Shaun Usher

Letters of Note is a collection of over one hundred of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and unusual letters, based on the seismically popular website of the same name - an online museum of correspondence visited by over 70 million people. From Virginia Woolf's heart-breaking suicide letter, to Queen Elizabeth II's recipe for drop scones sent to President Eisenhower; from the first recorded use of the expression 'OMG' in a letter to Winston Churchill, to Gandhi's appeal for calm to Hitler; and from Iggy Pop's beautiful letter of advice to a troubled young fan, to Leonardo da Vinci's remarkable job application letter, Letters of Note is a celebration of the power of written correspondence which captures the humour, seriousness, sadness and brilliance that make up all of our lives.Including letters from: Zelda Fitzgerald, Iggy Pop, Fidel Castro, Leonardo da Vinci, Bill Hicks, Anaïs Nin, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Amelia Earhart, Charles Darwin, Roald Dahl, Albert Einstein, Elvis Presley, Dorothy Parker, John F. Kennedy, Groucho Marx, Charles Dickens, Katharine Hepburn, Kurt Vonnegut, Mick Jagger, Steve Martin, Emily Dickinson and many more.

Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience

Letters of Note

Humans have been making lists for even longer than they've been writing letters. They are the shorthand for what really matters to us: our hopes and aspirations; likes and dislikes; rules for living and loving; records of our memories and reminders of the things we want to do before we die. Just as he did with Letters of Note, Shaun Usher has trawled the world's archives to produce a rich visual anthology that stretches from ancient times to present day. From a to-do list of Leonardo da Vinci's to Charles Darwin on the pros and cons of marriage or Julia Child's list of possible titles for what would later become an American cooking bible, Lists of Note is a constantly surprising A-Z of what makes us human. In its pages you'll find 125 lists with facsimiles or illustrations, including: 1. A shopping list written by two 9th-century Tibetan monks 2. A handwritten list of the BFG's favourite words by Roald Dahl 3. The 19 year-old Isaac Newton's list of the 57 sins he'd already committed 4. Galileo's list of parts needed to build his telescope 5. Einstein's punitive list of conditions imposed on his first wife 6. 29-year-old Marilyn Monroe's inspirational set of New Year's resolutions 7. Martin Luther King's advice for black people starting to use buses 8. Johnny Cash's list of 'things to do today' 9. Michelangelo's illustrated shopping list 10. Advice for "chick rockers" by Chrissie Hynde And many, many more. . .

Lists of Note

"This collection of 125 letters offers a never-before-seen glimpse of the events and people of history--the brightest and the best, the most notorious, and the endearingly everyday. Letters are not ordered chronologically or thematically, but are artfully arranged for a discovery-rich reading experience. Each entry includes a transcript of the letter; a short contextual introduction; and, in 100 cases, a facsimile of the letter itself"--

an eclectic collection of correspondence deserving of a wider audience

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______________________A richly illustrated and wonderfully eclectic collection of THE WORLD'S GREATESTSPEECHES - THE OLD, THE NEW AND THE UNSPOKEN - from the author of the international bestseller, Letters of Note.Discover speeches that altered the course of history, like NELSON MANDELA?s on the day he became South Africa?s first black President, and outpourings of much-needed change, such as the impassioned, impromptu appeal for women?s rights from SOJOURNER TRUTH, an African-American woman born into slavery. Expect the gloriously unexpected, as KERMIT THE FROG takes to the podium, and celebrate lives well-lived, including TILDA SWINTON?s tribute to 'every alien?s favourite cousin?, DAVID BOWIE. While some speeches are heard by millions, some remain unspoken- the secret draft prepared for QUEEN ELIZABETH II during a military exercise for World War III, and PRESIDENT NIXON?s chilling public announcement should NEIL ARMSTRONG and BUZZ ALDRIN become stranded on the Moon. Surprising, inspiring and shocking; moving, comforting and enlightening. SPEECHES OF NOTE- seventy-five extraordinary ways to step into someone else?s shoes. FEATURING- Malala Yousafzai *Tilda Swinton*Albert Einstein*Nick Cave *Queen Elizabeth II *Kermit the Frog *Pablo Picasso *Harvey Milk *J. M. Barrie * General Dwight D. Eisenhower *Meghan Markle * Sojourner Truth* Salman Rushdie *Panti Bliss *Nelson Mandela *Robert F. Kennedy * Virginia Woolf * Richard Nixon * Socrates * Nelson Mandela * Mark Twain * Marie Curie * George Bernard Shaw * Susan Sontag AND MANY, MANY MORE

Speeches of Note

This spectacular collection of more than 125 letters offers a glimpse of the events and people of history--the brightest and best, the most notorious, and the endearingly every day. The artfulness of Shaun Usher's eclectic arrangement creates a reading experience rich in discovery.

Cartas Memorables

Aufzeichnungen, die die Welt bedeuten

Cartas memorables es una celebración del poder de la correspondencia tradicional que capta, con un humor e ingenio, las grandezas y las miserias de nuestras vidas. Desde tiempos inmemoriales hasta finales del siglo XX, las cartas fueron el medio por excelencia de que disponían las personas para expresar sus ideas, razones y sentimientos. Shaun Usher, auténtico «arqueólogo» de la comunicación epistolar, ha reunido en este librito conmovedor algunas de las misivas más románticas, líricas, trágicas y divertidas de los últimos dos siglos sobre el amor. Desde los primeros aleteos pasionales y los placeres de la carne hasta los reproches y los sentimientos no correspondidos, una lectura deliciosa que expone sin rubor la amplia y variadísima gama de recursos disponibles para gestionar los asuntos del corazón. Con cartas de Simone de Beauvoir, Ludwig van Beethoven, Napoleón Bonaparte, Jorge Luis Borges, Johnny Cash, Frida Kahlo, Nelson Mandela, Vladimir Nabokov, John Steinbeck y Evelyn Waugh, entre otros.

Cartas memorables: Amor

Eine Sammlung der schönsten Briefe zum Thema Katzen - im Geschenkbuchformat und in wunderschöner Ausstattung. Das Buch basiert auf der sensationell populären Website »Letters of Note«, einer Art Online-Museum des Schriftverkehrs, das bereits von über 70 Millionen Menschen besucht wurde. Mit Briefen von u.a. Jack Lemmon, Anne Frank, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Taylor, T. S. Eliot, Raymond Chandler, Katherine Mansfield und Florence Nightingale.

Bemerkenswerte Briefe

Katzen – Letters of Note

Eine Sammlung der schönsten Briefe über Sex - betrachtet anhand der bescheidenen Kommunikationsform des Briefes, die sich aufgrund ihres von Haus aus vertraulichen Charakters perfekt dazu eignet, um eher intime Angelegenheiten zu erörtern. Sowohl die Tonart als auch der Blickwinkel der Briefe sind breit gefächert. Von einem Ratschlag der Anthropologin Margaret Mead an ihre jüngere Schwester, die vor Kurzem ihre ersten sexuellen Erfahrungen gemacht hatte, bis zu einem Brief des australischen Komponisten Percy Grainger, der sexuell so explizit ist, dass er fast schon ans Surreale grenzt. Eine in der Tat stimulierende Mischung.

Letters of Note - Sex

L'arte delle lettere. 125 corrispondenze indimenticabili

De fiers mots d’amour aux conseils d’un père expérimenté, d’affectueux remerciements à de colériques reproches, d’un chaleureux adieu à la confession d’une peur partagée, d’Arthur Conan Doyle à Che Guevara, de Nicola Sacco à Barack Obama, du Mahatma Gandhi à Rudyard Kipling, toutes les facettes de la paternité sont ici rassemblées par Shaun Usher. Au bonheur des lettres : Pères réunit des missives poignantes, touchantes, inspirantes ou tragiques écrites par ou pour des pères, explorant cette relation unique, aussi complexe et variée qu’elle puisse être.

Au bonheur des lettres, Pères

Letters of Note - Briefe, die die Welt bedeuten

This timeless collection of correspondence celebrates our passions and touches the heart. These four volumes, gathered in a beautiful keepsake collection, reveal our deepest thoughts and feelings on cats, music, love, and war. This gallery of correspondence assembles the private expressions and public pronouncements of people throughout history, from everyday folk to luminaries--including Ludwig van Beethoven, Frida Kahlo, Ernest Hemingway, Kurt Vonnegut, and more--offering an engaging experience rich in discovery and reward.

Cats; Music; Love; War

Letters of Note Volumes 1-4 Boxed Set

An irresistible new volume of missives about outer space, from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collections In Letters of Note: Outer Space, Shaun Usher brings together fascinating correspondence about the universe beyond our planet, containing hopeful thoughts about the future of space travel, awestruck messages penned about the world beyond our own and celebrations of the human ingenuity that has facilitated our understanding of the cosmos. Includes letters by: Buzz Aldrin, Isaac Asimov, Marion Carpenter, Yuri Gagarin, Ann Druyan, Stanley Kubrick, Nikola Tesla, Neil DeGrasse Tyson & many more

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