![]() ![]() He is a regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, currently serving as their poet ambassador. Some of his other works include Booked, which was longlisted for the National Book Award, The Playbook: 52 Rules to Help You Aim, Shoot, and Score in this Game of Life, Swing, and the picture books Out of Wonder and The Undefeated, which was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Caldecott Medal, a Newbery Honor, and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and the New York Times best-selling author of more than thirty-five books, including Rebound, the follow-up to his Newbery medal–winning middle grade novel, The Crossover. ![]()
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The 25th anniversary edition of the iconic book, revised and updated for 21st-century adolescent girls and their families. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “One element driving the high rate of excellence is participation from university presses. “Independent publishers are growing in number, and the quality of their work is increasing,” said awards director Jim Barnes. states plus the District of Columbia, five Canadian provinces, and ten countries overseas.Where do the most IPPY winners live? For 2013, the most medal-winning books came from California, with a whopping 49 winners! New York is next with 27 winners, and then a very even distribution between Texas, Massachusetts and Colorado with 12 each Michigan has 11 winners Minnesota, North Carolina and Washington have 10 each Illinois, Arizona, and Ontario each garnered 9 winners. So, 5,600 total entries and 400 total medals to be presented. This year’s IPPY competition attracted 3,700 entries in the national categories, 1,300 regional entries and 600 e-book entries. ![]() Independent publishers are extremely diverse, in both style and geography. ![]() Established as the first awards program open exclusively to independents, over 3,300 "IPPYs" have been awarded to authors and publishers around the world. The "IPPY" Awards, launched in 1996, are designed to bring increased recognition to the deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors and publishers. 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They are a pretty tired looking collection of books because I bought them as a university student from second book shops all over Christchurch and Auckland. I own all the copies of both series set in this marvellous world and most of the extras too. It was my ‘Neverending story’ if you will and it gave me the confidence to be more present in my own life. The story is Garion’s ‘hero’s journey’ but I felt that the adventure belonged to me too. By reading these books I was drawn into an incredible world filled with characters that I knew and loved, and in some cases wanted to be (come on people, I can’t be the only kid that put a streak of white paint in their hair). This I didn’t understand until I was older. I had friends at school, but no meaningful connections. I started reading them as an 11 year old who was kind of floating around in this thing called life. This will be the same review for all the books in ‘The Belgariad’ and ‘The Mallorean’. ![]() ![]() Zweig's essays include studies of Honoré de Balzac, Charles Dickens, and Fyodor Dostoevsky ( Drei Meister, 1920 Three Masters) and of Friedrich Hölderlin, Heinrich von Kleist, and Friedrich Nietzsche ( Der Kampf mit dem Dämon, 1925 Master Builders). Zweig's interest in psychology and the teachings of Sigmund Freud led to his most characteristic work, the subtle portrayal of character. Finding only growing loneliness and disillusionment in their new surroundings, he and his second wife committed suicide. In 1934, driven into exile by the Nazis, he emigrated to England and then, in 1940, to Brazil by way of New York. Zweig studied in Austria, France, and Germany before settling in Salzburg in 1913. He and his second wife committed suicide in 1942. ![]() ![]() Among his most famous works are Beware of Pity, Letter from an Unknown Woman, and Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles. He produced novels, plays, biographies, and journalist pieces. ![]() Stefan Zweig was one of the world's most famous writers during the 1920s and 1930s, especially in the U.S., South America, and Europe. ![]() |