Essays & Letters 6

The Wars of the Roses turned England upside down. Between 1455 and 1485 four kings, including Richard III, lost their thrones, more than forty noblemen lost their lives on the battlefield or their h……続きを見る

Day 115. Saturday 10th November 2001. 6.38am. It's all an act. I am hopelessly unhappy, dejected and broken. I smile when I am at my lowest, I laugh when I see no humour, I help others when I need h……続きを見る

Arranged in chronological order, this collection of some 100 letters from soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines offers a very personal view of World War II and a sense of immediacy that is remarkabl……続きを見る

This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically, chronologically and by category, making it easier to access individual boo……続きを見る

WINNER OF THE 2013 PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR AUSTRALIAN HISTORY WINNER OF THE 2012 MANNING CLARK HOUSE NATIONAL CULTURAL AWARD COMMENDED FOR THE FAW EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION AWARD For Aus……続きを見る

In this humorous collection of celebrity wit, acclaimed broadcaster and humorist Charles Osgood offers witticisms penned by luminaries ranging from Abraham Lincoln to Andy Rooney. Known for his clev……続きを見る

Through the diaries of nine men and women We Shall Never Surrender tells the story of the war as they experienced it, whether at home struggling simply to keep going, in high office with direct infl……続きを見る

Comprehensive collection, first published in 1910. According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was a humorist, sa……続きを見る

Every parent's fear is not to be there for their child, to answer their questions, to give them advice and guide them through life. When Jordan Ferguson was diagnosed with terminal cancer at the age……続きを見る

Tell about Night Flowers presents previously unpublished letters by Eudora Welty, selected and annotated by scholar Julia Eichelberger. Welty published many of her best-known works in the 1940s: A C……続きを見る

‘A little advice from Papa will not come amiss’ So writes ‘the Old Boy’, working in the Colonial Service in Ethiopia to his son ‘Chips’, leaving Scotland for a life in the Rhodesian police (BSAP) in……続きを見る

De Profundis and Other Prison Writings is a new selection of Oscar Wilde's prison letters and poetry in Penguin Classics, edited and introduced by Colm Tóibín. At the start of 1895, Oscar Wilde was ……続きを見る

“ I mean to live and die by my own mind,” Zora Neale Hurston told the writer Countee Cullen. Arriving in Harlem in 1925 with little more than a dollar to her name, Hurston rose to become one of the ……続きを見る

“Decca” Mitford lived a larger-than-life life: born into the British aristocracyーone of the famous (and sometimes infamous) Mitford sistersーshe ran away to Spain during the Spanish Civil War with ……続きを見る

'In a very real sense, Whatever is my life's work; it's fifteen years (so far) of me thinking about what's going on in my life and in my world.' --John Scalzi What sort of idiot spends fifteen years……続きを見る

Become A Fast And Powerful Writer! Do you wish to become a fast and powerful writer? YOU Can Become a Writer. In the era of eBooks/digital publishing, the need to be a writer could not be more. Ever……続きを見る

This selection from the diaries and letters of the Bulgakovs, mostly translated for the first time into English, provides an insightful glimpse into a fascinating period of Russian history and liter……続きを見る

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 (April 2, 1743 O.S.) – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the third President of the U……続きを見る

Co-edited and introduced by Toni Morrison, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Birth of a Nation'hood elucidates as never before the grim miasma of the O.J. Simpson case, which has elicited gar……続きを見る

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Special Award "I have come to think that the true likeness of Flannery O'Connor will be painted by herself, a self-portrait in words, to be found in her le……続きを見る

Cette édition parfaitement mise en page par l'éditeur pour une lecture sur Kobo regroupe les 2 Volume de La Marquise de Pompadour écrit par Michel Zévaco. Vous pourrez aisément naviguer d'une œuvre ……続きを見る

Next Wave collects the work of today’s finest young writersーnineteen creative reporters whose work builds upon foundations laid by previous generations. Although naysayers predicted the decline of ……続きを見る

These exhilarating lettersーselected and introduced by Thomas Kunkel, who wrote Genius in Disguise, the distinguished Ross biographyーtell the dramatic story of the birth of The New Yorker and its p……続きを見る

Richard O’Monroy, (1849-1916) est un romancier et nouvelliste français. Diplômé de l’école Saint-Cyr, il entra dans l’armée comme officier de cavalerie ; il était capitaine-commandant en 1891, quand……続きを見る

In questo libro, l’autore trova l’espediente di scrivere una lunga lettera a una sua corrispondente e mentre lo fa, impara a disegnare la vita e a disegnarsi interiormente con la tecnica della scri……続きを見る

Ce roman évoque le vécu des minorités vivant en France durant la période de l'après deuxième guerre mondiale à nos jours à travers les aventures d'une petite fille . Rebondissement , Suspense , rapp……続きを見る

Embark on a Journey Through the Dune Universe with Unpublished Chapters, Original Stories, and a New Novella The Road to Dune is an essential companion for any fan of Frank Herbert's Dune, offering ……続きを見る

This "testament made of light" is a sort of memoir told in short prose pieces or prose poems: the joys and terrors of childhood, the quirkiness of our teenage years, growing old; old friendships, ol……続きを見る

During the Civil War, John Singleton Mosby led the Forty-third Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, better known as Mosby's Rangers, in bold and daring operations behind Union lines. Throughout the course o……続きを見る

Collected here are the letters of famed master of the short story, Anton Chekhov (1860-1904). The son of a former serf in southern Russia, Chekhov attended Moscow University to study medicine, writi……続きを見る