Letters introduction

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Fiction. This volume is the third in The Structure of Destruction, Douglas Messerli's exploration of evil in 20th century. However, according to Messerli's introduction, "Letters from Hanusse" was actually written by the enigmatic Joshua Haigh, who sent the manuscript to Messerli without a return address and with the cryptic comment that "I will no longer be living by the time you hold this package in your hands". Features Summary. Author Joshua Haigh Publisher Green Integer Release date 20040111 Pages 296 ISBN 1-892295-30-X ISBN 13 978-1-892295-30-9

Alan Paton Selected Letters; edited and with an introduction by Peter Alexander. Van Riebeeck Society Second Series No 40 Excellent condition   Alan Paton was a dedicated letter-writer whose letters are almost like a series of vigorous conversations, displaying his capacity for friendship, his lively personality and his principled commitment to South African society. This collection of 350 previously unpublished letters are a major aspect of his writings. They range from those written as a brilliant student of 18 to his old age, illustrating many of the facets of his literary interests, his work as a teacher and reformatory principle and his political activism.

Buy The Paston Letters 1422-1509 AD 3 Book Set- Introduction, Volume 1 and Volume 3, 1910 Hardcover w/o for R999.99

With a character on every page - from Annie Apple to Kicking King and Zig-Zag Zebra - this sturdy board book provides a fun and entertaining way to introduce tiny tots and toddlers to the letters of the alphabet. Ideal for little hands to hold as you talk about the pictures and make the letter sounds together. Format:Board book Pages:28

 Very good condition. Paperback. This title provides a lucid and informative introduction to the metaphysical system at the heart of Western esoteric thought. The author is an experienced kabbalist who has studied Kabbalah for more than thirty-five years. Herein he presents a comprehensive overview of the origins of Kabbalah, the Tree of Life, the significance and use of letters and numbers, and shows how through studying the symbolism and engaging in the disciplines of the Kabbalah it is possible to enter the 'Secret Garden of the Soul' and become aware of the spiritual reality therein.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days An introduction to basic letter-sounds, helping children learn to write letters and simple words. Featuring illustrations, colouring activities and stickers, it supports the Government's Letters and Sounds programme and phonics teaching in schools, and complements the Very First Reading series of storybooks. Features Summary An introduction to basic letter-sounds, helping children learn to write letters and simple words. Featuring illustrations, colouring activities and stickers... Author Mairi Mackinnon (Author), Fred Blunt (Illustrator) Publisher Usborne Publishing Ltd Release date 20110701 Pages 36 ISBN 1-4095-3075-2 ISBN 13 978-1-4095-3075-6

About the product Being letters and diaries preserved by Mrs J. F. Slater (Sarah Ann Bland) at Carnarvon Dale on the Bushman's River and edited by her granddaughter Rosalind Slater. 220 x 150 mm; pictorial wraps; pp. (ii) + 109; photographs. Vertical crease to upper wrap; some moderate foxing; pencilled genealogical tables inside wraps; a little underlining. Very good overall."Sarah Ann Slater kept letters, and several hundred from relations and friends fill the old campaign chest at Carnarvon Dale. We are printing in several booklets some of these letters, which include those written to each other by Sarah and her husband John Slater, and those of the Bonnin sisters and the Blands. The children of John and Sarah wrote home from schools, the Diamond Fields in the 1870's, Johannesburg in the 1880's and 1890's, from Rhodesia 1890, on service during the Boer War and from England. There are also numbers of letters from their grandchildren and from their relatives, the Parkers, Blands, Wilmots, Hobsons, Berringtons and Slaters."- editor's introduction. The letters provide a clear window in the life of an extended 1820 Settler family.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 9 working days This Read with Biff, Chip & Kipper Level 3 Collection is great value, containing 4 books in 1! It includes the stories I Can Trick a Tiger, Super Dad, The Sing Song, The Backpack. Level 3 First Stories have been specially written to introduce and practise a range of key everyday words and to develop early reading skills through simple stories. Level 3 Phonics practise sounds and letters, just as children learn to do in school, with the help of Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy. This collection focuses on combining sounds (single letters and letter pairs) to read simple words and sentences. These engaging stories include tips for reading together and for talking about the story, puzzles and fun activities. Written by Roderick Hunt and beautifully illustrated by Alex Brychta, they are the perfect introduction to learning to read! This series also provides free support for parents through www.oxfordowl.co.uk. Visit the Oxford Owl for practical advice for helping children learn to read, all you need to know about phonics and lots of fun activities and free eBooks. Read With Biff, Chip and Kipper is the UK's best-selling home reading series, it's based on the Oxford Reading Tree which is used in 80% of primary schools. Features Summary This Read with Biff, Chip & Kipper Collection contains 4 carefully levelled storybooks for children who are learning to read. It includes two Level 3 Phonics books which practise sounds and letters; and two Level 3 First Stories to introduce first words and develop early reading skills.. Author Roderick Hunt (Author), Cynthia Rider (Author), Alex Brychta (Illustrator), Nick Schon (Illustrator), Annemarie Young (Series editor), Kate Ruttle (Series editor) Publisher Oxford UniversityPress Release date 20121204 Pages 96 ISBN 0-19-273432-6 ISBN 13 978-0-19-273432-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Before The Lost Get-Back Boogie appeared to wide acclaim in 1986, James Lee Burke had been out of print in cloth for thirteen years and his fifth novel had received a record 111 rejection letters. "LSU Press put me back in the game and turned my career around," Burke says. The novels and stories Burke had written during those years of rejection eventually became the stuff of the Dave Robicheaux series, which has earned him two Edgar Awards. Reviews of The Lost Get-Back Boogie now seem prescient. "This is the book that Burke was born to write--and you're grateful he did," wrote syndicated reviewer Nancy Pate. And from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "[It] was my introduction to Burke, and it is a cherished one. Burke demonstrates a rare ability to write an extraordinarily propulsive tale that borders on genre fiction without ever being less than literature." The book opens the day thirty-year-old Iry Paret leaves Louisiana's Angola state penitentiary, after serving two years for manslaughter, and follows him to Montana, where he hopes to stay cool and out of trouble by working hard on a ranch owned by the father of his prison pal, Buddy Riordan. Iry finds the fresh start he seeks, joins a weekend band, and even falls in love. But the Riordan family's problems deal Ire a new sort of trouble with some ultimately tragic consequences. The Lost Get-Back Boogie is a novel about essentially good people and their atempts to find their place in a changing, complicated world. And it is the work of James Lee Burke at the top of his form. Features Summary Before The Lost Get-Back Boogie appeared to wide acclaim in 1986, James Lee Burke had been out of print in cloth for thirteen years and his fifth novel had received a record 111 rejection letters... Author James Lee Burke (Author), Christine Wiltz (Foreword by) Publisher Louisiana State University Press Release date 20040831 Pages 256 ISBN 0-8071-3032-X ISBN 13 978-0-8071-3032-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days Edited and richly annotated by Lt Cdr Andrew David, this volume offers for the first time a complete transcript of the handwritten log kept by William Broughton on his voyage to the North Pacific (1795-98), together with supplementary letters and the journal of Broughton's journey across Mexico. An extensive introduction by Professor Barry Gough places the voyage in its historical context. Broughton had first visited the North Pacific in 1792 in command of the brig Chatham during Vancouver's voyage. When negotiations between Vancouver and Juan Francisco Bodega y Quadra reached an impasse, Broughton was sent back to London to seek fresh instructions, travelling across Mexico and returning to Europe in Spanish ships. Back in London in July 1793 he was appointed in command of the sloop Providence with orders to rejoin Vancouver in the Pacific, taking with him the astronomer John Crosley. The outbreak of war with France delayed Broughton's departure until February 1795, with the result that, on reaching Hawaii, he learned that Vancouver had already sailed for England. After consulting with his officers, Broughton decided to cross the North Pacific and complete the surveys left unfinished by Cook's third voyage and to enable Crosley to make astronomical observations. Accordingly, Broughton made for the north coast of Honshu and proceeded to examine the southernmost of the Kurile Islands before making for Macau, examining the coasts of the Japanese Islands on the way. In Macau Broughton purchased a schooner before continuing his survey. Sadly the Providence was wrecked on an uncharted reef off the Ryukyu Islands, the crew being rescued by the schooner. Broughton returned to Macau, resumed his survey in the schooner, and in her reached the head of the Gulf of Tartary and examined part of the south coast of Korea. He ended his voyage in Macau in November 1797. Features Summary Offers a transcript of the handwritten log kept by William Broughton on his voyage to the North Pacific (1795-98), together with supplementary letters and the journal of Broughton's journey across Mexico.. Author Barry M. Gough (Author), Andrew David (Editor) Publisher Hakluyt Society Release date 20101028 Pages 398 ISBN 0-904180-97-2 ISBN 13 978-0-904180-97-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days This astonishing memoir of a childhood lived in extreme poverty in Latin America was hailed as an instant classic when first published in Colombia in 2012, nine years after the death of its author, who was encouraged in her writing by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Comprised of letters written over the course of thirty years, it describes in vivid, painterly detail the remarkable courage and limitless imagination of a young girl growing up with nothing. Emma was an illegitimate child, raised in a windowless room in Bogota with no water or toilet and only ingenuity to keep her and her sister alive. Abandoned by their mother, she and her sister moved to a convent housing 150 orphan girls, where they washed pots, ironed and mended laundry, scrubbed floors, cleaned bathrooms, and sewed garments and decorative cloths for church. Illiterate and knowing nothing of the outside world, Emma escaped at age nineteen, eventually coming to have a career as an artist and to befriend the likes of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Far from self-pitying, the portrait that emerges from this clear-eyed account inspires awe at the stunning early life of a gifted writer whose talent remained hidden for far too long. Features Summary The extraordinary, posthumously published memoir in letters of a Colombian artist whose writing was championed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Author Emma Reyes (Author), Daniel Alarcon (Translator), Daniel Alarcon (Introduction by) Publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson Release date 20170824 Pages 192 ISBN 1-4746-0659-8 ISBN 13 978-1-4746-0659-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Understanding grammar and punctuation is essential when learning the English language. This durable, wipe-clean book allows children to trace over the dotted letters and punctuation marks and fill in the spaces again and again, helping them to learn the basics of grammar and punctuation. Illustrations: Full colour throughout WARNING! Not suitable for children under 36 months because of small parts. Choking hazard. Ink from pen may not be washable. Features Summary This entertaining, wipe-clean introduction to grammar and punctuation for young children is the perfect way to start learning about capital letters, punctuation and writing simple sentences... Author Jane Bingham (Author), Gareth Williams (Illustrator) Publisher Usborne Publishing Ltd Release date 20170601 Pages 24 ISBN 1-4749-2232-5 ISBN 13 978-1-4749-2232-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Georges and Pauline Vanier were the parents of Jean Vanier, the co-founder of the L'Arche communities. They lived an intensely spiritual life, influenced mainly by the Carmelite tradition. Mercy Within Mercy is the warmly-told story of their life together through World War Two and the second half of the 20th Century, drawing on many letters and journals by Georges and Pauline themselves and those closest to them. An incredible thirst for God can be seen in the lives of this couple, who were always striving in spite of (and through) human imperfection. The excerpts from letters and journals in this volume show a rare example of the contemplative life and struggles in prayer of an active and prominent married couple. The Vanier story is unique in that it forms a direct link back to the spiritual teaching that includes St. Therese and the Carmelite tradition in its emphasis on simplicity, trust in God's love, and self-abandonment to the mercy of God. After Pauline's death in 1991, an investigation began into the possible introduction of their cause for beatification as a married couple. Features Summary Georges and Pauline Vanier were the parents of Jean Vanier, the co-founder of the L'Arche communities. They lived an intensely spiritual life, influenced mainly by the Carmelite tradition... Author Mary Frances Coady Publisher Darton Longman & Todd Release date 20150625 Pages 160 ISBN 0-232-53189-7 ISBN 13 978-0-232-53189-3

 A Grammar of the English Language by William Cobbett   A Grammar of the English Language provides a fascinating snapshot of the language and grammar of the early nineteenth century. It was a controversial book, first published in 1818 in New York and in 1819 in London. The author, William Cobbett (1763-1835), was a champion of the poor who had taught himself to read and write. His radicalism brought him into conflict with the authorities on many occasions. He reserved a special kind of venom for politicians, men of letters like Dr. Johnson, the lexicographer, and for Fellows of English Colleges, "who live by the sweat of other people's brows." Here, he criticizes these men for their poor command of English, which was (he says) no better than that of chambermaids, hucksters, and plough-boys. Written in the form of letters and lessons to his fourteen-year-old son, the Grammar is the most colorful and entertaining treatment of the subject ever published. It gives advice on syntax and etymology, including "false grammar taken from Dr. Johnson's writing," "errors and nonsense in a king's speech," and "six lessons, intended to prevent Statesman from using false grammar." This edition includes a new introduction by Lord Hattersley, which gives the book a modern perspective.    

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Features Summary A friendly introduction to basic letter-sounds, helping children learn to write letters and simple words by writing over the dotted lines with the special pen provided... Author Mairi Mackinnon (Author), Fred Blunt (Illustrator) Publisher Usborne Publishing Ltd Release date 20160122 Pages 32 ISBN 1-4095-9688-5 ISBN 13 978-1-4095-9688-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 9 working days Rabbit on the Run is based on Aesop's fable The Tortoise and the Hare, about the rabbit whose complacency leads him to underestimate the tortoise, who shows that slow and steady can win the race...This popular story written by Alex Lane and beautifully illustrated by Laura Hughes will capture your child's imagination! It has been sensitively rewritten based on phonics to enable your child to read it with confidence whilst capturing the magic of the original tale. There are useful tips for parents and an engaging story map inside the book to help you and your child retell the story together. The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series includes 40 of the best known stories from all over the world, which have been passed down for generations. They are a perfect introduction to different cultures, traditions and morals. All the stories are carefully levelled to Oxford Reading Tree levels and matched to the phonic progression in Letters and Sounds enabling your children to read the stories independently. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with childrens reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk. Features Summary The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series is a collection of some of the best known stories from around the world carefully adapted for children to read themselves... Author Alex Lane (Author), Alison Hawes (Author), Katie Adams (Author), Laura Hughes (Illustrator), Kate Slater (Illustrator), Sue Mason (Illustrator), Nikki Gamble (Author), Teresa Heapy (Author), Thelma Page (Author), Charlotte Raby (Author) Publisher Oxford UniversityPress Release date 20110908 Pages 16 ISBN 0-19-833918-6 ISBN 13 978-0-19-833918-2

This book did belong to a library before - some library goodies.   ****   " It offers a new approach to one of England's greatest writers, Rudyard Kipling. Kipling travelled extensively and his poetry, stories, novels and letters are imbued with the sights and sounds of East and West. Here Marghanita Laski re-creates Kipling's life and, in particular, his world - one dominated by the British Empire - showing us how he viewed it and reflected it in his writing." Contents include: Foreword, Introduction, 15 chapters, Kipling's Life: A Brief Chronology, Kipling's Major Travels, Kipling's More Important Works, A Brief Bibliography, Notes, Index, Acks.  *N.B.*   If you buy more than one book from me you only pay R 6 postage on each additional books – see what else I have to offer, it might be worth your while.