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"The Bletchley Park Codebreakers in their own Words" by Joel Greenberg is a collection of letters and documents from the codebreakers themselves at Bletchley Park during World War II. The book focuses on topics related to previous books by Greenberg, such as Alastair Denniston, Gordon Welchman, Enigma, and Tunny. The letters provide insights into the codebreaking operation and include frank comments on controversial episodes. However, the book is not recommended as a starting point for readers unfamiliar with Bletchley Park, as it assumes some familiarity with the subject matter. [Extracted from the article]

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Jeffrey Chipps Smith's book "Kunstkammer: Early Modern Art and Curiosity Cabinets in the Holy Roman Empire" delves into the world of kunstkammern, wunderkammern, and other similar spaces in Northern Europe during the sixteenth century. Smith meticulously explores the history, development, and significance of these collections, shedding light on their role in shaping modern institutions like archives, museums, and art galleries. Through detailed analyses of major kunstkammern in Munich, Schloss Ambras, Dresden, and Prague, Smith provides a comprehensive survey of these fascinating spaces, offering valuable insights for future scholars interested in this field. [Extracted from the article]

Toczko, Rafal Crimen Obicere: Forensic Rhetoric and Augustine's anti-Donatist Correspondence Forschungen zur Kirchen- und Dogmengeschichte 120 Göttingen Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2020 € 59,99 978-3-525-56722-7 1 232 The discovery of 31 previously unknown letters of Augustine by Johannes Divjak in 1981 caused Peter Brown to consult Augustine's I corpus epistularum i to reconsider his famous biography of Augustine, in which the letters were formerly underestimated. Furthermore, that Augustine did not try to initiate a corrective correspondence with Pelagius, which would seem to have been Augustine's natural first step in correcting erring Christians, is according to Ebbeler noteworthy to observe. Rafal Toczko: Crimen Obicere: Forensic Rhetoric and Augustine's anti-Donatist Correspondence, Forschungen zur Kirchen- und Dogmengeschichte 120, Göttingen (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht) 2020, 232 pp., ISBN 978-3-525-56722-7, € 59,99. [Extracted from the article]

I La conquête du Sahara i sets out to complement and provide context for Pandolfi's other works, by offering a revisionist account of French military and diplomatic actions in the Sahara during a critical, yet often overlooked phase of the conquest between 1885 and 1905. The internal political divergences of both the Tuareg and French camps must be taken into consideration, Pandolfi concludes, in order to understand the dynamics of the negotiations and the reasons for their failure (10-12). Each chapter thus contains extensive block quotes that depict the concerns, attitudes, and actions of various French officials and the Tuareg prisoners and emissaries that were coming into contact with them at the time. [Extracted from the article]

Basilist": Zuletzt widmet sich Storin dem als intime Freundschaft gezeichneten Verhältnis zwischen Gregor und Basilius, die Storin am ehesten historisch in Zweifel zieht. Storin, Bradley K. Self-Portrait in Three Colors: Gregory of Nazianzus's Epistolary Autobiography Christianity in Late Antiquity 6 Oakland University of California Press 2019 IX + $ 95,- £ 78,- 978-0-520-97294-0 1 261 I Self-Portrait in Three Colors i thematisiert eine Sammlung von Briefen, die Gregor von Nazianz 383/384 seinem Großneffen Nikobulus zukommen ließ, der diese für sein Rhetorikstudium in Caesarea erbat. Zweifelsohne verbindet Storin aber in anregender Weise die Einsichten der Forschung zu Produktion, Übermittlung und Kompilation von Briefen und deren Folgen für die Selbstpräsentation, die auch das Feld der Autobiographieforschung anregen könnte. [Extracted from the article]

The most interesting letters however are those describing the life and customs of the local Egyptian population; Myrtle describes in some detail many individuals engaged by the archaeologists to work at the dig. The greater part of this publication is a collection of letters written from Egypt by Myrtle Broome, an artist and copyist who spent about ten years of her life working at archaeological sites. In her letters, Myrtle writes about the many visitors to the excavations at Abydos, including Italian, Egyptian and Romanian royalty, as well as numerous historians, archaeologists and other scholars. [Extracted from the article]

Smell, as Kettler outlines in his new book, permeated more than just the Middle Passage in the history of African slavery in the Americas. Kettler's impressive use of travel narratives allows him to construct a competing olfactory profile of Africa than that assembled by Europeans. Kettler is first concerned with Renaissance literature and the ways in which early modern Europeans began fashioning themselves as a deodorized, and thus more advanced, culture compared to other societies in the Atlantic world. [Extracted from the article]

Choi describes how the letters offer a wealth of fascinating glimpses into how the sick were regarded and treated, the disputed role of bathing, food and medicine. Chapter iii focuses in on Gazan monasticism as it is revealed through the letters, and sets out what little can be derived from them concerning Barsanuphius and John of Gaza along with their disciples and intermediaries with the outside world, Abba Seridos and Dorotheus of Gaza respectively. Charity and the letters of Barsanuphius and John of Gaza. [Extracted from the article]

Nearly all Nelson's letters to Emma exist and can be traced, because Emma, fortunately, did not destroy his letters as she had promised. Reviewed by Captain Peter Hore, Royal Navy (Retired) Other collections of letters between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton exist, but none so encyclopedic or scholarly as this by the German professor Marianne Czisnik. Czisnik includes Nelson's letter of 16 March 1805 in which the writes to Emma that "that I hope very soon that I shall embrace the substantial part of you rather the ideal, that will I'm sure give us both real pleasure and exquisite happiness.". [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the book "Effective Credit and Collection Letters," by L. K Frailey.

The article reviews the book "How to Make Collections," by Dexter Tomlin.

The article reviews the book "Successful Collection Letters," by William H. Butterfield.

The article reviews the book "Abwicklung von Kreditengagements: Optimale Durchsetzung von Forderungen und Sicherungsrechten," by Andreas Ringstmeier and Stefan Homann.

Reviews the book 'The Dun and Bradstreet Handbook of Credits and Collections,' by Harold T. Redding and Guyon H. Knight.

Reviews the book 'The Check Is Not in the Mail,' by Leonard Sklar.