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1989 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction

1989 Pulitzer Prize – General Nonfiction Winner and Nominees

1989 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerA Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in VietnamNeil SheehanOutspoken, professional and fearless, Lt. Col. John Paul Vann went to Vietnam in 1962, full of confidence in America's might and right to prevail. He was soon appalled by the South Vietnamese troops' unwillingness to fight, by their random slaughter of civ...Amazon1989 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction ShortlistComing of Age in the Milky WayTimothy FerrisAmazonThe Last FarmerHoward KohnAmazon
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1989 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize - History

1989 Pulitzer Prize – History Winner and Nominees

1989 Pulitzer Prize - History WinnerBattle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War EraJames M. McPhersonFilled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War. James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the...AmazonParting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954–1963Taylor BranchIn volume one of his America in the King Years, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a masterly account of the American civil rights movement. Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement, Parting the Waters is de...Amazon1989 Pulitzer Prize - History ShortlistA Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in VietnamNeil Sheeh...
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1989 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize - Poetry

1989 Pulitzer Prize – Poetry Winner and Nominees

1989 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry WinnerNew and Collected PoemsRichard WilburSpanning four decades of work and encompassing the poet's six previously published volumes of poetry, twenty-seven new poems, and a cantata, this volume represents the lifetime work of the man invested as Poet Laureate of the United States, October 1987...Amazon1989 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry ShortlistThe One DayDonald HallAmazonThe River of HeavenGarrett HongoAmazon
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1989 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial - Novel

1989 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial – Novel Winner and Nominees

1989 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial - Novel WinnerSchrödinger's KittenGeorge Alec Effinger...Amazon1989 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial - Novel ShortlistDo Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance?Howard WaldropAmazonMrs. Shummel Exits a WinnerJohn KesselAmazonStairsNeal Barrett, Jr.AmazonThe Color WinterSteven PopkesAmazon
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1989 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, World Fantasy Awards, World Fantasy Awards - Novel

1989 World Fantasy Awards – Novel Winner and Nominees

1989 World Fantasy Awards - Novel WinnerKokoPeter StraubBestselling author Peter Straub's Koko is a gripping psychological thriller in which horror and paranoia are indistinguishable from reality.Koko. Only four men knew what it meant. Now they must stop it. They were Vietnam vets-a doctor, a lawyer, a working ...Amazon1989 World Fantasy Awards - Novel ShortlistFadeRobert CormierAmazonSleeping In FlameJonathan CarrollAmazonThe Drive-InJoe R. LansdaleAmazonThe Last CoinJames P. BlaylockAmazonThe Silence of the LambsThomas HarrisAmazon
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1990 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Critics Circle Award - Biography/Autobiography

1990 National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography/Autobiography Winner and Nominees

1990 National Book Critics Circle Award - Biography/Autobiography WinnerMeans of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon JohnsonRobert CaroIn Means of Ascent, Book Two of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Robert A. Caro brings alive Lyndon Johnson in his wilderness years. Here, Johnson’s almost mythic personality—part genius, part behemoth, at once hotly emotional and icily calculating—is seen at ...Amazon1990 National Book Critics Circle Award - Biography/Autobiography ShortlistA Hole in the WorldRichard RhodesAmazonRighteous Pilgrim: The Life and Times of Harold L. IckesT.H. WatkinsAmazonStrong Drink, Strong LanguageJohn EspeyAmazonThe Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Friends, 1880-1918Patricia O’TooleAmazon
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1990 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Critics Circle Award - Criticism

1990 National Book Critics Circle Award – Criticism Winner and Nominees

1990 National Book Critics Circle Award - Criticism WinnerEncounters and Reflections: Art in the Historical PresentArthur DantoProvides a collection of essays on modern art covering such artists as Andy Warhol, David Hockney, and Robert Mapplethorpe...Amazon1990 National Book Critics Circle Award - Criticism ShortlistEmily DickinsonCamille PagliaAmazonEssays in DisguiseWilfrid SheedAmazonNotes of a Hanging Judge: Essays and Reviews, 1979-1989Stanley CrouchAmazonSelected Writings, 1950-1990Irving HoweAmazon
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1990 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction

1990 National Book Critics Circle Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1990 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction WinnerRabbit at RestJohn UpdikeWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Howells Medal, and the National Book Critics Circle Award In John Updike’s fourth and final novel about Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, the hero has acquired a Florida condo, a second grandchild, and a troubled, overworked heart....Amazon1990 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction ShortlistCollected StoriesWallace StegnerAmazonFamily PicturesSue MillerAmazonMiddle PassageCharles JohnsonAmazonThe Things They CarriedTim O’BrienAmazon
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