As the day for lincoln's second inauguration drew near, Americans wondered what their sixteenth president would say about the Civil War. Instead, he called the whole country guilty of the sin and pleaded for reconciliation and unity. Shows how lincoln's speech was initially greeted with confusion and hostility by many in the Union; commended by the legions of African Americans in attendance, abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass among them; and ultimately appropriated by his assassin John Wilkes Booth forty-one days later.
White Jr. The president had not offered the North a victory speech, nor did he excoriate the South for the sin of slavery. In this compelling account, noted historian Ronald C.
This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity AP World History & Teachers' Edition
Used book in Good Condition. A compact, classroom preparation, ideal for curriculum development, easy-to-read overview of world history, and student review. A great historian can make clear the connections between the first Homo sapiens and today's version of the species, and a great storyteller can make those connections come alive.
. David Christian is both. Christian takes us from the Big Bang to the earliest foraging era to the present Anthropocene epoch.
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America Simon & Schuster Lincoln Library
His entire life and previous training and his deep political experience went into this, his revolutionary masterpiece. In a masterly work, garry wills shows how Lincoln reached back to the Declaration of Independence to write the greatest speech in the nation’s history. The power of words has rarely been given a more compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address.
Wills shows how lincoln came to change the world and to effect an intellectual revolution, how his words had to and did complete the work of the guns, and how Lincoln wove a spell that has not yet been broken.
How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One
Roy blount Jr. In this entertaining and erudite New York Times bestseller, beloved professor Stanley Fish offers both sentence craft and sentence pleasure. Harper Paperbacks. Drawing on a wide range of great writers, from philip roth to antonin Scalia to Jane Austen, How to Write a Sentence is much more than a writing manual—it is a spirited love letter to the written word, and a key to understanding how great writing works.
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Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy FSG Classics
Used book in Good Condition. A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old sophie amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village.
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Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President Simon & Schuster Lincoln Library
Used book in Good Condition. Then he recounts a brilliant and innovative public relations campaign, as Lincoln took the speech "on the road" in his successful quest for the presidency. Harper Paperbacks. Delivered in new york in february 1860, the cooper Union speech dispelled doubts about Lincoln's suitability for the presidency and reassured conservatives of his moderation while reaffirming his opposition to slavery to Republican progressives.
. Winner of the lincoln prizelincoln at cooper union explores Lincoln's most influential and widely reported pre-presidential address -- an extraordinary appeal by the western politician to the eastern elite that propelled him toward the Republican nomination for president. Award-winning lincoln scholar harold holzer places lincoln and his speech in the context of the times -- an era of racism, politicized journalism, and public oratory as entertainment -- and shows how the candidate framed the speech as an opportunity to continue his famous "debates" with his archrival Democrat Stephen A.
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Used book in Good Condition. And even the poorest children, like the young thief Kalu, feel themselves inching closer to their dreams. Abdul, an enterprising teenager, sees “a fortune beyond counting” in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. As india starts to prosper, the residents of Annawadi are electric with hope.
With a little luck, annawadi’s “most-everything girl, her beautiful daughter, ” might become its first female college graduate. Behind the Beautiful Forevers.
World History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination, 2018 Edition
Farrar Straus Giroux. Used book in Good Condition. Used book in Good Condition. Behind the Beautiful Forevers.
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A. Lincoln: A Biography
In this magnificent book, Ronald C. Used book in Good Condition. Most enlightening, comfortable with ambiguity, the Abraham Lincoln who comes into focus in this stellar narrative is a person of intellectual curiosity, unafraid to “think anew and act anew. A transcendent, passionately written biography that greatly expands our knowledge and understanding of its subject, sweeping, A.
White, Jr. Offers a fresh and compelling definition of Lincoln as a man of integrity–what today’s commentators would call “authenticity”–whose moral compass holds the key to understanding his life. Farrar Straus Giroux. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Macbeth Folger Shakespeare Library
Farrar Straus Giroux. Used book in Good Condition. London was alive with an interest in all things Scottish, and Shakespeare turned to Scottish history for material. The line is blurred between macbeth’s evil and his opponents’ good, and there are new attitudes toward both witchcraft and gender. Random House Trade.
In 1603, james vi of scotland ascended the English throne, becoming James I of England. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. The authoritative edition of macbeth from the folger shakespeare library, dc, includes: -freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play -newly revised explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play -Scene-by-scene plot summaries -A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases -An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language -An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play -Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books -An up-to-date annotated guide to further reading Essay by Susan Snyder The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe.
He found a spectacle of violence and stories of traitors advised by witches and wizards, echoing James’s belief in a connection between treason and witchcraft.