Diaries, letters and journals

During the Civil War, John Singleton Mosby led the Forty-third Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, better known as Mosby's Rangers, in bold and daring operations behind Union lines.

This is the second volume in the first full-scale scholarly edition of Thoreau's correspondence in more than half a century.

Hundreds of novels have been written about young men coming of age in war.

Joseph J.

Using countless interviews as well as original diaries and letters, Andrew Wiest lays bare the horror of the Vietnam War for those left behind and the enduring battles they must continue to fight long after their loved ones have returned home.

William Burroughs closed his classic debut novel, Junky, by saying he had determined to search out a drug he called 'Yage' which he believed transmitted telepathic powers, a drug that could be 'the final fix'.

Die Musik Johann Sebastian Bachs ist fester und vertrauter Bestandteil des kirchlichen und weltlichen Musiklebens.

'An elegant, densely textured work, like a tapestry .

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

Born in Lincolnton, North Carolina, in 1837, Stephen Dodson Ramseur rose meteorically through the military ranks.

From the 1920s through the 1950s Maxwell Anderson was one of the most important playwrights in America.

The complete Timothy Lea and Rosie Dixon confessions from the CONFESSIONS series, the brilliant sex comedies from the 70s, available for the first time in eBook.

"Ich gehe ohne Illusionen, aber mit festem Willen.

The Boy Who Saw True is based on the diary entries of a young Victorian boy whose extraordinary supernatural talent reveals itself within these pages.

'In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could do to any person; I create myself'Intimate, vulnerable and unsparing, Reborn bears witness to the evolution of Susan Sontag.

Taking as its point of departure Omer Bartov s acclaimed Anatomy of a Genocide, this volume brings together previously unknown accounts by three individuals from Buczacz.

'The Rodney Papers, Selections from the Correspondence of Admiral Lord Rodney, Volume II, 1763-1780'.

Literarische Äußerungen von Musikern über ihr Werk sind selten.

In People with Dementia Speak Out, twenty-three people from diverse backgrounds share their experiences of living with dementia.

Zerbrechen wir an dem Wissen, das wir uns gewünscht haben?

Dreiser's careful preservation of his papers bears new fruit with the publication of his personal diaries for the years 1902-26.

The New York Times–bestselling author of the Xanth novels wrote these weekly letters to a fan of is books in the hope of helping her out of a coma.

The Diaries of Sarah Hurst records the day to day life of a young woman who lived in Horsham, Sussex between 1759 and 1762.

This volume contains all of the extant letters written to each other by the renowned Joyce scholars, Hugh Kenner and Adaline Glasheen, between 1953 and 1984.

This collection of letters, 85 percent of them previously unpublished, constitute a rich self-portrait of the artist and a vivid eyewitness chronicle of the twentieth century.

Mit der kommentierten Auswahl der Briefe und Notizen von Carl Dahlhaus (1928–1989) wird die Korrespondenz eines der bedeutendsten Musikwissenschaftler des 20.

"e;"e;These Letters, which were written to me from France during the first winter of the World War, do not in any way pretend to literary attainment; they are just the simple letters of a soldier recording as a diary the daily doings of his regiment at the front.

This second volume of the works of Anne Finch presents previously unpublished poems and letters alongside works in Finch''s authorised print volume.

A Short History of Falling - like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and When Breath Becomes Air - is a searingly beautiful, profound and unforgettable memoir that finds light and even humour in the darkest of places.

Dieses Lebensbuch wurde nicht geschrieben, um mit irgendwelchen Personen oder Institutionen abzurechnen, auch nicht, um einer Sensationsmacherei willens.

Roman Letters offers a rich selection of original translations of ancient Roman letters spanning from the 1st century BCE to the 2nd century CE.

New York Times Bestseller: "e;Wilder's letters display a writer who kept her head amid growing fame, remaining sweet, down-to-earth, and immensely likable.

Here are some of the best of Churchill's letters, many of a more personal nature, written to a wide range of people, including his schoolmaster, his American grandmother and former President Eisenhower.

Hundreds of the letters that Gustav Mahler addressed to his parents and siblings survive, yet they have remained virtually unknown.

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

Am Beispiel zahlreicher deutsch-jüdischer Autorinnen und Autoren analysieren die Beiträge dieses Bandes aufschlussreiche Briefwechsel, die als Seismograph für gesellschaftliche Prozesse, geistige Bewegungen und geschichtliche Entwicklungen betrachtet werden können.

A completely fresh insight into the mind of one of the UK's greatest playwrights, the letters between John Osborne and his first wife, actress Pamela Lane, are also a love letter to a now defunct system of repertory theatre, and life in post-war Britain.

Sir Trevor McDonald is an extraordinary man - and he has led an improbable life.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Briefe von Wilhelm von Humboldt, I.

One of the Lost Generation modernists who gathered in 1920s Paris, Kay Boyle published more than forty books, including fifteen novels, eleven collections of short fiction, eight volumes of poetry, three children's books, and various essays and translations.

"e;Celebratory, even radical"e;-The New Yorker"e;Monumental"e; HyperallergicWe Both Laughed In Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan narrates the inner life of a gay man moving through the shifting social, political, and medical mores of the second half of the 20th century.

Madeleine de Scudery (1607-1701) was the most popular novelist in her time, read in French in volume installments all over Europe and translated into English, German, Italian, and even Arabic.

Soon after meeting near the famed city of love, Paris, Heloiseand Abelard fall into a deep and passionate love.

La necesidad de una exploración biográfica para formular desde otra perspectiva la narración de la historia es el punto de partida de este libro.

Was haben Geschlecht und Sexualität mit Politik zu tun?

Selected from thousands of pages of the daily journals of George Fetherling - the inexhaustible novelist, poet, and cultural commentator - The Writing Life reveals an astute and candid observer of his contemporaries as well as himself.