Big Cast Exploration in An Honest Novel of Marriage
A favorable review of Lane Kauffmanns exploration of many characters and a life in New York society centered on the engagement and wedding of Vickie Fortescue and Roger Hilliard. The author contrasts with sensational fiction, praising depth and social commentary in a sprawling but substantial tale.
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Esstae
Lane Kauffmann
Lippincott
Happy Relef
Kauffmann
Meredith
Marquant
New York
Vickie Fortescue
Roger Hilliard
Vickie
Roger
Charles Forescue
Owen Hilliard
Librarian Calls Penitentiary For Overdue Book
Judy Oliver of Columbus Public Library tried to reach a patron at home about an overdue book The Power of Positive Thinking. The patron’s mother explained he cannot be reached as he is in the Ohio Penitentiary.
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Columbus, Ohio
Judy Oliver
Columbus Public Library
Parsons Avenue
Ohio
Life and Death of Lenin Is Described
A 649 page biography by Robert Payne from Simon and Schuster surveys Lenin life and death with harsh judgments. It argues Stalin poisoned Lenin to justify the 30 year rule and challenges legends about Lenin heritage wealth humility and humanity while noting Payne adds chronology bibliography index and notes for serious readers.
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Lenin
Robert Payne
Simon and Schuster
Edgar Allan Poe
Alfred Hitchcock
Charles Addams
Vladimir Tyich Lenin
Stefan T. Possony
Regnery
Louis Fischer
Harper's
Payne
Stalin
Georgia
Tavne
Top Ten Hits List Singers and Songs
A readable rundown features titles and artists including Chapel of Love by the Dixie Cups a world without love by Peter and Gordon Love Me Do by the Beatles Love Me With All Your Heart by Ray Charles Singers My Guy by Mary Wells Walk On By by Dionne Warwick Hello Dolly by Louis Armstrong Do You Love Me by the Dave Clark Five I Get Around by the Beach Boys and Diane by the Bachelors.
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Dixie Cups
Peter & Gordon
Ray Charles
MY Guy
Wells
Warwick Hello
Dolly
Armstrong
Dave Clark Five
Beach Boys
Diane
U S Toured By Another Top Novelist
Erskine Caldwell's Around About America surveys life in the United States at the century's turn. Across 25 000 miles in rented cars with his wife he visits offbeat places and blends brief essays with quick Interim scenes. He covers Hutterite life in South Dakota Basque shepherd descendants near Winnemucca and a Nacogdoches writers conference. Describes desegregation debates and a car rental incident in Birmingham. Some praise Steinbeck's Travels with Charley for better insight.
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South Dakota
Winnemucca
New
Birmingham
Partisan History Of Guard Partisan History Of Guard
Jim Dan Hill's Stackpole history traces the National Guard from the colonial Minute Man to a modern force. The book blends firsthand experience with partisan opinion, detailing battles on Capitol Hill and debates over state versus federal control. Hill, a retired major general, argues the Guard won its fight for entity despite criticism.
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Jim Dan Hill
Stackpole
National Guard
Guard
Hill
Pentagon
Korea
Capitol Hill
Entity
Julian the Apostate as Wide Screen History Novel
Gore Vidal presents Julian the Apostate through three narrators Priscus Libanius and Julian himself set after his death in 361 at age 30 dying two years later on a Persian campaign. The tale blends pagan Rome Christian critique and Hellenic philosophy with vivid detail about empire life and politics.
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Julian
Gore Vidal
Little, Brown
Augustus
Vidal
Priscus
Libanius
Best Sellers Fiction and Nonfiction List Summary
The page lists best seller titles across fiction and nonfiction. Notable works include The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by Le Carre, The Night in Lisbon by Remarque, The Group by McCarthy, The Naked Society by Packard, A Moveable Feast by Hemingway, Four Days by UPI American Heritage, and A Day in the Life of President Kennedy by Bishop, with The Torch Is Passed not listed as sold generally.
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le Carre
Knebel and Bailey
Lisbon
Remarque
McCarthy
Kim
Upi-American Heritage
the Naked Society
Packard
Hemingway
Kennedy
Murphy
Palace Intrigues and Battle Campaigns in History
A compact look at palace intrigues, military campaigns, ritual rites, and sweeping contrasts of beliefs across eras. It contrasts mystic practices with statecraft, noting how philosophy shaped governance and personal power.
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Tex
Long Island
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Charley
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West Monroe
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Component Homes
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Mastercraft Family of Fine Homes
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Monroe
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