Author: Jawaharlal Nehru
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9351188507
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
In October 1947, two months after he became independent India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote the first of his fortnightly letters to the heads of the country’s provincial governments—a tradition he kept until a few months before his death. This carefully selected collection covers a range of themes and subjects, including citizenship, war and peace, law and order, governance and corruption, and India’s place in the world. The letters also cover momentous world events and the many crises the country faced during the first sixteen years after Independence. Visionary, wise and reflective, these letters are of great contemporary relevance for the guidance they provide for our current problems and predicaments.
Letters to the Chief
Author: Judi Lifton
Publisher: Wisdom Editions
ISBN: 9781959770787
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this enchanting and unforgettable memoir, Judi Lifton captures her luminous years growing up in a small Minnesota town. Her memories are presented as letters written by her fourteen-year-old self to Chief White Feather, a terminally ill friend and American Indian storyteller/singer.
Publisher: Wisdom Editions
ISBN: 9781959770787
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this enchanting and unforgettable memoir, Judi Lifton captures her luminous years growing up in a small Minnesota town. Her memories are presented as letters written by her fourteen-year-old self to Chief White Feather, a terminally ill friend and American Indian storyteller/singer.
Letters for a Nation
Author: Jawaharlal Nehru
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9351188507
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
In October 1947, two months after he became independent India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote the first of his fortnightly letters to the heads of the country’s provincial governments—a tradition he kept until a few months before his death. This carefully selected collection covers a range of themes and subjects, including citizenship, war and peace, law and order, governance and corruption, and India’s place in the world. The letters also cover momentous world events and the many crises the country faced during the first sixteen years after Independence. Visionary, wise and reflective, these letters are of great contemporary relevance for the guidance they provide for our current problems and predicaments.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9351188507
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
In October 1947, two months after he became independent India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote the first of his fortnightly letters to the heads of the country’s provincial governments—a tradition he kept until a few months before his death. This carefully selected collection covers a range of themes and subjects, including citizenship, war and peace, law and order, governance and corruption, and India’s place in the world. The letters also cover momentous world events and the many crises the country faced during the first sixteen years after Independence. Visionary, wise and reflective, these letters are of great contemporary relevance for the guidance they provide for our current problems and predicaments.
Selected Letters of John Jay and Sarah Livingston Jay
Author: John Jay
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786445041
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
This collection of letters chronicles the personal lives of founding father John Jay and his wife, Sarah Livingston Jay, in the tumultuous times during and after the American Revolution. The letters showcase Sarah as a devoted wife and mother who also helped further her husband's political career. Their correspondence reveals the abiding love of husband and wife, their concern for their children, the dangers and difficulties of travel, descriptions of the lands they visited and events they witnessed, as well as a sense of the effort it took to survive in the era even with the buffer of wealth. The book includes essays on the Jay and Livingston families, family trees, and information about the character and appearance of both husband and wife,and other topics. Importantly, there are textual bridges between the letters where necessary.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786445041
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
This collection of letters chronicles the personal lives of founding father John Jay and his wife, Sarah Livingston Jay, in the tumultuous times during and after the American Revolution. The letters showcase Sarah as a devoted wife and mother who also helped further her husband's political career. Their correspondence reveals the abiding love of husband and wife, their concern for their children, the dangers and difficulties of travel, descriptions of the lands they visited and events they witnessed, as well as a sense of the effort it took to survive in the era even with the buffer of wealth. The book includes essays on the Jay and Livingston families, family trees, and information about the character and appearance of both husband and wife,and other topics. Importantly, there are textual bridges between the letters where necessary.
Letters to the Right Honourable Robert Peel, Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Author: Viator (pseud.)
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Category : Civic improvement
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Category : Civic improvement
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Letters to the King, the Prince of Orange, the Chief of Ministers of State, and Other Persons
Author: William Temple
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Two Letters Addressed to the Rt. Hon. Thomas Lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench
Author: Alexander Alexander
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Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Letters to a noble lord, in which the chief cause and only cure of our national distress are made plain to every understanding
Author: Grey hairs (pseud.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Letters Addressed to the Hon. H. Ayers, Chief Secretary, South Australia, in Anticipation of the Arrival, and During the Stay, of the Duke of Edinburgh in Adelaide
Author: J. R.
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Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Two Letters Addressed to ... Thomas, Lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice, Etc. [in Reference to the Writer's Claim to the Earldom of Stirling.]
Author: afterwards HUMPHRYS-ALEXANDER HUMPHRYS (calling himself Earl of Stirling., Alexander)
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Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Letters to a Noble Lord, in which the chief cause and only cure of our National Distress are made plain; ... submitted to the consideration of His Majesty's Ministers ... and every landowner, merchant, ... and housekeeper in Great Britain and Ireland, by G. H.
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Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Languages : en
Pages : 40
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