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Week of December 2, 1945

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UP FRONT
Bill Mauldin
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UP FRONT

by Bill Mauldin · Holt

26 wks at #1 · 22 on list
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PLEASANT VALLEY
Louis Bromfield
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BRAVE MEN
Ernie Pyle
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BRAVE MEN

by Ernie Pyle · Holt

50 wks on list
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PERENNIAL PHILOSOPHY
Aldous Huxley
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PERENNIAL PHILOSOPHY

by Aldous Huxley · Harper

6 wks on list

"An inspired gathering of religious writings that reveals the "divine reality" common to all faiths, collected by Aldous Huxley"The Perennial Philosophy," Aldous Huxley writes, "may be found among the traditional lore of peoples in every region of the world, and in its fully developed forms it has a place in every one of the higher religions." With great wit and stunning intellect--drawing on a diverse array of faiths, including Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christian mysticism, and Islam--Huxley examines the spiritual beliefs of various religious traditions and explains how they are united by a common human yearning to experience the divine. The Perennial Philosophy includes selections from Meister Eckhart, Rumi, and Lao Tzu, as well as the Bhagavad Gita, Tibetan Book of the Dead, Diamond Sutra, and Upanishads, among many others." --Amazon.com.

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CHEROKEE STRIP
Marquis James
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CHEROKEE STRIP

by Marquis James · Viking Press

8 wks on list

"Here is the perpetual variety of small town Oklahoma characters, incidents, changes; the self-confidence of an American boyhood; in honest, winning revelation."–Kirkus Reviews

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THE AGE OF JACKSON
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
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THE AGE OF JACKSON

by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr · Little, Brown

3 wks on list

Presents ideologies, controversies, and personalities of the early 1800's instructive to the American as democracy of today.

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MODERN MAN IS OBSOLETE
Norman Cousins

MODERN MAN IS OBSOLETE

by Norman Cousins · Viking Press

2 wks on list

On the political and social consequences of the atom bomb and atomic energy.

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.