By: J. Hecor St. John de Crvecoeur
ISBN: 9780140390063
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 1981
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Published in 1782, this collection of stories includes a vivid portrait of the American scene, from New England seafaring life to Southern plantation culture. The second collection of stories explores some of the unpleasant truths about America's birth pangs.
By: Muriel Knox Doherty
ISBN: 9781865082226
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jul 2000
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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When British troops arrived at Beslen concentration camp in April 1945, they found 40,000 desperately ill prisoners who had been withheld food and water for a week, and 10,000 unburied bodies. Muriel Knox Doherty arrived as Chief Nurse, and in her letters to home, describes her experiences.
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By: Carl Van Doren
ISBN: 9780691627434
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Feb 2016
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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By: Carl Van Doren
ISBN: 9780691653426
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2016
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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By: Lyman Henry Butterfield
ISBN: 9780691655901
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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By: Lyman Henry Butterfield
ISBN: 9780691627359
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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By: Lyman Henry Butterfield
ISBN: 9780691655093
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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By: Lyman Henry Butterfield
ISBN: 9780691655918
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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By: Andre Aciman
ISBN: 9781565846074
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2000
Publisher: The New Press
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All of the authors have written works on exile, home, and memory, using the written word as a tool for revisiting their old homes or fashioning new ones. This work includes five newly commissioned essays offering moving distallations of their most important thinking on these themes.
By: Robert Menzies
ISBN: 9781742669687
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2012
Publisher: Murdoch Books
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This collection of personal letters from influential former Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies to his only daughter Heather capture a unique aspect of Australia's history.
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By: Ned Rorem
ISBN: 9780306811067
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2002
Publisher: Hachette Books
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Now in paperback: "One of the great diarists... [His works] delight, amuse, and enlarge our understanding of music and of life."-Boston Globe
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By: Marie Bader
ISBN: 9781350237759
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Feb 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Wayne Flynt
ISBN: 9781784757861
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2018
Publisher: Cornerstone
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By: Jill Roe
ISBN: 9780732280932
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2010
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
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Miles Franklin wrote the first of these letters at Brindabella in 1887. The last letter was written only 16 days before her death. As well as Miles Franklin's own witty and provocative correspondence, the selection includes letters from her life-long friends. This collection offers a rare insight into the mind and times of a brilliant woman.
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By: Meir Shalev
ISBN: 9780805212402
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2018
UK Publication Date: 2nd January 2018
Publisher: Schocken Books
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A charming tale of family ties, over-the-top housekeeping, and the sport of storytelling in Nahalal, the village of Meir Shalev s birth. Here we meet Shalev s amazing Grandma Tonia, who arrived in Palestine by boat from Russia in 1923 and lived in a const
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By: Nol Coward
ISBN: 9781408107584
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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`In my time I have said some noteworthy and exceptionally memorable things' Noel Coward. Full of witicisms, bons mots and hidden gems from private papers, this compendium offers a fascinating insight into the mind of Noel Coward.
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By: Tony Benn
ISBN: 9780099634508
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 1989
Publisher: Cornerstone
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Presents a record of British politics as observed both from the heart of the Cabinet and the Labour Party. This title reveals Labour's experience of Opposition after the unexpected and shattering defeat of 1970.
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By: Michael Field
ISBN: 9780691208008
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2024
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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By: Peggy Ramsay
ISBN: 9781786826442
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An inspiring collection of letters writtenby play agent Peggy Ramsay (1908-1991) to her numerous clients.
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By: Jim Perrin
ISBN: 9780099505082
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2014
UK Publication Date: 6th March 2014
Publisher: Cornerstone
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Using unpublished diaries, Jim Perrin, the acclaimed author of The Villain and Menlove, tells the story of the greatest exploring partnership in British history.
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By: Michaela McGuire
ISBN: 9780143783947
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2016
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
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By: George Orwell
ISBN: 9780436205569
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2001
UK Publication Date: 6th September 2001
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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The complex history of 'How the Poor Die' is unravelled, as is the problem posed by his passports giving his date of birth incorrectly, something that would prove significant in the writing of Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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By: Penelope Fitzgerald
ISBN: 9780007136414
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2009
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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A fascinating collection of letters from the great English novelist and prolific correspondent Penelope Fitzgerald.
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By: Professor Darin J. Davis
ISBN: 9781441107121
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Nov 2010
Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
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Born in Vienna in 1881, Stefan Zweig was one of the most respected authors of his time. Zweig was an incessant correspondent but as the 1930s progressed, it became difficult for him to maintain contact with friends and colleagues. This book provides an analysis of the Zweigs' time.
