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Set of 10 books: Stowaway, CIA & the Cult of Intelligence, War Crimes in Vietnam and More

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Set of 10 books: Stowaway, CIA & the Cult of Intelligence, War Crimes in Vietnam and More

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A set of 10 books including the following titles:

The Way of the Sufi, by Idries Shah

Seize The Time, (The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton) by Bobby Seale.

The C.I.A. and the Cult of Intelligence, by Victor Marchetti and John D. Marks.

Stowaway, by Lawrence Sargent Hall.

The Politics of Escalation in Vietnam, by Franz Schurman, Peter Dale Scott and Reginald Zelnik.

War Crimes in Vietnam by Bertrand Russell.

Uncle John-s Original Roadbook, by John Rahn Braue.

The Quick & Easy Cookbook,

Cell 2455, Death Row, Caryl Chessman-s Own Story.

Miami and the Siege of Chicago by Norman Mailer.

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Set of 10 books: Stowaway, CIA & the Cult of Intelligence, War Crimes in Vietnam and More

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