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1	Rabbit Run more books like this by John Updike It is 1959 and, stuck with an alcoholic wife, a child and a futile job, Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom's powers of indecision are unlimited. And so he bounces like a ping-pong ball between a despairing wife and a demanding mistress, and everyone - except him - can see where it will end. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Rabbit at Rest more books like this by John Updike "Rabbit at Rest", the delightful last novel in the rabbit sequence, is both comic and moving. Rabbit, now in his middle fifties, is living in a condo in Florida. Nelson and his wife and children come to stay and disaster ensues; Rabbit has a serious heart attack after a boating attack with his granddaughter and Nelson is discovered to have been ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Rabbit is Rich more books like this by John Updike It's 1979 and Rabbit is no longer running. He's walking, and beginning to get out of breath. That's ok, though - it gives him the chance to enjoy the wealth that comes with middle age. It's all in place: he's Chief Sales Representative and co-owner of Springer motors; his wife, at home or in the club, is keeping trim; and, he wears good suits, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	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 $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Diary of a Nobody more books like this by George Grossmith 'Why should I not publish my diary? I have often seen reminiscences of people I have never even heard of, and I fail to see - because I do not happen to be a 'Somebody' - why my diary should not be interesting.' The Diary of a Nobody (1892) created a cultural icon, an English archetype. Anxious, accident-prone, occasionally waspish, Charles ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.51! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Aloft more books like this by Chang-Rae Lee Jerry Battle's family is large, multicultural, and riddled with problems. His Korean wife drowned in the swimming pool 20 years ago. He has broken up with his longtime Puerto Rican girlfriend, whom he misses. His daughter, pregnant by her Asian-American boyfriend, has a life-threatening illness. His son is a bit of a wastrel. And his elderly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	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 $18.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Rabbit Redux-Special Ed 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 $98.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Reinhart in love more books like this by Thomas Berger see all copies from $1.99! new only from $134.11! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Dem. more books like this by William Melvin Kelley In this 1967 satire of white society by a black writer, Mitchell Pierce is a white New York ad executive whose wife gives birth to twins: one is black, one is white. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Life at the top more books like this by John Braine In this sequel to "Room at the Top", Joe Lampton is a well-off man with two children and two cars, but his life is approaching a crisis. In a series of sudden and ironic reversals his whole secure world is broken and he is forced down to the lowest depth he has ever reached. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
12	New Essays on Rabbit Run more books like this by Stanley Trachtenberg, Emory Elliot (Editor) Still John Updike's most popular and critically acclaimed novel, Rabbit Run introduced the character of Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom, one of those middle-class Americans who, in Updike's words, aren't 'especially beautiful or bright or urban' but about whom there is a lot worth saying. The fallible hero struggles with his own sexuality, his religious ... see all copies from $7.50! new only from $23.37! \| SVS
13 view cover	Rabbit Tales: Poetry & Politics in John Updike's Rabbit Novels more books like this by Lawrence R Broer In the tales of "Rabbit" Angstrom - "Rabbit, Run" (1960), "Rabbit Redux" (1971), "Rabbit is Rich" (1981) and "Rabbit at Rest" (1990 - Updike's Rabbit, the ageing high-school basketball star adrift in the century's confusion, is an archetypal American hero, one strikingly real and individual yet emblematic of his class, his country and his era. ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $19.83! \| first editions
14 view cover	Rabbit (Un)Redeemed: The Drama of Belief in John Updike's Fiction more books like this by Peter J Bailey This book approaches Updike's oeuvre by illuminating its ongoing, pervasive conflict between faith and doubt. Concentrating on a trio of Olinger stories, the Rabbit Angstrom tetralogy, In the "Beauty of the Lilies", and "Rabbit Remembered" and dramatizing most emphatically Updike's career-spanning dialogue with his complexly fragile religious ... see all copies from $60.81! new only from $60.81! \| first editions
15 view cover	John Updike: The Critical Responses to the "Rabbit" Saga more books like this by Jack de Bellis (Editor) Twenty-seven critics, as well as Updike himself, provide a kaleidoscopic view of the "Rabbit" Angstrom saga in 34 reviews and essays. There is dual purpose of this collection of critical responses: first, to provide a historical view of the critical reception of all of Updike's works about Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom--the four Rabbit novels and the ... see all copies from $81.98! new only from $81.98!
16	Manliness and Morality: Middle-Class Masculinity in Britain and America, 1800-1940 more books like this by James Walvin (Editor), J A Mangan (Editor) This is a sociohistorical study of the concept of "manliness" in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. The contributors examine the distinctive nature of Victorian masculine stereotypes, the means by which these concepts were disseminated and their translation into codes of conduct. see all copies from $81.28!
17	Manliness and Morality: Middle-Class Masculinity in Britain and America, 1800-1940 more books like this by James A Mangan (Editor), James Walvin (Editor) see all copies from $40.00!
18 view cover	National Manhood - CL more books like this by Dana D Nelson "National Manhood" explores the relationship between gender, race, and nation, by tracing developing ideals of citizenship in the United States from the Revolutionary War through the 1850s. Through an extensive reading of literary and historical documents, Dana D. Nelson analyses the social and political articulation of a civic identity centred ... see all copies from $55.29! new only from $55.29!
19 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 $200.00! signed copies \| first editions

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