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A Fire on the Moon by Norman Mailer
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Mailer's superb account, written as it was happening, of the first attempt to land men on the moon 'Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.' A Fire on the Moon tells the scarcely credible story of the Apollo 11 mission. It is suffused with Mailer's obsession both with the astronauts themse ...Show more
Advertisements for Myself PMC by Norman Mailer
Category: Biography | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Advertisements for Myself is a comprehensive collection of the best of Norman Mailer's essays, stories, interviews and journalism from the Forties and Fifties, linked by anarchic and riotous autobiographical commentary. Laying bare the heart of a witty, belligerent and vigorous writer, this manifesto of ...Show more
An American Dream by Norman Mailer
Category: Fiction
In this wild battering ram of a novel, which was originally published to vast controversy in 1965, Norman Mailer creates a character who might be a fictional precursor of the philosopher-killer he would later profile in The Executioner’s Song. As Stephen Rojack, a decorated war hero and former congressm ...Show more
An American Dream by Norman Mailer
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
As Stephen Rojack, a decorated war hero and former congressman who murders his wife in a fashionable New York City high-rise, runs amok through the city in which he was once a privileged citizen, Mailer peels away the layers of our social norms to reveal a world of pure appetite and relentless cruelty. ...Show more
Faith of Graffiti by Mailer Norman & Naar Jon
Category: Art
"The Faith is the bible of graffiti. It forever captures the place, the time, and the writings of those of us who made it happen." --Snake I In 1973, author Norman Mailer teamed with photographer Jon Naar to produce The Faith of Graffiti, a fearless exploration of the birth of the street art movement i ...Show more
Harlot's Ghost by Norman Mailer
Category: General Fiction
With unprecedented scope and consummate skill, Norman Mailer unfolds a rich and riveting epic of an American spy. Harry Hubbard is the son and godson of CIA legends. His journey to learn the secrets of his society—and his own past—takes him through the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the “mom ...Show more
John F. Kennedy- Superman Comes to the Supermarket by Norman Mailer; Nina Wiener (Editor); J. Michael Lennon (Contribution by)
Category: Biography
A time for greatness: An inside look into John F. Kennedy's 1960 campaign for America With his Hollywood good looks, boundless enthusiasm, and mesmeric media presence, John F. Kennedy was destined to capture the imaginations of the more than 70 million Americans who watched the nation's first te ...Show more
Knockout: The Art of Boxing by Ken Regan; Muhammad Ali (Foreword by); Liam Neeson (Introduction by); Budd Schulberg (Afterword by); Norman Mailer (Commentaries by)
Category: Sports and Hobbies
Chronicling the legacy of boxing's biggest names--including the great Muhammad Ali--and their impact on "the sweet science," Knockout: The Art of Boxing pays tribute to Ken Regan's incomparable photography and coverage of the sport. Ken Regan was a young photographer in 1964 when he covered Muhammad ...Show more