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Diaries, letters & journals

Paperback. 'What matters is to live everything. Live the questions for now.' This title features profound and lyrical letters the author wrote to a young friend with advise on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241252055
ISBN
9780241252055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.74

Paperback. At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself; these profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for writers and artists of all kinds. This edition deals with these letters. Translator(s): Louth, Charlie. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192321
ISBN
9780141192321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback / so. Series: Literaturwissenschaft. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: BJ; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Deutscher Universit?tsverlag United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783824441792
ISBN
9783824441792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.53

Hardback. A voracious pack-rat, Mark Twain hoarded his readers' letters as did few of his contemporaries. This title collects 200 of these letters written by a diverse cross-section of correspondents from around the world - children, farmers, schoolteachers, businessmen, preachers, con artists, and even a former president. Editor(s): Rasmussen, R. Kent. Series: Jumping Frogs: Undiscovered, Rediscovered, and Celebrated Writings of Mark Twain. Num Pages: 316 pages, 25 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGL; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520261341
ISBN
9780520261341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Captain Scott's expedition, carried in the Terra Nova, pitted him and his team not only against the elements but also against the Norwegian explorer, Amundsen. Ultimately, Scott was beaten by both. This title provides an account of his expedition to the South Pole in 1910-12. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJC; BJ; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 36. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561385
ISBN
9780099561385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Signed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198703136
ISBN
9780198703136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.35

hardcover. This edition of E.J. Pratt's letters is the final volume in the Collected Works series. The letters take us into his "workshop," illuminating the research behind his distinctive documentary long poems and the social nature of his creative production. Editor(s): Popham, Elizabeth A.; Pitt, David G. Series: Collected Works of E.J.Pratt. Num Pages: 792 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 3JJ; ACX; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1190.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
792
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442650237
ISBN
9781442650237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.32

Hardback. An Artist's War Num Pages: 272 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; ACXD; AGB; BJ; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 250. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750982382
ISBN
9780750982382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.21

Hardcover. The charming, funny successor to the hugely popular 'Notes to my Mother-in-Law', from the inimitable Phyllida Law. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; BM; VFJB; VFVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 526. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, remains a fine copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KSG0013331
ISBN
9780007485864
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardback. In Roland Barthes's eyes, Philippe Sollers embodied the figure of the contemporary writer forever seeking something new. Translator(s): Brown, Andrew. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; CF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509513314
ISBN
9781509513314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. In Roland Barthes's eyes, Philippe Sollers embodied the figure of the contemporary writer forever seeking something new. Translator(s): Brown, Andrew. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; CF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 2. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509513321
ISBN
9781509513321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.26

Paperback. Philip Larkin met Monica Jones at University College Leicester in autumn 1946, when they were both twenty-four; he was the newly-appointed assistant librarian and she was an English lecturer. This title consists of nearly two thousand letters, which chronicle various aspects of Larkin's life and the convolutions of their relationship. Editor(s): Thwaite, Anthony. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571239108
ISBN
9780571239108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Hardcover. This is a collection of some of the greatest love letters of all time, from 200 of the world's most articulate lovers. Love letters both historic and fictional, tragic and comic; love letters written by both poets and princes; and each one enchanting. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BJ; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 113 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Everyman London
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857157260
ISBN
9781857157260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.71

Hardcover. Iris Murdoch: A Writer at War is a fascinating private memoir of one of the great women writers and thinkers of the 20th century and a remarkable historical document of life behind the scenes during the Second World War. Num Pages: 303 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; BJ; DSK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Short Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition - Later Print Run
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906021221
ISBN
9781906021221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. .
Publisher
Braughing Local History Society
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954690137
ISBN
9780954690137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.49

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tommies Guides
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908336781
ISBN
9781908336781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.36

paperback. In 1813 George Walton joined the Rifle Brigade at a recruiting party outside St Philip's Church in Birmingham and subsequently kept a journal of his daily life throughout the years of his army service until 1839 when he retired. Editor(s): Coleman, Peter. Num Pages: 94 pages, 7 mono illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGHA; BJ. Dimension: 171 x 253 x 10. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Brewin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858585482
ISBN
9781858585482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.83

Hardback. Covers a year of Pavel Weiner's life in the Theresienstadt transit camp in the Czech town of Terezin from April 1944 until liberation in April 1945. A Boy in Terezin registers the young boy's insights, hopes, and fears and recounts a passage into maturity during the most horrifying of times. Translator(s): Weiner, Paul; Weiner, Karen. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGHA; BJ; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810127791
ISBN
9780810127791
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.52

Hardback. From the final decade of Pauli's life, nearly 2000 letters survive. These are collected in this fundamental work on the history of physics in the post-war era. Going beyond physics, these letters also shed light on the cultural and philosophical background of our natural sciences. Editor(s): Meyenn, Karl Von; Von Meyenn, K. Series: Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 994 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BJ; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 170 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1655.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
994
Condition
New
SKU
V9783540675914
ISBN
9783540675914
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 213.15

Paperback. A revelatory collection of letters written by the author of The Broken Road Editor(s): Sisman, Adam. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; 3JJH; BGL; BJ; HBWQ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473622494
ISBN
9781473622494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.53

Paperback. The bestselling letters between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
JOHN MURRAY
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719568572
ISBN
9780719568572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. 'I can never understand how the scribbles of such an ordinary person.. can possibly have value.' So wrote Nella Last in her diary on 2 September 1949. This is a collected edition of bestselling author Nella Last's diaries, including substantial material from the war years. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations, ports., map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BJ; BM; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 35. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First PB Edition, First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846685460
ISBN
9781846685460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. This account of Kosa Pan's journal describes in great detail the arrival in Brest in 1686 of the first full Siamese embassy to reach France. This fragment is apparently all that survives of a massive report of the activities of the embassy written for King Narai. Editor(s): Cruysse, Dirk van der; Smithies, Michael. Translator(s): Busayakul, Visudh. Num Pages: 88 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMT; BJ; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 137.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9789747551587
ISBN
9789747551587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.33

Hardcover. Characteristically modest and lightly humorous in tone, this title includes letters that are nevertheless revealing of a dedicated, practical and scrupulous craftsman whose most brilliant inspirations were grounded in decades of unremitting hard work. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 133 x 30. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591919
ISBN
9781841591919
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

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