Diaries, letters and journals

'My dear Noel, I don't know what to write to you so I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits whose names were - Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter.

Beatrix Potter was a very private person, yet, luckily for us, she was a prolific letter writer.

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Between the ages of 15 and 30 Beatrix Potter kept a secret diary written in code.

Delve deeper into the world of the BBC hit drama series Versailles, and discover the real Marie-Antoinette in this ground-breaking study of her secret love affair with the Swedish diplomat Count Axel von Fersen.

The heartbreaking and heartwarming true story of a mother dying of a cancer and the special gift she left for her husband and two young sons - it'll have you crying and laughing equally.

The extraordinary life story of the celebrated artist and writer, as told through four decades of intimate letters to her beloved motherBarbara Chase-Riboud has led a remarkable life.

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

The extraordinary life story of the celebrated artist and writer, as told through four decades of intimate letters to her beloved motherBarbara Chase-Riboud has led a remarkable life.

"e;Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler?

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was an influential French writer who was perhaps the leading exponent of literary realism of his country.

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Best remembered for his operas and his War Requiem, Benjamin Britten's radical politics and his sexuality have also ensured that he remains a controversial public figure.

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

The essential collection of critical essays from a twentieth-century master and author of 1984.

'This is a devastating book.

'There never was anybody who had adventures as well as Miss Bird' SPECTATOR'Venture deep into the Colorado wilderness, and you will find her long-lasting legacy in the community of people choosing to live a life without limits' RUBY WAX, GUARDIAN 'This book is an unputdownable record of a truly astounding journey' DERVLA MURPHY, IRISH TIMESBorn in 1831, Isabella, daughter of a clergyman, set off alone to the Antipodes in 1872 'in search of health' and found she had embarked on a life of adventurous travel.

'Janet Frame's luminous words are the more precious because they were snatched from the jaws of the disaster of her early life.

THE FIRST MODERN LESBIAN 'The details of Anne's love affairs and flirtations are there, free from suppression or euphemism' GUARDIAN 'Engaging, revealing, at times simply astonishing' SARAH WATERS'The Lister diaries are the Dead Sea Scrolls of lesbian history; they changed everything' EMMA DONOGHUE Anne Lister (1791-1840) was one of the most remarkable women of her time.

From the private papers of Anne Boleyn and Emily Dickinson to those of Empress Josephine and Queen Victoria, Love Letters of Great Women is an anthology of some of the most romantic letters in history.

On 9th August 2001, twenty-two days after Jeffrey Archer was sentenced to four years in prison for perjury, he was transferred from HMP Belmarsh, a double-A Category high-security prison in south London, to HMP Wayland, a Category C establishment in Norfolk.

Day 115.

From the private papers of Jane Austen and Mozart to those of Anne Boleyn and Nelson, Love Letters of Great Men and Women collects together some of the most romantic letters in history.

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From the bestselling author of Kane and Abel, Hell is the first volume in Jeffrey Archer's The Prison Diaries - the author's daily record of the time he spent locked inside.

The ';astonishing' (People) and definitive biography that unlocks the ';riveting' (Vogue) story of Vivian Maier, the nanny who lived secretly as a world-class photographer, featuring nearly 400 of her images, many never seen before, placed for the first time in the context of her life.

In 2018 Project Love launched their debut journal Goodbye 2018, Hello 2019, an end-of-year guide that helps you to say a proper farewell to one year as it comes to an end and create a vision and a plan for the year ahead.

'As a mayor, I am responsible for the upkeep of rural roads; as poet, I prefer to see them neglected.

Nurture self-expression and discovery with this beautiful guided journal, one day at a time.

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.

A Spectator Book of the YearAn Observer, New Statesman, Financial Times, Irish Times and Scotsman 2021 Non-Fiction Highlight'Compassionate, beautifully written .

'I seem to have banged on this year rather more than usual.

'Inspiring' GUARDIAN'Heartbreaking' INDEPENDENT'I loved it' ADAM KAY'Beautiful' MATT HAIG'Luminous' NICCI GERRARD'Essential reading' MADELEINE BUNTING'A celebration' CHRISTIE WATSON-----A Best Book for Summer in The Times, Guardian and The iIndependent Book of the Month-----Caring is an issue that affects us all - as bestselling novelist Kate Mosse knows all too well.

Shortlisted for the 2022 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction'Utterly, utterly perfect and brilliant - I think it is, simply, a new classic, and the book every woman will be able to trust to make her happy when she picks it up' - Caitlin Moran'Utterly wonderful .

From 1573 to 1617, Master Franz Schmidt was the executioner for the towns of Bamberg and Nuremberg.

Tender, moving, heartfelt and warm (and sporadically scandalous and outrageous too), these are the private messages between people in love.

'I wanted to go on reading it forever' Nigella LawsonTwo strangers.

Who are you?

The second volume of Robert Crawford's magisterial biography of the revolutionary modernist, visionary poet and troubled man, drawing on extensive new sources.

'This small-sized book has immense power.

The definitive collection of works on a subject that inspired and haunted Charles Bukowski for his entire life: alcohol Charles Bukowski turns to the bottle in this revelatory collection of poetry and prose that includes some of the writers best and most lasting work.

A timeless selection of some of Charles Bukowskis 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.

Originally edited by Dorothy Lobrano Guth, and revised and updated by Martha White.

'It promises to be one of the literary highlights of 2021 - publication of the diaries of Patricia Highsmith, one of the most conflicted, fascinating novelists of the 20th century' Edward Helmore, Guardian'My secrets-the secrets that everyone has-are here, in black and white.

A unique first-hand account of a historical gay trans man's whole life, which reads like a celebratory coming-of-age novel.

'I planted a dog rose.

*A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021*'Raw, tender and urgent' Jessica Andrews, author of Saltwater'Irreducible.

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'The ultimate Holocaust testimony.

A unique, intimate and beautiful exploration of grief, loss, healing and faith'This is a beautiful book, a remarkable, cadenced recollection of how grief lives in the body.

_____________________________ If you ve ever felt like you were out of your element, in over your head or working without a net, you will love this book.