Essays & Letters 39

Full of sketches, doodles and journal entries, Travels with My Sketchbook gives a fascinating glimpse of the incredible journey of Chris Riddell's time as Children's Laureate. After two years travel……続きを見る

In May of 1997, I moved, for a boy, to San Francisco to gain riches and fame. In July of 1998, having ditched the boy and gained neither riches nor fame, I started to put my diary online. I named it……続きを見る

By the seat of your pants. On a whim the decision is made to travel thousands of miles away. Fast adaptation essential, orientation for basic resources a must. Adjusting to culture quickly and casti……続きを見る

Vierzehn literarische Brieffreundschaften aus ganz Europa diskutieren über Zustand und Zukunft ihres Kontinents. Der »Versuch Europa«, der Versuch, ein nationenübergreifendes Gemeinschaftsmodell zu ……続きを見る

Walter Scott and Fame is a study of correspondences between Scott and socially and culturally diverse readers of his work in the English-speaking world in the early nineteenth century. Examining aut……続きを見る

Peter Rühmkorf und Walther von der Vogelweide: eine freundschaftliche Annäherung zweier großer Lyriker über die Jahrhunderte hinweg, erzählt anhand von Gedichten, Briefen und Tagebuchnotizen. Peter ……続きを見る

Il sangue e la violenza hanno costituito, per molti, quasi naturale paradigma della grande rivoluzione, l'orizzonte di significato entro cui collocare le traiettorie giacobine e sanculotte dei suoi ……続きを見る

'Excellent … This slim volume cannot fail as a pick-me-up' Observer _______________________ Comprising fifty-two short pieces, Letters to a Young Writer is a direct address to the artistic, professi……続きを見る

Se trata de una colección de memorias, Vivencias, Sucesos, Aventuras y Poemas. Sueños no realizados. Suspiros Reprimidos. O, tal vez, Historias que me contaron. It is a collection of memories, Exper……続きを見る

Un mois de harcèlement, quatre ans de dépression. Raphaëlle, adolescente choyée, élève d’une des plus élitistes écoles parisiennes, a payé très cher l’agression violente et sans répit de « camarades……続きを見る

First published in 1994, these two volumes are intended as a supplement to the four-volume edition edited by Gordon N. Ray in 1945-46. In writing to his broad range of correspondents, Thackeray prod……続きを見る

This book includes lost interviews with four masters of post-war American science fiction. Frank Herbert was the creator of the spectacularly popular DUNE series of novels. Frederik Pohl--who died o……続きを見る

Chroniques variées et décalées. Lecteur, bonjour ! Tu viens de consulter cette fiche pour t’informer du contenu de ce livre. Je profite de ce geste qui va entamer tes dernières économies pour t’expr……続きを見る

BAYARD RUSTIN POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE 2013 PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM A master strategist and tireless activist, Bayard Rustin is best remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington……続きを見る

"That calling, at once religious, ethical, and aesthetic, is one that only a genuine poet can hearーand very few poets can explain it as compellingly as Mr. Wiman does. That gift is what makes Ambit……続きを見る

How does one deal with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease at the age of forty-three? My Degeneration, by former Anchorage Daily News staff cartoonist Peter Dunlap-Shohl, answers the question with hu……続きを見る

"Credi che la corrispondenza mi preme molto: è il solo legame che mi unisce al mondo ed è ciò che rompe di tanto in tanto la mia segregazione e il mio isolamento" scriveva Antonio Gramsci (Ales, 189……続きを見る

The box closet was a real closet in the attic of the family house in Washington, D.C. in which Mary Meigs grew up. Bags and boxes of letters and diaries were found there after her mother’s death in ……続きを見る

From one of the most important chroniclers of our time, come two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebooks–writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a leg……続きを見る

Il rapporto tra fratelli è da sempre tribolato e colmo di significati, lo è da Caino e Abele, passando per Romolo e Remo e “I fratelli Karamazov”, l'ultimo romanzo scritto da Fëdor Dostoevskij, fino……続きを見る

Founder of the Left Bank bookstore Shakespeare and Company and the first publisher of James Joyce's Ulysses, Sylvia Beach had a legendary facility for nurturing literary talent. In this first collec……続きを見る

The hilarious and touching novel from Laurie Graham – the fictional diary of the Queen’s best friend in pre-war London. Laurie Graham's brilliant novel is the fictional diary of Maybell Brumby, a we……続きを見る

La mejor prueba de cuánto nos podemos amar está en las cartas. Las cartas de amor las han escrito reyes y esclavos, novelistas y comerciantes. Incluso dictadores. Este libro reúne más de cincuenta m……続きを見る

La vie d'un homme racontée au travers de ses publications sur Facebook Un homme de quarante ans, musicien, père d'un petit garçon, et d'un petit chien blanc, évoque son quotidien au fil de ses posts……続きを見る

Queste lettere senza destinatario (inedite anche in Germania fino al 2010), che Nelly Sachs scrive nei mesi successivi alla morte della madre, contengono in nuce tutti i temi della sua maturità arti……続きを見る

现代小说家、笔名伐扬、匿名子、浙江慈溪人。 读中学时爱好文学，毕业於光华大学中国文学系。1929年开始小说创作，以其年少多产而风格独特，被人称为「鬼才」作家。抗日战争爆发後赴香港，主办汪精卫伪政权的《中……続きを見る

Continuing a conversation as old as Mormonism itself, Jack Harrell explores the relationship between Mormonism and the writer. Mormons see the universe in mythic proportions. Their God is a creator,……続きを見る

A broad treatment of the cultural, social, political, and literary under-pinnings of an entire period and movement in American letters The Vast and Terrible Drama is a critical study of the context ……続きを見る

Recueil placé avant tout sous le signe de l'humour. J'ai essayé, autant ce faire que peu, de garder quand même au fil de mes pérégrinations littéraires une notion poétique; c'est une promenade dans……続きを見る

In spring 1956, Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire - youngest of the six legendary Mitford sisters - invited the writer and war hero Patrick Leigh Fermor to visit Lismore Castle, the Devonshires' house ……続きを見る