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Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of August 20, 1950

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WORLDS IN COLLISION

Immanuel Velikovsky

WORLDS IN COLLISION

by Immanuel Velikovsky · MacMillan Company

11 wks at #1 · 19 on list

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19 on list

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ROOSEVELT IN RETROSPECT

John Gunther

ROOSEVELT IN RETROSPECT

by John Gunther · Harper and Brothers

10 wks on list

10

wks on list

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COURTROOM

Quentin Reynolds

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COURTROOM

by Quentin Reynolds · Farrar, Straus

10 wks on list

10

wks on list

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LOOK YOUNGER, LIVE LONGER

Gayelord Hauser

Cover of LOOK YOUNGER, LIVE LONGER

LOOK YOUNGER, LIVE LONGER

by Gayelord Hauser · Farrar, Straus and Company

19 wks on list

19

wks on list

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DIANETICS

L. Ron Hubbard

Cover of DIANETICS

DIANETICS

by L. Ron Hubbard · Hermitage House

10 wks on list

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10

wks on list

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THE LITTLE PRINCESSES

Marion Crawford

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THE LITTLE PRINCESSES

by Marion Crawford · Harcourt Brace and Company

4 wks on list

4

wks on list

7

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JOHN ADAMS AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Catherine Drinker Bowen

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JOHN ADAMS AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

by Catherine Drinker Bowen · Little, Brown and Company

7 wks on list

7

wks on list

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THE MATURE MIND

Harry Allen Overstreet

THE MATURE MIND

by Harry Allen Overstreet · W.W. Norton and Company

52 wks on list

52

wks on list

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CHICAGO CONFIDENTIAL

Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer

CHICAGO CONFIDENTIAL

by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer · Crown Publishers, Inc

23 wks on list

23

wks on list

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ELEANOR OF AQUITIANE AND THE FOUR KINGS

Amy Kelly

ELEANOR OF AQUITIANE AND THE FOUR KINGS

by Amy Kelly · Harvard University Press

8 wks on list

8

wks on list

11

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ORDEAL BY SLANDER

Owen Lattimore

Cover of ORDEAL BY SLANDER

ORDEAL BY SLANDER

by Owen Lattimore · Little, Brown and Company

1 wks on list

1

wks on list

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BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

Ellis M. Zacharias

Cover of BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

by Ellis M. Zacharias · G.P. Putnam's Sons

2 wks on list

2

wks on list

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SEEDS OF TREASON

Ralph de Toledano and Victor Lasky

SEEDS OF TREASON

by Ralph de Toledano and Victor Lasky · Funk and Wagnalls

18 wks on list

18

wks on list

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THE COCKTAIL PARTY

T.S. Eliot

THE COCKTAIL PARTY

by T.S. Eliot · Harcourt, Brace and Company

22 wks on list

22

wks on list

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MR. JONES, MEET THE MASTER

Peter Marshall

Cover of MR. JONES, MEET THE MASTER

MR. JONES, MEET THE MASTER

by Peter Marshall · Fleming H. Revell Company

32 wks on list

32

wks on list

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ESCAPE TO ADVENTURE

Fitzroy MacLean

Cover of ESCAPE TO ADVENTURE

ESCAPE TO ADVENTURE

by Fitzroy MacLean · Little, Brown and Co

5 wks on list

5

wks on list

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