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1) De Profundis
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Oscar Wilde's emotionally raw manuscript details the inner turmoil surrounding his relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas following his controversial arrest and conviction for gross indecency It's an honest and intimate look at the author in his most vulnerable state.
Oscar Wilde spent two years in prison from 1895 to 1897. It was during this time that he wrote a 50,000-word letter to his former lover and friend, Lord Alfred Douglas. Published under...
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Excerpt: "I do not know whether this will awaken a sympathetic lassitude in, say, fifty per cent. of its readers, or whether my experience is unique and my testimony simply curious. At any rate, it is as true as I can make it. Whether this is a mere mood, and a certain flagrant exhilaration my true attitude towards things, or this is my true attitude and the exuberant phase a lapse from it, I cannot say. Probably it does not matter. The thing is that...
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"At age 40, Samantha Vérant's life is falling apart. Then one day she finds 7 old love letters written by Jean-Luc, the sexy French scientist she met in Paris when she was 19. She tracks him down online, and what starts out as flirty e-mails transforms into pure romance as Samantha visits France to see Jean-Luc for the first time in 20 years. Reunited with her lost love in Paris, Samantha realizes that she has finally found what she was looking for...
5) Letters
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'This is a book of personal letters that continue to tell the story of my life …' Letters tell stories, too. Written words can move hearts. From the multi-awarded Asian-American writer comes a new collection of personal letters that captured long-lasting memories. Just like its predecessor Letters: Book 1, this companion is a non-fiction that continues the life story of Bienvenido N. Santos. Follow the exhilarating undertakings of the pioneering...
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Regarded as a series of pictures of the society of the time, the Diary is unsurpassed for vivid Coloring and truthful delineation. As such alone it would possess a strong claim upon our attention, but how largely is our interest increased, when we find that the figures which fill the most prominent positions in the foreground of these pictures, are those of the most noble, most gifted, and Most distinguished men of the day! To mention but a few.
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Regarded as a series of pictures of the society of the time, the Diary is unsurpassed for vivid Coloring and truthful delineation. As such alone it would possess a strong claim upon our attention, but how largely is our interest increased, when we find that the figures which fill the most prominent positions in the foreground of these pictures, are those of the most noble, most gifted, and Most distinguished men of the day! To mention but a few.
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Regarded as a series of pictures of the society of the time, the Diary is unsurpassed for vivid Coloring and truthful delineation. As such alone it would possess a strong claim upon our attention, but how largely is our interest increased, when we find that the figures which fill the most prominent positions in the foreground of these pictures, are those of the most noble, most gifted, and Most distinguished men of the day! To mention but a few.
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A collection of the most inspiring and powerful letters of all time.
The written word has the power to inspire, astonish and entertain, as this collection of 100 letters that changed history will show. Ordered chronologically, the letters range from ink-inscribed tablets that vividly describe life in the Roman Empire to remarkable last wills and testaments, passionate outpourings of love and despair, and succinct notes with deadly consequences.
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Only weeks after Linda receives the devastating diagnosis of inoperable lung cancer, she and her husband, Chris, are told she may not have long to live. But Linda is not about to let cancer put her away that easily. She fights back. Facing the disease together, for Chris at least, bright lights and fairy dust become matters of life and death. Interwoven with information on her care and treatment, their story lays bare their love and devotion, their...
11) Padre e hija
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"Tal vez aún creas que para quererme tienes que darme la razón contra mamá, como si fuera necesario elegir entre las dos. En ese caso, mi querido papá, de ningún modo quiero ser motivo de perturbación y tristeza para ti. Te querré como antes y te comprenderé muy bien si prefieres no verme más. Pero yo no puedo —no por orgullo sino por deber y ternura real— aceptar el nefasto papel que te daría gusto —que se parecía al de un médico...
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"One day you will know that the world is a beautiful place to be and that you are so loved."
A 10-year-old holds a letter to the light, trying to read the handwritten scrawl that looks so familiar. At the bottom of the lined page, finished with a confident flourish, is a similarly familiar signature. The realisation comes, with a shock, it's a letter from the child's future self. What does it say?
If you could write a letter to your childhood self,...
14) Charging Around
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In twenty years behind the till in The Bookshop, Wigtown, Shaun Bythell has met pretty much every kind of customer there is, from the charming, erudite and deep-pocketed to the eccentric, flatulent and possibly larcenous.
In “Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops” he distils the essence of his experience into a warm, witty and quirky taxonomy of the book-loving public. So, step inside to meet the crafty Antiquarian, the shy and retiring...
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Eagle Minds-a selection from the correspondence between the Canadian composer and scholar Istvan Anhalt and his American counterpart George Rochberg-is a splendid chronicle and a penetrating analysis of the swerving socio-cultural movements of a volatile half-century as observed by two highly gifted individuals. Beginning in 1961 and spanning forty-four years, their conversation embraces not only music but other forms of contemporary art, as well...
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First published in 1901, "Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son" is the acclaimed and popular work by American journalist and author George Horace Lorimer. Most famous for his years as editor of "The Saturday Evening Post" and his discovery of such important authors as Jack London, Lorimer's book, published at the beginning of his tenure as editor, is often cited as one of the best works of early 20th century American literature. "Letters from...
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This volume contains is a series of letters between an American self-made millionaire and his son who is just entering the family business. Dating back to the 1890s, the letters contain timeless advice and words of wisdom that are as useful today as when first written. "Old Gorgon Graham - More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son" is highly recommended for anyone involved in business and not to be missed by young entrepreneurs. George Horace...
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This is a collection of letters written by American naturalist Henry David Thoreau. Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) was an American poet, philosopher, essayist, abolitionist, naturalist, development critic, and historian. He was also a leading figure in Transcendentalism, and is best known for his book "Walden", a treatise on simple living in a natural environment. Other notable works by this author include: "The Landlord" (1843), "Reform and the...
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Extrait : "Par une belle matinée du mois d'août 1868, mon meilleur ami, celui qui partage exactement mes peines et mes joies, et, pour tout dire, mon linge aussi, était arrêté, à l'angle de la rue Vavin, en extase devant un melon. Une outre de jus, un boulet de lumière ! un vrai chef-d'œuvre de l'été, près de là, dans sa chaleur exagérée et suprême, commençait de rouiller les feuillages du Luxembourg."
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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio, United States in 1842. Bierce is critically best remembered for his fiction and many other writings are also generally regarded as some of the best war writings of all time. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions....
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