Published diaries, letters and journals Books
Petal Publishing Co. Recipe Keepsake Book From Maimeo: Family Food
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£14.39
Lasse Press My Darling Belle: A sister's letters from Sierra
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£16.14
Bod Third Party Titles Du Bist Viel Mehr ALS Deine Gedanken
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£23.39
Bohlau Verlag Schwestern im Geiste: Briefwechsel zwischen
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£66.29
Böhlau-Verlag GmbH Briefe Aleksandr I. Turgenevs an Vasilij A.
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£1,207.90
Steiner Franz Verlag Schreiben im Zeichen des Umbruchs
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£75.60
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Radikale Nachfolge
Book SynopsisâDie Bekennende Kirche in Briefen â Dietrich Bonhoeffer und die letzten Tage des Predigerseminars Finkenwalde aus der Sicht eines Vikars
£27.00
BoD - Books on Demand Mein Kriegstagebuch
£16.06
Outlook Verlag Briefe aus dem hohen Norden
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£32.17
Schwabe Verlagsgruppe AG Soll Man Es Wagen?: Briefwechsel Zwischen Rainer
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£28.85
Schwabe Verlag Basel Rainer Maria Rilke Charlotte Hepner
£25.20
Taschen GmbH Gustav Klimt Smtliche Gemlde
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£63.75
Hofenberg Briefwechsel 1910-1914
£27.12
Henricus - Klassiker in Neuer Rechtschreibung Briefe an einen jungen Dichter: (Band 29, Klassiker in neuer Rechtschreibung)
£16.65
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag Meret Oppenheim - Worte Nicht in Giftige
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£44.45
Iudicium Verlag Magie des Alltäglichen
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£19.80
Mentis Verlag GmbH Gedichte von Marcel Beyer
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£44.91
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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£23.80
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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£30.40
Die Gestalten Verlag BLUE CHIP: Confessions of Claudia Schiffer's cat
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£22.46
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!
£12.34
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!
£12.34
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
£12.34
Landmark Books Pte.Ltd ,Singapore Life and Death in Changi: The War and Internment
Book SynopsisEnglishman Thomas Kitching died, aged 54, in Changi Prison in April 1944. Interned by the Japanese in 1942, Kitching, who was the Chief Surveyor of Singapore, faithfully kept a diary from December 1941. Only now made accessible, it provides meticulous details and insights into the lives and deaths of the internees and into the functioning of the prison. It is a tragic story of a family torn asunder by the war.Trade Review"The most detailed and important diary that has survived describing the life of civilian internees in Changi." John Bastin Emeritus Reader Modern History of South-East Asia, University of London "[Readers] will find a meticulous account of the day to day events, some frightening, appalling, inspiring, funny, fatal, all true and honest. It is a picture of the way things were. Here is the work of an observant, honest, brave, lovable human being. Tom Kitching had many friends. He will have many satisfied readers." Fredy Bloom, ex-Changi internee in newsletter of Association of British Civilian Internees Far East Region
£23.74
Landmark Books Pte.Ltd ,Singapore Singapore Letters of Benjamin Cook 1854 - 1855
Book SynopsisImagine a young man of the in the mid-19th century named Benjamin Cook, the nephew of Thomas Dunman, Superintendent of Police in Singapore. Cook went to Singapore aged 20 in 1854 and his series of 14 letters and accompanying drawings were addressed to his friend Harry Russell in London, telling of his experiences and persuading him to join him. The events and situations described in the letters are historically accurate, down to the dramatic events of the Chinese Riots and the Commission of Enquiry into the affairs of Rajah Sir James Brooke of Sarawak. John Bastin, the authority on early Singapore history, says: The letters are cleverly conceived and present an authentic view of life in Singapore in 1854-1855. They should be read for enjoyment and with no little admiration for the author's literary and historical skills.
£26.99
Oxford University Press The English in West Africa 16851688
Book SynopsisThe letter-books of the Royal African Company of England, which have never previously been printed, cover the period 1681-1699. The original texts are being published in full, with extensive explanatory commentary, in three or four volumes. This second volume contains the letters for 1685-1688.Trade ReviewRobin Law is to be commended for editing the Rawlinson collection in an important, scholarly, three-volume set. * African AffairsHistory *A highly valuable addition to the corpus of source materials for the history of precolonial West Africa and the transatlantic slave trade ... Robin Law should be congratulated for his ongoing efforts in placing this vital source for the history of precolonial West Africa and the slave trade in the public domain. * Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies *Robin Law has taken on the immense and painstaking job of editing the Royal African Company's (RAC) letter-books (1681-99) ... he brings experience and a sharp scholarly eye to the task ... The scholarly apparatus of the volume is excellent ... Professor Law is to be congratulated for having made this collection of letter-books available to scholars. * Journal of African History *Important insights into the early political and economic history of Ghana, making this handsomely produced scholarly volume an important contribution to the history of West Africa. * Times Literary Supplement *
£85.50
Oxford University Press The Colonial Occupation of Katanga
Book SynopsisClément Brasseur was the officer responsible for initiating the colonial occupation of Katanga in the 1890s. Available in English for the first time, these letters reveal the racist and gendered world inhabited by Brasseur and show that the early colonial experience was as violent in Katanga as in other areas.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Brasseur's Papers and the African Roots of the Congo Free State The Collection Editorial Matters Historical Background The Importance of Brasseur's Correspondence Part I: Settling In (September 1893 - April 1895) Letter 1 Letter 2 Letter 3 Part II: Journeys To the South-West and To Lake Mweru (May - October 1895) Letter 4 Part III: Life at Lofoi I (October 1895 - May 1896) Letter 5 Letter 6 Letter 7 Part IV: Journey to the Upemba Depression (June - November 1896) Letter 8 Letter 9 Part V: Life at Lofoi II (November 1896 - April 1897) Letter 10 Letter 11 Letter 12 Letter 13 Part IV: Journeys to the Lubule & the Upper Lualaba and Luapula Rivers (April - September 1897) Letter 14 Letter 15 Part VII: Last Act (September - November 1897) Letter 16 Letter 17 Maps: Katanga in the 1890s Glossary Onomasticon References Appendix 1: 'Station du Lofoï (Katanga)', September 1894 Appendix 2: The new Lofoi station, 1895 Index
£104.50
Oxford University Press A Question of Retribution
Book SynopsisThrough a unique set of documents never before published, this volume revisits the public furore when, at its Annual General Meeting forty years ago, the British Academy chose not to expel from its Fellowship the eminent art historian, Professor Anthony Blunt, who had recently been exposed as a former Soviet spy. The facsimile documents illustrate the intensely held views of leading academics as they wrestled with the question of whether considerations of pure scholarship could remain aloof from a revelation of political treachery. Also revealed is one faction''s plot to stir up a public row through the national press - a tactic that was ultimately successful in achieving Blunt''s resignation from the Academy.Historian and current President of the British Academy, David Cannadine, provides the background to the Blunt story, and portrays some of the main characters: Kenneth Dover, the President at the time who struggled to steer the Academy through the crisis; the historian J.H. Plumb, Table of ContentsPreface Notes of the documents and sources Prologue Documentary narrative Epilogue Index of Fellows and Staff at the British Academy General Index
£50.00
The University of Chicago Press The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin 19101940
Book SynopsisCalled the most important critic of his time by Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin has only become more influential over the years. Suitable for any scholar wrestling with Benjamin's work, this title offers a look at the man behind much of the twentieth century's most significant criticism.Trade Review"There has been no more original, no more serious, critic and reader in our time." (George Steiner)"
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Writing Nature Henry Thoreaus Journal
Book SynopsisAt his death, Henry Thoreau left the majority of his writing unpublished. The bulk of this material is a journal that he kept for twenty-four years. Sharon Cameron's major claim is that this private work (the Journal) was Thoreau's primary work, taking precedence over the books that he published in his lifetime. Her controversial thesis views Thoreau's Journal as a composition that confounds the distinction between public and privatethe basis on which our conventional treatment of discourse depends.
£26.00
The University of Chicago Press Madeleine de Scudery Selected Letters Orations
Book SynopsisThe editors present a careful selection from Scudery's shorter writings, including her 'Amorous Letters', 'Famous Women', and her series of 'Conversations'. One of the most popular novelists of the 17th century, Scudery was the first woman to be honoured by the French Academy.
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press Letters and Orations The Other Voice in Early
Book SynopsisBy the end of the 15th century Cassandra Fedele was arguably the most famous woman writer and scholar in Europe. This collection of letters reveals the central, mediating role Cassandra Fedele occupied in a community of scholars otherwise inaccessible to women.
£26.00
The University of Chicago Press The Essential Holmes Selections from the Letters
Book SynopsisOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr, has been called the greatest jurist and legal scholar in the history of the English-speaking world. In this collection of his speeches, opinions, and letters Richard Posner reveals the fullness of Holmes' achievements as judge, historian and philosopher.
£27.00
The University of Chicago Press Judaism Despite Christianity
Book SynopsisProvides a portrait of the authors' views on history, philosophy, rhetoric, and religion as well as on their writings and professors. This title discusses the differences between Judaism and Christianity and the reasons the authors have chosen their respective faiths.Trade Review"[The letters] are stunning in their honesty, directness and passion.... Philosophically and culturally they are fascinating." (Christian Century)"
£26.00
The University of Chicago Press Seneca Fifty Letters of a Roman Stoic
Book SynopsisA selection of Seneca’s most significant letters that illuminate his philosophical and personal life.Trade Review"The letters’ intimate voice, their accessibility, and their focus on everyday challenges make the letters relevant for readers of all ages and academic levels. In addition, explanatory notes at the end of the book add depth and offer clarification for readers unfamiliar with Seneca or Stoic philosophy. A good representative sample of Seneca’s letters, Fifty Letters is an approachable text and a good introduction to Roman Stoicism. . . . Recommended." * Choice *"In 2015 Chicago did the great service of publishing G. and L.’s magisterial translation and commentary on all 124 surviving letters to Lucilius (Seneca: Letters on Ethics to Lucilius)... With this volume, G. and L. have now produced a very reasonably priced soft covered selection of slightly under half of the full corpus of Letters to Lucilius." * Classics for All *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Margaret Graver and A. A. Long Fifty Letters 1 Taking charge of your time 2 A beneficial reading program 3 Trusting one’s friends 6 Intimacy within friendship 7 Avoiding the crowd 8 Writing as a form of service 9 Friendship and self-sufficiency 11 Blushing 12 Visiting a childhood home 14 Safety in a dangerous world 15 Exercises for the body and the voice 16 Daily study and practice 18 The Saturnalia festival 20 Consistency 21 How reading can make you famous 23 Real joy is a serious matter 30 An Epicurean on his deathbed 31 Our mind’s godlike potential 33 The use of philosophical maxims 38 Fewer words achieve more 40 Oratory and the philosopher 41 God dwells within us 46 A book by Lucilius 47 The evils of slavery 49 Remembering old times 53 A bad experience at sea 54 A near-fatal asthma attack 56 Noisy lodgings above a bathhouse 57 A dark tunnel 58 A conversation about Plato 63 Consolation for the death of a friend 65 Some analyses of causation 70 Ending one’s own life 75 What it means to make progress 76 Only the honorable is good 79 A trip around Sicily brings thoughts of glory 83 Heavy drinking 84 The writer’s craft 86 The rustic villa of Scipio Africanus 90 The beginnings of civilization 91 A terrible fire at Lyon 97 A trial in the time of Cicero 104 Why travel cannot set you free 108 Vegetarianism and the use of literature 112 A difficult pupil 113 Is a virtue an animate creature? 116 The Stoic view of emotion 121 Self-awareness in animate creatures 123 Resisting external influences 124 The criterion for the human good Notes Textual Notes Bibliography Index
£78.85
McGill-Queen's University Press Anxious Days and Tearful Nights
Book SynopsisThe everyday struggles of war wives, lived far from the battlefields of France, have remained in the shadows of historical memory. This book highlights how Canadian women's experiences of wartime marital separation resembled and differed from those of their European counterparts.Trade Review"Rich in analysis and uncommonly sharp insights, Anxious Days and Tearful Nights recounts evocative stories of women experiencing the war at home. It is a compelling read, tragic and awful in places, but also revealing of the stoic courage of many women who worried and waited at home, and then found ways to fend for themselves. It will become a foundational text for understanding the complex and nuanced war experience." Tim Cook, Canadian War Museum and author of The Fight for History: 75 Years of Forgetting, Remembering, and Remaking Canada's Second World War"In September 1917, Secretary of State Arthur Meighen spoke of Canadian women spending their 'days in anxiety and their nights in tears'. Taking this as her inspiration, Hanna spotlights the disparate experiences of the war wife, an under-analysed historical subject. There is always a danger in attempting to position a particular group within a hierarchy of emotional suffering. ... By illuminating the specific circumstances and hardships endured by Canadian wives, Hanna's fresh perspective adds greatly to our understanding of the effect of the Great War on the civilian populations of the combatant nations." Medicine, Conflict, and Survival“Hanna creates arresting immediacy throughout her book, bringing anecdotes to life to demonstrate the psychological impact the First World War had on everyday lives. Anxious Days and Tearful Nights vividly captures the impact of a defining conflict on women who embarked on emotional and physical journeys, both at home and abroad.” Literary Review of Canada“By focusing on the marital relationships and domestic concerns of married couples in wartime, the book makes it clear that geographic distance and imminent danger complicated but did not sever the intertwined emotional and economic bonds of marriage. Even more powerfully, it demonstrates that the psychological impacts of WWI were not limited to men, nor to those living close enough to see the carnage first-hand.” Canadian Journal of History
£27.90
John Wiley & Sons With Your Words in My Hands The Letters of
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Sonia Cancian has discovered and translated a remarkable set of letters – eloquent, passionate, detailed – that speak powerfully to the need to foreground emotion, a still underappreciated theme in the history of migration." Jordan Stanger-Ross, University of Victoria and editor of Landscapes of Injustice: A New Perspective on the Internment and Dispossession of Japanese Canadians
£27.54
McGill-Queen's University Press Reading the Diaries of Henry Trent
Book SynopsisThe personal journals examined in Reading the Diaries of Henry Trent are not the witty, erudite, and gracefully written exercises that have drawn the attention of most biographers and literary scholars. Prosaic, ungrammatical, and poorly spelled, the fifteen surviving volumes of Henry Trent''s hitherto unexamined diaries are nevertheless a treasure for the social and cultural historian.Henry Trent was born in England in 1826, the son of a British naval officer. When he was still a boy, his father decided to begin a new life as a landed gentleman and moved the family to Lower Canada. At the age of sixteen Trent began writing in a diary, which he maintained, intermittently, for more than fifty years. As a lonely youth he narrates days spent hunting and trapping in the woods owned by his father. On the threshold of manhood and in search of a vocation, he writes about his experiences in London and then on Vancouver Island during the gold rush. And finally, as the father of Trade Review“A welcome resource for teaching not only in its discussion of using diaries as primary sources but also in its ambitious effort to introduce and personalize such diverse topics as migration, colonialism, labour, and the family.” BC Studies« La vie d’Henry Trent démontre la pertinence du principe qu’« aucun homme n’est une île », et Little s’en sert pour prévenir les historiographes que les conven- tions sur l’identité masculine, les sphères séparées et la modernisation de l’agriculture sont à manipuler avec prudence.» Revue d’histoire de l’Amérique française
£27.54
Columbia University Press The Letters of Gertrude Stein and Carl Van
Book SynopsisTrade Review[Burns] has arranged and annotated these [letters] with extraordinary skill and diligence. Times Literary Supplement The Stein-Van Vechten letters reveal, afresh and anew, the world of twentieth-century genius and bohemia. Edward Burns has edited this human archive with the deeply-informed precision of a leading Stein scholar. -- Catharine R. Stimpson, New York University Burns's editing is a monument of patient scholarship. New York Times Book Review Important... detailed and copious annotations plus cross-references supplement the first-rate editorial job... The correspondence tells the story of a writer sustaining her hard-won independence and a supporter who tirelessly promoted her work. Journal of Modern Literature Burns's patient attention to details makes this an important reference for studies of Stein's literary texts, and its editorial precision sets a much-needed standard for future editions of Stein. Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature Scholars will be grateful for Burns's thoroughly annotated and comprehensive volume. CHOICE
£38.25
Columbia University Press Imperial Lives and Letters of the Eleventh
Book SynopsisAlthough numerous texts are available in translation that illustrate the papal side of the Investiture Controversy, few accounts exist that convey the position of secular leaders. Imperial Lives and Letters fills this gap, offering the full text of The Deeds of Conrad II (1024--1139) by Wipo, Life of Emperor the Henry IV (1056--1106) and the Letters of Henry IV.
£27.00
Columbia University Press The Letters of Sylvia Beach
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe patron saint of independent booksellers everywhere and the spunky proprietress of Shakespeare and Company, the famed Left Bank bookshop, Beach was a one-woman clearinghouse for literary modernism, 'a culture hero of the avant-garde,' as Keri Walsh writes in her fine introduction to this collection... Beach was an animated correspondent. -- Matthew Price Bookforum Reveal[s] the difficulties faced head on by this patron saint of independent booksellers who altered the course of expression in print. Publishers Weekly Academics and students interested in literary culture, especially of writers of the Lost Generation, will find this book valuable. Library Journal This lovely book, scholarly and well annotated, is a pleasure to hold. It documents what Beach once called 'my missionary endeavor' and also what she called, correctly, her 'interesting life.' -- Dwight Garner New York Times The consummate portrait of an incredible woman. -- Robert J. Wiersema The Vancouver Sun Keri Walsh has produced a commendable work. -- Diane Leach Pop Matters With The Letters of Sylvia Beach... we now have an unvarnished view of life from the bookshop floor. -- John Palattella The Nation Keri Walsh's compact and revealing volume introduces Beach as a character's character New Criterion Beach's letters are crisp, detailed, patient, and articulate. Editor Walsh's meticulously orchestrated scholarly apparatus--footnotes, appendices, glossary, and index--all work well to enhance the material. -- David Emblidge Publishing Research Quarterly Beach is an entertaining companion, a wonderful person to spend time with... readers...will be quick to celebrate this editorial achievement. Papers of the Bibliographical Society of CanadaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface by Noel Riley Fitch Acknowledgments Introduction References Chronology THE LETTERS OF SYLVIA BEACH I. Friendship and Travel II. World War I III. Shakespeare and Company: Expatriates IV. Shakespeare and Company: 1930s V. Postwar VI. Old Friends and True VII. Legacies Appendix 1. Morrill Cody's Article on Shakespeare and Company for Publishers Weekly (April 12, 1924) Appendix 2. Beach's Letter of Protest against the Pirating of Ulysses (February 2, 1927) Appendix 3. Beach's Unsent Letter to James Joyce (April 12, 1927) Appendix 4. Beach's Speech for the Institut Radiophonique d'Extension Universitaire (May 24, 1927) Glossary of Correspondents Index
£58.77
Columbia University Press The Sarashina Diary A Womans Life in
Book SynopsisA thousand years ago, a young Japanese girl began a diary; from it, she skillfully created an autobiography later in life. This reader’s edition streamlines Sonja Arntzen and Moriyuki Itō’s acclaimed translation of the Sarashina Diary for general readers and classroom use, offering insight into the author’s world and the diary's textual history.Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroductionSarashina DiaryAppendix 1. Family and Social ConnectionsAppendix 2. MapsAppendix 3. List of Place Names Mentioned in the Sarashina DiaryNotesBibliographyIndex
£13.99
Columbia University Press The Diary of 1636
Book SynopsisAfter a Chosŏn faction realigned Korea with the Ming dynasty, the Manchu attacked in 1627 and again a decade later, forcing Korea to support the newly founded Qing dynasty. The Korean scholar-official Na Man’gap (1592–1642) recorded the second Manchu invasion in the only first-person account chronicling the dramatic Korean resistance.Trade ReviewThe Diary of 1636 is a fascinating firsthand description of the turmoil and difficulties in Chosŏn during the second Manchu invasion. Kallander’s engaging and highly readable translation provides an understanding of the Chosŏn response to the invasions, internal power struggles, and consequences of this momentous event that reshaped the face of East Asia. -- Michael J. Pettid, coeditor of Premodern Korean Literary ProseNa Man’gap’s vivid and detailed description of the Manchu invasion of Korea constitutes an essential work for anyone interested in Manchu-Korean relations. George Kallander’s expert translation and exhaustive introduction make The Diary of 1636 one of the most important primary sources available in English on early seventeenth-century Korean and East Asian history. -- Nicola Di Cosmo, translator of The Diary of a Manchu Soldier in Seventeenth-Century ChinaThe Diary of 1636 offers a fascinating narrative of the military attack, traumatic experiences, humiliating defeat, surrender, and the post-invasion political circumstances. This excellent translation is a must-read for students and scholars working on Sino-Korean relations in the early modern period. -- Jisoo M. Kim, author of The Emotions of Justice: Gender, Status, and Legal Performance in Choson KoreaKallander’s translation of Na Man’gap’s eyewitness account of the 1637 Manchu invasion of Korea opens a window into an important event in Korea history. Providing insight into the Chosŏn response, Na's diary shows the attempt to balance the loyalty to the Ming that Confucian ethics demanded with the recognition of the overwhelming strength of the invading Manchu forces that realism required. Truly required reading for the history of Korea’s Chosŏn dynasty. -- Don Baker, author of Catholics and Anti-Catholicism in Chosŏn Dynasty KoreaProviding access to an important text that gives us a sense of life at the frontline of one of the most devastating military invasions in Korea’s history, The Diary of 1636 is a vital text, highlighting a part of Korean history that has been neglected. -- Andrew David Jackson, Monash UniversityAn interesting read not just as an eyewitness account of a major event in Korean history, but also for the introduction and notes by George Kallander. * London Korean Links *Kallander’s translation will be a critical source for teaching and research in Korean and Northeast Asian history . . . He has also paved the way for future collaboration between scholars in Korean, Manchu, and Chinese studies through the reading and contemplation of accounts in multiple languages of this pivotal milestone in Northeast Asia’s early modern political development. * Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionDramatis PersonaeTranslator’s NoteEarly ComplicationsDaily Records After Urgent Reports from the FrontierRecord of Loyalists EverywhereKanghwa Island RecordsRecords of Several People Who Rejected Peace Negotiations and Died of RighteousnessMiscellaneous Notes Concerning What Happened After the UpheavalRecord of Ch’ŏngŭm’s SlanderingHumiliation Received from the QingGlossary of Names, Terms, and PlacesNotesBibliographyIndex
£90.00
Columbia University Press The Diary of 1636 The Second Manchu Invasion of
Book SynopsisAfter a Chosŏn faction realigned Korea with the Ming dynasty, the Manchu attacked in 1627 and again a decade later, forcing Korea to support the newly founded Qing dynasty. The Korean scholar-official Na Man’gap (1592–1642) recorded the second Manchu invasion in the only first-person account chronicling the dramatic Korean resistance.Trade ReviewThe Diary of 1636 is a fascinating firsthand description of the turmoil and difficulties in Chosŏn during the second Manchu invasion. Kallander’s engaging and highly readable translation provides an understanding of the Chosŏn response to the invasions, internal power struggles, and consequences of this momentous event that reshaped the face of East Asia. -- Michael J. Pettid, coeditor of Premodern Korean Literary ProseNa Man’gap’s vivid and detailed description of the Manchu invasion of Korea constitutes an essential work for anyone interested in Manchu-Korean relations. George Kallander’s expert translation and exhaustive introduction make The Diary of 1636 one of the most important primary sources available in English on early seventeenth-century Korean and East Asian history. -- Nicola Di Cosmo, translator of The Diary of a Manchu Soldier in Seventeenth-Century ChinaThe Diary of 1636 offers a fascinating narrative of the military attack, traumatic experiences, humiliating defeat, surrender, and the post-invasion political circumstances. This excellent translation is a must-read for students and scholars working on Sino-Korean relations in the early modern period. -- Jisoo M. Kim, author of The Emotions of Justice: Gender, Status, and Legal Performance in Choson KoreaKallander’s translation of Na Man’gap’s eyewitness account of the 1637 Manchu invasion of Korea opens a window into an important event in Korea history. Providing insight into the Chosŏn response, Na's diary shows the attempt to balance the loyalty to the Ming that Confucian ethics demanded with the recognition of the overwhelming strength of the invading Manchu forces that realism required. Truly required reading for the history of Korea’s Chosŏn dynasty. -- Don Baker, author of Catholics and Anti-Catholicism in Chosŏn Dynasty KoreaProviding access to an important text that gives us a sense of life at the frontline of one of the most devastating military invasions in Korea’s history, The Diary of 1636 is a vital text, highlighting a part of Korean history that has been neglected. -- Andrew David Jackson, Monash UniversityAn interesting read not just as an eyewitness account of a major event in Korean history, but also for the introduction and notes by George Kallander. * London Korean Links *Kallander’s translation will be a critical source for teaching and research in Korean and Northeast Asian history . . . He has also paved the way for future collaboration between scholars in Korean, Manchu, and Chinese studies through the reading and contemplation of accounts in multiple languages of this pivotal milestone in Northeast Asia’s early modern political development. * Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionDramatis PersonaeTranslator’s NoteEarly ComplicationsDaily Records After Urgent Reports from the FrontierRecord of Loyalists EverywhereKanghwa Island RecordsRecords of Several People Who Rejected Peace Negotiations and Died of RighteousnessMiscellaneous Notes Concerning What Happened After the UpheavalRecord of Ch’ŏngŭm’s SlanderingHumiliation Received from the QingGlossary of Names, Terms, and PlacesNotesBibliographyIndex
£23.75
Columbia University Press A Friendship in Twilight Lockdown Conversations
Book SynopsisAt the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jack Miles and Mark C. Taylor embarked on an extended conversation about living and dying in an imperiled world. A Friendship in Twilight is their plague journal. In raw and searching letters, written daily from the first lockdowns through the Capitol riot, they reflect on life during overlapping crises.Trade ReviewA Friendship in Twilight is an engaging plague journal with the added suspense of a looming U.S. election in which democracy itself was at stake. Miles and Taylor, each of whom has a remarkable range of knowledge and interests, offer fascinating exchanges on numerous philosophical, religious, and cultural matters, along with more personal biographical reflections. This is a genuine one-of-a-kind book. -- Peter Harrison, author of The Territories of Science and ReligionA unique charm and depth, giving its protagonists access to the space and time of a friendship that is patient, generous, and substantive. * Los Angeles Review of Books *This faithfully captures the experience of living through 2020, for better or for worse. * Publishers Weekly *The true beauty of the book, then, is that while the early months of the pandemic are the background and occasion for the letters, the friendship they display is vastly more interesting. * America *Table of ContentsA Note to Our ReadersIntroductionThe Ides of MarchEasterMemorial DayIndependence DayLabor DayEpiphanyWorks Cited
£78.20
Columbia University Press A Friendship in Twilight
Book SynopsisAt the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jack Miles and Mark C. Taylor embarked on an extended conversation about living and dying in an imperiled world. A Friendship in Twilight is their plague journal. In raw and searching letters, written daily from the first lockdowns through the Capitol riot, they reflect on life during overlapping crises.Trade ReviewA Friendship in Twilight is an engaging plague journal with the added suspense of a looming U.S. election in which democracy itself was at stake. Miles and Taylor, each of whom has a remarkable range of knowledge and interests, offer fascinating exchanges on numerous philosophical, religious, and cultural matters, along with more personal biographical reflections. This is a genuine one-of-a-kind book. -- Peter Harrison, author of The Territories of Science and ReligionA unique charm and depth, giving its protagonists access to the space and time of a friendship that is patient, generous, and substantive. * Los Angeles Review of Books *This faithfully captures the experience of living through 2020, for better or for worse. * Publishers Weekly *The true beauty of the book, then, is that while the early months of the pandemic are the background and occasion for the letters, the friendship they display is vastly more interesting. * America *Table of ContentsA Note to Our ReadersIntroductionThe Ides of MarchEasterMemorial DayIndependence DayLabor DayEpiphanyWorks Cited
£20.90
