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1	Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness more books like this by William Styron The novelist William Styron realized during the summer of 1984, when he was 60 years old, that the joylessness, insomnia, and suicidal thoughts he had been experiencing were not simply part of an episode of harmless melancholy, but the marks of a severe and terrifying depression (he calls it "madness") that had become debilitating. As he ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Sophies Choice more books like this by William Styron The heroine of Styron's novel is based on a Polish survivor of Auschwitz he knew when he lived in a Brooklyn rooming house in the late 1940s. The narrator--in the tradition of Fitzgerald's Nick Carraway in THE GREAT GATSBY--is Stingo, the young Southern writer who falls in love with Sophie, his upstairs neighbor, and tells her dramatic story and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Confessions of Nat Turner more books like this by William Styron Published during the political and racial turmoil of the 1960s, THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER is a fictionalized version of the written documents of a man who led a slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831. As Styron wrote at the time, "Had perfect accuracy been my aim I would have written a work of history rather than a novel." His controversial novel ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Lie down in darkness more books like this by William Styron LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS is Styron's first novel. In this saga about a genteel Southern family, he exposes the coldness and betrayal that lurk behind the family's official facade, ending in the suicide of young Peyton Loftis. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Set this house on fire more books like this by William Styron A young and naive lawyer from the American South is the narrator of this story about a drunken artist and a self-destructive charmer who find themselves in an idyllic Italian town in the late 1940s. Styron's exploration of evil earned him his reputation as a major force in American literature. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	A Tidewater Morning: Three Tales from Youth more books like this by William Styron Styron calls these three stories--all of which take place in the Virginia Tidewater of the 1930s--"an imaginative shaping of real events." They include the reminiscences of a Marine about to participate in the invasion of Japan, a child recalling the last day of a former slave he knew, and the death of a young teenager's mother from agonizing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	A Tidewater Morning more books like this by William Styron Styron calls these three stories--all of which take place in the Virginia Tidewater of the 1930s--"an imaginative shaping of real events." They include the reminiscences of a Marine about to participate in the invasion of Japan, a child recalling the last day of a former slave he knew, and the death of a young teenager's mother from agonizing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The long march more books like this by William Styron Styron's novella THE LONG MARCH is about a pair of Marines in World War II who are bullied and intimidated by a sadistic colonel. IN THE CLAP SHACK is a comic play about a young sailor in a VD ward. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Fathers and Daughters: In Their Own Words more books like this by Mariana Cook (Photographer), William Styron (Introduction by) By turns adoring, alienating, challenging, and cherished, the bond between a father and daughter is always a complex and compelling one. Acclaimed photographer Cook explores this eternal relationship in a remarkable assemblage of photographic portraits of 60 fathers and daughters, both famous and obscure. Introduction by William Styron. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.85! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Dead Run: The Shocking Story of Dennis Stockton and Life on Death Row in America more books like this by Joe Jackson, William F Burke, Jr., William Styron (Introduction by) In June, 1983, Dennis Stockton entered death row in Virginia's state penitentiary, convicted of a murder he insisted he had not committed. For the next twelve years he remained there, during which time he helped plan the only successful mass escape from death row in U.S. history (though he ultimately decided not to join the escapees), developed a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.75! \| first editions \| SVS
11	This quiet dust more books like this by William Styron Three dozen of Styron's non-fiction pieces--many of them highly personal--are collected in this volume, which covers a wide range of subjects including military life, the American criminal justice system, and the South. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $60.76! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12	Darkness Visible more books like this by William Styron A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true account of his descent into a crippling and almost suicidal depression. Styron is perhaps the first writer to convey the full terror of depression's psychic landscape, as well as the illuminating path to recovery. "From the Trade Paperback edition." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.98! \| first editions \| SVS
13	The Face of Mercy: A Photographic History of Medicine at War more books like this by Matthew Naythons, William Styron (Introduction by) Naylon's captivating historical narrative portrays the heroes and heriones who have stimulated medicine's greatest advances during war--from battle in ancient Greece through America's Civil War, the two world wars, Vietnam, and the Gulf War. Prologue by Willian Styron. Photos. Illustrations. see all copies from $2.46! new only from $50.76! \| first editions
14	Last Rights 13 Fatal Encounters more books like this by Joseph B Ingle, William Styron (Foreword by) Joe Ingle's guest to end the death penalty in the United States earned him friendships with many Death Row inmates, including 13 who were executed by the state. In last rights, Ingle eloquently shows why capital punishment must end now. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.70! \| signed copies \| first editions
15	The Human Experience: Contemporary American and Soviet Fiction and Poetry more books like this by William Styron, Quaker U S (Editor), U S S R Committee & the Soviet Write (Editor) A bold and historic anthology of Soviet and American short stories and poetry, jointly edited and published in both the United States and the Soviet Union. This collection of representative "snapshots" reveals how different and alike we are. American writers include Joyce Carol Oates, John Updike, Raymond Carver and Adrienne Rich. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
16	Havanas in Camelot: Personal Essays more books like this by William Styron After the great success of "Darkness Visible," his memoir of depression and recovery, Styron wrote more frequently in an introspective, autobiographical mode. These essays make possible a fuller assessment of this enigmatic man of American letters. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
17	This Quiet Dust: And Other Writings more books like this by William Styron Three dozen of Styron's non-fiction pieces--many of them highly personal--are collected in this volume, which covers a wide range of subjects including military life, the American criminal justice system, and the South. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $9.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18	Confessions Nat Turner more books like this by William Styron see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Long March; And, in the Clap Shack more books like this by William Styron Styron's novella THE LONG MARCH is about a pair of Marines in World War II who are bullied and intimidated by a sadistic colonel. IN THE CLAP SHACK is a comic play about a young sailor in a VD ward. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.67!
20	Big Love more books like this by Tedd Thomey, Florence Aadland, William Styron (Designed by) see all copies from $41.97! signed copies \| first editions
21	In the Clap Shack more books like this by William Styron see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Dying Without God: Francois Mitterrand's Meditations on Living and Dying more books like this by Franz-Olivier Giesbert, William Styron (Introduction by) An account of the last days of French President Francois Mitterand, written by the editor of "Le Figaro". Giesbert met with Mitterand frequently during the last years of his life, and he provides an intimate account of their conversations about politics, history, religion, death, and art. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.95! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Dying Without God: Francois Mitterand's Meditations on Living and Dying more books like this by Franz-Olivier Giesbert, Richard Seaver (Translator), William Styron (Introduction by) An account of the last days of French President Francois Mitterand, written by the editor of "Le Figaro". Giesbert met with Mitterand frequently during the last years of his life, and he provides an intimate account of their conversations about politics, history, religion, death, and art. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.01! \| first editions
24 view cover	Conversations with William Styron more books like this by William Styron, James L West (Editor), James L W West III (Editor) see all copies from $3.18! new only from $24.00! \| SVS
25 view cover	Inheritance of Night-C more books like this by William Styron, James L. W. West, III (Introduction by) From 1947 to 1949, William Styron twice attempted to write a novel under the working title "Inheritance of Night," On the third attempt he produced the award-winning "Lie Down in Darkness," which when published in September 1951 established him as one of the most promising writers of his generation. Duke University Press is proud to publish, in ... see all copies from $3.61! new only from $31.99! \| signed copies \| first editions

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