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Inventing america national book critics circle award for general nonfiction cowinner, with facts of life by maureen howard. The prestigious literary awards for the best englishlanguage books published in the u. The making of the atomic bomb, a book written by richard rhodes, won the 1988 pulitzer prize for general nonfiction, a national book award and a national book critics circle award. From among the national book critics circle nominees, 4.
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