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2012 NAUTILUS AWARDS SILVER WINNERS

 

 AGING GRACEFULLY

ALONE AND
INVISIBLE NO MORE
Allen S. Teel, MD
Chelsea Green

IS THIS NORMAL?
The Essential Guide to
Middle Age & Beyond
John Whyte, MD, MPH
Rodale Books


 ANIMALS / NATURE

DOGS MAKE
US HUMAN
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
& Art Wolfe
Bloomsbury USA
 

FOLLOWING ATTICUS
Tom Ryan
William Morrow / Harper Collins
 AUDIO BOOKS & SPOKEN WORD

CLASSIC
DHARMA TALKS
Thich Nhat Hanh
Better Listen

THE BEAUTY OF THE CITY IN
THE LAST HOUR OF THE NIGHT
Alexander Forbes
Alexander Forbes
BODY-CENTERED THERAPY

FIERCE MEDICINE: 
Breakthrough Practices to Heal the 
Body and Ignite the Spirit
Ana T. Forrest
HarperOne/HarperCollins

THE REIKI MANUAL: 
A Training Guide…
Penelope Quest, with Kathy Roberts
Tarcher/Penguin
BUSINESS / LEADERSHIP

FROM VALUES
TO ACTION:
The Four Principles of
Values Based Leadership
Linda Carroll &

Jossey-Bass/Wiley

IMPACT INVESTING:
Transforming
How We Make Money While Making a Difference
Antony Bugg-Levine,
Jed Emerson
Jossey-Bass/Wiley
 

MARKETING FOR SCIENTISTS:
How to Shine
in Tough Times
Marc J. Kuchner
Island Press
 

PAUSE FOR BREATH:
Bringing the Practices of Mindfulness and Dialogue to Leadership Conversations
Amanda Ridings
Live It Publishing

REBOOT YOUR LIFE:
Energize Your Career
& Life by Taking a Break
Catherine Allen,
Nancy Bearg, Rita Foley,
Jaye Smith
Beaufort Books
 

WHY ARE WE BAD
AT PICKING GOOD LEADERS?
Jeffrey Cohn,
Jay Moran
Jossey-Bass/Wiley


 CONSCIOUS MEDIA / JOURNALISM / INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING



GREEN CARD STORIES
Saundra Amrhein introduction by Stephen Yale-Loehr,and,Laura Danielson,
photos by Ariana Lindquist
Umbrage Books

SCREWING MOTHER NATURE FOR PROFIT
Elaine Smitha
Watkins Publishing
 
THE CONCUSSION CRISIS:
Anatomy of a Silent Epidemic
 Linda Carroll & David Rosner
Simon & Schuster
 CREATIVE PROCESS



THE "BACKWARDS"
RESEARCH GUIDE:
Using your Life for Reflection,
Connection, and Inspiration
Sonya Huber
Equinox Publications
 
THE CREATIVE
PHOTOGRAPHER
Catherine Anderson
Pixiq / Sterling Publishing

ECOLOGY / ENVIRONMENT

PLATO'S REVENGE: 
Politics in the 
Age of Ecology
William Ophuls
The MIT Press
  
THE QUIET WORLD: 
Saving Alaska’s 
Wilderness Kingdom
Douglas Brinkley
Harper / Harper Collins

WORLD 
WITHOUT FISH
Mark Kurlansky, ill 
Frank Stockton
Workman Publishing
 FICTION



FROM THIS WICKED
PATCH OF DUST
Sergio Troncoso
University
of Arizona Press
   


THE DREAMSELLER:
The Calling
Augusto Cury
Simon & Schuster/Atria
THE MEMOIRS
OF JOHN F. KENNEDY:
a novel
Donald James Lawn
Castlefin Press

 FOOD / COOKING




DIABETES COMFORT FOOD COOKBOOK 
Robyn Webb
American Diabetes Assoc.

 FOOD / COOKING / HEALTHY EATING


THE FOOD LOVER'S GUIDE
TO WINE
Karen Page
& 
Andrew Dornenburg
Little, Brown and Company
VEGGIYANA: 
The Dharma of Cooking
Sandra Garson
Wisdom Publications


WELCOMING KITCHEN: 
200 Delicious
Allergen & Gluten-Free Vegan Recipes
Kim Lutz
w/Megan Hart, MS, RD, LD
Sterling Publishing


 GIFT / SPECIALTY


A PRINCESS AND
HER GARDEN:
Becoming the
Queen of Yourself
Patricia R. Adson, Phd, 
w/ Jennifer E. Van Homer Center for Applications of Psychological Type
  

OPENING
THE GATES
OF THE HEART: 
A Journey of Healing
Carolyn CJ Jones
Gate Lady Publishing

PURPLE LEAVES,
RED CHERRIES:
A Gift for Mothers…
Tania Elfersy &
Andrea Katzman
Flower Cap Press

QUANTUM AFFIRMATIONS:
The New Energy Science for Conscious Manifestation
Monte Farber
Weiser Books

THE CODE:
Unlocking the Ancient Power of Your Birthday
Johanna Paungger
& Thomas Poppe
Beyond Words/Atria

THE ENCHANTED BIRTHDAY BOOK: Discover the Meaning and Magic of Your BIrthday
Amy Zerner & Monte Farber
Sterling Publishing/Ethos


THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF COLOR CARDS
Inna Segal 
Beyond Words/Atria


 GREEN LIVING / HOME / GARDEN / ARCHITECTURE

HOUSING RECLAIMED:
Sustainable Homes
for Next to Nothing
Jessica Kellner
New Society Publishers
  

POCKET NEIGHBORHOODS: Creating Small-Scale in a Large-Scale World
Ross Chapin
Taunton Press

TINY HOMES:
Simple Shelter
Lloyd Kahn
Shelter Publications


 GRIEVING / DEATH & DYING

A MOSAIC HEART:
Reshaping the Shards
of a Shattered Life
Terry Jones-Brady
Quartet Books
  
HISTORY OF
A SUICIDE:
My Sister’s Unfinished Life
Jill Bialosky
Atria / Simon & Schuster

MY LIFE
AFTER LIFE:
a posthumous memoir
Galen Stollar,
KP Stoller, MD, ed
Dream Treader Press


SOMEONE TO TALK TO:
Finding Peace, Purpose & Joy
after Tragedy and Loss
Samantha M. White
Yankee Drummer Press

WHEN ALL THAT'S
LEFT OF ME IS LOVE 
Linda Campanella
Tate Publishing


 HEALTH & HEALING / WELLNESS / PREVENTION / VITALITY

FRIED:
Why You Burn Out
& How to Revive
Joan Borysenko, PhD
Hay House

JOURNEY TO THE HEART:
Secrets of Aboriginal Healing
Dr. Gary Holz with 
Robbie Holz
iUniverse

STOP ALZHEIMER'S NOW!
Bruce Fife, ND
Piccadilly Books

THE WISDOM OF
THE HEALING WOUND 
David Knighton, MD
Health Communications, Inc.
YOUR BONES:
How You Can Prevent Osteoporosis & Have Strong Bones for Life Naturally
Lara Pizzorno, MA, LMT
w/Jonathan V. Wright, MD
Praktikos Books


 MEMOIR / PERSONAL JOURNEY

AMAZING ADVENTURES
OF A NOBODY
Leon Logothetis
Bettie Youngs Books

DIARY OF AN
ECO-OUTLAW:
An Unreasonable
Woman Breaks the Law
for Mother Earth
Diane Wilson
Chelsea Green
 
FOLLOWING
ATTICUS
Tom Ryan
William Morrow /
Harper Collins
                         

MY DYSLEXIA 
Philip Schultz
W.W. Norton & Company
THE COMFORT GARDEN: 
Tales from the Trauma Unit
Laurie Barkin
Fresh Pond Press
 

 MULTICULTURAL / INDIGENOUS
FROM THIS WICKED PATCH OF DUST
Sergio Troncoso
University of Arizona Press
  

IN FLIGHT:
Two Novels of the
Philippines
Jose Dalisay 
Schaffner Press

THE BEAUTIFUL
ONE HAS COME 
Suzanne Kamata
Wyatt-MacKenzie
 
THE NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE
OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS:
An American Slave
Don Mullan, ed
a little book company

 
TWO CENTURIES OF
BLACK LOUISVILLE:
A Photographic History
Mervin Aubespin, Kenneth Clay,
& J. Blaine Hudson
Butler Books



 PARENTING / FAMILY


GUIDE TO RAISING
A CHILD WITH DIABETES
Jean Betschart Roemer, MN, MSN, CRNP, CDE
American Diabetes Assoc.
  

PARENTING ADULT CHILDREN: 
Real Stories of Families Turning Challenges into Successes
Fred Schloemer, EdD
Butler Books


SMART PARENTING FOR SMART KIDS
Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD & Mark Lowenthal, Psy
Jossey-Bass/Wiley
 
 
WORKING PARENTS, THRIVING FAMILIES:
10 Strategies That
Make a Difference

David J. Palmiter, Jr,
PhD, ABPP
Sunrise River Press
 

 

 PHOTOGRAPHY / ART


MISSED CONNECTIONS:
Love, Lost & Found
Sophie Blackall
Workman Publishing
TIFFANY’S SWEDENBORGIAN ANGELS
Mary Lou Bertucci & Joanna Hill
Swedenborg Foundation Press
 POETRY

IN THE PALMS OF ANGELS
Terri Kirby Erickson
Press 53

INTO THE FIRE: 
Words Collected on
the Road to Silence
Margaret Coyle Irsay
One Body Works Publishing
 PERSONAL GROWTH / SELF HELP / PSYCHOLOGY

ATTITUDE RECONSTRUCTION:
A Blueprint for Building
a Better Life
Jude Bijou
Riviera Press
HAPPINESS
Joan Chittister
W. B. Eerdmans Publishing
 
HIDDEN TREASURE: 
Uncovering the Truth in
Your Life Story
Gangaji
Tarcher/Penguin

REBOOT YOUR LIFE:
Energize Your Career
& Life by Taking a Break
Catherine Allen, 
Nancy Bearg, Rita Foley, Jaye Smith

Beaufort Books

THE ART OF UNCERTAINTY:
How to Live in the Mystery
of Life and Love it
Dennis Merritt Jones
Tarcher/Penguin

THE CREATIVE CONVERSATION
ArtMaking as
Playful Prayer
Bridget Benton
Eyes Aflame Publishing
RELATIONSHIPS

HAPPY TOGETHER
Creating a Lifetime
of Connection, 
Commitment, and Intimacy
Bill Cloke, PhD
Pacific Highlands Press

REBUILDING
TRUST IN THE WORKPLACE
Dennis Reina
& Michelle Reina
Berrett-Koehler
 

WABI SABI
LOVE 
Arielle Ford HarperOne/HarperCollins
RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY – EASTERN

SONG OF THE TRUSTING HEART
Tamarack Song
Sentient Publications

STUMBLING INTO INFINITY:
An Ordinary Man in the Sphere of Enlightenment
Michael Fischman
Morgan James Publishing
 
THE PATH OF THE
YOGA SUTRAS
Nicolai Bachman
Sounds True

WALKING THE TIGER’S PATH:
A Soldier’s Spiritual Journey in Iraq
Paul M. Kendel
Tendril Press
RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY – OTHER

A BRANCH FROM THE LIGHTNING TREE:
Ecstatic Myth and
Grace in Wildness
Martin Shaw
White Cloud Press

THE CALL OF SEDONA:
Journey of the Heart
Ilchi Lee
Best Life Media

TRANSCENDENCE: Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation
Norman E. Rosenthal, MD Tarcher/Penguin
RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY – WESTERN

A SWEDENBORG
SAMPLER
Emanuel Swedenborg
Swedenborg
Foundation Press

A PUBLIC FAITH:
How the Followers 
of Christ Should Serve
the Common Good
Miroslav Volf 
Brazos Press

A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW: 
God, Religion & Our
Personal Quest for Truth
Tim O’Donnell
Linchpin Publishing

AN ALTAR IN THE WORLD
Barbara Brown Taylor
HarperOne/HarperCollins

LOVE WINS
Rob Bell
HarperOne/
HarperCollins

THE CROSS AND THE LYNCHING TREE
James H. Cone
Orbis Books


THE ONENESS GOSPEL:
Birthing the Christ Consciousness & Divine Human in You
Charlene M. Proctor, PhD Two Harbors Press

 

SCIENCE / COSMOLOGY

BEYOND ANIMAL,
EGO, AND TIME:
The Human Odyssey
Jerry Parrick
HB Publishing

DEEP TRUTH:
Igniting the Memory of
Our Origin, History,
Destiny, and Faith
Gregg Braden
Hay House Publishing
 

NEW CONSCIOUSNESS
FOR A NEW WORLD
Kingsley L. Dennis
Inner Traditions
 

YOUR MAGIC SOUL:
How Science & Psychic Phenomena…
Jeffrey A. Marks
Arago Press

SOCIAL CHANGE

DESIGNING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
Richard J. Jackson
w/ Stacy Sinclair
Jossey-Bass / Wiley

GLOBAL SENSE:
The 2012 Edition
Judah Freed
Hoku House / Media Visions
THE WHOLE-BRAIN
PATH TO PEACE
James Olson
Origin Press
 

 


TWITTER FOR GOOD 
Claire Diaz-Ortiz
Jossey-Bass / Wiley
  

 


WALK OUT, WALK ON
Margaret Wheatley & 
Deborah Frieze
Berrett-Koehler Publishers

 


WOMEN'S INTERESTS



BREAK YOUR 
OWN RULES
Jill Flynn, Kathryn Heath, Mary Davis Holt
Jossey-Bass/Wiley

MANY BLESSINGS:
A Tapestry of Accomplished
African American Woman
Sonnee Weedn, PhD
Chispa Publishing
 

TOPIC OF CANCER:
Riding the Waves
of the Big C
Meg Stafford
 Virginia Martin Press / Wyatt McKenzie




WILD FEMININE:
Finding Power, Spirit & Joy in the Female Body
Tami Lynn Kent
Beyond Words/Atria

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED (GRADES 3-6)

 

FRANCIS WOKE UP EARLY
Josephine Nobisso, ill.
 Maureen Hyde
Gingerbread House Publishing
  

GHOST HANDS 
T.A. Barron, ill
William Low
Penguin Group/
Philomel Books
  


TAKE THE TIME:
Mindfulness for Kids
Maud Roegiers
Magination Press
 

THE WHITE
BALLETS
Rajka Kupesic
Tundra Books

THE WIZARD WHO SAVED THE WORLD
Jeffrey Bennett, ill.
Roberta Collier-Morales
Big Kid Science

WINTERBERRIES AND APPLE BLOSSOMS 
Nan Forler, paintings by
Peter Etril Snyder
Tundra Books

CHILDREN'S NONFICTION (GRADES 1-6)
 

AT HOME WITH THE
GOPHER TORTOISE:
The Story of a Keystone Species
Madeleine Dunphy, ill. Michael Rothman
Web of Life Children’s Books
  

CURIOUS CRITTERS 
David FitzSimmons
Wild Iris Publishing
CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS (PRESCHOOL-GRADE 2)
 

I’M LIKE YOU,
YOU’RE LIKE ME 
Cindy Gainer, ill.
Miki Sakamoto
Free Spirit Publishing

SNUTT THE IFT:
A Small But Significant
Chapter in the Life
of the Universe
Helen Ward
Little Pickle Press
 
MIDGRADE / TEEN FICTION
 

FIRST DESCENT
Pam Withers
Tundra Books
MY LIFE WITH
THE LINCOLNS
Gayle Brandeis
Henry Holt & Co.
SALTWATER TAFFY 
Eric DelaBarre
Seven Publishing
 
THE DRAGON TURN 
Shane Peacock
Tundra Books
  

MIDGRADE / TEEN NONFICTION

A PRINCESS AND HER GARDEN:
Becoming the 
Queen of Yourself
Patricia R. Adson & 
Jennifer E. Van Homer
Center for Applications of Psychological Type
DO SOMETHING! 
A Handbook for
Young Activists
Nancy Lublin
Workman Publishing
SCRIBBLING WOMEN
Marthe Jocelyn
Tundra Books
   
THE WISDOM TREE & THE RED SWING 
Carol L. MacAllister
Take Charge Books
  



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