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Ambassador Book Award Winners

"The Ambassador Book Award (1986–2011) was presented annually by the English-Speaking Union. It recognized important literary and non-fiction works that contributed to the understanding and interpretation of American life and culture. Winners of the award were considered literary ambassadors who provide, in the best contemporary English, an important window on America to the rest of the world"
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The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist
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Anne Tyler
The Afterlife (Donald Antrim)
The Afterlife
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Donald Antrim
All the Days and Nights (William Maxwell)
All the Days and Nights
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William Maxwell
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century (Robert Hass)
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century
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Robert Hass
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin)
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
American Sphinx (Joseph J Ellis)
American Sphinx
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Joseph J Ellis
American Visions: The Epic History of Art in America (Robert Hughes)
American Visions: The Epic History of Art in America
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Robert Hughes
Among Schoolchildren (Tracy Kidder)
Among Schoolchildren
8
Tracy Kidder
The Angel on the Roof (Russell Banks)
The Angel on the Roof
9
Russell Banks
Archibald MacLeish: An American Life (Scott Donaldson)
Archibald MacLeish: An American Life
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Scott Donaldson
Around the Cragged Hill: A Personal and Political Philosophy (Robert Stone)
Around the Cragged Hill: A Personal and Political Philosophy
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Robert Stone
At Home: Essays 1982-1988 (Gore Vidal)
At Home: Essays 1982-1988
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Gore Vidal
Atlantis (Mark Doty)
Atlantis
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Mark Doty
Averno (Louise Glück)
Averno
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Louise Glück
Black Zodiac (Charles Wright)
Black Zodiac
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Charles Wright
Blackbird and Wolf (Henri Cole)
Blackbird and Wolf
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Henri Cole
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
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Tom Wolfe
A Bright Shining Lie (Neil Sheehan)
A Bright Shining Lie
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Neil Sheehan
Burning the Days (James Salter)
Burning the Days
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James Salter
Carry Me Home (Diane McWhorter)
Carry Me Home
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Diane McWhorter
The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst (David Nasaw)
The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst
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David Nasaw
Cities on a Hill (Frances Fitzgerald)
Cities on a Hill
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Frances Fitzgerald
Close Range (Annie Proulx)
Close Range
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Annie Proulx
Collected Poems (Donald Justice)
Collected Poems
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Donald Justice
Collected Poems (Robert Lowell)
Collected Poems
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Robert Lowell
The Collected Poems (Robert Penn Warren)
The Collected Poems
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Robert Penn Warren
Collected Prose (Robert Lowell)
Collected Prose
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Robert Lowell
The Collected Stories (Deborah Eisenberg)
The Collected Stories
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Deborah Eisenberg
The Collected Stories (Amy Hempel)
The Collected Stories
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Amy Hempel
The Collected Stories (Grace Paley)
The Collected Stories
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Grace Paley
The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960–1963 (Michael R. Beschloss)
The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960–1963
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Michael R. Beschloss
The Cycles of American History (Arthur M. Schlesinger)
The Cycles of American History
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Arthur M. Schlesinger
Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression (Morris Dickstein)
Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression
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Morris Dickstein
Dangerous Laughter (Steven Millhauser)
Dangerous Laughter
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Steven Millhauser
The Dark Side (Jane Mayer)
The Dark Side
35
Jane Mayer
The Darkness and the Light (Anthony Hecht)
The Darkness and the Light
36
Anthony Hecht
De Kooning: An American Master (Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan)
De Kooning: An American Master
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Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan
Edith Wharton: A Life (Hermione Lee)
Edith Wharton: A Life
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Hermione Lee
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls
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Richard Russo
Every Riven Thing (Christian Wiman)
Every Riven Thing
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Christian Wiman
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