Henry Adams
1) Esther
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Esther is a free-thinking young woman who enjoys her independence. Her strained relationship with her father usually keeps her far from the church, until she is hired to paint a mural for a Christian church in New York. There, the pastor, Stephen, is in awe of Esther's work. He makes a consistent effort to connect with her, memorized by her talent. Though she initially recoils from his attention, Esther starts to fall in love with Stephen after he...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Henry Adams (great-grandson of John Adams and grandson of John Quincy Adams) asserts that his conventional education was defective because it did not prepare him to live in a world transformed by the new science and technology. This autobiography provides an insightful exploration of the tumultuous age in which he lived.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Using architecture, sculpture, culture and history, Adams humanizes the medieval period and provides valuable insight on religious philosophy. Mont-Saint Michel and Chartes provides a background and description of the construction of two French landmarks built in the 11th century. The Mont-Saint Michel cathedral was built during a militant time; it was not enough to simply be steadfast in one's own beliefs, but also to make others believe them. Religious...
5) Italy at war
Author
Series
World War II ; 33
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
[1982]
Language
English
Description
In 1934, the Italians who shouted "Duce! Duce!" did not know their leader would take them into world war and national ruin.
Author
Publisher
P. Smith
Pub. Date
1969.
Language
English
Description
John Randolph, known as John Randolph of Roanoke, represented Virginia in the House of Representatives and the Senate, and once famously stated, "I am an aristocrat. I love liberty, I hate equality." Ideal for history buffs, Henry Adams's biography of this prominent politician examines Randolph's tumultuous career and disdainfully covers his preference for Jeffersonian policies rather than the Federalist politics of Adams's own ancestors.
Author
Series
Library of America ; 31-32
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
This important publication, the first of its kind, presents the paintings and drawings of an aesthetic and mystical searcher in the tradition of William Blake, Albert Pinkham Ryder and Odilon Redon, who strove for the moment when, in his own words, "the mood is as intense as it can be made." Hyman Bloom's work, influenced by his Jewish heritage (whose impression on his painting he described as a "weeping of the heart") and Eastern religions, touches...
Author
Series
Spectrum book. Classics in history ; S-CH-10
Publisher
Prentice-Hall
Pub. Date
[1963]
Language
English