Award Winning Books

Sheila Packa has received two Loft McKnight Fellowships, in both poetry and prose, and numerous other awards. She was Duluth's Poet Laureate of 2010-2012. According to Leah Rogne, PhD, of Minnesota State University in Mankato, "Sheila Packa's poetry is at once deeply personal and...

Racing Hummingbirds examines, critiques, and at times delights in one woman's navigation through the many worlds of manic depression and her struggle to maintain humanity in the process. Jeanann Verlee's award-winning debut collection is a series of narratives, prayers, and conjurings which address gender,...

In nearly 70 heart- and mind-opening teachings, Pilgrims to Openness lays bare the compelling view of Kashmir Shaivism (Trika Shaivism, direct realization Tantra) and offers the reader powerful guidance for embodying greater freedom and fulfillment in human life. Shambhavi Sarasvati is a gifted teacher...

What We Ask of Flesh, like the flesh itself, is full of honey and fire. It's impossible not to feel called by these poems, summoned by their rich sound and vatic voice.--Amy GerstlerBlending biblical characters into a deeply personal history, What We Ask of...

Lantern Tree: Four Books of Poems is a luminous collaboration that explores life's spaces- the lantern of relation, journey, spirit, desire, loss, and home. At once disparate and entangled, the voices found here are those of Chris Brown in Under the Broom Tree, Heather...

Author: A. K. StrattonPublisher: Ink Brush PressPublished: 09/12/2011Pages: 132Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31dISBN: 9780983596875Award: Oklahoma Book Award - FinalistThis title is not returnable

The richest, most powerful woman in the world, Cleopatra ruled the East and tamed the West. With both cunning and charm, she beguiled two of the most famous men in history, entwining Egypt's destiny with Rome's. Many believed she was as sly as a...

Forget the old concepts and steps of widowhood and grieving. There are better answers to a widow's questions of "what now" and "what next". Widow's Key won a national book award because it offers today's real-world solutions and step-by-step advice for before, during and...

A haunting triple murder... the inside story of the investigation.When two worlds collide-the illegal transportation of tons of Mexican cartel marijuana to inner city gang members in a Midwestern city's "hood"-three bodies end up burning, caught in a web of greed as a major...

SHIVA is the Hindu god of life and death, of destruction and rebirth. He is terrifying and he is benevolent. He has three eyes through which he can view the past, the present, and the future. The third eye looks inward. If he were...

"We sometimes can browse the world but sometimes we need detail. We need to know the ugly why and the beautiful why. The poetic Queer why is often neglected. I believe this anthology will go someway to uncover and decorate our eclectic and diverse...

Buoyed by the success of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google, thousands of companies of all sizes are fundamentally rethinking how they do business. They are creating vibrant ecosystems and, in the process, reaping big rewards. In the tradition of The Long Tail, The Age...

Poetry. Middle Eastern Studies. Asian American Studies. Al Andalus--a unique cultural convergence in human time where myth hovers the way moths are drawn to lampshine, and in her luminous, spare language, Shadab Zeest Hashmi catches its essence: attar of memory, the perfume of peace,...

In this remarkable collection of interviews with seven people who've died, Irene Kendig, with the help of a gifted medium, explores what happens when we transition from physical to non-physical life. Each of the seven dialogues begins with the same question: What did you...

If I were Colen's agent, I'd pitch these poems to a movie producer as "David Lynch meets Gertrude Stein." Money for Sunsets, like Tender Buttons, is syntactically rich and varied, using fragments, repetition, and word associations.If I were Colen's agent, I might not mention...

Based on a true story of forgiveness, Kingdom of Simplicity invites readers into the compelling life of sixteen-year old Eli Yoder, a misguided Amish youth in rumspringa faced with forgiving the person who killed his sisters.Author: Holly PaynePublisher: Skywriter BooksPublished: 07/01/2009Pages: 286Binding Type: PaperbackWeight:...

This is a novel about culture shock, love, loss, identify, belonging, the Inuit people, and the birth of the Nunavut Territory in Arctic Canada.Author: Mara FeeneyPublisher: Gaby PressPublished: 04/01/2009Pages: 239Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53dISBN: 9780981931951Award: Independent Publisher Book Awards -...

In Volume 3, The Nature of Wonder, Royal Bodyguard Hatter Madigan follows the Glow of the setting sun into America's wild west in search of Wonderland's lost princess. Hatter's adventures will include a shamanic vision quest in the Grand Canyon and tracking Black Imagination...

Both homespun and sophisticated, this book of poems and family memories carries a bite: the author is an Oklahoma woman with a history of hard traveling and a feminist intellectual with a formidable critical vocabulary. She writes in a language of solidarity, affirmation, and...

In this charming sequel to the award winning The Goofy Gourmet(r) storybook-cookbook, Lauren the Goofy Gourmet and Ariel the Alligator prepare for a perfect picnic at Woodbury Trace. This is a delightful storybook which creatively suggests ways to spend time with kids in the...