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Week of May 6, 1940
Full list →FAILURE OF A MISSION
Sir Nevile Henderson
1
FAILURE OF A MISSION
HOW TO READ A BOOK
Mortimer J. Adler
2
HOW TO READ A BOOK
AMERICAN WHITE PAPER
Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner
3
AMERICAN WHITE PAPER
A SMATTERING OF IGNORANCE
Oscar Levant
4
A SMATTERING OF IGNORANCE
EMPIRE ON THE SEVEN SEAS
James Truslow Adams
5
EMPIRE ON THE SEVEN SEAS
YOUR CAREER IN BUSINESS
Walter Hoving
6
YOUR CAREER IN BUSINESS
Week of May 13, 1940
Full list →AMERICAN WHITE PAPER
Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner
1
AMERICAN WHITE PAPER
FAILURE OF A MISSION
Sir Nevile Henderson
2
FAILURE OF A MISSION
HOW TO READ A BOOK
Mortimer J. Adler
3
HOW TO READ A BOOK
A SMATTERING OF IGNORANCE
Oscar Levant
4
A SMATTERING OF IGNORANCE
EMPIRE ON THE SEVEN SEAS
James Truslow Adams
5
EMPIRE ON THE SEVEN SEAS
YOUR CAREER IN BUSINESS
Walter Hoving
6
YOUR CAREER IN BUSINESS
Week of May 20, 1940
Full list →AMERICAN WHITE PAPER
Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner
1
AMERICAN WHITE PAPER
FAILURE OF A MISSION
Sir Nevile Henderson
2
FAILURE OF A MISSION
HOW TO READ A BOOK
Mortimer J. Adler
3
HOW TO READ A BOOK
A SMATTERING OF IGNORANCE
Oscar Levant
4
A SMATTERING OF IGNORANCE
EMPIRE ON THE SEVEN SEAS
James Truslow Adams
5
EMPIRE ON THE SEVEN SEAS
WHO TELLS ME TRUE
Michael Strange
6
WHO TELLS ME TRUE
Week of May 27, 1940
Full list →AMERICAN WHITE PAPER
Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner
1
AMERICAN WHITE PAPER
HOW TO READ A BOOK
Mortimer J. Adler
2
HOW TO READ A BOOK
FAILURE OF A MISSION
Sir Nevile Henderson
3
FAILURE OF A MISSION
I MARRIED ADVENTURE
Osa Johnson
4
I MARRIED ADVENTURE
A SMATTERING OF IGNORANCE
Oscar Levant
5
A SMATTERING OF IGNORANCE
EMPIRE ON THE SEVEN SEAS
James Truslow Adams
6
EMPIRE ON THE SEVEN SEAS
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