John Adams
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
John Adams is one of the most respected and loved of contemporary composers, and "he has won his eminence fair and square: he has aimed high, he has addressed life as it is lived now, and he has found a language that makes sense to a wide audience" (Alex Ross, The New Yorker). Now, in Hallelujah Junction, he incisively relates his life story, from his childhood to his early studies in classical composition amid the musical and social ferment of the...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Egypt, The Valley of the Kings, 1905: An American robber baron peers through the hole he has cut in an ancient tomb wall and discovers the richest trove of golden treasure ever seen in Egypt.
At the start of the twentieth century, Theodore Davis was the most famous archaeologist in the world; his career turned tomb-robbing and treasure-hunting into a science. Using six of Davis's most important discoveries-from the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut's sarcophagus...
Author
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
A collection of letters between Abigail and John Adams written from 1762 to 1801 covering topics of revolution, independence, and nation building, along with those that reflect their love for one another.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 214
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Traces John Adams' career from his leading role in the debate over independence, [...] to his tireless efforts to establish the fledgling government of the United States and supply its army in the filed, to his crucial diplomatic service in Europe [...]. It includes his highly influential 1776 pamphlet Thoughts on Government, dozens of his characteristically frank and revealing personal letters, [...] extensive diary excerpts. "--Jacket
Author
Series
Library of America volume 276
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 213
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"... includes the complete newspaper exchange between Novanglus (Adams) and Massachusettensis (loyalist Daniel Leonard), as well as extensive diary excerpts and characteristically frank personal letters"--Jacket
Author
Series
Library of America volume 293
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume 42
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[c1963]
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 294
Publisher
The Library of America
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
20) The mad scientist's guide to world domination: original short fiction for the modern evil genius
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
An anthology of original horror tales featuring "evil genius" archetype characters intent on ruling the world features contributions by Diana Gabaldon, Daniel Wilson, and Austin Grossman