In Morocco
This early work by Edith Wharton was originally published in 1920 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'In Morocco' is a travel journey in which Wharton details her...
View ArticleA Little Tour in France (1884)
This early work by Henry James was originally published in 1884 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Henry James was born in New York City in 1843. One of thirteen...
View ArticleItalian Hours (1909)
This early work by Henry James was originally published in 1909 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Henry James was born in New York City in 1843. One of thirteen...
View ArticleScott on Waterloo
<p><b>On the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo discover a fascinating primary source: Walter Scott's accounts of his journey to the battlefield</b></p><p>In the...
View ArticlePassed Around By Man, But Not Passed Over By God: My Untold Story
<p>In this candid memoir, we follow the unique voice of Chontate Brown, as she takes us from her blessed and vibrant young childhood to the break-up of her family, through the toxic and traumatic...
View ArticleWhen I Was Old
<b>An intimate inside look at the mind of Georges Simenon, immortalized here in his journals.<br></b><br>In the 1960s, Simenon bought three leather-bound journals, planning to...
View Article9000 Miles in a Knight: The 1930 Travel Journal of Pearl Maybelle Hugunin...
9000 Miles In A Knight relates the experience of Pearl MacHenry on her family's road trip across America in 1930. Pearl, her husband Rev. Ward MacHenry, and their four youngest children, ages 14 to 20,...
View ArticleThe Canister X Transmission: Year Two - Collected Newsletters
Begin transmission . . . Running weekly from May 2015 to April 2016, The Canister X Transmission was sent via email to readers worldwide. Every week, readers received updates from the desk of A.P....
View ArticleThe Lengthening War: The Great War Diary of Mabel Goode
<SPAN STYLE= ">This is a strong narrative of the war, easy to read, mixing news with personal feelings and events (often revealing gap between official news and reality). <BR>The diary...
View ArticleThe Journal of a Disappointed Man
This book contains Bruce Frederick Cummings' (pseudonym: W. N. P. Barbellion) 1919 work, "The Journal of a Disappointed Man". Hailed by Ronald Blythe as "among the most moving diaries ever created", it...
View ArticleUnderstanding Susan Sontag
A comprehensive account of the author's entire career through the lens of her recently published diaries
View ArticleWar Diaries, 1939– 1945
<B>These personal diaries kept by Astrid Lindgren, author of the world famous <I>Pippi Longstocking</I> books, chronicle the horrors of World War II.</B><p>Before she...
View ArticleSweet Theft: A Poet's Commonplace Book
Centuries ago, when books were rare, those who owned them would lend them to friends, who in turn would copy out passages they especially liked before returning the precious book to its owner. These...
View ArticleThe Benn Diaries
<p>Tony Benn was one of the twentieth century's most charismatic politicians. <i>The Benn Diaries</i>, kept for almost seventy years, are a uniquely authoritative, fascinating and...
View ArticleOutback Penguin: Richard Lane's Barwell Diaries
'One of the most revealing stories yet written about rural life in Australia.'-Geoffrey Blainey<p><b>Richard Lane was one of three brothers who founded Penguin Books in...
View ArticleBill Lancaster: The Final Verdict: The Life and Death of an Aviation Pioneer
Captain William Lancaster was the subject of public attention and controversy during his life as a record-breaking flyer, because of his love affair with Jessie 'Chubbie' Miller (dubbed "the Australian...
View ArticleThe Child Poet
Homero Aridjis has always said that he was born twice. The first time was to his mother in April 1940 and the second time was as a poet, in January 1951. His life was distinctly cleaved in two by an...
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