Diaries, letters and journals

In August 1942, Allied forces mounted an attack on the German-held port of Dieppe; titled Operation Jubilee, it represented a rehearsal for invasion.

In 1910 Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set sail for Antarctica, each from his own starting point, and the epic race for the South Pole was on.

In the late 1960s, while heading up the Western operations for Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Alan Kishbaugh met the distinguished writer Frank Waters in Taos, New Mexico.

Diese erstmals veröffentlichten Moskauer Archivfunde eröffnen eine neue Perspektive auf die Geschichte des deutschsprachigen Literaturexils in der Sowjetunion.

Neuer Blickwinkel auf die deutsch-österreichische MusikgeschichteSie gehören zu den zentralen Figuren des österreichischen Theaterbetriebs: der Komponist Richard Strauss, der Schriftsteller Hugo von Hofmannsthal und Alfred Roller, Bühnenbildner unter Gustav Mahler.

This collection of essays focuses on the variety of women’s life-writing in the Luso-Hispanic world.

Letters from the year in which Darwin investigated insectivorous plants and received responses to his book on expression of emotions.

This remarkable collection of letters reveals the debate over universal human rights.

This first extended literary description and analysis of Emerson's journals, argues that they, and not his essays, are Emerson's masterpiece, constituting one of the greatest commentaries on nineteenth-century America by one of our most acute formal intelligences.

Translated into English for the first time, the letters collected here bring to life one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century, Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Zueinanderstehen, Kameraden sein, sich verzeihen.

This is the third and final volume of the complete annotated correspondence of the extraordinary nun, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179).

Geschichte eines komplexen Krankheitsbildes1817 hat der englische Arzt James Parkinsonin An Essay on the Shaking Palsy das Krankheitsbild,das heute seinen Namen trägt, erstmalsbeschrieben.

Tony Benn's final instalment of diaries centres on a decade which saw the disintegration of Eastern Europe, an unprecedented assault on the labour movement at home, the fall of Margaret Thatcher and the tragic war in the Gulf.

'What a nutjob!

Although Ruth Pitter (1897-1992) is not well known, her credentials as a poet are extensive, and in England from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s she maintained a modest yet loyal readership.

Prison Pens presents the memoir of a captured Confederate soldier in northern Virginia and the letters he exchanged with his fiancee during the Civil War.

Born on the eve of the Civil War, Charles W.

Charlotte Smith (1749-1806) was the author of ten novels, a play, and a host of innovative educational books for children, as well as several volumes of poetry that helped set priorities and determine the tastes of the culture of early Romanticism.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

The Latino Big Bang in California presents a Spanish transcription and English translation of a diary written by Forty-Niner Justo Veytia, a Mexican immigrant seeking riches during California's Gold Rush.

Lambda Literary Award Finalist - LGBTQ Anthology2019 Over the Rainbow Recommended Book ListDedicated to trans women everywhere, this inspirational collection of letters written by successful trans women shares the lessons they learnt on their journeys to womanhood, celebrating their achievements and empowering the next generation to become who they truly are.

God's Little Daughters examines a set of letters written by Chinese Catholic women from a small village in Manchuria to their French missionary, "e;Father Lin,"e; or Dominique Maurice Pourqui, who in 1870 had returned to France in poor health after spending twenty-three years at the local mission of the Socit des Missions Etrangres de Paris (MEP).

The man behind "e;I Could Have Danced all Night"e; and "e;Almost Like Being in Love"e;, lyricist Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986) is widely regarded as one of the most important figures of the American musical stage.

Der als Begründer des Pietismus im Luthertum bekannte Philipp Jacob Spener (1635–1705) verwandte im Laufe seines Lebens immer mehr Zeit darauf, eine ausgebreitete Korrespondenz zu pflegen.

Wenn aus einer langen Beziehung Literatur wirdEs ist der Wunsch von Franz Xaver Kroetz, noch einmal mit seiner Ex-Frau einige Wochen auf Teneriffa zu verbringen, wo sie lange zusammen gelebt haben.

'A masterpiece of social history' Daily MailThere is nothing quite as beautiful as an English country house in summer.

The sixth volume of the personal correspondences of British literary giant T.

Der Briefwechsel von Heinrich und Thomas Mann - eine einzigartige Chronik deutscher Literatur- und Zeitgeschichte, jetzt in einer erweiterten Neuausgabe mit über 100 unbekannten Briefen und Postkarten.

More of a Man presents the only known diaries of a skilled craft-worker in Victorian Canada: Andrew McIlwraith, a Scottish journeyman who migrated to North America during a tumultuous period marked by economic depression and early industrial change.

The evening is a naturally reflective time of the day, when thoughts can end up going round and round in your head, landing on worst-case scenarios and interpretations.

Albert John ('Jack') Martin was a thirty-two-year-old clerk at the Admiralty when he was called up to serve in the army in September 1916.

EDITED BY AVRIL HORNER AND ANNE ROWE Destroy this and all letters.

In 2012, The Recovery Letters was launched to host a series of letters online written by people recovering from depression, addressed to those currently affected by a mental health condition.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, die Vikare und jungen Pfarrer im Predigerseminar der Bekennenden Kirche in Finkenwalde lebten eine neue Form christlicher und theologischer Existenz.

The year is 1953 and the North of England, like everywhere else, is full of women 'keeping house' for their husbands.

Before her death in 2002, Mary Wesley told her biographer Patrick Marnham: 'after I met Eric I never looked at anyone else again.

Abbott Chapman's Spiritual Letters, collected and edited posthumously by Dom Roger Hudleston, have been read and found of profound help by countless thousands since they were first published almost half a century ago.

From language and clothes, to toys and the media, society inflicts unwritten rules on each gender from birth.

From soulful self-reflection to boisterous jubilation, let New York based astrologer Sandy Sitron show you how to harness the changing energies of the moon and start living the life you've always wanted.

"In my time I have said some noteworthy and exceptionally memorable things" – Noël Coward

A delightful and revealing collection of quotations from the master wordsmith, Noël Coward.