Days Of Pain And Glory In Conquered France
Book review of Ehrlich's work on France's 1940 collapse, Resistance, and exile Paris. Praises objectivity yet notes omissions of German sources and key agents like Buckmaster. highlights Polish and Czech intelligence and the conspiratorial atmosphere shaping the Resistance's arc.
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France
Blake Elbritch
Eilile
London
Ehrlich
Paris
Leclare A
Mauricé Buckmaster
Alan Pryce-Jones
Faithful Sister Of Napoleon Pauline A Bonaparte Biography
Pierson Dixon profiles Pauline Bonaparte Napoleon's sister in a 224 page biography from David McKay priced at 5.55. The work portrays Pauline's loyalty and charm, her rise from laundress to princess, and her close but complicated relation to Napoleon as the Bonaparte circle navigates state and heart amid Paris society. Sir Pierson Dixon, former British ambassador, offers a discreet, stylish study of Pauline's life, marriages, and enduring influence.
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Pauline
Napoleon
Pierson Dixon
David McKay
Napeleon
Corsica
Bonaparte Broad
Napoleion
Hia Elity
Sir Pierson Dixon
Catullus
Spain
Theodora
Faubourg St. Honore
Paris
Duke of
Hotel de Charast
Sir Pierson
Pierson
Pauling
Haiti
Kennedy
Lincoln
Quai D’orsay
Ft. Knox
John F. Kennedy
David McKay Company Inc
Ofee Vert
Cry Of Anguish About Race and Negro Identity in America
A reflective piece argues Americans ignore the core issue of race by not accepting the Negro as a person. It links riots in Los Angeles to broader civil rights themes echoed by Ellison, Baldwin, Wright, Williams, and Lomax. It urges law and order plus poverty programs, centering the Negro’s acceptance as America’s goal, signed Robert Marks.
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Los Angeles
Wales
United States
Ralph Ellison
Ellison
Louis Lomax
Richard Wright
James Baldwin
Charles Wright
John Williams
America
South
Wright
Department of Labor
Baldwin
Williams
Detroit
Harlem
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Rochester
Billy Graham
Marie Antoinette
Robert Marks
Discards Of Society MIDNIGHT COWBOY
A review of James Ley Herlihy’s Midnight Cowboy praises its stark portrayal of loneliness and outcasts. Joe Buck and Ratso Rizzo inhabit New York’s underworld, with bleak yet powerful prose and a tragic sense that elevates a marginal duo into humane beings.
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James Ley Herlihy
Simon & Schuster
Herlihy
Joe Buck
Joe
Albuquerque
Houston
Peabie
Joe Rigg
New York
Schatten Affair in Berlin Novel by Frederic Morion
In West Berlin Leon Spey arrives to plan a grand hotel opening around the aging Prince Schaiten. Ahn’s daughter Irene and the Prince’s physician obstruct his pursuit as a web of suspense builds toward a striking ending. Comic diversions from Julius and a powerful municipal tourist official add flavor to a gothic hipster tale.
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Schatten
Frederic _Morion
Athemoun
Maria
Herlin
Leon Spey
Spiegelglags
West Berlin
Leon
Prince Schaiten
East Germany
Abn
Ahn
Irene
Julius
Morton
Paradox The Accidental Century by Harrington
Michael Harrington argues that rapid, conscious changes in modern life arise from a paradoxical capitalism. He contends big business destroys small enterprise and individual virtue, forming a private bureaucracy that serves private profit. He ties corporate collectivism to a Russian model in critique.
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Michael Harrington
MacMillan
Harrington
The Broken Friendship OPPENHEIER: The Story of a Pricedship
Raymond K. Price Jr. reviews Haakon Chevalier's account of the Oppenheimer security case and the Chevalier incident. The work critiques Chevalier's self portrayal and Oppenheimer's evolution, presenting a dramatic yet somber view of two old friends torn apart by politics and loyalty.
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Oppenheier
Haakon Chevalier
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Haakon
Chevalier
Oppenheimer
Tmight
University of California At Berkeley
Gonenheifer
George Eltenton
Eltenton
Opnenheimer
Los Alamos Laboratory
Raymond K. Price JR
The Kennedy Memoir from Evelyn Lincoln Reveals Hints of Fate
Evelyn Lincoln recounts Kennedy moments from the Vienna talks to Paris quips and a near turbulence of fate. She details Kennedy's humor, fear, and faith, including his plane slip with a prophetic line, Rose Garden care, and the Johnson vice presidency offer.
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Frances Lewine
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Evelyn Lincoln
White House
Reardon
Lincoln
Kennedy
Best Sellers in Fiction and Nonfiction
The list features several fiction titles including Up the Down Staircase, The Green Berets, The Ambassador, Hotel, and The Source. Nonfiction items include Is Faris Burning, The Making of the President 1964, Oxford History of the American People, Markings, and Queen Victoria.
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Michener
Kaufman
Moore
West Hotel
Harley
Faris
Collins and Lapierre
Ie Tre
Morison
Hammarskjold
Queen Victoria
Longford
Noble Cello Enchantment and Arts Center Dreams
A discussion praises the cello as a deeply expressive instrument, notes Lincoln Center fundraising near its goal, and suggests a community cultural center funded by local donors. It cites Thor Johnson and the Fish Creek festival as examples of presenting old and new works, plus Joan Sutherland’s return and touring plans.
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William Schumann
Lincoln Center
New York City
Thor Johnson
Winston-Salem
Fish Creek
Wis
Alter Yong
Serge Kousseviltsky
Wisconsin
Johnson
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Larry O’brien
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Bob Kennedy
Johnion
Texas
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Joan Sutherland
Misa Sutherland
Sydney
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the Sun
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