Diaries, letters and journals

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**As read on BBC Radio Four**Uplifting, joyous, hopeful - a novel about late love and second chances, shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and winner of the Paul Torday Memorial Prize'A moving tribute to friendship and love, to the courage of the ordinary, and to starting again' RACHEL JOYCE, author of Miss Benson's Beetle'Full of grace and humanity' Sunday Times________________________This story begins with a letterFrom a housewifeto the gentle curatorOf an extraordinary museumWhere lies peacefullyAn ancient exhibitThat holds the keyTo EverythingWe are.

Readers as well as listeners can now embark on a journey through the cycling year with The Cycling Podcast, which has been entertaining and informing fans since 2013.

From soulful self-reflection to boisterous jubilation, let New York based astrologer Sandy Sitron show you how to harness the changing energies of the moon and start living the life you've always wanted.

'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.

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Alphonse Daudet was a highly popular nineteenth-century French novelist, whose work radiated humour and good cheer.

Before her death in 2002, Mary Wesley told her biographer Patrick Marnham: 'after I met Eric I never looked at anyone else again.

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From rom coms to wrestling and fatherhood to fist fights, Robert Crampton's How to Be a Beta Male is a brilliantly funny and sometimes moving insight into being a modern-day bloke.

You come away from Murphy s book with a renewed amazement at what Lee was able to achieve with a single perfect novel Entertainment WeeklyFirst published in 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird is not only a beloved classic, but also a touchstone in literary and social history.

During the eighties, while working on a novel which had become 'stuck', Anthony Powell, one of the greatest of twentieth-century Enlgish novelists, began writing a journal.

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After the recent success of Princess, More Tears to Cry the Princess Al-Saud and Jean Sasson are collaborating on this new book to bring readers up to date not only with the Princess and her family but the stories and experiences of characters who formed the focus of the last book: Dr Meena - the woman who helps abused women to heal and fight for their rights, and Fatima, the mother of twin daughters who, once abused and abandoned by her family, now works for the Princess in one of the royal palaces.

On the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo discover a fascinating primary source: Walter Scott's accounts of his journey to the battlefieldIn the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Waterloo tourists flocked from Britain to witness the scene of the most important conflict of their generation.

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Tony Benn was one of the twentieth century's most charismatic politicians.

Unquestionably one of the greatest novelists of his time, Graham Greene had always guarded his privacy, remaining aloof, mysterious and unpredictable.

When Jean Sasson s book Princess: Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia was published, it became an immediate international bestseller.

Part scrapbook, part memoir, this wonderfully colourful and eloquent diary brims with vivid observations, providing a rare snapshot of what life was like on the Home Front during the First World War.

Originally published in 1931, this is a collection of travel essays by the English poet Rupert Brooke.

This book contains a memoir and numerous letters written by the American writer, Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce.

This vintage book contains a collection of letters written by John Muir to Ezra S.

"e;Letters from England"e; is a masterpiece of observation written by the famous Czech writer, Karel Capek.

This antiquarian volume contains Karel Capek's "e;Letters From Holland"e;.

This early work is a collection of Louisa May Alcott's letters, journals, and notes.

John Buchan 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, had a remarkable life and here is his wonderfully written and fascinating memoir.

The Letters Of Henry James, By Henry James.

This book contains a letter written by Oscar Wilde to British poet and journalist Lord Alfred Douglas, first published in 1905.

This early work by Edward Streeter was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series.

This early work by Edward Streeter was originally published in 1918 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series.

This early work by Henry James was originally published in 1884 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

This book contains a fantastic collection of Virginia Woolf's best essays and letters on a range of subjects including feminism, war, the works of other writers, and more.

Walt Whitman is known for his beautiful, floral poetry but here are collected some of the poems inspired by his time working a s a nurse during the American Civil War.

American Walt Whitman formed a close friendship with English writer Anne Gilchrist.

This early work by Edith Wharton was originally published in 1920 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

First published in 1932, "e;A Letter to a Young Poet"e; is an essay by Virginia Woolf.

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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio, United States in 1842.

A collection of Sir Walter Scott's letters to his son-in-law, publisher J.

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Anne Frank's diary is one of the most recognised and widely read books of the Second World War.

Anne Frank's diary is one of the most recognised and widely read books of the Second World War.

Maud Berridge (1845 1907) was the wife of a Master Mariner, and she travelled with him on at least five occasions (1869, 1880, 1882, 1883, 1886), sailing to Melbourne with emigrants and cargo.

Maud Berridge (1845 1907) was the wife of a Master Mariner, and she travelled with him on at least five occasions (1869, 1880, 1882, 1883, 1886), sailing to Melbourne with emigrants and cargo.

50 letters from high-profile business leaders and thinkers to their CEO offering advice, insight and guidance.

50 letters from high-profile business leaders and thinkers to their CEO offering advice, insight and guidance.

During their university holidays in the late 1880s, S.