Top Books in Arizona announced at Glyph Awards Banquet

The recipients of the Arizona Book Awards were announced on October 6, 2007, where winners received their Glyph Awards at a festive banquet at the Phoenix Country Club. In addition to the book awards, Glyph Awards were presented for Excellence in Publishing, Embodying Arizona, Most Valuable Person and Korwin Award for Visionary Leadership.

The Arizona Book Awards were presented in the following categories. Each winner received a Glyph Award (similar to the Academy Awards, at which winners receive an Oscar Award).

Best Book
Tséyi’ Deep In the Rock
University of Arizona Press

Best Embodying Arizona Book
Sunshot: Peril and Wonder in the Grand Desierto
University of Arizona Press

Best Art/Music/Photography Book
NavajoLand: A Native Son Shares His Legacy
Arizona Highways

Best Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs Book
Porch Stories
Atria

Best Cover Design—Adult Book
Your Kids Their Lives
Designer: ATG Productions, LLC

Best Cover Design—Children/Young Adult Book
Life In the Slow Lane: A Desert Tortoise Tale
The RGU Group
Illustrator: Nathaniel P. Jensen
Design: Adriana Patricia De La Roche

Best First Book
Rainwater Harvesting: For Drylands
Rainsource Press

Best Business/Career Book
Painless Performance Evaluations
Prentice Hall

Best Children—Fiction Book
Blast to the Past: King’s Courage
Simon and Schuster

Best Children—Nonfiction Book
The Navajo Year, Walk Through Many Seasons
Salina Bookshelf, Inc.

Best Coffee Table Book
Markawasi: Peru’s Inexplicable Stone Forest
Kathleen Doore

Best Cookbook
The Braces Cookbook
The Discovery Box

Best Crafts/Hobby/How-to Book
Minerals, Fossils, and Fluorescents of Arizona
Arizona Desert Ice Press

Best Education/Teaching/Academic Book
Math Poetry
Good Year Books

Best Gardening/Agriculture Book
Rainwater Harvesting: For Drylands
Rainsource Press

Best Gay/Lesbian Book
The Value of Valor
Intaglio Publications, Inc.

Best Gift Book
Gunsmoke:An American Institution
Five Star Publications Inc.

Best Health/Wellness/Nutrition Book
Healthy Solutions: A Guide to Simple Healing and Healthy Wisdom
Basic Health Publications

Best History/Political Book
I Am the Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon Association

Best Juvenile/Young Adult—Fiction Book
The Cure for the Curse
Treble Heart Books/Whooodoo Mysteries

Best Juvenile/Young Adult—Nonfiction Book
Keeping the Rope Straight
Salina Bookshelf, Inc.

Best Multiculture Book
Porch Stories
Atria

Best Mystery/Suspense Book
The Old Buzzard Had it Coming
Poisoned Pen Press

Best Nature/Environment Book
Sunshot: Peril and Wonder in the Grand Desierto
University of Arizona Press

Best Parenting/Family Issues Book
A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Children
Great Potential Press

Best Poetry Book
Tséyi’ Deep In the Rock
University of Arizona Press

Best Popular Fiction Book
A Feather in the Rain
Five Star Publications Inc.

Best Psychology/Self-Help Book
Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults
Great Potential Press

Best Recreation/Sports Book
The Art of Pickleball
Acacia Publishing, Inc.

Best Reference Book
Arizona Wildflowers
Arizona Highways

Best Regional Book
Secret Sedona
Arizona Highways

Best Religion/Spirituality Book
We Are All In This Alone
Hudson House

Best Science Book
Carving Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon Association

Best Travel Book
The Insider’s Arizona Guidebook
Arizona Highways

Special Awards

MOST VALUABLE PERSON
2007 Outstanding ABPA Member
Bill Fessler
Primer Publishers

EXCELLENCE IN PUBLISHING
Wide World of Maps
Jim Willinger, President

THE KORWIN AWARD
Visionary Leadership
Rich Hamilton
Sellbetter Tools

Honorable Mention Recipients

Art/Music/Photography Book
Beyond the Reach of Time and Change
University of Arizona Press

Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs
John J. Rhodes: Man of the House
Primer Publishers

Cover Design—Adult Book
NavajoLand: A Native Son Shares His Legacy
Arizona Highways

First Book
It May Be Forever
David Quinn

Business/Career Book
Performance Conversations
Wheatmark

Education/Teaching/Academic Book
Arizona Laws 101: A Handbook For Non-Lawyers
Wheatmark

Gay/Lesbian Book
Distemper
Acacia Publishing, Inc.

Health/Wellness/Nutrition Book
The Food is a Lie: The Truth is Within
Triple B Publishing

History/Political Book
Picturing Arizona
University of Arizona Press

Multiculture Book
Son of Mashpee
Word Studio

Mystery/Suspense Book
Iron Ties
Poisoned Pen Press

Nature/Environment Book
Life In Stone
Grand Canyon Association

Poetry Book
La Tierra Que Me Conoce
Wheatmark

Popular Fiction Book
Pima Road
Treble Heart Book

Psychology/Self-Help Book
Achieving Success with Impossible Children
Acacia Publishing, Inc.

Reference Book
The Encyclopedia of Native Music
University of Arizona Press

Regional Book
Outlaw Tales of Arizona
The Globe Pequot Press

Travel Book
Arizona Getaways for the Incurably Romantic
Cloud Nine Press

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