Diaries, letters and journals

A caballo entre la sentencia epigramática, el ensayo breve, el minicuento y el aforismo, los textos que conforman este libro abordan las más disímiles materias de la cotidianidad desde una perspectiva que precipita hondas y sagaces reflexiones sobre el país y sus intelectuales, pero también –y he aquí su resonancia– sobre el mundo, los libros, la cultura popular, esas preciadas cosas de la vida que suelen pasar desapercibidas al ojo ablandado por la rutina y la frivolidad.

ENCOUNTERS IN A NOISY WORLD - The finitude of eternityIf the view of things is different from the hitherto accustomed one, something is formed, which does that service to the well-worn life, the appearance of which does not become aware of its distinctness to everyone.

This book covers mainly letters from his mother to her son, her only child, who lived some thousands of miles apart for many years.

'Sharp as a skewer about the devices and desires in many modern marriages.

En un viaje de seis meses junto a su familia, David Rodríguez nos pasea por sus historias, transitando por algunos de los lugares y personajes más cautivadores de América, Oceanía, Asia y África.

"e;Livy darling, it was flattering, at the Lord Mayor's dinner, tonight, to have the nation's honored favorite, the Lord High Chancellor of England, in his vast wig & gown, with a splendid, sword-bearing lackey, following him & holding up his train, walk me arm-in-arm through the brilliant assemblage, & welcome me with all the enthusiasm of a girl, & tell me that when affairs of state oppress him & he can't sleep, he always has my books at hand & forgets his perplexities in reading them!

'Her voice is absolutely, beguilingly conversational .

With the methodology of eye-tracking experiments, in-depth interviews, and large-scale questionnaires across cities, this book provides a panoramic vision of digital reading and social interaction among the new generations in China.

One of the key figures in Christian history, St.

Collected Memoirs, Letters and Literary Writings of Wilkie Collins gathers the private and professional prose of one of Victorian fiction's most inventive practitioners.

Este libro de memorias quiere ser el testimonio vital de un individuo peludo y entrañable que encontró su lugar en el mundo cuando todo le auguraba un destino incierto y poco favorable.

With the methodology of eye-tracking experiments, in-depth interviews, and large-scale questionnaires across cities, this book provides a panoramic vision of digital reading and social interaction among the new generations in China.

Was mir passiert ist, ist nicht meine Schuld.

Die grandios erzählte Generationengeschichte einer Star-Journalistin, die nach einer Gehirn-Operation ihren eigenen verdrängten Erinnerungen und den Geheimnissen ihrer Familie auf die Spur kommt.

The Crookenden brothers – Henry, Napier and Spencer - were born into a military dynasty.

Primer libro del cantante Andrés Borque.

Als junger Mann verlässt Sándor Márai (1900–1989) Ungarn, um Europa zu entdecken.

Für Sándor Márai ist 1945 ein Schicksalsjahr, es ist der Untergang der alten Welt, das Ende des bürgerlichen Zeitalters, dem er mit Leib und Seele angehörte.

Die Tagebücher Sándor Márais von 1984 bis zu seinem Freitod 1989 sind ein überaus bewegendes Zeugnis.

»Ich will nicht, dass ihr weint und um mich trauert, sondern mit einem Glas Sekt darauf anstoßt, dass ich nun endlich alles überstanden habe.

The first collection of letters in English by one of the great writers of the twentieth centuryThis is the first collection in English of the extraordinary letters of one of the great writers of the twentieth century.

Celebrating queer love in all its forms, this moving collection champions the richly passionate love letters, poetry, and journals of history's queer writers.

Lucien A.

Born on November 5th 1850 in Johnstown, Wisconsin, Ella Wheeler was the youngest of four children.

In this thoughtful, affectionate collection of interviews and letters spanning three decades, beloved poet Gary Snyder talks with South African writer and scholar Julia Martin.

"e;That calling, at once religious, ethical, and aesthetic, is one that only a genuine poet can hearand very few poets can explain it as compellingly as Mr.

A monumental gathering of writings by over 60 authors (from Emerson to Rudolfo Anaya) that traces Whitman's continuing influence on world literature.

En la madrugada del 17 de septiembre de 1976, Emilce Moler, de diecisiete años, estudiante secundaria, fue secuestrada de la casa de sus padres, en La Plata, por hombres armados pertenecientes al Ejército Argentino.

Edgar Allan Poe, einer der bedeutendsten amerikanischen Schriftsteller des 19.

Majya Andzhelu — odna iz glavnyh amerikanskih pisatel'nic i poetess XX veka.

"Es ist, als wäre man in einem großen Saal, in dem viele Menschen fröhlich sind und tanzen, während eine kleine Menschen still in der Ecke sitzt.

Theodor Storms Novellensammlung 'Der Schimmelreiter und andere Novellen' ist ein Meisterwerk der deutschen Literatur des 19.

Die Anthologie "Die berühmtesten Liebesbriefe bekannter Künstler" versammelt eine außergewöhnliche Kollektion von Emotionen und Gedanken, wie sie nur in den persönlichsten Schriften zu finden sind.

Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award.

The Love Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett gathers one of the nineteenth century's most compelling epistolary romances, tracing the transformation of literary admiration into intimate devotion.

This book is the second volume about Mrs.

This Work contains an active table of contents (HTML), which makes reading easier to make it more enjoyable.

Johannes Proelß' Buch "Scheffel - Ein Dichterleben" bietet einen faszinierenden Einblick in das Leben des deutschen Dichters Joseph Victor von Scheffel.

Mit der Diagnose "manisch-depressiv" landet Sebastian Schlösser in der Psychiatrie.

The three volumes that comprise this set are facsimile reproductions of contemporary biographical material.

In ihren Briefen stehen die Liebenden sofort in Flammen - die Dichterin Christine Lavant und der Maler Werner BergDie schicksalhafte Liebesbeziehung zwischen Christine Lavant und Werner Berg in den Jahren 1950 bis 1955 fand in Hunderten von Briefen ihren Niederschlag.

Ancient epistolary fiction is a still largely under-explored field of research, at the intersection of studies on epistolography and on pseudepigraphy.

En cada crisis profunda tardé semanas en agarrar un libro.

A carrot and a stick: a collection of articles and a short story that talks about the idea of reward and punishment, outdated customs and traditions, and false religious beliefs that affect society negatively.

S'il s'appuie sur les centaines de lettres que Vincent Van Gogh a adressees a son frere Theo, sa sA ur Wil et ses amis peintres tel Emile Bernard, cet ouvrage n'est pas pour autant une enieme biographie de ce peintre, il retrace le parcours initiatique de l'auteur declenche par sa 1re rencontre avec les toiles de Vincent.

Lectrices, lecteurs, appretez-vous a vous remuer les meninges en vous plongeant dans ces vers !

Le combat d'un professeur de langues pour instaurer l'etude de l'espagnol en France.

Through her Letters written to Friends, to her opponents: priests, magistrates, politicians, including the king, Elizabeth Hooton leaves a captivating testimony of her fights for and of her activism in quest of the Truth, Freedom, Justice and equity for all as well as peace on earth and within the Quaker movement.

John Banks hausse le ton dans son journal afin de faire entendre les objections Quakers aux pers,cutions ass,n,es aux humbles revendicateurs du pacifisme, d',galitarisme universels et atemporels ainsi que ces libert,s que l'Occident pr,tend d,fendre.

La cuarentena argentina hace que las personas hagan cosas que nunca pensaron que iban a hacer.