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"If war spares me," wrote Vera Brittain to her brother, Edward, in 1916, "it will be my one aim to immortalise in a book the story of us four." Seventeen years later, Vera was to achieve her aim with the acclaimed Testament of Youth. This series of letters was the inspiration behind Testament. Written between Vera; her brother; her fiancé, Roland Leighton; and their two best friends, Victor Richardson and Geoffrey Thurlow, they give a unique perspective on the most horrifying conflict the world has ever seen.

Carl Lavin was a high school senior when Pearl Harbor was attacked. The Canton, Ohio, native enlisted when he turned 18, a decision that would take him with the US Army from training across the United States and Britain to combat with the 84th Infantry Division in the Battle of the Bulge. Home Front to Battlefront is the tale of a foot soldier who finds himself thrust into a world where he and his unit grapple with the horrors of combat, the idiocies of bureaucracy, and the oddities of life back home - all in the same day.

Napoléon Ier, empereur des Français, ne peut laisser personne indifférent. Enfant, on est fasciné par l'épopée de ses conquêtes européennes, relayées par de beaux romans d'aventures. Adulte, on s'essaie à évaluer sa profonde transformation de la société française. On croit ainsi avoir tout lu ou tout appris sur lui grâce aux milliers d'ouvrages qui abordent le moindre aspect de sa vie et de destinée incroyable.

Esta carta es un documento histórico que ilumina la psique de uno de los artistas más fascinantes y complicados en el mundo del arte. Nos ofrece una ventana a la complejidad de su pensamiento y a la intensidad de su pasión, casi religiosa, por el arte y la vida, elementos que definirían su legado.

De Profundis is a 50,000-word letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to Lord Alfred Douglas, his lover. Wilde wrote the letter between January and March 1897; he was not allowed to send it, but took it with him upon release. In it he repudiates Lord Alfred for what Wilde finally sees as his arrogance and vanity; he had not forgotten Douglas's remark, when he was ill, "When you are not on your pedestal you are not interesting."

From the critically acclaimed Colum McCann, author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin, comes a paean to the power of language, and a direct address to the artistic, professional and philosophical concerns that challenge and sometimes torment an author. Comprising fifty-two short prose pieces, Letters to a Young Writer ranges from practical matters of authorship, such as finding an agent, the pros and cons of creative writing degrees and handling bad reviews

These letters between the pioneering environmentalist and her beloved friend reveal "a vibrant, caring woman behind the scientist" (Los Angeles Times). This very special collection of letters from Rachel Carson to her Maine summer neighbor Dorothy Freeman offers an intimate, spellbinding look at Carson's private life and thoughts.

The deepest currents of passion seldom break the surface of literature. Romantic classics abound; but however skilled a writer may be in verbalising an emotional experience, he cannot publicly evoke the heat of blood, the yearning of soul, bared in perfect intimacy between two beings. But letters can do this, and songs never meant to be sung by any but the lover, or the beloved.

Delle 820 lettere scritte da Van Gogh nell'arco della sua breve esistenza ben 651 sono indirizzate al fratello Theo: il primo a comprenderne il talento e a incoraggiarne la vocazione, e il solo che non gli negò mai l'indispensabile sostegno morale e finanziario. Pochi artisti hanno rivelato così tanto di sé stessi nei propri scritti.

Contemplativo, beligerante y dolorosamente tierno. El libro más personal de uno de los grandes escritores de nuestro tiempo. Auster parte de la llegada de las primeras señales de la vejez para evocar episodios de su vida: el despertar del deseo sexual, los lazos del matrimonio, un accidente de coche, la muerte de su madre o las 21 casas en las que ha vivido.

Le vicende raccontate da Isabel Allende in "Paula" hanno suscitato un'attenzione che è andata ben oltre i confini del successo editoriale e di stampa. Dall'uscita del libro in poi Isabel Allende ha cominciato a ricevere lettere che, con modalità e forme diverse, testimoniavano una partecipazione profonda, una intensità di lettura straordinaria. In questo audiolibro potrete acoltarne una selezione: arrivano da tutto il mondo e, per lo più, chi le scrive ha un dramma simile da raccontare, piccoli episodi di sofferenza quotidiana da comunicare, una timidezza da spezzare.

The titanic choreographer, creator of memorable ballets, master of Broadway musicals, legendary show doctor and director, now revealed in his own words--the closest we will get to a memoir/autobiography--from his voluminous letters, journals, notes, diaries, never before published. Edited, and...

‘A love story told in exquisitely poetic letters’ DAILY MAIL ‘A powerful and tender tale of love and war.’ SUNDAY MIRROR Torn apart by war, their letters meant everything… ‘My love. I am writing to you without knowing where you are but I will find you after all these long...

As fresh and poignant today as when they were written, these touching letters capture the heart of everyday life during the Civil War. Set both at home in Florida and on the front, the letters were written by two generations of families whose members included radical secessionists, moderates, and even a few Unionists.

A brand-new collection from the internationally best-selling author of Letters of Note.

In Letters of Note: War, Shaun Usher brings together some of the most remarkable letters that encapsulate the human experience of war, from unimaginable feats of courage and compassion, to unthinkable episodes of violence and horror. A star-studded cast of readers brings the letters to life, with contributions from Sanjeev Bhaskar, Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, Benedict Cumberbatch, Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Fry, Neil Gaiman, Danny Huston, Toby Jones, Ferdinand Kingsley, Jude Law, Natascha McElhone, Clarke Peters, Juliet Stevenson and Mark Strong.

This book includes a timeline of John Muir's life, providing historical context for his spiritual views and writings.

‘An extraordinary treasure trove’ Andrew Marr A unique collection of unpublished letters from the climbing legend George Mallory to his family, revealing his innermost thoughts about people, places and mountains. On the 8th of June, 1924, George Mallory and Sandy Irvine were seen through a...

History cannot be relived, but thanks to a tradition that spans millennia, we can revisit it in the letters of the people who influenced or witnessed the moments it changed forever. In Written In History, acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore selects some of the greatest letters ever written from ancient times to the 20th century: declarations of war, petitions for peace, diplomatic entanglements, steamy love letters and beyond.

'Dear Mama, I am having a lovely time here. We play football every day here. The beds have no springs . . .' So begins the first letter that a nine-year-old Roald Dahl penned to his mother, Sofie Magdalene, under the watchful eye of his boarding-school headmaster. For most of his life, Roald...