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    Julian: A Novel

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    The remarkable bestseller about the Roman emperor who famously tried to halt the spread of Christianity, Julian is widely regarded as one of Gore Vidal’s finest historical novels.

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    The City and the Pillar: A Novel

    Gore Vidal

    In their teens, Jim Willard and Bob Ford share a moment of sexual intimacy and Jim spends years searching for the recreation of that moment. When the opportunity occurs, it…

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    Creation

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    Vidal’s historical novel set in the 5th century BC and narrated by Cyrus Spitama, son of a Persian prince and Greek sorceress, grandson of the prophet Zoroaster, and ambassador to…

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    Lincoln: Number 2 in series

    Gore Vidal

    Observed alternately by his loved ones, his rivals and his future assassins, Lincoln at first appears as an inept and na?ve backwoods lawyer. People in this novel are not averse…

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    Burr: The Man Who Shot Hamilton

    Gore Vidal

    In 1804, Colonel Aaron Burr, Vice-President of the United States, shot and killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Three years later, on the order of President Thomas Jefferson, he was…

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    The City And The Pillar

    Gore Vidal

    In their teens, Jim Willard and Bob Ford share a moment of sexual intimacy and Jim spends years searching for the recreation of that moment. When the opportunity occurs, it…

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    Dreaming War

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    When Gore Vidal’s recent New York Times bestseller Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace was published, the Los Angeles Times described Vidal as the last defender of the American republic. In…

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    Thieves Fall Out

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    Hired to smuggle an ancient artefact out of Egypt, Pete Wells finds himself the target of killers and femme fatales - and just one step away from triggering a revolution…

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    The Golden Age: Number 7 in series

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    Caroline Sanford reappears in Washington as President Roosevelt schemes to get the USA into the war by provoking the Japanese. America is master of the globe, with Japan and Europe…

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    The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2001

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    Gore Vidal’s collection of essays include comments on the state of American politics, and there are two essays on the Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh - who entered into a correspondence…

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    Two Sisters

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    *Vidal’s acclaimed memoir in the form of a novel

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    Point To Point Navigation: A Memoir

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    In this sequel to PALIMPSEST, the celebrated novelist Gore Vidal ranges freely over his remarkable life with the signature wit and literary elegance that is uniquely his.

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    Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson

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    One of the master stylists of American literature, Gore Vidal now provides us with his uniquely irreverent take on America’s founding fathers, bringing them to life at key moments of…

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    United States: Essays 1952-1992

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    A collection of essays taken from 40 years of the author’s work. It is divided into three sections: State of the Art , which covers literature; State of the Union…

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    Hollywood: Number 5 in series

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    Gore Vidal locates this novel in Washington. But this is 1917, and Hollywood is now competing with America’s capital as the nation’s power-base, just as it fights for centre-stage in…

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    Palimpsest: A Memoir

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    This is a memoir of the first 40 years of Gore Vidal’s life, ranging back and forth across a rich history. He describes his difficult family, talented friends and interesting…

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    Burr: A Novel

    Gore Vidal

    This is a carefully researched by Gore Vidal and contains useful information about American History. It is really a history book, that fills in the gaps of our knowledge with…

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    Palimpsest: A Memoir

    Gore Vidal

    This is a memoir of the first 40 years of Gore Vidal’s life, ranging back and forth across a rich history. He describes his difficult family, talented friends and interesting…

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

    Gore Vidal

    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…

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    Death in the Fifth Position

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    In Death in the Fifth Position, dashing P.R. man Peter Sargent is hired by a ballet company on the eve of a major upcoming performance.
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    Live from Golgotha: The Gospel According to Gore Vidal

    Gore Vidal

    In a deliriously funny assault on conventional religious, sexual, and commercial mores–not to mention the laws of time and space–acclaimed author Gore Vidal takes readers on an outrageous romp through…

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    Notes on Gore Vidal’s Life and Work

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    Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Anglistik - Literatur, Note: 1,3, Otto-Friedrich-Universitat Bamberg (Anglistik - Amerikanische Literaturwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Presidential Elections in Fiction and Film, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: This work…

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    Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal

    Jay Parini

    An intimate, authorized yet totally frank biography of Gore Vidal (1925-2012), one of the most accomplished, visible, and controversial American novelists and cultural figures of the past century

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    Gore Vidal: Writer Against the Grain

    This collection of critical essays attempts to construct a comprehensive portrait of Vidal’s writings and to determine why his work has been underestimated. It includes an interview with Vidal in…

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    Gore Vidal: Writer Against the Grain

    This collection of critical essays attempts to construct a comprehensive portrait of Vidal’s writings and to determine why his work has been underestimated. It includes an interview with Vidal in…

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    Gore Vidal and Antiquity: Sex, Politics and Religion

    Quentin Broughall

    This book examines Gore Vidal’s lifelong engagement with the ancient world and the influence of antiquity on himself and the primary subjects of his work: sex, politics and religion. Suitable…

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    A Study Guide for Gore Vidal’s Visit to a Small Planet

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    A Study Guide for Gore Vidal’s Visit to a Small Planet, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study…

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    How to Be an Intellectual in the Age of TV: The Lessons of Gore Vidal

    Marcie Frank

    An analysis of how Gore Vidal, as a public intellectual, negotiates the print/screen media divide

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    I Told You So: Gore Vidal Talks Politics: Interviews with Jon Wiener

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    First published in the United States by OR Books, New York 2012 –T.p. verso.

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    Conversations with JFK: A Fictional Dialogue Based on Biographical Facts

    Michael O'Brien

    Imagined by one of the world’s foremost JFK scholars, this fictionalised conversation presents the essential biography of America’s most glamorous and mythologised president.

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    Rocking the Boat

    Gore 1925-2012 Vidal

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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    Rocking the Boat

    Gore 1925-2012 Vidal

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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    The Norton Book of American Autobiography

    The essential American form of expression. -from the Introduction by Jay Parini

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    Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings: A Library of America Paperback Classic

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    The contents of this Paperback Classic are drawn from Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858 and Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1858-1865, volumes #45 and #46 in the Library of…

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    Death Likes It Hot

    Gore Vidal,Edgar Box

    In Death Likes it Hot, dashing P.R. man Peter Sargeant travels out to a posh beach community to help a wealthy socialite plan an end-of-summer party. His enjoyment of the…

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    America First!: Its History, Culture, and Politics

    Bill Kauffman

    Originally published: 1995. With new introduction and epilogue.

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    Out of this Century - Confessions of an Art Addict: The Autobiography of Peggy Guggenheim

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    With a foreword by Gore Vidal, this frank and engaging book details Peggy Guggenheim’s private and professional life, where she mixed with Picasso, Pollock, Ernst, Dali and many others.

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    Myra Breckinridge

    Gore Vidal

    The first paperback edition to combine Gore Vidal’s brilliant and energetic fantasy Myra Breckinridge with its sequel, Myron. A moral masterpiece .–The Times (London) 10,000 print.

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    Of Human Bondage

    W. Somerset Maugham

    Philip Carey is an orphan eager for life, love and adventure. After a few months studying in Heidelburg, and a brief spell in Paris as a would-be artist, he settles…

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    Buckley vs. Vidal: The Historic 1968 ABC News Debates

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    Conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr. and liberal author Gore Vidal exploded onto the political scene during the presidential conventions of 1968 when they debated 11 times on ABC News…

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    A Construcao Da Memoria Da Nacao Em Jose Saramago E Gore Vidal

    Adriana Alves De Paula Martins,Adriana Alves De Paula Martins

    O presente estudo versa sobre diferentes modelos de ficcao historica pos-moderna e, particularmente, sobre a ficcao historica do portugues Jose Saramago e do norte-americano Gore Vidal, sob uma optica comparada…

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    Every Time a Friend Succeeds Something Inside Me Dies: The Life of Gore Vidal

    Jay Parini

    The definitive biography of one of the twentieth century’s foremost thinkers and writers.

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