Thursday, April 25

1999 Awards

1999 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - First Fiction

1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Winner and Nominees

1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - First Fiction WinnerAmy and IsabelleElizabeth StroutFrom the Man Booker Prize longlisted author of My Name is Lucy Barton ? Isabelle Goodrow has been living in self-imposed exile with her daughter Amy for fifteen years. Shamed by her past and her affair with Amy's father, she has submerged herself in the ro...Amazon1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - First Fiction ShortlistBy the ShoreGalaxy CrazeAmazonFor the Relief of Unbearable Urges: StoriesNathan EnglanderAmazonInterpreter of MaladiesJhumpa LahiriAmazonLast ThingsJenny OffillAmazon
1999 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History

1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Winner and Nominees

1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History WinnerEmbracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War IIJohn W. DowerWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, the 1999 National Book Award for Nonfiction, finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, Embracing Defeat is John W. Dower's brilliant examination of Japan in the immediate, shattering afterma...Amazon1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History ShortlistEmpire Express: Building the 1st Transcontinental RailroadDavid Haward BainAmazonFreedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945David M. KennedyAmazonThe First World WarJohn KeeganAmazonThe Holocaust in American LifePeter NovickAmazon
1999 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Poetry

1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Poetry Winner and Nominees

1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Poetry WinnerRepair: PoemsC.K. WilliamsThe eighth book--and the most various yet--by a major American poet. With his two previous books, a generous Selected Poems and The Vigil, C. K. Williams received great acclaim, including the PEN/Voelcker Award and the prestigious Berlin Prize...Amazon1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Poetry ShortlistThe DreamhouseTom SleighAmazonThe Father of the PredicamentsHeather McHughAmazonThe Oval Hour: PoemsKathleen PeirceAmazonThe Red Leaves of NightDavid St. JohnAmazon
1999 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Science & Technology

1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Winner and Nominees

1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Science & Technology WinnerGalileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and LoveDava SobelFrom the international best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo’s Daughter is the fascinating story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Virginia....Amazon1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Science & Technology ShortlistLucy's Legacy: Sex and Intelligence in Human EvolutionAlison JollyAmazonMind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures With Wolf-BirdsBernd HeinrichAmazonThe Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum CryptographySimon SinghAmazonThe River: A Journey to the Source of HIV and AIDSEdward HooperAmazon
1999 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Young Adult Fiction

1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Young Adult Fiction Winner and Nominees

1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Young Adult Fiction WinnerFrenchtown SummerRobert CormierEugene is remembering the summer of 1938 in Frenchtown, a time when he began to wonder “what I was doing here on the planet Earth.” Here in vibrant, exquisite detail are his lovely mother, his aunts and uncles, cousins and friends, and especially his belov...Amazon1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Young Adult Fiction ShortlistMonsterWalter Dean MyersAmazonSkelligDavid AlmondAmazonSpeak: A NovelLaurie Halse AndersonAmazonStop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went CrazySonya SonesAmazon
1999 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, British Science Fiction Association, BSFA - Novel

1999 BSFA – Novel Winner and Nominees

1999 BSFA - Novel WinnerThe ExtremesChristopher PriestBritish-born Teresa Simons returns to England after the death of her husband, an FBI agent, who was killed by an out-of-control gunman while on assignment in Texas. A shocking coincidence has drawn her to the run-down south coast town of Bulverton, where a...Amazon1999 BSFA - Novel ShortlistInversionsIain M. BanksAmazonQueen City JazzKathleen Ann GoonanAmazonThe Cassini DivisionKen MacLeodAmazonTo Hold InfinityJohn MeaneyAmazon
1999 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Costa Book Award, Costa Book Award - Novel

1999 Costa Book Award – Novel Winner and Nominees

1999 Costa Book Award - Novel WinnerMusic and SilenceRose TremainBrought to the Danish court in 1629 to serve in the king's orchestra, English lutenist Peter Claire soon finds himself caught up in royal intrigue when he falls for a young woman who is the companion of the queen. Winner of the Whitbread Prize. Reader's Gu...Amazon1999 Costa Book Award - Novel ShortlistBeing DeadJim CraceAmazonChocolatJoanne HarrisAmazonHeadlongMichael FraynAmazon
1999 Awards, All Book Awards, August Derleth Award - Horror Novel, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, British Fantasy Awards

1999 British Fantasy Awards – August Derleth Award – Horror Novel Winner and Nominees

1999 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel WinnerBag of BonesStephen KingSet in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, a powerful tale of grief, of love's enduring bonds, and the haunting secrets of the past. Set in the Maine territory King has made mythic, Bag of Bones ...Amazon1999 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel ShortlistChasmStephen LawsAmazonGate of IvoryRobert HoldstockAmazonKissing the BeehiveJonathan CarrollAmazonOne of UsMichael Marshall SmithAmazonSomeplace to Be FlyingCharles de LintAmazonThe StormwatcherGraham JoyceAmazonVampyrrhicSimon ClarkAmazon
1999 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Bram Stoker, Bram Stoker - Novel

1999 Bram Stoker – Novel Winner and Nominees

1999 Bram Stoker - Novel WinnerBag of BonesStephen KingSet in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, a powerful tale of grief, of love's enduring bonds, and the haunting secrets of the past. Set in the Maine territory King has made mythic, Bag of Bones ...Amazon1999 Bram Stoker - Novel ShortlistDarker AngelsS. P. SomtowAmazonFear NothingDean KoontzAmazonFog HeartThomas TessierAmazon
1999 Awards, All Book Awards, Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur C. Clarke - Novel, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year

1999 Arthur C. Clarke – Novel Winner and Nominees

1999 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel WinnerDreaming in SmokeTricia SullivanKalypso Deed is a shotgun, riding the interface between the AI Ganesh and human scientists who solve problems through cyberassisted Dreams....Amazon1999 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel ShortlistCavalcadeAlison SinclairAmazonEarth Made of GlassJohn BarnesAmazonThe Cassini DivisionKen MacLeodAmazonThe ExtremesChristopher PriestAmazonTime on My Hands: A Novel with PhotographsPeter DelacorteAmazon