John Quincy Adams"Penetrating, detailed, and very readable. . . . A splendid biography." Wall Street Journal Few figures in American history have held as many roles in public life as John Quincy Adams. The son of John Adams, he was a brilliant ambassador and secretary of state, a frustrated president, and a dedicated congressman who staunchly opposed slavery. In John Quincy Adams, scholar and journalist James Traub draws on Adams's diaries, letters, and writings to

Drawing on evidence from archaeology

and to succumb to idolatry and godhood

The Darke family and their associates are under attack

the White House and the insidious machinations of the most powerful men in the world

A sensuous and erotic retelling of Wuthering Heights

A mythical kingdomLegend has it that only those chosen by destiny can gain entry into Shambhala

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Learning the Knowledge takes years and dozens of appearances at gruelling oral exams but those who pass become part of a unique partnership with no parallel anywhere in the world

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enduring fierce muscle spasms

which can denote fear of separation

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