Diaries, letters and journals

In 1910 Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set sail for Antarctica, each from his own starting point, and the epic race for the South Pole was on.

The life and work of a major American poet described in his own words.

The product of a lifetime immersed in the literary, performing arts, and entertainment worlds, Robert Gottlieb's Lives and Letters spotlights the work, careers, intimate lives, and lasting achievements of a vast array of celebrated writers and performers in film, theater, and dance, and some of the more curious iconic public figures of our times.

Letters to James Baldwin, Evelyn Waugh, Henry Miller, and more by the famed monk, "e;one of the great American letter-writers of the century"e; (Kirkus Reviews).

"e;A literary landmark"e; that spans the author's complex life and career-"e;Gellhorn's prose .

This book is about the never ending trials and tribulations Shiro Miyazaki encountered during his short years remaining in his life.

Hart Crane and Yvor Winters: Their Literary Correspondence delves into the profound yet contrasting relationship between two towering figures in 20th-century American poetry.

This book is a collection of endearing, lively, and comical letters, notes, and comments from students parents.

John Muir made four trips to Alaska, as far as Unalaska and Barrow.

This collection of Reagan's words and writings-both public and private-offers an intimate portrait of the president, actor, icon, and family man.

In a telegram sent on 29 April 1963, Ingrid Jonker thanks Andr Brink for his letter and flowers.

In a telegram sent on 29 April 1963, Ingrid Jonker thanks Andr Brink for his letter and flowers.

Letters To Libby/ Part Three is the final book of a three part series.

Letters to Libby/ Part One is part one of a three part series.

For the first time, novelist Iris Murdoch's life in her own words, from girlhood to her last yearsIris Murdoch was an acclaimed novelist and groundbreaking philosopher whose life reflected her unconventional beliefs and values.

A nostalgic collection on rural schools, childhood and English country life from the much-loved author of VILLAGE SCHOOL.

A year in the life of Britain's most popular entertainer, and George Clooney look alike, Sir Terry Wogan.

Dear Mr Bigelow is an enchanting collection of weekly letters written between 1949 and 1961 from an unmarried woman working at the Public Baths in Bournemouth, to a wealthy American widower in New York.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAY MCINERNEYJohn Cheever's letters offer a tantalising glimpse into the life of a writer.

Lucie de la Tour du Pin was the Pepys of her generation.

POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY is the third volume of Alastair Campbell's unique daily account of life at the centre of the Blair government.

Power & the People covers the first two years of the New Labour government, beginning with their landslide victory at the polls in 1997.

At the time of his death from cancer on 1 March 2001, journalist and broadcaster John Diamond had completed six chapters of what was to be "e;an uncomplimentary look at the world of complementary medicine"e;.

FROM THE ONE-OF-A-KIND IMAGINATION THAT BROUGHT US SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5 AND CAT'S CRADLE 'Kurt Vonnegut is either the funniest serious writer around or the most serious funny writer' Los Angeles Times Book Review An 'autobiographical collage' of speeches, stories and essays, in Palm Sunday, Kurt Vonnegut writes beguilingly about everything from country music to George Bush, his favourite comedians to his mother's midnight mania, and bittersweet tributes to a dead best friend and a dead marriage.

Using unpublished diaries, Jim Perrin, the acclaimed author of The Villain and Menlove, tells the story of the greatest exploring partnership in British history.

To Graham Greene, 'Africa will always be the Africa of the Victorian atlas, the blank unexplored continent the shape of the human heart.

As Alastair Campbell said in the introduction to The Blair Years, it was always his intention to publish the full version, covering his time as spokesman and chief strategist to Tony Blair.

One of the most important politics books of the year, To Obama is a record of a time when politics intersected with empathy.

The second volume of exuberant, lively letters from legendary travel writer Patrick Leigh FermorThe first collection of letters from Patrick Leigh Fermor, Dashing for the Post, delighted critics and public alike.

Captivatingly fresh and intimate letters from Augustus John's first wife, Ida, reveal the untold story of married life with one of the great artists of the last century.

From the National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Let the Great World Spin and Transatlantic comes a passionate and practical book of advice, as essential for budding writers as Stephen King's On Writing'A warm, open-hearted paean to the joys of writing' Sunday Times'Excellent .

_____________'Brilliant' - Observer'Vivid, hyperactive, combative, ferociously intelligent and iconoclastic' - Guardian'Splendidly corrosive' - Independent_____________The Proud Highway is a literary milestone.

_______________'The music made by the language resembles gunfire, or an exploding grenade .

_______________'Curtis spent a decade trying to negotiate her way past possessive Soviet archivists, and the result of her persistence is the most comprehensive selection of personal documents so far available in any language' - Simon Franklin, Times Literary Supplement'Ingeniously structured .

'A compelling, absorbing account of a most vivid period in our cultural history, both high-minded and full of high gossip .

An untold story of love, idealism and courage in the Second World War'A very moving account of the all-too-brief life of a warrior-poet' Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad'An elegy for a lost generation, and a fascinating social and political history of a peculiar period in our recent past .

On a mild winter's evening in 1850, Isabella Robinson set out for a party.

Benjamin Zephaniah decides he has had enough of London.

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR'The wickedest political diaries since Alan Clark's' Daily Mail'Riotously candid' Decca Aitkenhead, Sunday Times'An acute political intelligence at work' Guardian'Glorious, compelling, jaw-dropping' Evening StandardWhat is it like to be a wife of a politician in modern-day Britain?

Albert John ('Jack') Martin was a thirty-two-year-old clerk at the Admiralty when he was called up to serve in the army in September 1916.

"Esta es la verdadera historia de Marcos Herrero, el falso perito, un sembrador de pruebas serial.

Apart from her celebrity status as 'the art nun', generated by her television programmes, Sister Wendy has been approached throughout her life for counsel on the spiritual life and the life of prayer.

Apart from her celebrity status as 'the art nun', generated by her television programmes, Sister Wendy has been approached throughout her life for counsel on the spiritual life and the life of prayer.