National Book Award Winning Authors

Absolution Alice McDermott

ABSOLUTION is a poignant tale of women and girls living on the periphery of the Vietnam War. Readers will feel the contradictions and moral ambiguities of the human heart. Absolution was named BOOK OF THE YEAR by several media outlets.

 

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Dad's Maybe Book Tim O'Brien

DAD'S MAYBE BOOK is a collection of essays and anecdotes written by National Book Award-winning author Tim O'Brien as a way to give his sons advice for the future, as well as a sense of who their father was as a man. Hilarious and tender, this is a touching and moving document of a father's love and his desire to give...

Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People Imani Perry

BLACK IN BLUES is a fascinating and creative look at the color blue through history, art, music and literature from a Black perspective. Among the specific celebrities featured are Louis Armstrong and Toni Morrison.       

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The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World Nathaniel Philbrick

THE RUSH by National Book Award winner Nathaniel Philbrick is a richly researched and vividly told narrative about the event that created a lawless quest for land, helped destabilize a fractured union, and propelled us toward a civil war. The discovery of gold in California completely changed the way Americans thought...

Let Us Descend Jesmyn Ward

LET US DESCEND is Jesmyn Ward's most magnificnet novel - and that's high praise. The prose is both beautiful and heart-wrenching as the spirit of an African warrior leads her grandaughter through an unimaginable journey.

 

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