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Letters to Benvenuta
by Rainer Maria RilkeThis collection of letters by the renowned Austrian poet offers a rare glimpse into his private life and his relationship with the woman he called Benvenuta.In January of 1914, Rainer Maria Rilke received his first letter from a Viennese correspondent who had discovered his story collection, Tales of the Dear Lord God. A sudden and intense exchange of letters followed which would eventually put the famous poet in touch with the woman he would never meet. Nearing forty and separated from his wife, Rilke was ill and depressed when his correspondence with Magda von Hattingberg began. A concert pianist many years younger, she was also alone. Von Hattingberg told the story of their brief but dramatic attachment in her book Rilke and Benvenuta. Now their story is made complete with Letters to Benvenuta, a series of letters written by Rilke during a sojourn in Paris.
Letters to Camondo
by Edmund de WaalA tragic family history told in a collection of imaginary letters to a famed collector, Moise de CamondoLetters to Camondo is a collection of imaginary letters from Edmund de Waal to Moise de Camondo, the banker and art collector who created a spectacular house in Paris, now the Musée Nissim de Camondo, and filled it with the greatest private collection of French eighteenth-century art.The Camondos were a Jewish family from Constantinople, “the Rothschilds of the East,” who made their home in Paris in the 1870s and became philanthropists, art collectors, and fixtures of Belle Époque high society, as well as being targets of antisemitism—much like de Waal's relations, the Ephrussi family, to whom they were connected. Moise de Camondo created a spectacular house and filled it with art for his son, Nissim; after Nissim was killed in the First World War, the house was bequeathed to the French state. Eventually, the Camondos were murdered by the Nazis.After de Waal, one of the world’s greatest ceramic artists, was invited to make an exhibition in the Camondo house, he began to write letters to Moise de Camondo. These fifty letters are deeply personal reflections on assimilation, melancholy, family, art, the vicissitudes of history, and the value of memory.
Letters to Change the World: From Emmeline Pankhurst to Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Travis Elborough‘We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed’ Martin Luther KingIn an era where the liberties we often take for granted are under threat, Letters To Change the World is a collection of inspiring letters offering reminders from history that standing up for and voicing our personal and political beliefs is not merely a crucial right but a duty if we want to change the world.Edited by Travis Elborough, the collection includes George Orwell's warning on totalitarianism, Martin Luther King's 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail', Albert Camus on the reasons to fight a war, Bertrand Russell on peace, Emmeline Pankhurst rallying her suffragettes, Nelson Mandela's letter to his children from prison and Time's Up on the abuse of power.
Letters to Gandhi
by Edited Work by Tridip Suhrud Megha Todi Kinnari BhattThe 97 volumes of The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi contain over 33,000 letters written by M. K. Gandhi. The editorial architecture of the CWMG does not permit the letters received by M. K. Gandhi to be incorporated in the series, except of course as some footnotes or as items in the appendices. These volumes are intended to be read along with the CWMG. For this reason, where possible, a reference to M. K. Gandhi’s response contained in the CWMG is provided. The first volume in the series contains letters from 1889-1900 and has 312 letters and 8 appendices.
Letters to His Son, 1746-47 / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
by Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope ChesterfieldEarl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield was an 18th century British aristocrat best known for his wit and for being a man of letters. His works offer a great insight into what life was like during the time period in England.
Letters to His Son, 1748 / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
by Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope ChesterfieldEarl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield was an 18th century British aristocrat best known for his wit and for being a man of letters. His works offer a great insight into what life was like during the time period in England.
Letters to His Son, 1749 / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
by Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope ChesterfieldEarl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield was an 18th century British aristocrat best known for his wit and for being a man of letters. His works offer a great insight into what life was like during the time period in England.
Letters to His Son, 1750 / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
by Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope ChesterfieldEarl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield was an 18th century British aristocrat best known for his wit and for being a man of letters. His works offer a great insight into what life was like during the time period in England.
Letters to His Son, 1752 / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
by Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope ChesterfieldEarl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield was an 18th century British aristocrat best known for his wit and for being a man of letters. His works offer a great insight into what life was like during the time period in England.
Letters to His Son, 1753-54 / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
by Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope ChesterfieldEarl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield was an 18th century British aristocrat best known for his wit and for being a man of letters. His works offer a great insight into what life was like during the time period in England.
Letters to His Son, 1756-58 / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
by Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope ChesterfieldEarl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield was an 18th century British aristocrat best known for his wit and for being a man of letters. His works offer a great insight into what life was like during the time period in England.
Letters to His Son, 1759-65 / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
by Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope ChesterfieldEarl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield was an 18th century British aristocrat best known for his wit and for being a man of letters. His works offer a great insight into what life was like during the time period in England.
Letters to His Son, 1766-71 / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
by Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope ChesterfieldEarl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield was an 18th century British aristocrat best known for his wit and for being a man of letters. His works offer a great insight into what life was like during the time period in England.
Letters to His Son, Complete / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
by Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope ChesterfieldEarl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield was an 18th century British aristocrat best known for his wit and for being a man of letters. His works offer a great insight into what life was like during the time period in England.
Letters to Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation
by Ellen Fitzpatrick“A terrific, original, and important work….Fitzpatrick provides a stunningly fresh look at the impact of JFK’s assassination on the American people.”—Doris Kearns GoodwinFor Letters to Jackie, noted historian and News Hour with Jim Lehrer commentator Ellen Fitzpatrick combed through literally thousands of condolence messages sent by ordinary Americans to Jacqueline Kennedy following the assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy, in 1963. The first book ever to examine this extraordinary collection, Letters to Jackie presents 250 intimate, heartfelt, eye-opening responses to what was arguably the most devastating event in twentieth century America, providing a fascinating perspective on a singular time in the history of our nation.
Letters to Limbo
by Henry Borden Robert BordenRobert Laird Borden, Prime Minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920, was born in the village of Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, in 1854. He practiced law in the province before entering politics. In 1896 he was elected to the House of Commons, and in 1901 was chosen leader of the Liberal-Conservative party.After his retirement in 1920, Sir Robert kept on the sidelines of the political debate, although he was often consulted by those in power and was frequently tempted to express his views on current issues. During the last four years of his life, 1933 to 1937, he recorded some of his thoughts and experiences in the form of 'Letters to Limbo.' Some of these he read over and revised, others he left as dictated. The wide range of his interests is revealed in the topics: union government for Canada? / reminiscences of household pets / inaccuracy of the press / bestowal of honours in Canada / business conditions in the United States / Dean of Canterbury and Social Credit / appraisal of Sir Arthur Currie / King Edward VIII and Mrs. Simpson.All the letters but four are presented in this volume. They reveal some of the inner thoughts and strongest beliefs of Sir Robert, giving an insight into the man and his times. Whimsical and humourous, or serious and well-argued, these letters paint a portrait in words of one of the greatest figures in Canadian history.
Letters to Manibahen Patel
by M. K. GandhiThis book is the collection of Letters to Manibahen Patel.
Letters to Margaret: A Simple Introduction to Psychology (Psychology Revivals)
by Theodore FaithfullFirst published in 1941, the original blurb for Letters to Margaret reads: ‘In view of the almost universal ignorance of the most elementary biological and psychological facts of life amongst adults, and waste of time and energy amongst children in attempts to acquire surreptitiously the knowledge necessary to them, the author has supplied the need in this book. Drawing upon a fund of material accumulated over twenty years of work for difficult children, he gives in the form of letters to a girl on the threshold of adolescence answers to many questions which puzzle the eager minds of boys and girls. He traces the course of normal growth from birth to the age of twenty-five, and shows how the male and female elements combine to form the human personality. In a small compass he has given parents and teachers a book which will help children reach maturity ready to take an adult part in life. With this volume on their own shelves children will have no need to search the Bible for stray allusions to the act of reproduction, or borrow surreptitiously the volume on “advice to parents” supposedly kept beyond their reach.’ Today it can be read in its historical context.This book is a re-issue originally published in 1941. The language used and views portrayed are a reflection of its era and no offence is meant by the Publishers to any reader by this re-publication.
Letters to Martin Van Buren: An edition of John Van Buren’s ‘Travel journal for a trip to Europe, 1838-1839’
by Ross NelsonJohn Van Buren's 'Travel journal for a trip to Europe, 1838-1839' is a record of the a year he spent in England, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium and Holland, primarily for his father, Martin Van Buren, the 8th President of the United States. A fly-on-the-wall view of the political and social situation in Europe was invaluable to the President at a highly sensitive moment in Anglo-American relations, and provides a rich and insightful view for historians of the period. Published in its entirety for the first time, Van Buren's objective and good-humoured observations present fresh insights into complex and compelling personalities and relationships on both sides of the Atlantic, providing an invaluable and highly readable resource for scholars and students of the period, as well as for the general reader.
Letters to Memory
by Karen Tei YamashitaAn excursion through the Japanese-American internment using archival materials from the author’s own family. In this unique memoir, Karen Tei Yamashita draws on her family’s history and creates a series of epistolary conversations with composite characters representing a range of academic specialties. Historians, anthropologists, classicists—their disciplines, and Yamashita’s engagement with them, are a way for her explore various aspects of the internment and to expand its meaning beyond her family, and our borders, to ideas of debt, forgiveness, civil rights, and community. From a National Book Award finalist, Letters to Memory is “in moments deeply personal and impressionistic and in moments pulling back into a voice of epic omniscience” (The Boston Globe). “Interrogates the cruelty of internment and the random nature of immigration, war, birth and death and disease through her own probing, lively correspondence . . . The irony and dark humor of Yamashita’s interrogations, of her nimble prose and sentences, illuminate the tragedies.” —Los Angeles Times
Letters to Missy Violet
by Barbara HathawayA heartwarming coming-of-age story set in the rural South. With her friend Missy Violet away in Florida, Viney has big shoes to fill. While there are ailing neighbors to comfort, Viney's favorite teacher has left school--and Viney's irrepressible cousin Charles continues his mischief-making. Through short, powerful vignettes and letters between Missy Violet, Viney, and others, the day-to-day happenings in this warm southern town come to life.
Letters to My Israeli Sons: The Story of Jewish Survival
by Lynne Reid BanksThis is a collection of letters written to his sons in Israel by a father who migrated to Canada as an evacuee.
Letters to My Mother: A Message of Love, A Plea for Freedom
by Ingrid Betancourt Lorenzo Delloye-Betancourt Melanie Delloye-BetancourtCorrespondence between politician Ingrid Betancourt and her family, written while she was being held hostage by a Columbian guerilla group. On December 1, 2007, during the arrest of several guerillas in Bogotá, the Colombian police confiscated a short video clip of political hostage Ingrid Betancourt. Accompanying the video was a twelve-page letter, dated October 24, 2007, written by Betancourt to her mother and family. Kidnapped on February 23, 2002, Betancourt has become an international symbol in the struggle for liberty and the fight against barbarity. Before being captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), she was a voice of hope for the Colombian people, leading a courageous fight against political corruption, violence, and illegal detentions. Presented in this small, poignant book is Betancourt&’s letter to her mother printed in English, French, and Spanish. From the depths of the Colombian jungle, Betancourt&’s words are an impassioned declaration of love to those dearest to her. In addition to this letter is a response to Betancourt written by her children who, since they were teenagers, have rallied public support for their mother&’s release. With a preface by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel, Letters to My Mother conveys a powerful message of love for family and country, and a heartrending plea for freedom.
Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
by Yossi Klein HaleviAttempting to break the agonizing impasse between Israelis and Palestinians, the Israeli commentator and award-winning author of Like Dreamers directly addresses his Palestinian neighbors in this taut and provocative book, empathizing with Palestinian suffering and longing for reconciliation as he explores how the conflict looks through Israeli eyes. <P><P>I call you "neighbor" because I don’t know your name, or anything personal about you. Given our circumstances, "neighbor" might be too casual a word to describe our relationship. We are intruders into each other’s dream, violators of each other’s sense of home. We are incarnations of each other’s worst historical nightmares. Neighbors? <P><P>Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor is one Israeli’s powerful attempt to reach beyond the wall that separates Israelis and Palestinians and into the hearts of "the enemy." In a series of letters, Yossi Klein Halevi explains what motivated him to leave his native New York in his twenties and move to Israel to participate in the drama of the renewal of a Jewish homeland, which he is committed to see succeed as a morally responsible, democratic state in the Middle East. <P><P>This is the first attempt by an Israeli author to directly address his Palestinian neighbors and describe how the conflict appears through Israeli eyes. Halevi untangles the ideological and emotional knot that has defined the conflict for nearly a century. In lyrical, evocative language, he unravels the complex strands of faith, pride, anger and anguish he feels as a Jew living in Israel, using history and personal experience as his guide. <P><P>Halevi’s letters speak not only to his Palestinian neighbor, but to all concerned global citizens, helping us understand the painful choices confronting Israelis and Palestinians that will ultimately help determine the fate of the region.
Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
by Yossi Klein HaleviNew York Times bestseller "A profound and original book, the work of a gifted thinker."--Daphne Merkin, The Wall Street JournalAttempting to break the agonizing impasse between Israelis and Palestinians, the Israeli commentator and award-winning author of Like Dreamers directly addresses his Palestinian neighbors in this taut and provocative book, empathizing with Palestinian suffering and longing for reconciliation as he explores how the conflict looks through Israeli eyes.I call you "neighbor" because I don’t know your name, or anything personal about you. Given our circumstances, "neighbor" might be too casual a word to describe our relationship. We are intruders into each other’s dream, violators of each other’s sense of home. We are incarnations of each other’s worst historical nightmares. Neighbors?Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor is one Israeli’s powerful attempt to reach beyond the wall that separates Israelis and Palestinians and into the hearts of "the enemy." In a series of letters, Yossi Klein Halevi explains what motivated him to leave his native New York in his twenties and move to Israel to participate in the drama of the renewal of a Jewish homeland, which he is committed to see succeed as a morally responsible, democratic state in the Middle East.This is the first attempt by an Israeli author to directly address his Palestinian neighbors and describe how the conflict appears through Israeli eyes. Halevi untangles the ideological and emotional knot that has defined the conflict for nearly a century. In lyrical, evocative language, he unravels the complex strands of faith, pride, anger and anguish he feels as a Jew living in Israel, using history and personal experience as his guide.Halevi’s letters speak not only to his Palestinian neighbor, but to all concerned global citizens, helping us understand the painful choices confronting Israelis and Palestinians that will ultimately help determine the fate of the region.