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James Urbaniak Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Book Cover for: The Lost Weekend: The Complete Screenplay, Billy Wilder

The Lost Weekend: The Complete Screenplay

Billy Wilder
James UrbaniakJames Urbaniak

@CapitalF @WillSloanEsq Early version of this is Billy Wilder having a character reference his “The Lost Weekend” (1945) in “The Apartment” (1960).

Paperback, 2000

$28.95$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Goodbye, Columbus: And Five Short Stories, Philip Roth

Goodbye, Columbus: And Five Short Stories

Philip Roth
James UrbaniakJames Urbaniak

Philip Roth wrote “Goodbye Columbus.” But I say “Hello Columbus!” At @GalaxyConCMH this weekend!! https://t.co/CEhPorv1ia

Paperback, 1994

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Act One: An Autobiography, Moss Hart

Act One: An Autobiography

Moss Hart
James UrbaniakJames Urbaniak

ACT ONE by Moss Hart ME by Katharine Hepburn I AM NOT SPOCK by Leonard Nimoy JOURNALS 1956-1976 by Charlton Heston BABY DOLL by Carroll Baker SO FAR, SO GOOD by Burgess Meredith THE LONELY LIFE by Bette Davis FRONT AND CENTER by John Houseman THE MOON'S A BALLOON by David Niven https://t.co/0D7j4ih3qT

Paperback, 2014

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Yes I Can: The Story of Sammy Davis, Jr., Jane And Burt Boyar

Yes I Can: The Story of Sammy Davis, Jr.

Jane And Burt Boyar
James UrbaniakJames Urbaniak

Just noticed that the Woodhouses of "Rosemary's Baby" have a copy of Sammy Davis Jr.'s "Yes I Can" on their bookshelf, first rate set dressing. https://t.co/NhngGzYU9h

Paperback, 2012

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare

Midsummer Night's Dream

William Shakespeare
James UrbaniakJames Urbaniak

@blainecapatch @queenveej "Thanks, courteous wall." -William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Out of stock

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Book Cover for: The Night Watchman, Louise Erdrich

The Night Watchman

Louise Erdrich
James UrbaniakJames Urbaniak

@julieklausner In the new "Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little" Eulalie no longer condemns Balzac but rather recommends Louise Erdrich's 2021 Pultizer Prize winning novel The Night Watchman.

Paperback, 2021

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Golden Bowl, James Henry

The Golden Bowl

James Henry
James UrbaniakJames Urbaniak

@citizenrobot Reading Henry James’ The Golden Bowl while drinking a glass of white wine

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Book Cover for: Hay Fever, Noel Coward

Hay Fever

Noel Coward
James UrbaniakJames Urbaniak

@BenjBrantley Deeply memorable and hilarious in the 1985 Bway revival of Noel Coward's Hay Fever, a production I was mildly obsessed with and saw 5 times

Paperback, 2014

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Illustrated, William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Illustrated

William Shakespeare
James UrbaniakJames Urbaniak

@blainecapatch @queenveej "Thanks, courteous wall." -William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Book Cover for: A New Hope: Star Wars: Episode IV, George Lucas

A New Hope: Star Wars: Episode IV

George Lucas
James UrbaniakJames Urbaniak

Happy 80th to Harrison Ford, seen here as American Graffiti's Bob Falfa, proof that George Lucas was coming up with Star Wars names years before Star Wars https://t.co/NA6fw28U4l

Paperback, Mass Market, 1986

$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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