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by Louis Alexander Hemans
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
Author Louis Alexander Hemans writes not only as a linguist, poet, and philosopher, but also as a man socialized in the Jamaican subset of the African diaspora. His work reflects a confluence of a variety of forces: Black consciousness, Spanish references, Jamaican dialect, folkways, flora, fauna,...
Letters from the Raven
Correspondence of L. Hearn with Henry Watkin
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Letters from the Raven: Correspondence of L. Hearn with Henry Watkin is a Posthumous anthology written by international writer Lafcadio Hearn. This book is one of many works by him. It has already Published in 1907. Now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in...
by General Sir John Monash, GCMG, KCB
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015
Monash in his own words …
War Letters of General Monash
This collection of extraordinary, intimate letters from General Sir John Monash to his wife and daughter, records his experiences throughout World War I, from landing at Gallipoli to leading decisive victories on the Western Front....
by Pliny the Younger
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, better known as Pliny the Younger was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Born of the equestrian rank, the lower of the two Roman aristocratic orders, Pliny would ascend to the higher rank, the senatorial order, by being elected Quaestor in his late twenties....
by Robert Creeley
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2014
Robert Creeley is one of the most celebrated and influential American poets. A stylist of the highest order, Creeley imbued his correspondence with the literary artistry he brought to his poetry. Through his engagements with mentors such as William Carlos Williams and Ezra Pound, peers such as Charles...
by Coningsby Dawson
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2018
In 1914, Coningsby Dawson went to Ottawa, saw Sir Sam Hughes, and was offered a commission in the Canadian Field Artillery on the completion of his training at the Royal Military College of Canada, at Kingston, Ontario. "His long training at Kingston had been very severe. It included besides...
by John Donne
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
John Donne was an English poet and cleric in the Church of England. Donne is considered to be the most famous of the metaphysical poets and his poems are noted for its sensual style. This edition of Letters to Several Persons of Honour includes a table of contents.
Love and Kisses and a Halo of Truffles
Letters to Helen Evans Brown
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
An intimate look into the kitchens and lives of two celebrated American food legends and friends
Renowned culinary master James Beard and his dear friend, chef Helen Evans Brown, shared both a love of food and a keen insight into the changing palate of American diners. In this twelve-year,...
The Ingenious Dr. Franklin
Selected Scientific Letters of Benjamin Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2011
An outstanding collection of Benjamin Franklin's scientific correspondence, The Ingenious Dr. Franklin has long been unavailable yet deserves a place beside his Autobiography as essential reading for everyone interested in history, wit, and invention. Portioned into three sections, "Practical...
Where the Nights Are Twice as Long
Love Letters of Canadian Poets
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Under the covers of Where the Nights Are Twice as Long: Love Letters of Canadian Poets, David Eso and Jeanette Lynes collect letters and epistolary poems from more than 120 Canadian poets, including Pauline Johnson, Malcolm Lowry, Louis Riel, Alden Nowlan, Anne Szumigalski , Leonard Cohen, John...
by Elizabeth Riggs
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2002
Financial woes, child-rearing, and employment concerns sound like modern problems, but Lizzie and Berte Ingels faced those same troubles in 1893 and faced them halfway across the nation from each other. Their letters invite today's readers to share the challenges and the joys of life on an Ohio River...
The Greatest Trials I Ever Had
The Civil War Letters of Margaret and Thomas Cahill
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
This edited collection of Civil War correspondence between Col. Thomas Cahill and his wife, Margaret, offers a rare glimpse into the symbiotic relationship between soldiers and their home communities. In the only substantial extant collection of letters from an Irish American woman on the northern...
Alfonso Reyes and Spain
His Dialogue with Unamuno, Valle-Inclán, Ortega y Gasset, Jiménez, and Gómez de la Serna
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
Alfonso Reyes, the great humanist and man of letters of contemporary Spanish America, began his literary career just before the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. He spearheaded the radical shift in Mexico's cultural and philosophical orientation as a leading member of the famous "Athenaeum...
Tig's Boys
Letters to Sir from the Trenches
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
The Lost Generation of World War I were boys who had barely left school before they found themselves living in trenches, drowning in mud, and living in constant fear of death. This unique collection of letters from a group of schoolboys who attended Bournemouth Grammar pays tribute to these boys...