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Oratia Media The Last Maopo
Book SynopsisThe incredible, moving story of Wiremu Maopo, the last of his line in a large South Island family, who joined the second Maori Contingent and went off to fight in the First World War. Wiremu writes regularly to his friend Virgie, and the story of Wiremu''s life is woven around 40 letters that he penned during the War. All of Wiremu''s siblings died of illness either in childhood or later in life and when he returns from the war ironically he is the only surviving member of the once large family. Wiremu was unaware during and after the war that his girlfriend Phoebe had given birth to a daughter who would carry on his line. The Last Maopo also follows Phoebe''s story and reconnects the Maopo line with the author, Wiremu''s great-granddaughter.
£22.94
NeWest Press Pacific Rim Letters
Book SynopsisPacific Rim Letters is a never-before-seen collection of letters Roy Kiyooka wrote between 1975 and 1985. It presents a fascinating and highly valuable picture of the artistic and literary communities Kiyooka was actively involved with, as well as Kiyooka as a man with an extraordinary intellect and passion for life and the arts. Kiyooka takes the epistolary form into new and radical directions. At once tenderly estranged and confessional, attentive as much to the minutiae of daily life as to the complexities of artistic and literary creation, and embedded in the politics of culture-making and those of racialized identities, these letters are a literary achievement in their own right.
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Empire Publications Ltd Mancini: Diary of a Champion
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Clarity Books Another Planet
Book SynopsisBefore becoming an acclaimed musician and writer, Tracey Thorn was a typical teenager: bored and cynical, despairing of her aspirational parents. Her only comfort came from house parties and the female pop icons who hinted at a new kind of living.Returning to the scene of her childhood, Thorn takes us beyond the bus shelters, the pub car parks and the weekly discos, to the parents who wanted so much for their children and the children who wanted none of it. With great wit and insight, Thorn reconsiders the Green Belt post-war dream so many artists have mocked, and yet so many artists have come from.
£28.67
Meredith Victory Reflections From Prison: 20 Years and 20 Days as
Book SynopsisTHE ALL-TIME KOREAN CLASSIC OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD, +100 REPRINTS Reflections from Prison is the collected letters and essays written by renowned Korean thinker Shin Young-Bok during his 20 years and 20 days as a political prisoner on a life tariff under Korea's military dictatorships. His time in prison symbolizes Korea's long period of suffering before becoming the flower of Asian democracy. The letters range from postcards, to tiny characters squeezed onto his daily ration of two sheets of toilet paper. When they were discovered by his friends and published in the Peace Newspaper, the peaceful message born out of the most painful times resonated in many hearts aching for freedom across the country. A year after its first newspaper appearance, he was released under a special pardon and his letters were published as a book in 1988. It has since sold over a million copies and become a Korean classic. The writings themselves are not overtly political since all the letters went through censorships Yet he does not hide the harshness of prison life at the rock bottom of society. They provide a window onto his personal suffering during imprisonment a life sentence, and how he pulled from it crystal-clear reflections on Korean society, history, and human relationships; finding beauty and hope in adversity. Common themes include his observations of nature, prison life , human relationships, Korean & Chinese ancient philosophical literature, poetry, calligraphy, self-cultivation, and history. Since its publication in 1987, a year before Shin's release, Reflections from Prison, has been a steady-seller in Korea. Now well-settled as a Korean classic, it still enjoys its status as a book of healing, insight, teaching and changing people through its inspiration and wisdom. With this translation, we share with readers abroad the precious experience of illumination and awakening that millions of Korean readers have enjoyed.Trade Review"The thinker I admire the most" - Moon Jae-In, President of South Korea "A thinker, a voice of his times, an opponent of mindless intrusive bureaucracy, of the rigidity of capitalism and of social inequalities" - Roger Richardson
£12.99
Monash University Publishing Shadowline: The Dunera Diaries of Uwe Radok
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£21.59
Monash University Publishing Reason & Lovelessness: Essays, Reviews and
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£24.29
Otago University Press Charles Brasch Journals 1958-1973
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£27.00
Otago University Press James Courage Diaries
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£20.70
New Era Publications International APS L. Ron Hubbard: Literary Correspondence: Letters
Book SynopsisFrom his first furious days in that artist haven, Greenwich Village, to his final letters in the 1980s-you'll be with Ron, cursing editors and cheering the novice writer. Through this extensive collection of his correspondence, learn the story behind the stories.
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Museum Tusculanum Press Kamma Rahbeks brevveksling med Chr. Molbech:
Book SynopsisThe correspondence between Kamma Rahbek (1775-1829) and the writer and scholar Christian Molbech (1783-1857) is one of the most interesting human documents from the time of the Golden Age. Almost day by day we are witnessing an intense and conflict-ridden friendship that only lasted from the spring of 1813 to the end of 1814. The 302 letters throw light on the thoughts of two widely different personalities on life and on the individual at a critical time when Denmark was facing national bankruptcy and had lost Norway after the Napoleonic wars. Moreover, the correspondence is an important source of the history of a civilisation. The wise and witty letters from Kamma Rahbek are full of small vivid accounts of some of the days at Bakkehuset, a farmhouse that Kamma made into a rendezvous of the leading poets and public figures of that time. Oehlenschläger, Grundtvig and J P Mynster are just a few of the regular visitors. We are told of her literary interests, musical talents and her interest in flowers which mad
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Museum Tusculanum Press C W Smith og hans polske korrespondenter
Book SynopsisThe Dane C W Smith was one of the first professors of Slavic philology. His Polish Grammar from 1845 was at the time regarded as the best and was a mark of particular interest in the Polish language. As a National Liberal and an advocate of Scandinavia, he sympathised with the oppressed Poles' fight for freedom. The book contains a collection of letters from the correspondence between C W Smith and his Polish friends.
£42.50
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. ON BOARD: TEST, TRIAL AND TRIUMPH, My Years in
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HarperCollins India The Lost Diary of Kastur: My Ba
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Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited Tales from the Tail End: My Cancer Diary
Book SynopsisIt is a book of defiant spirit, courage, even sunshineânot only for those living with cancer and their caregivers and loved ones, but for anyone determined to live life on her or his own terms despite adversity.
£5.48
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. GANDHI: His Engagement with Islam and the Arab
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. THE STRANGER IN THE MIRROR
Book SynopsisThe Stranger in the Mirror is the memoir of theegendary producer-director, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. Co-written by noted marketer-author, Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta, this book chronicles the richly experiential, multi-facetedife of one of India''s most celebrated and feted directors who has made critically acclaimed filmsike Rang De Basanti, Delhi-6 and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. Though it may seem natural for an autobiography to have a primary narrator, what makes this book truly unique is its many narrators. It is this multi-dimensional, multi-character narration that will enable readers to delve deep and truly understand what it means to be as unselfish as Mehra, a man who gleefully steps back andets the experts do their job. Peppered with anecdotes from Mehra''sifefrom the chai-biscuit college days to the popping of the proverbial champagneit implores readers to pay attention to understand who is narrating, because the plot may have just shifted aittle bit, justike his movies. At the end, what really stands out is how effortless the journey has actually been. And hereinies the greatest paradox because there is noack of perseverance in this journey. The miraculous manner in which things fall into place naturally,ike pieces of a pre-ordained puzzle with the universe acting as the sutradhar'', is the fulcrum around which the joy of this remarkable journey is built.
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Gefen Publishing House Above Us Only Sky: The Diaries of Ilan and Asaf
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Academic Studies Press Women and War
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HarperCollins Publishers The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Book SynopsisThe companion volume to the complete Diary of Samuel Pepys in its most authoritative and acclaimed edition.Samuel Pepys's Diary was first published in abbreviated form in 1825. A succession of new versions brought out in the Victorian era made the Diary one of the best-known books and Pepys one of the best-known figures of English history. However, not until the publication of the Latham and Matthews edition was the Diary presented in its complete form, with a newly transcribed text and the benefit of a systematic commentary. The text of the Diary is in nine volumes, followed by this Companion and an Index. The edition has justly become established as the definitive version, hailed by The Times as one of the glories of contemporary English publishing' and by C. P. Snow as a triumph of modern scholarship'.The Companion has been compiled and edited by Robert Latham, with specialist contributions from other scholars. The result of many years' research, it is an essential adjunct to the DiTrade Review‘In paperback at last! The maps, glossary, single-volume Companion and superbly usable Index, the inexhaustible footnotes, are all here. This is a marvellous and cheering event.’Observer ‘There is horror… and there is humour… and its availability at an affordable price deserves recognition as a laudable publishing achievement.’Cambridge Evening News
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HarperCollins Publishers THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS Volume XI Index
Book SynopsisThe Index to the complete Diary of Samuel Pepys in its most authoritative and acclaimed edition.Trade Review‘The Latham-Matthews transcription of Pepys’ Diary is one of the glories of contemporary English publishing.’The Times ‘Here, in one of the finest feats in all the long history of scholarship, is Pepys’ Diary, once and for all. Exegi monumentum aere perennius.’Observer ‘It isn’t often that one encounters a publication – especially of this magnitude – which achieves complete perfection, but there is no doubt that this does.’Sir Arthur Bryant
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HarperCollins Publishers The Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl
Book SynopsisA fun, witty, sexy, page-turning novel written by a real-life, high-priced Manhattan call girl.Trade Review‘Bridget Jones with attitude’ Guardian ‘Chock-full of bad-girl secrets… tantalizing’ Cosmopolitan ‘Unexpectedly wise, observant and best of all – fun’ Los Angeles Times ‘A new perspective on the world's oldest profession’ Honey
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HarperCollins Publishers THE KENNETH WILLIAMS LETTERS
Book SynopsisFollowing the bestselling publication of THE KENNETH WILLIAMS DIARIES, the devastating self-portrait of one of our most loved and complex performers is completed with this marvellous selection of his letters.Trade Review‘Endlessly absorbing… all the letters can be read and reread with such pleasure… scintillating’A. N. Wilson, Times Literary Supplement ‘His superb instinct for comedy is revealed time and again’Jonathan Coe, Spectator ‘Fascinating… the camp fire crackles merrily’George Melly, Sunday Times ‘A big dipper, full of acid drops and high rises, and it doesn’t matter where you start or finish - that’s the joy of it… rarely have I read a collection of letters of such broad scope in terms of their content and the diversity of their recipients’Barry Cryer, Mail on Sunday
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HarperCollins Publishers Notes to my MotherinLaw
Book Synopsis‘My mother-in-law Annie lived with us for 17 years and was picture-book perfect.’Trade Review‘I just sat down and read it straight through and cried. Dreadfully funny and incredibly touching’ Joanna Lumley ‘Moving, funny, enchanting. A beautiful, original portrayal of family life’ Sheila Hancock ‘Something quite splendid, new and unforgettable’ Stephen Fry ‘Wonderful, warm, witty and wise. Just like the author’ Ben Elton ‘The book is as extraordinary as the woman who wrote it. The correspondence started with the odd note on the kitchen table reminding Granny Annie of a doctor's appointment or that there was ham in the fridge, but built into more…quite extraordinary. On one level, it's a humorous work about hearing aids and incontinent dogs…On another, it's an uplifting story of family love and duty, and generational conflict’ Daily Mail ‘One of the most pleasurably giddy reads I've had for ages, it's laugh-out-loud funny as well as deeply poignant’ Scotsman
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HarperCollins Publishers THE BRIGHTFOUNT DIARIES
Book SynopsisAldiss’ first novel republished after many years out of print.Trade Review‘Written with pleasing charm, The Brightfount Diaries is a sparkling and lively document, spiced with idiosyncratic humour.’ OBSERVER
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HarperCollins Publishers Letters to the Lady Upstairs
Book SynopsisA charming, funny, poignant collection of twenty-three letters from Marcel Proust to his upstairs neighbourTrade Review‘A collection of letters to the neighbours about noise would seem unpromising material for a book, unless they were written by Marcel Proust, who was so sweet, kind, funny and charming, that his letters are a delightful surprise’ ***** Daily Telegraph ‘A delight. This slim book is special, not only because it reveals details of Proust’s life, but also in its simple celebration of friendship’ Observer ‘Translator Lydia Davis … reveals Proust’s brilliant, darting mind at work in an unfettered, conversational manner’ Arts Desk ‘Nearly as famous as Marcel Proust’s madeleine is his cork-lined bedroom at 102 Boulevard Haussmann, where he lay in bed and wrote most of A la Recherche du temps perdu …Letters to the Lady Upstairs gives us an oblique portrait of this closeted life.’ Times Literary Supplement ‘A haunting portrait of a friendship both evanescent and intense between two people who lived within earshot of one another, separated only by a few inches of plaster and floorboard, but who scarcely ever met’ New Statesman ‘Full of wit and playful decorum’ New Yorker ‘A trove of charming correspondence from literature’s most famous “noise phobic”’ Kirkus
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HarperCollins The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates
Book SynopsisWhen her journals began, 34-year-old Oates was already a recipient of the National Book Award (1969), with many O Henry awards, and others, under her literary belt. This volume focuses on excerpts from that first decade, 1973-1983, one of the productive of Oates' long career.Trade Review"Fascinating." -- Library Journal
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Essential Bukowski
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Letters of C. S. Lewis
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc On Cats
Book Synopsis“Acclaimed writer Charles Bukowski turns his signature eye on the world of felines. A series of essays and poems all about cats, Bukowski’s classic funny and frank tone becomes, at times, even endearing as he explores and honors the majestic creatures and our relationship with them.” —BustleFelines touched a vulnerable spot in the unfathomable soul of Charles Bukowski, the Dirty Old Man of American letters. For the writer, there was something elemental about these inscrutable creatures, whose searing gaze could penetrate deep into our beings. Bukowski considered cats to be forces of nature, elusive emissaries of beauty and love. Funny and moving, On Cats offers Bukowski’s musings on these beloved animals and their toughness and resiliency. Poignant and free of treacle, On Cats is an illuminating portrait of this one-of-a-kind artist and his unique view of the world, witnessed through his relationship with the animals he considered among his most profound teachers.
£14.44
Penguin Publishing Group The Letters of John and Abigail Adams Classics
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Penguin Putnam Inc Saul Bellow
Book Synopsis'I hungrily read the book through in three nights, as though I''d stumbled upon a lost Bellow masterpiece only recently unearthed.' -Philip RothA literary milestone in its own right, this selection of correspondence connects us as never before to one of the greatest writers of our time. Saul Bellow was winner of the Pulitzer Prize, three National Book Awards, and the Nobel Prize in Literature. He also wrote marvelously acute, unsparing, tender, ferocious, hilarious, and wise letters throughout his long life (1915-2005). Including letters to William Faulkner, John Cheever, Ralph Ellison, Cynthia Ozick, Martin Amis, and many others, this vast self-portrait-shows the influences at work in a seminal literary mind.
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OUP Canada The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery Volume IV 19291935
Trade ReviewThe journals, with their vivid account of both daily routines and more significant life events, are written with all the passion, wit and insight into human nature that have made Montgomery's 'books for young people' immortal to her readers. * Toronto Sun *Montgomery's interweaving of joy and grief makes her a felt presence on the page....Very few books in recent years have given me the depth of pleasure I've found in these first four volumes of Lucy Maud Montgomery's journals. * Carol Shields in The Globe and Mail *These journals are so enlightening, so fill of wisdom, humor, philosophy and tragedy that they are worth a winter's reading and reflection. * Ottawa Citizen *
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Oxford University Press The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh Personal Writings 19031921 Precocious Waughs
Book SynopsisThis volume is part of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh critical edition, which brings together all of Waugh's writings for the first time. The first of twelve volumes in the Personal Writings sequence, it covers the years 1903 to 1921, and presents a rich anthology of unusual and entertaining letters and diary entries by the future novelist.Trade ReviewExpertly edited [..] The editor's notes to the new volume of early letters and diaries are not only extremely thorough and informative, but also, as one might expect from the grandson of Evelyn Waugh, very witty [...] If these initial offerings (Volumes two, sixteen, nineteen, twenty-six and thirty) are an indicator of things to come, then the edition will justify its grandiose claim to "revolutionize Waugh studies" [...] It will indeed become one of the great monuments of twenty-first-century literary scholarship. * Paula Byrne, Times Literary Supplement *a welcome opportunity to look again at [Waugh's] evolution as a writer and thinke...These volumes reveal different aspects of Waugh's youthful plasticity and show how his adult persona developed as he tested himself as a write [...] a major event in Waugh scholarship, and...an essential research resource for many years to come. * Lisa Mullen, Worcester College, Oxford, Essays in Criticism *If these initial offerings are an indicator of things to come, then the edition will justify its grandiose claim to "revolutionize Waugh studies" ... It will indeed become one of the great monuments of twenty-first century literary scholarship. * Paula Byrne, The Times Literary Supplement *As scholarship the new editions cannot be faulted. * Matthew Walther, The Week *As a scholarly treatment of a modern British novelist, The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh looks as if it will stand in a class of its own, not only for its presentation of definitive texts but also for its patient accumulation of large amounts of personal material that have hitherto escaped the biographers' gaze. * D.J Taylor, Literary Review *A must read. * David Sexton, Evening Standard *
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Oxford University Press New Letters of David Hume
Book SynopsisThis volume, first published in 1954, is one of three presenting the correspondence of David Hume, one of the great men of the eighteenth century. It complements J. Y. T. Greig''s two-volume Letters of David Hume, first published in 1932. Klibansky and Mossner brought together letters from 1737 to 1776, discovered after the publication of Greig''s edition. Hume''s correspondents in this volume include such famous thinkers and public figures as Adam Smith, James Boswell, and Benjamin Franklin. The edition offers a rich picture of the man and his age, and is a uniquely valuable resource to anyone with an interest in early modern thought.Table of ContentsList of Letters ; Introduction ; Principles of the Edition ; Life and Works of Hume ; List of Abbreviations ; Letters ; Appendixes ; Index of Persons ; Index of Books and Subjects
£43.22
Yale University Press Stalins Letters to Molotov
Book SynopsisBetween 1925 and 1936 Josef Stalin wrote frequently to his trusted friend and political colleague Viachestav Molotov. More than 85 letters in this text provide a historical record of Stalin's thinking - both personal and political - and throw light on the way he controlled the government.
£34.89
Yale University Press 1920 Diary
Book SynopsisThis diary by Russian writer Isaac Babel recounts his experiences with the Cossack cavalry during the Polish-Soviet war of 1919-20. The basis for "Red Cavalry", Babel's best-known work, it records the devastation of the war and the extreme cruelty of the Polish and Red Armies towards the Jews.Trade Review"Babel's 1920 Diary, the source for many of his remarkable Red Cavalry stories, is itself as remarkable as the stories, particularly when one considers that the diarist was a journalist of only twenty-six. The staccato sentences in which Babel rapidly describes the horrific details of revolutionary brutality have the impact of an accomplished style, one that in its spontaneously elliptical way is strangely no less artful than the artfully nuanced directness that is the triumph of Red Cavalry." Philip Roth "An electrifying translation accompanied by an indispensable introduction... Babel's journey is a Jewish lamentation... a tragic masterwork." Cynthia Ozick, The New Republic "A precursor of Holocaust literature, and more powerful in its effect than any Holocaust literature that I have managed to read." Harold Bloom, New York Times Book Review Selected as a Notable Book of the Year (1995) by the New York Times Book Review.
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Crown Saved by Beauty
Book Synopsis When Roger Housden decided to travel to Iran and finally see the subject of his youthful fascination, he was in his sixties. By then, he thought he had seen the world. He was wrong. It was a quest that changed him forever. In Iran, Housden met with artists, writers, film makers and religious scholars who embody the long Iranian tradition of humanism, and shared with him their belief in scholarship and artistry. From the bustle of modern Tehran to the paradise gardens of Shiraz to the spectacular mosques and ancient palaces of Isfahan, Housden met Iranians who were warm, welcoming, generous, intellectually curious, and altogether alive with their love for one another, and for the faith and tradition that holds them together. Saved by Beauty weaves a richly textured story of many threads. It is a deeply poetic and perceptive appreciation of a culture that has endured for over three thousand years, while it also portrays the creative and spiritual
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SCM Press Letters and Papers from Prison
Book SynopsisOne of the great classics of prison literature, this effectively serves as the last will and testament of the theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, executed by the Nazis after incarceration in prison. Acute and subtle, warm and perceptive, yet also profoundly moving, the documents collectively tell a very human story of loss, of courage, and of hope.
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Lulu.com The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 185152
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Lulu.com The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 185152 A Book of Gold Rush History and Stories Taken From The Pioneer Magazine
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc The Dolphin Letters 19701979
Book SynopsisThe correspondence between one of the most famous couples of twentieth-century literature.
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc The Diary of a Young Girl
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WW Norton & Co Recovering A Journal
Book SynopsisSarton's 'art of making exquisite distinctions' and her vulnerability as a human being are her timeless gifts to her readers. Library Journal
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W. W. Norton & Company Rilke and AndreasSalom A Love Story in Letters
Book Synopsis"Immensely readable...a significant piece of scholarship."—Fred Volkmer, New York Sun
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Bertolt Brecht Journals 193455 Diaries Letters and Essays
Book SynopsisBrecht's "Work Journals" cover the period from 1938 to 1955, the years of exile and his return to East Berlin. The accounts of his writing practice provide insight into the creation of his dramatic works, the development of his political thinking and his theories about epic theatre.
£60.00
iUniverse Gryphons of the Sandhills The Edgeworth Letters
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