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Book Cover for: Plaza Suite, Neil Simon

Plaza Suite

Neil Simon
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Matthew Broderick, who is now starring on Broadway in a revival of the Neil Simon comedy “Plaza Suite,” tested positive for the coronavirus. He did not perform Tuesday night, and it is not clear when he will return to the show. https://t.co/lMQ0wBtdgg

Paperback, 2010

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Heretic: A Queer Revolt Against Evangelicalism, Empire, and the Lies We Are Sold, Jeanna Kadlec

Heretic: A Queer Revolt Against Evangelicalism, Empire, and the Lies We Are Sold

Jeanna Kadlec
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Jeanna Kadlec believes in the supernatural and in paying attention when an idea hits you, which is what happened when she came up with the title of her memoir, “Heretic,” about leaving the evangelical church. https://t.co/yg7ilRJIzg

Paperback, 2025

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Spy, Ted Bell

Spy

Ted Bell
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Ted Bell, a former award-winning advertising copywriter and creative director who abandoned Madison Avenue in his 50s to recast himself as a best-selling novelist by writing and marketing his Alex Hawke spy thrillers, died in Hartford, Conn. He was 76. https://t.co/84eyyB9c6p

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Book Cover for: Assassins, Stephen Sondheim

Assassins

Stephen Sondheim
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The Classic Stage Company’s production of “Assassins,” the Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman musical, became the latest show to cut its run short because of the coronavirus, announcing Tuesday that it would cancel its remaining performances. https://t.co/uTYO0d3OaO

Paperback, 1993

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Hawke, Ted Bell

Hawke

Ted Bell
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Ted Bell, a former award-winning advertising copywriter and creative director who abandoned Madison Avenue in his 50s to recast himself as a best-selling novelist by writing and marketing his Alex Hawke spy thrillers, died in Hartford, Conn. He was 76. https://t.co/84eyyB9c6p

Paperback, Mass Market, 2023

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Tanqueray, Brandon Stanton

Tanqueray

Brandon Stanton
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Stephanie Johnson went from burlesque nights in Times Square to internet stardom. “I did it my way and it worked,” she said. Now Johnson has written a frank, deadpan and often melancholy memoir, “Tanqueray.” https://t.co/d5kIjWOw1g

Hardcover, 2022

$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Bread of Life: A lay view of Bible Quotes, David Daniel Ball

Bread of Life: A lay view of Bible Quotes

David Daniel Ball
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How St. Peter’s became the belle of the March Madness ball. “It’s not just a Cinderella story,” said Senator Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat who graduated from St. Peter’s University. “It’s David versus Goliath.” https://t.co/ZmOrwRkN47

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Book Cover for: The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie

The Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie
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After the attack in western New York, writers and world leaders hailed Salman Rushdie as a symbol of free expression. But the battle lines around his novel “The Satanic Verses” were never cleanly drawn. https://t.co/mjkepYT7cD

Paperback, 2008

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry

A Raisin in the Sun

Lorraine Hansberry
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James Baldwin and Lorraine Hansberry are communing once again this fall, in productions of “Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge” and “A Raisin in the Sun” at the Public Theater. https://t.co/qm3uIOR7sT

Paperback, Mass Market, 2004

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Book Cover for: New York: Historic Towns, Theodore Roosevelt

New York: Historic Towns

Theodore Roosevelt
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Today in New York Today: • Bringing clean energy to New York City • A Theodore Roosevelt statue is getting a new home https://t.co/PPlqZSShXH

Hardcover, 2010

$44.95$22.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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