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1	Last Night in Twisted River more books like this by John Irving add to wishlist A story spanning five decades, Irving's 12th novel is set in 1954 New Hampshire, where an anxious 12-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear. see all copies from $10.80! new only from $10.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Prayer for Owen Meany more books like this by John Irving add to wishlist Owen Meany, the dwarf son of a quarry worker in New Hampshire, accidentally kills his best friend's mother with a baseball when he hits it into the stands at a Little League game. Meany subsequently becomes a mystic who believes he is an instrument of God. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.68! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	World According to Garp more books like this by John Irving add to wishlist Something of a modern classic, this is the story of T. S. Garp, who is raised by his eccentric feminist mother and spends most of his life surrounded and preoccupied by woman. Irving depicts Garp's pursuit of a writing career against the backdrop of the odd assortment of characters in his life--wrestlers, radical feminists, transsexuals, and rape ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Cider House Rules more books like this by John Irving add to wishlist Wilbur Larch is an abortionist at St. Cloud's orphanage who, in addition to doing his job humanely and conscientiously, struggles with his relationship with his apprentice and adopted son, Homer Wells. The debate over abortion is an important aspect of this novel, in which both sides are presented with sympathy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Until I Find You more books like this by John Irving add to wishlist John Irving's 11th novel is about an actor named Jack Burns, son of tattoo artist Alice and church organist William. William departed after fathering Jack, and Alice has been seeking him all these years--as has Jack. At the end of the novel Jack not only finds his father but discovers truths that change him profoundly. In between, he takes part in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Widow for One Year more books like this by John Irving add to wishlist A novel in three sections about the life of Ruth Cole: her childhood in the Hamptons, her success as an author, and her experience as a widow on the brink of falling in love. The story begins in the summer of 1958, during Ted and Marion Cole's rocky marriage when their two sons die in a terrible accident. Ruth grows up in the shadow of the memory ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Imaginary Girlfriend more books like this by John Irving add to wishlist This work combines a portrait of the world of wrestling with a memoir that portrays a father's dedication to his children. It is a tribute to the writers and wrestlers who played a mentor role in Irving's development as a novelist, a wrestler and a wrestling coach. see all copies from $4.70! new only from $8.36! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Hotel New Hampshire more books like this by Irving add to wishlist This saga of the Berry family, set in a series of venerable old hotels that house various eccentrics, including an old vaudevillian, incestuous family members, and bears. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.20! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons more books like this by John W Powell add to wishlist In 1869, Civil War veteran John Wesley Powell and nine other men undertook a hazardous three-month excursion down the unmapped Colorado River. Three of them survived famine, Indian attacks, mutiny, and dangerous rapids, and Powell told their harrowing story in this 1874 account. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Fourth Hand more books like this by John Irving add to wishlist Patrick Wallingford, a TV reporter, is good looking, successful, and a hit with women. On an assignment, his hand is bitten off by a lion, making him into an instant media celebrity. He meets a childless woman who offers him the hand of her dead husband if he will impregnate her. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Son of the circus more books like this by John Irving add to wishlist In this Dickensian novel, richly populated with a cast of eccentric characters, the geneticist Dr. Farrokh Daruwalla returns to his native Bombay to collect blood from dwarfs and frequent the circus. He also writes screenplays for the thriving Indian "Bollywood" film industry. Meanwhile, the film hero Dhar has a fanatical admirer, a boy who passes ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make a Sound more books like this by John Irving add to wishlist John Irving's first picture book for children is a story excerpted from his adult novel A WIDOW FOR ONE YEAR about a little boy frightened by strange noises in the night. Little Tom tells his father that he's heard a terrifying creature that "pulls itself along on its teeth." Tom and his teddy bear timidly look around the house for whatever ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.49! \| signed copies \| first editions
13	Hitler's war more books like this by David John Cawdell Irving add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00! new only from $197.92! \| first editions
14 view cover	Water Method Man more books like this by John Irving add to wishlist Fred 'Bogus' Trumper is a wayward knight-errant in the battle of the sexes and the pursuit of happiness. He also happens to have a complaint more serious than Portnoy's. Yet he stubbornly clings to the notion that he'll make something of his life, and is about to commit himself to a second marriage that bears remarkable resemblance to his first. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	158 Pound Marriage more books like this by John Irving add to wishlist Irving's dark early novel is about a ménage à quatre in a New England university town: two married couples whose sexual hangups, troubled pasts, and selfish desires create difficulties as they search for perfect erotic openness. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.63! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Setting Free the Bears more books like this by John Irving add to wishlist Irving's first novel, written when he was 25, is about two university students in Vienna who want to liberate the animals at the local zoo. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Goring: A Biography more books like this by David John Cawdell Irving add to wishlist The first full-length biography of Hermann Goring, Hitler's partner, alter ego, and chosen successor. Includes 32 pages of photos, some from the Goring family album, and diaries and letters that disclose the nature of Goring's death. see all copies from $3.87! new only from $70.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Trying to Save Piggy Sneed more books like this by John Irving add to wishlist A collection of six short stories from the author of "The World According to Garp", "The Hotel New Hampshire", "The Cider House Rules" and "A Prayer for Owen Meaney". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The war between the generals more books like this by David Irving add to wishlist The little band of military chiefs entrusted with the historic task of the liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe were allies, but more often antagonists, scrapping amongst themselves for power and prestige. David Irving reveals the war as the generals lived it. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $62.85! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Destruction of Convoy Pq-17 more books like this by David John Cawdell Irving add to wishlist First published in England, this is the highly controversial book banned in 1967. Detailing the fate of 35 Allied ships destined for the Barents Sea, Irving reveals the blundering that doomed the convoy and caused him to be sued for libel. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.00! \| first editions \| SVS
21	The rise and fall of the Luftwaffe; the life of Field Marshal Erhard Milch more books like this by David John Cawdell Irving add to wishlist see all copies from $3.49! new only from $18.59! \| first editions
22 view cover	My Movie Business: A Memoir more books like this by John Irving add to wishlist Irving writes about his adventures in the movie business, including the filming of THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP, the unfilmed screenplays he has written, and--chiefly--the problems he encountered with the filming of THE CIDERHOUSE RULES in 1999. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Rorschach, Assessment of Children and Adolescents more books like this by John E Exner, Jr., Irving B Weiner add to wishlist This volume deals specifically with the use of the Rorschach Inkblot Method in the clinical assessment of children and adolescents. It has been revised and updated to reflect numerous developments in the Rorschach Comprehensive System, and to describe advances in the formulation and understanding of developmental psychopathology. The text draws ... see all copies from $2.98! new only from $9.85! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Churchill's War more books like this by David John Cawdell Irving add to wishlist see all copies from $20.74! new only from $50.94! \| signed copies \| first editions
25	Trail of the Fox more books like this by David John Cawdell Irving add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $32.00! \| first editions \| SVS

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