Award Winning Books

For more than thirty years, Kevin Phillips' insight into American politics and economics has helped to make history as well as record it. His bestselling books, including The Emerging Republican Majority (1969) and The Politics of Rich and Poor (1990), have influenced presidential campaigns...

A vividly imagined debut fantasy of court intrigue in a steampunk-inflected magical world from Katherine Addison. Unbound Worlds 100 Best Fantasy Novels of All Time The youngest, half-goblin son of the Emperor has lived his entire life in exile, distant from the Imperial Court...

New York Times BestsellerBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is an enchanting tale that captures the magic of reading and the wonder of romantic awakening. An immediate international bestseller, it tells the story of two hapless city boys exiled to a remote mountain village...

Truly the bible of oral sex, The Ultimate Guide to Cunnilingus gives excellent advice, encouragement, and helpful instruction to those who want to expand their expertise or are simply curious about the art's finer points. In her clear, concise, and informative text, sex educator...

Desire is a dangerous fuel in this romantic road story. Jack is a lively, intelligent man who is content with drifting through life. He and Monica broke up a long time ago, but after years of silence, her younger brother Tristan reappears in Jack's...

Hispanic leader Richard Castro wasn't above a good street fight. Denver police beat him bloody during a 1960's confrontation, and political rivals later shot him and bombed his home. But he emerged from the early struggles of Denver's Hispanic movement - El Movimiento -...

A 2024 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Silver Medal WinnerA 2024 IPPY Award Silver Medal Winner"Intelligent, original, audacious--and scary." --A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window "[An] entertaining thriller that will keep even seasoned horror fans guessing." --Publishers...

2015 Christy Award finalist 2014 winner of a Genre Fiction award from Library Journal After a whirlwind romance, Taryn Young is preparing to board a plane at Houston International Airport, bound for a dream honeymoon, when a bomb decimates the terminal. Injured but still...

"A moving read about the pleasures and pangs that define the lives of women" (USA TODAY) from the bestselling author of How to Make an American Quilt. A profoundly moving portrayal of the lives of women, imagining the thoughts and events that produced eight...

"Written in fresh, snappy prose, the book includes multiple twists and turns....Funny and LGBTQ+ affirming, Darts and Flowers is a story about teenagers who are desperate to be loved, validated, and part of a community." (5 of 5 stars!) - Foreword ReviewsWhen Josh Bradshaw...

Winner at the 2013 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards. A magic ball has mysteriously appeared and will help to weave the most beautiful friendship between the animals of the forest.One morning, a hedgehog wakes up to find a mysterious ball of wool caught in his...

In Nicky Beer's The Diminishing House, birds are disemboweled, a father is mourned, and a basement fills with snakes. This first book of resonant lyric poetry meditates on such subjects as animals, art, and anatomy, and transforms the familiar and mundane into something strangely...

Legends of the Guardian King Book 3- Karen Hancock has created a beautiful and powerful fantasy series that continues to win new readers and remind them of who holds their hopes and victories in His hands. In Abramm's world, God is close to his...

Immanuel, God With Us is the culmination of artist Robert Doares's life work. Created over a period of thirty years, this magnificent series depicts in fifty dramatic illustrations and four paintings the life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. As such, Immanuel is...

Packed with voice, Shannon C.F. Rogers' I'd Rather Burn than Bloom is a powerful YA novel about a Filipina-American teen who tries to figure out who she really is in the wake of her mother's death. Some girls call their mother their best friend....

WINNER OF A GOLD BEN FRANKLIN AWARD If you or a family member are among the millions of people suffering from heartburn, acid reflux, or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), you are dealing with discomfort that impacts eating, sleeping, and other aspects of daily life....

(TRIGGER WARNING: Abuse, Offensive Language)Awakening to Racial InjusticeZenetta Henchman awakens to the racial injustices rooted in her small town when she witnesses a Black neighbor's fatal shooting. The lack of justice delivered by the police, along with the lack of attention the shooting receives...

Before the Little Rock Nine, before Rosa Parks, before Martin Luther King Jr. and his March on Washington, there was Barbara Rose Johns, a teenager who used nonviolent civil disobedience to draw attention to her cause.In 1951, witnessing the unfair conditions in her racially...

"Stunning. . . . a bit like if you took Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Monsters Inc. and shoved them in a TARDIS."--Buzzfeed It's a tentacled, inventive, gooey, world in there. . . . Elliot Von Doppler and his friend Leslie think nothing...

Author: MadonnaPublisher: Viking BooksPublished: 11/10/2003Pages: 30Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.93lbsSize: 10.38h x 8.28w x 0.57dISBN: 9780670058839Audience: Ages 4-8Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3.8Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz #/Name: 75461 / Mr. Peabody's ApplesAward: Florida Children's Book Award - NomineeReview Citation(s): Booklist 11/15/2003 pg. 601Publishers Weekly 12/15/2003...