Diaries, letters & journals

This book along with its companion (Sentiment and Self) uses Richard Blechynden's diaries to present an account of everyday life in early colonial Bengal. It deals with issues like sexuality, concubines and dynamics of households in colonial Bengal.. ..More

A Taste of Life. ..More

Cartwheels in a Sari. ..More

Martin Luther. ..More

As a novelist, the author delights in the possibilities of the human voice, imagining his way into the minds and hearts of an extraordinary range of characters. In this work of non-fiction, he brings together a varied selection of essays, portraits, poetry, and reflections on his life in writing.. ..More

Confessions. ..More

All I Need Is Jesus and a Good Pair of Jeans. ..More

In 1950, V S Naipaul travelled from Trinidad to England to take up a place at Oxford University. Over the next few years letters passed back and forth between V S Naipaul and his family - particularly his beloved father Seepersad, but also his mother and. ..More

Michael Palin's diaries of the 1980's including the filming of THE MEANING OF LIFE and A FISH CALLED WANDA.. ..More

At the outset of his career Ted Hughes described letter-writing as 'excellent training for conversation with the world', and he was to become a prolific master of this art which combines writing and talking. This title documents the course of a life at once resolutely private but intensely attuned to other lives.. ..More