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POINT OF NO RETURN
John P. Marquand
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THE BIG FISHERMAN
Lloyd C. Douglas
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DINNER AT ANTOINE'S
Frances Parkinson Keyes
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THE NAKED AND THE DEAD
Norman Mailer
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THE YOUNG LIONS
Irwin Shaw
THE YOUNG LIONS
by Irwin Shaw · Random House
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Traces three young men, two Americans and one German, from 1938 to 1945 after they meet as soldiers in a Bavarian forest in World War II.
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LUCIFER WITH A BOOK
John Horne Burns
LUCIFER WITH A BOOK
by John Horne Burns · Harper
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Life in a private school with the two newest faculty members, an ex-WAC and a disfigured infantry officer.
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THE GIRL ON THE VIA FLAMINIA
Alfred Hayes
THE GIRL ON THE VIA FLAMINIA
by Alfred Hayes · Harper
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Affair in Italy between American soldier and Roman girl.
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THE FIRES OF SPRING
James A. Michener
THE FIRES OF SPRING
by James A. Michener · Random House
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David Harper discovers love and beauty with the help of fine teachers.
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