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1	Ragtime more books like this by Mr. E L Doctorow Doctorow's novel takes place in turn-of-the-century New York, and mingles real-life and fictional characters. The plot involves the Evelyn Nesbit-Stanford White intrigue, but also includes a black musician and his girlfriend, a Jewish peddler on the Lower East Side, and a coterie of wealthy Anglo-Saxons in pursuit of wealth. Time magazine called ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £5.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	The March more books like this by Mr. E L Doctorow E. L. Doctorow digs deeply into American history once again in this epic tale of Sherman's march to the sea--a 60-mile trail of death and destruction--toward the end of the Civil War. Mingling real historical figures with imagined ordinary people, Doctorow offers a panoramic view of the South and of the war in a story that encompasses a dedicated ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £6.23! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Book of Daniel more books like this by Mr. E L Doctorow Doctorow examines the Rosenberg case, in which two Americans were executed for supposed treason, from the point of view of their son--here called Daniel Isaacson--who was 10 years old when his parents died. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £6.92! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	World's Fair more books like this by Mr. E L Doctorow Set in Manhattan and the Bronx in 1939, Doctorow's nostalgic novel is a slice of life seen through the eyes of a young boy who is distracted from the hardships of his own life by the dazzling promise of the World's Fair. see all copies from £2.06! new only from £5.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Billy Bathgate more books like this by Mr. E L Doctorow This novel is set in New York in the days of the Depression. It is the story of Billy Bathgate, who joins the notorious Dutch Schulz gang as a good luck charm, protege and apprentice mobster. Other work by the author includes "Ragtime" and "The Book of Daniel". see all copies from £1.38! new only from £5.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Waterworks more books like this by Mr. E L Doctorow Set in 1871, in post-Civil War New York, where maimed veterans beg in the streets and a self-satisfied class of new wealth and weak intellect glitters in this setting of mass misery. One morning a young man walking down Broadway sees someone he recognizes as his supposedly dead and buried father. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £5.37! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	City of God more books like this by Mr. E L Doctorow Set in late 20th-century New York City, Doctorow's capacious and very postmodern novel begins when a brass crucifix is stolen from St. Timothy's church on the Lower East Side. The pastor, Father Pemberton, is in the midst of a spiritual crisis, and as he searches for the cross through a lyrically described New York City, he encounters a group of ... see all copies from £2.08! new only from £5.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Welcome to Hard Times more books like this by Mr. E L Doctorow Doctorow's magnificent first novel follows the story of how the town of Hard Times in the Dakota Territory got its name. An early example of the brilliance of Doctorow, repackaged to match World's Fair and his other bestsellers. Reprint from Bantam. see all copies from £5.37! new only from £9.68! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Loon Lake more books like this by Mr. E L Doctorow Doctorow's 1980 novel is experimental in style and structure. The story--an exploration of the validity of the American dream, set during the Depression--is told not in a straight line but in concentric circles--like ripples on a lake. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £5.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Karoo more books like this by Steve Tesich Saul Karoo thinks. But understanding eludes. He lusts. And sometimes with success. He drinks. But he cannot get drunk. Karoo is a professional fixer of other people's scripts and, by his own acknowledgement, he ruins them all. Calamity and comedy follows shambolic Saul Karoo as his life breaks down. But he is not without resources, namely his wit, ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £2.11! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	The Best American Short Stories more books like this by Mr. E L Doctorow (Selected by), Katrina Kenison This edition of the yearly anthology represents work and characters of many cultures. see all copies from £2.15! new only from £6.63! \| first editions
12 view cover	Sweet Land Stories more books like this by Mr. E L Doctorow The five stories in this collection include "Jolene: A Life" (about a young woman's disillusion with American pop culture and her search for a place where she can fit in) and "Child, Dead, in the Rose Garden" (a sad tale with political overtones, narrated by an FBI agent). E. L. Doctorow's title, SWEET LAND STORIES, resonates in the selections ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £2.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
13	Lives of the Poets more books like this by Mr. E L Doctorow see all copies from £1.38! new only from £5.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Plays more books like this by Heinrich Von Kleist, Walter Hinderer (Editor), Mr. E L Doctorow (Foreword by) The four plays presented here, two newly translated for this edition, are The Broken Pitcher, Amphitryon, Penthesilea, and Prince Frederick of Homburg. As E.L. Docotorow says, 'a Kleist play may be set in ancient Greece, in Holland, or in seventeenth century Prussia, but the fortress of consciousness is where the action occurs.' see all copies from £5.12! new only from £11.53!
15 view cover	Creationists: Selected Essays 1993-2006 more books like this by Mr. E L Doctorow Through the eyes of a great American writer, readers will consider the secrets of literary creativity and whether they're different for science or slapstick comedy. see all copies from £8.17! new only from £8.17! \| first editions
16 view cover	The Call of the Wild, White Fang & to Build a Fire more books like this by Jack London, Mr. E L Doctorow (Introduction by) THE CALL OF THE WILD, Jack London's masterpiece, tells the gripping tale of a dog named Buck who is wrenched out of his life of ease and luxury to become a sled dog in Alaska. Drawing on his wolf heritage, Buck must fight for survival in an alien environment. WHITE FANG is London's classic adventure novel centering on a ferocious and magnificent ... see all copies from £2.08! new only from £6.35!
17 view cover	Lives of the Poets: A Novella and Six Stories more books like this by E L Doctorow A son is set the task of concealing his father's death; a drowned child is callously handled by rescuers; a lonely schoolteacher is shot by a hunter; a boy witnesses his mother's act of infidelity; a car explosion kills a foreign schoolgirl; and the middle-aged author of these tales depicts his own consciousness. In a perceptive work about a ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £6.10! \| signed copies \| first editions
18	Billy Bathgate M/TV more books like this by Mr. E L Doctorow see all copies from £5.54! new only from £5.54! \| first editions
19 view cover	Drinks Before Dinner more books like this by Mr. E L Doctorow E. L. Doctorow's only play. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £8.58! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Jack London, Hemingway & the Constitution: Selected Essays, 1977-1992 more books like this by E L Doctorow Doctorow writes about literature--including James Wright, SISTER CARRIE, THE CALL OF THE WILD, and Hemingway's posthumous works--as well as politics, in a collection that includes his celebrated evaluation of Ronald Reagan's effect on American life. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £6.90! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Executing Justice: An Inside Account of the Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal more books like this by Daniel R Williams, Mr. E L Doctorow (Introduction by) This casebook on the Mumia Abu-Jamal case was written by one of his lawyers and contains the defense's side of the story as well as a chronicle of the long appeals process. In 1982, Abu-Jamal, a journalist, was convicted of killing a police officer and has been serving time on death-row since. His cause has been taken up by many supporters ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £5.54! \| first editions
22 view cover	Three Screenplays more books like this by Mr. E L Doctorow, Paul Levine (Editor) E.L. Doctorow is one of America's most accomplished and acclaimed living writers. Winner of the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award (twice), the PEN/Faulkner Award, and the National Humanities Medal, he is the author of nine novels that have explored the drama of American life from the late 19th century to the 21st. ... see all copies from £4.27! new only from £4.27! \| first editions
23 view cover	Reporting the Universe more books like this by Mr. E L Doctorow "The writer", according to Emerson, "believes all that can be thought can be written...In his eyes a man is the faculty of reporting, and the universe is the possibility of being reported". And what writer worth his name, E.L. Doctorow asks, will not seriously however furtively, take on the universe? Human consciousness, personal history, American ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £10.81! \| first editions
24 view cover	Gotham Comes of Age: New York Through the Lens of the Byron Company, 1892-1942 more books like this by Peter Simmons, Mr. E L Doctorow (Introduction by) Over a fifty-year run as an eminent New York photography studio, the Byron Company documented the maturation of a great metropolis. The Byron family took tens of thousands of photographs between 1892 and 1942, making a name for their studio in theatrical, architectural, and what would now be called "lifestyle" photography. All doors were open to ... see all copies from £5.08! new only from £5.08! \| first editions
25	Bk of Daniel more books like this by E L Doctorow Doctorow examines the Rosenberg case, in which two Americans were executed for supposed treason, from the point of view of their son--here called Daniel Isaacson--who was 10 years old when his parents died. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £17.67! \| signed copies \| first editions

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