Friday, April 26

2010 Awards

2010 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History

2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Winner and Nominees

2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History WinnerThe Killing of Crazy HorseThomas PowersInvestigates the enigmatic Native American figure, assessing critical battles attributed to his leadership within a context of the Great Sioux Wars, exploring the relationships between the Lakota Sioux and other tribes and analyzing the subjugation of Nort...Amazon2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History ShortlistCultures of War: Pearl Harbor/Hiroshima/9-11/IraqJohn W. DowerAmazonRoosevelt's Purge: How FDR Fought to Change the Democratic PartySusan DunnAmazonWashington: A LifeRon ChernowAmazonWater: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and CivilizationSteven SolomonAmazon
2010 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller

2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Mystery/Thriller Winner and Nominees

2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller WinnerCrooked Letter, Crooked Letter: A NovelTom FranklinSilas Jones is the sole law enforcement officer in Amos, Mississippi, is a quiet town. Silas Jones is its sole law enforcement officer. The last excitement here was nearly twenty years ago, when a teenage girl disappeared on a date with Larry Ott, Silas on...Amazon2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller ShortlistCity of DragonsKelli StanleyAmazonCollusion: A Jack Lennon InvestigationStuart NevilleAmazonFaithful Place: A NovelTana FrenchAmazonI'd Know You Anywhere: A NovelLaura LippmanAmazon
2010 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Poetry

2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Poetry Winner and Nominees

2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Poetry WinnerWhere I Live: New & Selected Poems 1990-2010Maxine KuminA collection of poems from the Pulitzer Prize-winning former poet laureate of the United States, including poems from five of her past 17 books, and including 23 new poems that reflect on the author's farm life and poets of the past....Amazon2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Poetry ShortlistFrom Unincorporated Territory: SainaCraig Santos PerezAmazonGod's OptimismYehoshua NovemberAmazonPierce the Skin: Selected PoemsHenri ColeAmazonTo See the Earth Before the End of the WorldEd RobersonAmazon
2010 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Science & Technology

2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Winner and Nominees

2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Science & Technology WinnerThe Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of KindnessOren HarmanDescribes the intellectual journey of eccentric American genius George Price, who tried to answer the evolutionary riddle of why people are nice, and eventually gave away all his belongings and took his own life in a squatter's flat....Amazon2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Science & Technology ShortlistMerchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global WarmingNaomi Oreskes, Erik M. ConwayAmazonRadioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and FalloutLauren RednissAmazonThe Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of CancerSiddhartha MukherjeeAmazonThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lack...
2010 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Young Adult Fiction

2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Young Adult Fiction Winner and Nominees

2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Young Adult Fiction WinnerA Conspiracy of Kings: Book 4 of The Queen's ThiefMegan Whalen TurnerSophos, heir to the throne of Sounis, has disappeared without a trace. Eugenides, the new and unlikely king of Attolia, has never stopped wondering what happened to his friend. Nor has the Queen of Eddis, who once offered Sophos her hand. They send spies. ...Amazon2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Young Adult Fiction ShortlistSugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and ScienceMarc Aronson, Marina BudhosAmazonThe Curse of the WendigoRick YanceyAmazonThe Ring of Solomon: A Bartimaeus NovelJonathan StroudAmazonWicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch TrialsStephanie HemphillAmazon
2010 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books

2010 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

2010 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerCats’ Night OutJon Klassen...Amazon2010 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistI Know HereMatt JamesAmazonOwls See Clearly at Night: a Michif alphabet / Lii Yiiboo Nayaapiwak lii Swer: l’alfabet di MichifJulie FlettAmazonThe Quiet BookRenata LiwskaAmazonUirapurú: based on a Brazilian legendKristi BridgemanAmazon
2010 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

2010 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

2010 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerAfterimageRobert Chafe...Amazon2010 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistCourageousMichael HealeyAmazonlady in the red dressDavid YeeAmazonScratchCharlotte Corbeil-ColemanAmazonSuch CreaturesJudith ThompsonAmazon
2010 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

2010 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

2010 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerCool WaterDianne WarrenWelcome to Juliet, Saskatchewan. A blink and youll miss it kind of town where nothing much happens, until one day ... secrets are revealed, marriages tested and a life ended. Juliet, Saskatchewan, is a blink of an eye kind of town - the welcome sign annou...Amazon2010 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistAnnabelKathleen WinterAmazonMotorcycles & SweetgrassDrew Hayden TaylorAmazonRoomEmma DonoghueAmazonWaiting for JoeSandra BirdsellAmazon
2010 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

2010 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

2010 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerLakeland: Journeys into the Soul of CanadaAllan CaseyLakes define not only Canadas landscape but the national imagination. Blending writing on nature, travel, and science, award-winning journalist Allan Casey systematically explores how the countrys history and culture originates at the lakeshore. Lakeland...Amazon2010 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistA History of MarriageElizabeth AbbottAmazonBurmese Lessons: A Love StoryKaren ConnellyAmazonJust Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968-2000John EnglishAmazonThe Boy in the Moon: A Father’s Search for His Disabled SonIan BrownAmazon
2010 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

2010 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

2010 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerBoxing the CompassRichard GreeneBoxing the Compass is a poetry collection of mid-life reassessments that also makes room for the martyrdom of Saint Polycarp, tone-deaf church choirs, the last of the Newfoundland whalers, and vividly remembered Portuguese fishermen. Spiritually searching ...Amazon2010 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry Shortlist&: A Serial PoemDaryl HineAmazonCircusMichael HarrisAmazonDeepwater VeeMelanie SiebertAmazonExploding into NightSandy PoolAmazon