Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Maryland

When Mom Wrote, She Always Saved the Best For Last

The postscripts at the end of a mother's letters to her children provide advice on perserverance, success, and human relations

P. S. I Love You

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Barbara Ensor

Massachusetts

In this updated version of the Cinderella story, Cinderella writes letters to her dead mother apologizing for not being more assertive, which she remedies soon after marrying the prince. Readers will delight in following Cinderella through all the usual happenings, presented in a most unusual way. And they'll finally see what becomes of her after she marries the prince. So maybe you should hear the story one last time. Because it's actually way different than you might have thought. Kids who have outgrown picture books and are ready for something longer - but still love illustrated texts - will gravitate toward this Cinderella. Black-and-white silhouettes of everything from the ugly stepsisters to Cinderella's slipper (actual size) are intermingled with Cinderella's letters to her recently deceased mother in this totally original package, written and illustrated by an exciting newcomer to children's books.

Cinderella (As If You Didn't Already Know the Story)

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#12daysofChristmas #letters #humor #Christmas #illustrations

Correspondence

Everyone knows 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', but not as rewritten by John Julius Norwich in this delightful correspondence, which records the daily thank-you letters from one increasingly bemused young lady to her unseen admirer. And who but Quentin Blake could exploit the full comic possibilities of this hilarious debacle as first birds, then maids and finally the full percussion section of the Liverpoool Philharmonic create mayhem in the calm of an English country Christmas?


The Twelve Days of Christmas

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Lea Redmond

New Jersey

Write Now. Read Later. Treasure Forever

This book of 12 fold-and-mail letters invites mothers to capture the fleeting memories of their babies' first years. Each letter bears a prompt for mums to reflect on their hopes and dreams for their little ones. The letters can be postdated, sealed up, and gifted for the years to come. In the future, their children get to break the seals to receive the greatest gift imaginable: a tangible expression of their mother's love. This heirloom-quality keepsake makes a priceless gift for the expectant or the more experienced mother.

Letters to My Baby

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Texas

Noël Coward said, “The only thing that really saddens me over my demise is that I shall not be here to read the nonsense that will be written about me and my works and my motives . . . There will be lists of apocryphal jokes I never made and gleeful misquotations of words I never said. What a pity I shan’t be here to enjoy them!”

Here is a book that Noël Coward did write; jokes he did make . . . No gleeful misquotations here . . . only the best of Coward’s best.

Barry Day, editor of the acclaimed Letters of Noël Coward, who knows more about Coward and his writing than almost anyone, has brought together in one volume a Coward reader any Coward reader—or Coward appreciator—will delight in.

It’s hard to believe that, to date, there has never been a Noël Coward reader; this volume marks the very first.

Here are scenes from Coward’s plays, The Vortex, Blithe Spirit, Private Lives, and Design for Living . . . from his film screenplays, Brief Encounter and the previously unpublished script for In Which We Serve . . . from his only published novel, Pomp and Circumstance, as well as four of his best short stories.

Included, as well, is his verse, in which Coward reveals the “secret heart” behind the surface wit of his more formal work . . .

And here, too, are the lyrics of his sublimely Coward songs: “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” . . . “The Stately Homes of England” . . . “I’ll See You Again” . . . “Someday I’ll Find You” . . . “Mad About the Boy” . . . “Sail Away” . . . “Mrs. Worthington” . . . and much more that embodies what Coward hoped would be his epitaph: “He was much loved, because he made people laugh and cry.”

Eddie Cantor said Noël Coward was “the British George M. Cohan . . . The most brilliant contribution England ever made to American show business.”

The Noël Coward Reader is a must-have book for those who luxuriated in the collection of his letters; for those who adore his work and those who are just discovering the delights of his writing.

Kenneth Tynan said of Coward, “Theatrically speaking, it was Coward who took sophistication out of the refrigerator and put it on the hob . . . Even the youngest of us will know, in fifty years’ time, precisely what is meant by ‘a very Noël Coward sort of person.’ ”

Those who read The Noël Coward Reader will agree: this is a very Noël Coward sort of book.

The Noël Coward Reader

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Milena Roth

North Carolina

A Child's Flight from the Holocaust

In 1939, in the shadow of Hitler's occupation of Czechoslovakia, six-year-old Milena Roth was sent away from her home and her loving parents and taken to safety by what came to be know as the Kindertransport, which rescued ten thousand Jewish children from the Holocaust and placed them with guardians in England. When she boarded the train in Prague, expecting to be reunited soon with her parents, Milena was aware of the danger and terror that surrounded her: ?I knew I would die if I didn't go.'

At the end of her long journey she found a xenophobic, racist society, ?an anti-Semitic country in an anti-Semitic world.' Milena settled into the household of her mother's English friend from the Girl Guides, who had agreed to take Milena in and who planned to bring her parents to England as well. She spent six uncertain years waiting for her parents and enduring her foster mother's complex ambivalence. Milena learned only after the war that her parents were deported from Czechoslovakia in July 1943 and died at Auschwitz.

Whatever the faults of Milena's guardian, she had been genuinely fond of Milena's mother and preserved her old friend's letters. These she gave to Milena, and they form the heart of this book. The first letter dates from 1930; the last, written less than a year before Milena's parents were captured and murdered, is heavy with "an air of despairing farewell," an understanding that escape was no longer possible.

As an adult, Milena Roth spent many years piecing together the fate of her family and making sense of her life. In this book, drawing on her mother's poignant letters and on her own memories and experiences, she recounts the challenges of integrating, in adulthood, the wounds and bereavements of childhood and of "regaining the confidence of my place in the universe that had been lost."

Lifesaving Letters

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Arizona

“Utterly charming.” —NPR “Cinematic.” —Teen Vogue “Funny and sweet.” —Buzzfeed “Dazzling.” —Bustle Three starred reviews for this charming romantic comedy about an aspiring teen filmmaker who finds her voice and falls in love, from the New York Times bestselling author of When Dimple Met Rishi. Aspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle Mehra has stories she wants to tell and universes she wants to explore, if only the world would listen. So when fellow film geek Sahil Roy approaches her to direct a movie for the upcoming Summer Festival, Twinkle is all over it. The chance to publicly showcase her voice as a director? Dream come true. The fact that it gets her closer to her longtime crush, Neil Roy—a.k.a. Sahil’s twin brother? Dream come true x 2. When mystery man “N” begins emailing her, Twinkle is sure it’s Neil, finally ready to begin their happily-ever-after. The only slightly inconvenient problem is that, in the course of movie-making, she’s fallen madly in love with the irresistibly adorkable Sahil. Twinkle soon realizes that resistance is futile: The romance she’s got is not the one she’s scripted. But will it be enough? Told through the letters Twinkle writes to her favorite female filmmakers, From Twinkle, with Love navigates big truths about friendship, family, and the unexpected places love can find you.

From Twinkle, with Love

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Benjamin Franklin: A Biography in His Own Words 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

The Founding Fathers 

John Adams: A Biography in His Own Words 

Julie Aigner-Clark

Illinois

Thisoversized board book is designed to introduce youngsters to the world ofletters. Using fine art, as a backdrop My First Book of Letters introduces thealphabet and relates it to real world experiences. Children will delight inplaying “I-spy” with the painting and parents will enjoy the interactivelearning experience. BabyEinstein Books is an imprint of developmentally appropriate, interactive booksdesigned to introduce children ages 0-3 to classic poetry, art, and foreignlanguages in a fun and accessible way. A combination of playful images, beautifulphotography, and bold illustrations with multilayered text will captivate andstimulate babies and young children. This “humanities for babies” program,based on the award-winning video series, taps into the natural learningpotential of young children and their parents’ aspirations for them. The Baby Einstein Company, founded in 1997 by stay-at-home mom JulieAigner-Clark, has produced numerous videos, CDs, cassettes, DVDs, flash cards,and puppets, and has received several awards and citations for its work. Thecompany is extending its brand through sales in the mass market, as well asthrough its licensing relationship with Hasbro for toys. Other licensingrelationships in interactive multimedia and television are in the works.

My First Book of Letters

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Sandhya Menon

New York

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Alabama

the letter

The good life and acerbic opinions of the 60 Minutes commentator, syndicated columnist, and bestselling author -- in letters to family, friends, and the public.

Sincerely, Andy Rooney

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Garrison Keillor

Stories and Letters

"Garrison Keillor made it possible, after twenty years of black humor...to be both funny and nice, hip and winsome, scathing and loving, all in the flick of a single many-barbed quip----The Washington Post Book World

"Keillor's literary style is as flexible and assured as his vocal delivery. It can slip from mood to mood so subtly and quickly you're never quite sure where you are.... [His] writing has the silvery slip of running water, so graceful and easy it's hard to believe it can carry so much that is jagged and unresolved. His integrity lies in his not smoothing away those rough edges in the swift current of his prose; they're bruisingly, sometimes cuttingly there." --The Village Voice

We Are Still Married

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Ellen Wittlinger

Virginia

From the end of high school to the beginning of college, Chloe and Julian deal with major changes in their families and friendships and explore their feelings for each other through emails, letters, and a visit.

Heart on My Sleeve

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Georgia

Who is Ted L. Nancy? 

He's a superstitious Vegas high-roller who wants to gamble at a casino in his lucky shrimp outfit...

He's the genius inventor of "Six Day Underwear"...

He's a stage actor who only travels while dressed as a stick of butter...

He is, in reality, a twisted prankster--a supremely off-kilter alter ego who sends patently ridiculous letters to corporate honchos, entertainment conglomerates, national publications, politicians, celebrities and heads of state. His innocent requests, queries, complaints, demands, and suggestions are so absurd it is amazing they fool anyone--but often the deadpan responses he receives are even more hilarious: 



"Dear Mr. Nancy, It is not often that we receive such enthusiastic support for the paper bag."  --The Paper Bag Council



"On behalf of Greyhound, there should be no problem traveling while in your butter costume." --Greyhound Bus Lines

"I look forward to working with you to create a better future for this great nation." --Vice President Al Gore

Letters From A Nut is an insanely inspired, truly madcap collection of Nancy correspondence, a wet-yourself-in-a-public place funny aggregation of official--and officially certifiable--requests, complaints, fan mail and questions that could not possibly have been taken seriously...but, amazingly, were.

Letters from a Nut

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A Translation of the New Testament Epistles

Letters To Young Churches 

#hardcover #fiction #youngadult #romance #contemporary #film #letters #drama 

Easy-to-use guide helps you compose well written and effective letters. #hardcover #business #businessspeaking #writing #letters #thesaurus

Wisconsin

Choice Words, Phrases, Sentences and Paragraphs for Every Situation

Provides lists of words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs that help letter writers know what to say and how to say it when writing such letters as cover letters, fundraising letters, invitations, and refusals.

How to Say It

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Oregon

The warm and witty author of "Leaving Home" and "Lake Wobegone Days" discusses various aspects of life in America, from true "hometown" baseball to sitting in an airport and listening to the singing of a mechanical rabbit

#hardcover #nonfiction #uspresident #publicservant #nationalsecurity #memoirs #letters #secretlife #petershinkle 
Slight rip in book cover on back.....book pretty much new

The Secret Lives of Robert Cutler

The Cold War, The Lavender Scare, and the Untold Story of Eisenhower's First National Security Advisor. President Eisenhower's National Security Advisor Robert "Bobby" Cutler -- working alongside Ike and also the Dulles brothers at the CIA and State Department -- shaped US Cold War strategy in far more consequential ways than previously understood. A lifelong Republican, Cutler also served three Democratic presidents. A charming raconteur, he was a tight-lipped loyalist who worked behind the scenes to get things done. Cutler was in love with a man half his age, naval intelligence officer and NSC staffer Skip Koons. Cutler poured his emotions into a six-volume diary and dozens of letters that have been hidden from history. Steve Benedict, who was White House security officer, Cutlers' friend and Koons' friend and former lover, preserved Cutler's papers. All three men served Eisenhower at a time when anyone suspected of "sexual perversion", i.e. homosexuality, was banned from federal employment and vulnerable to security sweeps by the FBI. This gripping account reveals in fascinating detail Cutler's intimate thoughts and feelings about US efforts to confront Soviet expansion and aggression while having to contend with the reality that tens of millions of people would die in a first nuclear strike, and that a full nuclear exchange would likely lead to human extinction. And Shinkle recounts with sensitivity the daily challenges and personal dramas of a small but representative group or patriotic gay men who were forced to hide essential aspects of who they were in order to serve a president they admired and a country they loved.

Ike's Mystery Man

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Huge collection of letters from a variety of people that capture events, trends, people and places that shaped our nation.

America 1900-1999

Letters chronicle a century of life in the United States, from Mark Twain's humorous letter to the head of Western Union to Einstein's warning to Roosevelt about atomic warfare and a young Bill Gates begging hobbyists not to share software.

Letters of the Century

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Washington

The Lady Of The Decoration

Kent Nerburn

Richard Carlson

Alaska

A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love

In an attempt to gather what wisdom he could to guide his son into adulthood, Kent Nerburn published a powerful collection of essays that touched the hearts of parents and children everywhere. In this beautiful revised edition, Nerburn refines his advice and expands his thoughts.

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H. Jackson Brown

P. S. I Love You

Barbara Ensor

Cinderella (As If You Didn't Already Know the Story)

Quentin Blake (Illustrator); John Julius Norwich

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Lea Redmond

Letters to My Baby

Noël Coward; Barry Day (Editor); Cameron Mackintosh (Foreword by)

The Noël Coward Reader

Milena Roth

Lifesaving Letters

Sandhya Menon

From Twinkle, with Love

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin: A Biography in His Own Words

James Bishop Peabody

John Adams: A Biography in His Own Words

Julie Aigner-Clark

My First Book of Letters

Sandhya Menon

From Twinkle, with Love

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the letter

Andy Rooney

Sincerely, Andy Rooney

Garrison Keillor

We Are Still Married

Ellen Wittlinger

Heart on My Sleeve

Ted L. Nancy; Jerry Seinfeld (Introduction by)

Letters from a Nut

J. B. Phillips

Letters To Young Churches

Sandhya Menon

From Twinkle, with Love

Rosalie Maggio

How to Say It

Garrison Keillor

We Are Still Married

Peter Shinkle

Ike's Mystery Man

Lisa Grunwald (Editor); Stephen J. Adler (Editor)

Letters of the Century

Francis Little

The Lady Of The Decoration

Kent Nerburn; Richard Carlson

Letters to My Son