Essays & Letters 24

In this collection we find two of Cicero’s philosophical treatises, "On Friendship" and "On Old Age". In Cicero’s treatise on friendship we learn of his belief that true friendship with someone is d……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Briefe" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Theodor Storm (1817-1888) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, der ……続きを見る

Alongside Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, and Oscar Wilde, Lord Byron possesses a star-quality unlike other classic British authors. His life as poet, philanderer, homosexual, and freedom fighter i……続きを見る

This is the third and final volume of the complete annotated correspondence of the extraordinary nun, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179). One of the most remarkable women of her day, Hildegard was, for……続きを見る

Hundreds of the letters that Gustav Mahler addressed to his parents and siblings survive, yet they have remained virtually unknown. Now, for the first time Mahler scholar Stephen McClatchie presents……続きを見る

Nous partîmes hier à huit heures pour Marly ; nous y arrivâmes à dix heures et demie ; nous ordonnâmes un grand dîner, et nous nous répandîmes dans les jardins, où la chose qui me frappa, c’est le c……続きを見る

The Emerson Brothers: A Fraternal Biography in Letters is a narrative and epistolary biography drawn from the unpublished lifelong correspondence exchanged among four brothers: Charles Chauncy, Edwa……続きを見る

'There never was anybody who had adventures as well as Miss Bird' SPECTATOR 'Venture deep into the Colorado wilderness, and you will find her long-lasting legacy in the community of people choosing ……続きを見る

Whether in schoolrooms or kitchens, state houses or church pulpits, women have always been historians. Although few participated in the academic study of history until the mid-twentieth century, wom……続きを見る

De dagboeken van tsarina Alexandra Fjodorovna zijn niet van het soort dat de lezer een beeld van de tijd of schrijver geeft door de beschreven dagelijks beslommeringen. De tsarina heeft vele bladzij……続きを見る

Mussolini è un grande uomo politico perchè è un grande attore. Si può essere uomo politico senza essere attore? Penso di no. La politica non è una attività pienamente compresa e descritta dalla cini……続きを見る

Until his death in 1877, Brigham Young guided the religious, economic, and political life of the Mormon community, whose settlements spread throughout the West and provoked a profound political, leg……続きを見る

Winner of the 2016 EDGAR, AGATHA, MACAVITY and H.R.F.KEATING crime writing awards, this real-life detective story investigates how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transf……続きを見る

A Man of Change is a gift from the Foundation of the First President of the Russian Federation B.N. Yeltsin otherwise known as The Yeltsin Fund, produced in cooperation with Glagoslav Publications a……続きを見る

Travelogue/memoir of a stay in a ghost town in northern California on Mount Saint Helena in the 1870s. According to Wikipedia: "Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson ( 1850 - 1894), was a Scottish noveli……続きを見る

This collection includes: ON THE ENJOYMENT OF UNPLEASANT PLACES, AN APOLOGY FOR IDLERS, AES TRIPLEX, TALK AND TALKERS, A GOSSIP ON ROMANCE, THE CHARACTER OF DOGS, A COLLEGE MAGAZINE, BOOKS WHICH HAV……続きを見る

Charles Meeres served on the Western Front between 1915 and 1918. He kept a secret diary and painted many watercolours of life at the front, so that his diary gives a unique insight into the campaig……続きを見る

_______________ 'The music made by the language resembles gunfire, or an exploding grenade ... he fires off missives as though they were missiles' - Observer 'Very few editions of collected letters ……続きを見る

Born on November 5th 1850 in Johnstown, Wisconsin, Ella Wheeler was the youngest of four children. She began to write as a child and by the time she graduated was already well known as a poet throu……続きを見る

Collection of essays. According to Wikipedia: "William Dean Howells (March 1, 1837 May 11, 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic... In 1858, he began to work at the Ohio State Jou……続きを見る

É difícil acreditar que o melhor cronista do maior espetáculo público brasileiro era quase cego. Parece uma lenda, sei, mas tudo indica que é a mais pura verdade. José Carlos começa o seu livro com ……続きを見る

The year is 1953 and the North of England, like everywhere else, is full of women 'keeping house' for their husbands. Washing must be scrubbed by hand over the sink, socks must be darned by hand and……続きを見る

'There was a blinding flash and an ear-splitting report and the "prisoner" fell across me. The bullet had caught him full in the chin and passed out at the base of his skull.' In A Tommy at Ypres we……続きを見る

_____________ 'Brilliant' - Observer 'Vivid, hyperactive, combative, ferociously intelligent and iconoclastic' - Guardian 'Splendidly corrosive' - Independent *_____________ The Proud Highway* is a ……続きを見る

This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter i……続きを見る

Ninety-six letters to the Tatler and the Spectator, representing what is probably the largest extant body of unpublished material relating directly to the two journals, appeared for the first time i……続きを見る

Welcome to Christmas, a.k.a. Hell. For Huddersfield housewife Hazel Wheeler, whose popular diaries span the second half of the twentieth century, Christmas is not just a time for goodwill, mistletoe……続きを見る

Travelogue and essays. According to Wikipedia: "Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson ( 1850 - 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in ……続きを見る

Berthe ... X wrote to his aunt Genevieve Z ... from Etretat. She complains about the boorishness , coarseness and rudeness of men. Back from hunting , sea baths , on the train , to the hotel, they m……続きを見る

En ce temps-là, Balthasar, que les Grecs ont nommé Saracin, régnait en Éthiopie. Il était noir, mais beau de visage. Il avait l’esprit simple et le cœur généreux. La troisième année de son règne, qu……続きを見る