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Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson

Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson...

Hunter S. Thompson

Diaries, letters & journals; Society & Social Sciences

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This definitive, hand-picked selection of Thompson's finest pieces ever published in Rolling Stone showcases the evolution... [more]

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Private Journal of a Voyage to Australia

Private Journal of a Voyage to Australia

James Bell

Biography; Autobiography: historical, political & military; Diaries, letters & journals; History; Australasian & Pacific history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Geographical discovery & exploration; Expeditions

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On 19 November 1838 James Bell, then aged 21, set out in the sailing vessel the Planter from St Katharine Docks in London... [more]

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Mawson's Forgotten Men: The 1911-1913 Antarctic Diary of Charles Turnbull Harrisson

Mawson's Forgotten Men: The 1911-1913 Antarctic Diary of Charles Turnbull...

Heather Rossiter

Biography; Diaries, letters & journals; Expeditions

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Charles Turnbull Harrisson (1867-1914) was one of the members of Douglas Mawson's legendary Australasian Antarctic Expedition... [more]

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Heysen to Heysen: Selected Letters of Hans Heysen and Nora Heysen

Heysen to Heysen: Selected Letters of Hans Heysen and Nora Heysen

Catherine Speck

History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Biography; Diaries, letters & journals; History

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Heysen to Heysen is a showcase of letters between Nora and Hans Heysen from the collection of the National Library of Australia.... [more]

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Unsuitable for Publication: Editing Queen Victoria

Unsuitable for Publication: Editing Queen Victoria

Yvonne M. Ward

Biography: historical, political & military; Diaries, letters & journals; History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours; Ethical issues: censorship

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When Queen Victoria died in 1901, two literary gentlemen took on a monumental task: selecting and editing her vast correspondence.... [more]

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Mrs Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady

Mrs Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady

Kate Summerscale

Autobiography: general; Diaries, letters & journals; History; British & Irish history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history

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From the number one bestselling, multi-award-winning author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher [more]

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Here and Now

Here and Now

J. M. Coetzee, Paul Auster

Biography; Diaries, letters & journals

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Offers an intimate and often amusing portrait of two men as they explore the complexities of the here and now and is a reflection... [more]

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These Wonderful Rumours!: A Young Schoolteacher's Wartime Diaries 1939-1945

These Wonderful Rumours!: A Young Schoolteacher's Wartime Diaries 1939-1945...

May Smith

Biography; Autobiography: general; Diaries, letters & journals; Second World War

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<div><strong>ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK</strong> ----- May Smith was a schoolteacher in Derby during WWII. Her diaries record... [more]

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A Time in Arabia: Living in Yemen's Hadhramant in the 1930s

A Time in Arabia: Living in Yemen's Hadhramant in the 1930s

Doreen Ingrams

Diaries, letters & journals; Travel & holiday; Travel writing

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Doreen Ingrams and her husband were the first Europeans ever to live in the Hadhramaut, an extraordinary, isolated region... [more]

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Letters from the Front

Letters from the Front

Dorothy Gilding

Diaries, letters & journals; Memoirs; History; First World War

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Letters from the Front is an authentic account of World War One through the eyes of an ordinary soldier, the story of one... [more]

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Rub Out the Words: Letters 1959-1974

Rub Out the Words: Letters 1959-1974

William S. Burroughs

Biography; Diaries, letters & journals; Prose: non-fiction

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Features letters that cover the activities of Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac in the years that gave birth to... [more]

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The Calculus Diaries: A Year Discovering How Maths Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse

The Calculus Diaries: A Year Discovering How Maths Can Help You Lose Weight,...

Jennifer Ouellette

Diaries, letters & journals; Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science

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How maths can help you lose weight, win in Vegas and survive the zombie apocalypse [more]

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Joseph Roth: A Life in Letters

Joseph Roth: A Life in Letters

Joseph Roth

Biography; Biography: literary; Diaries, letters & journals

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The monumentality of this biographical work further establishes Joseph Roth with Kafka, Mann, and Musil in the twentieth-century... [more]

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Sakhalin Island

Sakhalin Island

Anton Chekhov

Autobiography: literary; Diaries, letters & journals

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Highly valuable both as a detailed depiction of the Tsarist system of penal servitude and as an insight into Chekhov's motivations... [more]

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A Gun for a Fountain Pen: Antarctic Journal November 1910-January 1912

A Gun for a Fountain Pen: Antarctic Journal November 1910-January 1912

George Murray Levick

Diaries, letters & journals; General & world history; Travel & holiday; Expeditions

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The story of the Terra Nova expedition is one of survival in the Antarctic. Levick's journal adds to this record the struggles... [more]

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Letters to a Young Scientist

Letters to a Young Scientist

Edward O. Wilson

Diaries, letters & journals; Mathematics & Sciences; Science: general issues; Ecological science, the Biosphere

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Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson imparts the wisdom of his storied career to the next generation. [more]

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Instead of a Book: Letters to a Friend

Instead of a Book: Letters to a Friend

Diana Athill

Biography; Autobiography: literary; Diaries, letters & journals; Literary studies: from c 1900 -

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Thirty years of wit, wisdom, gossip and intimacy from Diana Athill, one of the nation's bestselling and best-loved authors,... [more]

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Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson

Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson...

Hunter S. Thompson

Diaries, letters & journals; Society & Social Sciences

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Showcases the evolution of the writer of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Hell's Angels , through his work at the magazine... [more]

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The Love Letters of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning

The Love Letters of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning

Biography; Diaries, letters & journals

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The 573 love letters of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning have long captivated scholars and fans of poetry. [more]

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Sincerely: A New Collection of Correspondence from Women of Letters

Sincerely: A New Collection of Correspondence from Women of Letters

Marieke Hardy, Michaela McGuire

Diaries, letters & journals; Literary essays

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A collection of new letters from these fantastic literary events, featuring a wide range of Australian talent, including writers,... [more]

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Public Enemies

Public Enemies

Bernard Henri-Levy, Michel Houellebecq

Biography; Diaries, letters & journals; Philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -

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Bestselling novelist Michel Houellebecq, and bestselling philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy ('BHL'), are two of the most celebrated... [more]

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The Letters of T. S. Eliot

The Letters of T. S. Eliot

Valerie Eliot

Biography; Autobiography: literary; Diaries, letters & journals; Literary studies: poetry & poets

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At the age of forty, T S Eliot was to set a new course for his life and work. This title includes his correspondence with... [more]

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I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau

I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau...

Jeffrey S Cramer, Jeffrey S. Cramer

Biography; Biography: literary; Diaries, letters & journals; Philosophy; Environmentalist thought & ideology

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Begun in 1837, Thoreau's Journal spans a period of twenty-five years and runs to more than two million words, coming to... [more]

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Alfred Kazin's Journals

Alfred Kazin's Journals

Richard M. Cook

Biography; Autobiography: literary; Diaries, letters & journals; Memoirs; Prose: non-fiction

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At the time of his death in 1998, Alfred Kazin was considered one of the most influential intellectuals of postwar America.... [more]

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Selected Letters of William Styron

Selected Letters of William Styron

William Styron

Biography; Autobiography: general; Autobiography: literary; Diaries, letters & journals; Literary studies: general

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Covering a career that spanned almost 60 years and many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award,... [more]

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