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Forty-five episodes from Series 1-8 of the Sony Award-winning BBC Radio comedy show, hosted by Rufus Hound. In this hilarious and revealing show, host Rufus Hound invites his guests to revisit their formative years by dusting off their intimate teenage diaries and reading them out in public for...

A collection of Jackson's letters from prison, Soledad Brother is an outspoken condemnation of the racism of white America and a powerful appraisal of the prison system that failed to break his spirit but eventually took his life. Jackson's letters make palpable the intense feelings of anger and rebellion that filled Black men in America's prisons in the 1960s. But even removed from the social and political firestorms of the 1960s, Jackson's story still resonates for its portrait of a man taking a stand even while locked down.

Paul Celan (1920-70) is one of the best-known German poets of the Holocaust; many of his poems, admired for their spare, precise diction, deal directly with its stark themes. Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-73) is recognized as one of post-World War II German literature’s most important novelists, poets, and playwrights.

23½ Ways to Make a Girl Fall for You is arguably the most incorrect piece of work ever written. Eclipsing even Shakespeare's Timon of Athens, this book is a huge mathematical error. However, once you can bypass the glaring mistakes, which only end two minutes after the book is over, there is plenty of information to be gleaned by the novice male lover-to-be. Although very little of that information will be helpful, I'm sure you'll all join me in saying that the effort was there.

In Letters of Note: Dogs, Shaun Usher brings together a delightful collection of correspondence about our canine friends, featuring affectionate accounts of pups’ playful misdemeanours, heartfelt tributes to loyal fidos and shared tales of remarkable hounds. Includes letters by: Clara Bow, Bob...

Von Müttern in der Heimat und Vätern an der Front, vom 15-jährigen Mädchen bis zum Greis, vom jungen Idealisten bis zum fanatischen Militaristen - jedes dieser Tagebücher hält den Blick auf das umwälzende Zeitgeschehen fest. Von der Mobilmachung bis zur Niederlage entsteht so ein Echolot jener Tage: Trennungsschmerz und patriotisches Hoch, Todesangst und Heldenmut, Freudengesänge und das nackte Grauen stehen unmittelbar nebeneinander.

In Letters of Note: Art, Shaun Usher celebrates extraordinary correspondence about art, from missives on the agony of being overlooked, the ecstasy of producing work that excites, to surprising sources of inspiration and rousing manifestos. A star-studded cast of readers brings the letters to...

In Letters of Note: Mothers, Shaun Usher gathers together exceptional missives by and to mothers, celebrating the joy and grief, humour and frustration, wisdom and sacrifice the role brings to both parent and child. A star-studded cast of readers brings the letters to life, with contributions...

In Letters of Note: Grief, Shaun Usher gathers together some of the most powerful messages about grief, from the heart-wrenching pain of losing a loved one to reliving fond memories of those who have passed on. Includes letters by: Audre Lorde, Robert Frost, Nick Cave, Rainer Maria Rilke...

In Letters of Note: Music, Shaun Usher brings together a riveting collection of letters by and about some of the musicians and music that enrich our lives. Wonderfully wide-ranging and illuminating, it will delight music lovers of all stripes. A star-studded cast of readers brings the letters to...

The Voyage of the Beagle - or, to give it its full title, Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. Beagle Under Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. - is much more than merely an account of Darwin's scientific...

From the private papers of Mark Twain and Mozart to those of Robert Browning and Nelson, Love Letters of Great Men collects together some of the most romantic letters in history. For some of these great men, love is a ‘delicious poison’ (William Congreve); for others, ‘a nice soft wife on...

Fragments is an event—an unforgettable book that will redefine one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century and that, nearly fifty years after her death, will definitively reveal Marilyn Monroe's humanity. Marilyn's image is so universal that we can't help but believe we know all there...

Ranier Maria Rilke challenges you, "...to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answers." Rilke's ability to combine the sensual and the spiritual into an inspired vision of the art of living is brought to vivid life in his letters. Through his eyes, the everyday difficulties of love, sex, solitude, sadness, and doubt are seen as the archetypal elements of the drama called life.

O diário de uma menina esperta descortina um painel sobre as transformações que aconteceram no Brasil na passagem para o século XX. Uma prosa deliciosa e cativante. Leitura obrigatória do vestibular da Fuvest. Aclamado por escritores como Carlos Drummond de Andrade e João Guimarães Rosa...

When words of love do not come to you on their own, then listen to these letters. Complete, actual love letters of great men like Lord Byron, John Keats, and Voltaire. Leaders like Henry VIII, George Washington, and Napoléon, who wrote to his beloved Joséphine, "I awake consumed with thoughts...

I 10 år har danskere hver uge sendt deres hemmeligheder helt anonymt afsted til Miriam Poulsen, og for at fejre jubilæet kommer 500 hemmeligheder nu for første gang i bogform. Den perfekte læsning til dig, hvis du også har brug for at finde ud af, at du er helt som alle andre – eller at...

Bogen indeholder 700 hemmeligheder, der spænder fra det, man ikke tør sige højt, til hverdagens små protester. Her bliver man udfordret på sine grænser, når det kommer til, hvad sandheden ville koste én, og hvad det vil sige at være loyal – men måske kun halvdelen af tiden?...

Inspirado na obra Cartas a um jovem poeta, de Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), Maurice Béjart estabelece, em Cartas a um jovem bailarino, um diálogo epistolar com um aspirante à dança e o orienta não apenas sobre a técnica, mas sobre a formação do espírito e da sensibilidade. Para ele, a arte nasce do encontro entre a experiência e a busca incessante por algo maior. Cada gesto, cada movimento, cada ideia tem raízes naquilo que o artista viveu, sentiu e compreendeu do mundo.

„Wenn das jemand liest, dann wir!“ Gregor Gysi „Ich spreche Marx, weil ich so aussehe, und da ist dann für Gregor Gysi nur noch Engels übrig geblieben, obwohl er nicht so aussieht“ Harry Rowohlt Es erwartet Sie eine spannende Lesung aus den persönlichen Briefen und Texten der...