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The Natural
Bernard Malamud's acclaimed first novel, The Natural (1952), retells the Grail story of Arthurian legend as a modern baseball tale and metaphor for...
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Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë's 1847 Gothic novel about the brooding Heathcliff's passion for Cathy has become one of cinema's most enduring love stories....
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Jerzy Kosinski
Polish-born popular American author of two sociological studies and nine novels, survivor of the Holocaust, husband of the heiress to the U.S....
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey's first and best known novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962), the story of an unlikely redeemer who triumphs over the...
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Lorraine Hansberry
A black American playwright who produced only two plays before her death from cancer at 34, Lorraine Hansberry nonetheless made a tremendous...
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Norman Mailer
With the publication of his brilliant first novel The Naked and the Dead (1948), Norman Mailer established himself as the next important writer of...
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Catch-22
Hailed as "a classic of our era," "an apocalyptic masterpiece," and the best war story ever told, Joseph Heller's blockbuster first novel, Catch-22...
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Brownie Cameras
The Brownie Camera revolutionized popular photography worldwide by bringing it within the reach of all amateurs, including children. Commissioned...
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Bela Lugosi
With his aristocratic accent, distinctive profile, slicked dark hair, spidery fingers, mesmerizing eyes, and swirling black cape, Hungarian-born...
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Kodak
Kodak is the American corporate photo giant whose film and imaging products are recognized worldwide. Headquartered in Rochester, New York, the...
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