After securing independence, America's Founding Fathers gathered in Philadelphia's Independence Hall to draft a Constitution. Article II, Section I vested executive power in a president, an office to be filled by the will of "We the People." The judgment of each president would prove critical to the grand experiment of American democracy. Yet, from 1789 to 1865, every single president personally accepted or permitted the continuation of American slavery—a vile and brutal system that used g...

Office of Sharpe Intel is an agency that provides private investigations and protection. Derek Sharpe runs the Canadian agency in Toronto, Ontario, and he will have his work cut out for him. After providing his client, Gavin Butters with proof of his wife cheating, Mr. Butters is found dead. He appears to have killed himself and left a suicide note. But Mrs. Butters doesn’t believe that her husband would commit suicide, so she hires Derek and his investigators to find out the truth. If tha...

A completely revised edition of the essential manual for dressing—and feeling—your very best, featuring Esquire's signature wit and humor and 200+ photos and illustrationsExpert menswear and grooming advice for young and experienced professionals—from building a wardrobe and discerning clothing quality to self-expression through fashionStyle is a way of speaking to the world. Like it or not, what you wear and how you wear it matters. In thi...

Ray Ray Sharpe is Derek’s drug-addicted younger brother and Francine’s estranged husband. When Derek finds out that Ray Ray is in Chicago, he becomes curious as to why. Derek travels to Chicago to find Ray Ray, but Derek isn’t the only one searching for his brother. A hired killer is on the lookout for Ray Ray, as is Derek’s former US Marshal turned bounty hunter cousin, Dante. Nothing could have prepared Derek for the challenges he would face in Chicago. Especially the sinister mind of a ...

Have you ever found yourself confronting life and its many important decisions and find yourself living life due to your past decisions? Do you earnestly seek and need a change in your life's direction? As you come from your vicissitude of despair, suddenly enlightenment dawns upon you. Your pathway becomes clearer and you begin the process of change. As you continue, the change you seek does not appear; but then, you come to your final crossing point, that is, either to descend into darkn...

The fifth-century philosopher Plato was a beloved student of the great philosopher Socrates. In his Allegory of the Cave, Plato reasoned that one is presented with an incredibly distorted view of reality until released from deception by being placed in a clear-eyed position to see absolute truth.As our lives unfold and present us with various issues requiring decisions, our character matters. Yet, sometimes people choose deceit rather than sound, principled reasoning, and the truth...

Eighty pieces of short fiction and nonfiction on manhood by some of the world's best writers, presented by Colum McCann, Esquire, and Narrative 4.To help launch the literary nonprofit Narrative 4, Esquire asked eighty of the world's greatest writers to chip in with a story, all with the title, "How to Be a Man."The result is The Book of Men, an unflinching investigation into the essence of masculinity.The Book of Men

Christianity, a simple way to use powerful tools for a beautiful journey.(You can) Find faith if you're 4 or 104 -Easy as ABC.Understand the concepts for an eternity of peace and love. What is the gospel?What is faith? Who is Christ? This is an illustrated quest that provides simpleBiblical answers to common questions, like - "How do I pray?"And Jesus said, "This, then, is how you should pray ...Our Father, who art in HeavenHa...

The Life and Times of AyianaBy: Robert Curtis Wright Esquire the 3rdThe Life and Times of Ayiana is a vivid, expansive tale of a young Native American girl growing up in the Old West.The reader lives and breathes Ayiana’s joys and heartaches as she and her familly —both those by blood and those made—struggle together to build a future for themselves, to find where they can belong and live safe and happy lives. The reader will not soon forget these powerful, glorious...

If you want to find a guide to creating and maximizing your entrepreneurial journey then keep reading....The Expertise Choice on How to Work Less and Earn More is the handbook for lasting, effective success strategies. You want to be in the driver's seat of your own career and leave the 9-5 behind, and this is how you do it. It's time you stop lining everyone else's pockets and start seeing consistent progress.Designed to help you lay the foundation for the lifestyle you've...

Learn how to make food that you like for the people you like with the go-to guide for get-togethers from the Esquire team that brought you Eat Like a Man.This welcome follow-up to Esquire's wildly popular Eat Like a Man cookbook is the ultimate resource for guys who want to host big crowds and need the scaled-up recipes, logistical advice, and mojo to pull it off whether they're cooking breakfast for a houseful of weekend guests, ...

An insider’s record of the St. Augustine Civil Rights drama.This memoir recounts the struggle against segregation in St. Augustine, Florida, in the early and mid-1960s. In the summer of 1964 the nation’s oldest city became the center of the civil rights movement as Martin Luther King Jr., encouraged by President Johnson, a southerner, who made the civil rights bill the center piece of his domestic policy, chose this tourism-driven community as an ideal loc...