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A wealthy and regionally influential Choctaw of mixed-race, who belonged to the Choctaw elite due to his mother's rank, LeFlore had many connections in state and federal government. In 1830 LeFlore led other chiefs in signing the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek , which ceded the remaining Choctaw lands in Mississippi to the US government and ...
The list was compiled by a team of critics and editors at The New York Times and, with the input of 503 writers and academics, assessed the books based on their impact, originality, and lasting influence. The selection includes novels, memoirs, history books, and other nonfiction works from various genres, representing well-known and emerging ...
This is a list of lists by year of The New York Times number-one books. The New York Times Best Seller list was first published without fanfare on October 12, 1931. [1] [2] It consisted of five fiction and four nonfiction for the New York City region only. [2] The following month the list was expanded to eight cities, with a separate list for ...
Andrew O’Hagan’s majestic new state-of-the-nation novel Caledonian Road is set over one explosive year and divided into five sections – spring, summer, autumn, winter and realisation – and ...
Book Author January 1: The Sands of Time: Sidney Sheldon: January 8 January 15 January 22 January 29 February 5: Midnight: Dean Koontz: February 12 February 19 February 26: Star: Danielle Steel: March 5 March 12 March 19 March 26: The Satanic Verses: Salman Rushdie: April 2 April 9 April 16 April 23 April 30 May 7 May 14 May 21 May 28: While My ...
Book Author January 2: Wheels: Arthur Hailey: January 9 January 16: The Winds of War: Herman Wouk: January 23: Wheels: Arthur Hailey January 30: The Winds of War: Herman Wouk February 6 February 13 February 20 February 27 March 5 March 12 March 19 March 26 April 2 April 9 April 16 April 23 April 30 May 7 May 14: The Word: Irving Wallace: May 21 ...
The following list ranks the number-one best selling fiction books, in the combined print and e-book fiction category. [2]The most popular books of the year was The Help by Kathryn Stockett, and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen with respectively 15 and 8 cumulative weeks at the top.
Ranked-choice voting is a system where voters rank candidates on their ballots. This means you vote for your first-choice candidate as well as your second, third, fourth choice and so on.