Award Winning Books

The life of a young Chinese girl is torn apart by dark family secrets and divided loyalties in a small Ontario town in the 1950s. Judy Fong Bates's fresh and engaging first novel is the story of Su-Jen Chou, a Chinese girl growing up...

My People's Passover HaggadahTraditional Texts, Modern Commentaries In two volumes, this empowering resource for the spiritual revival of our times enables us to find deeper meaning in one of Judaism's most beloved traditions, the Passover Seder. Rich Haggadah commentary adds layer upon layer of...

In 1958, when Chana Wilson was seven, her mother attempted suicide, holding a rifle to her own head and pulling the trigger. The gun jammed and she was taken away to a mental hospital. On her return, Chana became the caretaker of her heavily...

There are some places worth traveling to just for the food: Rome, Venice . . . and now, Birmingham, Italy. In this companion to his first, best-selling cookbook, the beloved Southern chef Frank Stitt travels to Italy and brings the best of Mediterranean cuisine...

Although many acclaimed photographers have focused their cameras on the Mississippi Delta, no photographer, until now, has attempted to produce a photographic interpretation of the land itself. The images in this book, all taken by Maude Schuyler Clay between 1993 and 1998, are the...

Today's organizations put extraordinary pressure on their employees to work harder and longer. This book shows readers how to resist this pressure and actually spend less time in the office. John Drake, who successfully downshifted his own work life, examines the frantic pace of...

The Milo & Jazz Mysteries stars two kid detectives-in-training who use STEM problem-solving skills as they race to unravel cases and save the day! Perfect for fans of Encyclopedia Brown, Cam Jansen and Nate the Great. When it's time to dig up the town...

Provence, the beautiful region that sits at the scenic crossroads of southern France, the Italian Alps, and the Mediterranean, has long been an area of historical import and distinct culture. It was the first Roman colony beyond Italy, held the papal seat in Avignon,...

Stately oaks, ivy-covered walls, the opposite sex--these are the things that likely come to mind for most Americans when they think about the nature of college. But the real nature of college is hidden in plain sight: it's flowing out of the keg, it's...

80 wonderful recipes and gorgeous photography that express the flavors and atmosphere of the world-renowned Pike Place Market--for local and visiting home cooks alike. The Pike Place Market sits in the center of downtown Seattle and at the center of the Seattle food scene....

Details Jewish participation on the Civil War battlefield and throughout the Southern home frontIn The Jewish Confederates, Robert N. Rosen introduces readers to the community of Southern Jews of the 1860s, revealing the remarkable breadth of Southern Jewry's participation in the war and their...

When a restaurant review referred to a Filipino child as a rambunctious -little monkey, Filipino Americans were outraged. Sparked by this racist incident, Screaming Monkeys sets fire to Asian American stereotypes as it -illuminates the diverse and often neglected history and culture within the...

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.Author: Sefi AttaPublisher: Interlink BooksPublished: 10/19/2012Pages: 320Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90dISBN: 9781566568036Award: Benjamin Franklin Award - FinalistAward: IndieFab awards - Honorable MentionReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 05/10/2010...

Susan Sontag writes: Of the novelists I have discovered in translation... the three for whom I have the greatest admiration are Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez, Peter Handke, and Yoram Kaniuk.Author: Yoram KaniukPublisher: Dalkey Archive PressPublished: 02/01/2011Pages: 417Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.13lbsSize: 8.03h x 5.53w x 1.16dISBN:...

The Golden Age is a fantastical travelogue in which a modern-day Gulliver writes a book about a civilization he once encountered on a tiny island in the Atlantic. The islanders seem at first to do nothing but sit and observe the world, and indeed...

The beautiful Martina Josefina Catalina Cucaracha doesn't know coffee beans about love and marriage, so when suitors come calling, what is she to do? Luckily, she has her Cuban family to help! While some of the Cucarachas offer Martina gifts to make her more...

How on earth did nebbish university librarian David Goldberg end up on Virginia's Ten Most Wanted Criminals list for bestiality? And how did he get ensnared in a vast right-wing conspiracy to steal the presidency? It all begins so innocently when Goldberg starts moonlighting...

"McCraney's richly drawn characters and colloquial poetry . . . manages to sound both epic and rooted in a specific place. Listen closely, and you might hear that thrilling sound that is one of the main reasons we go to the theater, that beautiful...

A provocative collection which mines the bond between the spiritual and carnal, the sacred and profane.Author: Timothy LiuPublisher: Copper Canyon PressPublished: 04/01/1998Pages: 114Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 8.94h x 5.57w x 0.35dISBN: 9781556590856Award: Lambda Literary Awards - NomineeReview Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 04/01/1998 pg. 442Library Journal...

The final collection by the late Jason Shinder, "one of the finest of our new poets" (Gerald Stern)I close my eyes and try to rememberwhen I was unopposed, when I started to die, buoyant, fragrant, shuddering with love. --from "Before"Jason Shinder's last poems are...