Diaries, letters and journals

A unique account of everyday life under the Third Reich and one man''s opposition to the Nazi regime.

Following Antonietta and Loris's first kiss in the shadows of the Italian Alps barely a year after the end of the Second World War, the couple was divided by a distance far greater than could ever have been imagined.

An important and long-overdue contribution to our knowledge of Tolstoy.

Examining the diary as a particular form of expression, Holding On and Holding Out provides unique insight into the experiences of Jews in France during the Second World War.

Reveals the provocative and irreverent life of Dorman-Smith through his private letters and war diary, highlighting his military brilliance and conflicts with Churchill.

This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin A-Level (Group 2) prescription of Pliny, Letters 1.

Nancy Mitford was witty, intelligent, often acerbic, a great tease and an acute observer of upper-class English idiosyncrasies.

Robert Creeley is one of the most celebrated and influential American poets.

'Poignant, funny and highly readable.

"e;This girl is a real novelist,"e; wrote Caroline Gordon about Flannery O'Connor upon being asked to review a manuscript of O'Connor's first novel, Wise Blood.

This diary, begun after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and covering the invasion of Burma up to June 1942, is a moving account of the dilemmas faced by the well-loved and prolific Burmese author Theippan Maung Wa (a pseudonym of U Sein Tin) and his family.

'I revere Helen Garner's writing, and it's in her diaries that she's at her acute, rigorous, pitch-perfect best'Nigella Lawson'I come back again and again to Garner's diaries and always find something new to admire.

Clive Beaumont was diagnosed with Younger Onset Dementia at age 45, when his children were aged just 3 and 4.

The man behind "e;I Could Have Danced all Night"e; and "e;Almost Like Being in Love"e;, lyricist Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986) is widely regarded as one of the most important figures of the American musical stage.

Die grauenhaften Erlebnisse eines Soldaten im Russlandfeldzug 1941, aber auch die Sinnlosigkeit und Verbitterung über den militärischen Alltag als Besatzer in Frankreich und Italien, die Monotonie und nie endende Langeweile des täglichen Dienstes hätten ihn nahezu zermürbt, wäre da nicht eine innige Liebe trotz der großen geographischen Entfernungen herangewachsen.

This moving and unusual story of a British engineer who becomes caught up in the horrifying events of the First World War vividly illuminates life - and death - on the Mesopotamian Front.

George Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull, was an unconventional ambassador.

Within the vast and varied body of chasidic literature, rarely does one find a chasidic rebbe writing about himself.

Als Herausgeber poetischer Taschenbücher und literarischer Zeitschriften stand Leo von Seckendorf (1775–1809) in brieflichem Austausch mit fast allen bedeutenden Autoren von der späten Aufklärung über die Klassik bis zur Romantik.

'Describing narrow squeaks and terrible deprivations, Harris's unflowery account of fortitude and resilience in Spain still bristles with a freshness and an invigorating spikiness' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY'A most vivid record of the war in Spain and Portugal against Napoleon' MAIL ON SUNDAYBenjamin Harris was a young shepherd from Dorset who joined the army in 1802 and later joined the dashing 95th Rifles.

The private letters of a statesman are always inviting material for historians and when he has claim to literary fame as well the correspondence assumes a double significance.

THE NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDEAR MADAM PRESIDENT is an empowering letter from former White House Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri to the first woman president, and by extension, to all women working to succeed in any field.

1963 saw Labour's emergence from its 'wilderness years' in Opposition, and the election of Harold Wilson following the unexpected death of Hugh Gaitskell.

Down and Out in the Great Depression is a moving, revealing collection of letters by the forgotten men, women, and children who suffered through one of the greatest periods of hardship in American history.

Zwiegespräche im Schatten der WeltgeschichteDie Korrespondenz der Meisterschülerin mit dem Erzieher – »der einzige, den ich je habe anerkennen können« – ist das große Zeugnis einer Seelenverwandschaft.

I lived the same life as everyone else, the life of ordinary people, the masses.

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

New correspondence from the Telegraphs best-selling series.

An annotated selection of unpublished letters by Nathaniel Hawthorne's sister.

Auf einem Trip nach Australien lernt die Autorin Kathy Acker 1995 McKenzie Wark kennen.

The Letters of Richard Cobden (1804-65) aims in four printed volumes to provide the first critical edition of Cobden's letters, publishing the complete text in as near the original form as possible, accompanied by full scholarly apparatus, together with an introduction to each volume re-assessing Cobden's importance in their light.

Philip Webb was a British architect known as a founder of the Arts and Crafts movement and also a key member of the Pre-Raphaelite circle.

Capitalism is dead.

Lambda Literary Award Finalist - LGBTQ AnthologyWritten by and for trans and non-binary survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, Written on the Body offers support, guidance and hope for those who struggle to find safety at home, in the body, and other unwelcoming places.

'A uniquely charming and enticing journey through a remarkable life.

Sarah Hutchinson has never been much more than a name, though a name connected with some of the greatest in English literature.

Robert Louis Stevenson is the author of many classic novels.

Contained within the pages of this rare book is a collection of writings taken from Walt Whitman's diaries and note-books written during his time in Canada.

Will Dowd takes us on a whimsical journey through one year of New England weather in this engaging collection of essays.

Always Stay True is a true journey through a relatively sexist work environment that favored a predominantly male presence.

Extrait : "Ce livre est un tableau de la vie réelle, avec ses agitations, ses défaillances, ses égarements, et ajoutons aussi, comme consolation, avec les vertus cachées et les héroïsmes qui, semblables à l'or pur mêlé à l'argile, se rencontrent au sein de notre corruption sociale.

The first volume of the 20th century's most phenomenally successful diaries, published alongside first paperback of THE LAST DIARIES.

'You are the knife I turn inside myself'Franz Kafka's letters to his one-time muse, Milena Jesenska - an intimate window into the desires and hopes of the twentieth-century's most prophetic and important writerKafka first made the acquaintance of Milena Jesenska in 1920 when she was translating his early short prose into Czech.