Letters of Note, the book based on the beloved website of the same name, became an instant classic on publication in 2013, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. This new edition sees the collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and unusual letters updated with fourteen riveting new missives and a new introduction from curator Shaun Usher.
From Virginia Woolf's heart-breaking suicide letter to Queen Elizabeth II's recipe for drop scones sent to President Eisenhower; from the first recorded use of the expression 'OMG' in a letter to Winston Churchill, to Gandhi's appeal for calm to Hitler; and from Iggy Pop's beautiful letter of advice to a troubled young fan, to Leonardo da Vinci's remarkable job application letter, Letters of Note is a celebration of the power of written correspondence which captures the humour, seriousness, sadness and brilliance that make up all of our lives.
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INDEX
Adam ref1
Allen, Fred ref1
Allied Forces ref1
Amenhotep IV ref1
Anderson, Jourdon ref1
Anderson, Patrick Henry ref1
Angelou, Maya ref1
Athill, Diana ref1
Ayyab ref1
Baldwin, James ref1
Ballou, Sarah ref1
Ballou, Sullivan ref1
Barany, Leslie ref1
Barber, Marguerite ref1
Barber, Samuel ref1
Barrow, Clyde ref1
Barton, Bernard ref1
Baxley, Bill ref1
Beaulieu, John ref1
Bedell, Grace ref1
Birma, SS ref1
Boisjoly, Roger ref1
Bradbury, Ray ref1
Brando, Marlon ref1, ref1
Buang-Ly ref1
Bukowski, Charles ref1
Burns, Robert ref1
Cameron, James ref1
Carlson, Jerry ref1
Carr-Gomm, Francis ref1
Castro, Fidel ref1
Cave, Nick ref1
Chandler, Raymond ref1
Chapman, Mark ref1
Churchill, Clementine ref1
Churchill, Winston ref1, ref1
CINCPAC ref1
The Ciulla Family ref1
Clark Kerr, Sir Archibald ref1
Clegg, Bernulf ref1
Collins, Seward ref1
The Connell Family ref1
Compton, Lady Elizabeth ref1
Compton, Lord William ref1
Cox, Denis ref1
Crick, Francis ref1
Crick, Michael ref1
Darwin, Charles ref1
da Vinci, Leonardo ref1
Dean, James ref1
Deeley, Michael ref1
Delfont, Lord Bernard ref1
Dick, Philip K. ref1
Dickens, Charles ref1
Dickinson, Emily ref1
Docter, Pete ref1
Donato, Leonardo ref1
Dostoevsky, Fyodor ref1
Dostoevsky, Mikhail ref1
Douglass, Frederick ref1
Dunhuang Bureau of Etiquette ref1
Earhart, Amelia ref1
Einstein, Albert ref1, ref1
Eisenhower, Dwight D. ref1, ref2, ...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- 001 Oneās Drop Scones
- 002 From Hell
- 003 Wind the Clock
- 004 I am to be Executed
- 005 I Hear you Like Tomato Soup
- 006 I Wonder what your True Beliefs Really Are
- 007 The Wilderness
- 008 O God for One More Breath
- 009 The Elephant Man
- 010 I Like Words
- 011 I Canāt Fight Any Longer
- 012 Into Eternity
- 013 As dire as its Title
- 014 I Stand Astounded and Appalled
- 015 Fifty Lady Sharpshooters Await
- 016 To Hell With Hitler
- 017 Donāt Shake My Tree
- 018 How I Would Like to Work for You!
- 019 I will be there in the Trees
- 020 Five Accidents in Two Minutes
- 021 To my Old Master
- 022 My Good Friend Roosvelt
- 023 A Man has to be Something; He has to Matter
- 024 I Beg You to Take my Child
- 025 Thou Eunuch of Language
- 026 A Personal Letter from Steve Martin
- 027 Is it a Disgrace to be Born a Chinese?
- 028 O.M.G.
- 029 Donāt Let Anybody Raise You
- 030 God Damn it, I Split it so it Will Stay Split
- 031 I Shall be Waiting for You
- 032 My Muse is not a Horse
- 033 Our Frank
- 034 I am not Afraid of Robots. I am Afraid of People
- 035 Do
- 036 What did You Say? I Canāt Hear Youā¦
- 037 THE AX
- 038 I Love my Wife. My Wife is Dead.
- 039 You Are not so Kind as You Used to be
- 040 Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
- 041 I Have Just Written You a Long Letter
- 042 Sweetheart Come
- 043 Avenge My Death
- 044 Donāt Touch his Hair
- 045 To: My Widow
- 046 Put Up your Dukes and Write!
- 047 You Must Know Again my Reluctance to Marry
- 048 Iād Like to Continue to be a Good Soldier
- 049 The Galilean Moons
- 050 The Birch Bark Letters
- 051 To a Top Scientist
- 052 Deep Sickness Seized Me
- 053 Heās Here, Living and Vivid and Unforgettable Forever
- 054 I Miss My Biggest Heart
- 055 Your End is Approaching
- 056 A Most Important Discovery
- 057 The Skills of Leonardo Da Vinci
- 058 I am in a State of Shock
- 059 Federal Agent at Large
- 060 Do not Grieve for Me
- 061 17 Million Negroes Cannot Wait for the Hearts of Men to Change
- 062 11 Aliveā¦Need Small Boatā¦Kennedy
- 063 Oh Christ, the Cook is Dead
- 064 IN Event of Moon Disaster
- 065 The Most Beautiful Death
- 066 Regarding Your Dam Complaint
- 067 Why Explore Space?
- 068 The Struggle must Continue, for our Futureās Sake
- 069 What Gloomy Tidings About the Crabs
- 070 Who is this Kid?
- 071 I Wrote a Book Called the Godfather
- 072 The Result would be a Catastrophe
- 073 All the Ladies Like Whiskers
- 074 I Felt the Risk of Being Overwhelmed by Giger
- 075 How Could You Go Ahead of Me?
- 076 I am the Servant of the King
- 077 I Shall Always be Near You
- 078 Iām Still Someplace
- 079 The Birth of Bonfire Night
- 080 We are the Gift
- 081 Forget Your Personal Tragedy
- 082 I was Meant to be a Composer
- 083 Permission to Land
- 084 Say Yes I Need a Job
- 085 We no Longer have any Right to Remain Silent
- 086 Kiplingās Hints on Schoolboy Etiquette
- 087 Sex Does not Thrive on Monotony
- 088 Kiss My Ass
- 089 The Heiligenstadt Testament
- 090 Pay it Forward
- 091 Also
- 092 I was Ready to Sink into the Earth with Shame
- 093 Sorrow Passes and we Remain
- 094 It will Prove Invincible
- 095 The Difference between us is Very Marked
- 096 New Rubbish Dialogue
- 097 I Refuse to be Cheated Out of My Deathbed Scene
- 098 Obscene and Sacrilegious
- 099 Wretched Woman!
- 100 This is No Drill
- 101 Dear 8 Year-Old Teresa
- 102 What a Dandy Car You Make
- 103 Love, Dad
- 104 We are Sinking Fast
- 105 An Incredible Coincidence
- 106 Pixar Films Donāt Get Finished, they Just Get Released
- 107 May we all Get Better Together
- 108 We all Feel Like that Now and Then
- 109 It was Hard to Give Five Sons to the Navy
- 110 Nothing Good Gets Away
- 111 The Great Fire of London
- 112 It is Like Confessing a Murder
- 113 Hardly One. Hardly One
- 114 John Lennon Signed My Album
- 115 Out of all this Came Happiness
- 116 My Wick Hath a Thief in it
- 117 Vote for Me I Will Help You Out
- 118 Do Scientists Pray?
- 119 For the Sake of Humanity
- 120 I Have not Shot her Yet
- 121 Letter to a Young Poet
- 122 What Great Births You Have Witnessed!
- 123 Einsteinās One Great Mistake
- 124 Come Quick to Me
- 125 Art is Useless Becauseā¦
- 126 I Leave it in Your Capable Hands
- 127 Slaughterhouse-Five
- 128 My Dungeon Shook
- Index
- Acknowledgements
- Permission Credits
- A Note about the Typefaces
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