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National Review's 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the Century - Page 2

"The 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the Century" appeared in the May 3, 1999, issue of National Review.
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18. Centissimus Annus, by Pope John Paul II
55. Systematic Theology, by Wolfhart Pannenberg
56. The Campaign of the Marne, by Sewell Tyng
58. Insight: A Study of Human Understanding, by Bernard Lonergan
69. The Making of Homeric Verse, by Milman Parry
70. The Strange Ride of Rudyard Kipling, by Angus Wilson
71. Scrutiny, by F. R. Leavis
73. Robert E. Lee , by Douglas Southall Freeman
79. The Christian Tradition, by Jaroslav Pelikan
81. Looking Back, by Norman Douglas
86. Wealth and Poverty, by George Gilder
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The Age of Reform (Richard Hofstadter)
The Age of Reform
41
Richard Hofstadter
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (John Maynard Keynes)
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
42
John Maynard Keynes
God and Man at Yale
God and Man at Yale
43
SELECTED ESSAYS, 1917-1932 by T. S. Eliot
SELECTED ESSAYS, 1917-1932 by T. S. Eliot
44
Ideas Have Consequences
Ideas Have Consequences
45
The Economy of Cities (Jane Jacobs)
The Economy of Cities
46
Jane Jacobs
The Closing of the Western Mind (Charles Freeman)
The Closing of the Western Mind
47
Charles Freeman
Ethnic America: A History
Ethnic America: A History
48
An American Dilemma (Gunnar Myrdal)
An American Dilemma
49
Gunnar Myrdal
Case Histories: 1 (Sigmund Freud)
Case Histories: 1
50
Sigmund Freud
The Struggle for Europe (Chester Wilmot)
The Struggle for Europe
51
Chester Wilmot
Main Currents in American Thought (Vernon Louis Parrington)
Main Currents in American Thought
52
Vernon Louis Parrington
The Waning of the Middle Ages (Johan Huizinga)
The Waning of the Middle Ages
53
Johan Huizinga
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Ludwig Wittgenstein)
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
54
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Being and Time
Being and Time
55
Disraeli (Robert Blake)
Disraeli
56
Robert Blake
Democracy and Leadership (Irving Babbitt)
Democracy and Leadership
57
Irving Babbitt
The Elements of Style (William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White)
The Elements of Style
58
William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White
The Machiavellians, Defenders of Freedom
The Machiavellians, Defenders of Freedom
59
Reflections of a Russian Statesman (Konstantin Pobedonostsev)
Reflections of a Russian Statesman
60
Konstantin Pobedonostsev
The Hedgehog and the Fox (Isaiah Berlin)
The Hedgehog and the Fox
61
Isaiah Berlin
Roll Jordan Roll (Eugene Genovese)
Roll Jordan Roll
62
Eugene Genovese
ABC of Reading (Ezra Pound)
ABC of Reading
63
Ezra Pound
The Second World War (John Keegan)
The Second World War
64
John Keegan
The Edge of the Sword (Charles De Gaulle)
The Edge of the Sword
65
Charles De Gaulle
Bureaucracy (Ludwig Von Mises)
Bureaucracy
66
Ludwig Von Mises
The Seven Storey Mountain (Thomas Merton)
The Seven Storey Mountain
67
Thomas Merton
Drei Meister. Balzac, Dickens, Dostojewski (Stefan Zweig)
Drei Meister. Balzac, Dickens, Dostojewski
68
Stefan Zweig
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
69
Rachel Carson
Strange Defeat (Marc Bloch)
Strange Defeat
70
Marc Bloch
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (Henry Adams)
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
71
Henry Adams
Poetry and the Age (Randall Jarrell)
Poetry and the Age
72
Randall Jarrell
Love in the Western World (Denis De Rougement)
Love in the Western World
73
Denis De Rougement
The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot (Russell Kirk)
The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot
74
Russell Kirk
Battle Cry of Freedom (James M. McPherson)
Battle Cry of Freedom
75
James M. McPherson
Henry James (Leon Edel)
Henry James
76
Leon Edel
Essays of E. B. White
Essays of E. B. White
77
Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
Speak, Memory
78
Vladimir Nabokov
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe)
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
79
Tom Wolfe
Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution (Michael J. Behe)
Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution
80
Michael J. Behe
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