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A young woman working at the Dead Letter Office in 1883 opens a series of heartbreaking love letters. She's determined to find their rightful owner and make things right. But a trip to Azure Springs, Iowa, may provide love and healing for more than just the letter writer.
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"In this definitive biography, renowned Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author N. T. Wright offers a radical look at the apostle Paul, illuminating the humanity and remarkable achievements of this intellectual who invented Christian theology-transforming a faith and changing the world. For centuries, Paul, the apostle who "saw the light on the Road to Damascus" and made a miraculous conversion from zealous Pharisee persecutor to devoted...
3) The postcard
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"Anne Berest's The Postcard is among the most acclaimed and beloved French novels of recent years. Luminous and gripping to the very last page, it is an enthralling investigation into family secrets, a poignant tale of mothers and daughters, and a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life. January, 2003. Together with the usual holiday cards, an anonymous postcard is delivered to the Berest family home. On the front,...
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"What began for two dear if very different friends--an American adventuress and a prim and proper Brit--as a creative response to the lean times following the Great War has evolved into a respectable private enquiry business. So much so that Constable Gibbs calls upon Beryl and Edwina to solve a curious campaign of character assassination. A series of anonymous accusations sent via post have set friend against friend and neighbor against neighbor....
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On July 17th 1939, Eileen Alexander, a bright young woman recently graduated from Girton College, Cambridge, begins a brilliant correspondence with fellow Cambridge student Gershon Ellenbogen that lasts five years and spans many hundreds of letters.
But as Eileen and Gershon's relationship flourishes from friendship and admiration into passion and love, the tensions between Germany, Russia, and the rest of Europe reach a crescendo. When war is declared,...
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SALAMIS & SWASTIKAS: LETTERS HOME FROM A G.I. JEW is a remarkable collection of letters written by Staff Sgt. David E. Stoliar to his wife and baby daughter in St. Louis during World War II, from North Africa, Italy, France, Germany, and England.
Edited and with commentary by Stoliar's son, Steve (author of RAISED EYEBROWS: MY YEARS INSIDE GROUCHO'S HOUSE), the letters run the gamut from vivid war reportage to insightful analysis of anti-Semitism...
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This is the remarkable story of the American First World War serviceman Arthur Clifford Kimber. When his country entered the Great War in 1917, Kimber left Stanford University to carry the first official American flag to the Western Front. Fired by idealism for the French cause, the young student initially acted as a volunteer ambulance driver, before training as a pilot and taking part in dogfights against 'the Boche'. His letters home give a vivid...
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This book, comprising approximately 300 letters, provides access to the voice of Robert Sobukwe via the single most poignant resource of Sobukwe's voice that exists: his prison letters. Not only do the letters evince Sobukwe's storytelling abilities, they convey the complexity of a man who defied easy categorization. More than this: they are testimony both to the desolate conditions of his imprisonment and to Sobukwe's unbending commitment to the...
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"A study of Paul's engagement with the Roman Empire in his New Testament letters, in which Christoph Heilig argues that Paul hid criticism of Rome in the subtext of his letters but also openly denounced it in passages that scholars have previously overlooked"--
"Was Paul silent on the injustices of the Roman Empire? Or have his letters just been misread? The existence of anti-imperial rhetoric in the writing of the apostle Paul has come under greater...
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Extrait : "J'ai commencé hier mon voyage en Russie : le grand-duc héréditaire est arrivé à Ems, précédé de dix ou douze voitures et suivi d'une cour nombreuse. Ce qui m'a frappé dès le premier abord, en voyant les courtisans russes à l'œuvre, c'est qu'ils font leur métier de grands seigneurs avec une soumission extraordinaire ; c'est une espèce d'esclaves supérieurs."
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Este libro recoge la correspondencia que Américo Castro mantuvo, al final de su vida, con José Jiménez Lozano. Leer estas cartas, cincuenta años después de ser escritas, demuestra la plena vigencia de los ideales que estos intelectuales persiguieron y que urge reivindicar: el valor del pensamiento crítico, de la lectura, de la formación humanística y del sentido de la existencia basado siempre en el respeto al otro y a su libertad religiosa....
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This unique collection of Edward Gibbon's history books, essays & autobiographical writings.
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Memoirs of My Life and Writings
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon
Gibbon - Biography by J. C. Morison.
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Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created collection of Edward Gibbon's historical works, memoirs & letters. This eBook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.
Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament. He is best known for his book, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. The work covers the history of the Roman Empire,...
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Extrait: "La dernière fois que j'ai pu vous envoyer de mes nouvelles, je vous ai promis de ne pas revenir en France avant d'avoir poussé jusqu'à Moscou; depuis ce moment, vous ne pensez plus qu'à cette cité fabuleuse, fabuleuse en dépit de l'histoire. En effet, le nom de Moscou a beau être assez moderne et nous rappeler les faits les plus positifs de notre siècle, la distance des lieux, la grandeur des événements le rendent poétique par-dessus...
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Extrait: "Depuis deux jours j'ai vu beaucoup de choses: d'abord la mosquée tatare. Le culte des vainqueurs est aujourd'hui toléré dans un coin de la capitale des vaincus; encore ne l'est-il qu'à condition de laisser aux chrétiens la libre entrée du sanctuaire mahométan."
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At the turn of the 20th century, Jewish families scattered by migration could stay in touch only through letters. Jews in the Russian Empire and America wrote business letters, romantic letters, and emotionally intense family letters. But for many Jews who were unaccustomed to communicating their public and private thoughts in writing, correspondence was a challenge. How could they make sure their spelling was correct and they were organizing their...
19) Walt Whitman
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First published to wide critical acclaim in 1981, this revised and expanded monumental anthology charts the ongoing American and international response to the legacy of the seminal poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892). Beginning with Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous 1855 letter ("I greet you at the beginning of a great career..."), this new edition contains responses from Thoreau, Pound, Lawrence, Neruda, Borges, Ginsberg, Jordan, Duncan, Le Sueur, Rich, Snyder...
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Soon after meeting near the famed city of love, Paris, Heloiseand Abelard fall into a deep and passionate love. Abelard is a well-known man and famous teacher; his students are considered to be lucky to study with him. Heloise, however, surpasses his other students with her multi-linguicism and impressive scholarship. Whether it be fate or their mutual intelligence, Heloise and Abelard make a quick connection. Since Heloise is one of Abelard's pupils,...
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