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Though completely unappreciated during his lifetime, Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) is one of the most recognizable names in the art world today. Though it would make sense that Van Gogh's life would be greatly undocumented, this is not the case. "The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh" is a collection of the correspondences between Van Gogh and his brother, Theo, that gives an incredibly enthralling look into the life of this genius. Tormented by loss of...
42) Letters from Nan
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Have you ever seen someone running pell-mell into disaster? You want to stop them, but you can't get there in time. Nan saw this begin to happen to her precious granddaughter, so she started writing her letters. She has made a multitude of mistakes-from ignorance or willfulness. Her heart's desire is for others to hear her stories and make choices according to God's plan for their lives.
The gist of this book is shared experiences from lessons Nan...
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Tradicionalmente la historia se escribía en las secciones de Política e Internacional de los diarios, dejando a la de Cultura el trabajo de las personalidades creadoras: su obra, estilos de vida, aspiraciones y andamiaje espiritual. Pero hoy sabemos que a menudo ciertas atmósferas de época quedan mejor explicadas ahí que en los vaivenes de un gobierno, y que la información cultural es uno de los grandes campos de innovación del periodismo....
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The ten letters collected here are arguably the most famous and beloved letters of our century. Written when Rainer Maria Rilke was himself still a young man with most of his greatest work before him, they are addressed to a student who had sent Rilke some of his work, asking for advice about becoming a writer. The two never met, but over a period of several years Rilke wrote him these ten letters, which have been enjoyed by hundreds of thousands...
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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014" Robert N. Hudspeth is Research Professor of English at the Claremont Graduate University and professor emeritus of English at Redlands University. He is the editor of The Letters of Margaret Fuller and the author of Ellery Channing.
This is the inaugural volume in the first full-scale scholarly edition of Thoreau's correspondence in more than half a century. When completed, the edition's three...
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La vinculación entre Gabriela Mistral y seis presidentes de la República es materia central de estas páginas. Ella mantuvo correspondencia frecuente con dos de ellos –Pedro Aguirre Cerda y Eduardo Frei Montalva–, cuya lectura permite ahora un interesante acercamiento al fuero interno de la Nobel de Literatura 1945.
En esas cartas se revela mucho de su carácter, sus sentires y expectativas vitales, sus modos de expresar afectos e incluso algunas...
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Frequently the deeper dimension of love is lost with words that express physical contact. The act of making love and self-gratification has taken the place of the meaning of love. These letters attempt to express the true meaning of love. In any love relationship there cannot help but be some physical expression; be it a touch of the hand to a shoulder. There is however a far deeper meaning of love which has to do with the human spirit. The purpose...
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Rilke quiso publicar estas cartas dirigidas a su mujer, Clara Westhoff, donde deja de manifiesto el hondo influjo de su alma gemela, Cézanne. Rilke se empeña en pintar el mundo con palabras, y compartirá opiniones con Orlik, Paul Klee, Vogeler, Rodin o Pasternak. Hay también lugar en sus cartas para los deberes de todo artista: la sumisión a la naturaleza, la sinceridad, etc.
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The letters in this volume illustrate the charming blend of narration and wit that comprise Chekhov's signature style. Ranging from love letters, discussions of literature with publishers and directors, and descriptions of the landscapes, people and preoccupations of his daily life, this collection lets readers see inside the mind of one of the world's greatest writers.
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El libro reúne textos esenciales para comprender la obra poética de León Felipe procedentes del Archivo Histórico Provincial de Zamora y la Residencia de Estudiantes.
Se divide en dos partes: «Aposentos», en la que se incluyen versos y textos en prosa, y «Moradas», una recopilación de correspondencia inédita con figuras literarias de la talla de Camilo José Cela, Juan Larrea o Diez-Canedo.
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Además de inventar motores y turbinas, soñar con un mundo de naves teledirigidas y torres inalámbricas, levantar grandes laboratorios mágicos de los que salían relámpagos y tormentas artificiales y hasta diseñar aparatos domésticos, Nikola Tesla escribió mucho. Cartas a la familia, narrando sus éxitos y planes; cartas a sus jefes y patronos, contando sus proyectos y sueños; cartas a los amigos, cartas a los periódicos, cartas con quejas,...
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A poignant memoir and tribute to the Oxford poet Nairnby the author who went on to create The Worm Ouroborosand the groundbreaking Zimiamvia fantasy trilogy. Eric Rucker Eddison's first book, originally published privately in hardback during the First World War, is a poignant memoir and tribute to the Oxford poet Philip Sidney Fletcher Nairn, whose work was so inspired by his Scottish ancestry, life in the Lake District, and his subsequent travels...
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Unmasks the tough, street-smart persona of Charles Bukowski-America's "Ultimate Outsider" Amazing letters filled with passionate, literary, and personal observation Insights into the author of Tales of Ordinary Madness, Notes of a Dirty Old Man, and Run with the Hunted Insights into Sheri Martinelli: the protégé of Anais Nin, an accomplished painter, and the mistress of Ezra Pound Charels Bukowski's persona as the Dirty Old Man of American Literature...
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"El presente volumen de la Serie Cuadernos de Humanidades celebra los cumpleaños de tres clásicos de la literatura colombiana: 150 años de María por Jorge Isaacs; 50 años de Cien años de Soledad por Gabriel García Márquez; 40 años de Qué viva la música por Andrés Caicedo. Estas tres obras pertenecientes al canon literario colombiano son también referencia literaria mundial. Este volumen comparte los textos presentados en los homenajes...
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Our fantasies and dreams create our reality. Most parents wish the best for their children and especially strong is the mother and daughter bond. In "Faery Letters" Pamela Erickson, a uniquely talented writer, demonstrates her love and caring for her own daughter through a series of "Faery Letters." This is a book that will be shared between mothers and daughters alike and passed down among generations of woman who will find themselves reflected in...
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"Schwester Teresa macht sich Sorgen um die Sorgen. Zum Glück. Die meisten Menschen sorgen sich viel zu viel. … Höchste Zeit, sich mit dem leidigen Phänomen des Sorgens mal ein bisschen intensiver zu beschäftigen. Und da ist Schwester Teresa genau die Richtige. Eine fromme Tausendsassa, die mit beiden Beinen auf dem Boden steht und dabei den Blick immer fest in den Himmel gerichtet hält. Vor allem aber schafft sie es auf eindrückliche Weise,...
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La correspondencia de Emilia Pardo Bazán con Galdós abarca los mejores años creativos de la vida de ambos, entre 1883 y 1915. Se trata de la recopilación de las cartas, conocidas hasta el momento, enviadas por Pardo Bazán a Galdós, ordenadas cronológicamente y acompañadas de una aproximación a la figura de la escritora coruñesa y el relato esencial del amor y la amistad entre ambos autores. Literatura y vida literaria, intrigas académicas,...
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Este relato, la penúltima de las Novelas ejemplares de Cervantes es, en un primer plano narrativo, la historia de un soldado, convaleciente de sífilis, conversando con un amigo. La anécdota que narra el alférez Campuzano, enraizada en el tópico del engañador que termina siendo engañado -al que regresaron una y otra vez escritores consagrados y menores de los Siglos de Oro-, posee un andamiaje cómico notable. Un pequeño guiño: cuando Peralta...
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