Notable Books List1955

Uddelt af CODES: Notable Books Council

Andre Navne: ALA Notable Books for Adults (Engelsk), RUSA Notable Books List (Engelsk)
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"Since 1944, the goal of the Notable Books Council has been to make available to the nation’s readers a list of 25 very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and vis mere poetry books for the adult reader." vis mindre
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Alle, Skønlitteratur (211), Faglitteratur (195), Poesi (39), Ingen kategori (2,389)
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The Solitary Singer: A Critical Biography of Walt Whitman af Gay Wilson Allen
1955
The world of Albert Schweitzer, a book of photographs af Erica Anderson
1955
Vor underfulde verden af Lincoln Barnett
1955
Government By Investigation af Alan Barth
1955
The Prevalence of People af Marston Bates
1955
The Day Lincoln Was Shot af Jim Bishop
1955
Mammals of the World af Francois Bourliere
1955
The new dimensions of peace af Chester Bowles
1955
The Lonely Sky: The Personal Story of America's Pioneering Experimental Test Pilot af William Bridgeman
1955
The Dead Sea Scrolls af Millar Burrows
1955
The Edge of the Sea af Rachel Carson
1955
America's Music, from the Pilgrims to the Present af Gilbert Chase
1955
Life and Language in the Old Testament af Mary Ellen Chase
1955
Young Sam Johnson af James L. Clifford
1955
The Dignity of Man. af russell wheeler davenport
1955
The Crime of Galileo af Giorgio De Santillana
1955
The easy chair af Bernard DeVoto
1955
1,000,000 Delinquents af Benjamin Fine
1955
Det sunde samfund af Erich Fromm
1955
Toward a mature faith af Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough
1955
Inside Africa af John Gunther
1955
Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945 af Michihiko Hachiya
1955
The Noble Savage: A Life of Paul Gauguin af Lawrence Hanson
1955
Protestant, Catholic, Jew; an essay in American religious sociology af Will Herberg
1955
Frontiers of Astronomy af Fred Hoyle
1955
Apes, Angels, & Victorians: The Story of Darwin, Huxley, and Evolution af William Irvine
1955
The Supreme Court in the American system of government af Robert H. Jackson
1955
Gaven fra havet af Anne Morrow Lindbergh
1955
France against herself af Herbert Luethy
1955
The living stage; a history of the world theater af Kenneth Macgowan
1955
Nectar in a Sieve af Kamala Markandaya
1955
A Crossbowman's Story of the First Exploration of the Amazon af George Reid Millar
1955
The self and the dramas of history af Reinhold Niebuhr
1955
Man of Everest af Tenzing Norgay
1955
The Cornerstone af Zoé Oldenbourg
1955
Wild America: The Record of a 30,000 Mile Journey Around the Continent by a Distinguished Naturalist and His British Colleague af Roger Tory Peterson
1955
Qataban and Sheba; exploring the ancient kingdoms on the Biblical spice routes of Arabia af Wendell Phillips
1955
Wanted: an Asian policy af Edwin O. Reischauer
1955
The Family of Man af Edward Steichen
1955
The Opposing Self: Nine Essays in Criticism af Lionel Trilling
1955
American Skyline af Christopher Tunnard
1955
The dark eye in Africa af Laurens Van der Post
1955
China Under Communism The First Five Years af Richard L. Walker
1955
The Open Heart af Edward Weeks
1955
A Train of Powder af Rebecca West
1955
How Far the Promised Land? af Walter White
1955

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