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Before Adam
MobileReference.com 2008; US$ 3.99"Pictures! Pictures! Pictures! Often, before I learned, did I wonder whence came the multitudes of pictures that thronged my dreams; for they were pictures the like of which I had never seen in real wake-a-day life. They tormented my childhood, making of my dreams a procession of nightmares and a little later convincing me that I was different... more...
Smoke Bellew
MobileReference.com 2008; US$ 3.99"In the beginning he was Christopher Bellew. By the time he was at college hebecome Chris Bellew. Later, in the Bohemian crowd of San Francisco, he wasKit Bellew. And in the end he was known by no other name than SmokeAnd this history of the evolution of his name is the history of hisNor would it have happened had he not had a fond mother and... more...
Martin Eden
MobileReference.com 2008; US$ 3.99"Nietzsche was right. I won t take the time to tell you who Nietzsche was, but he was right. The world belongs to the strong to the strong who are noble as well and who do not wallow in the swine-trough of trade and exchange. The world belongs to the true nobleman, to the great blond beasts, to the noncompromisers, to the yes-sayers. And they... more...
Life on the Mississippi
MobileReference.com 2008; US$ 3.99Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. The book begins with a brief history of the river from its discovery by Hernando de Soto in 1541. It continues with anecdotes of Twain''s training as a steamboat pilot, as the ''cub''... more...
A Double Barrelled Detective
MobileReference.com 2008; US$ 3.99"Jacob Fuller, the bridegroom, is twenty-six years old, is of an old but unconsidered family which had by compulsion emigrated from Sedgemoor, and for King James''s purse''s profit, so everybody said--some maliciously the rest merely because they believed it. The bride is nineteen and beautiful. She is intense, high-strung, romantic,... more...
Omoo
MobileReference.com 2008; US$ 3.99Omoo: A Narrative of the South Seas is Herman Melville''s sequel to Typee, and, as such, was also autobiographical. After leaving Nuku Hiva, the main character ships aboard a whaling vessel which makes its way to Tahiti, after which there is a mutiny and the majority of the crew are imprisoned on Tahiti. The book follows the actions of the... more...
The Voysey Inheritance
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 13.95One hundred years after the first publication of The Voysey Inheritance, David Mamet resurrects Harley Granville-Barker?s classic investigation into the capitalist soul in this brilliant adaptation. For generations, the Voysey family business has been secretly skimming money from its clients? accounts. When Edward, designated to take over the firm... more...
The Immigrant
Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 15.00A funny new play by a new playwright. The scenes evoke the rural era with the firm-handed clarity of a Jewish Horton Foote. more...
Acting Presidents
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 95.00Seeking to fill a major gap in the literature about representations of presidents, this book looks at more than 40 plays, written since 1900, which have had prominent productions on or off-Broadway or in another major city. more...
November
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 12.95David Mamet's new Oval Office satire depicts one day in the life of a beleaguered American commander-in-chief. It's November in a Presidential election year, and incumbent Charles Smith's chances for reelection are looking grim. Approval ratings are down, his money's running out, and nuclear war might be imminent. Though his staff has thrown in the... more...









