Award Winning Books

With the Saina as his figurative vessel--a ship built in modern times as an exact replica of the swift outriggers designed and sailed by the Chamorro people until banned by their oppressors--Craig Santos Perez deftly navigates the complexities in his bracing exploration of the...

In this innovative cookbook, James Beard award-winning author Michael Ruhlman explains why the egg is the key to the craft of cooking. For culinary visionary Michael Ruhlman, the question is not whether the chicken or the egg came first, it's how anything could be...

Ever since her grandparents gave her a DVD of Swan Lake, twelve-year-old Jenny Spark has wanted to be a ballet dancer. But on her first day of ballet class, she suffers a crippling panic attack. She's too terrified to practice in front of the...

Winner of the Newbery Medal - New York Times Bestseller - An ALA Notable Book - An ALA Best Book for Young Adults - School Library Journal Best Book - Booklist Editors' Choice - Kirkus Reviews Editors' Choice - Horn Book Fanfare Book -...

A riveting new work about power--and the abuse of power-- in ancient Rome that has startling resonance with our age, Conversations in Tusculum reimagines the intense interaction among Brutus, Cassius, and Cicero leading up to the assassination of Julius Caesar, the leader they had...

Gold Medal Winner, Success and Motivation, 2011 Axiom Business Book Awards Insight from leaders who experienced major setbacks and redefined success In tough economic times, when careers are derailed and leaders are forced to rewrite their professional plans, this book enlightens and uplifts. Comebacks...

Bear bags, wilderness showers, and telling the temperature by counting the cricket chirps... Whether you're planning an over night in the backyard or a weekend in the wilderness, this book is packed with stuff to know. The basics, from gearing up to choosing a...

Daniels' fourteenth collection delves into the streets of Detroit and Pittsburgh as they fight for survival in a post-industrial world.Author: Jim DanielsPublisher: BOA EditionsPublished: 09/03/2013Pages: 120Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40dISBN: 9781938160165Award: Independent Publisher Book Awards - Gold Medal WinnerAward: Michigan...

How do you love with no love in return?How do you love when no one notices or cares? Best-selling author Paul Miller tackles these tough questions at the heart of our struggle to love head-on. Drawing from the book of Ruth, A Loving Life...

When your best friend is just a tiny bit psychotic, you should never actually believe him when he says, "Trust me. This is gonna be awesome."Of course, you probably wouldn't believe a voodoo doll could work either. Or that it could cause someone's leg...

The first patient-to-patient guide for people living with Long COVID--with expert advice on getting diagnosed, dealing with symptoms, accessing resources and accommodations, and more. "The Long COVID Survival Guide aims to give people struggling with long COVID practical solutions and emotional support to manage...

In this classic tale from early seventeenth-century Korea, Hong Kil Dong, the son of a powerful minister, is not entitled to a birthright because his mother is a commoner. After studying the martial arts, divination, swordplay, the uses of magic, and the wisdom of...

What if you lost your true soul mate, the one person in life you were meant to be with? Would your love ever truly die? Not if you're Noah Hartman, who refuses to let go of Robin after she inexplicably abandons their love and...

In Playing the Black Piano, poet Bill Holm confronts themes of aging, AIDS, friendship, and music, revealing an everyman sensibility that celebrates the beauty, truth, and evanescence of everyday life. Typical is "Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death," in which the reaper sits...

MY VERY END OF THE UNIVERSE is a celebration and study of an increasingly popular genre: the novella-in-flash, a novella built of standalone flash stories. The novellas in this collection--Betty Superman by Tiff Holland, Here, Where We Live by Meg Pokrass, Shampoo Horns by...

Author: Spencer BrewerPublisher: Esther Siegel and Spencer BrewerPublished: 10/10/2022Pages: 208Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.20lbsISBN: 9780578337722Award: Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards - Bronze Medal WinnerAward: Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards - Silver Medal WinnerReview Citation(s): Foreword 06/23/2023

Follow the journey of the sun across the world from a whale's eye to a little girl's window in Bob Graham's tender, transcendent story. While Coco sleeps far away, the sun creeps over a hill and skids across the water, touching a fisherman's cap....

Ever since she can remember, Bird has loved flying in small propeller airplanes with her mechanic dad. When the local airstrip is turned into a military flight school, Bird is in heaven--and she manages to turn one young airman's interest in her older sister...

Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award. In Blowout, Denise Duhamel asks the same question that Frankie Lyman & the Teenagers asked back in 1954--"Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" Duhamel's poems readily admit that she is a love-struck fool, but also embrace the "crazy...

Sydney Taylor Honor Book In the new country, Shirley and her family all have big dreams. Take the family store: Shirley has great ideas about how to make it more modern! Prettier! More profitable! She even thinks she can sell the one specialty no...