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Kennedy steered the nation away from the brink of nuclear war, initiated the first nuclear test ban treaty, created the Peace Corps, and launched American on its mission to the moon and beyond. JFK inspired a nation, particularly the massive generation of baby boomers, injecting hope and revitalizing faith in the American project. 2013 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of Kennedy's untimely death, a milestone to be marked by an avalanche of new books on his life and importance.

Embark on a literary journey with "Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii," a fascinating collection of writings that reveal a lesser-known side of the iconic author. In this audiobook, you'll discover Twain's firsthand accounts and observations as he explores the enchanting landscapes and cultures of Hawaii during his travels. Through his witty and insightful letters, Twain provides a unique perspective on the Hawaiian islands, blending humor, adventure, and keen observations.

A master strategist and tireless activist, Bayard Rustin is best remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, one of the largest nonviolent protests ever held in the United States. He brought Gandhi's protest techniques to the American civil rights movement and played a deeply influential role in the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., helping to mold him into an international symbol of nonviolence.

"Questions are posed," writes Norman Mailer, "in the hope they will open into richer insights, which in turn will bring forth sharper questions." In this series of conversations, John Buffalo Mailer, 27, poses a series of questions to his father, challenging the reflections and insights of the man who has dominated and defined much of American letters for the past sixty years.

Johann Peter Eckermann war einer der engsten Vertrauten Goethes: Zwischen 1823 und 1832 führte er zahlreiche Gespräche mit dem alten Dichterfürsten, die er anschließend in einem umfangreichen und vielbeachteten Werk zusammenstellte und kommentierte. Darin zeichnet Eckermann anhand ihrer Unterhaltungen über Kunst, Wissenschaft und das Leben ein messerscharfes Bild von Goethe: als "vielschichtigen Diamanten, der nach jeder Richtung eine andere Farbe spiegelt".

Ein Porträt der Familie Mann in Briefen. Zärtlich umgarnend, frech zugespitzt und maßlos übertrieben, Tratsch und lebenswichtige Ereignisse mitteilend: Die Vielfalt der Tonlage in den Briefen von Katia und Thomas Mann mit ihren sechs Kindern ist grenzenlos. Tilmann Lahme legt hier zusammen mit Holger Pils und Kerstin Klein eine Sammlung von Briefen vor, die einen ganz unverstellten, intimen und oft überraschenden Einblick in den Familienbetrieb bietet.

Presented as a series of letters between Adams and his former student, Zach, Letters to a Young Progressive reveals how the "education" of college kids across the country is producing a generation of unhappy, unimaginative, and unproductive adults. The perfect book to help parents prevent - or undo - the ubiquitous liberal brainwashing of their children before it is too late.

A literary jaunt in praise of the lost art of letter writing that explores a cultural history and the undeniable thrill of old-school correspondence—from journalist and cultural critic Rachel Syme.

My name is Quinn and in one night my life changed forever. I lost not only part of my family, but also a huge part of who I was. Struggling to make it through each dark day, uncertain of everything in my life, I’m barely living just existing until a professional suggests I start writing down my thoughts in a journal. My journals help me muddle through the personal and emotional baggage. Allow me to manage the past with all my Anguish; to function in the present plotting Vengeance; and to hope for my Awakening to a future full of all my dreams for a better life.

How does one record an extraordinary time? Confined to his Delhi apartment, Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee unravels the intimate paradoxes of the life he encounters in the first weeks of a global pandemic. His stories about local fish sellers, gardeners, barbers, and lovers merge with his concerns for the exodus of migrant labourers, the challenges faced by health workers, and a mother braving check posts to bring her son home.

Ein Buch über das Reisen in einer Zeit ohne festen Wohnsitz: Mithilfe von tagebuchartigen Notizen, die sich Handke während seiner Nomaden-Zeit zwischen November 1987 und Juli 1990 machte, lässt er sein Treiben durch Jugoslawien, Griechenland, Ägypten, durch ganz Europa bis nach Japan und mehrfach in den slowenischen Karst wiederaufleben. Dabei sind es nicht nur die physischen Reisen, sondern auch die mentalen, an denen Handke den Leser teilhaben lässt.

In March 2020, at the request of the Los Angeles Times, Charles Finch became a reluctant diarist: As California sheltered in place, he began to write daily notes about the odd ambient changes in his own life and in the lives around him. The result is What Just Happened. In a warm, candid, welcoming voice, and in the tradition of Woolf and Orwell, Finch brings us into his own world: taking long evening walks near his home in LA, listening to music, and keeping virtual connections with friends across the country as they each experience the crisis.

Erwachsenwerden ist eine der schwierigsten Erfahrungen, die wir überleben müssen. Manchmal tut es gut, zu wissen, dass es jemanden gibt, der das alles schon durchgemacht hat und dir versichert: Du schaffst das schon! Lisa Sophie ist (gefühlt) schon in jedes Fettnäpfchen getreten und hat die peinlichsten Situationen erlebt. Obwohl im Leben nicht immer alles glatt läuft, zeigt sie dir, dass am Ende doch alles gut wird.

The men and women honored in Tom Brokaw's The Greatest Generation speak in this collection of letters from and about the Depression and World War II.

Escucha la prosa de un poeta. Escucha las palabras que Federico García Lorca escribió. Es un libro de viajes. Su único libro en prosa, pero empapado hasta la médula de su inspiración y su visión poéticas. Impresiones y Paisajes pasó desapercibido y es, de hecho, el libro menos conocido de su obra. No por ello menos importante. Ahora cobra valor como el punto de partida de la obra de Federico García Lorca, su debut literario y el germen del gran poeta que fue.

Doris, vida mía alumbra aspectos de la vida y obra de una de las más grandes intelectuales y poetas: su vida amorosa y su dimensión como lesbiana que por décadas estuvieron ocultas.

Edited by Krishna Ramanujan and Guillermo Rodríguez, Journeys offers access to Ramanujan's personal diaries and journals, providing a window into his creative process. It will include literary entries from his travels, his thoughts on writing, poetry drafts, and dreams. His diaries and journals served as fertile ground where he planted the seeds for much of his published work....

Will Dowd takes us on a whimsical journey through one year of New England weather in this engaging collection of essays. As unpredictable as its subject, Areas of Fog combines wit and poetry with humor and erudition. A fun, breezy, and discursive listen, it is an intellectual game that exposes the artificiality of genres.

Gaston Gallimard (1881-1975), fondateur des Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue française avec André Gide et Jean Schlumberger, confia un jour à Jean Cau qu'il n'écrirait jamais ses mémoires d'éditeur, craignant de ruiner sa maison en disant tout ce qu'il y avait vu et tout ce qu'il savait des mœurs et pratiques de la vie littéraire. Il ne les écrivit pas et, pour finir, se confia peu. Louable pudeur. Mais les grandes correspondances éditoriales publiées depuis lors sont là qui comblent ce manque.

Carl Lavin was a high school senior when Pearl Harbor was attacked. The Canton, Ohio, native enlisted when he turned 18, a decision that would take him with the US Army from training across the United States and Britain to combat with the 84th Infantry Division in the Battle of the Bulge. Home Front to Battlefront is the tale of a foot soldier who finds himself thrust into a world where he and his unit grapple with the horrors of combat, the idiocies of bureaucracy, and the oddities of life back home - all in the same day.