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	American Book Award -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The American Book Award was established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation.
		It was established to acknowledge the excellence and multicultural diversity of American writing.
		The awards are granted to outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/am/american_book_award.htm (56 words)

	NMSU Library Award Winning Books
		The American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) Awards are given each year to the "hidden treasures" in the adult and children's book categories that ABA bookstore members most enjoyed recommending to their customers during the previous year.
		American Book Awards were established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre.
		Awards are for books published in each calendar year, by writers living in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in California north of a line between Big Sur and Fresno.
	lib.nmsu.edu /depts/collserv/AWARDS99.html (9760 words)

	Book Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Association for Latin American Art Book award was established in 2001 and is funded by the Arvey Foundation.
		The Book Award Committee, Alexandra Kennedy-Troya of the Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador, Jennifer Younger of Dumbarton Oaks, and Patricia Sarro of Youngstown State University (chair) were unanimous in their decision, and in their praise for this study of depictions of eighteenth-century New Spain’s varied inhabitants.
		The book was published by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in both English and Spanish versions in conjunction with its exhibition of the same name.
	www.arts.arizona.edu /alaa/bookaward.htm (724 words)

	Dana Gioia Online - Interrogations at Noon
		The American Book Award was presented to Dana Gioia on May 3, 2002, in New York.
		Their publishers are also to be honored for both their commitment to quality and their willingness to take the risks that accompany publishing outstanding books and authors that may not prove “cost-effective” in the short run.
		The Award winners are nominated and selected by a panel of writers, editors, and publishers who also represent the diversity of American literary culture.
	www.danagioia.net /about/aba.htm (637 words)

	WSU English Faculty Member Wins American Book Award
		Washington State University professor and writer-in-residence Alex Kuo was honored with the American Book Award at a ceremony held May 3 in New York City.
		The American Book Award was established in 1978 to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors.
		Kuo says he feels the American Book Award will be a boost for the arts at WSU, a sentiment shared by Dr. Victor Villanueva, chairman of the University’s English Department.
	www.wsu.edu /index-files/kuo-award/kuo.htm (319 words)

	UNM ASSISTANT PROFESSOR WINS AMERICAN BOOK AWARD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Amanda J. Cobb, new American Studies faculty member at the University of New Mexico, is a winner of the 22nd annual American Book Award.
		The American Book Awards were established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation to respect and honor excellence in American literature.
		Cobb served as a Senior Fellow for Americans for Indian Opportunity this summer and her new book project, "The Real Washington Redskins: The Native Circle in Washington, D.C., 1965-1975," is the direct result of her participation in the organization.
	www.unm.edu /news/Releases/Sep7cobb.htm (336 words)

	American Book Awards, Before Columbus Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		American Book Awards are presented annually during the American Booksellers Association convention, in June.
		The American Book Awards have evolved as the serious alternative to the monolithic cultural uniformity of the National Book Awards and others.
		The American Literatures Series is intended to broaden the audience for the literatures of the American cultures.
	www.literature-awards.com /american_book_awards.htm (945 words)

	Prof. David Cole's 'Enemy Aliens' Captures American Book Award
		The award was presented at a ceremony in Oakland, Calif. on September 5.
		The American Book Awards, established in 1978 as an alternative to the National Book Award, recognizes the achievements of American authors in a variety of genres, including non-fiction.
		In addition, he argues that past efforts in the United States to curb the civil liberties of noncitizens in the name of national security have wound up infringing on citizens’ rights as well – and he shows that calls to sacrifice civil liberties after the September 11 attacks have already led to the same results.
	www.law.georgetown.edu /news/releases/september.10.2004.html (486 words)

	American Book Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The American Book Awards were created to provide recognition for outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America's diverse literary community.
		The Before Columbus Foundation views American culture as inclusive and has always considered the term "multicultural" to be not a description of various categories, groups, or "special interests," but rather as the definition of all of American literature.
		The Awards are not bestowed by an industry organization, but rather are a writers' award given by other writers.
	www.stanford.edu /~rickford/award.html (418 words)

	American Book Award Winner to read and sign books at the U (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 1997 Hedge Coke won an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation for Dog Road Woman published by Coffee House Press of Minneapolis.
		The sponsors of the event are the University of South Dakota’s Institute of American Indian Studies and the Office of Faculty Development along with the South Dakota Arts Council and funding from the Bush Foundation.
		Founded in 1862, The University of South Dakota is designated as the only public liberal arts university in the state and is home to a large College of Arts and Sciences, a School of Education and the state’s only School of Law, School of Medicine, accredited School of Business and College of Fine Arts.
	www.usd.edu /press/news/news.cfm?nid=94 (282 words)

	Children's Book Awards and Other Literary Prizes
		Awards for nonprint media such as computer software or video for children and young adults are also included.
		Award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.
		Award to a single volume of poetry published for children in a calendar year.
	falcon.jmu.edu /~ramseyil/awards.htm (1738 words)

	U.S. Children's Book Awards
		Winners and Honor Books are announced each fall at the New England Library Association conference.
		Three awards: the Josette Frank Award (formerly the Child Study Committee Children's Book Award) for fiction, the Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for nonfiction, and the Claudia Lewis Award for poetry.
		Awarded to a book published in the U.S. and set in the New World.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~dkbrown/usawards.html (523 words)

	Products - Catalogue
		The Forthcoming Book Room allows users to search for books, audiocassettes and videos released during the current month or due to be published in the next six months, including new editions and bestsellers.
		For book publishing contacts on a global scale, literarymarketplace.com is your ticket to the people, companies and resources at the heart of publishing in 180 countries worldwide.
		Books with reviews are clearly labelled, and the availability of reviews is indexed as an additional search category.
	www.thorpe.com.au /products/products_cat.htm (4436 words)

	Tlingit Moon and Tide wins 1999 American Book Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Sister Goodwin Award was established in 1998 in honor of Sister Goodwin (Elizabeth Hope), an Inupiaq educator and writer who died in 1997.
		The award is part of the annual American Book Awards established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation of Oakland, California.
		The award was presented to Garza on January 30 at a ceremony in Anchorage held in conjunction with the Alaska Native Educators conference.
	www.uaf.edu /seagrant/NewsMedia/00news/03-07-00_BookAward.html (482 words)

	Oklahoma Book Award 2002 Finalists
		He is the winner of the American Book Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Stanley Hanks Memorial Poetry award, and the 1993 Oklahoma Book Award for poetry.
		She is the recipient of the 2001 Oklahoma Book Award for fiction for Sugar Plum Dead.
		The Oklahoma Center for the Book, sponsor of the Oklahoma Book Award competition, is a non-profit, 501-c-3 organization located in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries.
	www.odl.state.ok.us /ocb/02final.htm (2676 words)

	W&L to Host Talk by American Book Award Winner and Filmmaker
		Published in fall 2001, Shell Shaker was awarded the 2002 American Book Award and other literary prizes.
		Her work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies including, The Beacon Book of Essays by Contemporary American Women and What's Fun Gotta Do With It, a collection also featuring stories by Tom Wolfe, Arthur Miller, Stephen King and Amy Tan.
		Her documentary, "Native Americans in the 21st Century," is scheduled to air on PBS nationally in November 2004.
	www2.wlu.edu /news/page/normal/504.html (336 words)

	American Studies Book Award
		The Great Lakes American Studies Association and Ohio University Press are pleased to announce the 2nd annual Great Lakes American Studies Book Award.
		GLASA and Ohio University Press hope that the prize will encourage scholarship and quality book manuscripts in a wide range of disciplines that focus on the states bordering the Great Lakes, in the broad sense of the region that is sometimes called the North Coast.
		The award is open to all scholars engaged in this field of research.
	www.h-net.msu.edu /announce/show.cgi?ID=132564 (295 words)

	AsianWeek: Opinion: Emil Amok (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The American Book Award is a little different from the other awards out there.
		The American Book Awards are truly American, a reflection of our country’s new multi-cultural blend of concerns.
		Lois’ recognition shows the American Book Awards are hardly incubators of the politically correct.
	www.asianweek.com /2000_06_08/opinion_emilamok.html (657 words)

	Antique American Book \| Hot-Antiques.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Americans treasure their past, which is one reason antiques are so popular.
		It is well worth the trouble, because whether an antique is intended for resale, or to be handed down to future generations, its value is affected greatly by the condition it’s in.
		compared to the first book, which is a wonderful book, this one...
	www.hot-antiques.info /antiques/antique-american-book.html (683 words)

	WSU Writer-In-Residence Wins American Book Award
		PULLMAN, Wash. -- Washington State University Professor Alex Kuo, chair of the Comparative American Cultures Program and English faculty member, will be awarded the American Book Award at a ceremony May 3 in New York City.
		The award was established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation to “recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors,” according to the American Booksellers Association.
		“The purpose of the awards is to acknowledge the excellence and multicultural diversity of American writing,” according to the association’s Web page.
	www.wsunews.wsu.edu /detail.asp?StoryID=2879 (283 words)

	Writers Desktop Book Publishing and Book Marketing Reference Guide American Book Publishing http://www.american-book.com
		A massive collection of over 47,000 books and 375,000 journal, magazine and newspaper articles.
		Black Caucus of the ALA Literary Awards
		The design and format of Writer's Desktop may not be copied or reproduced in partial or whole without the permission of the copyright owner.
	www.american-book.com /WritersDesktop.htm (359 words)

	Book - American Library Association
		Professional organization that presents programs at the annual ALA conference, book awards, and maintains a clearinghouse of bibliographies, directories, and reading lists. Information on past meetings, upcoming meetings, and archive of publications.
		American Association of Law Libraries listing of the dual library/law programs in the United States and Puerto Rico. Lists the number of law librarianship courses taught by each library school.
		Sean Wilentz's old-fashioned account of the rise of democracy during the first half of the 19th century is a tour de force of historical compilation.
	www.thebooksleuth.com /americanlibraryassociation (1430 words)

	The National Book Foundation
		The 2005 National Book Award Finalist Books are available through your local library or for sale through most major retailers, including:
		National Book Awards Finalists and Winners shelf-talkers will be mailed in September, in time for the October 12th Finalists announcement.
		Now in its second year, the National Book Awards and the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) will present nine acclaimed authors for Eat, Drink and Be Literary: Dinner and a Reading in BAMcafé.
	www.nationalbook.org (489 words)

	Peace Corps Online \| July 7, 2001 - The Milwaukee Journal: When Bob Shacochis was a Peace Corps volunteer, he served as ...
		July 7, 2001 - The Milwaukee Journal: When Bob Shacochis was a Peace Corps volunteer, he served as an agricultural journalist in the Caribbean, the backdrop for his American Book Award-winning short story collection, "Easy in the Islands."
		When Bob Shacochis was a Peace Corps volunteer, he served as an agricultural journalist in the Caribbean, the backdrop for his American Book Award-winning short story collection, "Easy in the Islands."
		When Bob Shacochis was a Peace Corps volunteer, he served as an agricultural journalist in the Caribbean, the backdrop for his American Book Award-winning short story collection, "Easy in the Islands." This one, his second, may be too divergent to win another prize, but it's still refreshing to read.
	peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/467/2012904.html (830 words)

	Powell's Books - Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen
		Winner of the 1996 American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship
		Americans have lost touch with their history, and in this thought-provoking book, Professor James Loewen shows why.
		After surveying twelve leading high school American history texts, he has concluded that not one does a decent job of making history interesting or memorable.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=1-0684818868-12 (470 words)

	National Book Award for Young People's Literature
		The National Book Award for Young People's Literature carries a $10,000 cash prize and the award committee will consider books of all genres written for children and young adults by U.S. writers with an emphasis on literary merit.
		The Young People's category was added to the National Book Awards in 1996.
		A Children's Books category had previously existed in the National Book Award/American Book Awards program from 1969 to 1983.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~dkbrown/nba.html (469 words)

	American Book Award
		The American Book Award was established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre.
		The purpose of the award is to acknowledge the excellence and multicultural diversity of American writing.
		Italian American: The Racializing of an Ethnic Identity / David A. Richards
	www.oberlin.edu /staff/jsluk/american.htm (766 words)

	zentronix: dubwise & hiphopcentric: Can't Stop Won't Stop Wins American Book Award!
		Just got word from the Before Columbus Foundation that Can't Stop Won't Stop has won an American Book Award!
		Your book is the kind that changes lives, and I am so glad that these folks recognized it.
		finished reading the book today and I was amazed at how much depth it adds to what written hip hop history (rap attack etc.) was able to do before...
	www.cantstopwontstop.com /blog/2005/07/cant-stop-wont-stop-wins-american-book.cfm (448 words)

	BookWeb: Literary Award Winners: National Book Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The National Book Awards were established in 1950 by a consortium of publishing groups who wanted to bring to the public's attention exceptional books written by Americans, as well as encourage reading in general.
		Today, the awards are given to recognize achievements in four genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people's literature.
		The winners, chosen by five-member, independent judging panels for each genre, receive a $10,000 cash award and a crystal sculpture.
	www.bookweb.org /news/awards/1289.html (1258 words)

	Library Q: Award-Winning Gay and Lesbian Authors
		1982 American Book Award for Multicultural Book of Merit, for The Queen of Wands
		1996 Lambda Literary Award for Gay and Lesbian Humor, for The Butches of Madison County
		1994 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Biography/Autobiography, for Marguerite Yourcenar
	carbon.cudenver.edu /public/library/libq/awards.html (5519 words)

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