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Studs Lonigan

a trilogy comprising Young Lonigan, The young manhood of Studs Lonigan, and Judgment day
2001
Contains James T. Farrell's trilogy of the youth, early manhood, and death of Studs Lonigan.

Henderson, the rain king

1996
Henderson, a middle-aged American millionaire, travels to Africa in search of a more rewarding life, and finds himself regarded as a messiah when he manages to bring rain to a drought-stricken tribe.

The death of the heart

1966
Sixteen-year-old Portia comes to London to stay with her elegant relatives in their house in Windsor Terrace during the 1930s. She meets a philanderer and falls in love.

Early plays

2001
Presents seven one-act and five full-length plays written between 1914 and 1921 by American playwright Eugene O'Neill, including "The Emperor Jones" and "The Hairy Ape" as well as the lesser-known "The Straw.".

The fixer

1967
Jewish handyman Yakov Bok, is arrested, imprisoned, and accused for a murder he did not commit.

Ten days that shook the world

1977
An eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution by an American who observed it firsthand.

Been down so long it looks like up to me

1996
Gnossos, a college-age hipster in the 1960s, weaves his way through the psychedelic landscape encountering mescaline, women, demonology, hunting, truth, smuggling, falsehood, gluttony, prayer, science fetishes, and occasional art.

Lucky Jim

1992
Teaching assistant James Dixon, burdened with a stuffy boss and an unwanted and unstable girlfriend, finds himself in a difficult position when he falls for Christine, a woman brought home for the weekend by his boss's son.

The third man

and, The fallen idol
1977
Presents two stories by Graham Greene, including "The Third Man, " in which Rollo Martins, invited to Vienna by his schoolmate and hero Harry Lime, decides to investigate when he arrives to learn his friend has died under suspicious circumstances; and "The Fallen Idol" in which a young boy becomes tragically caught up in the games adults play.

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