Among the hundreds captivated by the vision of quick riches in the gold fields of California was Elisha Douglass Perkins, a tall handsome youth from Marietta, Ohio, who has here left a remarkable first-hand account of the great trek westward in 1849.
When the private papers of Millard Fillmore, thought to have been destroyed in 1889, were discovered they proved to include a large number of letters to Fillmore from Dorothea Dix, the renowned crusader for the humane treatment of the insane.
Washington Allston (1779-1843), the first major American artist trained in Europe, produced important paintings, explored sculpture and architecture, and published poetry and art criticism.
Avec leur perspective aerienne unique et creatrice, les ecrivains-aviateurs offrent un regard lucide et libere des limites terrestres lorsqu'ils composent.
This title opens a new window into the life and thought of Alexis de Tocqueville, presenting him as not only a political thinker but also a person deeply shaped by the tensions and ideals of his time.
Aus dem Exil in den USA nach Europa zurückgekehrt, lebte Ré Soupault von 1948 bis 1958 in Basel, begann dort als Übersetzerin und Radio-Essayistin zu arbeiten und studierte vier Jahre lang bei Karl Jaspers.
A fascinating collection of questions and answersabout courtship, marriage, love, and sexfrom a seventeenth-century periodical The Athenian Mercurya one-page, two-sided periodical published in 1690s Londonincluded the world's first personal advice column.
A fascinating collection of questions and answersabout courtship, marriage, love, and sexfrom a seventeenth-century periodical The Athenian Mercurya one-page, two-sided periodical published in 1690s Londonincluded the world's first personal advice column.
Die Entwicklung der Denkmotive des Heidegger-Schülers Karl Löwith über Friedrich Nietzsche und Jacob Burckhardt zu einer »Kunst der Resignation« auf Grundlage seiner Italien-BriefeKarl Löwith (1897–1973) war als deutsch-jüdischer Philosoph der erste Schüler Martin Heideggers.
Reveals the provocative and irreverent life of Dorman-Smith through his private letters and war diary, highlighting his military brilliance and conflicts with Churchill.
Diaries and letters from service personnel who were held captive throughout the Second World War survive in quite large numbers, but rarely are they so detailed as those of John Blomfield Dixon, whose home was in the Hertfordshire town of Ware.
The BBC and HBO series Gentleman Jack brought Anne Lister to international attention, awakening tremendous interest in her diaries, which run to nearly five million words and are partly written in her secret code.
Según el Observatorio de la Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer, el cáncer colorrectal representó casi el 15 % de todos los tumores diagnosticados en 2023, convirtiéndose en el más frecuente en España para ambos sexos.
This selection of Bowen's non-fictional writings includes her wonderfully funny, precise recollections of schooldays and childhood experiences, her brilliant evocations of London in wartime and of the Irish 'big house', and penetrating accounts of some of her most famous contemporaries.