Gunn, BillOverview
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Bill Gunn
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Bill Gunn
All the rest have died
by Bill Gunn
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10 editions published between 1964 and 1967 in English and held by 137 libraries worldwide
Black picture show
by Bill Gunn
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8 editions published between 1974 and 2003 in English and held by 127 libraries worldwide
The landlord
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4 editions published between 1995 and 2010 in English and held by 118 libraries worldwide A social satire about a wealthy young man (Bridges) who leaves his Long Island estate to seek happiness in a Brooklyn ghetto.
The outer limits. Volume 1 the original series
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2 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in English and held by 100 libraries worldwide Anthology type science fiction television program with a different cast each week.
The forbidden city
by Bill Gunn
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7 editions published between 1987 and 2003 in English and held by 99 libraries worldwide
Ganja & Hess
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5 editions published between 1973 and 2006 in English and held by 73 libraries worldwide Dr. Hess Green, an archaeologist overseeing an excavation of an ancient civilization called Myrthia, is stabbed by his research assistant, who then commits suicide. When Hess wakes up, he finds that his wounds have healed, but he now has an insatiable thirst for blood. It turns out that the knife he was stabbed with carried ancient germs that have turned him into a vampire. Soon after, Hess meets his former assistant's wife, Ganja. Though Ganja is initially concerned about her missing husband, she soon falls for Hess. Though they are initially happy together, Ganja will eventually learn the truth about Hess, and about her husband. Will she survive the revelation? Will Hess?
Rhinestone sharecropping : a novel
by Bill Gunn
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2 editions published in 1981 in English and held by 56 libraries worldwide
The chilli cookbook
by Bill Gunn
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2 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 53 libraries worldwide
The gospel in Futuna; with chapters on the islands of the new Hebrides, the people, their customs, religious beliefs, etc
by Bill Gunn
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5 editions published in 1914 in English and held by 49 libraries worldwide
The Angel Levine
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3 editions published between 1970 and 2000 in English and held by 47 libraries worldwide Zero Mostel plays an elderly Jew whose life experiences have left him an embittered agnostic. Into Mostel's life floats Alexander Levine, a black Jewish angel, who must convince the old man that life has value or else he will never earn his wings.
Johnnas
by Bill Gunn
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2 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 43 libraries worldwide
The "Historia Brittonum
by Nennius
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5 editions published in 1819 in English and held by 34 libraries worldwide
Ganja & Hess a film
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1 edition published in 1998 in English and held by 34 libraries worldwide A black anthropologist is studying the ancient culture of Myrthia which disappeared when it was destroyed by a transmittable amoebic parasite that was addicted to blood. In the course of his research, he is stabbed with a Myrthian dagger by his assistant who then kills himself.
Rhinestone
by Bill Gunn
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2 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and held by 30 libraries worldwide
Renaissance
by Bill Gunn
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2 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and held by 30 libraries worldwide
Family employment
by Bill Gunn
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2 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and held by 30 libraries worldwide
The owllight
by Bill Gunn
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2 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and held by 28 libraries worldwide
Heralds of dawn : early converts in New Hebrides
by Bill Gunn
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1 edition published in 1924 in English and held by 26 libraries worldwide
Ganja & Hess the complete edition
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 23 libraries worldwide In this once-lost masterpiece of independent horror, the blade of an ancient African knife spreads a vampiric contagion to research assistant George, whose bloodlust soon infects Dr. Hess Green as well. When Hess is enraptured by George's beautiful wife, Ganja, he attempts to conceal his terrible secret ... but at a high price.
Sunlight indicators
by Stafford Watts
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2 editions published between 1978 and 1985 in English and held by 20 libraries worldwide more
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