The City of Angels has played a distinct role in the hearts, minds, and imaginations of millions of people, who see it as the ultimate symbol of the American Dream. Reaching all the way back to the Spanish missions of the 16th century, the selections here are arranged as a daily reader, offering a year's worth of insights and observations by Marilyn Monroe, Raymond Chandler, Octavia E. Butler, Cesar Chavez, Susan Sontag, Albert Einstein, Joan Rivers, Winston Churchill, John Lennon, Ray Bradbury, Sylvia Plath, George Patton, Vladimir Nabokov, and many more.