This collection, also called Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, comprises over 400 letters written beginning in 1737 or 1738 and continuing until his son's death in 1768. The majority of the letters were written between 1746 and 1754. The letters are written in French, English, and some in Latin. They are mostly instructive letters on...
Chicago: University Of Chicago Press. 2012. 368 p. ISBN10: 022600905X; ISBN13: 978-0226009056. In 1880 a young medical student named Arthur Conan Doyle embarked upon the “first real outstanding adventure” of his life, taking a berth as ship’s surgeon on an Arctic whaler, the Hope. The voyage took him to unknown regions, showered him with dramatic and unexpected experiences, and...
Mondadori, 2014. — 253 p. «Tutti commettiamo degli errori, ma far scoppiare la Terza guerra mondiale sarebbe stato un errore piuttosto grave. Continuo a sostenere che non è stata tutta colpa mia. Ma andiamo con ordine. Nel corso della mia esistenza sono sfuggito per un pelo alla collera di un trafficante d`armi ad Amburgo, sono stato mitragliato da un MiG durante la guerra...
Harvill Press, 2010. — 256 p. Alan Garner is an exceptional lecturer and essayist. This collection, taken from the work of more that twenty years, explores an enviable range of scholarly interests: archaeology, myth, language, education, philosophy, the spiritual quest, mental health, literature, music and film. The book also serves as a poetic autobiography of one of England's...
The Macmillan Company. 1945. — 155 p. This book is a strictly factual account of his first term as a thirteen-year-old apprentice aboard H.M.S. “Conway”, a training ship for potential officers in England’s Merchant Marine. Perhaps a nostalgic reverence for the seafaring life has mellowed his recollection of the past; although he calmly recounts the succession of brutalities and...
HarperCollins, 2006. — 480 p. — ISBN10: 0261102656; ISBN13: 978-0261102651. A comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life (1914-1973) of one of the world’s most famous storytellers. ‘It is not possible even at great length to "pot" The Lord of the Rings in a paragraph or two. It was begun in 1936, and every part has been written many times… the labour has been...
HarperCollins, 2006. — 480 p. — ISBN10: 0261102656; ISBN13: 978-0261102651. A comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life (1914-1973) of one of the world’s most famous storytellers. ‘It is not possible even at great length to "pot" The Lord of the Rings in a paragraph or two. It was begun in 1936, and every part has been written many times… the labour has been...
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