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    Malcolm: A Comic Novel

    James Purdy

    The twenty-first-century revival of James Purdy continues with his classic novel of innocence and corruption.

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    James Purdy: Selected Plays

    James Purdy

    Hailed as a creative genius (TLS) and a singular American visionary (New York Times ), James Purdy may be best known for his remarkable novels, but he was also an…

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    The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy

    James Purdy

    Collected here for the first time are the complete short stories of a singular American visionary (New York Times).

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    James Purdy: Life of a Contrarian Writer

    Michael Snyder (Assistant Teaching Professor, Assistant Teaching Professor, University of Oklahoma)

    This is the first biography of a gay American novelist, story writer, and playwright who in the early 1960s was considered a major talent and whose work was praised by…

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    The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy

    James Purdy

    Celebrate an authentic American genius (Gore Vidal) in James Purdy’s first complete short story collection.

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    1000 People in 1000 Places

    Douglas James Mecham

    Doug Mecham at age 27 had completed university and was tired of work already. So he purchased a round-the-world air ticket, packed a small backpack, sold his 1955 Thunderbird, and…

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    History of the Descendants of Samuel Harper, James Purdy, and James Leeper

    Samuel Harper Leeper

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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    History of the Descendants of Samuel Harper, James Purdy, and James Leeper

    Samuel Harper Leeper

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    The House of the Solitary Maggot

    James Purdy

    Written in the brilliantly idiosyncratic style for which James Purdy is famous, The House of the Solitary Maggot is a powerful tale of secret desires of which undermine and ultimately…

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    Color of Darkness: Eleven Stories and a Novella

    James Purdy

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    Cabot Wright Begins: A Novel

    James Purdy

    Cabot Wright Begins, first published in 1964, may be one of the most neglected masterpieces in post-World War II American literature.

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    Eustace Chisholm and the Works: A Novel

    James Purdy

    [S]o good that almost any novel you read immediately after it will seem at least a little bit posturing. -Jonathan Franzen

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    Samuel A. Purdie, his Life and Letters, his Work as a Missionary and Spanish Writer and Publisher in Mexico and Central America

    James Purdie Knowles

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    Samuel A. Purdie, his Life and Letters, his Work as a Missionary and Spanish Writer and Publisher in Mexico and Central America

    James Purdie Knowles

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    In a Shallow Grave (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)

    James Purdy

    Originally published by Arbor House in 1975 –Title page verso.

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    Narrow Rooms (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)

    James Purdy

    Originally published by Arbor House in 1978.

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    A Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations: Also of Joint Stock Companies and Other Unincorporated Associations. Volume 1 of 3

    James H Purdy

    The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists…

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    A Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations: Also of Joint Stock Companies and Other Unincorporated Associations. Volume 3 of 3

    James H Purdy

    The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists…

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    A Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations: Also of Joint Stock Companies and Other Unincorporated Associations. Volume 2 of 3

    James H Purdy

    The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists…

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    Moorestown, Old And New

    James C Purdy

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    Moorestown, Old And New

    James C Purdy

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    A treatise on the law of private corporations, also of joint stock companies and other unincorporated associations (Volume I)

    James Hart Purdy

    This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the…

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    The Real War - The Anakim Threat

    Colonel David Hale, Amy Purdy, James Purdy

    President Harry Truman rejoiced with all Americans when World War II came to a close. But, as if the new threat from Josef Stalin in Russia wasn't enough, he learned…

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    The Real War - The Anakim Threat

    Colonel David Hale, Amy Purdy, James Purdy

    President Harry Truman rejoiced with all Americans when World War II came to a close. But, as if the new threat from Josef Stalin in Russia wasn't enough, he learned…

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    Out with the Stars

    James Purdy

    Following the discovery of an anonymous libretto Abner Blossom comes out of retirement to write an opera based on the life of infamous novelist-turned-photographer Cyril Vane. But those who knew…

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    The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories, Volume Three

    James Purdy,J B Priestley,Charles Beaumont

    Since 2005, Valancourt Books has earned a reputation as one of the foremost publishers of lost and rediscovered classics, reissuing more than 400 unjustly neglected works from the past 250…

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    The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories, Volume Three

    James Purdy,J B Priestley,Charles Beaumont

    Since 2005, Valancourt Books has earned a reputation as one of the foremost publishers of lost and rediscovered classics, reissuing more than 400 unjustly neglected works from the past 250…

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    History of the Descendants of Samuel Harper, James Purdy, and James Leeper: And Other Branches of the Leeper and Harper Families, with Addresses Delivered at the Reunion of Their Families on the Hookstown Fair Grounds, August 30, 1893

    Samuel Harper Leeper

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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    The Effects of Intellectual Property Law in Writing Studies: Ethics, Sponsors, and Academic Knowledge-Making

    Karen J. Lunsford,James P. Purdy

    This book documents the intellectual property experiences of writing studies scholars and challenges naturalized ways of responding to intellectual property concerns.

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    The Effects of Intellectual Property Law in Writing Studies: Ethics, Sponsors, and Academic Knowledge-Making

    Karen J. Lunsford,James P. Purdy

    This book documents the intellectual property experiences of writing studies scholars and challenges naturalized ways of responding to intellectual property concerns.

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    Advances in Radiation Therapy

    Recent advances in radiation oncology have depended upon and are intertwined with subsequent scientific discoveries and the development of new techniques in the fields of radiation and molecular biology, physics…

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    Advances in Radiation Therapy

    Recent advances in radiation oncology have depended upon and are intertwined with subsequent scientific discoveries and the development of new techniques in the fields of radiation and molecular biology, physics…

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    An Investigation of the Currents of the Atlantic Ocean, and of Those Which Prevail Between the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic [Ed. by J. Purdy]

    James Rennell

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    An Investigation of the Currents of the Atlantic Ocean, and of Those Which Prevail Between the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic [Ed. by J. Purdy]

    James Rennell

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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    A Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations, Also of Joint Stock Companies and Other Unincorporated Associations; Volume 2

    James Hart Purdy, Charles Fisk 1854-1934 Beach

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    A Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations, Also of Joint Stock Companies and Other Unincorporated Associations; Volume 2

    James Hart Purdy, Charles Fisk 1854-1934 Beach

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    Technical Basis of Radiation Therapy: Practical Clinical Applications

    This well-received book, now in its fifth edition, is unique in providing a detailed examination of the technological basis of radiation therapy.

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    Technical Basis of Radiation Therapy: Practical Clinical Applications

    This well-received book, now in its fifth edition, is unique in providing a detailed examination of the technological basis of radiation therapy.

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    Speaking of Objects: African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago

    A lavishly illustrated selection of highlights from the Art Institute of Chicago’s extraordinary collection of the arts of Africa

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