Richard Stuart Walker: books, biography, latest update

Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how—and why—he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America. “In his captivating new book, Jon Meacham has given us the Lincoln for our time.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle [Book]

Jearl Walker: books, biography, latest update

The year is 1861. Civil war is imminent and Tilly Pruitt's brother, Noah, is eager to go and fight on the side of the North. With her father long gone, Tilly, her sister, and their mother struggle to make ends meet and hold the dwindling Pruitt family together. Then one night a mysterious girl arrives on a steamboat bound for St. Louis. Delphine is unlike anyone the small river town has even seen. Mrs. Pruitt agrees to take Delphine and her dark, silent traveling companion in as boarders.

The River Between Us [eBook]

Design and Spirituality examines the philosophical context of our current situation and its implications for design. It explores how modernity and our constricted notions of progress have contributed to today's crisis of values, and argues for a re-establishment and re-affirmation of self-transcending priorities, together with an ethos of moderation and sufficiency.

Design and Spirituality: A Philosophy of Material Cultures [Book]

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Richard Stuart Walker: books, biography, latest update

Richard Stuart Walker: books, biography, latest update

Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence

New condition, Paperback. Winner of the 1962 National Book Award and one of Time magazine's 100 Best English-Language Novels, Walker Percy's debut The Moviegoer is an American masterpiece and a classic of Southern literature. Insightful, romantic, and humorous, it is the story of a young man's search for meaning amid a shallow consumerist landscape. Binx Bolling, a young New Orleans stockbroker, fills his days with movies and casual sex.

The Moviegoer: A Novel [Book]

Richard Stuart Walker: books, biography, latest update

Biography of Maria W. Stewart, Anti-Enslavement Activist

The Hunter & the Hunted: Robert Harris's Act of Oblivion