Award Winning Books

The Edgar-Award nominated Sam The Cat Detective returns in his third adventure. For ages 9 to adult.Author: Linda StewartPublisher: Cheshire House BooksPublished: 11/15/2002Pages: 144Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34dISBN: 9780967507385Audience: Ages 9-12Award: Agatha Awards - NomineeThis title is not returnable

Ben Kuroki, a Nebraska-born, Japanese American who fought very hard to become an American aerial gunner and a hero during World War II, flew a total of 58 missions against both Germany and Japan. Throughout his adult life, he often spoke out for good...

Flower Arranging: A complete guide for beginners is written for anyone with a love of flowers and a desire to create floral displays. From a simple arrangement to the latest cutting edge contemporary designs, this guide contains all the information you need to get...

Many of the poems in Naming the Stars are about the difficulty of balancing the desires of one self with those of another and the problem of solving the arguments between the body and the soul. The collection's perspective often shifts as the poet...

Born female yet little identified with that gender, these transgender, genderqueer, third gender, and gender variant writers offer personal insights into changing gender identity, dating, workplace issues, and more. This book shines light on those who identify as FTM (female to male) and also...

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in poetry, this serious, ambitious, and graceful book-length poem is the masterwork of one of America's foremost contemporary poets.Author: Donald HallPublisher: Houghton MifflinPublished: 09/20/1988Pages: 80Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 8.19h x 5.43w x 0.34dISBN: 9780899198163Award: National Book...

He was the top male box office attraction at the movies, one of the most widely read newspaper columnists in America, a radio commentator with an audience of more than 60 million, and a globetrotting speaker who filled lecture halls across the land. But...

The long-intertwined communities of the Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation and the bordering towns in Sheridan County, Nebraska, mark their histories in sensational incidents and quiet human connections, many recorded in detail here for the first time. After covering racial unrest in the remote...

A lyrical and intimate account of how a poet, in the midst of a bad divorce, finds consolation and grace through viewing the paintings of Vermeer, in six world cities. In the midst of a divorce (in which the custody of his young daughter...

Taylor Jane Simon is an eighteen-year-old girl with Asperger's Syndrome who has a refreshingly different view of the people she encounters and the life she wants to have. Young adult readers will identify with Taylor's struggle for independence and self-control, and empathize as she...

Michael Mucz's prolonged primary research into Ukrainian-Canadian folk history culminates in Baba's Kitchen Medicines. This book bursts with the cultural memory of pioneering folk from Canada's prairieland. From fever to frostbite, this incomparable compendium of tinctures, poultices, salves, decoctions, infusions, plasters, and tonics will...

2,000 Years of Christianity. Be inspired through these godly men and women who changed their world for Christ. Stories of supernatural courage, callous disbelief, and the life-changing Gospel.Author: Gene FedelePublisher: Bridge-LogosPublished: 03/01/2003Pages: 216Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.20h x 5.90w x 0.80dISBN: 9780882709345Award: Gold Medallion...

This affectionate picture book reveals Rosita's sense of loss when her grandmother dies, and how the family works together on the Day of the Dead to restore the healing power of remembrance.Author: Nancy LuennPublisher: Cooper Square PubPublished: 06/30/2004Pages: 32Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 11.28h x...

Have you ever wondered what it was like to attend a one-room school, to be in the same classroom as your older brother or younger sister, or to have your teacher live with your family for part of the school year?In One Room Schools,...

In this highly accessible history of ships and shipping on the Great Lakes, upper elementary readers are taken on a rip-roaring journey through the waterways of the upper Midwest.Great Ships on the Great Lakes explores the history of the region's rivers, lakes, and inland...

In 1920s Middle America, the Ku Klux Klan gained popularity not by appealing to the fanatical fringes of society, but by attracting the interest of "average" citizens. During this period, the Klan recruited members through the same unexceptional channels as any other organization or...

"Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press""The Rocky Mountain Wild Foods Cookbook" contains recipes and preparation methods for 28 varieties of wild plants easily found in the Rocky Mountains and the West.Author: Darcy WilliamsonPublisher: Caxton PressPublished: 03/01/1995Pages: 251Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.17lbsSize:...

Shortlisted, Independent Publishers Book Award, Performing ArtsA book that gets to the heart of the matter Whether you're a professional musician or an air guitarist, a collector or a true amateur, this book will shake things up The Top 100 Canadian Singles -- brought...

This ground-breaking study, the first of its kind, outlines a theory of publishing that allows publishing houses to focus on their core competencies in times of crisis. Tracing the history of publishing from the press works of fifteenth-century Germany to twenty-first-century Silicon Valley, via...

Winner of a Christianity Today Book Award Baptism. The Lord's Supper. We recognize these church practices. But do we really grasp their meaning and place in Christian worship? Is our neglect of them hindering our communion with Christ? Are we missing the real drama...