correspondence

Contains a wide spectrum of fifty-two classics and new stories, including "Ward No. 6," "Anna on the Neck," "The Kiss," "Vanka," and more.

A collection of letters between Beat Generation authors Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg that highlight their unique friendship and the influence they had on one another's work.

Collects the letters of Charles Darwin, in chronological order, which he sent and received during his trip aboard the "Beagle," chronicling his landing on his first tropical island, observation of an earthquake's destruction, and arrival at the Galapagos Islands, where he collected many specimens which led to the development of his theories.

Presents a collection of speeches, addresses, and letters written by Abraham Lincoln including his message to a special session of Congress in July 1861, his First Inaugural Address in 1862, the Gettysburg Address, and blends history and biography of the sixteenth president.

Contains a collection of translations of the writings of twentieth-century German poet, Rainer Maria Rilke, and provides a distillation of his various philosophies and world views.

Tells the story of German Jewish entrepreneur Max Schohl and his family, describing their attempts to emigrate to the U.S., Great Britain, Chile, and Brazil--all to which they were denied entrance--and Max's death at Auschwitz.

Presents more than three hundred poems and approximately one hundred letters by nineteenth-century American poet Emily Dickinson.

Recounts life in Stalin's Gulag prison in the late 1940's through the hundreds of love letters between Lev Mishchenko, falsely accused of treason, and his fianc?e, Sveta.