Diaries, letters and journals

In Dear Friend, you must change your life, we see some of the most fascinating thinkers in history at their most private and profound, reaching out to a friend, sharing, testing, confirming discoveries about the complexity of life, how to rise above its hardships and enjoy its pleasures.

In Dear Friend, you must change your life, we see some of the most fascinating thinkers in history at their most private and profound, reaching out to a friend, sharing, testing, confirming discoveries about the complexity of life, how to rise above its hardships and enjoy its pleasures.

This hitherto unpublished first-hand witness account, written in 1968-9, tells the story of a privileged Polish woman whose life was torn apart by the outbreak of the Second World War and Soviet occupation.

This hitherto unpublished first-hand witness account, written in 1968-9, tells the story of a privileged Polish woman whose life was torn apart by the outbreak of the Second World War and Soviet occupation.

Die eindringliche und bewegende Autobiographie eines furchtlosen Oppositionsführers, der den höchsten Preis für seine Überzeugungen zahlen musste.

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).

Hemingway''s letters, many previously unpublished, trace his transformation into a renowned professional author in the mainstream of American literature.

Hemingway''s letters, many previously unpublished, trace his literary apprenticeship in the legendary milieu of expatriate Paris (1923–1925).

Hemingway''s letters, most previously unpublished, allow an unprecedented insight into his mind and a vivid record of his turbulent life.

Reveals how memoirs are rich repositories of information about the ways in which veterans remembered, understood, and recounted their war.

Reveals how memoirs are rich repositories of information about the ways in which veterans remembered, understood, and recounted their war.

Letters from 1878, when Darwin experimented with his son Francis on plant movements such as sleep and circumnutation.

Elucidates the language, literary style and distinctive approach to the philosophy of Seneca''s letters in their historical context.

Letters from 1878, when Darwin experimented with his son Francis on plant movements such as sleep and circumnutation.

This second volume of the works of Anne Finch presents previously unpublished poems and letters alongside works in Finch''s authorised print volume.

Establishing the text of works in Anne Finch''s early manuscript book, this first volume includes previously unpublished poetry and surviving plays.

The last - and largest - of Cage''s most important formative exchanges of letters, discussing music criticism and questions of aesthetics.

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

These letters reveal the charm and brilliance of one of the great American intellectual liberals of the twentieth century.

These letters reveal the charm and brilliance of one of the great American intellectual liberals of the twentieth century.

A selection of correspondence, much previously unpublished, between Darwin and women in his circle, both family members and colleagues.

A selection of correspondence, much previously unpublished, between Darwin and women in his circle, both family members and colleagues.

Letters from the year in which Darwin investigated insectivorous plants and received responses to his book on expression of emotions.

Letters from the year in which Darwin investigated insectivorous plants and received responses to his book on expression of emotions.

Conrad''s life in his own words, now edited for scholarly use for the first time.

Twenty-six essays offering a kaleidoscopic view of Conrad''s literary views and interest in the events of his day.

Letters from the year in which Darwin published Expression of the Emotions, on human and animal expression.