The Lives of Lincoln is a collective biography of our greatest President by writers from his own time. The defining events of Lincoln's life and career, along with fascinating descriptions of his personality and behavior, are presented chronologically in forty-five selections, each by a different author. Their accounts illuminate both the public and private man. Authors include Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ulysses S. Grant, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mary Henry, James Russell Lowell, Elizabeth Keckley, Nicolay & Hay, William Seward, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ida Tarbell, Walt Whitman, and...

A celebration of the greatest sports town in the world. Heydays revisits the greatest teams, people, and events in Chicago sports history-from the crosstown World Series of 1906 to the world-champion Cubs of 2016, and everything in between. Heydays covers unforgettable teams including the 1908 Cubs, 1919 White Sox, 1934 Blackhawks, 1940 Bears, 1963 Loyola Ramblers, 1969 Cubs, 1985 Bears, 1996 Bulls, 2005 White Sox, 2010 Blackhawks, and many more. It also relives the exploits of Luis Aparicio, Ernie Banks, Kris Bryant, Frank Chance, Mike Ditka, Tony Esposito, Nellie Fox, George Halas, Glenn...