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Illuminates the achievements of the nineteenth-century historian, writer, and intellectual, discussing Adams's relationships with political leaders inside and outside of his family and his witness to the dawn of modern America.

Why is religion still around in the twenty-first century? Why do so many still believe? And how do various traditions still shape the way people experience everything from sexuality to politics, whether they are religious or not? In Why Religion? Elaine Pagels looks to her own life to help address these questions.These questions took on a new urgency for Pagels when dealing with unimaginable lossthe death of her young son, followed a year later by...

"A co-written project by Irvin and Marilyn Yalom, which describes their heartbreaking journey as a couple married 65 years facing the end of their long partnership. A longtime teacher and therapist on the subject of death anxiety, Dr. Yalom now confronts the loss of his wife and his own mortality. This book will offer wisdom from one of the foremost existential psychiatrists and illuminate the importance of relationships-friendship, family, and romantic-as...

"In a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier and head of the West Point history department Ty Seidule's Robert E. Lee and Me challenges the myths and lies of the Confederate legacy-and explores why some of this country's oldest wounds have never healed. Ty Seidule grew up revering Robert E. Lee. From his southern childhood to his service in the U.S. Army, every part of his life reinforced the Lost Cause myth: that Lee was the greatest man who...

''Pocos hombres han sido tan fieles al compromiso con la vida, la libertad y sus semejantes desfavorecidos como Howard Zinn. Parece improbable que un profesor de historia se vea involucrado, o incluso sea protagonista, de tantas peripecias y aventuras como él lo fue. Bombardero en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, profesor en una institución para mujeres afroamericanas durante la lucha por los derechos civiles en el sur de los EE.UU., activista antibélico...

Traces legal clerk Arturo Schomburg's efforts to curate a collection of African books, letters, music, and art.