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The iceman cometh

Presents the text of the 1946 play about a group of pipe-dreaming drunks in 1912 who hang out at a skid row bar awaiting the annual appearance of the fast-talking, big-spending salesman, Hickey, only to be disappointed by the changes that have occurred in his life.

Idlewild

Set in the Prohibition-era American South, a speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend, not only with gangsters who have their eyes on the club, but also his piano player and partner Percival. Percival must choose between his love for Angel or his obligations to his father.

Limbo Lounge

2017
"An original graphic novel where newly dead people in Limbo await their fate at a bar while surrounded by bored interlopers from hell"--Amazon.com.
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The secret of Skull Island

2013
Twins Otis and Cody Carson, their father Hayden, cousin Rae Lee, and family friend Maxim, go to a Caribbean island where Aunt Edith's dream of running an inn is being hampered by ghostly activities and deceitful guests.

The Havana room

2004
Bill Wyeth's perfect life quickly unravels after losing his successful business and his family, leading him into a dangerous relationship with Allison Sparks, the manager of an old-time Manhattan steakhouse that caters to some of the city's most dangerous criminals.

The Anchor

P. Moore, proprietor
2003
Polly Moore is wise beyond her years when, in 1764 North Carolina, she runs her father's tavern, cares for the family, develops strong political opinions, and witnesses a pre-Revolution rebellion.

Faces along the bar

lore and order in the workingman's saloon, 1870-1920
1998
Recreates the daily life of the barroom in pre-prohibition industrial America, discussing how saloons reshaped American society.

The Draco Tavern

2006
Contains twenty-six tales and vignettes set in the Draco Tavern, an establishment owned by Rick Schumann which caters to aliens visiting the spaceport at Mount Forel in Siberia.

The tender bar

a memoir
2005
The author presents his memoirs of growing up without his father and finding himself looking for male role models among the regulars at Publicans, a Manhasset, Long Island, bar.

The iceman cometh

1999
Presents the text of the 1946 play about a group of pipe-dreaming drunks in 1912 who hang out at a skid row bar awaiting the annual appearance of the fast-talking, big-spending salesman, Hickey, only to be disappointed by the changes that have occurred in his life.

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