Award Winning Books

I Am My Own Wife is the winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.From the Obie Award-winning author of Quills comes this acclaimed one-man show, which explores the astonishing true story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf. A transvestite and celebrated antiques dealer who successfully...

A collection of poetry by Paisley Rekdal.Author: Paisley RekdalPublisher: Eastern Washington University PressPublished: 01/01/2002Pages: 80Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 8.64h x 5.98w x 0.26dISBN: 9780910055826Award: IndieFab awards - Honorable MentionAbout the AuthorPAISLEY REKDAL is the author of A Crash of Rhinos, co-winner of the 2000...

Twin sisters Bibike and Ariyike are enjoying a relatively comfortable life in Lagos in 1996. Then their mother loses her job due to political strife, and the family, facing poverty, is drawn into the New Church, an institution led by a charismatic pastor who...

Powerhouse narrating duo Michael Kramer and Kate Reading bring their outstanding skills to this stunning continuation of the Stormlight Archive series...This audiobook is truly a masterpiece of story and performance. -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winnerAn instant #1 New York Times Bestseller and a...

A moving and riveting epic novel--a family saga, spanning three generations and dealing with their dark and mysterious past, set in an Ethiopian, magical mountainous countryside, in a world of monkeys, goats and spirits. Desta, a seven-year-old boy and Abraham, his middle-aged father, are...

Join Sammy Spider on his stow-away adventure as he tours Israel and learns the many meanings of shalom.Author: Sylvia A. RoussPublisher: Kar-Ben Publishing (R)Published: 08/01/2002Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 10.90h x 8.54w x 0.11dISBN: 9781580130356Audience: Ages 4-8Award: Sydney Taylor Book Award - Honor BookReview...

Wall or no wall? View the US-Mexico borderland saga through the eyes of artists who've lived it, including some of the children held in detention camps. More than 100 artworks represent a variety of mediums, from large paintings to mixed-media collage, neon, photography, and...

When Daisy Ramona zooms around her neighborhood with her papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places she's always known. She also sees a community that is rapidly changing around her. But as the sun sets purple-blue-gold behind Daisy Ramona and her...

This is the true story of Mosi Musa, a baby vervet monkey who had a challenging start to life, and his Grandma Thelma who stepped in to raise him. Together, Mosi and Grandma Thelma show how special--and important--grandmas truly are. The book includes fun...

Inspired by true events, Far Away Bird delves into the complex mind of Byzantine Empress Theodora. This intimate account deftly follows her rise from actress-prostitute in Constantinople's red-light district to the throne of the Byzantine Empire. Her salacious past has left historians blushing and...

Large Print�s increased font size and wider line spacing maximizes reading legibility, and has been proven to advance comprehension, improve fluency, reduce eye fatigue, and boost engagement in young readers of all abilities, especially struggling, reluctant, and striving readers. Author: A. S. KingPublisher: Thorndike...

Winner of the Sue Grafton Memorial Award A Boston Globe Best Book of 2018 Acclaimed detective V. I. Warshawski tackles a pair of perplexing cases involving those closest to her in this compelling and timely adventure that centers on some of the most divisive...

These plenary lectures from the "Global Reggae" conference convened at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica in 2008 eloquently exemplify the breadth and depth of current scholarship on Jamaican popular music. Radiating from the Jamaican centre, these illuminating essays highlight the "glocalization"...

Winner of: 2015 National Jewish Book Award; Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir This memoir is a fascinating portrait of mother and child who miraculously survive two concentration camps, then, after the war, battle demons of the past, societal rejection, disbelief, and invalidation as they struggle...

Winner of: 2013 National Jewish Book AwardFor centuries, Jews have turned to the Mourner's Kaddish prayer upon experiencing a loss. This groundbreaking book explores what the recitation of Kaddish has meant specifically to women. Did they find the consolation, closure, and community they were...

Fans of the Koren Sacks Siddur: meet the Koren Sacks Rosh HaShana Mahzor. Like the Siddur, this new Mahzor weds the elegance of Koren with the wisdom of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Koren's sophisticated graphic layout, and Rabbi Sacks' remarkable translation, introduction and commentary jointly...

Detroit at the end of the assembly line: an astonishing record of urban ruinNo longer the Motor City of boom-time industry, the city of Detroit has fallen into an incredible state of dilapidation since the decline of the American auto industry after the Second...

The crown jewel in any comics fan's library In 1935, DC Comics founder Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson published New Fun No. 1, the first comic book with all-new, original material--at a time when comic books were mere repositories for the castoffs of the newspaper strips....

"A love letter to queerness, self-expression, and individuality (also Madonna) that never shies away from the ever-present fear within the queer community of late '80s New York, Like a Love Story made me feel so full--of hope, love, courage, pride, and awe for the...

By building his own microscope, Antony van Leeuwenhoek advanced humanity's understanding of the oft-invisible world around us. Microbes are everywhere: in the soil and oceans, in snow, and inside our bodies. But in Antony van Leeuwenhoek's time, people believed that what they saw with...