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1	The House of God: The Classic Novel of Life and Death in an American Hospital more books like this by Samuel Shem, John Updike (Introduction by) This classic novel, first published in 1978, tells the story of an intern at a frantically busy urban hospital, and contains an introduction by John Updike. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.19! \| SVS
2	Rabbit Run more books like this by John Updike John Updike's highly acclaimed saga of desire and regret, first published in 1959, introduces Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, a typical Middle American--small-town Protestant, former basketball star, married man intent on making a name for himself in the community--whose life begins to unravel when he falls in love and deserts his wife. Caught between ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.26! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Rabbit at Rest more books like this by John Updike Updike's fourth "Rabbit" novel presents the human condition as personified by Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom. The fat, aging, ill Rabbit must also cope with his son's drug addiction, his wife's troubles, a former girlfriend who turns up suffering from lupus, and the world in general, with which Rabbit has always had a love-hate relationship. In this last ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Best American Short Stories of the Century more books like this by John Updike (Editor), Katrina Kenison (Editor) Including one new story and an Index by author of every story that has ever appeared in the series, this new volume offers a "spectacular tapestry of fictional achievement" ("Entertainment Weekly"). see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Rabbit Redux more books like this by John Updike In RABBIT REDUX (1971), John Updike's poignant sequel to RABBIT, RUN, he explores the tumultuous transformations of the late '60s as they affect the traditional American values on which Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom--like so many other Americans--believes his life is based. Rabbit trusts the government, supports the Vietnam War, finds blacks ("Negroes") ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Terrorist more books like this by John Updike Born of an Irish-American mother and an Egyptian father long since disappeared, 18-year-old Ahmad craves spiritual nurture and is drawn into an insidious plot. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Witches of Eastwick more books like this by John Updike "A great deal of fun to read...Fresh, consantly entertaining....John Updike remains a wizard of language and observation."THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRERIn a small New England town in the late 1960s, there lived three witches. Alexandra Spofford, a sculptress, Jane Smart, a cellist, and Sukie Rougemont,the local gossip columnist. Their supernatural ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Gertrude and Claudius more books like this by John Updike In his brilliant novel, Updike tells the story of Gertrude and Claudius, Kingand Queen of Denmark, before the action of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" begins. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Rabbit is Rich more books like this by John Updike Updike's third novel (after RABBIT, RUN and RABBIT REDUX) about Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom follows the Pennsylvania car salesman's passage into middle age in the turbulent 1970s. Rabbit has achieved success as a salesman at Springer Motors, but his life is not without problems, including the return of his recalcitrant son Nelson, the return of an old ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.26! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Centaur more books like this by John Updike "A triumph of love and art." THE WASHINGTON POSTIn a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1940s, schoolteacher George Caldwell yearns to find some meaning in his life. Alone with his teenage son for three days in a blizzard, Caldwell sees his son grow and change as he himself begins to lose touch with his life. Interwoven with the myth of Chiron, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	In the beauty of the lilies more books like this by John Updike Faith ultimately bursts into flame as Updike's major new novel, charting the lives of one family through four generations, shows readers an America whose dream of perfection is translated into an obsession with God and the Moving Picture. Paterson, New Jersey, 1910: When a Presbyterian minister suddenly loses his faith and leaves the pulpit to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Brazil more books like this by John Updike In Updike's erotically charged, magic-realist love story, poor little rich girl Isabel, who is white, flees Rio with a young black man named Tristo whom she meets on the beach, with her father in pursuit. Through a series of trials, the lovers finally escape him, and Updike follows the pair over the years as they struggle to stay together, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Couples more books like this by John Updike Couples is the book that has been assailed for its complete frankness and praised as an artful, seductive, savagely graphic portrait of love, marriage and adultery in America. But be it damned or hailed Couples drew back the curtain forever on sex in suburbia in the late 20th century. A classic, it is one of those books that will be read--and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Lectures on Literature more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov For two decades, first at Wellesley and then at Cornell, Nabokov introduced undergraduates to the delights of great fiction. Here, collected for the first time, are his famous lectures, which include Mansfield Park, Bleak House, and Ulysses. Edited and with a Foreword by Fredson Bowers; Introduction by John Updike; illustrations. see all copies from $4.79! new only from $11.14! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Lost Balls: Great Holes, Tough Shots, and Bad Lies more books like this by Charles Lindsay, John Updike (Foreword by) A unique and colorful collection of photographs featuring the under-celebrated wayward shot, its landing locale and the unexpected encounters with wildlife on and off the green. see all copies from $17.79! new only from $17.79! \| SVS
16 view cover	Roger's Version more books like this by John Updike Roger Lambert, a respected divinity school professor, encounters a young computer enthusiast named Dale Kohler who is attempting to prove the existence of God by means of a computer program. In an odd reversal, Roger tries to convince Dale that his project is fruitless. Updike's 12th novel is primarily about questions of faith, but it also tells ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Trust Me more books like this by John Updike Twenty-two of Updike's best short stories, many of them about the issue of trust--trust that is betrayed as well as trust that is, painfully, fulfilled. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The coup more books like this by John Updike The story of the black dictator Ellellou who rules the imaginary African country of Kush (formerly known as the French colony Noire). Educated in America, Ellellou reminisces about his earlier, more carefree life in Wisconsin with considerable longing now that a drought has descended upon Kush and he finds his own power in jeopardy. For all its ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Memories of the Ford Administration more books like this by John Updike In John Updike's 15th novel (published in 1996), Alfred Clayton, a history professor at a junior college, in the course of writing about the brief administration of President Ford, ponders his own personal history. While Ford was president, Alf's marriage was failing, and he was caught up in a doomed love affair. He was also writing a book on the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf more books like this by John Updike The 47th book by John Updike is a collection of short pieces on a classic game. A golfer for almost 40 years, Updike has written frequently about his "impassioned but imperfect devotion" to the game. Now he brings together his writings culled from a variety of sources--The New Yorker, Golf Digest, his own fiction--that knowingly cover everything ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Bech is Back more books like this by John Updike The renowned Henry Bech is now 50 years old and reflects on his fame, travels the world, marries an Episcopalian divorcee from Westchester, and--surprise to all--writes a runaway bestseller. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels: Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is Rich, and Rabbit at Rest more books like this by John Updike When we first met him in "Rabbit, Run" (1960), the book that established John Updike as a major novelist, Harry (Rabbit) Angstrom is playing basketball with some boys in an alley in Pennsylvania during the tail end of the Eisenhower era, reliving for a moment his past as a star high school athlete. Athleticism of a different sort is on display ... see all copies from $16.50! new only from $18.04! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Golf Dreams more books like this by John Updike The 47th book by John Updike is a collection of short pieces on a classic game. A golfer for almost 40 years, Updike has written frequently about his "impassioned but imperfect devotion" to the game. Now he brings together his writings culled from a variety of sources--The New Yorker, Golf Digest, his own fiction--that knowingly cover everything ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.18! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Early Stories: 1953-1975 more books like this by John Updike These 103 stories represent almost every one that John Updike wrote during the first half of his literary career--from 1953 to 1975. They are arranged chronologically--not by when they were written, but by the age of his protagonists: awkward adolescents to disaffected middle-aged suburbanites. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003. see all copies from $2.83! new only from $11.86! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	A Child's Calendar more books like this by John Updike, Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator) A collection of poems, organized around the imagery of the four seasons, by the American novelist, author of RABBIT, RUN. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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