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Week of August 6, 1934
Full list →WHILE ROME BURNS
Alexander Woollcott
1
WHILE ROME BURNS
STARS FELL ON ALABAMA
Carl Carmer
2
STARS FELL ON ALABAMA
NIJINSKY
Romola Nijinsky
3
NIJINSKY
NEW CAREERS FOR YOUTH
Walter B. Pitkin
4
NEW CAREERS FOR YOUTH
ESCAPE FROM THE SOVIETS
Tatiana Tchernavin
5
ESCAPE FROM THE SOVIETS
CONQUEST OF TIBET
Sven Hedin
6
CONQUEST OF TIBET
LIFE BEGINS AT FORTY
Walter B. Pitkin
7
LIFE BEGINS AT FORTY
Week of August 13, 1934
Full list →STARS FELL ON ALABAMA
Carl Carmer
1
STARS FELL ON ALABAMA
NIJINSKY
Romola Nijinsky
2
NIJINSKY
WHILE ROME BURNS
Alexander Woollcott
3
WHILE ROME BURNS
LIFE BEGINS AT FORTY
Walter B. Pitkin
4
LIFE BEGINS AT FORTY
MODERN AMERICAN PROSE
Carl Van Doren
5
MODERN AMERICAN PROSE
NEW CAREERS FOR YOUTH
Walter B. Pitkin
6
NEW CAREERS FOR YOUTH
CURZON: THE LAST PHASE
Harold Nicholson
7
CURZON: THE LAST PHASE
Week of August 20, 1934
Full list →WHILE ROME BURNS
Alexander Woollcott
1
WHILE ROME BURNS
NIJINSKY
Romola Nijinsky
2
NIJINSKY
ENGLISH JOURNEY
J. B. Priestley
3
ENGLISH JOURNEY
STARS FELL ON ALABAMA
Carl Carmer
4
STARS FELL ON ALABAMA
AMERICAN SONG
Paul Engle
5
AMERICAN SONG
MODERN AMERICAN PROSE
Carl Van Doren
6
MODERN AMERICAN PROSE
LIFE BEGINS AT FORTY
Walter B. Pitkin
7
LIFE BEGINS AT FORTY
Week of August 27, 1934
Full list →THE COMING AMERICAN BOOM
L. L. B. Angas
1
THE COMING AMERICAN BOOM
ENGLISH JOURNEY
J. B. Priestley
2
ENGLISH JOURNEY
WHILE ROME BURNS
Alexander Woollcott
3
WHILE ROME BURNS
NIJINSKY
Romola Nijinsky
4
NIJINSKY
STARS FELL ON ALABAMA
Carl Carmer
5
STARS FELL ON ALABAMA
LIFE BEGINS AT FORTY
Walter B. Pitkin
6
LIFE BEGINS AT FORTY
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