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All That Rises
by Willem Marx
In Alma García’s novel "All That Rises", two families living on the borderland between the US and Mexico share a tangled history. Rose Marie leaves her husband and three children without explanation. On the same day but a few houses...
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Sacrificio
Ernesto Mestre-Reed’s historical novel is set in Cuba in the late 1990s, where a displaced young man learns the limits of family, trust, and community. Rafa is an orphan. He moves to Havana, where Cecilia, a restaurant owner, becomes...
2021 GOLD Winner for Biography
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Dracul: Of the Father
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Dracul: Of the Father
A. K. Brackob’s detailed biography chronicles the little-known life of Vlad Dracul—the father of Vlad the Impaler. The literary vampire Dracula has captured the imagination of generations of horror readers. Brackob reveals that Bram...
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Avian Illuminations
Captivating and graced with exquisite illustrations, Boria Sax’s "Avian Illuminations" blends history, folklore, art, literature, and ornithology to explain why birds are such an integral part of human dreams and aspirations. Birds...
2020 GOLD Winner for Reference
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Wine and the White House
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Birth of the Anima
In Kelsey K. Sather’s powerful epic fantasy novel "Birth of the Anima", generations of women fight to restore the planet to her natural balance. More than two thousand years ago, Avni, the fifth Anima, helped to save her people from...