This is the first ever publication of the recently discovered Grand Tour journal of Edward Geoffrey Stanley (1799-1869), future 14th earl of Derby and three-time prime minister. In 1820-22 Stanley travelled throughout northern and central Italy and the Swiss Alps, recording the insights and experiences that were to shape his character.
This book offers a powerfully intimate account of the Battle of Britain, related by young pilots in their most unguarded moments, talking with their chaplain. Guy Mayfield was the Station Chaplain at the Royal Air Force's Duxford base in the summer of 1940, and his diary is full of stories told by the pilots in his charge during that period of ......
ISBN-13: 9781904897316
(Paperback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
"When I found these cigarettes you had left I thought at first to keep them as a remembrance. But I am far from needing a remembrance." —From Max Perkins's first letter to Elizabeth Lemmon, dated 14 April 1922
Maxwell E. Perkins, famed editor of such literary luminaries as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Zora ......
33 Steps to achieve your wildest dreams and innermost desires
Be brave! Be more! Be all you are destined to be! Inspired by Alone author Michelle Lee’s mantra, the all-new Don’t Die Wondering goals journal is the perfect accompaniment for those who are dared and inspired by Michelle’s story in achieving one’s dreams and unlocking your full potential.
Survivors' stories of hope from the aftermath of unimaginable trauma,abuse and burns
In the extraordinary new book, When bad things happen - good things grow. Dr. Susie O’Neill, founder of the KIDS Foundation, has compiled remarkable survivor stories of hope from the aftermath of unimaginable trauma, abuse and burns. These personal stories from children and adults, told in their own words.
Whether you are a busy mum, wife, single woman, working in or outside of the home, studying, or just managing your day to day life right now, this journal is for you. I have designed it based on the many ideas I have personally found helpful in my own life, and the young people I teach. I hope they help you too. Sometimes, it can be helpful to ......
When, in March 2020, the Covid pandemic led the Government to impose a total lockdown on ordinary life, Gabriel Josipovici began to write a diary tracing his life under the new dispensation. 100 Days responds to the escalating crisis, as well as to the arrival of Spring and then of Summer on the South Downs, but it is mainly concerned with a kind ......
