The Ambassador Book Award (1986–2011) was presented annually by the English-Speaking Union. It recognized important literary and non-fiction works that... 13 KB (1,454 words) - 07:05, 2 November 2023 |
Sciences, 1996 Pulitzer Prize, 2000 Francis Parkman Prize, 2000 Ambassador Book Award, 2000 California Gold Medal for Literature, 2000 Member of the American... 9 KB (560 words) - 18:46, 24 March 2024 |
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (category Ambassador Book Award-winning works) The Booker Prizes. March 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2022. "The Reluctant Fundamentalist". Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. Retrieved 3 March 2022. "Awards". The... 16 KB (1,768 words) - 11:48, 6 March 2024 |
 | In the Heart of the Sea (redirect from In the Heart of the Sea (book)) was published by Viking Press on May 8, 2000, and won the 2000 National Book Award for Nonfiction. It was adapted into a film of the same name, which was... 5 KB (446 words) - 01:54, 31 January 2024 |
English-Speaking Union awarded the book its Ambassador Book Award. The book was also a finalist for the 1988 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, and... 11 KB (1,104 words) - 06:32, 30 January 2024 |
Anne Tyler (category PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners) Kafka Prize, the Ambassador Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 2012 she was awarded The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence... 52 KB (6,598 words) - 14:27, 7 April 2024 |
 | Mohsin Hamid (section Awards and honours) shortlisted for the Booker Prize, won several awards including the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and the Asian American Literary Award, and was translated... 30 KB (2,478 words) - 11:00, 5 February 2024 |
A Thousand Acres (category Ambassador Book Award-winning works) Smiley. It won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction in 1991 and was adapted to a 1997 film of the same... 4 KB (390 words) - 13:56, 15 December 2023 |
 | European Book Prize Nordic Council's Literature Prize Aga Khan Prize for Fiction Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry Ambassador Book Award American... 41 KB (3,868 words) - 02:12, 22 April 2024 |
The Accidental Tourist (category Ambassador Book Award-winning works) National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction in 1985 and the Ambassador Book Award for Fiction in 1986. The novel was adapted into a 1988 award-winning... 7 KB (804 words) - 06:58, 29 April 2023 |
Miami is a 1987 nonfiction book of social and political analysis by Joan Didion. The book is based on three extended essays Didion published in The New... 2 KB (158 words) - 17:26, 6 January 2024 |
Gilead (novel) (category Ambassador Book Award-winning works) It won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award. It is Robinson's second novel, following Housekeeping (1980)... 19 KB (2,438 words) - 20:29, 11 March 2024 |
 | Michael Beschloss (section Awards) Service Award, the Ambassador Book Award, the Rutgers University Living History Award, the New York State Archives History Award, the Founders Award of the... 13 KB (1,264 words) - 06:03, 15 October 2023 |
The Time of Our Singing (category Ambassador Book Award-winning works) the 2004 Ambassador Book Award for fiction, won the 2004 WH Smith Literary Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award the year... 5 KB (466 words) - 03:44, 5 October 2022 |
A Bright Shining Lie (category Ambassador Book Award-winning works) War. Sheehan was awarded the 1988 National Book Award for Nonfiction and the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for the book. It was adapted as... 7 KB (826 words) - 19:36, 24 September 2023 |
Ambassador Book Award/English-Speaking Union of the US (2002) American Academy of Diplomacy Award (2001) American Revolution Round Table Book Award (2001)... 10 KB (964 words) - 02:11, 17 January 2024 |
Middlesex (novel) (redirect from Middlesex (book)) " The novel received the Ambassador Book Award, Spain's Santiago de Compostela Literary Prize, and the Great Lakes Book Award. In 2003, it was a finalist... 127 KB (13,607 words) - 19:19, 1 February 2024 |
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (category Ambassador Book Award-winning works) Emmy Awards as best supporting actress; other Emmy wins were for Hairstyling, Costume Design, and Art Direction for a Miniseries or special. The book was... 4 KB (397 words) - 07:12, 23 March 2024 |
Underworld (novel) (category Ambassador Book Award-winning works) course of history. A best-seller that was nominated for the National Book Award and shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize, Underworld is often regarded as... 17 KB (1,978 words) - 01:44, 20 February 2024 |
Washington's Crossing is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book written by David Hackett Fischer and part of the "Pivotal Moments in American History" series. It... 4 KB (406 words) - 07:42, 22 September 2023 |
Lake Wobegon Days (category Ambassador Book Award-winning works) 1985. Based on material from his radio show A Prairie Home Companion, the book brought Keillor's work to a much wider audience and achieved international... 4 KB (361 words) - 05:57, 25 July 2022 |
The Bonfire of the Vanities (category Ambassador Book Award-winning works) Stone starting in 1984. Wolfe heavily revised it before it was published in book form. The novel was a bestseller and a phenomenal success, even in comparison... 16 KB (1,969 words) - 00:11, 23 January 2024 |
 | has been awarded the Bancroft Prize, the Lincoln Prize, the Christian Gauss Award, the Ambassador Book Award, the Gustavus Myers Book Award, the John... 14 KB (1,568 words) - 13:42, 24 March 2024 |
 | Theories: Essays on Poetry (1995) Ambassador Book Award of the English-Speaking Union for Vita Nova (2000) Ambassador Book Award of the English-Speaking Union... 70 KB (6,629 words) - 05:59, 24 December 2023 |
In the Beauty of the Lilies (category Ambassador Book Award-winning works) received the 1997 Ambassador Book Award for Fiction. In The New York Times, critic Michiko Kakutani called the work “dazzling ... a book that forces us to... 12 KB (1,498 words) - 15:53, 10 April 2024 |
American Sphinx (category Ambassador Book Award-winning works) Jefferson, is a 1996 book written by Joseph Ellis, a professor of history at Mount Holyoke College. It won the 1997 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Ellis'... 12 KB (1,346 words) - 05:40, 11 November 2023 |
Averno (poetry collection) (category Ambassador Book Award-winning works) poetry published in 2006 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It was a National Book Award Finalist for Poetry that year. Averno or Lake Avernus is a lake west of... 3 KB (254 words) - 18:21, 28 November 2022 |
David Michaelis (section Awards and personal life) 1999 Ambassador Book Award in the Autobiography and Biography category with N.C. Wyeth: A Biography and was nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize... 14 KB (1,529 words) - 08:48, 11 March 2023 |
Empire Falls (category Ambassador Book Award-winning works) roundly praised Russo's novel, especially his development of characters. The book was adapted into a miniseries for HBO in 2005. Set in the decaying, nearly... 16 KB (2,183 words) - 23:14, 22 April 2024 |
the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was shortlisted for the Ambassador Book Award in American Studies, and The New York Times Book Review listed it among... 12 KB (1,314 words) - 02:01, 25 September 2023 |