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Linkgua Cartas de Relación
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Linkgua Cartas a Un Escéptico En Materia de Religión
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£17.10
Linkgua Cartas a Un Amigo
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£11.63
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
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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
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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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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Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki Lorenzo Milani E Gian Paolo Meucci
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£33.31
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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Silvana Postal Futurism: Echaurren Salaris Collection
Book SynopsisIn the ambitious dream of a futurist reconstruction of the universe pursued by the movement founded by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, which ranged from the arts to the most diverse aspects of life, the renewal of postal communication methods also found its place, with proposals that covered the entire sector, from postcards to letterheads and envelopes, from stamps to interpersonal correspondence. Futurism, in fact, has not limited itself to using the post office network to spread its ideas in every part of the world, but also created a new postal style, conceiving many solutions of modern graphics and even post-postal correspondence via computer and cell phone, made up of synthesis, laconicity, conventional symbolism and abbreviations. The book explores this little-known chapter of Futurism through the material of the Echaurren Salaris Collection, the richest in the world with regard to magazines, posters, books and futurist documents, as well as an indispensable reference for the knowledge of this movement. Text in English and Italian.
£74.25
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
Brill Martin Bucer Briefwechsel/Correspondance: Band XI
Book SynopsisDer Band bietet 94 Briefe aus der Korrespondenz Bucers von Januar bis Juli 1534 und setzt die internationale Perspektive fort, die seit Mitte 1533 zu beobachten ist. Die evangelischen Korrespondenten betrachten die europapolitische Bündnispolitik skeptisch. Regen Anteil nimmt Bucer an der Entwicklung eines evangelischen Bildungswesens und der Einführung der Reformation in Württemberg. Seltene Einblicke gewährt die Korrespondenz in Bucers Familienleben.
£114.40
Peeters Publishers Iusti Lipsi Epistolae. Pars I: 1564-1583
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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
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Kon Acad Wetenschappen Letteren Iusti Lipsi Epistolae. Pars II: 1584-1587
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Kon Acad Wetenschappen Letteren Iusti Lipsi Epistolae. Pars III: 1588-1590
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Kon Acad Wetenschappen Letteren Iusti Lipsi Epistolae. Pars V: 1592
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Kon Acad Wetenschappen Letteren Iusti Lipsi Epistolae. Pars VI: 1593
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Kon Acad Wetenschappen Letteren Iusti Lipsi Epistolae. Pars XIV: 1601
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Kon Acad Wetenschappen Letteren Iusti Lipsi Epistolae. Pars XIII: 1600
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Kon Acad Wetenschappen Letteren Iusti Lipsi Epistolae. Pars IV: 1591
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Kon Acad Wetenschappen Letteren Iusti Lipsi Epistolae. Pars VII: 1594
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Kon Acad Wetenschappen Letteren Iusti Lipsi Epistolae. Pars VIII: 1595
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HarperCollins India Walking With Lions: Tales From A Diplomatic Past
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. Soliloquy of a Small-town Uncivil Servant
Book SynopsisSoliloquy of a Small-town Uncivil Servant is an attempt at a memoir that begins with the realization that the narrator has forgotten much of his past. Hence, the acute need to retrieve it. What comes toight is an arduous journey into his pastthe circumstances of his birth, his growing up in a small cityike Gorakhpur and his rendezvous withife outside of that inhibited milieu as he joins the civil services and moves to other places. Fact and fantasy meld as he recreates his experiences with bureaucracy and bureaucratshis perception of them and theirs of him as an outsider''and recounts his many associations with men, women, his teachers and even strangers.
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. Essential Vivekananda
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. Jennifer: One Woman, Two Continents and a Truth
Book SynopsisSeattle, Washington, 1990. It was a cold February day when eight-year-old Jennifer Pinky'' Francis stepped on the American soil for the first time,ittle knowing that herife was to change forever. Her Indian passport contained noast name. Unbeknown to her poor and illiterate parents, she had been illegally trafficked into the US under the garb of adoption by the very people who had been entrusted with her care. What ensues for Jennifer from then on isife in a foreignand where she is thrust into the nightmarish world of foster care, sexual abuse, drugs and crime. But, her heartbreaking story does not end there. Two decades after her so-called adoption, Jennifer is deported to India with no money or contacts. She must start at the very bottom again, building up herife one tiny step at a time. Indeed, Jennifer is not only a representation of the millions of illegal inter-country adoptees, but also a representation of human suffering. Nandita Puri''s brilliant book is an utterly gut-wrenching and unforgettable story of courage and survival.
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HarperCollins India Letters to Mother: Translated from the Gujarati
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HarperCollins India The Lost Diary of Kastur, My Ba
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. IT’S A WONDERFUL WORLD: A MEMOIR
Book SynopsisHis autobiography is like him, no holds barred and a racy read that makes us feel ''wish we had a life like this''. -Sunil Gavaskar In its broad, multifaceted sweep of events from his birth in Mumbai''s poverty-stricken Madanpura to a father who started life as an orphan and a mother from a penurious family, Khalid Ansari''s life has been an enjoyable and purposeful journey in service of his fellow human beings. In this ''donkey''s tale-upar wala meherbaan to gadha pehelwaan (When God smiles kindly, the donkey thinks he''s a wrestler)'', Ansari has endeavoured to capture some highlights of a splendoured life which he has been blessed to live, catching stars while chasing rainbows. From starting newspapers and magazines; representing his country at the United Nations; accompanying dignitaries on state visits; covering cricket Test matches, nine Olympics, Commonwealth and Asian Games; travelling the world; being honoured with the Padma Shri award-it''s been indeed la vie en rose. In this memoir, the author has been at pains to prevent this from deteriorating into a ''I-did-this-did-that''-pat-himself, shabash!'' hagiography or a dry-as dust pontificaltome, by ''spicing'' it up with dollops of frothy anecdotes and self-critical bon mots even as he has attempted a discourse on the purpose of life, the ''right path'' and the like. Since charity and service to humankind are now the author''s obsession post retirement, he has also dwelt at some length upon his private, self funded charitable foundation and on giving away whatever little material possessions his wife Zeyna and he have acquired in his lifetime.
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. MUSIC BY LAXMIKANT PYARELAL: THE INCREDIBLY
Book SynopsisA saga without parallel in the music industry axmikant-Pyarelal''s music is played, every hour if not more frequently, in every nook and cranny of the country, over two decades after they stopped composing together. It also finds due place globally, wherever Indian music isoved. Today, Pyarelal has his own global standing, and is the only Indian composer to have a symphony registered in his name. This book encapsulates what can only be called the Musical Universe'' ofaxmikant-Pyarelal. Here is a duo known as much for incomparable range and quality as for unmatched popularity and quantity; as much for intimate associations withyricists, singers, filmmakers and stars as for giving career breaks and breakthroughs to so many; as much for chartbusters from the 1960s to 1990s as foreading in theist of re-created songs today. From teenage musicians to being the composers of over 500 films, their journey is truly incredible in every aspect. They are admired by international as well as Indian classical maestros.
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. NEERAJ CHOPRA: FROM PANIPAT TO THE PODIUM
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. EVERY MOTHER IS A CEO: MANAGEMENT LESSONS FROM MY
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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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Prakash Books Letters from a Stoic
Book SynopsisAn invaluable collection of wisdom penned by the ancient philosopher Seneca. This compendium of insightful correspondence offers a road map to a more fulfilled existence, inviting readers to adopt the stoic mindset and attain greater resilience, wisdom, and serenity. Seneca's words resonate across centuries, guiding modern minds to live purposefully and confront the complexities of existence with grace and wisdom.
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Double 9 Books Evelina, Or, The History Of A Young Lady's
Book SynopsisFanny Burney is an English author of novels and plays. Her book Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World is one of her works. The narrative follows Evelina, the main heroine, as she negotiates the difficulties and social complexity of affluent society in 18th-century England. The work, which is written in the style of Evelina's journal, gives a thorough and personal description of her experiences when she first joins society. A young woman named Evelina, who is unrecognized and orphaned, is brought to London's aristocratic society. She comes across a variety of personalities, each of whom represents distinct socioeconomic strata and moral perspectives. Burney examines topics like love, courting, class, etiquette, and the place of women in society via Evelina's interactions. Evelina by Fanny Burney had a big impact on manners books and coming-of-age stories that came after it.
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Double 9 Books A Defence Of Poetry And Other Essays
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Double 9 Books Letters Of A Javanese Princess
Book SynopsisLetters of a Javanese Princess' is a poignant and inspiring collection of correspondences written by Raden Adjeng Kartini, an Indonesian noblewoman, and feminist icon. Composed in the early 20th century, the book provides a unique glimpse into the life and aspirations of Kartini, who fought against the prevailing norms and restrictions imposed on women in Java during the colonial era. Through her heartfelt letters, Kartini articulates her struggles, dreams, and desires for women's emancipation and education. She challenges traditional customs and expresses her yearning for freedom and equality. Her words resonate with readers, inspiring generations to come, and her ideas continue to influence the fight for gender equality in Indonesia and beyond. This timeless collection serves as a testament to Kartini's courage, intellect, and unwavering commitment to women's rights, making it an essential read for anyone interested in feminism, cultural history, and the struggle for social justice.
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