Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president. On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for t...(展开全部)

This brilliant multiple biography is centered on Lincoln's mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the nation's history.

Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president. On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for t...(展开全部)

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The first short biography of the sixteenth president by America's preeminent Civil War historian, Abraham Lincoln follows the son of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks from their Kentucky farm to the Illinois legislature, and finally the nation's capitol. February of 2009 marks the bicentennial of his birth and this book will be a compact, concise history of a man with big ideals a...(展开全部)

作者简介 约翰·乔治·尼古拉，林肯总统的私人秘书，林肯学会主席，研究林肯总统、废奴运动及 美国内战的权威学者，他的代表作品《林肯时代：废奴运动与南北战争》是学界公认的研究林肯总统的不可替代的史源性作品。 译者简介 王伟芳，陕西省洋县人，现任教于西北师范大学外国语学院，讲师。2008年及2011年分别获西北师范大学教学质量优秀教师奖。译著有《汉尼拔》和《尼禄》

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. In fact, according to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. Like humans, many birds have enormous brains relative to their size. Although small, bird brains are packed with neurons that allow them to punch well above their weight. In The Genius of Birds, acc...(展开全部)

珍妮弗·阿克曼（Jennifer Ackerman） 美国科普作家，从事科学、自然和人体生物学方面的写作达30年之久，其作品被盛赞是“以扎实的科学为基础的艺术”。她著有《性、眠、食、饮、梦：你身体里的一天》《命运之屋中的转机：遗传博物学》《海岸笔记》等科普图书，还为《科学美国人》《美国国家地理》《纽约时报》撰稿，屡次获得自然写作类奖项。

珍妮弗·阿克曼（Jennifer Ackerman） 美国科普作家，从事科学、自然和人体生物学方面的写作达30年之久，其作品被盛赞是“以扎实的科学为基础的艺术”。她著有《性、眠、食、饮、梦：你身体里的一天》《命运之屋中的转机：遗传博物学》《海岸笔记》等科普图书，还为《科学美国人》《美国国家地理》《纽约时报》撰稿，屡次获得自然写作类奖项。