Featuring letters, this title intends to paint a picture of the author's native l&, Burma. It celebrates the courageous army officers, academics, actors & everyday people who have supported the National League for Democracy, often at great risk to their own lives. It reveals the impact of political decisions on the people of Burma. ...

The year is 1944 & America has just entered the war. Young men & women are being drafted in to fight with their allies on Europe's distant shores. Throughout America, sweethearts are saying their last goodbyes. Liz Stephens is already betrothed to budding US senator Dalton Harris, but when she meets GI Morgan Mc Clain, she feels an instant & intense connection. Yet when he dances with her flirtatious best friend Betty, Liz is left feeling like just another soldier's fancy. Betty is besotted by Morgan & begs Liz to write letters for her to post to him overseas. Liz reluctantly agrees, anxious to retain a connection to him. As the last searing days of World War II loom, a correspondence begins that will alter the course of all their lives forever. ...

The sun is shining in the quiet little seaside town of Sandybridge

Sandybridge is the perfect English seaside town: home

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Alphonse Daudet's novels established him as the most successful writer in France by the end of the XIX century. Throughout his working life in Paris Daudet never lost his almost umbilical attachment to Provence. Here, he presents tales of that region that are characterised by tenderness & delicacy, as well as wistfulness & wry humour. ...

Blind since childhood, the author was limited in what she could write. Yet after her brother & sister had died, she asked her father for a pencil & began to transcribe messages by automatic handwriting. Between 1913 & 1917 she received scores of letters from Harry & Helen, describing life after death. This book deals with these letters. ...

The story of Abelard & Heloise remains one of the world's most celebrated & tragic love affairs. This title follows the path of their romance from its reckless & ecstatic beginnings when Heloise became Abelard's pupil, through the suffering of public scandal & enforced secret marriage, to their eventual separation. ...

Collects the letters the author wrote to her family & friends throughout her life. This title shows us her tending her garden; baking bread; marking the marriages, births, & deaths of those she loved; reaching out for intellectual companionship; &, confessing her personal joys & sorrows. ...

Presents the author's personal letters that address a range of topics, from an account of his uncle's death in the eruption that engulfed Pompeii, to observations on the early Christians from descriptions of everyday life in Rome, with its scandals & court cases, to his life in the country. ...

At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering & the nature of advice itself; these profound & lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for writers & artists of all kinds. This edition deals with these letters. ...

The enduring legend of Shakespeare’s pair of star-crossed lovers draws millions of visitors to Verona, Italy, each year. But that is just part of the story.

Every day, letters, frequently addressed simply, “ Juliet, Verona, ” arrive in the city. They come by the truckload, in almost every language imaginable, written by romantics seeking Juliet’s counsel. Most of the missives talk of love, of course ?love found & love lost, love sought & love remembered. &, amazingly, not one letter goes unanswered.

Letters to Juliet tells the story of these letters & the volunteers who have been writing responses for more than seven decades volunteers who first acted privately & who are now sanctioned by the city of Verona as part of the Juliet Club.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781584799122
• Author: Lise Friedman & Ceil Friedman
• Publisher: Stewart Tabori & Chang
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 175
• Dimensions: 21 x 18 x 1cm











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