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10 Books including: The Odyssey, Mission to Hanoi, Daughters and Rebels, and More

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Lot of 10 books, including the following titles:-

Daughters and Rebels by Jessica Millord.

Mission to Hanoi by Harry S. Ashmore and William C. Baggs.

The Miracle Worker by William Gibson.

An American Dream by Norman Mailer.

More than Human by Theodore Sturgeon.

Crime in America by Ramsey Clark.

The Odyssey by Homer.

The Last Battle by Cornelius Ryan.

Law Against the People edited by Robert Lefcourt.

Oriental Rugs in Color.

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10 Books including: The Odyssey, Mission to Hanoi, Daughters and Rebels, and More

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