Diaries, letters and journals

Mary Wollstonecraft was born on 27th April 1759 in Spitalfields, London.

Booker Taliaferro Washington was born, it is thought, in 1856.

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The dental needs of people living with dementia are often overlooked, particularly in the care home and hospital community.

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Beautiful and heartfelt.

'Being asked to write about Kafka is like being asked to describe the Great Wall of China by someone who's standing just next to it.

WRITTEN DURING HER TRAVELS IN EUROPE, ASIA, AND AFRICA, TO Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c.

Olga Tufnell (1905-85) was a British archaeologist working in Egypt, Cyprus and Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s, a period often described as a golden age of archaeological discovery.

'Courage calls to courage everywhere' is the best-known phrase associated with Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847-1929), the leading UK suffragist and campaigner of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Mary Wollstonecraft was born on 27th April 1759 in Spitalfields, London.

Peggy Ramsay (1908-1991) was the foremost play agent of her time.

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.

Radical activist, thinker, comrade of Walter Rodney, Andaiye was one of the Caribbean's most important political voices.

Radical activist, thinker, comrade of Walter Rodney, Andaiye was one of the Caribbean's most important political voices.

Johann Georg von Hahn - a nineteenth-century Austrian diplomat and explorer - is generally considered to be the founder of Albanian Studies as a scholarly discipline.

As New Labour's first period of government picks up steam, we find Bernard Donoughue working as a minister at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishing and Food.

In 1847, seventeen-year-old Miss Ellen Palmer had the world at her feet.

As New Labour's first period of government picks up steam, we find Bernard Donoughue working as a minister at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishing and Food.

In 1847, seventeen-year-old Miss Ellen Palmer had the world at her feet.

The first collection of Malcolm Guite's widely acclaimed columns on the back page of the Church Times.

Frances Burney was born on June 13th, 1752 in Lynn Regis (now King's Lynn).

Frances Burney was born on June 13th, 1752 in Lynn Regis (now King's Lynn).

Frances Burney was born on June 13th, 1752 in Lynn Regis (now King's Lynn).

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This is a collection of letters written by American naturalist Henry David Thoreau.

"e;Dear Millie, I am writing you this letter in the hope that life has afforded you the opportunity to grow old enough to read it.

Another Cup of Tea is a book for anyone caring for someone with dementia or Alzheimer's disease.

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Waterloo is probably the most famous battle in military history.

‘Wiped out three Nazis in a shallow trench.

‘Wiped out three Nazis in a shallow trench.

‘The infantry is only a few metres ahead of us when suddenly, on the left of our tank, a Russian stands up.

‘The infantry is only a few metres ahead of us when suddenly, on the left of our tank, a Russian stands up.

A richly illustrated memoir by highly decorated Wehrmacht soldier-"e;recommended to anyone with an interest in the Panzerwaffe in the Second World War"e; (Recollections of WWII).

Carnivores include some of the most impressive, dangerous and mysterious animals in the world.

Carnivores include some of the most impressive, dangerous and mysterious animals in the world.

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

Twelve Years A Slave is subtitled Narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853 from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana.

John Griffith "e;Jack"e; London was born John Griffith Chaney on January 12th, 1876 in San Francisco.

For many of us DH Lawrence was a schoolboy hero.

For many of us DH Lawrence was a schoolboy hero.

For many of us DH Lawrence was a schoolboy hero.

For many of us DH Lawrence was a schoolboy hero.

For more than a decade, Derek Philpott and his son, Dave, have been writing to pop stars from the 1960s to the 90s to take issue with the lyrics of some of their best-known songs.

Andrew Jackson's new history tells the story of the Great War as it was experienced by the men of the 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment (Accrington Pals), the 158th (Accrington and Burnley) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Howitzers) and their families.

Henry Owens Great War diary provides a vivid and complete narrative, seen from the perspective of an army doctor, of what it was like to live and fight in the trenches of the Western Front.