Letter to D

Letter to D
Author: André Gorz
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2013-08-29
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0745680909

'You're 82 years old. You've shrunk six centimetres, you only weigh 45 kilos yet you're still beautiful, graceful and desirable' – so begins André Gorz's 'open love letter' to the woman he has lived with for 58 years and who lies dying next to him. As one of France's leading post-war philosophers, André Gorz wrote many influential books, but nothing he wrote will be read as widely or remembered as long as this simple, passionate, beautiful letter to his dying wife. In a bittersweet postscript a year after Letter to D was published, a note pinned to the door for the cleaning lady marked the final chapter in an extraordinary love story. André Gorz and his terminally ill wife, Dorine, were found lying peacefully side by side, having taken their lives together. They simply could not live without one another. An international bestseller, Letter to D is the ultimate love story – and all the more poignant because it's true.

I Will Always Write Back

I Will Always Write Back
Author: Martin Ganda
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2015-04-14
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 0316241342

The New York Times bestselling true story of an all-American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe and the letter that changed both of their lives forever. It started as an assignment... Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place. Martin was lucky to even receive a pen-pal letter. There were only ten letters, and fifty kids in his class. But he was the top student, so he got the first one. That letter was the beginning of a correspondence that spanned six years and changed two lives. In this compelling dual memoir, Caitlin and Martin recount how they became best friends—and better people—through their long-distance exchange. Their story will inspire you to look beyond your own life and wonder about the world at large and your place in it.

A Letter to God

A Letter to God
Author: Antoine D. Ongolo
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2014-03-17
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781629522159

The author writes a beautiful book about his life, starting with the peace and stability he enjoyed as a child and how that all fell apart when his father died. Going through one transition after another marked him permanently, which he shares in almost poetic prose. Reading the scenes feels like watching a movie, one about a man who comes to know God as his true father. Readers will also come to know and love the Great Provider as a result of reading this magnificent story. Hungry and homeless in a foreign country, Antoine Desire Ongolo experiences a long journey through the desert during which his faith is put to the test. Exhausted, he decides to turn to God in a letter that will prove lifesaving. A Letter to God is the story of an extraordinary faith that led a man out of abject misery when nothing in his situation suggested a better future. In West Africa, in the throes of suffering and doubt, the author, who now lives in the United States, wrote a letter to God, an act of unprecedented faith that changed the course of his life. This true story will renew your hope, whatever challenge you have to face. Fatherless at the age of ten, Antoine Desire Ongolo had to face life and its hardships early on in his native Cameroon. From this early suffering emerged a strength of character that enabled him to experience, with the help of God, despite everything, a definite upward social mobility: he holds a bachelor s degree in communication and a master's in business administration. On a professional level, he has had a distinguished career as a journalist in radio and television. Now gifted with an entrepreneurial vision, Antoine Desire Ongolo is currently working on several audiovisual projects.

Politics and the Arts

Politics and the Arts
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1968
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780801490712

This excellent translation makes available a classic work central to one of the most interesting controversies of the eighteenth century: the quarrel between Rousseau and Voltaire. Besides containing some of the most sensitive literary criticism ever written (especially of Molière), the book is an excellent introduction to the principles of classical political thought. It demonstrates the paradoxes of Rousseau's thought and clearly displays the temperament that led him to repudiate the hopes of the Enlightenment.

Letter to My Children

Letter to My Children
Author: Kenneth David Kaunda
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1973
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

Danny and the Dinosaur 50th Anniversary Edition

Danny and the Dinosaur 50th Anniversary Edition
Author: Syd Hoff
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1992-09-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0064440028

Danny loves dinosaurs. When he sees one at the museun and says, "It would be nice to play with a dinosaur," a voice answers, "And I think it would be nice to play with you." So begins Dannys and the dinosaur's wonderful adventure together! But a dinosaur is no ordinary playmate. Even the most everyday activities become extraordinary, like finding a big-enough place to hide a dinosaur in a game of hide-and-seek, and keeping him from knocking over houses with his long tail. But Danny can teach a old dinosaur new tricks. It's the most fun this dinosaur has had in a hundred million years! Originally published as An I Can Read Book over 40 years ago, this classic story is perfect for reading together. Danny's out on the town with a real live dinosaur. And whether they're eating ice cream or playing hide-and-seek, these two are having one hundred million years of fun--all in one day. Outstanding Children's Books of 1958 (NYT)

The Unanswered Letter

The Unanswered Letter
Author: Faris Cassell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1684510244

In 1939, as the Nazis closed in, Alfred Berger mailed a desperate letter to an American stranger who happened to share his last name. He and his wife, Viennese Jews, had found escape routes for their daughters. But now their money, connections, and emotional energy were nearly exhausted. Alfred begged the American recipient of the letter, “You are surely informed about the situation of all Jews in Central Europe.... By pure chance I got your address.... My daughter and her husband will go... to America.... Help us to follow our children.... It is our last and only hope....” After languishing in a California attic for decades, Alfred’s letter ended up in the hands of Faris Cassell, a journalist who couldn’t rest until she discovered the ending of the story. Traveling across the United States as well as to Austria, the Czech Republic, Belarus, and Israel, she uncovered an extraordinary story of heart-wrenching loss and unforgettable love that endures to this day. Did the Bergers’ desperate letter find a response? Did they—and their daughters—survive? Did they leave living descendants? You will find the answers here. A story that will move any reader, The Unanswered Letter is a poignant reminder that love and hope never die.

The Letter Code

The Letter Code
Author: Krystal White
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-02-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781088096970

If you've ever suspected that not everyone wants the same things from intimate relationships, you're right. This book explains why. The truth is that each of us has a hidden need that must be met in order to feel secure, balanced and fulfilled. Raise your personal awareness on what you really want, the conditions that work for you the best, and the ways your partner can better understand, and easily connect, with you. Learn how to quickly name how much physical space and time you need on your own, how often you'd like to share with your significant other. and how certain dynamics can balance or unsettle you. A remarkable combination of the most prominent relational theories and best practices of our time, The Letter Code gives you an individualized roadmap to boost your EQ and enhance compatibility in your most significant partnership. Equally effective for dating singles and long-term married couples. This remarkable breakthrough system devised by psychologist Dr. Krystal White, The Letter Code, offers you an individualized roadmap to reduce conflict, improve communication, and enhance your connectivity and pleasure in your closest, fundamental relationships.

The Last Letter

The Last Letter
Author: Rebecca Yarros
Publisher: Entangled: Amara
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2019-02-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1640635343

“The Last Letter is a haunting, heartbreaking and ultimately inspirational love story.“—InTouch Weekly Beckett, If you’re reading this, well, you know the last-letter drill. You made it. I didn’t. Get off the guilt train, because I know if there was any chance you could have saved me, you would have. I need one thing from you: get out of the army and get to Telluride. My little sister Ella’s raising the twins alone. She’s too independent and won’t accept help easily, but she has lost our grandmother, our parents, and now me. It’s too much for anyone to endure. It’s not fair. And here’s the kicker: there’s something else you don’t know that’s tearing her family apart. She’s going to need help. So if I’m gone, that means I can’t be there for Ella. I can’t help them through this. But you can. So I’m begging you, as my best friend, go take care of my sister, my family. Please don’t make her go through it alone. Ryan