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"From the universally acclaimed, best-selling author of the National Book Award-winning The Year of Magical Thinking: ten pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer. Here are six pieces written in 1968 from the "Points West" Saturday Evening Post column Joan Didion shared from 1964 to 1969 with her husband, John Gregory Dunne about: American newspapers; a session with Gamblers Anonymous;...
66) Infamous
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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While researching his book "In cold blood", writer Truman Capote develops a relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and, in particular Perry Smith, while both men waited for their date of execution on death row.
67) 1408
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Renowned horror novelist Mike Enslin only believes what he can see with his own two eyes. After a string of bestsellers discrediting paranormal events in the most infamous haunted houses and graveyards around the world, he scoffs at the concept of an afterlife. Enslin's phantom-free run of long and lonely nights is about to change forever when he checks into suite 1408 of the notorious Dolphin Hotel for his latest project. Defying the warnings of...
68) Now you see him
Author
Series
Bayou books (Stella Cameron) volume 4
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
348 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
After the man she sent to prison escapes, two murders occur, emulating a best-selling author's crime novels, and former witness Ellie Byron must team up with attorney Joe Gable to catch a killer when the third crime novel is released.
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Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
10 CDs (11 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 /3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"A nominee for the National Book Award, Ivan Doig's brilliant memoir shares the experiences and culture that shaped his early years and made him fall in love with the West. From his childhood in a family of homesteaders through the death of his mother and his move to Montana to herd sheep, Doig shows his intimate connection with the American West."--Amazon.com.
71) Lightningbolt
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxi, 534 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Sophie Katz novels volume 3
Publisher
Red Dress Ink
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
393 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When she is asked to spy on her best friend's two-timing husband who turns up dead at San Francisco's hottest nightclub, would-be sleuth Sophie Katz unwittingly becomes submerged in a world of political mudslinging, campaign cover-ups, sex, and strange fetishes.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
245 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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In this spiritual detective story, Shapiro explores the varieties of experience she has pursued--from the rituals of her black hat Orthodox Jewish relatives to yoga "shalas" and meditation retreats--and the surprisingly joyful quest she undertook to find meaning in a constantly changing world.
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
496 pages
Language
English
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"She was born Lula Carson Smith in Columbus, Georgia. Her dream was to become a concert pianist, though she’d been writing since she was sixteen and the influence of music was evident throughout her work. As a child, she said she’d been “born a man.” At twenty, she married Reeves McCullers, a fellow southerner, ex-soldier, and aspiring writer (“He was the best-looking man I had ever seen”). They had a fraught, tumultuous marriage lasting...
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