Letter, Diaries

Richard Blechynden was a surveyor, architect, and builder in early colonial Bengal. This volume and its companion (Sentiment and Self) use 80 volumes of his diaries and other archival material along …

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high qu …

From the beginnings of man, to the end of life, the Small Dragon has been a phenomenon that Blink’s into existence from time to time. Dare to Blink as the seemingly insignificant phrase, “Small Drago …

In 1921, a young female doctor started analysis with Sigmund Freud. In a diary, she recorded what moved her. The present volume not only contains a full translation of these records, but also collect …

Selected by Kazin's acclaimed biographer, an enlightening collection of the private writings of one of the twentieth century's most fascinating intellectuals. At the time of his death in 1998 …

Charles Meeres served on the Western Front between 1915 and 1918. He kept a secret diary and painted many watercolours of life at the front, so that his diary gives a unique insight into the campaign …

A “fresh, wonderful, captivating” journey across 19th-century America through the letters of composer Felix Mendelssohn’s nephew (alfemminile.blogspot.com).   Welcome to an Ame …

A humorous, eye-opening look at the American political life as viewed through the children’s correspondence with the president. In this collection of more than three hundred letters to President Bush …

Agatha Christie’s life and career told through the decades, from the never-before-published original ending to her first book to the unused ideas for her last, complete with two unpublished Agatha Ch …

A Corner for Everybody is a unique collection of close to five hundred letters from Polish American readers, which were published in the Polish-language weekly Ameryka-Echo between 1902 and 1969. In …