Shaun Usher, créateur du populaire blog Letters of Note, plonge dans le monde de la correspondance humaine. Sa fascination pour les lettres est particulièrement intéressante compte tenu de ses propres difficultés à répondre aux messages de ses amis et de sa famille. À travers son travail, il explore comment les lettres révèlent des facettes uniques de l'expérience et de la communication humaines. Sa collection souligne l'importance durable de l'écrit à l'ère numérique.
An updated edition of this compulsive collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and powerful letters, curated by the founder of the global phenomenon lettersofnote.com US Bookscan sales of 43,000.
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 -- Source other then Library of Congress
In Letters of Note: Space, Shaun Usher brings together fascinating correspondence about the universe beyond our planet, with hopeful thoughts expressed about the future of space travel, awestruck messages penned about the world beyond our own, fearful warnings given of the same 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 Mae Jemison, Stanley Kubrick Nikola Tesla, Neil DeGrasse Tyson & many more.
The follow-up to the international bestseller and publishing phenomenon Letters of Note.
Another mailbag stuffed with funny, heartbreaking and passionate letters . . . engaging, eclectic, geekily and gleefully enthusiastic and laugh-out-loud funny The Times
In Letters of Note: Grief, Shaun Usher gathers together some of the most powerful messages about grief, from the heart-wrenching pain of losing a loved one to reliving fond memories of those who have passed on.Includes letters by Audre Lorde, Robert Frost, Nick Cave, Rainer Maria Rilke, Colette, Virginia Woolf, Kahlil Gibran, Edith Wharton, Helen Keller, Albert Einstein, Seungsahn Haengwon, & many more.
Featuring 80 captivating speeches from a diverse array of influential figures, this illustrated collection highlights profound and lesser-known moments in history. Readers will encounter powerful voices like Winston Churchill, Maya Angelou, Barack Obama, and Abraham Lincoln, alongside the wit of Groucho Marx and Tina Fey. Each speech reflects the unique perspectives and contexts of its speaker, offering insights into the human experience and the art of rhetoric.
In Letters of Note: Mothers, Shaun Usher gathers together exceptional missives by and to mothers, celebrating the joy and grief, humour and frustration, wisdom and sacrifice the role brings to both parent and child. Includes letters by:Caitlin Moran, Sylvia Plath,Martin Luther King Jr., George Bernard Shaw,E.B. White, Laura Dern, Louisa May Alcott,Edna St. Vincent Millay, Bette Davis,Richard Wagner, Martha Gellhorn& many more
In Letters of Note: Dogs, Shaun Usher brings together a delightful collection of correspondence on canines, featuring affectionate accounts of pups' playful misdemeanours, heartfelt tributes to loyal fidos and shared tales of remarkable hounds.Includes letters by:Clara Bow, Bob HopeCharles Lamb, Sue Perkins,Marcel Proust, Dodie SmithGertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf& many more.
A splendid new volume of missives about art, from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collections. Vincent Van Gogh curses the stare of the blank canvas. Salvador Dali contemplates mailing a piece of his 'lobster-colored pajamas' to Federico Lorca. Hollis Frampton, to the MoMA, demands that artists be paid. The dean of students at San Francisco Art Institute argues to Alicia McCarthy, in very stern words, that graffit is not art but, rather, a "pain in the ass." In a letter to the editor, Martin Scorsese defends and celebrates Fellini's filmmaking. This collection celebrates extraordinary correspondence about art, from missives on the agony of being overlooked, the ecstacy of producing work that excits, to surprising sources of inspiration and rousing manifestos. These thirty letters show us the many ways that art and life can intersect, and what we talk about when they do. Includes letters from Carl Jung, Mary Cassatt, Mark Rothko, Oscar Wilde, Frida Kahlo, Mick Jagger, and more.