Diaries, letters and journals

This study explores the surprising relationship between Proust's creative genius, his financial extravagance, and the steady hand that kept him afloat.

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

Modesty, humor, compassion, and wisdom are the traits most evident in this illuminating selection of personal papers from the Albert Einstein Archives.

The life of Nikos Kazantzakis-the author of Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ-was as colorful and eventful as his fiction.

'A gold mine of gossip with a cast of thousands' GUARDIANThe unexpurgated diaries of one of the greatest, most talented, and wittily flamboyant characters of the 20th century - with a new introduction by Stephen Fry'Compulsive reading' SUNDAY TIMES'19th February 1956.

'As in a good novel, the people, their feelings and reactions are instantly recognisable and as fresh and immediate today as they were then' GUARDIAN'She writes vividly and movingly' DAILY TELEGRAPH26th September 1939.

One morning in March 2021 with the second wave of infections ripping through Ireland where he was newly resident, Mark Lanegan woke up breathless, fatigued beyond belief, his body burdened with a gigantic dose of Covid-19.

A British Army officer recounts his experiences in India before and after Partition and later in the Malayan Emergency.

What would it be like to leave your loved ones behind knowing you may never see them again?

What would it be like to leave your loved ones behind knowing you may never see them again?

By any standards Mick Stoke's experiences in the Royal Navy during the Second World War were remarkable.

By any standards Mick Stoke's experiences in the Royal Navy during the Second World War were remarkable.

In August 1942, Allied forces mounted an attack on the German-held port of Dieppe; titled Operation Jubilee, it represented a rehearsal for invasion.

In August 1942, Allied forces mounted an attack on the German-held port of Dieppe; titled Operation Jubilee, it represented a rehearsal for invasion.

The bundle of 31 letters, the pages of which had long yellowed with age, had lain hidden in the attic where they were found for over a century.

The bundle of 31 letters, the pages of which had long yellowed with age, had lain hidden in the attic where they were found for over a century.

The first complete account of the Jack and Elizabeth Ennis story-a WWII tale of love, danger, and internment in Japanese-occupied Singapore.

The first complete account of the Jack and Elizabeth Ennis story-a WWII tale of love, danger, and internment in Japanese-occupied Singapore.

Many military accounts of the British side of the Falklands War have been published as well as memoirs written by servicemen who took part, so this aspect of the story of the Argentine occupation and the British liberation of this remote territory in the South Atlantic is well known.

Many military accounts of the British side of the Falklands War have been published as well as memoirs written by servicemen who took part, so this aspect of the story of the Argentine occupation and the British liberation of this remote territory in the South Atlantic is well known.

A good fit of illness proves the value of health; real danger tries one's mettle; and self-sacrifice sweetens character.

'The mass of the rich and the poor are differentiated by their incomes and nothing else, and the average millionaire is only the average dishwasher dressed in a new suit.

A witty and beautifully written account of the lives of Gertrude Stein and her wife Alice B.

An American general in Wellington's army?

James Bailey was unemployed, heartbroken, and questioning his purpose on the planet.

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

Letters from 1879, when Darwin researched and published a biography of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin.

Letters from 1879, when Darwin researched and published a biography of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin.

A pioneering new ''history from below'' of Irish poverty told through the letters of the Catholic poor in Independent Ireland.

A pioneering new ''history from below'' of Irish poverty told through the letters of the Catholic poor in Independent Ireland.

Examines Samuel Richardson''s letters and novels, and explores the interconnection between fiction and correspondence in eighteenth-century literature.

Examines Samuel Richardson''s letters and novels, and explores the interconnection between fiction and correspondence in eighteenth-century literature.

Letters from 1875, when Darwin published Insectivorous plants and began work on Cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom.

Letters from 1875, when Darwin published Insectivorous plants and began work on Cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom.

This volume contains letters from the year in which Darwin worked on insectivorous plants and published the second edition of Descent of Man.

This volume contains letters from the year in which Darwin worked on insectivorous plants and published the second edition of Descent of Man.

A fever-dream journal documenting the making of cinema s most infamous production, from the world's most infamously visionary director: Werner Herzog.

A uniquely fascinating and moving account of a German-Jewish family under the Third Reich and Holocaust.

A uniquely fascinating and moving account of a German-Jewish family under the Third Reich and Holocaust.

The power and status of English male elites were not merely inherited at birth but developed through everyday interactions with family, peers and guardians.

»Was also hast du im Krieg gemacht?

Cuatro años antes de la proclamación de la Primera República, en plena efervescencia revolucionaria, Élie Reclus emprende un viaje por España.

In 1909 Myrtle and Ernest Webb took possession of an ordinary farm in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.

'The pages sing in this beautiful book.

Roman Letters offers a rich selection of original translations of ancient Roman letters spanning from the 1st century BCE to the 2nd century CE.

Roman Letters offers a rich selection of original translations of ancient Roman letters spanning from the 1st century BCE to the 2nd century CE.

Evidence-based interventions are increasingly being required by third-party payers and an evidence-based orientation has come to define ethical practice.

Evidence-based interventions are increasingly being required by third-party payers and an evidence-based orientation has come to define ethical practice.

This collection of letters, 85 percent of them previously unpublished, constitute a rich self-portrait of the artist and a vivid eyewitness chronicle of the twentieth century.

Hemingway''s letters, many previously unpublished, trace his rise to international renown providing a rich account of the artist (April 1929–1931).