Award Winning Books

Why does everyone keep telling Lily that many hands make the basket? Didn't she make the basket with her very own hands? It is the most beautiful basket of her 10-year-old life and no one will give her the credit she deserves. In the...

In 1940, the Polish Underground wanted to know what was happening inside the recently opened Auschwitz concentration camp. Polish army officer Witold Pilecki volunteered to be arrested by the Germans and reported from inside the camp. His intelligence reports, smuggled out in 1941, were...

From the dark days of the depression, to the middle ages and the old west, these tales of horror and myth and the mystery of the Femme Fatale reveal secrets even our heroine doesn't know about yet. Bold and experimental, this is pulp noir...

2009 IACP Winner Health and Special Diets Category Cookbooks and diet books that focus on healthful eating, nutrition, dietary concerns and special or restrictive diets. And The James Beard Foundation 2009 Award in the Healthy Focus category. For author Ellie Krieger -- and also...

All of the landmark speeches of the great orator and American leader are in this collection. The set contains recordings previously included on "A Call to Conscience" and "A Knock at Midnight."Author: Clayborne Carson, Kris Shepard, Peter HolloranPublisher: Grand Central PublishingPublished: 12/01/2009Binding Type: CDWeight:...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER As the civil rights struggle heats up in Texas, two families-one white, one black-find common ground. This semi-autobiographical tale is set in 1967 Texas, against the backdrop of the fight for civil rights. A white family from a notoriously...

Caroline serves others with little time to enjoy the sweeter parts of life. Until her old boyfriend returns to town--and she's given a second chance at first love.Life hasn't always been so sweet for Caroline Sweeny. She's sacrifice her desires for others--unlike her mother...

Dallas Homicide Detectives Tori Hunter and Samantha Kennedy investigate the murder of a Catholic priest who is found naked and strangled to death. A sex scandal threatens to erupt and cover-ups are soon revealed as their only suspect is found shot dead mere hours...

WINNER OF THE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS WINNER OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, LOS ANGELES TIMES,...

Finalist for the 2012 National Book AwardA Time and People Top 10 Book of 2012Finalist for the 2012 Story PrizeChosen as a notable or best book of the year by The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The LA Times, Newsday, Barnes & Noble, Amazon,...

Written on the twentieth anniversary of James Baldwin's death, Letter to Jimmy is African writer Alain Mabanckou's ode to his literary hero and an effort to place Baldwin's life in context within the greater African diaspora.Author: Alain MabanckouPublisher: CatapultPublished: 12/16/2014Pages: 178Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize:...

Kindness, Strength and PerseveranceHer name is synonymous with the Boundary Waters and root beer. Her story is one of struggle and triumph. Dorothy Molter lived in the BWCA for over 50 years--15 miles and 5 portages from the nearest road. In 1952, a Saturday...

Changing the Course of Autism has the potential to revolutionise the way autism is perceived and managed. Most books on this subject describe educational and behavioural therapies, but autism is a medical disease, not a psychological disorder. This groundbreaking books shows that the disease...

The spiritual path is like any other road--it's going to have its share of potholes and detours. Safe travel requires a quality rarely taught yet critically important in today's world: discernment. In Eyes Wide Open, Mariana Caplan supports us in cultivating the acute judgment...

Training methods for tracking and wilderness observation woven into extraordinary real-life stories of intuitive animal-reading skills - Explains technical tracking methods and observational skills such as shadowing and envisioning through the innermost thoughts of an accomplished native tracker - Reveals how to track by...

Gerdie, a Swedish woman living in northern Minnesota, discovers Minn in a bushel of cherries from Michigan and invites the little mouse to share the comfort of her cozy cabin in the woods. A series of events separate the pair, and Minn embarks on...

When Finn and her dog Skeeter set out on a hike to cure their restless feet, they literally take a step into nature. A big gooey step...right into scat (also known as poop). And just like the animal it comes from, scat comes in...

When Lily learns about a lottery for land plots to grow Victory Gardens, she tries to apply. But when the garden club president tells her she's too young to participate, Lily refuses to give up. She knows where there's a house with a big...

In a divided world, where the one who shouts the loudest often gets the most attention, a story about compromise and listening."Standing UP " "Lying DOWN "What were the people to do? They decided to ask the rabbi of the town. "What are we...

Named a Best Cookbook of the Year by NPR, Entertainment Weekly, the Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, and more In his first non-menu cookbook, the New York Times food columnist offers 100 utterly delicious recipes that epitomize comfort food, including nourishing dishes made from ingredients...