2012 Awards Archives - Page 16 of 18

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2012 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Locus, Locus - Fantasy Novel

2012 Locus – Fantasy Novel Winner and Nominees

2012 Locus - Fantasy Novel WinnerA Dance with DragonsGeorge R. R. Martin...Amazon2012 Locus - Fantasy Novel ShortlistAmong OthersJo WaltonAmazonDeathlessCatherynne M. ValenteAmazonHeartlessGail CarrigerAmazonProfessor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'UrbervillesKim NewmanAmazonRaising Stony MayhallDaryl GregoryAmazonRedwood and WildfireAndrea HairstonAmazonSnuffTerry PratchettAmazonThe Cold CommandsRichard K. MorganAmazonThe Folded WorldCatherynne M. ValenteAmazonThe HeroesJoe AbercrombieAmazonThe Kingdom of GodsN. K. JemisinAmazonThe Magician KingLev GrossmanAmazonThe Uncertain PlacesLisa GoldsteinAmazonThe Wise Man's FearPatrick RothfussAmazon

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2012 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Locus, Locus - SF Novel

2012 Locus – SF Novel Winner and Nominees

2012 Locus - SF Novel WinnerEmbassytownChina MiévilleWinner of the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, China Miéville's astonishing Embassytown is an intelligent and immersive exploration of language in an alien world. Embassytown: a city of contradictions on the outskirts of the universe. Avice is a...Amazon2012 Locus - SF Novel Shortlist23337Stephen KingAmazonDancing with BearsMichael SwanwickAmazonDeadlineMira GrantAmazonEarthboundJoe HaldemanAmazonFirebirdJack McDevittAmazonGrailElizabeth BearAmazonHeart of IronEkaterina SediaAmazonHome FiresGene WolfeAmazonLeviathan WakesJames S. A. CoreyAmazonRule 34Charles StrossAmazonThe Children of the SkyVernor VingeAmazonThe Clockwork RocketGreg EganAmazonThe IslandersChristopher PriestAmazonVortexRobert Charles WilsonAmazon

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2012 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography

2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees

2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography WinnerThe Passage of Power: Volume 4 of The Years of Lyndon JohnsonRobert A. CaroExamines Lyndon Johnson's volatile relationships with John and Robert Kennedy, describes JFK's assassination from Johnson's viewpoint, and recounts his accomplishments as president before they were overshadowed by the Vietnam War....Amazon2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography ShortlistA Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian HellmanAlice Kessler-HarrisAmazonThe Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and PeaceH.W. BrandsAmazonThe One: The Life and Music of James BrownR.J. SmithAmazonThe Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. KennedyDavid NasawAmazon

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2012 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Current Interest

2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Current Interest Winner and Nominees

2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Current Interest WinnerBehind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai UndercityKatherine BooThis brilliant work of reportage on the Mumbai slum called Annawadi, and the true-life stories of some of its inhabitants, is a powerful and unforgettable account of the impact of corruption, inequality, globalization and religion in an Indian megacity. It...Amazon2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Current Interest ShortlistNature Wars: The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards into BattlegroundsJim SterbaAmazonOn Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines—and FutureKaren Elliott HouseAmazonPrivate Empire: ExxonMobil and American PowerSteve CollAmazonThe Outpost: An Untold Story of American ValorJake TapperAmazon...

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2012 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction

2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction WinnerBilly Lynn's Long Halftime Walk: A NovelBen FountainNew York Times Bestseller Now a Major Motion Picture “Brilliantly done . . . grand, intimate, and joyous.” —New York Times Book Review “Mothers, father, sons, and daughters: read this giant-hearted novel.” —MARIA SEMPLE, author of Where’d You Go, Bernadett...Amazon2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction ShortlistArcadiaLauren GroffAmazonMagnificence: A NovelLydia MilletAmazonTelegraph Avenue: A NovelMichael ChabonAmazonThe Middlesteins: A NovelJami AttenbergAmazon

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2012 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - First Fiction

2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Winner and Nominees

2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - First Fiction WinnerSeating ArrangementsMaggie ShipsteadThe Van Meters have gathered at their family retreat on the island of Waskeke to celebrate the marriage of daughter Daphne to the impeccably appropriate Greyson Duff. The weekend is full of champagne, salt air and practiced bonhomie, but long-buried discon...Amazon2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - First Fiction ShortlistFobbit: A NovelDavid AbramsAmazonMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: A NovelRobin SloanAmazonShine Shine ShineLydia NetzerAmazonThe Natural Order of ThingsKevin P. KeatingAmazon

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2012 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics

2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Graphic Novel/Comics Winner and Nominees

2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics WinnerEverything Together: Collected StoriesSammy HarkhamOffers a collection of graphic stories, including "Somersaulting" and "Poor Sailor."...Amazon2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics ShortlistAre You My Mother?: A Comic DramaAlison BechdelAmazonBuilding StoriesChris WareAmazonCruisin’ With the Hound: The Life and Times of Fred TooteSpain RodriguezAmazonUnterzakhnLeela CormanAmazon

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2012 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History

2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Winner and Nominees

2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History WinnerAmerica's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the UnionFergus M. BordewichChronicles the 1850s appeals of Western territories to join the Union as slave or free states, profiling period balances in the Senate, Henry Clay's attempts at compromise, and the border crisis between New Mexico and Texas....Amazon2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History ShortlistA Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of MexicoAmy S. GreenbergAmazonEmpire of Shadows: The Epic Story of YellowstoneGeorge BlackAmazonRoger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of LibertyJohn M. BarryAmazonRule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republ...

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2012 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller

2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Mystery/Thriller Winner and Nominees

2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller WinnerBroken Harbor: A NovelTana FrenchHe plays by the books and plays hard, and thatʼs how the biggest case of the year ends up in his hands. On one of the half-abandoned “luxuryˮ developments that litter Ireland, Patrick Spain and his two young children have been murdered....Amazon2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller ShortlistAngelmakerNick HarkawayAmazonThe ExpatsChris PavoneAmazonThe ThiefFuminori NakamuraAmazonThe Twenty-Year DeathAriel S. WinterAmazon

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2012 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Poetry

2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Poetry Winner and Nominees

2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Poetry WinnerPoems 1962-2012Louise GlückIt is the astonishment of Louise Glück's poetry that it resists collection. With each successive book her drive to leave behind what came before has grown more fierce, the force of her gaze fixed on what has yet to be imagined. She invented a form to accom...Amazon2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Poetry ShortlistAerialBin RamkeAmazonGravesendCole SwensenAmazonThe Ground: PoemsRowan Ricardo PhillipsAmazonUseless Landscape: or A Guide for Boys: PoemsD.A. PowellAmazon