To The Letter

Author : Simon Garfield
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1592408826
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To the Letter written by Simon Garfield and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map offers an ode to letter writing and its possible salvation in the digital age. Few things are as exciting—and potentially life-changing—as discovering an old letter. And while etiquette books still extol the practice, letter writing seems to be disappearing amid a flurry of e-mails, texting, and tweeting. The recent decline in letter writing marks a cultural shift so vast that in the future historians may divide time not between BC and AD but between the eras when people wrote letters and when they did not. So New York Times bestselling author Simon Garfield asks: Can anything be done to revive a practice that has dictated and tracked the progress of civilization for more than five hundred years? In To the Letter, Garfield traces the fascinating history of letter writing from the love letter and the business letter to the chain letter and the letter of recommendation. He provides a tender critique of early letter-writing manuals and analyzes celebrated correspondence from Erasmus to Princess Diana. He also considers the role that letters have played as a literary device from Shakespeare to the epistolary novel, all the rage in the eighteenth century and alive and well today with bestsellers like The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. At a time when the decline of letter writing appears to be irreversible, Garfield is the perfect candidate to inspire bibliophiles to put pen to paper and create “a form of expression, emotion, and tactile delight we may clasp to our heart.”

Author : Kathryn Hughes
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 1783069171
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Letter written by Kathryn Hughes and published by Headline. This book was released on 2015-03-19 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ** PRE-ORDER THE MEMORY BOX, THE NEW NOVEL FROM KATHRYN HUGHES ** Every so often a love story comes along to remind us that sometimes, in our darkest hour, hope shines a candle to light our way. Discover THE LETTER by Kathryn Hughes, the Number One bestseller that has captured thousands of hearts worldwide. Perfect for fans of The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. 'A wonderful, uplifting story' Lesley Pearse Join the hundreds of thousands of readers worldwide who have fallen in love with THE LETTER: 'An amazing, heartwrenching, unforgettable story' 'This beautiful story will bring tears and joy' 'Loved this story !! It kept me totally gripped although I was sobbing in places as well' 'A tale of love and hope with lots of twists and turns. A great story!' Tina Craig longs to escape her violent husband. She works all the hours God sends to save up enough money to leave him, also volunteering in a charity shop to avoid her unhappy home. Whilst going through the pockets of a second-hand suit, she comes across an old letter, the envelope firmly sealed and unfranked. Tina opens the letter and reads it - a decision that will alter the course of her life for ever... Billy Stirling knows he has been a fool, but hopes he can put things right. On 4th September 1939 he sits down to write the letter he hopes will change his future. It does - in more ways than he can ever imagine... THE LETTER tells the story of two women, born decades apart, whose paths are destined to cross and how one woman's devastation leads to the other's salvation. *** Kathryn's beautiful new novel HER LAST PROMISE is available now ***

Author : Laurent Pflughaupt
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568987378
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letter by Letter written by Laurent Pflughaupt and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains twenty-six alphabetically arranged entries describing each letter of the Roman alphabet individually, providing facts about each letter while tracing its history, evolution, and form.

Author : Richard Paul Evans
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684842831
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Letter written by Richard Paul Evans and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1997 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The love story of David and MaryAnne Parkin and the storms that their relationship must face when the blissful state of romance vanishes into real-life challenges and difficulties.

Author : Tonke Dragt
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545820227
Total Pages : 491 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Letter for the King written by Tonke Dragt and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling story of one boy's battle against evil set in an enchanted world of chivalry, courage, and true friendship Sixteen-year-old Tiuri must spend hours locked in a chapel in silent contemplation if he is to be knighted the next day. But as he waits by the light of a flickering candle, he hears a knock at the door and a voice desperately asking for help.A secret letter must be delivered to King Unauwen across the Great Mountains--a letter upon which the fate of the entire kingdom depends. Tiuri has a vital role to play, one that might cost him his knighthood. He must trust no one. He must keep his true identity secret. Above all, he must never reveal what is in the letter . . .Tiuri's journey will take him through dark, menacing forests, across treacherous rivers, to sinister castles and strange cities. He will encounter evil enemies who would kill to get the letter, but also the best of friends in the most unexpected places.

Author : N. D. Byma
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692314470
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Letter written by N. D. Byma and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A children's book about a young girl who goes to the park to write a letter to someone very special and the events that follow.

Author : Marie Tillman
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1455505609
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Letter written by Marie Tillman and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A love story and an inspirational tale of recovery and self-discovery, Marie Tillman opens up for the first time about her marriage to ex-NFL star Pat Tillman, and her journey to rebuild her life after his death. In 2003, Pat Tillman, serving in the US Army, hastily wrote a "just in case" letter to his wife, Marie. When he returned on leave before his departure to Afghanistan, he placed the letter on top of their bedroom dresser. For months it sat there, sealed and ever-present, like a black hole through which Marie knew her stable life would be pulled if she ever had reason to open it. Then, in April 2004, Marie's worst nightmare came true. In the days following his death, it was Pat's letter that kept her going and, more than that, it was his words that would help her learn to navigate a world she could no longer share with her husband. In The Letter, Marie's talks for the first time about her journey to remake her life after Pat's death. In it, she recalls meeting and falling in love with Pat when they were kids, his harrowing decision to join the army after 9/11, and the devastating day when she learned he'd been killed. She describes how she withdrew from the public spotlight to grieve, learning along the way the value of solitude, self-awareness and integrity in the healing process. And, finally, Marie recounts her work to rebuild her life, including founding The Pat Tillman Foundation, an organization established to carry forth Pat's legacy of leadership, and her decision to step back into the public eye in order to inspire people to live with meaning and purpose. Filled with the lessons Marie learned and the wisdom she gained since Pat's death, The Letter is both a heartrending love story and an inspiring tale for anyone, young or old, whose life has taken an unexpected hard turn -- and who struggles to get back on the right path.

Author : Teri Sloat
Publisher : Puffin Books
ISBN 13 : 9780140553291
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Letter to Letter written by Teri Sloat and published by Puffin Books. This book was released on 1994-05-04 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each page features a letter of the alphabet, drawn as both a capital and a lowercase letter, decorated with pictures of objects beginning with that letter.

Author : William Somerset Maugham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Letter written by William Somerset Maugham and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Emily Gunnis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781444843477
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Girl in the Letter written by Emily Gunnis and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1956: When Ivy Jenkins falls pregnant, she is sent in disgrace to St Margaret's: a dark, brooding house for unmarried mothers. Her baby is adopted against her will. Ivy will never leave. Present day: Samantha Harper is a journalist desperate for a break. When she stumbles on a letter from the past, the contents shock and move her. The letter is from a young mother, begging to be rescued from St Margaret's before it is too late. Sam is pulled into the tragic story and discovers a spate of unexplained deaths surrounding the woman and her child. With St Margaret's set for demolition, Sam has only hours to piece together a sixty-year-old mystery before the truth, which lies disturbingly close to home, is lost forever.