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Cambridge University Press The Correspondence of Isaac Newton
Book SynopsisAs Newton had by now entered his eighth decade, it can be no surprise that the correspondence in this sixth volume shows a marked decline in his activity and intellectual vigour. While the number of extant letters written by him on other that Mint business is relatively small, the majority of them are devoted to his controversy with Leibniz.Table of ContentsList of Plates; Preface; Short Titles and Abbreviations; Introduction; The Correspondence.
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Faber & Faber Philip Larkin Letters Home
Book SynopsisLetters Home gives access to the last major archive of Larkin's writing to remain unpublished: the letters to members of his family. These correspondences help tell the story of how Larkin came to be the writer and the man he was: to his father Sydney, a ''conservative anarchist'' and admirer of Hitler, who died relatively early in Larkin's life; to his timid, depressive mother Eva, who by contrast lived long, and whose final years were shadowed by dementia; and to his sister Kitty, the sparse surviving fragment of whose correspondence with her brother gives an enigmatic glimpse of a complex and intimate relationship. In particular, it was the years during which he and his sister looked after their mother that shaped the writer we know so well: a number of poems written over this time are for her, and the mood of pain, shadow and despondency that characterises his later verse draws its strength from his experience of the long, lonely years of her senility. One surprising el
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Random House USA Inc How Far to the Promised Land
Book SynopsisFrom the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black, a riveting intergenerational account of his family’s search for home and hope“A riveting book that invites you into the personal journey of one of the finest writers alive today.”—Beth Moore, New York Times bestselling author of All My Knotted-Up Life For much of his life, Esau McCaulley was taught to see himself as an exception: someone who, through hard work, faith, and determination, overcame childhood poverty, anti-Black racism, and an absent father to earn a job as a university professor and a life in the middle class. But that narrative was called into question one night, when McCaulley answered the phone and learned that his father—whose absence defined his upbringing—died in a car crash. McCaulley was being asked to deliver his father’s eulogy, to make sense of his complicated legacy in a country that only accepts Black men on the condition that they are exceptional, hardworking, perfect. The resulting effort sent McCaulley back through his family history, seeking to understand the community that shaped him. In these pages, we meet his great-grandmother Sophia, a tenant farmer born with the gift of prophecy who scraped together a life in Jim Crow Alabama; his mother, Laurie, who raised four kids alone in an era when single Black mothers were demonized as “welfare queens”; and a cast of family, friends, and neighbors who won small victories in a world built to swallow Black lives. With profound honesty and compassion, he raises questions that implicate us all: What does each person’s struggle to build a life teach us about what we owe each other? About what it means to be human? How Far to the Promised Land is a thrilling and tender epic about being Black in America. It’s a book that questions our too-simple narratives about poverty and upward mobility; a book in which the people normally written out of the American Dream are given voice.
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Melanie Spears Gratitude Diary 2020
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Harvard University Press Becoming Belle da Costa Greene
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Gill Life After Life
Book SynopsisToday, Paddy Armstrong is a husband and father, and it has been over twenty-seven years since his conviction was quashed. But the memory of his experiences lives on. For the first time and with unflinching candour, he lays bare the experiences of those years and their aftermath.
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Pluto Press The Serge Trotsky Papers Correspondence and
Book SynopsisCorrespondence and other writings between Victor Serge and Leon Trotsky.Table of ContentsIntroduction by David Cotterill. 1. Victor Serge and Bolshevism introduced by Philip Spencer. 2. The Correspondence introduced by David Cotterill 3. Serge, Trotsky and the Spanish Revolution introduced by David Cotterill 4. Kronstadt and the Fourth International introduction by Suzi Weissman 5. Victor Serge and the Left Opposition Introduced by Philip Spencer
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Vintage Publishing Letters to Felice
Book SynopsisKafka''s letters to Felice Bauer were written between 1912 and 1917, during which time they were twice engaged to be married. This complex relationship, which coincided with a period of great productivity for Kafka, gave him both hope and strength, but gradually disllusionment and the onset of illness drove them apart. These letters remain as a monument to the inner life of a creative artist.
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The History Press Ltd The Diaries of Lady Anne Clifford
Book SynopsisClifford here presents in one volume the full range of Lady Anne's life: her active role at court as the Countess of Dorset (residing at Knole in Kent), her turbulent second marriage to the 4th Earl of Pembroke at Wilton Wiltshire, and her final, long-disputed succession to her father's lands in Westmorland and North Yorkshire.
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The History Press Ltd Farewell to the Horses
Book SynopsisCady Hoyte, like many other young lads of his generation, proudly joined the army in 1915 to fight for his King and Country. From the Warwickshire town of Nuneaton, he joined the Warwickshire Yeomanry as a gunner in the Machine Gun Corps and quickly found that army life made no concessions for an eager young 19 year old.
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The History Press Ltd Voices from the Trenches
Book SynopsisA treasure-trove of previously unpublished letters and first hand accounts from British tommies' of life and death in the trenches during the First World War. This is the story of the men who held the front line in France and Flanders. It is a graphic account of a strange and seemingly unending style of life and death in all their facets. It is a unique approach, an anthology interwoven with a continuous commentary so that the reader is always kept aware of the context of the writing. The balanced and un-emotive approach cannot, however, fail to leave the reader deeply moved. Domestic life in the line: accommodation, food and drink, wiring and carrying, the whole day and night routine are investigated, as are the operational aspects of trench life raiding and patrolling in no-man's-land and the German lines. Actual battle experience is also featured, but one of the most interesting parts of the book is devoted to the attitudes of front line soldiers, officers and their men, to each ot
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The History Press Ltd Voices from the Workhouse
Book SynopsisVoices from the Workhouse tells the real inside story of the workhouse - in the words of those who experienced the institution at first hand, either as inmates or through some other connection with the institution.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington v.1 Revolutionary
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. June-September 1775 -- 2. September-December 1775 -- 3. January-March 1776 -- v. 4. April-June 1776 -- v. 5. June-August 1776 -- v. 6. August 1776-October 1776 -- v. 7. October 1776-January 1777 -- v. 8. January-March 1777 -- v. 9. March-June 1777 -- v. 10. June-August 1777.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington v.3 Revolutiona
Book SynopsisCovers the final months of the siege of Boston. Washington's correspondence and orders for this period reveal an uncompromising attitude toward reconciliation with Britain and a single-minded determination to engage the enemy forces in Boston before the end of the winter.Table of Contents1. June-September 1775 -- 2. September-December 1775 -- 3. January-March 1776 -- v. 4. April-June 1776 -- v. 5. June-August 1776 -- v. 6. August 1776-October 1776 -- v. 7. October 1776-January 1777 -- v. 8. January-March 1777 -- v. 9. March-June 1777 -- v. 10. June-August 1777.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington v.3 JuneSept
Book SynopsisPart of a series which covers the eight precedent-setting years of Washington's presidency and his brief retirement. Volume three covers most of the summer of 1789 and focuses on the problems facing the new administration.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington v.6 13 August20
Book SynopsisDocuments Washington's decisions and actions during the heart of the New York campaign, from late summer to early fall 1776, when his opponent, General William Howe, took the offensive and outmanoeuvred the American forces in and around New York City by amphibious landings.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of James Madison v. 3 1 March 18026
Book SynopsisDuring the period of this third volume of the ""Secretary of State"" series, Madison was concerned with ongoing problems in foreign policy, particularly US relations with the European powers. Diplomatic letters describe his efforts to defend American commercial rights.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington v.6 Presidential
Book SynopsisThis volume of the papers of George Washington covers the period when his attention was devoted to several matters of national significance: the Residence and Funding Acts; Indian affairs; Harmar's expedition in the Northwest Territory; and intrigues of foreign agents on America's frontiers.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington v.7 Presidential
Book SynopsisThis volume presents documents written during the final sessions of the First Congress. Congress passed legislation that established a national bank and federal excise, and increased the size of the army. Washington also gave a lot of time to the new federal city on the Potomac.
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia The Papers of George Washington v. 12
Book SynopsisVolume 12 of the ""Presidential Series"" continues the fourth chronological series of ""The Papers of George Washington"". This series includes the public papers written by or presented to Washington during his two administrations.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington
Book SynopsisPart of the ""Revolutionary War Series"", this work documents a period that includes the Continental Army's last weeks at Valley Forge, the British evacuation of Philadelphia, and the Battle of Monmouth Court House. It begins with George Washington's army at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, celebrating the alliance between the United States and France.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington 1 November 1778
Book SynopsisCovers the period 1 November 1778 through 14 January 1779. This title begins with George Washington at Fredericksburg, New York, watching New York City for signs that the British were about to evacuate North America. The British had different intentions, however, dispatching the first of several amphibious expeditions to invade the Deep South.
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Wagtail Press Journeys Through Britain with a Pack Pony
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No Style Press Last Day First Day
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Cambridge University Press Allen Leepers Letters Home 19081912 An
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Austin Macauley Publishers The Kingdom Is Yours
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Cambridge University Press The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
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Cambridge University Press The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
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Cambridge University Press The Letters of Ernest Hemingway Hardback Set
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Cambridge University Press The Correspondence of G E Morrison 189512
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Cambridge University Press Diary and Letters of Madame DArblay
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Short Diary Fiction
Book SynopsisDiaries capture the most intimate and revealing aspects of diarists' perception of themselves and the world around them. Throughout history, fiction writers have turned to the diary genre to maximize the intimacy and credibility of their narratives and to tell stories that bridge the personal and the social.This collection is the first to make visible the historical and global scope of short stories that use diaries as a structuring form or thematic inspiration. The book gathers twenty stories that span three centuries, from ten different countries and seven different languages. Although written in a range of styles from Romanticism to science fiction to Gothic to climate fiction, these stories cohere around key diary themes: privacy and publicity, self-discovery and self-delusion, love and sexuality, gender roles and social codes, time and technology, among others. Featuring an introduction to diary fiction, guiding headnotes, and a list of additional recommended reading, Danie
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Retreat and Retribution in Afghanistan 1842
Book SynopsisTwo graphic first-hand accounts of the First Afghan War.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd A Guardsman in the Crimea
Book SynopsisThe Brigade of Guards was the elite force of the British Army in the Crimea. William Scarlett, a captain in the Scots Fusilier Guard and one of the most active junior officers in the regiment, fought throughout the entire campaign. After the Allied landing at Kalamita Bay, Scarlett rallied his regiment at a critical moment during the battle of the Alma, supported by his company sergeant, who was awarded the VC.William Scarlett's life may well have been saved after the battle of Balaklava by becoming an aide de camp to his uncle, General James Scarlett, the commander of the Heavy Brigade. This meant that he did not fight at Inkerman, which took a heavy toll on the officers of the Guards Brigade. Returning to the trenches early in 1855, William Scarlett was involved in all the phases of the siege of Sebastopol until its fall in September 1855.The survival of 139 previously unpublished letters record Scarlett's deeds and thoughts. Written to nineteen different correspondents, and delibera
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Edinburgh University Press The Selected Letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle
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Union Square & Co. Feminist as Fck Notebook
Book SynopsisUnapologetically embrace your empowered feminist self. Snarky feminists and crafty cross-stitch lovers alike will love carrying around this notebook that lets them proudly display their opinions.
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Union Square & Co. Travel
Book SynopsisChronicle your own classic adventures in this elegant and handy travel journal. Journals with snarky quotes are more popular than ever, and this series takes it to a classical level. Well-known characters from classic literatureïworks by Kafka, Shakespeare, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jane Austen, Sophocles, Homer, and moreïriff on general and seasonal themes humourously identified with the character's viewpoints. The journals have foil-stamped flexi covers, rounded corners, 173 college-ruled pages, 18 pages of cheeky quotes sprinkled throughout, elastic closures, and ribbon markers. The cover quote is a riff on The Most Dangerous Game, a famous 1924 short story by Richard Collins.
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Union Square & Co. Friendship
Book SynopsisAn elegant and handy journal to jot down your thoughts about life and friendshipïor to gift to your BFF. Journals with snarky quotes are more popular than ever, and this series takes it to a classical level. Well-known characters from classic literatureïworks by Kafka, Shakespeare, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jane Austen, Sophocles, Homer, and moreïriff on general and seasonal themes humourously identified with the character's viewpoints. The journals have foil-stamped flexi covers, rounded corners, 173 college-ruled pages, 18 pages of cheeky quotes sprinkled throughout, elastic closures, and ribbon markers. Cover quote is a riff on Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
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Little, Brown Book Group A Very Nice Rejection Letter
Book Synopsis''Like all good diarists Paling''s musings are funny, tender and uncensored'' Sunday Times6 April 2007Writing income for the year so far: minus 300''I feel that this might just be the year in which something happens. Then again it might not. But hope drives all writers on.''It''s unlikely that you''ll know Chris Paling''s face or have heard his name. This is his diary of trying to make a living as a writer, through the typical career trajectory of what is deemed a ''mid-list novelist''. Publishing rule 6: there is no such thing as a ''low-list'' novelist.In renumeration terms, writing is a career that often ends in disappointment and despair, and occasionally disgrace. Paling artfully explores what compels him and so many others to write - the battling joys and agonies of when that compulsion beds itself in one''s psyche, and a day without writing is a day wasted. A fascinating insight Trade ReviewLike all good diarists Paling's musings are funny, tender and uncensored -- Jackie Annesley * Sunday Times *Funny and revealing . . . everyone who is convinced they have a book in them should read [this book] -- Neil Armstrong * Mail on Sunday *A Very Nice Rejection Letter is a completely authentic account of what it's like to be merely reasonably good -- Thomas W Hodgkinson * Literary Review *Splendidly entertaining * The Chap *
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John Murray Press Love Henri
Book SynopsisPreviously unpublished letters from the author of The Wounded Healer and The Return of the Prodigal SonTrade ReviewHis ability to struggle with his demons and find healing enables him to write comforting and even energising words...Nouwen's profound conviction of his calling to priesthood and the centrality of prayer is evident throughout. * The Church Times *This invaluable collection of over 200 letters by the late Nouwen (The Wounded Healer), a beloved author, pastor, and priest, provides insight into his personal struggles, insecurities, and faith and offers the heartfelt guidance Nouwen shared so generously with individuals to a wide audience. After the introduction by inspirational speaker Brené Brown, Earnshaw, Nouwen's archivist, divides the letters into three sections: 1973-1985, when Nouwen taught at Yale and Harvard's divinity schools; 1986-1989, when he served as pastor at L'Arche Daybreak, a community north of Toronto that's home to disabled people and their assistants; and 1990-1996, during which he published 11 new books, lectured, and traveled extensively until his death. Brief introductions to each letter give context and inform the reader of Nouwen's relationship with his many correspondents, who include personal friends, colleagues, students, clergy, scholars, critics, readers of his books, grieving parents, and politicians. The courage and kindness with which Nouwen shares his vulnerabilities and honest feelings, combined with his willingness to provide direction, advice, companionship, and affection, ensure that Nouwen's legacy as inspired spiritual guide will continue, enhanced by this testimony to his sincere desire to live with gratitude, faith, and love. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *This month sees the long-awaited posthumous publication of Henri Nouwen's new book Love, Henri. The Roman Catholic priest was a favourite author of Protestants and evangelicals in the '80s and '90s when his books The Return of the Prodigal Son and The Wounded Healer were huge bestsellers. * Christian Today *Henri Nouwen continues to be a spiritual writer who speaks to people today. * The Church Newspaper *He writes with deep compassion and empathy... He had the rare gift of being able to say so much in a few carefully chosen words that came from his heart. * The Irish Catholic *
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Edinburgh University Press The Correspondence of James Boswell and Sir
Book SynopsisThis volume, tenth in the Yale Boswell Editions Research Series of correspondence, collects the letters exchanged between James Boswell (1740 1795) and Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo (1739 1806), eminent banker, civic improver, philanthropist, literary and cultural patron, and lay leader of Edinburgh's 'English Episcopal' community.
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Edinburgh University Press Epistolary Courtiership and Dramatic Letters
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McFarland & Co Inc A Doctors War
Book Synopsis A medical officer in the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division on the front lines of World War II, Lt. Col./Maj. Arthur L. Ludwick, Jr., was responsible for the well-being of traumatized and wounded American soldiers through some of the bloodiest engagements in North Africa and Italy: Kasserine and Fondouk Passes, Hill 609, Monte Pantano, Cassino, and Anzio. He was awarded both the Purple Heart and Silver Star, unusual combat commendations for an unarmed medical officer. His letters home detail his experiences, with keen observations of the people and landscapes. Based on Ludwick''s letters and an archive of interviews, military documents and photos, this multifaceted narrative, compiled by his daughter, also tells the story of her discovery of her father as the young man she never knew.Table of Contents Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Prologue 1. Camp Claiborne, Louisiana: 34th Infantry Division Training, February 1941–December 31, 1941 2. Northern Ireland: First U.S. Troops to Europe, January 26–December 20, 1942 3. North Africa: Operation TORCH and Meeting the Desert Fox, January 3–September 22, 1943 4. Italy: Battle Hardened, September 21, 1943–May 5, 1944 5. Winding Down: Anzio and Headed Home, March–April 1944 6. Chronology of Military Service and Major 34th Infantry Division Events: December 2, 1940–November 12, 1951 7. Walking Wounded 8. Epilogue: Return and Readjustment 9. Behind the Lines: A Daughter's Reflections Appendices A: Silver Star Commendation B: German Treatment of American POWs C: Capt./Baron Rudolph Charles von Ripper and His "San Pietro, Italy, 1943" Etching D: John "Jack" Vail Hoyer E: 34th Infantry Division Buddies Bibliography Index
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Ebury Publishing Renia’s Diary: A Young Girl’s Life in the Shadow
Book SynopsisIntroduction by Deborah E. Lipstadt, author of DenialJuly 15, 1942, WednesdayRemember this day; remember it well. You will tell generations to come. Since 8 o’clock today we have been shut away in the ghetto. I live here now. The world is separated from me and I’m separated from the world.Renia is a young girl who dreams of becoming a poet. But Renia is Jewish, she lives in Poland and the year is 1939. When Russia and Germany invade her country, Renia's world shatters. Separated from her mother, her life takes on a new urgency as she flees Przemysl to escape night bombing raids, observes the disappearances of other Jewish families and, finally, witnesses the creation of the ghetto.But alongside the terror of war, there is also great beauty, as she begins to find her voice as a writer and falls in love for the first time. She and the boy she falls in love with, Zygmunt, share their first kiss a few hours before the Nazis reach her hometown. And it is Zygmunt who writes the final, heartbreaking entry in Renia’s diary.Recently rediscovered after seventy years, Renia’s Diary is already being described as a classic of Holocaust literature. Written with a clarity and skill that is reminiscent of Anne Frank, Renia's Diary also includes a prologue and epilogue by Renia's sister Elizabeth, as well as an introduction by Deborah E. Lipstadt, author of Denial. It is an extraordinary testament to both the horrors of war, and to the life that can exist even in the darkest times.Trade ReviewAt a moment when basic agreement over simple truths has become a political battleground and history a weapon, the publication of the book, Renia’s Diary, offers a reminder of the power of bearing witness * New York Times *Extraordinary... It is a privilege to read these pages, and an impertinence to review them. Renia Spiegel was an astonishingly brave girl who developed into a remarkable young woman. (5* review) * Daily Telegraph *Astonishing... A new invaluable contribution to Holocaust literature * Smithsonian Magazine *It is as though the murderous machine of Hitler's vision and the barbarity being brought upon her people couldn't silence the integrity of her voice... Renia emerges as a poet of real lyricism and emotional heft, which makes her demise all the more tragic * Irish Independent *Recall[s] moments of intense happiness in the gathering gloom * Times *
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Hodder & Stoughton The Consolation of Nature: Spring in the Time of
Book SynopsisONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S BEST NATURE BOOKS OF 2020SHORTLISTED FOR THE RICHARD JEFFERIES SOCIETY & WHITE HORSE BOOKSHOP LITERARY PRIZE'Lovely: full of fascinating detail and anecdote, but the undertow of the virus moving in real time beneath its sunlit surface gives it a unique emotional heft.'-The Times'A literary window into the wonderful wild world during lockdown... a charming book.'-Daily Mail'An entrancing testament to nature's power to restore us to ourselves.'-Ruth PadelNature took on a new importance for many people when the coronavirus pandemic arrived, providing solace in a time of great anxiety - not least because the crisis struck at the beginning of spring, the season of light, growth, rebirth and renewal.Three writers, close friends but living in widely separated, contrasting parts of the country, resolved to record their experiences of this extraordinary spring in intimate detail, to share with others their sense of the wonder, inspiration and delight the natural world can offer.The Consolation of Nature is the story of what they discovered by literally walking out from their front doors.Trade ReviewA literary window into the wonderful wild world during lockdown...a charming book * Daily Mail *A significant and beautifully written historical record of a unique English spring -- Adam gretton * The Harrier *As our lives constrict again, the long spring lockdown already seems a lifetime ago. But that beautiful and frightening time has been perfectly captured in The Consolation of Nature by the naturalists Michael McCarthy, Jeremy Mynott and Peter Marren. Each reports from their home patches - Richmond, West Suffolk and North Wessex, respectively - to describe the progress of a record-breakingly sunny spring as human activity slowed and stilled. As a set of nature diaries it's lovely: full of fascinating detail and anecdote. But the undertow of the virus moving in real time beneath its sunlit surface gives it a unique emotional heft. When we emerge from this crisis our relationship with the natural world must change. This book surely is a record of the beginnings of that shift. -- Melissa Harrison * The Times *A powerful and moving reflection on the solace brought by nature and its power as a balm for stressed-out lives -- Caroline Lucas MPWhat joy - three of our greatest nature writers in one book! What they felt under lockdown is surely what we all felt, that primal need to be out in nature - balm for body and soul. There's acute and beautiful observation on every page, thrown into exquisite relief by the poignancy of the circumstances. Against the backdrop of anxiety and doubt, their experiences bear witness to the inspiring and ever-hopeful lesson that nature can heal itself - and us - if we let it. -- Isabella TreeThe Consolation of Nature is as scintillating, perceptive and every bit as readable as Gibert White's Selborne -- Professor Tim Birkhead, FRSThe book is an entrancing testament to nature's power to restore us to ourselves. To read it is to open your eyes to everything around you, from an egg-laying butterfly to the value of cowpats. In the company of three generous naturalists, you wander down a Lovers' Lane of close observation plus humane imagination, into the tangled bank of wild and hidden life that still goes on, despite all we have done to it, in our countryside and parks. The Consolation of Nature is a consolation in itself. -- Ruth PadelThese three distinguished writers are all steeped in the natural world, yet each is of highly individual sensibility and comes from a very distinct part of the country. For all the differences between them, they have produced a book of fundamental unity with a singular conclusion: that coronavirus and all its consequences reveal the central importance of nature to the British as a nation and to humans as a species. Their message could not be more timely. -- Mark CockerProbably the best tribute to spring since Edward Thomas's In Pursuit of Spring... A spell-binding paean to the best and worst spring ever which shows how deeply Nature absorbs, stimulates and nurtures us. -- Matthew OatesThey all write superbly and their styles and perspectives are sufficiently different to add variety to the passage... but not so different that any grates with the others. It is so beautifully written -- Mark AveryAs expected from these three authors, it is beautifully written, but it is also extremely evocative. -- Martin Harper, Global Conservation Director RSPBI was entranced by the close observations of wildlife by three eloquent and experienced naturalists during the 'lockdown year', proof, if any were needed, that nature provides succour when it is most required -- Richard Fortey, FRSCredit to three of our most distinguished nature writers...This is an entertaining and insightful diary of lockdown, which really manages to capture the essence of the unique spring of 2020 -- Stephen Moss * 2020 Round-up of Nature Books *The joy of The Consolation of Nature is the privileged glimpse into the minds of really good naturalists - and they are admirably good. There is much written about nature and about its importance to humanity, and no lack of earnest rhetoric, but to see into the intimate and personal chambers of the minds of people who love nature, who live and breathe it, who cherish it and who find it an endless source of wonder, this is the delight of this book. There are no great messages, no edicts, no cajoling of our consciences, this is simply the everyday joy that the natural world provides at a time when we need it the most. I loved savouring it, small sections at a time, the reading equivalent of a slice of cake with tea - something to look forward to and enjoy for no other reason than it is a treat. That is not to say it is without wisdom, there is so much understated wisdom on every page, but it is for the reader to find and absorb for themselves and to ponder in a gentle way, like turning over a leaf and finding butterfly eggs, or suddenly spotting a buzzard high over London. J B Haldane was right when he said the world will not perish for lack of wonders but lack of wonder. This is a book that infuses the reader with wonder on every page. -- Mary Colwell-Hector
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Hippocampus Press A Means to Freedom: The Letters of H. P.
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Vernon Press Portrait of Young Genius - The Mind and Art of
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Academic Studies Press When the River Ice Flows, I Will Come Home: A
Book SynopsisAfter years of leaving her husband and children behind in Seattle as she travelled back and forth to Russia pursuing a career, Elisa Brodinsky Miller discovers she's writing her own chapter in a book of three generations. Shortly after her father's death, Elisa discovers a cache of letters written in Russian and Yiddish among his belongings, which she quickly resolves to translate. Dated from 1914 to 1922 and addressed to her grandfather, Eli, in Wilmington, Delaware, the letters capture the eight long years that Eli spent apart from his wife and their six children who remained behind in the Pale of Settlement. With each translation, Brodinsky Miller learns more about this time spent apart, the family she knew so little about, and the country they came to leave behind, connecting her own experiences with those who came before her. This captivating memoir bridges the past with the present, as we learn about her grandparents' drives to escape the Jewish worlds of Tsarist Russia, her immigrant parents' hopes for their marriage in America, and now her turn to reach for meaning and purpose: each a generation of aspirations—first theirs, now hers.Table of Contents 1. A Cache of Letters 2. Gone to America 3. War Disrupts 4. Inflation Spirals 5. Scythe against Stone 6. Wrapping Tefillin 7. Eli Sends Money 8. Making Ends Meet 9. My Parents Separate, Reconcile, Divorce 10. Meer Joins the Red Army 11. My Marriage and My Divorce 12. Reindeer in the Arctic Circle 13. Taiga, Tundra, Gulag 14. Papa, Come Home! 15. Jewish Passion, Jewish Suffering 16. A Terrible Night 17. It Is My Turn Now to Try 18. The Soul Suffers 19. Ragamuffins, Barefoot, and Hungry 20. When the River Ice Flows 21. Waiting to Leave 22. The "Moloch" of Ambition 23. In Riga, at Last 24. Olga 25. Al Anon 26. A Plot in the Jewish Section Afterword Acknowledgements About the Author Endnotes SourcesAppendix 1. My Father's Travel Notes Appendix 2. Understanding the Russian Pale Maps Southwestern (Ukrainian) Provinces of the Russian Empire, 1914 Kiev Province and the Pale of Jewish Settlement within the Russian Empire, 1914 Gulag Territory (Yakutiia) Working in the Tundra Siziman Bay Gulag Camp Civil War 1912-1921, with Railroad Lines After the Pogrom of 1920, Manya's Family Disperses Amur and Ussuri Rivers Ice Breakup Railroad Lines 1918 Getting to the Ship at Liepeija, Latvia
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