Perfect for high school and college graduates, The Road Ahead is a pocket-sized collection of encouragement and motivation by classic writers and thinkers, from uplifting poems to famous speeches.
With an introduction by editor Zachary Seager, this gift edition is part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics with ribbon markers. The Road Ahead is for anyone navigating change and new beginnings. Find poems on hope and choosing your own path by Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman and Robert Frost. Discover powerful speeches from Martin Luther King Jr. and Theodore Roosevelt, and tongue-in-cheek advice from F. Scott Fitzgerald and Mark Twain. To remind new graduates that they can and will flourish, The Road Ahead has curated quotations for dealing with change, cultivating resilience and finding happiness. Marcus Aurelius, Jane Austen, Shakespeare and Booker T. Washington are just some of the famous names offering up wisdom which has stood the test of time.