Thursday, November 28

All Book Awards

2004 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller

2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Mystery/Thriller Winner and Nominees

2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller WinnerTijuana Straits: A NovelKem NunnFrom Kem Nunn, the National Book Award-nominated author of Tapping the Source and The Dogs of Winter, comes an exquisitely written tale of loss and redemption. Nunn renders the dangerous beaches and waters of California's borderland as only the critically ...Amazon2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller ShortlistA Question of Blood: An Inspector Rebus NovelIan RankinAmazonDark Voyage: A NovelAlan FurstAmazonOld BoysCharles McCarryAmazonThe Return of the Dancing MasterHenning Mankell, Laurie ThompsonAmazon
2004 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Poetry

2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Poetry Winner and Nominees

2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Poetry WinnerInner Voices: Selected Poems, 1963-2003Richard HowardRichard Howard is one of America's most original and innovative poets, and this volume is the first major selection of his work to be published in the UK. It is resplendant with fin de siecle Parisian opulence, brought magnificently to life with impressive...Amazon2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Poetry ShortlistKeeping My NameCatherine TufarielloAmazonThe Clerk's Tale: PoemsSpencer ReeceAmazonThe OptimistJoshua MehiganAmazonThe OrchardBrigit Pegeen KellyAmazon
2004 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Science & Technology

2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Winner and Nominees

2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Science & Technology WinnerThe Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate ChangeCharles WohlforthIn The Whale and the Supercomputer, scientists and natives wrestle with our changing climate in the land where it has hit first--and hardest A traditional Eskimo whale-hunting party races to shore near Barrow, Alaska--their comrades trapped on a floe drift...Amazon2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Science & Technology ShortlistHis Brother's Keeper: A Story from the Edge of MedicineJonathan WeinerAmazonOn the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth with the Peregrine FalconAlan TennantAmazonOpening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth CenturyLauren SlaterAmazonThe Proteus Effect: Stem Cells and Their Promise for MedicineA...
2004 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Young Adult Fiction

2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Young Adult Fiction Winner and Nominees

2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Young Adult Fiction WinnerDoing ItMelvin BurgessDino's girlfriend won't give him what he wants. Jonathon is afraid of what his mates will think of the girl he likes. And Ben is having extra lessons from his sexy teacher. Three seventeen-year-old boys discover sex for the first time: but do they really k...Amazon2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Young Adult Fiction ShortlistHow I Live NowMeg RosoffAmazonPrivate PeacefulMichael MorpurgoAmazonSammy and Juliana in HollywoodBenjamin Alire SáenzAmazonUnder the Wolf, Under the DogAdam RappAmazon
2005 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, John W. Campbell, John W. Campbell - Novel

2005 John W. Campbell – Novel Winner and Nominees

2005 John W. Campbell - Novel WinnerMarket ForcesRichard MorganChris Faulkner has just landed the job of his dreams. But Shorn Associates are market leaders in Conflict Investment. They expect results, they expect the best. Chris has one very high-profile kill to his name already but he will have to drive hard and go ...Amazon2005 John W. Campbell - Novel ShortlistAirGeoff RymanAmazonCity of PearlKaren TravissAmazonGaudeamusJohn BarnesAmazonNewton's WakeKen MacLeodAmazonThe Boy Who Would Live ForeverFrederik PohlAmazonThe Child GoddessLouise MarleyAmazonThe Plot Against AmericaPhilip RothAmazonThe RebelJack DannAmazonThe Time Traveler's WifeAudrey NiffeneggerAmazonThe Well of StarsRobert ReedAmazonWhite DevilsPaul McAuleyAmazon
2005 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Locus, Locus - Fantasy Novel

2005 Locus – Fantasy Novel Winner and Nominees

2005 Locus - Fantasy Novel WinnerIron CouncilChina MiévilleRebellion and war race to take control of New Crobuzon in the award-winning Iron Council by China Miéville. It is a time of revolts and revolutions, conflict and intrigue. New Crobuzon is being ripped apart from without and within. War with the shadowy cit...Amazon2005 Locus - Fantasy Novel ShortlistA Handbook of American PrayerLucius ShepardAmazonAlphabet of ThornPatricia A. McKillipAmazonDead LinesGreg BearAmazonGoing PostalTerry PratchettAmazonIn the Night RoomPeter StraubAmazonJonathan Strange & Mr NorrellSusanna ClarkeAmazonMortal LoveElizabeth HandAmazonPerfect CircleSean StewartAmazonShadowmarchTad WilliamsAmazonThe Charnel PrinceGreg KeyesAmazonThe Dark Tower: Song of SusannahStephen KingAmazonThe Family TradeCharles Stross...
2005 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Locus, Locus - SF Novel

2005 Locus – SF Novel Winner and Nominees

2005 Locus - SF Novel WinnerThe Baroque Cycle: The Confusion; The System of the WorldNeal StephensonNeal Stephenson continues his extraordinary Baroque Cycle in this sequel to his bestselling Quicksilver, bringing to life a cast of unforgettable characters in a time of breathtaking genius and discovery. It is the late 1600s, on the high seas. A group of ...Amazon2005 Locus - SF Novel ShortlistAirGeoff RymanAmazonCamouflageJoe HaldemanAmazonCentury RainAlastair ReynoldsAmazonCloud AtlasDavid MitchellAmazonCrucibleNancy KressAmazonEastern Standard TribeCory DoctorowAmazonFor Us, the LivingRobert A. HeinleinAmazonForty Signs of RainKim Stanley RobinsonAmazonIron SunriseCharles StrossAmazonNewton's WakeKen MacLeodAmazonRiver of GodsIan McDonaldAmazonThe AlgebraistIain M. BanksAmazonThe Life of...
2005 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography

2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees

2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography WinnerMatisse the Master: Volume 2. The Conquest of Colour: 1909-1954Hilary SpurlingChronicles the later years of the influential artist, interweaving analyses of his work with a study of Matisse's relationships with family and friends, trips around the world, the women in his life, and the continuing influences on the evolution of his a...Amazon2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography ShortlistMelville: His World and WorkAndrew DelbancoAmazonMencken: The American IconoclastMarion Elizabeth RodgersAmazonTeam of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham LincolnDoris Kearns GoodwinAmazonThe People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American CenturySteven WattsAmazon
2005 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Current Interest

2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Current Interest Winner and Nominees

2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Current Interest WinnerNight Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's WarAnthony ShadidAn Arab-American journalist looks at the Iraq War from the perspective of ordinary Iraqi citizens confronted by the dislocations, hardships, tragedies, and harsh realities of the conflict....Amazon2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Current Interest ShortlistConspiracy of Fools: A True StoryKurt EichenwaldAmazonCourtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal CourthouseSteve BogiraAmazonStill Looking: Essays on American ArtJohn UpdikeAmazonThe Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio MasterpieceJonathan HarrAmazon
2005 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction

2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction WinnerMemories of My Melancholy Whores: A NovelGabriel García Márquez, Edith GrossmanAVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN eBOOK! A New York Times Notable Book On the eve of his ninetieth birthday a bachelor decides to give himself a wild night of love with a virgin. As is his habit–he has purchased hundreds of women–he asks a madam for her assi...Amazon2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction ShortlistA Long Way Down: A NovelNick HornbyAmazonKafka on the Shore: A NovelHaruki MurakamiAmazonThe March: A NovelE.L. DoctorowAmazonVeronica: A NovelMary GaitskillAmazon