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2000 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English)

2000 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

2000 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerJust FineRobert MajzelsJust Fine is a touching and often hilarious novel that traces the mishaps and misadventures of a conflicted agoraphobe: a woman psychologically restricted to a life indoors but spiritually inclined to wander the meadows, roads, and community beyond the hou...Amazon2000 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) Shortlist15 SecondsBobby TheodoreAmazonDown Dangerous Passes RoadLinda GaboriauAmazonTerra FirmaSheila FischmanAmazon

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2000 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

2000 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

2000 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerAnother GravityDon McKayFrom one of Canadas most acclaimed poets and the winner of the Governor Generals Award for Poetry. This book, Don McKays ninth collection, practises "the dark art of reflection" – which, as one of the poems tells us, whether boldly or capriciously, coul...Amazon2000 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistHis LifeGeorge BoweringAmazonRest on the Flight into EgyptA.F. MoritzAmazonRuin and BeautyPatricia YoungAmazonWater StairJohn PassAmazon

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2000 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

2000 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

2000 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerNotes from the Hyena's BellyNega MezlekiaIn this acclaimed memoir, Mezlekia recalls his boyhood in the arid city of Jijiga, Ethiopia, and his journey to manhood during the 1970s and 1980s. He traces his personal evolution from child to soldier--forced at the age of eighteen to join a guerrilla ar...Amazon2000 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistA Story as Sharp as a KnifeRobert BringhurstAmazonRiver in a Dry LandTrevor HerriotAmazonThe Girl in the PictureDenise ChongAmazonThe Spinster and the ProphetA. B. McKillopAmazon

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2000 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

2000 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

2000 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerAnil's GhostMichael OndaatjeA breathtaking novel about love and the horrors of civil war from the bestselling author of The English Patient. There is much to astonish, to disturb and to admire in this book... A rare triumph Guardian Anils Ghost transports us to Sri Lanka, a countr...Amazon2000 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistMercy Among the ChildrenDavid Adams RichardsAmazonMonkey BeachEden RobinsonAmazonThe Blind AssassinMargaret AtwoodAmazonThe QuestionAustin ClarkeAmazon

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2000 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

2000 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

2000 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerElizabeth RexTimothy FindleyBased on the original stage production at the Stratford Festival of Canada, directed by Martha Henry. In this daring and original production of Timothy Findleys Governor-General Award winning play, William Shakespeare and the formidable Virgin Queen, Eliz...Amazon2000 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistAlien CreatureLinda GriffithsAmazonConsecrated GroundGeorge BoydAmazonIt's All TrueJason ShermanAmazonMonsterDaniel MacIvor and Daniel BrooksAmazon

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2000 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, International Dublin Literary Award, International Dublin Literary Award - Novel

2000 International Dublin Literary Award – Novel Winner and Nominees

2000 International Dublin Literary Award - Novel WinnerWide OpenNicola BarkerWIDE OPEN is set on the strange Isle Of Sheppey, which pokes out into into the estuary of the River Thames. On this forgotten misty island there is a nudist beach, a nature reserve, a wild boar farm and not much else. The landscape is bare, but the charact...Amazon2000 International Dublin Literary Award - Novel ShortlistCharming BillyAlice McDermottAmazonI Married a CommunistPhilip RothAmazonParadiseToni MorrisonAmazonThe HoursMichael CunninghamAmazonThis Side of BrightnessColum McCannAmazonTrumpetJackie KayAmazon

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2000 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Hugo Awards, Hugo Awards - Novel

2000 Hugo Awards – Novel Winner and Nominees

2000 Hugo Awards - Novel WinnerA Deepness in the SkyVernor VingeThe prequel to A Fire Upon The Deep, this is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstellar trading fleet of the Queng Ho. The Queng Ho and the Emergents are orbiting the dormant planet Arachna, which is about to wake up to technology, but the Em...Amazon2000 Hugo Awards - Novel ShortlistA Civil CampaignLois McMaster BujoldAmazonCryptonomiconNeal StephensonAmazonDarwin's RadioGreg BearAmazonHarry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanJ. K. RowlingAmazon

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2000 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography

2000 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees

2000 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerExperience: A MemoirMartin AmisMartin Amis is one of the most gifted and innovative writers of our time. With Experience, he discloses a private life every bit as unique and fascinating as his bestselling novels. The son of the great comic novelist Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis explores hi...Amazon2000 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography ShortlistRimbaud: A BiographyGraham RobbAmazonThe Broken Tower: The Life of Hart CranePaul MarianiAmazonThe Pale Abyssinian: The Life of James Bruce, African Explorer and AdventurerMiles BredinAmazon

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2000 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction

2000 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

2000 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerWhite Teeth: A NovelZadie SmithZadie Smith’s dazzling debut caught critics grasping for comparisons and deciding on everyone from Charles Dickens to Salman Rushdie to John Irving and Martin Amis. But the truth is that Zadie Smith’s voice is remarkably, fluently, and altogether wonderful...Amazon2000 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction ShortlistHouse of Leaves: A NovelMark Z. DanielewskiAmazonIn the Shape of a BoarLawrence NorfolkAmazonThe Hiding Place: A NovelTrezza AzzopardiAmazon

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2000 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, John W. Campbell, John W. Campbell - Novel

2000 John W. Campbell – Novel Winner and Nominees

2000 John W. Campbell - Novel WinnerA Deepness in the SkyVernor VingeThe prequel to A Fire Upon The Deep, this is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstellar trading fleet of the Queng Ho. The Queng Ho and the Emergents are orbiting the dormant planet Arachna, which is about to wake up to technology, but the Em...Amazon2000 John W. Campbell - Novel ShortlistDarwin's RadioGreg BearAmazonGreenhouse SummerNorman SpinradAmazonStarfishPeter WattsAmazonThe Silicon DaggerJack WilliamsonAmazon