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2020 Distinguished Favorites

Solar Reboot
by Matthew D. Hunt

Off The Rails:
One Family's Journey Through Teen Addiction
by Susan Burrowes

So You Want a Puppy
by Raven Howell

She's Got This!
Essays on Standing Strong and Moving On
Edited by Joanne Hartman and Mary Claire Hill

Accepting submissions for the Fall Contest,
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Tiny Tim and The Ghost of Ebenezer Scrooge - The sequel to A Christmas Carol
by Norman Whaler

Goodbye Homeboy: How My Students Drove Me Crazy and Inspired a Movement
by Steve Mariotti

Pick Myself Up & Dust Myself Off
by Colin Caudell

"When I Go Back to My Home Country": A Remembrance of Archie Ammons
by Emily Herring Wilson

Killing Pat Garrett, The Wild West's Most Famous Lawman - Murder Or Self-Defense?
by David G. Thomas

Lewis R. Heim:
Mechanical Genius of Modern Industry
by Robert V. Jacobs

The Real James Bond: A True Story of Identity Theft, Avian Intrigue & Ian Fleming
by Jim Wright

Savvy: Navigating Fake Companies, Fake Leaders and Fake News in the Post-Trust Era
by Shiv Singh & Rohini Luthra

Cry of an Osprey
by Angie Vancise

DataStory:
Explain Data and Inspire Action Through Story
by Nancy Duarte

Business-Entrepreneurship & Small Business

No More Feedback:
Cultivate Consciousness at Work
by Carol Sanford

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Humanity Works: Merging Technologies and People for the Workforce of the Future
by Alexandra Levit

Superhuman Innovation: Transforming
Business with Artificial Intelligence
by Chris Duffey

Transforming While Performing: How to Create a Culture of Innovation with Partners
by Andres Angelani

Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody,
Carve your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life
by Laura Gassner Otting

3 Vital Questions:
Transforming Workplace Drama
by David Emerald

Business of a Spiritual Matter: What All Leaders of Faith-Based Nonprofits Should Know
by M. Gasby Brown

The WOW Factor Workplace:
How to Create a Best Place to Work Culture
by Deb Boelkes

Cross of a Different Kind:
Cancer & Christian Spirituality
by Anthony Maranise

Required Reading for The Whole Cancer Thing. An Insider's Tale plus 101 "Must-Have" Survival Tips by Anne Kruse, M.S.

The Stars Are Lined Up for
Military Spouses for Federal Careers
by Kathryn Troutman

Yes is the Answer! What is the Question?: How Faith in People and a Culture of Hospitality Built a Modern American...by Cameron Mitchell

Personal Health Organizer
by Anne McAwley-LeDuc, RN, APRN

Through the Rabbit Hole,
Navigating the Maze of Providing Care
by Trish Laub

See the Sea
by Alese and Morton Pechter

Where Does Money Grow?
by Beth McGuinness

Aline and the Blue Bottle
by Carolina Ugaz-Morán

Granny's Trilogy
by Jo Anne Cushman Burrill

IMAGINE THAT:
The Magic of the Mysterious Lights
by George Yuhasz

Rooster's Voice
by Adriana Pernetz

Start with Jesus:
How Everyday Disciples Will Renew the Church
by Julianne Stanz

Living Mollusks
by Charles E. Rawlings, M.D, J.D

The Iron Collar
by Susan D. Peters

Stringing Rosaries: The History, the Unforgivable, and the Healing of Northern Plains American Indian Boarding Sch...by Denise K. Lajimodiere

Built to Suck: The Inevitable Demise of the Corporation...and How to Save It?
by Joseph Jaffe

Peaceful Endings,
Guiding the Walk to the End of Life and Beyond
by Trish Laub

Meet the Principal:
My Journey Beyond the Curriculum
by Jane Blomstrand

TIPS A Guidebook for Teaching Excellence in ESL
by Dan Manolescu

The Adaptive Teacher
by John Barone & Charleen Katra

Band Of Innocence-Legacy
by Robert Agnello

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The Art of Symeon Shimin
by Tonia Shimin

Junkyard at No Town
by J.C. Myers

Love in the Cretaceous
by Howard W. Robertson

The Secret of Jessie Judas
by E.M. Schorb

Woulda Been
by Penny Ledbetter

The Lost Years of Billy Battles
by Ronald E. Yates

Mirador
by James Jennings

The Price of Compassion:
The Golden City Book Four
by A.B. Michaels

When We Were Brave
by Karla M. Jay

The Crest,
Book I of The Prophecy
by Jerena Tobiasen

The Emerald,
Book II of The Prophecy
by Jerena Tobiasen

The Destiny,
Book III of The Prophecy
by Jerena Tobiasen

All Hollow
by Simeon Courtie

The Non-Obvious Guide To Event Planning (For Kick-Ass Gatherings That Inspire People)
by Andrea Driessen

The Misadventures of Rusty Kenneficke
by Keith Thye

Night Threads:
A Weaving of Soul Stories from the Dreamtime
by Susan Andra Lion

The Light in 9/11:
Shocked by Kindness, Healed by Love
by Lisa Luckett

Accepting submissions from ALL publishers:
www.nycbigbookaward.com

The Truth:
The Biggest Cover-Up In History
by Robert Barry

Truth To Triumph
by Lily Sanders

Figley vs. the Mookling Hat
by Suzanne Cotsakos and Ryan McCulloch

Secrets of Hominea
By David W. Tollen

The Mystery of the Lost Avenger
by Linda Maria Frank

The Red Coat
by Madge H. Gressley

Travels with Sushi in the Land of the Mind
by Eduard Shyfrin

The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Organizations Transform While Others Fail
by Charlene Li

The Virtual Divide:
Tackling Your Challenges of Leading in a Virtual World by Ronald B Beach

The Journey of Not Knowing:
How 21st Century Leaders Can Chart a Course Where There Is None by Julie Benezet

Ready for the People
by Mike Langan

The Safecracker
by James Garrison

Cry of an Osprey
by Angie Vancise

Welcome to the Day
by Keven Renken

American Corporate
by Jeb Stewart Harrison

Clifford's Spriral: A novel
by Gerald Everett Jones

The Magnolia Code
by Joan Brooks Baker

Buy The Little Ones A Dolly
by Rose E. Bingham

Fields of White Gold
by George Ann Byrd Danehower

Africa in My Soul:
Memoir of a Childhood Interrupted
by Cheryl Duvall

The Emperor Strikes Back
by Helena P. Schrader

The Way of the Simple Soul
by Catherine Grace Landry

Now accepting submissions from ALL publishers and authors: www.nycbigbookaward.com

The River Rat Murders: A Wind Grass Hill Novel
by Frank L. Gertcher

The Red Hand
by Michael Stephen Daigle

Saxxons in Witherston:
A Witherston Murder Mystery
by Betty Jean Craige

Preacher Finds a Corpse:
An Evan Wycliff Novel
by Gerald Everett Jones

Beloved Mother
by Laura Hunter

The Enchanters' Child
by Navya Sarikonda

Far Away Bird
by Douglas A. Burton

Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted to Know
by Ashley McDonough

Raising Independent, Self-Confident Kids: Nine Essential Skills to Teach Your Child or Teen by Wendy L Moss, Ph.D. and Donald A Moses, M.D.

Turn The Tables: From Challenges to Opportunities
by Priya Kumar

Tex the Explorer: Journey Around the Earth
by Ellie Smith

Oink and Gobble and the Missing Cupcakes
by Norman Whaler

The Unlikely Journey of Leo the Leaf
by William J. Barker, Jr.

The Rock and Roll Rolex
by Cathy Kreutter

AFFINITIES
Photographs by Timothy Hearsum
Foreword: Arthur Ollman

Frozen Charlotte
Poems by Susan de Sola

No Small Gift
by Jennifer Franklin

The Ocean Cannot Be Blue
by Kirsten Hampton

Save Our Ship
by Barbara Louise Ungar

What We Have Instead
Poems by Gus Speth

Black Dragon
by David Benjamin

Eve of Awakening: Onoma Series Book 1
by Alisa Hope Wagner

The Priest
by Bill Schubart

Come Fill This Place: A Journey In Prayer
by Stacy Dietz

Kleptomaniac:
Who's Really Robbing God Anyway?
by Dr. Frank Chase Jr, Th.D

King Here: Never Too OLD, Too RICH
or Too ANYTHING to Meet Jesus
by Trish Porter Topmiller

Slay the Day: Your Daily Dose of Victory
by Alisa Hope Wagner

The Brute and I
by Suzanne Smith

The Exile
by Gregory Phillips

Everybody Lies
by Melanie A. Smith

Earth Log
by Blaine C. Readler

Mind Gardens
by Charles Stoll

Solar Reboot
by Matthew D. Hunt

How to Kill Your Batman: A Guide for Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Using Batman to Heal Hypervigilance by Ken Rogers

Enough as You Are
by Peggy Weber

RESCRIPT the Story You're Telling Yourself: The Eight Practices to Quiet Your Inner Antagonist, Amplify Your Inner...by Colleen Georges

Simple Musings:
A Collection of Spiritual Musings
by Alisa Hope Wagner

See some past winners and favorites like Corporal Muse by Allison Joseph
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When God Says No
by Judith Briles

Prudence in Hollywood and Other Stories
by Ralph Cissne

What Lies Beneath
by Pamela Hirschler

Solar Dividends: How Solar Energy Can Generate a Basic Income For Everyone on Earth
by Robert Stayton

The Mythic Moons of Avalon
by Jhenah Telyndru

The Count Of Baldpate
by Sherrie Todd-Beshore

The Fixer: The Naked Man
Katerina Mills - Book 1
by Jill Amy Rosenblatt

The Fixer: The Killing Kind
Katerina Mills - Book 2
by Jill Amy Rosenblatt

The Fixer: The Last Romanov
Katerina Mills - Book 3
by Jill Amy Rosenblatt

Blockchain or Die: Learn to Profit From Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains
by Eric L. Guthrie, Esq.

The Hubley Case
by J. Lee

The Unseen
by Lisa Towles

Just Love Everybody
by Greg Ware

High-Vibe Crystal Healing
by Jolie DeMarco

The Last Orphan
by Jeffrey Lowder

Hidden Women: Celtic Burgundy & Europe
by Jacqueline Widmar Stewart

Life Simply Moves On
by Niedhie Agarwal

SHRUG: A Novel
by Lisa Braver Moss

Someone in the Walls
by Teymour Shahabi

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