Author: Isabelle de Charriere
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803264274
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
The letters between a young Dutch woman and a Swiss soldier
There Are No Letters Like Yours
Author: Isabelle de Charriere
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803264274
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
The letters between a young Dutch woman and a Swiss soldier
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803264274
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
The letters between a young Dutch woman and a Swiss soldier
How to Write Letters
Author: James Willis Westlake
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Letter writing
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Letter writing
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
More Letters of Note
Author: Shaun Usher
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781786891693
Category : Correspondence
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
FOLLOW-UP TO THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER INCLUDING LETTERS FROM: Jane Austen, Richard Burton, Helen Keller, Alan Turing, Albus Dumbledore, Eleanor Roosevelt, Henry James, Sylvia Plath, John Lennon, Gerald Durrell, Janis Joplin, Mozart, Janis Joplin, Hunter S. Thompson, C. G. Jung, Katherine Mansfield, Marge Simpson, David Bowie, Dorothy Parker, Buckminster Fuller, Beatrix Potter, Che Guevara, Evelyn Waugh, Charlotte Bront� and many more. Discover Richard Burton's farewell note to Elizabeth Taylor, Helen Keller's letter to The New York Symphony Orchestra about 'hearing' their concert through her fingers, the final missives from a doomed Japan Airlines flight in 1985, David Bowie's response to his first piece of fan mail from America and even Albus Dumbledore writing to a reader applying for the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts. More Letters of Note is another rich and inspiring collection, which reminds us that much of what matters in our lives finds its way into our letters.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781786891693
Category : Correspondence
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
FOLLOW-UP TO THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER INCLUDING LETTERS FROM: Jane Austen, Richard Burton, Helen Keller, Alan Turing, Albus Dumbledore, Eleanor Roosevelt, Henry James, Sylvia Plath, John Lennon, Gerald Durrell, Janis Joplin, Mozart, Janis Joplin, Hunter S. Thompson, C. G. Jung, Katherine Mansfield, Marge Simpson, David Bowie, Dorothy Parker, Buckminster Fuller, Beatrix Potter, Che Guevara, Evelyn Waugh, Charlotte Bront� and many more. Discover Richard Burton's farewell note to Elizabeth Taylor, Helen Keller's letter to The New York Symphony Orchestra about 'hearing' their concert through her fingers, the final missives from a doomed Japan Airlines flight in 1985, David Bowie's response to his first piece of fan mail from America and even Albus Dumbledore writing to a reader applying for the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts. More Letters of Note is another rich and inspiring collection, which reminds us that much of what matters in our lives finds its way into our letters.
Letters of Note
Author: Shaun Usher
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1838856161
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
Letters of Note, the book based on the beloved website of the same name, became an instant classic on publication in 2013, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. This new edition sees the collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and unusual letters updated with fourteen riveting new missives and a new introduction from curator Shaun Usher. From Virginia Woolf's heart-breaking suicide letter to Queen Elizabeth II's recipe for drop scones sent to President Eisenhower; from the first recorded use of the expression 'OMG' in a letter to Winston Churchill, to Gandhi's appeal for calm to Hitler; and from Iggy Pop's beautiful letter of advice to a troubled young fan, to Leonardo da Vinci's remarkable job application letter, Letters of Note is a celebration of the power of written correspondence which captures the humour, seriousness, sadness and brilliance that make up all of our lives.
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1838856161
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
Letters of Note, the book based on the beloved website of the same name, became an instant classic on publication in 2013, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. This new edition sees the collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and unusual letters updated with fourteen riveting new missives and a new introduction from curator Shaun Usher. From Virginia Woolf's heart-breaking suicide letter to Queen Elizabeth II's recipe for drop scones sent to President Eisenhower; from the first recorded use of the expression 'OMG' in a letter to Winston Churchill, to Gandhi's appeal for calm to Hitler; and from Iggy Pop's beautiful letter of advice to a troubled young fan, to Leonardo da Vinci's remarkable job application letter, Letters of Note is a celebration of the power of written correspondence which captures the humour, seriousness, sadness and brilliance that make up all of our lives.
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Author: MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780241339466
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This landmark missive from one of the greatest activists in history calls for direct, non-violent resistance in the fight against racism, and reflects on the healing power of love.
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780241339466
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This landmark missive from one of the greatest activists in history calls for direct, non-violent resistance in the fight against racism, and reflects on the healing power of love.
The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, Volume III: No Union with the Slaveholders
Author: William Lloyd Garrison
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674526624
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Though plagued by illness and death in his family in the years covered here, Garrison strove to win supporters for abolitionism, lecturing and touring with Frederick Douglass. He continued to write for The Liberator and involved himself in many liberal causes; in 1849 he publicized and circulated the earliest petition for women's suffrage.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674526624
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Though plagued by illness and death in his family in the years covered here, Garrison strove to win supporters for abolitionism, lecturing and touring with Frederick Douglass. He continued to write for The Liberator and involved himself in many liberal causes; in 1849 he publicized and circulated the earliest petition for women's suffrage.
The Living Age
No-nonsense Cover Letters
Author: Wendy S. Enelow
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN: 1564149064
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In today's competetive job market, if your cover letter doesn't grab the interviewer's attention, he or she may never even glance at your resume. No-Nonsense Cover Letters gives you the powerful practical tools to write "attention grabbing" cover letters that complement your resume and get you more interviews and job offers. The book begins with a thorough but easy-to-understand explanation of the key elements that are vital to creating "attention grabbing" letters including: why writing a cover letter is about selling yourself; how to craft targeted cover letters; when to use bullets or paragraphs; and creating E-letters for today's E-search environment. Subsequent chapters offer tips on writing winning cover letters for opportunities for virtually every profession.
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN: 1564149064
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In today's competetive job market, if your cover letter doesn't grab the interviewer's attention, he or she may never even glance at your resume. No-Nonsense Cover Letters gives you the powerful practical tools to write "attention grabbing" cover letters that complement your resume and get you more interviews and job offers. The book begins with a thorough but easy-to-understand explanation of the key elements that are vital to creating "attention grabbing" letters including: why writing a cover letter is about selling yourself; how to craft targeted cover letters; when to use bullets or paragraphs; and creating E-letters for today's E-search environment. Subsequent chapters offer tips on writing winning cover letters for opportunities for virtually every profession.
Yours Ever
Author: Thomas Mallon
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307378640
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
A delightful investigation of the art of letter writing, Yours Ever explores masterpieces dispatched through the ages by messenger, postal service, and BlackBerry. Here are Madame de Sévigné’s devastatingly sharp reports from the French court, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tormented advice to his young daughter, the casually brilliant musings of Flannery O’Connor, the lustful boastings of Lord Byron, and the prison cries of Sacco and Vanzetti, all accompanied by Thomas Mallon’s own insightful commentary. From battlefield confessions to suicide notes, fan letters to hate mail, Yours Ever is an exuberant reintroduction to a vast and entertaining literature—a book that will help to revive, in the digital age, this glorious lost art.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307378640
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
A delightful investigation of the art of letter writing, Yours Ever explores masterpieces dispatched through the ages by messenger, postal service, and BlackBerry. Here are Madame de Sévigné’s devastatingly sharp reports from the French court, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tormented advice to his young daughter, the casually brilliant musings of Flannery O’Connor, the lustful boastings of Lord Byron, and the prison cries of Sacco and Vanzetti, all accompanied by Thomas Mallon’s own insightful commentary. From battlefield confessions to suicide notes, fan letters to hate mail, Yours Ever is an exuberant reintroduction to a vast and entertaining literature—a book that will help to revive, in the digital age, this glorious lost art.
Titcomb's Letters to Young People, Single and Married
Author: Josiah Gilbert Holland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description