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(0)Norman Mailer
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No career in modern American letters is at once brilliant, varied, and controversial as that of Norman Mailer. In a span of more than six decades, Mailer has searched into subjects ranging from World War II to Ancient Egypt, from the march on the Pentagon to Marilyn Monroe, from Henry Miller and Muhammad Ali to Jesus Christ. Now, in his first major work of fiction in more than a decade, The Castle in the Forest offers what may be Mailer's consummate...
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English
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Published on the centenary of Norman Mailer's birth, a timely and urgent call to preserve our democracy.
From his bestselling first novel, The Naked and the Dead, to his last work, American democracy was a lifelong project for Norman Mailer. It was his grand theme. Nearly all of his books touched on the pros and cons, the strengths and weaknesses, the grace (to use his word) and fragility of the American experiment as well as the threats to it-from...
3) El combate
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Español
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El 30 de octubre de 1974 tuvo lugar en el Estadio 20 de Mayo de Kinshasa, Zaire (hoy República Democrática del Congo), uno de los combates de boxeo más célebres de la historia del pugilismo. Enfrentó al vigente campeón de los pesos pesados, George Foreman, un púgil de una agresividad e instinto asesino sin parangón, y al que probablemente fue el más grande boxeador de todos los tiempos y un icono del siglo XX, Cassius Clay, rebautizado como...
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Phoenix Books, Inc
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English
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The Gospel according to the Son One of America's greatest living writers takes a dramatic departure in theme with bold and thoughtful book, a recreation of the life of Jesus. With remarkable psychological acuity, Mailer presents an image of a skilled and devout carpenter confronted with the perplexing. Is God speaking to me? Do the voice that I hear come from God? And if so, why has he chosen me?. Following the New Testament closely, Mailer vividly
...5) Marilyn
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English
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2012 marks the 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's death. Now, in unabridged audio for the first time, we present Norman Mailer's acclaimed in-depth biography of Hollywood's most enduring icon. This extraordinary biography of the legendary screen star Marilyn Monroe was originally published in 1973 by Norman Mailer, one of America's most important writers of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Mailer, the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, was...
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Kanopy Streaming
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English
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Hijacking Catastrophe places the Bush Administration's original justifications for war in Iraq within the larger context of a two-decade struggle by neo-conservatives to dramatically increase military spending while projecting American power and influence globally by means of force. This update of the critically-acclaimed documentary features the theatrical version of the film, along with ten new post-election interviews with prominent political...
11) Empire City
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Michael Blackwood Productions
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English
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This is the story of two New Yorks. Made at a time when the city was experiencing unprecedented real estate development on the one hand and unforeseen displacement of population and deterioration on the other. The film contrasts the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political and cultural figures such as David Rockefeller, Edward Koch, Joseph Papp, Norman Mailer, Jane Jacobs,...