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1986 Awards

28Mar By awardsarchive_e47t1fNo Comments
1986 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize - Fiction

1986 Pulitzer Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1986 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction WinnerLonesome DoveLarry McMurtryThe timeless, bestselling four-part epic that began with the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove takes readers into the lives of Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call, two tough-as-nails Texas Rangers in the heyday of the Old West. Dead Man’s Walk As young Tex...Amazon1986 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction ShortlistContinental DriftRussell BanksAmazonThe Accidental TouristAnne TylerAmazon
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1986 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction

1986 Pulitzer Prize – General Nonfiction Winner and Nominees

1986 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerCommon Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American FamiliesJ. Anthony LukasWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, and the American Book Award, the bestselling Common Ground is much more than the story of the busing crisis in Boston as told through the experiences of...AmazonMove Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and WhiteJoseph Lelyveld...Amazon1986 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction ShortlistHabits and the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American LifeRobert Neelly BellahAmazon
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1986 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize - History

1986 Pulitzer Prize – History Winner and Nominees

1986 Pulitzer Prize - History Winner…The Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space AgeWalter A. McDougallWinner of the Pulitzer Prize in History for 1986, this highly acclaimed study approaches the space race as a problem in comparative public policy. Drawing on exhaustive research, author and ORBIS editor Walter A. McDougall examines U.S., European, and Sovi...Amazon1986 Pulitzer Prize - History ShortlistEmigrants and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North AmericaKerby A. MillerAmazonLabor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women, Work and the Family from Slavery to the PresentJacqueline JonesAmazonNovus Ordo Seclorum: the Intellectual Origins of the ConstitutionForrest McDonaldAmazon
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1986 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction

1986 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1986 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction WinnerThe Handmaid's Tale: A NovelMargaret Atwood...Amazon1986 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction ShortlistA Perfect SpyJohn le CarréAmazonLake Wobegon DaysGarrison KeillorAmazonThe Accidental Tourist: A NovelAnne TylerAmazonThe Golden GateVikram SethAmazonThe Old GringoCarlos FuentesAmazon
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1986 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

1986 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

1986 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerThe Collected Poems of Al PurdyAl Purdy...Amazon1986 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistThe Immaculate PerceptionChristopher DewdneyAmazonThe Night the Dog SmiledJohn NewloveAmazon
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1986 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

1986 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

1986 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerNorthrop Frye on ShakespeareNorthrop FryeOffers fresh insights into ten of Shakespeares most popular plays, relating each of these works to others and discussing many of the central elements of Shakespearean drama...Amazon1986 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistHomeWitold RybczynskiAmazonMelanie KleinPhyllis GrosskurthAmazonThe Imperial CanadianClaude BissellAmazon
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1986 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

1986 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1986 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe Progress of LoveAlice Munro**Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature** These dazzling and utterly satisfying stories explore varieties and degrees of love - filial, platonic, sexual, parental and imagined - in the lives of apparently ordinary folk. In fact, Munros characters pulse ...Amazon1986 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistA Stone WatermelonLois BraunAmazonAdult EntertainmentJohn MetcalfAmazonNo Fixed AddressAritha van HerkAmazon
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1986 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

1986 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

1986 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerDocSharon PollockWhen Catherine returns home on the eve of ceremonies honouring her physician father, she unleashes a kaleidoscope of memories as father and daughter attempt to lay old ghosts to rest. While public service has been the keynote of Docs life it has covered t...Amazon1986 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistOdd JobsFrank MoherAmazonPapersAllan StrattonAmazon
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