American literature | American literature
Apr.02.2010
The life of a New York advertising executive, Llewellyn "Wolf" Smith, is turned inside out when he is forced to experience a Native American vision quest. Accused of murder after the experience, he confronts the damage done to family and friends by his former self.
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Oct.07.2009
Situated in the free state of Ohio, Tawawa House offers respite from the summer heat. A beautiful, inviting house surrounded by a dozen private cottages, the resort is favored by wealthy Southern white men who vacation there, accompanied by their enslaved mistresses.
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Jul.11.2009
An exercise in urban archeology, an original interpretive account of the golden age of the New York luxury apartment house. New York, New York reveals how New York was transformed architecturally, socially and psychologically from a provincial place to a great metropolis.
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Sep.07.2008
An analysis of the influence of eugenic theory and language on John Steinbeck's thinking and tactics as he was preparing to write, and writing, The Grapes of Wrath.
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Sep.07.2008
17 page (double column) critical biography of John Steinbeck, the American Nobel Laureate in Literature.
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Jul.16.2008
This volume collects a selection of scholarly papers originally presented at the Fourth International Steinbeck Congress. It begins with an introduction by the co-editors--Kevin Hearle and Susan Shillinglaw--discussing the organization of the book. The essays are grouped into four sections: I....
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May.16.2008
“A haunting story about the legacies of love and war, about three women living with hope and loss and each other. A splendid debut.”Robert Olen Butler
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Apr.10.2008
At Conrad’s wedding, everything appears perfect as he embarks on a life with the woman of his dreams and a legal career that holds every promise. By contrast, his best man and childhood friend, Marcus, works at a dead-end job parking cars after coming out at home and dropping out of college....
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Feb.15.2008
This is the seventh volume of COLLECTED PLAYS OF DANIEL CURZON
(2000-2004)
Contains: "Batman and Robin: Cute Meat"
"Peni"
"A Streetcar Named Viagra"
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