WINNERS AND FINALISTS of the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNERS Fiction Non-Fiction First Place Winner ($1,000 Prize) First Place Winner ($1,000 Prize) Zublinka Among Women, by Robert Lines of Velocity: Words that Move from Wexelblatt (KenArnoldBooks, LLC) WriteGirl, by Keren Taylor (WriteGirl Publications) Second Place Winner ($500 Prize) The Pale Surface of Things, by Janey Second Place Winner ($500 Prize) Bennett (Hopeace Press) Spiritual Capitalism: How 9/11 Gave us Nine Spiritual Lessons of Work and Business, by Third Place Winner ($250 Prize) Peter Ressler and Monika Mitchell Ressler Moondance, by Karen M. Black (Chilmark Books) (Ricochet Publishing) Third Place Winner ($250 Prize) Who’s Behind the Fairy Doors?, by Jonathan B. Wright (Urban Fairies Operations, LLC) Action/Adventure FINALISTS • Chew on Things - It Helps You Think: WINNER Words of Wisdom from a Worried Canine, Antarctica: Life on The Ice, by Susan Fox by Iris Bell, MD PhD (Creative Bookworm Rogers (Solas House) Press) FINALISTS • Horse Harmony: Understanding Horse • Adventures in Flying, by Jack Elliott Types and Temperaments…Are You and (Alexander & Ray) Your Horse a Good Match?, by Madalyn • Ascent From Darkness, by Steven E. Ward, D.V.M (Myriah Press, LLC) Wilson (H-G Books) • Loving Marley, by Donald and Sara • Bloody Wes Teague, by Voyle A. Glover Hassler (PugTale Publishing) (Brevia Publishing Co.) • Open Your Heart with Pets, by Janice • Fireships & Brimstone, by Richard A. Marie Phelps (Dreamtime Publishing) Minich (All Esox Publications) • Parenting With Pets, by Christine Hamer • Macedonia Passage: Dangerous Cargo, and Margaret Havel (Book Publishers by Wright Gres (Riverhouse Books) Network) • Murder on Pratas Reef, by Rick Ainsworth (VRA Publishing) Anthology • Promised Land, by Bob Adamov (Packard WINNER Island Publishing) Lines of Velocity: Words that Move from • The Garhole Bar, by A. Hardy Roper WriteGirl, by Keren Taylor (WriteGirl (Great American Press) Publications) • The Oak Island Affair, by Jane Bow (Epigraph) FINALISTS • The Old Guys - Back to Baghdad, by Mike • Coming Together: For the Cure, by Alessia Ryan (Trafford Publishing) Brio, ed. (Phaze) • Sacred Secrets: Finding Your Way To Joy, Animals/Pets Peace and Prosperity, by Paula Godwin WINNER Coppel (Unity House) When Pigs Fly - Training Success with • The Buddha Next Door, by Zan Gaudioso Impossible Dogs, by Jane Killion (Dogwise and Greg Martin (Middleway Press) Publishing) Art FINALISTS • Max Perutz and the Secret of Life, by WINNER Georgina Ferry (Cold Spring Harbor Who’s Behind the Fairy Doors?, by Laboratory Press) Jonathan B. Wright (Urban Fairies • Sally: The Older Woman’s Illustrated Guide Operations, LLC) to Self-Improvement, by Judy Laddon FINALISTS (Sombrero Press) • Learning To See - An Artist’s View on Contemporary Artists from Artschwager to Business Zakanitch, by Bruce Helander (StarGroup WINNERS (TIE) International/Art Book Division) • Spiritual Capitalism: How 9/11 Gave • The Drawing Breakthrough Book, by John Us Nine Spiritual Lessons of Work and Hastings (Draw 3 Lines Publishing) Business, by Peter Ressler and Monika • The Ultimate Fashion Study Guide - The Mitchell Ressler (Chilmark Books) Design Process, by Victoria Hunter (Hunter • The Age of Engage: Reinventing Marketing Publishing Corporation) for Today’s Connected, Collaborative • W/O/K’s Weird Wacky Wonderful World: and Hyperinteractive Culture, by Denise The Art of William O’Keefe, by James R. Shiffman (Hunt Street Press/Greenleaf Holland (A Bit of Boston Books) Book Group) FINALISTS Autobiography/Memoirs • Choosing Project Success - A Guide for WINNER Building Professionals, by J.F. McCarthy The Dancer Returns: From Victim to Victory, (Pareto-Building Improvement) by Susan Lee-Titus (iUniverse) • Discovering Your Inner Samurai: The Entrepreneurial Woman’s Journey To FINALISTS Business Success, by Susan L. Reid • A Clean Street’s A Happy Street, by James (WME Books) McSherry (iUniverse) • Personal Balance Sheet - A Practical • A Matter of Panache, by Debra Sanders Career Planning Guide, by Randall Craig (Self Published) (Knowledge To Action Press) • Accidental Cowgirl: Six Cows, No Horse • Teaching an Anthill to Fetch – Developing and No Clue, by Mary Lynn Archibald Collaborative Intelligence at Work, by (Cloud Lake Publishing) Stephen James Joyce (Mighty Small • Becoming Alice, A Memoir, by Alice Rene Books Publishing) (iUniverse) • The Connected and Committed Leader, by • Four Rooms, Upstairs: A Psychotherapist’s Laura Lopez (Living Leadership) Journey Into and Beyond her Mother’s • The Five Pillars of Guaranteed Business Mental Illness, by Linda Appleman Shapiro Success, by Dr. Greg Chapman (Empower (Cold Tree Press) Business Solutions) • Gittin’ Western, by Duane Wiltse • The Retailer’s Roadmap to Success: (iUniverse) 33 Secrets for Driving Your Business to • No Experts Needed: The Meaning of the Next Level, by Andy Buyting (GVP Life According to You, by Louise Lewis Publishing) (iUniverse) • The Secrets of Money: A Guide for • The Time and Place That Gave Me Life, by Everyone on Practical Financial Literacy, Janet Cheatham Bell (Indiana University by Braun Mincher (Braun Media, LLC) Press) • What To Do When You Become The Boss, • Regina’s Closet: Finding My by Bob Selden (Outskirts Press Inc.) Grandmother’s Secret Journal, by Diana M. Raab (Beaufort Books) Career • Vinyl Highway, by Dee Dee Phelps WINNER (Altergate Publishing) Personal Balance Sheet - A Practical Career Planning Guide, by Randall Craig Biography (Knowledge To Action Press) WINNER FINALIST James Crawford: Master of the Mint at Listen Up! How To Communicate Effectively Carson City: A Short Full Life, by Rusty Goe at Work, by Eunice LeMay and Jane (Southgate Coins) Schwamberger (Papilio Publishing) Children’s/Juvenile Fiction • Bumperly Bumper Bee, by Michael D. Davis (Luna Publishing) WINNER • Loving Marley, by Donald and Sara Emmy’s Question, by Jeannine Auth Hassler (PugTale Publishing) (Morningtide Press) • N is for Nostril…and Other Alphabet FINALISTS Silliness, by Joe Spooner (Arnica • Bumperly Bumper Bee, by Michael D. Publishing, Inc.) Davis (Luna Publishing) • Priscilla McDoodleNut DoodleMcMae • Halloween in Oz: Dorothy Returns, by Leo Asks “Why?”, by Janet Mary Sinke (My Moser and Carol Nelson (Whitfi eld & Dodd Grandma and Me Publishers) Publications) • Shoe Shakes, by Loris Lesynski (Annick • Kandide, by Diana S. Zimmerman (Noesis Press) Publishing) • The Little Man In The Map, by E. Andrew • N is for Nostril…and Other Alphabet Martonyi (Schoolside Press) Silliness, by Joe Spooner (Arnica • The New Place, by Clabe Thomas (Empty Publishing, Inc.) Harbor Productions) • The Dark Dreamweaver, by Nick Ruth • Understanding Sam and Asperger (Imaginator Press) Syndrome, by Clarabelle van Niekerk • The Further Adventures of Pengey and Liezl Venter, MA, CCC-SLP (Skeezel Penguin, by John Burns (San Francisco Press) Story Works) • Whose Ears Are Whose?, by Lana Jordan (Puffball Press, an imprint of Jorlan Children’s Juvenile Publishing, Inc.) Non-Fiction Coffee Table Book WINNER WINNER Who’s Behind the Fairy Doors?, by Mugshots: A Celebration of the Journey Jonathan B. Wright (Urban Fairies from Ruin to Redemption, by Jason Porath, Operations, LLC) Author, and Jonas Mohr, Photographer FINALISTS (Real Deal Entertainment) • Eating Disorders: A Guide for Families and FINALISTS Children, by Val Elsbree, MSW, LCSW, • Descanso: An Urban Oasis Revealed, by CAP Licensed Psychotherapist (Merit Warren Marr (Balcony Press) Publishing International) • Historic Photos of Chicago Crime: The • Imagine… Amazing Me, by Libbi Chilia Capone Era, by John Russick (Turner (Halo Publishing) Publishing) • Torina’s World: A Child’s Life in • My Heart vs. The Real World, by Max S. Madagascar, by Joni Kabana and Gerber (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Benjamin Opsahl (Arnica Publishing, Inc.) Press) • Touched by Diabetes: A Guide for Families • Yuba Seasons: Images from the Wild & and Children, by Lucie Ventura; Foreword by Patti LaBelle (Merit Publishing Scenic South Yuba River, by David B. International) McKay (Mountain Images Press) • Twice A Hero, by Dirk Wales (Great Plains Press) Cookbook/Food • You and Me Make Three, by Wendy Lokken, WINNER Gwendy Mangiamele and Edna Cucksey A Chef’s Bounty: Celebrating Oregon’s Stephens (EDCO Publishing Inc.) Cuisine, by Bill King and Rick Schafer (Arnica Publishing, Inc.) Children’s Picture Book FINALISTS WINNER • 8 Degrees of Ingredients, by Melissa K. First Snow In The Woods, by Carl R. Priem (Beaver’s Pond Press) Sams II and Jean Stoick (Carl R. Sams II • Vegan Bites, by Beverly Lynn Bennett Photography, Inc.) (Book Publishing Co.) FINALISTS • A Clue For You: Tail In The Teapot, by Barbara A. Palmer (BP Folkart Press) Crafts/Hobbies FINALISTS • Choosing Project Success - A Guide for WINNER Building Professionals, by J.F. McCarthy The Pocket Paper Engineer, How To Make (Pareto-Building Improvement) Pop-Ups Step-By-Step, Volume 2, by Carol • Differentiated Instruction Across the Barton (Popular Kinetics Press) Content Areas, by Tim Clifford (Maupin House Publishing) FINALISTS • Evolution, by Nicholas Barton, Derek • Create Your Own Hand-Printed Cloth, by Briggs, Jonathan Eisen, David Goldstein, Rayna Gillman (C&T Publishing) Nipam Patel (Cold Spring Harbor • On Sew Easy Lifestyles, by Valori Wells Laboratory Press) and Carolyn Spencer (C&T Publishing) • Plaintiff Blues: Job Discrimination and the • The Color Book of Beaded Jewelry, Chilling Effect of Retaliation, by Judith by Genevieve