Published diaries, letters and journals Books
New York University Press Freedoms Gardener
Book SynopsisUtilizes Brown's life to illuminate the concept of freedom as it developed in the United States in the early national and antebellum yearsTrade Review"With this meticulously sourced and carefully reasoned portrait, Armstead reclaims an outstanding American who helped freedom grow." * Booklist *"Armstead explores the meaning of northern African American identity through her deft decoding of a ten-volume diary left by James F. Brown...Recommended for historians of antebellum America or the social aspects of horticulture and for those interested in historical diaries. Incipient researchers will learn the differences among term, life, and wage slaves and much else" * Library Journal *"Overall, this is an informative study of antebellum New York State." -- R. Douglas Hurt * New York History *"An enlightening examination of a period of American history that seems to have slipped from public scrutiny...Armstead's review of the status of American horticulture during the first half of the nineteenth century makes this volume intriguing reading for gardeners." -- Marilyn K. Alaimo * Chicago Botanic Garden *"Myra Young Armstead brings to life James Brown, a self-possessed African American citizen of the pre-Civil War United States, and gives us anew understanding of the meaning of freedom in antebellum America. As a master gardener in rural upstate New York, James Brown charted a life of complex alliances across racial lines and advocacy on behalf of fellow African Americans. Armstead's wonderful work of recovery illuminates a path to freedom in the rural North that we have known little about." * Leslie M. Harris, Emory University *"This is far more than a book about a gardener though it is a fascinating story about nineteenth-century American horticulture. Freedom's Gardener tells us about the opportunities and limits that framed the lives of African Americans in places like New York's Hudson Valley. And a good read to boot." * James Grossman, University of Chicago *"Freedom's Gardener is an excellent example of how historians can transform one person's life into a story that illustrates the larger picture for both scholars and a broader audience." * Journal of American History *"Freedom's Gardener is beautifully researched, bursting with detail." * The New York Times *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I. LIFE AS A SLAVE 1.What Can a Man Do? 2.Into the Promised Land Part II. FREE MAN AND FREE LABORER 3.A Horticultural Community 4. A Gardening Career 5. Cultural Meanings of Gardening 6. Escaping Wage Slavery Part III. FREE MAN AND CITIZEN 7. A Whiggish Sensibility 8. James F. Brown, Voting Rights Politics, and Antislavery Activism 9. The Informal Politics of Association Conclusion Notes About the Author
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University of Toronto Press Our Living Tradition
Book SynopsisAgain Carleton University’s important lecture series has produced a stimulating volume in which leading figures in the history of Canadian letters and public affairs are seen in the light of today by a group of distinguished scholars and writers.Professor J. M. Beck, Royal Military College of Canada, begins the volume with a view of Joseph Howe, the colour and dynamic "tribune of the people" who led the movement for reform and responsible government in Nova Scotia in the 1840’s. Professor Pacey, University of New Brunswick, takes a fresh look at the achievement of Sir Charles G. D. Roberts and includes in his estimate an evocative description of the university which was the heart of the literary life of Fredericton during the closing decades of the nineteenth century. M. Andre Laurendeau, editor-in-chief of Le Devoir, gives an account of Henri Bourassa, who was the founder and first editor of M. Laurendeau’s newspaper and an outstanding political f
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University of Toronto Press Our Living Tradition
Book SynopsisIn this book, distinguished scholars and writers of today discuss leading figures in the history of Canadian letters and public affairs, providing a treasury of information on Canadians of importance, and a meeting between Canada’s past and present. Robert L. McDougall begins with an essay on Thomas Chandler Haliburton, humourist, satirist, and creator of Sam Slick. J. M. S. Carless deals with George Brown, Liberal leader, and proprietor of the Toronto Globe. J. S. Tassle examines the life and work of Philippe Aubert de Gaspe, seigneur, lawyer, and author of the first French-Canadian prose classic, Les Anciens Canadiens, which he created when in his seventies. A.J.M. Smith, himself a poet, supports his opinion of Duncan Campbell Scott as a "remarkable, if not impeccable, poet." James A. Gibson discusses Sir Robert Borden as Leaders of the Opposition and Prime Minister, and his contributions to the theory and practice of Canadian autonomy. Ea
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University of Toronto Press A.M. Klein Complete Poems
Book SynopsisIt is for his poetry that A.M. Klein is best known and most warmly remembered. This collection includes all Klein's poetry, both original works and translations from Hebrew, Yiddish, Aramaic, and Latin. Many of them, coming from all periods of his careers, have never been published.The poems are arranged chronologically according to date of composition. This makes possible, for the first time, an appreciation of Klein's poetic development. The editor's introduction places this development in the perspective of Klein's life and time, and in particular explores Klein's lifelong struggle to reconcile his dual vocations as both a Jewish and a modernist writer.The textual apparatus identifies all authoritative versions for each poem and lists all emendations and all substative variants in both published and mauscript versions. The explanatory notes gloss obscure terms and references. They also provide a rich context for appreciation and interpretation by drawing connections
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University of Nebraska Press The Complete Letters of Henry James 18831884
Book SynopsisThis volume of The Complete Letters of Henry James, 18831884 includes 125 letters, of which 72 are published for the first time, written from January 29, 1884, to November 9, 1884. The letters mark Henry James's confidence and achievements as an internationally important professional writer.Trade Review“Reading these edited letters is a delight. The transcriptions allow one to read fluidly rather than haltingly, preserving the rhythm and tone of the original communications together with their content. The explanatory notes do a superb job of contextualizing the letters and identifying references and allusions within them. I could not help but admire the astonishing discernment and scholarship manifested in this volume.”—Sarah Wadsworth, professor of English at Marquette University Table of ContentsThe Complete Letters of Henry James, 18831884, volume 2, contains 125 letters, of which 72 are published for the first time. Each letter is followed by previous publication information or a note that there is no previous publication. Acknowledgments Symbols and Abbreviations Chronology Errata 1884 January 29 To James Ripley Osgood January 30 To Mary Morton Hartpence Sands February 1 To Richard Watson Gilder February 5 To Alice James February 5 To Emma Lazarus February 7 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich February 7 To Edmund Gosse February 7 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company February 7 To Benjamin Holt Ticknor February 9 To Theodore E. Child February 13 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich February 20 To William James February 21 To William Dean Howells February 21 To Mary Augusta Arnold Ward February 22 To Edwin Lawrence Godkin February 22; misdated January To John Addington Symonds February 23 To Grace Norton February 26 To Henrietta Reubell February 29 To Alice James February 29 To Theodore E. Child March 3 To William James March 6 To Thomas Sergeant Perry March 8 To Theodore E. Child March 9 To Florence Wilkinson Mathews March 9 To Mary Morton Hartpence Sands March 10 To Benjamin Holt Ticknor March 14 To Edwin Austin Abbey and Alfred Parsons March 18 To George Du Maurier March 19 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich March 19 To Theodore E. Child March 21 To Charles Scribner’s Sons March 22 To William James March 26 To William James March 29; misdated 20 To Alice James March 29 To Sir Charles Archer Cook March 29, 31 To Grace Norton April 5 To Jane Dalzell Finlay Hill April 14 To Archibald Philip Primrose, Lord Rosebery April 16 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich April 16 To Lawrence Barrett April 16 To Charles Scribner’s Sons April 16 To Mary and Louisa Lawrence April 16 To Benjamin Holt Ticknor April 21 To William James April 21 To Louisa Lawrence April 21 To J. Cotter Morison May 2 To Katharine de Kay Bronson May 2 To Isabella Stewart Gardner May 3 To Alice James May 4 To Lady Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis May 6, 7 To Grace Norton May 7 To James Bryce May 7 To John Milton Hay May 12 To Eveleen Tennant Myers May 13 To Edmund Gosse May 15 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company May 16 To Eveleen Tennant Myers May 20 To Eleanor Mary Sellar May 22 To Thomas Sergeant Perry May 23 To Alice Howe Gibbens James May 23 To Benjamin Holt Ticknor May 26 To William James May 28 To James Russell Lowell June 2 To Elizabeth Boott June 3 To Charles Eliot Norton June 5 To Edmund Gosse June 5 To John Milton Hay June 6 To James Payn June 9 To Edmund Gosse June 10 To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley June 12 To George Washburn Smalley June 17 To Edwin Lawrence Godkin June 17 To Benjamin Holt Ticknor June 19 To Alphonse Daudet June 19 To George Du Maurier June 21 To Isabella Stewart Gardner June 24 To Edmund Gosse June 25 To Sir William Henry Gregory July 1 To Charles Eliot Norton July 3 To William Jones Hoppin July 5 To Jessie Percy Butler Duncan Phipps July 5 To Benjamin Holt Ticknor July 12 To Edwin Austin Abbey July 14 To Sir Edward Bruce Hamley July 14 To Thomas Wemyss Reid July 15 To Lady Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis July 16 or 23 To Isabella Stewart Gardner July 18 To Lawrence Barrett July 18 To Edmund Gosse July 24 To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley July 26 To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley July 31 To Edgar Fawcett July 31 To Richard Watson Gilder July 31 To William Dean Howells July 31 To Violet Paget July 31 To Olivia Brown Walsh August 1 To Francis Boott August 2 To Grace Norton August 5 To Sir August 15 To James Ripley Osgood August 21 To Elizabeth Mary Rose-Innes Santley August 21 To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley August 26 To Frederick Macmillan September 3 To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley September 4 To Edmund Gosse September 15 To Madam September 16 To George Du Maurier September 16 To Henrietta Reubell September 16 To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley September 18 To Edmund Gosse September 26 To Thomas Sergeant Perry September 26 To Archibald Philip Primrose, Lord Rosebery September 26 to November 14 To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley September 28 To Benjamin Holt Ticknor October 2, 5 To Katharine Sands Godkin October 2 To Marcus Bourne Huish October 2 To Louisa Putnam Loring October 5 To William James October 9 To James Russell Lowell October 21 To Violet Paget October 31 To William James November 1 To Henrietta Reubell November 3 To Grace Norton November 6 To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley November 9 To Benjamin Holt Ticknor Biographical Register General Editors’ Note Works Cited Index
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Essential Dickinson
Book SynopsisKnown as The Myth of Amherst for her withdrawal from society while still a young woman, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) had an inner life that was deeply emotional and intense. She knew rapture and despair, pondered the wonder of God and the meaning of death. She broke tradition and was criticized for her seminal experiments with unorthodox phrasing, rhyme and broken meter, within concise verse forms, thus becoming an innovator and forerunner of modern poets.This collection of Emily Dickinson''s poems is interspersed with her luminous and fascinating letters, all read by Julie Harris, who received a Tony® Award for her portrayal of Emily Dickinson in The Belle of Amherst.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Storm for the Living and the Dead
Book SynopsisA timeless selection of some of Charles Bukowski’s best unpublished and uncollected poems Charles Bukowski was a prolific writer who produced countless short stories, novels, and poems that have reached beyond their time and place to speak to generations of readers all over the world.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Letters of Sylvia Plath Volume 1
Book Synopsis“The Letters of Sylvia Plath underscores Plath’s jaw-dropping output, her rapid growth from merely talented to singular voice. . . . The result is a comprehensive portrait of the artist as a young woman, ardently — unnervingly — committed to literature and relationships.” —Hamilton Cain, Minneapolis Star-TribuneThe first volume in the definitive, complete collection of the letters of Sylvia Plath—most never before seen.One of the most beloved poets of the modern age, Sylvia Plath continues to inspire and fascinate the literary world. While her renown as one of the twentieth century’s most influential poets is beyond dispute, Plath was also one of its most captivating correspondents. The Letters of Sylvia Plath is the breathtaking compendium of this prolific writer’s correspondence with more than 120 people, including family, friends, contemporaries, and colleagues.The Letters of Sylvia Plath includes her correspondence from her years at Smith, her summer editorial internship in New York City, her time at Cambridge, her experiences touring Europe, and the early days of her marriage to Ted Hughes in 1956.Most of the letters are previously unseen, including sixteen letters written by Plath to Hughes when they were apart after their honeymoon. This magnificent compendium also includes twenty-seven of Plath’s own elegant line drawings taken from the letters she sent to her friends and family, as well as twenty-two previously unpublished photographs.This remarkable, collected edition of Plath’s letters is a work of immense scholarship and care, presenting a comprehensive and historically accurate text of the known and extant letters that she wrote. Intimate and revealing, this masterful compilation offers fans and scholars generous and unprecedented insight into the life of one of our most significant poets.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Letters of Sylvia Plath Vol 2
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Diary Keepers
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Diary Keepers
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Penguin Publishing Group Letters from an American FarmerSketches of
Book SynopsisAmerica’s physical and cultural landscape is captured in these two classics of American history. Letters provides an invaluable view of the pre-Revolutionary and Revolutionary eras; Sketches details in vivid prose the physical setting in which American settlers created their history.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Letters to a Young Poet
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Penguin Putnam Inc Letters of Note Love 3
Book SynopsisFrom Napoléon Bonaparte and Frida Kahlo to Nelson Mandela and Ayn Rand glimpse the ardors of artists, painters, writers, and more in this touching volume of beautiful missives, from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collectionsBeethoven yearns to see his famously unknown Immortal Beloved. A Victorian farmer proposes marriage to a woman he's never met. Zora Neale Hurston gives her ex-husband relationship advice. Mildred Loving asks the ACLU for help challenging the racist marriage laws of the Jim Crow South. Revealing deep, eternal truths from the heart, this intimate collection of 30 letters traces all of love's incarnations, from first blush and mutual enchantment to unrequited feelings and the ache of passions past. It offers a rare, passionate, and timeless look at what it means to love and be loved.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Letters of Note Music 2
Book SynopsisFrom Beethoven and Tchaikovsky to John Lennon Prince and Kim Gordon, tune in to the evocative expressions of treasured composers, musicians, singers, and songwriters in this enchanting volume from the compiler of the bestselling Letters of Note collectionsVerdi writes to his publisher about a man who hated Aida so much that he wants his money back. Keith Richards tells his aunt about bumping into a former schoolmate named Mick Jagger, who also loves Chuck Berry. Yo-Yo Ma wonders whether Leonard Bernstein remembers introducing him onstage as a young boy. A Harvard psychiatrist begs CVS to change their on-hold music. Riffing on their passions and surroundings, the artists and entertainers in this volume candidly reveal the sources of their inspiration, what music means to them, why they create it, and so much more. This rich and engaging collection of 30 letters celebrates the resonance that music, in its many forms and variations, brings to our lives.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Letters of Note New York City
Book SynopsisAn exciting new volume of letters about the Capital of the World--from George Washington, Kahlil Gibran, Audrey Hepburn, Martin Scorsese, and more--from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collectionsPeter Schagen writes to the Dutch West India Company about the purchase of Manhattes. Mayor Ambrose Kingsland urges the city council to create what became Central Park. E. B. White bemoans taxi cab design to Harold Ross, cofounder of The New Yorker. Bianca Jagger sets the record straight about that white horse in Studio 54. New York City goes by many names--Gotham, Empire City, the City That Never Sleeps--and once served as the capital of America. It came together as we know it in 1898 and has become one of the world's most powerful, most important megacities, shaping art, culture, finance, and media across the globe. This iconic collection of thirty letters smartly explores the history of life in the five boroughs. You'll need more than a New York mi
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Penguin Putnam Inc Letters of Note Fathers
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Penguin Putnam Inc Letters of Note Mothers 7
Book SynopsisA fascinating new volume of messages about motherhood, from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collections. In Letters of Note: Mothers, Shaun Usher gathers together exceptional missives by and about mothers, celebrating the joy and grief, humour and frustration, wisdom and sacrifice the role brings to both parent and child.A young Egyptian girl mourns her mother's death in the fourth century AD. Melissa Rivers lovingly chides her mother, Joan, for treating her house like a hotel and taking her thirteen-year-old son to see Last Tango in Paris. Anne Sexton gives her daughter the advice to live life to the hilt, and be your own woman. In a letter to her teenage daughter, Caitlin Moran explains that some boys are as evil as vampires, and you must drive stakes through their hearts. The film Ladybird inspires journalist Hannah Woodhead to write an emotional letter to her mother. While at seminary, Martin Luther King Jr. writes that he ha
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The University of Chicago Press Abigail and John Adams
Book SynopsisDuring the many years that they were separated by the perils of the American Revolution, John and Abigail Adams exchanged hundreds of letters. This title brings together their correspondence with a detail about life and thought, courtship and sex, gender and parenting, and class and politics in the revolutionary generation and beyond.Trade Review"G. J. Barker-Benfield knows how to captivate a reader. His engagement with the inner strengths and utter humanity of Abigail and John is just the beginning of this ingenious and expansive study of the intellectual underpinnings of sensibility and the practical uses to which it was put in Revolutionary America. The author, already well known for his readings of Anglo-American cultural movements, explores widely ignored influences on the couple and adds tantalizing insights other historians do not provide." - Andrew Burstein, author of The Original Knickerbocker: The Life of Washington Irving"
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The University of Chicago Press Letters Orations The Other Voice in Early Modern
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.
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University of Chicago Press Spring Heat Rains A South Indian Diary
Book SynopsisA diary describing the experience of the author in Andhra Pradesh. It reflects on daily events - from explorations of crumbling temples to battles with ineradicable bugs to joyous dinners with friends. It also considers the ancient poetry and myths that remain such an inextricable part of life in contemporary India.Trade Review"During what he calls the 'unhappy years' from 2002 to 2006, David Shulman did some of the harder work of his country's peace movement: clashing with police and settlers to deliver food and medical supplies to Palestinian villages. In his excellent record of these years, Dark Hope, Shulman vividly describes the small bands of Palestinians who live in caves in the Hebron Hills." - Emily Bazelon, Slate Best Books of 2007"
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University of Illinois Press A Picture and a Criticism of Life
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A model of concision and clarity, this fine study explicates important aspects of its topic and promotes dialogue on a key issue of the period."---American Literary Realism"Reprints thirty-three of Dreiser's articles [and] amounts to an informal survey of American arts and popular culture at the turn of the 20th century. . . . A particular strength of the collection is the material that reveals Dreiser's interest in talented women." --Choice"Along the way, the letters cast light on Dreiser's prickliness, his narcissism and his deep-set prejudices. . . . Pizer's annotations are concise and useful."--Times Literary Supplement“[Pizer’s] thematic overview in his introduction is the most lucid survey I know of Dreiser’s philosophical and political ideas, literary credo, practices as magazine editor, attitudes towards publishers and film producers, and capacity for enduring friendships.”--Studies in American Naturalism
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University of Illinois Press The Selected Letters of Florence Kelley 18691931
Book SynopsisFirst-hand accounts of one woman's fight to improve working conditions for Americans in the early twentieth centuryTrade Review"This comprehensive edition ... offers readers a true understanding of Kelly's thought and activism. . . . A valuable addition to the historical canon. Recommended."--Choice"An important book for general readers and scholars alike. Sklar and Palmer provide an excellent account of the unifying themes of Florence Kelley's lifelong commitments to social legislation in general and women and children in particular."--Ellen Carol DuBois, coeditor of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Feminist as Thinker: A Reader in Documents and Essays"Since this is the first and only publication of Florence Kelley's correspondence, it marks a singular contribution to scholarship that is invaluable and long-awaited. This collection of Kelley's vivid correspondence, with its insightful introduction and excellent notes, has been well worth the wait."--Charlene Haddock Seigfried, editor of Jane Addams' Democracy and Social Ethics and The Long Road of Women's MemoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations . xv Acknowledgments . xvii Introduction . xxi Editorial Principles . xlvii Abbreviations . li Chronology of Selected Events in Florence Kelley's Life . lvii Chronology of Selected Events Related to Florence Kelley's Political Agenda at the NCL . lixCHAPTER 1. 1869-1891 "The Wrong to the Working People" . 1 Introduction . 1 1. To William Darrah Kelley, 12 January 1869 . 6 2. To Elizabeth Kay Pugh and Isaac Pugh, 7 August 1872 . 6 3. To William Darrah Kelley, 27 July 1876 . 7 4. To Caroline Bonsall Kelley, 29 September 1876 . 9 5. To William Darrah Kelley, 2 December 1878 . 12 6. To William Darrah Kelley, 2 January 1884 . 14 7. To Susan B. Anthony, 21 January 1884 . 18 8. To William Darrah Kelley, ca. May 1884 . 19 9. To Mary Thorne Lewis, 19 March 1885 . 21 10. To Woman's Tribune Editor, ca. April 1885 . 26 11. To Frederick Engels, 10 January 1886 . 29 12. To Frederick Engels, 9 June 1886 . 31 13. To Frederick Engels, 6 June 1887 . 34 14. To Caroline Bonsall Kelley, 20 December 1887 . 35 15. To Frederick Engels, 29 December 1887 . 35 16. To Frederick Engels, 29 March 1888 . 40 17. To Frederick Engels, ca. July 1888 . 42 18. To WIlliam Darrah Kelley, 11 December 1889 . 43 19. To Richard T. Ely, after 11 December 1890 . 44 20. To Richard T. Ely, 4 February 1891 . 45 21. To Richard T. Ely, 23 April 1891 . 46CHAPTER 2. 1892-1899 "This Beloved Hull House" . 51 Introduction . 51 22. To Henry D. Lloyd, 4 January 1892 . 55 23. To Caroline Bonsall Kelley, 24 February 1892 . 56 24. To Frederick Engels, 7 April 1892 . 57 25. To Frederick Engels, 27 May 1892 . 58 26. To Caroline Bonsall Kelley, ca. 2 June 1892 . 60 27. To Henry D. Lloyd, 30 June 1892 . 61 28. To Frederick Engels, 27 November 1892 . 63 29. To Henry D. Lloyd, 28 November and 2 December 1892 . 65 30. To Henry D. Lloyd, 13 July 1893 . 67 31. To Richard T. Ely, 20 August 1893 . 67 32. To Henry D. Lloyd, 10 October 1893 . 68 33. To Frederick Engels, 21 November 1893 . 69 34. To Caroline Bonsall Kelley, 31 December 1893 . 70 35. To John P. Altgeld, 9 January 1894 . 71 36. To Rand McNally and Company, 9 January 1894 . 72 37. To Richard T. Ely, 21 June 1894 . 73 38. To John P. Altgeld, 15 July 1894 . 74 39. To Henry D. Lloyd, 18 July 1894 . 75 40. TO Miss Williams, 1 September 1894 . 76 41. To Richard T. Ely, 14 November 1894 . 77 42. To Miss Williams, 18 November 1894 . 78 43. To Jessie Bross Lloyd, 2 March 1895 . 80 44. To Richard T. Ely, 22 August 1895 . 81 45. To Henry D. Lloyd, 3 March 1896 . 82 46. To Frank A. Manny, 18 April 1896 . 82 47. To Henry D. Lloyd, 18 June 1896 . 83 48. To Henry D. Lloyd, 1 October 1896 . 84 49. To Agnes Hamilton, 8 December 1896 . 85 50. To Henry D. Lloyd, 19 August 1897 . 87 51. To Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 24 May 1898 . 87 52. To Caroline Bonsall Kelley, 24 July 1898 . 89 53. To Henry D. Lloyd, 26 September 1898 . 91 54. TO Caroline Bonsall Kelley, ca. 15 December 1898 . 92 55. To Caroline Bonsall Kelley, 26 December 1898 . 93 56. To Lillian D. Wald, 24 January 1899 . 95 57. To Lillian D. Wald, 23 March 1899 . 97CHAPTER 3. 1899-1907 "The Power and Responsibility of the Purchasers" Introduction . 99 58. TO Henry D. Lloyd, 14 October 1899 . 105 59. To Katherine Lucy Trevett, 25 July 1900 . 106 60. To Caroline Bonsall Kelley, 19 January 1901 . 107 61. To Edward A. Filene, 9 July 1901 . 108 62. To Richard Yates, 26 July 1901 . 109 63. To Clara Bewick Colby, 27 November 1901 . 110 64. To Nicholas Kelley, 15 March 1902 . 111 65. To Nicholas Kelley, 29 June 1902 . 113 66. To Nicholas Kelley, 7 May 1903 . 114 67. To Nicholas Kelley, 7 May 1903 . 115 68. To Nicholas Kelley, 10 May 1903 . 116 69. To Nicholas Kelley, 5 July 1903 . 117 70. To Nicholas Kelley, 5 July 1903 . 119 71. To Nicholas Kelley, 30 April 1904 . 120 72. To Nicholas Kelley, 11 July 1904 . 122 73. To Nicholas Kelley, 18 August 1904 . 124 74. To Jane Addams, 19 August 1904 . 127 75. To Nicholas Kelley, 15 July 1905 . 129 76. To Margaret Kelley, 27 August 1905 . 130 77. To Nicholas Kelley, 29 August 1905 . 131 78. To Margaret Kelley, 20 September 1905 . 133 79. To Nicholas Kelley, 4 October 1905 . 134 80. To Nicholas Kelley, 29 October 1905 . 135 81. To Nicholas Kelley, 7 February 1906 . 136 82. To Nicholas Kelley, 18 February 1906 . 137 83. To Nicholas Kelley, 28 March 1906 . 139 84. To Nicholas Kelley, 11 July 1906 . 140 85. To Lillian D. Wald, 15 August 1906 . 141 86. To Nicholas Kelley, 31 August 1906 . 142 87. To Edith M. Howes, 10 September 1906 . 143 88. To Lillian D. Wald, 9 October 1906 . 144 89. To W. E. B. Du Bois, 30 October 1906 . 144 90. To Caroline Bartlett Crane, 21 January 1907 . 146 91. To Jane Addams, 23 January 1907 . 147 92. To Lillian D. Wald, 3 February 1907 . 148 93. To Nicholas Kelley, 20 February 1907 . 148 94. To Alice Stone Blackwell, 21 February 1907 . 149 95. To Alice Stone Blackwell, 17 March 1907 . 150 96. To Nicholas Kelley 1 July 1907 . 151 97. To Nicholas Kelley, 6 July 1907 . 152 98. To Nicholas Kelley, 25 August 1907 . 154 99. To Lillian D. Wald, 11 September 1907 . 155 100. To Nicholas Kelley, 19 October 1907 . 158 101. To Nicholas Kelley, 2 November 1907 . 158 102. To Nicholas Kelley, 7 November 1907 . 160 103. To Nicholas Kelley, 10 November 1907 . 161CHAPTER 4. 1908-1916 "The Fight to Extend the Labor Laws" . 165 Introduction . 165 104. To Nicholas Kelley, 20 January1908 . 171 105. To Nicholas Kelley, 6 April 1908 . 172 106. To Nicholas Kelley, 8 April 1908 . 174 107. To Nicholas Kelley, 19 June 1908 . 175 108. To Nicholas Kelley, 6 September 1908 . 176 109. To Nicholas Kelley, 26 September 1908 . 177 110. To Nicholas Kelley, 7 November 1908 . 179 111. To Nicholas Kelley, 9 November 1908 . 180 112. To Augusta Maverick Kelley, 31 July 1909 . 181 113. To William Kent, 4 August 1909 . 182 114. To Augusta Maverick Kelley, 4 June 1910 . 184 115. To Nicholas Kelley, 9 July 1910 . 184 116. To Nicholas Kelley, 27 July 1911 . 186 117. To Jessica B. Peixotto, 15 April 1912 . 187 118. To Nicholas Kelley, 4 August 1912 . 189 119. To Katherine Philips Edson, 22 November 1912 . 190 120. To John Graham Brooks, 13 August 1913 . 192 121. To Nicholas Kelley, 13 September 1913. 194 122. To Katherine Philips Edson, 16 April 1914 . 195 123. To Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont, 19 July 1914 . 197 124. To Joel Spingarn, 27 July 1914 . 198 125. To Paul Kellogg, 18 October 1914 . 198 126. To Paul Kellogg, 12 February 1915 . 200 127. To Lucy Burns, 6 September 1915 . 202 128. To Myrta Jones, 18 September 1915 . 204 129. To Myrta Jones, 21 September 1915 . 205 130. To Joel Spingarn, 23 October 1915 . 207 131. To George E. Hooker, 17 December 1915 . 209 132. To Isaac M. Rubinow, 13 January 1916 . 211 133. To Edith Abbott, 30 January 1916 . 212 134. To Charles A. Prosser, 17 May 1916 . 213 135. To Katherine Philips Edson, 16 July 1916 . 214 136. To Norman Hapgood, 22 August 1916 . 216CHAPTER 5. 1917-1921 "The Work of the Nation" . 221 Introduction . 221 137. To Louis D. Brandeis, 9 April 1917 . 227 138. To Katherine Lucy Trevett, 25 June 1917 . 228 139. To Edith Abbott, 16 July 1917 . 230 140. To Newton D. Baker, 13 August 1917 . 231 141. To Sidney Hillman, 17 August 1917 . 235 142. To Newton D. Baker, 11 November 1918 . 236 143. To Newton D. Baker, 7 February 1919 . 237 144. To Mary Rozet Smith, 22 May 1919 . 238 145. To Mary R. Sanford, 14 June 1919 . 242 146. To Newton D. Baker, 19 June 1919 . 243 147. To Nicholas Kelley, 25 July 1919 . 244 148. To David L. Edsall, 9 September 1919 . 246 149. To Newton D. Baker, 22 September 1919 . 248 150. To Nicholas Kelley, 2 October 1919 . 248 151. To Nicholas Kelley, 18 October 1919 . 251 152. To Agnes de Lima, 1 January 1920 . 254 153. To Anna E. Rude, 13 June 1920 . 254 154. To Nicholas Kelley, 1 October 1920 . 256 155. To Jane Addams, 7 November 1920 . 258 156. To Robert W. La Follette, 18 December 1920 . 259 157. To Julia C. Lathrop, 3 March 1921 . 260 158. To Elsie Hill, 21 March 1921 . 262 159. To Roscoe Pound, 3 June 1921 . 264 160. To Nicholas Kelley, 5 June 1921 . 266 161. To Nicholas Kelley, 1 July 1921 . 268 162. To Molly Dewson, 7 July 1921 . 270 163. To Alice Pal, 14 October 1921 . 272 164. To Maud Younger, 19 October 1921 . 273 165. To Felix Frankfurter, 28 November 1921 . 275 166. To A. Estelle Lauder, 30 November 1921 . 278 167. To Clara Southwick, 17 December 1921 . 279CHAPTER 6. 1922-1924 "Necessary Protection for Women" . 283 Introduction . 283 168. To Grace Abbott, 8 January 1922 . 292 169. To Edward P. Costigan, 12 January 1922 . 293 170. To Nicholas Kelley, ca. 23 January 1922 . 295 171. To Walter Lippmann, 17 February 1922 . 297 172. To Newton D. Baker, 3 June 1922 . 298 173. To Sophonisba Breckinridge, 5 July 1922 . 301 174. To Percival B. Baxter, 30 July 1922 . 303 175. To Julia C. Lathrop, 27 September 1922 . 306 176. To Alice Hamilton, 13 October 1922 . 308 177. TO Julia C. Lathrop, 18 February 1923 . 309 178. To Harry W. Laidler, 22 March 1923 . 311 179. To Julia C. Lathrop, 21 April 1923 . 312 180. To James A. Haight, 19 May 1923 . 313 181. To Felix Frankfurter, 26 May 1923 . 316 182. To Edward P. Costigan, 31 May 1923 . 318 183. To Edward P. Costigan, 2 October 1923 . 320 184. To W. E. B. DuBois, 18 October 1923 . 322 185. To Charles Amidon, 26 October 1923 . 323 186. To James Weldon Johnson, 13 November 1923 . 325 187. To Lavinia L. Dock, 24 November 1923 . 326 188. TO Victor L. Berger, 19 December 1923 . 328 189. TO Joseph T. Deal, 18 January 1924 . 330 190. To Molly Dewson, 17 February 1924 . 331 191. To Annette Mann, 15 March 1924 . 332 192. To Molly Dewson, 26 March 1924 . 334 193. To Ellery Sedgwick, 1 April 1924 . 335 194. To Roger Baldwin, 6 May 1924 . 337 195. To Herbert Bayard Swope, 27 May 1924 . 339 196. To Newton D. Baker, 24 June 1924 . 341 197. To Edward P. Costigan, 7 July 1924 . 343 198. To Laurence Todd, 22 July 1924 . 345 199. To Julia C. Lathrop, 28 July 1924 . 347 200. To John R. Commons, after 2 August 1924 . 348 201. To Grace Abbott, 11 August 1924 . 350 202. To Jane Addams, 11 October 1924 . 352 203. To Frances Perkins, 4 December 1924 . 354CHAPTER 7. 1925-1927 "No Good Decision Seems Secure from Reversal" . 357 Introduction . 357 204. To Royal S. Copeland, 19 January 1925 . 363 205. To John R. Commons, 26 February 1925 . 364 206. To Walter Lippmann, 14 March 1925 . 366 207. To Julia C. Lathrop, 20 March 1925 . 368 208. To John A. Fitch, 26 March 1925 . 370 209. To Charlotte E. Carr, 28 April 1925 . 371 210. To Katherine Philips Edson, 2 December 1925 . 372 211. To Katherine Philips Edson, 28 January 1926 . 374 212. To Seward C. Simons, 20 March 1926 . 377 213. To james A. Hamilton, 24 May 1926 . 379 214. To John A. Lapp, 16 June 1926 . 380 215. To Edward P. Keating, 22 July 1926 . 381 216. To Virginia Roderick, 24 July 1926 . 382 217. To Paul Kellogg, 17 August 1926 . 384 218. To John A. Ryan, 20 August 1926 . 385 219. To Mary Anderson, 10 December 1926 . 387 220. To Jane Addams, 1 January 1927 . 388 221. To Consumers' League Branches, 4 January 1927 . 390 222. To James Couzens, 19 January 1927 . 390 223. To Grace Abbott, 21 January 1927 . 391 224. To Lillian D. Wald, 21 January 1927 . 393 225. To Edith Valet Cook, 24 January 1927 . 395 226. To Arthur B. Spingarn, 8 February 1927 . 396 227. To Julia C. Lathrop, 22 March 1927 . 396 228. To John R. Commons, 26 March 1927 . 398 229. To Lillian D. Wald, 4 April 1927 . 399 230. To Warren Gibbs, 7 April 1927 . 400 231. To Albert B. Kelley, 24 May 1927 . 401 232. To Pauline Goldmark, 27 May 1927 . 402 233. To Carrie Chapman Catt, 4 June 1927 . 404 234. To Myrta Jones, 14 July 1927 . 407 235. To Jane Addams, 20 July 1927 . 409 236. To Nicholas Kelley, 9 August 1927 . 409 237. To Robert M. La Follette, Jr. 20 August 1927 . 414 238. To Albert B. Kelley, 17 September 1927 . 416 239. To Walter Lippmann, 16 November 1927 . 417CHAPTER 8. 1928-1931 "How to Keep the Interest of the Careless Public Alive" . 421 Introduction . 421 240. To Ernest Gruening, 29 March 1928 . 427 241. To Harold Gifford, 11 June 1928 . 429 242. To the New York World, 11 June 1928 . 430 243. To Alice Hamilton, 20 June 1928 . 432 244. To Mabel Cory Costigan, 30 June 1928 . 434 245. To Bruce Bliven, 13 September 1928 . 438 246. To Alice Hamilton, 22 November 1928 . 439 247. To Presidents of State Consumers' Leagues, 10 January 1929 . 440 248. To Walter White, 14 January 1929 . 442 249. To Frances Perkins, 17 January 1929 . 443 250. TO Elizabeth S. Magee, 3 and 7 June 1929 . 443 251. To Ray L. Wilbur, 9 July 1929 . 446 252. To Roscoe Pound, 15 October 1929 . 447 253. To Eleanor Roosevelt, 16 December 1929 . 449 254. To George W. Alger, 18 December 1929 . 450 255. To Joseph R. Swan, 18 December 1929 . 451 256. To Norman Thomas, 5 February 1930 . 452 257. To Elizabeth S. Magee, 5 March 1930 . 453 258. To John B. Kelley, 11 March 1930 . 455 259. To George McAneny, 29 March 1930 . 456 260. To Elizabeth S. Magee, 24 April 1930 . 457 261. To Nicholas Kelley, 5 July1930 . 458 262. To Mabel Cory Costigan, 23 September 1930 . 460 263. To Julia C. Lathrop, 4 November 1930 . 461 264. To Grace B. Drake, 6 December 1930 . 463 265. To Mrs. Wallace Grayston, 23 December 1930 . 466 266. To Anthony F. Dirksen, 11 February 1931 . 467 267. To Robert La Follette, Jr., 10 March 1931 . 468 268. To Elizabeth S. Magee, 5 May 1931 . 469 269. To Jane Addams, 8 May 1931 . 470 270. To Frances Perkins, 12 June 1931 . 470 271. To Millie R. Trumbull, 10 July 1931 . 472 272. To Nicholas Kelley, 22 July 1931 . 475 273. To Lucy R. Mason, 7 August 1931 . 477 274. To Albert and Esther Kelley, 21 October 1921 . 480 275. To Emily Sims Marconnier, 30 October 1931 . 483 Biographical Directory . 485 Bibliography . 501 Index . 525
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MO - University of Illinois Press Brother Mine The Correspondence of Jean Toomer
Book SynopsisPresents a literary friendship, preserved in letters.Trade Review"Unusually valuable for the history of modernism. This fascinating correspondence will create further interest in Toomer, Frank, and the mixed-race environment of the 1920s.”--Linda Wagner-Martin, author of Telling Women's Lives: The New Biography“Readers and scholars will welcome this fully annotated and contextually framed collection of the alchemy that comes from the significant voices of Jean Toomer and Waldo Frank. This volume brings long-needed light to two figures whose reputations and influence on American letters has been skewed by the lack of mutually illuminating materials, until now."--Steve H. Cook, editor of The Correspondence Between Hart Crane and Waldo Frank"A groundbreaking work of scholarship. These fascinating letters tell the story of Toomer and Frank's relationship as the writers shared their writing and criticized and commented on each other's work. An important addition to any serious collection on early Harlem Renaissance writers."--Choice
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WENTWORTH PR À la recherche du temps perdu Volume 6
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Random House USA Inc Life as I Blow It Tales of Love Life Sex Not
Book SynopsisIn this wickedly funny and irreverent memoir, Chelsea Lately writer and comedian Sarah Colonna opens up about love, life, and pursuing her dreams . . . and then screwing it all up. Sarah believes we all struggle to grow up. Sometimes we want to have fun, not take things too seriously, and have that fourth margarita. Other times we would like to get married, stay in, order Chinese food, and have a responsible, secure life. From her formative years in small-town Arkansas to a later career of dates, drinks, and questionable day jobs, Colonna attempts to reconcile her responsible side with her fun-loving side. Sometimes this pans out, and sometimes she finds herself in Mexico handing out her phone number to anyone who calls her pretty. She moves to Los Angeles to pursue acting, but for years is forced to hone her bartending skills; she wants a serious boyfriend, but won’t give up nights at the bar with her friends. She tries to behave l
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux The Letters of Robert Lowell
Book SynopsisOne of the most influential poets of the twentieth century, Robert Lowell was also a prolific letter writer who corresponded with many of the remarkable writers and thinkers of his day, including Elizabeth Bishop, Ezra Pound, Hannah Arendt, William Carlos Williams, T. S. Eliot, Robert Frost, and Edmund Wilson. These letters, conversations in writing, document the evolution of Lowell's work and illuminate another side of the intimate life that was the subject of so many of his poems: his deep friendships with other writers; the manic-depressive illness he struggled to endure and understand; his marriages to three prose writers; and his engagement with politics and the antiwar movement of the 1960s. The Letters of Robert Lowell shows us, in many cases for the first time, the private thoughts and passions of a figure unrivaled in his influence on American letters.
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux Letters to Camondo
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Random House USA Inc Beautiful Scars Steeltown Secrets Mohawk
Book SynopsisI'm scared and scarred but I’ve survived Tom Wilson was raised in the rough-and-tumble world of Hamilton—Steeltown— in the company of World War II vets, factory workers, fall-guy wrestlers and the deeply guarded secrets kept by his parents, Bunny and George. For decades Tom carved out a life for himself in shadows. He built an international music career and became a father, he battled demons and addiction, and he waited, hoping for the lies to cease and the truth to emerge. It would. And when it did, it would sweep up the St. Lawrence River to the Mohawk reserves of Quebec, on to the heights of the Manhattan skyline. With a rare gift for storytelling and an astonishing story to tell, Tom writes with unflinching honesty and extraordinary compassion about his search for the truth. It's a story about scars, about the ones that hurt us, and the ones that make us who we are. From Beautiful Scars:
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WW Norton & Co Swansong 1945 A Collective Diary of the Last
Book SynopsisA monumental work of history that captures the last days of the Third Reich as never before.Trade Review"An emotionally immediate and multi-faceted perspective of the last days of the Third Reich… No mere anthology but an artful collage… Difficult to put down." -- Gerald Steinacher - Wall Street Journal"A disturbing but compulsively readable slice of history." -- Christian Science Monitor"From the absurd to the sublime, and everywhere heartbreaking: a collage of voices from the tail end of the world's conflagration.… Raw [and] tremendously moving… Riveting." -- Kirkus (starred review)"This is a book that can be read comfortably only page by page. Otherwise it will break your heart." -- Bill Marvel - Dallas Morning News"Riveting… Kempowski's careful selection and sequencing convey the horror, misery, irony, and intensity of living through the last month of war in Germany. The work is noteworthy not just for its unique first-person perspective, but also for its breadth and depth… Essential." -- Publishers Weekly"A treasure… [Swansong 1945] offer[s] powerful glimpses into otherwise lost history… The collection is a kaleidoscope of voices, revealing struggle of all kinds." -- Sarah Grant - Booklist (starred review)"The power of [Swansong 1945] comes from the great variety and volume of the personal accounts, many of them eloquent and moving… This important book takes us beyond geography, statistics and battles and reveals the cost of war in very human terms." -- Roger Bishop - BookPage"A unique and haunting insight into what it was like to live through the violent twilight of the Third Reich. Indispensable and, above all, unforgettable." -- Frederick Taylor, author of Dresden"A remarkable collage of experiences and impressions of the catastrophic last days of the Second World War, which provides a unique panorama of the war and a very powerful impression of its impact on and the responses of those involved." -- Jeremy Noakes, author of Nazism 1919-1945"A bewitching, dramatic, utterly extraordinary range of voices and eyewitness testimony as Europe entered its year-zero moment." -- David Kynaston, author of Austerity Britain"A rare combination of aesthetic and historic truths… What gives Kempowski’s work its reach and humanity is his keen eye for both the sensory experience of war at its most destructive and individuals’ compulsion to go on making sense of it as it engulfed them." -- Nicholas Stargardt, author of Witnesses of War"Amidst the fascinating multitude of voices assembled here the one that speaks most powerfully is that of Kempowski himself. This is a remarkable document of one person’s lifelong struggle to make sense of national collapse." -- Neil Gregor, author of Haunted City"Kempowski is a master of form and proportion… The end of the war has never before been depicted like this." -- Volker Hage, author of Hamburg 1943
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WW Norton & Co Letters to a Friend
Book Synopsis“What a feast. Diana’s work compels me. . . . She’s got her teeth into life!”—Alice MunroTrade Review"Many writers can be admired for their lyricism, their powers of imagination and their incisive wit. But there’s only one I can think of who inspires a way to live life: Diana Athill." -- Elizabeth Taylor - Chicago Tribune"“[T]renchant and engaging . . . often hilarious." -- Bill Eichenberger - Cleveland Plain Dealer"Diana Athill is perhaps best known for her memoir Somewhere Towards the End, but Letters to a Friend could eclipse it. ... Each letter is an unalloyed delight; articulate to the point of eloquence, and candid, even about the naughty bits. . . . [E]very letter in Letters to a Friend is a small masterpiece; chatty, companionable and very, very intelligent." -- Valerie Ryan - Shelf Awareness
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WW Norton & Co Helgas Diary A Young Girls Account of Life in a
Book SynopsisA New York Times Bestseller "A sacred reminder of what so many millions suffered, and only a few survived." —Adam Kirsch, New RepublicTrade Review"Touches raw nerves and contains the potential to send shock waves through the oeuvre of Holocaust memoirs…Astonishing." -- Linda F. Burghardt - Jewish Book World"The most moving Holocaust diary published since Anne Frank." -- Daily Telegraph"Describes the unfolding horrors of the Holocaust as seen through the eyes of a young girl. The young Helga responds to hardship with indignation and defiance, maintaining a sharp sense of observation while trying to make sense of the upheaval and suffering she sees." -- New Yorker"Fascinating…A youth’s contemporaneous view of life and death." -- Jewish American World"Reads with refreshing immediacy, describing how a smart, spirited young girl negotiated increasingly desperate circumstances." -- Jewish Daily Forward"She is one of few children to survive Auschwitz. Even with all the books that have been published, this one, with its immediacy and child’s point of view, is hard to forget." -- Jewish Week"Resounds with a ferocious will to endure conditions of astonishing cruelty." -- David Casarani - New Statesman"Helga’s Diary is another moving testimony to the courage, endurance and painfully premature maturity of the young victims of the Holocaust." -- Financial Times"A breathtaking account…a chilling testament to the tragedy of the Holocaust." -- Publishers Weekly"At times the struggle of this young girl in the face of evil becomes so real that you’ll notice yourself adjusting your blanket and thermostat right along with her as she shivers in the worst of conditions." -- The Daily Beast"What's startling, throughout, is the resilience with which her buoyant spirit keeps bobbing up past the hardships, indignities, and cruelties of her captors." -- Francine Prose
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Material Witness
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsCorrespondents; Introduction by David Lehman; Prologue; Part I: 1927---1947; Part II: 1950---March 1967; Part III: December 1966---1975; Index
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Cambridge University Press The Correspondence of Isaac Newton Volume 4 The
Book SynopsisThis fourth volume covers the period which was probably the most varied of Newton's whole career. The Principia had already established Newton as the world's foremost mathematician and natural philosopher. In spite of the abstruse nature of the mathematical treatment adopted in its pages, the first edition was rapidly exhausted and, within a very few years, Newton was being urged to consider the preparation of the second edition. This was to contain, inter alia, his further researches upon the motion of the Moon, the solar system, and the behaviour of the comets. Not until 1694, however, did his thoughts upon this project assume definite shape. To carry out his plan, he had need of the most accurate observations available, and for these he turned to the Observatory at Greenwich, where John Flamsteed had been installed as King's Astronomer. So came about that close association between the two men which was to last for many years, though not without frequent interruptions.Table of ContentsList of Plates; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introductory Note on the Lunar Theory; The Correspondence.
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Cambridge University Press The Correspondence of Isaac Newton Volume 7 The Correspondence of Isaac Newton 7 Volume Paperback Set
Book SynopsisIn this seventh and final volume the letters are divided into two quite distinct groups. The first group begins with the remaining letters of the main chronological sequence written during the closing years of Newton's life, and then proceeds to those few letters to which there is no assignable date with any certainty. The second group of letters, placed in Appendix I, contains corrections and additions to the letters printed in the earlier volumes of the Correspondence. A genealogical table is added to Appendix II to help the reader through the intricacies of Newton's family tree. Even after the creative power of his genius had deserted him, Newton retained to the very end of his long life the characteristic clarity of his thought. Few of Newton's letters in this volume may justly be described as scientific. The relative inactivity of the Mint meant that, although he apparently delegated few of his responsibilities to others, Newton's concerns there were no onerous. Thus it is not surTable of ContentsList of Plates; Preface; Short Titles and Abbreviations; Introduction; The Correspondence.
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Cambridge University Press thecorrespondenceofisaacnewton
Book SynopsisThis first volume is particularly rich in matters of concern to the historian of science. It shows the young Newton in the plenitude of his powers; he himself wrote of the period at Woolsthorpe, which ended before any surviving letters of real consequence were written.Table of ContentsList of Plates; Foreword; Introduction; Preface; The Correspondence.
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Cambridge University Press The Journals of George Eliot Cambridge Studies in Romanticism Paperback
Book SynopsisThis is the first publication of the complete surviving journals of the great Victorian novelist. A new George Eliot text, and the closest she came to autobiography, it reveals both professional writer and private woman. Chronology, introduction, headnotes to each diary, and annotated index supply valuable contextual and explanatory information.Trade Review'The editors of this volume have done their work with admirable tact and persistence.' Terry Eagleton, The Independent on Sunday'This volume forms a valuable addition to Eliot scholarship … Margaret Harris and Judith Johnston have produced a definintive work for future generations of Eliot enthusiasts and scholars.' Sally Shuttleworth, The Times Literary Supplement'The editors, who have produced a masterly piece of work, have included a chronology, excellent notes and a most valuable 'explanatory index.' The Contemporary Review'Unshrouded by prejudices and the various agendas of biographers, these abridged texts provide fascinating direct access to the author. The unobtrusive editing is suffciently informative without being overwhelming …'. Charlotte Cory, The Independent'… a great contribution to scholarship … a remarkable book for which biographers, critics and readers must be grateful and by which they should be enlightened.' Barbara Hardy, The George Eliot Review'This is a most valuable book, boon for those who wish to learn more about the remarkable woman who gave us, among others, The Mill on the Floss, Romola and Middlemarch.' Canberra Times' [A] beautifully edited and designed work … the pleasures it offers to the reader of George Eliot are manifold … It is a work long needed. That it is interpretatively, textually, and typographically so well done makes it worth the wait.' Carol A. Martin, Boise State University'… the real merit of this book is that it opens a whole field of these quietly resonating details, committed to the privacy of Eliot's treasured and closely guarded notebooks from 1854 to a few months before her death.' Mark Wormald, The Review of English StudiesTable of ContentsList of abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Introduction; 1. Diary 1854–61: (i) Weimar, 20 July–3 November 1854; (ii) Berlin, 3 November 1854–March 1855; (iii) England, March 1855–19 June 1861; 2. Diary 1861–77; 3. Diary 1879; 4. Diary 1880; 5. Recollections of Weimar, 1854; 6. Recollections of Berlin, 1854–5; 7. Recollections of Ilfracombe, 1856; 8. Recollections of the Scilly Isles and Jersey, 1857; 9. The Making of George Eliot, 1857–9; 10. Germany, 1858; 11. Recollections of Italy, 1860; 12. Italy, 1864; 13. Normandy and Brittany, 1865; Explanatory index.
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Cambridge University Press The Letters of Samuel Beckett Volume 1 19291940 v
Book SynopsisThe letters written by Samuel Beckett between 1929 and 1940 provide a vivid and personal view of Western Europe in the 1930s, and mark the gradual emergence of Beckett's unique voice and sensibility. The Cambridge University Press edition of The Letters of Samuel Beckett offers for the first time a comprehensive range of letters of one of the greatest literary figures of the twentieth century. Selected for their bearing on his work from over 15,000 extant letters, the letters published in this four-volume edition encompass sixty years of Beckett's writing life (1929â1989), and include letters to friends, painters and musicians, as well as to students, publishers, translators, and colleagues in the world of literature and theatre. For anyone interested in twentieth-century literature and theatre this edition is essential reading, offering not only a record of Beckett's achievements but a powerful literary experience in itself.Trade Review'It is hard to credit the magisterial scholarship and publishing expertise that has gone into the editing of this first of four volumes of the letters of Samuel Beckett … a breathtaking and essential work of human understanding … This is a great book; simply priceless.' Gerald Dawe, The Sunday Business Post'For all of us who love Samuel Beckett, there can be no more thrilling book. These letters not only cast light on his life and work, they are a considerable addition to his writing … This is a volume to treasure, not just study. No Beckett reader will need it recommended, merely announced.' David Sexton, The Evening Standard'There is so much in the pages of this volume, and the editors honour both the writer and the reader with the painstaking detail with which they frame each carefully chosen letter. The excitement generated in this reader is not only from the perusal of the contents of this amazing collection of correspondence but of the promise of three more volumes to come.' Beverley Curran, Journal of Irish Studies'The first volume of Beckett's letters, The Letters of Samuel Beckett, 1929–1940 (Cambridge University Press), was the funniest, most intelligent and most poignant book I read this year, and since three more volumes are promised by Cambridge University Press we should be moved and entertained for some years to come.' Gabriel Josipovici, The Times Literary Supplement'This edition is beautiful to read. It sets the very highest standards of presentation and organizes inherently complex and often partial material most coherently. For example, many letters written to Beckett are lost, yet the reader is able to infer the tone and scope of his correspondence through the editors' meticulous annotation.' M. S. Byron, The Review of English Studies'One can hardly wait for Volume Two.' John Walsh, The Independent'The most bracing read [of 2009] was The Letters of Samuel Beckett, 1929–1940, a portrait of the Dubliner as a young European with a hard gemlike gift for language, learning and mockery. … Constantly Beckett is veering between certainty about his need to write and doubt about the results, all expressed in prose that is undoubting, delighted and demanding.' Seamus Heaney, The Times Literary Supplement'… these similarly anticipated letters have quite definitely arrived, and in an edition more sumptuous than one ever imagined. Has any modern author been better served by his editors than Beckett? … Best of all, each letter is annotated in detail, with every person, event and allusion scrupulously identified.' Michael Dirda, The Washington Post'Be in no doubt about it, if Godot and Molloy lit up the dreary landscape of writing in the immediate post-war era, these letters are set to do the same for the new century.' Gabriel Josipovici, The Times Literary Supplement'Beautifully edited and annotated.' Philip Hensher, The Spectator'Since Samuel Beckett was incapable of writing a duff sentence, the first volume of his letters, 25 years in the making, has been awaited with high anticipation … There are, of course, some superbly dark Beckettisms among these letters. His most characteristic utterances are what he calls 'shining agates of negation'.' Jonathan Bate, The Sunday Telegraph'Judging by this exemplary inaugural selection, the overall enterprise promises to be an extraordinary commitment, not only to the scholarly virtues of patience, concentration and scrupulousness but to a deep sense of the cultural value of the writer as a twentieth-century avatar … we must be grateful for the opportunity this magnificent work of scholarship provides to reflect on what there is to be known, and the conflicts and crises its subject underwent in his fidelity to the strange, demanding and all too human need to speak his mind.' George O'Brien, Dublin Review of Books'Impossible to mistake these letters for anyone else's work. Parts of them read like a nonfictionalized version of a Beckett novel.' Robin Moroney, The Wall Street Journal'In literary annals, 2009 may well go down as the year that saw the publication of not this or that novel, set of poems, or 'important' theory book, but, quirkily enough, the first of four promised volumes of the letters of Samuel Beckett …' Marjorie Perloff, Bookforum'It would be an understatement to say we look forward to the sequel.' Bert Keizer, The Threepenny ReviewTable of ContentsGeneral introduction; French translator's preface George Craig; German translator's preface Viola Westbrook; Editorial procedures; Acknowledgments; Permissions; Abbreviations; Introduction to Volume 1; Letters, 1929–1940; Appendix; Profiles; Bibliography; Index.
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Radical Hope
Book SynopsisRadical Hope is a collection of letters—to ancestors, to children five generations from now, to strangers in grocery lines, to any and all who feel weary and discouraged—written by award-winning novelists, poets, political thinkers, and activists. Provocative and inspiring, Radical Hope offers readers a kaleidoscopic view of the love and courage needed to navigate this time of upheaval, uncertainty, and fear, in view of the recent US presidential election.Including letters by Junot Díaz, Alicia Garza, Roxana Robinson, Lisa See, Jewelle Gomez, Hari Kunzru, Faith Adiele, Parnaz Foroutan, Chip Livingston, Mohja Kahf, Achy Obejas, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Cherríe Moraga, Kate Schatz, Boris Fishman, Karen Joy Fowler, Elmaz Abinader, Aya de León, Jane Smiley, Luis Alberto Urrea, Mona Eltahawy, Jeff Chang, Claire Messud, Meredith Russo, Reyna Grande, Katie Kitamura, iO Tillett Wright, Francisco Goldman, Celeste Ng, Peter Orner, and Cristina Gar
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Random House USA Inc Good Things Out of Nazareth
Book SynopsisA literary treasure of over one hundred unpublished letters from National Book Award-winning author Flannery O''Connor and her circle of extraordinary friends. Flannery O’Connor is a master of twentieth-century American fiction, joining, since her untimely death in 1964, the likes of Hawthorne, Hemingway, and Faulkner. Those familiar with her work know that her powerful ethical vision was rooted in a quiet, devout faith and informed all she wrote and did. Good Things Out of Nazareth, a much-anticipated collection of many of O’Connor’s previously unpublished letters—along with those of literary luminaries such as Walker Percy (The Moviegoer), Caroline Gordon (None Shall Look Back), Katherine Anne Porter (Ship of Fools), Robert Giroux and movie critic Stanley Kauffmann. The letters explore such themes as creativity, faith, suffering, and writing. Brought together, they form a riveting literary portrait of these friends, artists, and thinkers. Here we find their joys and loves, as well as their trials and tribulations as they struggle with doubt and illness while championing their beliefs and often confronting racism in American society during the civil rights era.Praise for Good Things Out of Nazareth“An epistolary group portrait that will appeal to readers interested in the Catholic underpinnings of O''Connor''s life and work . . . These letters by the National Book Award–winning short story writer and her friends alternately fit and break the mold. Anyone looking for Southern literary gossip will find plenty of barbs. . . . But there’s also higher-toned talk on topics such as the symbolism in O’Connor’s work and the nature of free will.”—Kirkus Reviews “A fascinating set of Flannery O’Connor’s correspondence . . . The compilation is highlighted by gems from O’Connor’s writing mentor, Caroline Gordon. . . . While O’Connor’s milieu can seem intimidatingly insular, the volume allows readers to feel closer to the writer, by glimpsing O’Connor’s struggles with lupus, which sometimes leaves her bedridden or walking on crutches, and by hearing her famously strong Georgian accent in the colloquialisms she sprinkles throughout the letters. . . . This is an important addition to the knowledge of O’Connor, her world, and her writing.”—Publishers Weekly
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Penguin Putnam Inc Life on the Rocks
Book SynopsisFINALIST FOR THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZENAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND BOOKLISTThe story of the urgent fight to save coral reefs, and why it matters to us allCoral reefs are a microcosm of our planet: extraordinarily diverse, deeply interconnected, and full of wonders. When they’re thriving, these fairy gardens hidden beneath the ocean’s surface burst with color and life. They sustain bountiful ecosystems and protect vulnerable coasts. Corals themselves are evolutionary marvels that build elaborate limestone formations from their collective skeletons, broker symbiotic relationships with algae, and manufacture their own fluorescent sunblock. But corals across the planet are in the middle of an unprecedented die-off, beset by warming oceans, pollution, damage by humans, and a devastating pandemic.Juli Berwald fell in love with coral reefs as a marine biology student, entranced by their beauty and c
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Random House USA Inc Shoutin in the Fire
Book SynopsisA stirring meditation of being Black and learning to love in a loveless, anti-Black world“Only once in a lifetime do we come across a writer like Danté Stewart, so young and yet so masterful with the pen. This work is a thing to make dungeons shake and hearts thunder.”—Robert Jones, Jr., New York Times bestselling author of The ProphetsIn Shoutin’ in the Fire, Danté Stewart gives breathtaking language to his reckoning with the legacy of white supremacy—both the kind that hangs over our country and the kind that is internalized on a molecular level. Stewart uses his personal experiences as a vehicle to reclaim and reimagine spiritual virtues like rage, resilience, and remembrance—and explores how these virtues might function as a work of love against an unjust, unloving world.In 2016, Stewart was a rising leader at the predominantly white evangelical church he and his family were attending in Augusta, Georgia. Like many young church leaders, Stewart was thrilled at the prospect of growing his voice and influence within the community, and he was excited to break barriers as the church’s first Black preacher. But when Donald Trump began his campaign, so began the unearthing. Stewart started overhearing talk in the pews—comments ranging from microaggressions to outright hostility toward Black Americans. As this violence began to reveal itself en masse, Stewart quickly found himself isolated amid a people unraveled; this community of faith became the place where he and his family now found themselves most alone. This set Stewart on a journey—first out of the white church and then into a liberating pursuit of faith—by looking to the wisdom of the saints that have come before, including James H. Cone, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, and by heeding the paradoxical humility of Jesus himself.This sharply observed journey is an intimate meditation on coming of age in a time of terror. Stewart reveals the profound faith he discovered even after experiencing the violence of the American church: a faith that loves Blackness; speaks truth to pain and trauma; and pursues a truer, realer kind of love than the kind we’re taught, a love that sets us free.
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Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc) The Place We Make
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Penguin Putnam Inc A Private Spy
Book SynopsisAn archive of letters written by the late John le Carré, giving readers access to the intimate thoughts of one of the greatest writers of our timeThe never-before-seen correspondance of John le Carré, one of the most important novelists of our generation, are collected in this beautiful volume. During his lifetime, le Carré wrote numerous letters to writers, spies, politicians, artists, actors and public figures. This collection is a treasure trove, revealing the late author's humour, generosity, and wit--a side of him many readers have not previously seen.
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Diversified Publishing The Country of the Blind
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Random House Building Letters 19601975
Book SynopsisIsaiah Berlin was born in Riga, now capital of Latvia, in 1909. When he was six, his family moved to Russia, and in Petrograd in 1917 Berlin witnessed both Revolutions - Social Democratic and Bolshevik. In 1921 he and his parents emigrated to England, where he was educated at St Paul's School, London, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Apart from his war service in New York, Washington, Moscow and Leningrad, he remained at Oxford thereafter - as a Fellow of All Souls, then of New College, as Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, and as founding President of Wolfson College. He also held the Presidency of the British Academy. His published work includes Karl Marx, Russian Thinkers, Concepts and Categories, Against the Current, Personal Impressions, The Sense of Reality, The Proper Study of Mankind, The Roots of Romanticism, The Power of Ideas, Three Critics of the Enlightenment, Freedom and Its Betrayal, Liberty, The Soviet Mind and Political Ideas in
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Palabras de inspiracin
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James Clarke & Co Ltd Journals of Brother Roger of Taize Volume II
Book SynopsisRoger Schutz-Marsauche, known around the world as Brother Roger, is one of the most influential figures in Christianity in the twentieth century. He was founder and first prior of the Taizé Community in France, where tens of thousands of young Christians flock each year for its distinctive music and contemplative style of worship, spending time in prayer and reflection. Yet it is the community of monastic brothers, from differing Christian traditions and over twenty-five different countries, who make this contemplative experience possible. These brothers stand as a ''parable of community'' and as a sign of unity in the midst of a divided world and a divided Christianity. The second volume of Brother Roger''s Journals covers the years 1960-1972, focussing on the birth and initial preparation of a ''Council of Youth'', a project catalysed by the crisis in the Roman Catholic Church in the wake of the Second Vatican Council. Brother Roger also details the ongoing life of the community, the
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