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2012 Finalist for History
2012 Finalist for Picture Books
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The Knight, the Princess, and the Magic Rock
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Prairie Journey
by Sara Budzik
A girl journeys into the unknown American West with her family, facing danger and loneliness with the bravery of a pioneer. Friendship, bravery, and hard truths about love and loss are central themes in this story about twelve-year-old...
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Hammy
Hamsters like to escape their cages and discover the world around them—a bit like children growing up. In "Hammy", both children and hamsters are welcomed back with open arms, or to the family cat’s open mouth, in this case. Hammy...
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The Deadly Mark
Princess Kathleen has a destiny to fulfill. As heiress to the throne, she must marry well and prepare to rule her kingdom. Her reluctance to embrace neither an arranged marriage nor the kingdom sets her at odds with the power-hungry men...
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Facing a Father's Feeling of Failure
Do men and women experience grief differently? Wayne N. Taylor, a father who has faced the loss of a child, does think that men process grief in a unique way. In his candid memoir, Facing a Father’s Feeling of Failure, Taylor honestly...
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The Secret's Secret
In 2006, Rhonda Byrne’s book The Secret became an American bestseller; in this new take on the concept of an esoteric path to health and happiness, Turkish self-help author, scholar, and business magnate Özer Uçuran Çiller seeks to...
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Mark Twain and the Colonel
No two men captured the zeitgeist of Gilded Age America more than Mark Twain, the cultural icon, and Theodore Roosevelt, the political one, claims the author in this dual biography and narrative history of 1890-1910. Although this was...