Alois Riegl 
Stilfragen Grundlegungen zu Einer Geschichte der Ornamentik [PDF ebook] 

In Letters of Note: New York, Shaun Usher curates a collection of extraordinary written exchanges about the Big Apple, from the marvelling of wide-eyed newcomers and the devoted outpourings of native …

First published in 1968. This is a volume of selected passages from the extensive diary of General Gordon: the soldier of fortune, whose memoirs are now introduced to the Spadling Club, who had been …

University literary journals allow students to create their own venue for learning, have a hands-on part of their development in real-world skills, and strive towards professional achievement. But pr …

In the summer of 1936, Ezra Pound agreed to take on the role of European Correspondent for a newly launched travel journal entitled Globe: The International Magazine. Ezra Pound and »Globe» Magazin …

During the course of the First World War, staff of the Great Western Railway»s Audit Office sent letters and photographs back to their employer in Paddington, which were in turn collated into monthl …

The diaries of Dr Hussein Fakhri al-Khalidi offer a unique insight to the peculiarities of colonialism that have shaped Palestinian history. Elected mayor of Jerusalem – his city of birth – in 1935, …

First published in 1967. This journal is a copy of the narrated manuscript of Captain Cook’s last voyage of discovery into the Pacific Ocean. It spans from 1776 to 1779 and includes illustrations and …

In September 1943, a twenty-nine-year-old postal clerk from North London named Chris Barker found a spare hour to write to a work colleague named Bessie Moore. His letter was innocent enough, but Bes …

“Dear Millie, I am writing you this letter in the hope that life has afforded you the opportunity to grow old enough to read it…” So starts the most extraordinary diary about a seven-year-old girl an …

This hitherto unpublished first-hand witness account, written in 1968-9, tells the story of a privileged Polish woman whose life was torn apart by the outbreak of the Second World War and Soviet occu …