Published diaries, letters and journals Books
Dr Ludwig Reichert Goethe in Wiesbaden 1814 Und 1815: Band I:
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£113.05
Dr Ludwig Reichert Orient Statt Mecklenburg: Die Reisen Des Grafen
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£113.05
Ergon Pope Mark VII: Arabic Letters to Count Von
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£24.75
Severus Berliner Kindheit um Neunzehnhundert
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£20.89
Steidl Publishers Fazal Sheikh and Terry Tempest Williams: The Moon
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£24.00
Spector Books Scrapbook of the Sixties: Writings 1958 - 2010
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£26.60
Spector Books I Seem to Live: Diaries (1950–1971), Volume 1
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£30.40
Spector Books I Seem to Live: The New York Diaries, 1969-2011:
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£36.10
Die Gestalten Verlag BLUE CHIP: Confessions of Claudia Schiffer's cat
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£23.96
Prodinnova Journal d'un voyageur pendant la guerre
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£11.66
Academia Michael Josef Fesl: Briefe an Bernard Bolzano
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£55.50
Tuttle Publishing Gossamer Years: Love, Passion and Marriage in Old
Book Synopsis"A self-portrait devastating in its honesty…written passionately and without a thought to how readers might judge her actions."—Donald KeeneGossamer Years is a remarkably frank diary written by an unnamed noblewoman in Tenth-century Japan—the same period as Murasaki Shikibu's celebrated Tale of Genji. In her diary, the author describes her tempestuous and unhappy marriage and growing indignation at the many rival wives and mistresses taken by her husband, as was commonplace at the time. Too impetuous to play the role of a subsidiary wife, the author protests the marriage system in one of Japanese literature's earliest portrayals of the difficulties faced by women in a male-dominated society. Skillfully translated by Edward Seidensticker, a preeminent scholar of Japanese literature, this book represents an extraordinary flowering of realistic expression in ancient Japan and an attempt, unique for its age, to treat the human condition with frankness and honesty.A new introduction by Japanese literary scholar Dennis Washburn provides valuable insights into the author's world and examines the book's lasting importance. With dozens of beautiful images illustrating court life in the Heian period, Gossamer Years is a timeless and intimate glimpse into married life and social mores in traditional Japan.Trade Review"Just like The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon, this is a diary from Heian Era of Japan, although unlike Sei Shonagon and Murasaki, this diary takes place prior to when they got to shine, and I can't help but get the feeling that it influenced Murasaki Shikibu a lot. …the supplemental information added by the translator is very helpful. PS, love the cover." --Svetlana's Reads and Views
£11.69
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Las cartas del Boom / Boom Letters
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£20.76
Twisted Spoon Press A Prague Flaneur
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£12.35
Twisted Spoon Press Transparent Body & Other Texts
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£12.35
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. Lady's Diary of the Siecge of Lucknow
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£4.74
Jaico Publishing House Close Encounters: A Journalist at Large
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£10.49
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. Restless as Mercury: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Book SynopsisM.K. Gandhi's autobiography, "The Story of My Experiments with Truth," reveals his life, family, work, challenges, fasts, jail stints, and political engagements in South Africa. Divided into six books, it portrays his evolution into a leader of disciplined mass movements before returning to India in 1914.
£27.74
Herder & Herder CORRESPONDENCIA HEIDEGGER JASPERS 19201963
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£29.85
Nueva correspondencia 19551972
Book SynopsisTras Poesía Completa, Prosa Completa y Diarios de Alejandra Pizarnik, Lumen continúa la labor de publicación de estas piezas del rompecabezas formulado por la poeta argentina, con esta recopilación de sus cartas.Alejandra Pizarnik fue una de las más grandes poetas hispanoamericanas y la creadora de un universo propio y enigmático que todos quieren descifrar. El jeroglífico de su obra se despliega, también, en las cartas que escribió a sus allegados, desde a su familia hasta a grandes nombres de la cultura del siglo XX como Julio Cortázar, Adolfo Bioy Casares o Silvina Ocampo. Enviadas desde Buenos Aires, Nueva York o París, estas misivas son una muestra más de la lucidez de Pizarnik, quien mezcla los quehaceres más cotidianos con la alta reflexión literaria en unas cartas que son, en sí mismas, pequeñas obras de arte.Lumen ha publicado las distintas piezas del rompecabezas formulado por Alejandra Pizarnik: la Poesía Completa, la Prosa Completa y los Diarios. Ahora, Ivonne Bordelois y Cristina Piña han recopilado las cartas enviadas por Pizarnik en una edición imprescindible, que ilumina una nueva faceta de la magnética autora argentina.Reseñas:Para la numerosa legión de los pizarnikianos, estas cartas serán una lectura golosa, incluso en los pasajes que parecen anecdóticos y banales, pues su voz está siempre bajo el control de una lucidez extraordinaria y de un deseo inquebrantable de poesía.Edgardo Dobry, El PaísLas cartas personales de la gran poeta Pizarnik desvelan parte de su enigmático universo. Cartas que escribió a sus familiares y también a los grandes de la cultura como Julio Cortázar, Adolfo Bioy Casares o Silvina Ocampo. Estas misivas son en sí mismas pequeñas obras de arte. Poética.La Voz de GaliciaEste nuevo epistolario, cuya edición corre a cargo de Bordelois y Cristina Piña, nos acerca al universo creativo, personal e íntimo de Pizarnik a través de las cartas a personalidades como Adolfo BioyCasares, Silvina Ocampo, Julio Cortázar y Osías Stutman. Una buena noticia para la numerosa legión de pizarnikianos.GaraUn hecho excepcional en la literatura argentina, que puede adjudicarse al aura de prestigio casi legendario que ha envuelto la vida y la obra de Alejandra Pizarnik.César AiraAl encanto de Pizarnik de ser una figura envuelta en el misterio y una personalidad inexplicable, hay que añadir el hecho de que palabra por palabra ella escribía la noche, y el lector que se acerque a ella descubrirá que esa escritura nocturna, que tenía un alto sentido del riesgo, nacía de la más pura necesidad, como a pocos escritores del siglo XX se les ha visto: una lírica extrema y también una tragedia.Enrique Vila-Matas, BabeliaAlrededor de una obra breve, se despliega una constelación que va conformando la imagen de una de las poetas más leídas, comentadas y hasta mitificadas de la segunda mitad del siglo XX.Edgardo Dobry, El PaísUna escritura que no acaba nunca.Winston Manrique Sabogal, El PaísSumergirse en la intimidad de la gran poeta argentina es adentrarse en las arenas movedizas de una pulsión suicida. [...] Así es su escritura: el constante descubrimiento de una rosa con espinas. [...] Se la lee de poco en poco, como quien paladea un vino añejo.Rocío Niebla, Tinta LibreUna figura de culto y una autora que se internó en infiernos raramente visitados en la literatura española.Rosa Martí, EsquirePizarnik nos descubre un éxtasis en la inestabilidad del lenguaje y logra arrancarle una verdad mercurial y patética.Los Angeles Review of BooksBasta nombrarla para que en el aire vibren la poesía y la leyenda. Una lírica extrema y también una tragedia.Luis Chitarroni
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Editorial Anagrama Ensayo general
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£21.87
POR ASI DECIRLO
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£16.32
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Envejece un perro tras los cristales /A Dog Ages on the Other Side of the Window
£22.21
Edaf Antillas Epistolario General de Miguel Hernandez
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£46.30
Renacimiento El pábilo vacilante
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£17.36
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Cartas desde mi celda - Cartas literarias a una
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£13.76
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.
£28.00
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
£66.29
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
Museum Tusculanum Press J P E Hartmann og hans kreds: Volume 4 -- En
Book SynopsisThis fourth volume of J P E Hartmann og hans kreds. En komponistfamilies breve 1780-1900 (J.P.E. Hartmann and his Circle. The Correspondence of a Composer Family 1780-1900) contains hitherto unknown letters which have been privately owned until now. The particular focus is on J P E Hartmann's son Emil Hartmann and his struggle for recognition as a composer and not because of his relatives. The letters elucidate this struggle and provide a wealth of information on both the everyday life and the musical scene in the second half of the 19th century in which Emil Hartmann travelled a great deal in Germany where he was a well-known figure. Thus, letters from German celebrities, such as Richard Strauss and Max Bruch are included.
£38.69
Nord Academic From the Early Years of Phonology: The Roman
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£22.75
Casa Editrice Leo S.Olschki A Portuguese Abbott in Renaissance Florence: The Letter Collection of Gomes Eanes (1415-1463)
£57.00
Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki Carteggio Giacomo Leopardi - Carlo Pepoli:
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£50.05
Viella Editrice Una Marchesa in Viaggio Per l'Italia: Diario Di
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£38.00
Viella Editrice Memorie Di Un Rabbino Italiano: Le Agende Di
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£61.16
Damiani Ernst Haas. Letters & Stories
Book SynopsisInge Bondi combines her recollections with Ernst Haas' letters, poems, photos, to narrate Haas's 40 year photography career. The book is in itself a letter from Bondi to Haas. "[S]heds new light on the life of renowned Magnum photographer, Ernst Haas, while at the same time showcasing his art... It also tells the story of one of photography's great innovators, who always trod his own path." - Black+White Photography Writer Inge Bondi sheds fresh light on the life of her close friend and colleague, the Austrian American photographer Ernst Haas (1921–86), whom she first met in New York’s Magnum offices in 1951. Bondi shares unique memories of this brilliant and very private man alongside reproductions of his letters, poems, photographs, and ephemera, revealing for the first time details of his harrowing war years and complex personal life. The book’s 13 chapters cover Haas’ Homecoming Prisoners of War (1947), which prompted Robert Capa to invite him to join Magnum Photos; pioneering color reportage for Life and Vogue, featuring his blurred portraits of bullfighting and saturated images of New York; and his work on film sets, including The Bible, which led to the publication of Haas’ groundbreaking and acclaimed 1971 photobook The Creation.
£27.20
Peeters Publishers Iusti Lipsi Epistolae. Pars I: 1564-1583
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£71.25
Peeters Publishers Iusti Lipsi Epistolae. Pars IX: 1596
Book SynopsisIusti Lipsi Epistolae. Pars IX contains the correspondence of 1596 and is edited by Hugo Peeters. Lipsius is finally feeling more at home in his native country: his financial situation has approved thanks to the title of historiographus regius involving an annuity of 1,000 florins, and the arrival of several contubernales, promising students accommodated at his home who will receive an almost constant training in Latin. The first part of the year finds him still occupied by the final details of the Poliorcetica, a sequel to De militia Romana expounding on war engines and siege tactics, which he dedicated to Prince Bishop Ernest of Liège. Near the end of the year he was focusing on a new project, the Monita et exempla politica, a practical sequel to the political theories elaborated in the Politica, which he intended to dedicate to Albert of Austria, the newly arrived governor of the Netherlands.
£115.00
Peeters Publishers A Curious and Convivial Traveller: Edward Roger
Book SynopsisIn 2001 the British Museum acquired the first of two ancient Egyptian stelae from the collection of the traveller Edward Roger Pratt (1789-1863) of Ryston Hall, Norfolk, and discovered his 1832-34 unpublished journals for Greece and Egypt and the 136-page album with his own drawings, watercolours, and paper impressions of bas-reliefs from a solo Nile voyage to the Second Cataract. Pratt recorded ancient monuments and sites, many later damaged or destroyed. In Greece Pratt travelled widely and adventurously with scholarly architects and artists studying ancient Greek sites, while in Egypt his guides were the works of the French Egyptologists Jean-François Champollion and Dominique Vivant Denon. A gregarious and enthusiastic traveller, Pratt was supported by extensive consular networks, expatriate communities and other travellers. In this volume his life and travels are reconstructed from his many journals, the travel journals for Greece and Egypt are transcribed and annotated, his maps and plans reproduced, his dispersed antiquities collection reconstructed, and the album drawings are identified and published in colour.
£120.00
Peeters Publishers Maxime Planoudès, Lettres: Traduction et
Book SynopsisMaxime Planoudès (vers 1255-vers 1305) est l’un des plus illustres humanistes de cette première Renaissance paléologue qui transmit plus tard à l’Occident l’héritage intellectuel de la Grèce antique. L’importance de son rôle en tant que philologue, commentateur, traducteur et enseignant est attestée par les manuscrits qu’il copia, compila, annota ou répara, mais aussi par une collection de cent vingt et une lettres éditée peu après sa mort et dont le présent volume propose pour la première fois une traduction intégrale en français, abondamment annotée. Adressées à des correspondants dont certains sont fameux et d’autres connus uniquement par elles – courtisans, fonctionnaires, érudits, ecclésiastiques –, ces lettres révèlent les réseaux de relation et d’amitié de Planoudès autant que ses goûts, sa culture et ses lectures. Elles lèvent aussi le voile sur ses sympathies, voire ses engagements politiques dans la dernière partie de sa vie, comme diplomate au service de l’empereur mais aussi et surtout comme mentor et ami d’un jeune et brillant général, Alexis Doukas Philanthrôpènos, dans le contexte de la dernière contre-offensive byzantine face à l’avancée turque en Asie Mineure. Au-delà de ces riches informations historiques, cette correspondance pétrie de culture hellénique témoigne peut-être avant tout de la permanence à l’époque byzantine tardive d’un art précieux et sophistiqué, celui du genre épistolaire dont les règles avaient été fixées dans l’Antiquité gréco-latine. La lettre idéale se signale moins par la richesse du contenu informatif que par ses manques et ses silences sur lesquels prennent appui les connivences culturelles et personnelles entre l’auteur et le destinataire, où le lecteur du recueil une fois publié tente avec peine de s’introduire. Elle vise donc moins à communiquer des informations qu’à mettre en scène l’acte même de communication et la relation amicale idéalisée qui la sous-tend.
£65.00
BIS Publishers B.V. Dear Fashion Diary: Discover Your Taste-Become
Book SynopsisDear Fashion Diary is an illustrated diary full of fashion assignments for young fashionistas to explore their taste and style and trust their deepest fashion longings to. It is a highly creative activity book letting you collect your favourite outfits, create inspiration collages, list your must-haves and much more! This diary is a wonderful way of recording your fashion life and collect your style inspiration between two covers!
£11.69
BIS Publishers B.V. Once upon a time I was the autobiography of
Book SynopsisThis is a guided diary which helps you create your own autobiography by means of questions and space for pictures, little drawings, lists of your favorite things, your memories and more. Record the stories of your life - or a loved one's - in this keepsake that will be cherished for generations to come!
£11.69
BIS Publishers B.V. Once Upon a Time I Went To . . .: A Stimulating
Book SynopsisTravelling is one of the most exciting things you can do. Getting lost in a beautiful forest or visiting every museum in a city; whatever your idea of a perfect trip is, it will always enrich your life. This book helps you to enjoy your trip to the fullest and gives you the opportunity to write down your favorite new memories.It's perfect for people who love to travel, but want some help exploring. If you want to get more out of your trip, Once Upon a Time I Went is a book they should definitely take with them when they travel.It's a notebook with prompts to make the most of your trip and it's full of questions and assignments to help you explore a new city or country
£11.69
Kon Acad Wetenschappen Letteren Iusti Lipsi Epistolae. Pars II: 1584-1587
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£59.85
Kon Acad Wetenschappen Letteren Iusti Lipsi Epistolae. Pars III: 1588-1590
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£59.85
Kon Acad Wetenschappen Letteren Iusti Lipsi Epistolae. Pars V: 1592
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£71.25
Kon Acad Wetenschappen Letteren Iusti Lipsi Epistolae. Pars VI: 1593
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£71.25
Kon Acad Wetenschappen Letteren Iusti Lipsi Epistolae. Pars XIV: 1601
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£100.00
