Tag: Correspondence

Free Download Desiderius Erasmus, "The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 2940 to 3141, Volume 21 "
English | ISBN: 1487507666 | 2021 | 696 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This volume comprises Erasmus’ correspondence during the final two years of his life, June 1534-August 1536. In the public sphere it was a time of dramatic events: the reconquest of the duchy Württemberg from its Austrian occupiers; the siege and destruction of the Anabaptist "kingdom" at Münster; Charles V’s great victory at Tunis; and the resumption of the Habsburg-Valois wars in Italy. In the private sphere, these were years of deteriorating health, thoughts of impending death, and the loss of close friends (including Thomas Fisher and Thomas More, both executed by Henry VIII). At the same time, however, Erasmus managed to publish his longest book, Ecclesiastes, and to make arrangements, in his final will, for his considerable wealth to be spent for charitable purposes after his death.

Free Download Remembrance: Selected Correspondence of Ray Bradbury (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0C2JJPZV9 | 2023 | 13 hours and 59 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 402 MB
Author: Ray Bradbury, Jonathan R. Eller
Narrator: Dan Bittner, Jacques Roy, Fred Sanders, Byron Wagner, Eunice Wong
Iconic author of Fahrenheit 451,The Martian Chronicles, and Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury believed that, someday, a collection of his letters could illuminate the story of his life in new ways. That story emerges across time and memory from Remembrance. Ray Bradbury was one of the best-known writers and creative dreamers of our time. The many honors he received, which included an Emmy and an Academy Award nomination for adaptations of his work, culminated in the 2000 National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, a 2004 National Medal of Arts, and a 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation.

Free Download Harm W. Hollander, "Tradition and Rhetoric in Pauls Correspondence with the Corinthians"
English | ISBN: 1527546322 | 2020 | 237 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This collection of essays deals with a number of important words and passages in the apostle Pauls letters to the Corinthians. It clarifies Pauls ways of defending himself against the attacks of some Corinthian Christians and his attempts to persuade his readers to keep on living according to the law of God. The analyses centre on answering two questions. First, what does Paul take from the ideas that were in vogue in his time, the Graeco-Roman, Hellenistic period? Secondly, what particular twist does he give to these traditional concepts and motifs in order to persuade his readers in Corinth effectively? The analyses produce a number of new and surprising results, and will appeal to New Testament scholars and students, clergymen, and all those interested in the ideas of the apostle Paul and in Christian belief and behaviour.

Free Download Charles Darwin, "The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 28, 1880"
English | ISBN: 1108839606 | 2021 | 950 pages | PDF | 15 MB
This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging ideas with scientific colleagues, many of whom he never met in person. The letters are published chronologically. In 1880, Darwin published On The Power of Movement in Plants, and began writing his final book, The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms. He was engaged in controversy with Samuel Butler, following publication of his last book, Erasmus Darwin. At the end of the year, he succeeded in raising support for a Civil List pension for Alfred Russel Wallace, co-discoverer of the theory of natural selection.