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2Gether 4Ever: Notes of a Junior High School Heartthrob
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by Chronicle Books
Paperback (01 July, 2004)
A Life In Letters (Penguin Classics)
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by Penguin Books
Paperback (28 September, 2004)

A Life in Letters: Ann Landers' Letters to Her Only Child
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by Warner Books
Hardcover (03 November, 2003)
(2 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Beautiful book but ...: Unless you worship Ann Landers for years and know her background to some degree, this book may be quite anecdotal and a gathered pieces of personal events.
A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953
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by Harvest/HBJ Book
Paperback (01 March, 1989)
(9 reviews) 4.78 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Henry Miller: Big fan of these two, but more of a Henry Miller fan personally. The letters bring Henry Miller out of his fiction/novels and bring him into the realm where Nin was in writing her Diaries.

A Love No Less : Two Centuries of African American Love Letters
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by Doubleday
Hardcover (20 January, 2004)
(3 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: FANTASTIC! A MUST READ!!: This book is an amazing portrayal of african american love from the 1800's to present day. The letters are extremly powerful and make me cry everytime i read them.
A Transatlantic Love Affair: Letters to Nelson Algren
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by New Press
Paperback (01 September, 1999)
(4 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Fantastic book with insights into de Beauvoir's character: To correct the reader from Brookline, this book is exactly the same as "Beloved Chicago Man"- it's the same book with different titles in the US and the UK.

A Wisconsin Boy in Dixie: Civil War Letters of James K. Newton
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by University of Wisconsin Press
Paperback (17 March, 1995)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: From Wisconsin to Vicksburg!: It is difficult to rate a book by 5 Stars or less when it is someone's diary. The book covers Newton's journey from enlistment in 1861 to final discharge in 1865.
Africa in My Blood: An Autobiography in Letters: The Early Years
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by Mariner Books
Paperback (22 April, 2001)
(2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Sit by the Firelight in Africa at Midnight with Jane Goodall: The letters in this collection date from Ms. Goodall's youth through 1966,

All The Best, George Bush: My Life and Other Writings
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by Scribner
Hardcover (05 October, 1999)
(50 reviews) 4.16 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: In lieu of a memoir, All the Best, George Bush collects correspondence and diary entries from the former U.S. president to show, as he says, "what my own heartbeat is, what my values are, what has motivated me in life."
All the Clean Ones Are Married: And Other Everyday Calamities in Moscow
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by Academy Chicago Publishers
Hardcover (01 October, 2001)
(6 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book.: I found this book at the local library and decided that it was worth the read, and it was. Lori brings to life true everyday occurances in modern-day Moscow.

Always, Rachel: The Letters of Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 1952-1964 - The
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by Beacon Press
Paperback (01 May, 1996)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: Dorothy Freeman, a fan of environmental writer Rachel Carson, was also her best friend. The correspondence between them charts the growth of their long affection; it also offers much detail about Carson's concerns as a writer and scientific reporter,
American Artists, Authors, and Collectors: The Walter Pach Letters 1906-1958
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by State University of New York Press
Hardcover (April, 2002)
(1 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Great resource, but several errors: This is a wonderful book for the primary resource material contained in the actual letters to and from Walter Pach.

American Sonnets
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by W. W. Norton & Company
Hardcover (01 April, 2002)
(2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Go Gerry: As a former student of Dr Sterns (way back in the 70's) this book brings back many of my own memories. As Dr. Stern grew up in the coal fields of Pa,
An Officer and a Lady: The World War II Letters of Lt. Col. Betty Bandel, Women's
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by University Press of New England
Paperback (01 July, 2004)

Baseball Letters : A Fan's Correspondence with His Heroes
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by Three Rivers Press
Paperback (12 September, 2000)
(12 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: All-Time Favorites: I bought Mr. Swirsky's new book "Every Pitcher Tells A Story" and was so taken by its originality that I bought his first one "Baseball Letters".
Beethoven's Letters
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by Dover Publications
Paperback (01 June, 1972)

Beloved Bride: The Letters of Stonewall Jackson to His Wife
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by Global Publishing Services
Paperback (01 November, 2002)
(4 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: The Heart of a Good Man: In Beloved Bride: The Letters of Stonewall Jackson to His Wife, Bill Potter presents some of Stonewall's letters to his wife,
Between Father and Son : Family Letters
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by Knopf
Hardcover (25 January, 2000)
(5 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: Writing to his eldest son, Vidia, at Oxford in 1950, Seepersad Naipaul observed: "Your letters are charming in their spontaneity. If you could write me letters about things and people--especially people--at Oxford,

Beyond Innocence: An Autobiography in Letters: The Later Years
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by Mariner Books
Paperback (23 October, 2002)
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
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by Bantam
Paperback (01 September, 1994)
(29 reviews) 3.9 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: The 'child's wonder' book.: 'Black Holes and Baby Universes' actually provokes more abstract than concrete thought, thus differing it from 'A Brief History of Time',

C. S. LEWIS' LETTERS TO CHILDREN (C.S. Lewis Classics)
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by Scribner
Paperback (03 June, 1996)
(10 reviews) 4.6 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Wonderful!: This wonderful book is a collection of C.S. Lewis's responses to various childrens letters regarding Lewis's masterworks,
C. Wright Mills: Letters and Autobiographical Writings
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by University of California Press
Hardcover (31 May, 2000)
(3 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A Wonderful Look At The Insights Of An Intellectual Titan!: No one has written with more verve and authority about the awesome and frightening capabilities of man than the late C.

Chopin's Letters
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by Dover Publications
Paperback (01 February, 1988)
(2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Deeply poignant: Reading the early passages in Chopin's letters, one is almost heartbroken by the youth, the enthusiasm, the childlike good humor evident therein.
Cicero: Select Letters (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)
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by Cambridge University Press
Paperback (03 July, 1980)
(1 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Intersting, very intersting: I thought this book was very intersting, especially the new, unknown letters from Cicero to local prostitute.

Collected Letters, 1944-1967
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by Penguin Books
Paperback (28 February, 2005)
Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde
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by Henry Holt & Company
Hardcover (01 November, 2000)
(3 reviews) 4.33 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Wilde speaking for himself: This book is an absolue delight, a most wonderful portrait of one of the most interesting figures in history.

Complete Poems and Selected Letters of Michelangelo
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by Princeton University Press
Paperback (01 June, 1980)
(2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: fascinating indeed: For anyone interested in the full life of Michelangelo this is a must read. The editor is quite helpful without being overbearing in his attempt to put the material into a context.
Conflicts of Interest: The Letters of Maria Amparo Ruiz De Burton (Recovering the U.S
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by Arte Publico Press
Paperback (2001)

Correspondence (Writings of Herman Melville, Vol 14)
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by Northwestern University Press
Paperback (01 April, 1993)
Correspondence of James K. Polk: July - December 1845 (Correspondence of James K
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by University of Tennessee Press
Hardcover (01 April, 2004)

Courage For Truth: The Letters Of Thomas Merton To Writers
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by Harcourt
Paperback (01 August, 1994)
(1 reviews) 3 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Thanking God For Three Cent Stamps: This is definitely not a Thomas Merton primer. It is the fourth in a series of collected correspondences,
Crackling Mountain and Other Stories
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by Tuttle Publishing
Paperback (01 February, 2003)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A NIhilistic version of Japanese famous folklore: "Otogizoshi," a nihilistic anthology based on some Japanese famous folklore by famous novelist,

Crux : The Letters of James Dickey
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by Knopf
Hardcover (26 October, 1999)
(2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Personal Snippets of a Great Poet: First off, a disclaimer: I knew Dickey personally toward the end of his life. I met him once (in 1991) and talked to him on the phone every now and again after that.
Culture, Racism, And Family: Letters To My Children
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by Authorhouse
Paperback (31 July, 2004)

Dear Americans :Letters from the Desk of Ronald Reagan
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by Broadway
Hardcover (21 October, 2003)
(2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Insight into the Character of Reagan from his own Words: It turns out that Ronald Reagan, often derided for intellectual shortcomings,
Dear Brother: Letters of William Clark to Jonathan Clark
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by Yale University Press
Paperback (01 September, 2003)
(3 reviews) 4.67 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Dear Brother: This is indeed a book full of history and tidbits that add to our current historical knowledge. I think that for the non-historian,

Dear Editor: A History of Poetry in Letters
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by W. W. Norton & Company
Hardcover (14 October, 2002)
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt: Letters from Children of the Great Depression
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by Univ of North Carolina Pr
Paperback (28 October, 2002)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A wonderful way to learn about our grandparent's generation.: This book contains absolutely touching letters written by the youth of America during a time when the country was struggling feed,

Dear Mrs. Roosevelt: Letters to Eleanor Roosevelt Through Depression and War
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by Carroll & Graf
Hardcover (09 November, 2004)
Dear Professor Einstein: Albert Einstein's Letters to and from Children
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by Prometheus Books
Hardcover (01 September, 2002)
(4 reviews) 3.75 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Great book ABOUT Einstein, not by him.: This book has very little actually written by Einstein himself. It gives a brief biography and background of Einstein.

Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda: The Love Letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
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by St. Martin's Press
Hardcover (01 April, 2002)
(3 reviews) 2.67 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Mediocre: I'm fascinated by Fitzgerald and was truly looking forward to reading this book, what I thought would be an exchange between F.
Dear Tiny Heart: The Letters of Jane Heap and Florence Reynolds
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by New York University Press
Paperback (June, 2000)
(1 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Lovely Book for a Specific Audience: This book is a collection of letters centering about an amazing, actual woman who moved to Chicago one hundred years ago to attend the School of The Art Institute and to become a painter.

Down and Out in the Great Depression: Letters from the Forgotten Man
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by University of North Carolina Press
Paperback (01 February, 1983)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Terrific Compilation Of Depression- Era Correspondance: This wonderful collection of depression-era letters from both ordinary men in the street as well as from celebrated people alike is offered by noted Depression era historian Robert McElvaine.
Emily Dickinson: Selected Letters
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by Belknap Press
Paperback (01 October, 1985)
(2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Precious surviving fragments of a great oeuvre.: EMILY DICKINSON SELECTED LETTERS. Edited by Thomas H. Johnson. 364 pp. Cambridge,

Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-1961
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by Scribner
Hardcover (03 June, 2003)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: As fascinating as any novel or story he wrote...: This collection of letters serves as the closest thing to a Hemingway autobiography we have.
Essays, Speeches & Public Letters (Modern Library Classics)
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by Modern Library
Paperback (10 February, 2004)

Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum 1941-1943
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by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Hardcover (01 October, 2002)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: I dare you to stay the same: Etty began life with the same silly angst and shallow aspirations that we endure each day. Then came the war and her experience as a Jew in Holland.
Ezra and Dorothy Pound: Letters in Captivity, 1945-1946
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by Oxford University Press
Hardcover (01 February, 1999)

Feasting the Heart : Fifty-two Commentaries for the Air
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by Scribner
Hardcover (17 October, 2000)
(7 reviews) 4.29 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A book I treasure: I'd read Reynolds Price's autobiographical A Whole New Life a year or so ago. That book, about his long battle with spinal cancer,
First Daughters : Letters Between U.S. Presidents and Their Daughters
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by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Hardcover (01 September, 2004)

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