time has come to know of these founding American Presidents, plus much more.