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In a Yellow Wood

Product Description: By night the glittering world of Times Square, cinemas, clubs and the brittle, played-out demi-monde . . . by day a wasteland of hollow men, lonely apartments and empty morning coffee stands . . . Robert Holton has just returned from the torment and strife of war in Europe and settled in a solitary existence working for a New York stockbroking business...read more

By Gore Vidal

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9780349116990 | New edition (Gardners Books, July 21, 2005), cover price $16.75 | About this edition: By night the glittering world of Times Square, cinemas, clubs and the brittle, played-out demi-monde .

What Went Wrong In Ohio: The Conyers Report On The 2004 Presidential Election

Results of a status report prepared to investigate such voting irregularities as minority and senior disenfranchisement in the 2004 presidential election between George W. Bush and John Kerry in Ohio.

By Anita Miller and Gore Vidal (introduced by)

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9780897335355 | Chicago Review Pr, May 1, 2005, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Results of a status report prepared to investigate such voting irregularities as minority and senior disenfranchisement in the 2004 presidential election between George W.

Conversations With Gore Vidal

In this collection of interviews with Gore Vidal, one of America's most prolific authors, the writer, screenwriter, and raconteur proves himself to be a witty, acerbic, and cantankerous conversationalist who defies conventional wisdom and lacerates cliches inherent in politics and literature. Simultaneous.

By Lucinda Ebersole, Richard Peabody and Gore Vidal

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9781578066728 | Univ Pr of Mississippi, February 1, 2005, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: In this collection of interviews with Gore Vidal, one of America's most prolific authors, the writer, screenwriter, and raconteur proves himself to be a witty, acerbic, and cantankerous conversationalist who defies conventional wisdom and lacerates cliches inherent in politics and literature.

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9781578066735 | Univ Pr of Mississippi, February 1, 2005, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: In this collection of interviews with Gore Vidal, one of America's most prolific authors, the writer, screenwriter, and raconteur proves himself to be a witty, acerbic, and cantankerous conversationalist who defies conventional wisdom and lacerates cliches inherent in politics and literature.

The Best Man

Product Description: The Best Man crackles with the smart lines and situations inherent to the work of Gore Vidal. The political intrigues rampant in Vidals 1960 setting are strangly similar to the political intrigues of the present day. This darkly satirical drama finds two presidential contenders seeking the endorsement of an aging ex-president and explores how personal agendas can change the course of a nations destiny...read more

By Gore Vidal

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9780822215271 | Revised edition (Dramatist''s Play Service, June 1, 1996), cover price $9.00

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9781580812733 | Unabridged edition (L A Theatre Works, September 1, 2004), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The Best Man crackles with the smart lines and situations inherent to the work of Gore Vidal.

Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson

An irreverent treatment of this hallowed history takes readers into the drawing rooms and bedrooms of these three giant figures in American history, examining their everyday concerns as well as critical decisions.

By Gore Vidal

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9780300101713 | Yale Univ Pr, October 11, 2003, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: An irreverent treatment of this hallowed history takes readers into the drawing rooms and bedrooms of these three giant figures in American history, examining their everyday concerns as well as critical decisions.

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9780300105926 | Yale Univ Pr, August 11, 2004, cover price $16.00

Sexualmente hablando / Sexually Speaking

By Gore Vidal

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9788497932424 | Debolsillo, April 30, 2004, cover price $12.95

The City and the Pillar

First published in 1948, Vidal's early novel about homosexual life and the immersion of a regular American man in the gay subculture of New York and California follows Jim Willard, a homosexual, who is haunted by the memory of a childhood friendship and finds himself unable to find happiness in casual affairs. Reprint.

By Gore Vidal

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9781400030378 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, December 1, 2003), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Jim Willard, a homosexual, is haunted by the memory of a childhood friendship, and is unable to find happiness in casual affairs.

9780345332714 | Reissue edition (Ballantine Books, June 1, 1986), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Jim Willard, a homosexual, is haunted by the memory of a childhood friendship, and is unable to find happiness in casual affairs

The Luminous Years: Portraits at Mid-Century

Celebrating the work of acclaimed photographer Karl Bissinger, this collection of 115 tritone photographs offers compelling portraits of writers, dancers, actors, musicians, film stars, poets, and other luminaries representing New York's café society and bohemian art world in the years following World War II, capturing such celebrities as Jean Renoir, Aldous Huxley, and Alec Guinness.

By Karl Bissinger, Catherine Johnson and Gore Vidal (introduced by)

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9780810946026 | Harry N Abrams Inc, November 1, 2003, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Offers portraits of writers, dancers, actors, musicians, film stars, poets, and other luminaries representing New York's cafe society and bohemian art world in the years following World War II.

Julian: A Novel

An insightful historical novel recreates the brief but brilliant career of Julian, the Roman emperor and philosopher who dedicated himself to the restoration of Hellenism and tried to halt the spread of Christianity. Reprint.

By Gore Vidal

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9780375727061 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, August 1, 2003), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: An insightful historical novel recreates the brief but brilliant career of Julian, the Roman emperor and philosopher who dedicated himself to the restoration of Hellenism and tried to halt the spread of Christianity.

9780394721019 | Random House Inc, March 1, 1977, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Depicts the reign of Julian the Apostate, a Roman emperor who unsuccessfully attempted to revive paganism

Where Joy Resides

By Don Bachardy (editor), Christopher Isherwood, Gore Vidal (introduced by) and James P. White (editor)

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9780816640829 | Univ of Minnesota Pr, July 1, 2003, cover price $18.95

Williwaw: A Novel

By Gore Vidal

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9780226855851 | Univ of Chicago Pr, June 18, 2003, cover price $23.00

La ciudad y el pilar de sal / The city and the pillar of salt: Y siete relatos de juventud/ And Seven Early Stories

By Richard Guggenheimer (trans) and Gore Vidal

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9788497595599 | Italian edition edition (Debolsillo, April 30, 2003), cover price $11.95

Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta

Offers a series of essays analyzing the development of United States foreign policy and criticizing the country's role in the world, its intervention in other lands, and the domestic impact of such policies.

By Gore Vidal

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9781560255024 | Nation Books, January 5, 2003, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Offers a series of essays analyzing the development of United States foreign policy and criticizing the country's role in the world, its intervention in other lands, and the domestic impact of such policies.

Das Ist Nicht Amerika: Essays - Ausgewhlt Und Herausgegeben Von Willi Winkler

Product Description: As President Clinton leaves office, the world admires Americaâs riches and technological innovations. But success has its dark side, as Gore Vidal makes piercingly clear in his essays: the increase of low-salary, skilled jobs, civil rights violations, directionless foreign policy...read more

By Gore Vidal

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9781400039869 | Albrecht Knaus Verlag, January 1, 2003, cover price $19.00 | About this edition: As President Clinton leaves office, the world admires Americaâs riches and technological innovations.

Creation: A Novel

Cyrus Spitama, the aged Persian ambassador to Athens, recounts his official and personal journeys throughout the world of the fifth century B.C. and his encounters with the Buddha, Confucius, Socrates, and other great men of an extraordinary century, in a restored edition of the acclaimed historical novel, featuring material from the author's original manuscript. Simultaneous. 15,000 first printing.

By Gore Vidal

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9780375727054 | Vintage Books, September 1, 2002, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Cyrus Spitama, the aged Persian ambassador to Athens, recounts his official and personal journeys throughout the world of the fifth century B.

Creation: Restored Edition

By Gore Vidal

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9780385507622 | Subsequent edition (Doubleday, September 1, 2002), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Cyrus Spitama, aged Persian ambassador to Athens, recounts his journeys throughout the world of the fifth century B.

Last Empire Essays, 1992-2000

In a provocative and witty new anthology of essays, the author of the award-winning United States shares his thoughts on a wide range of literary, historical, political, and personal subjects, from appreciations of Edmund Wilson and Mark Twain to the distressing developments in American politics to autobiographical vignettes. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

By Gore Vidal

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9780385501545, titled "The Last Empire Essays 1992-2000" | Doubleday, June 1, 2001, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: In an anthology of essays, Vidal shares his thoughts on a wide range of literary, historical, political, and personal subjects, from appreciation for Mark Twain to distressing developments in American politics.

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9780375726392, titled "The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000" | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, July 1, 2002), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: In an anthology of essays, Vidal shares his thoughts on a wide range of literary, historical, political, and personal subjects, from appreciation for Mark Twain to distressing developments in American politics.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781590070512 | Abridged edition (New Millenium Audio, July 1, 2001), cover price $34.95

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781590070475 | Unabridged edition (New Millenium Audio, July 1, 2001), cover price $39.95

9781590070505 | Abridged edition (New Millenium Audio, July 1, 2001), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Gore Vidal's new collection of essays shows him still writing at his finest.

Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated

Essays question the consensus view of the causes behind the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, and examine the erosion of American civil liberties as a result of the war on terrorism. (view table of contents)

By Gore Vidal

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9781560254058 | Nation Books, April 9, 2002, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Essays question the consensus view of the causes behind the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, and examine the erosion of American civil liberties as a result of the war on terrorism.

Into the Buzzsaw: Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press

Featuring a foreword by Gore Vidal, a penetrating collection of powerful essays, from award-winning print and TV journalists, details the perilous state of American journalism in today's world by revealing their own personal experiences with censorship and concerted corporate and/or government efforts to destroy their controversial stories and their careers. (view table of contents)

By Kristina Borjesson (editor) and Gore Vidal (foreword by)

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9781573929721 | Prometheus Books, March 1, 2002, cover price $27.98 | About this edition: Presents a collection of essays, from print and TV journalists, detailing the perilous state of American journalism in today's world by revealing their own personal experiences with censorship.

La edad de oro / The Golden Age

Product Description: BOOKS IN SPANISH

By Gore Vidal

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9788439708278 | Random House Mondadori, January 30, 2002, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: BOOKS IN SPANISH

Berg and Vidal

By Joan Bakewell and Gore Vidal

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9780884322986 | Audio-Forum, December 1, 2001, cover price $16.00

Gore Vidal Sexually Speaking: Collected Sex Writings

A collection of fourteen essays on sexuality showcases the author's legendary insight and wit on this provocative subject, covering a wide range of topics from Jack Kerouac to gay American founding fathers. Original. (view table of contents)

By Gore Vidal

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9781573440820 | Cleis Pr, June 1, 1999, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Presents thriteen essays and four interviews on topics ranging from Jack Kerouac to AIDS

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9781573441209 | Cleis Pr, May 1, 2001, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A collection of fourteen essays on sexuality showcases the author's legendary insight and wit on this provocative subject, covering a wide range of topics from Jack Kerouac to gay American founding fathers.

United States: Essays 1952-1992

A new paperback edition of the National Book Award-winning collection includes Gore Vidal's most noted essays on post-war America and its intellectual and political life during a time of upheaval, and provides insight into his humorous and uncompromising beliefs. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

By Gore Vidal

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9780679414896, titled "United States: Essays, 1952-1992" | 1 edition (Random House Inc, August 1, 1993), cover price $37.50 | About this edition: In an anthology of more than one hundred essays, representing forty years of commentary, observations, and profiles, the author shares his views on American politics, culture, literature, and personalities

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9780767908061, titled "United States: Essays, 1952-1992" | Broadway Books, May 1, 2001, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: In an anthology of more than one hundred essays, representing forty years of commentary, observations, and profiles, the author shares his views on American politics, culture, literature, and personalities.

9780349105246, titled "United States Essays 1952-1992" | Abacus, July 1, 2000, cover price $19.95

9780679755722 | Reissue edition (Random House Inc, June 1, 1995), cover price $23.00 | About this edition: A paperback edition of the 1994 National Book Award winner includes Gore Vidal's most noted essays on post-war America and provides insight into his humorous and uncompromising beliefs.

Before Time Could Change Them: The Complete Poems of Constantine P. Cavafy

Presents the poets work in thematic order and includes nine previously uncollected poems. (view table of contents)

By Constantine Cavafy, Theoharis Constantine Theoharis and Gore Vidal (foreword by)

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9780151005192 | Houghton Mifflin, April 1, 2001, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: Presents the poets work in thematic order and includes nine previously uncollected poems.

The Essential Gore Vidal

This collection contains two complete works - 'Myra Breckinridge', Vidal's most famous novel, and 'The Best Man', a play about the American presidency. There are also selections from 'The City and the Pillar' and excerpts from 'Julian', 'Duluth' and 'Live From Golgotha'.

By Gore Vidal

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9780679457466 | 1 edition (Random House Inc, January 1, 1999), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: An anthology of the writings of Gore Vidal combines a selection of his most famous essays, previously unpublished letters, short stories, all of Myra Breckinridge, and excerpts of novels

Paperback:

9780349112671 | New edition (Gardners Books, October 19, 2000), cover price $23.35 | About this edition: This collection contains two complete works - 'Myra Breckinridge', Vidal's most famous novel, and 'The Best Man', a play about the American presidency.

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