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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Waoby Junot Diaz (Hardcover)
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And the Winners Are....
The Pulitzer Prizes represent one of the American literary community's most cherished honors. In 2008, awards were given for Fiction, Biography, Poetry, General Nonfiction, History, and Drama -- with Junot Diaz's vibrant The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao taking the top spot for Fiction.
The National Book Critics Circle presents awards for the finest books published in English in Fiction, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Biography, Poetry, and Criticism. This year's winners include Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao in Fiction and Harriet Washington's searing Medical Apartheid in Nonfiction.
Then We Came to the Endby Joshua Ferris (Paperback)
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First awarded in 1993, Barnes & Noble's annual Discover Great New Writers Awards honor a work of fiction and nonfiction that have been featured in the year's Discover program. Taking 2007's top honors are Joshua Ferris's mesmerizing Then We Came to the End in Fiction and Kate Braestrup's inspiring memoir, Here if You Need Me.
The Invention of Hugo Cabretby Brian Selznick (Hardcover)
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The winners are in for this year's best children's books -- the Caldecott and Newbery Medals. Find out who took the top honors for these and the other prestigious awards given annually by the American Library Association.
Tree of Smokeby Denis Johnson (Hardcover)
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The National Book Awards are the nation's preeminent literary prizes, honoring outstanding Fiction, Young People's Literature, Poetry, and Nonfiction. The 2007 winners include Denis Johnson's searing Vietnam novel, Tree of Smoke, and Tim Weiner's enthralling history of the CIA, Legacy of Ashes.
Golden Notebookby Doris Lessing (Paperback)
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Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been the premier international award for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. In 2007, the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Doris Lessing, author of the classic The Golden Notebook, and more recently, The Cleft.
Al Gore Wins the Nobel Peace Prize: Get his An Inconvenient Truth- Find More from Doris Lessing
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Gatheringby Anne Enright (Paperback)
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One of the world's most prestigious literary awards, the Man Booker Prize for Fiction is presented for the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the British Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. The 2007 winner is Anne Enright's The Gathering, a powerful story about three generations of an Irish clan.
The Quills are the first national book awards decided by the public, not the critics. The 2007 winners in 19 popular categories -- ranging from romance to biography to graphic novels and beyond -- include Diane Setterfield's mesmerizing The Thirteenth Tale, which took home honors as Debut of the Year.
Since 1978, the Christian Book Awards have awarded excellence in six categories: Bibles, Bible Reference & Study, Children & Youth, Inspiration & Gift, Christian Life, and Fiction. In 2007, Karen Kingsbury's Ever After took top honors as Christian Book of the Year.
