2018 NAUTILUS SILVER WINNERS
PDF of All winners
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Aging consciously
Life's Final Season: A Guide for Aging and Dying with Grace
Richard P. Holm, MD
Self- Published
Aging consciously
Memory Activity Book
Helen Lambert
DK | with AARP
Aging consciously
Women of a Certain Age
Jodie Moffat, Maria Scoda & Susan L. Sullivan
Fremantle Press | Australia Council for Arts
2
ANIMALS & NATURE
Innumerable Insects - Natural Histories
Michael S. Engel
Sterling Publishing
ANIMALS & NATURE
Forest Bathing Retreat
Hannah Fries
Storey Publishing
ANIMALS & NATURE
The Butterfly Pavilion
James Lowen
Carlton Books
ANIMALS & NATURE
Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope
David Moskowitz
Braided River | Mountaineers Books
3
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT PRACTICES
Bless This House: Creating Sacred Space Where You Live, Work, & Travel
Mama Donna Henes
Ixia Press | Dover Publishers
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT PRACTICES
Yoga Wisdom: Warrior Tales Inspiring You On & Off Your Mat
Stephanie Spence
Skyhorse Publishing
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT PRACTICES
Every Body Yoga
Jessamyn Stanley
Workman Publishing
4
BUSINESS & LEADERSHIP
No More Feedback: Cultivate Consciousness at Work
Carol Sanford
Interoctave
BUSINESS & LEADERSHIP
Humble Leadership
Edgar H. Schein & Peter A. Schein
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
BUSINESS & LEADERSHIP
Taming Your Crocodiles
Hylke Faber
Ixia Press | Dover Publishers
BUSINESS & LEADERSHIP
Questions are the Answer
Hal Gregersen
Harper Business
5
CREATIVE PROCESS
Living Revision: A Writer's Craft as Spiritual Practice
Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew
Skinner House Books | Unitarian Univ. Assoc.
CREATIVE PROCESS
Creating Things That Matter
David Edwards
Henry Holt & Co. | Macmillan
CREATIVE PROCESS
Everyday Creativity and the Healthy Mind: Dynamic New Paths for Self & Society
Dr. Ruth Richards
Palgrave Macmillan
CREATIVE PROCESS
Spiral: A Catalyst for
Innovation and Expansion
Amy Simpkins
Positively Powered
6
ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
A Finer Future: Creating an Economy in Service to Life
L. Hunter Lovins, Stewart Wallis, Anders Wijkman & John Fullerton
New Society Publishers
ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
A Wild Promise: Prince William Sound
Debbie Miller & Hugh Rose, photographer
Braided River | Mountaineers Books
ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
The Synthetic Age: Outdesigning Evolution,
Resurrecting Species, & Re-Engineering Our World
Christopher Preston
The MIT Press
7a
FICTION: SELF-PUBLISHED & SMALL PRESS
World Gone Missing
Laurie Ann Doyle
Regal House Publishing
FICTION: SELF-PUBLISHED & SMALL PRESS
The Contest: A Novel
Ben Easton
Self-Published
FICTION: SELF-PUBLISHED & SMALL PRESS
The Path of the Wind
James A. Misko
Square One Publishers
FICTION: SELF-PUBLISHED & SMALL PRESS
River's Child
Mark Daniel Seiler
Owl House | Homebound
7b
FICTION: LARGE PUBLISHER
Weather Woman
Cai Emmons
Red Hen Press
Fiction: large publisher
Beneath the Same Heaven
Anne Marie Ruff
Open Books
FICTION: LARGE PUBLISHER
The Promise Between Us
Barbara Claypole White
Lake Union Publishing
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FOOD, COOKING & HEALTHY EATING
What to Eat During Cancer Treatment
Jeanne Besser, Barbara L. Grant & American Cancer Society
American Cancer Society
FOOD, COOKING & HEALTHY EATING
Genius Foods
Max Lugavere
Harper Wave
FOOD, COOKING & HEALTHY EATING
Sacred & Delicious: A Modern Ayurvedic Cookbook
Lisa Joy Mitchell
She Writes Press
FOOD, COOKING & HEALTHY EATING
Nourish: How to Heal Your Relationship with Food, Body, & Self
Heidi Schauster, MS, RDN
Hummingbird Press
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GIFT & SPECIALTY
Harry Potter: Creatures - A Paper Scene Book
Insight Editions
Insight Editions
Gift & Specialty
Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
Anne Lamott
Riverhead | Penguin RandomHouse
GIFT & SPECIALTY
The Butterfly Pavilion
James Lowen
Carlton Books
10
GREEN LIVING / SUSTAINABILITY
Slow Media: Why Slow is Satisfying, Sustainable, & Smart
Jennifer Rauch
Oxford University Press
GREEN LIVING / SUSTAINABILITY
Small Space Living
Roberta Sandenbergh
Skyhorse Publishing
GREEN LIVING / SUSTAINABILITY
The Suburban Micro-Farm: Modern Solutions for Busy People
Amy Stross
Twisted Creek Press
GREEN LIVING / SUSTAINABILITY
The Five-Ton Life: Carbon, America, & the Culture That May Save Us
Susan Subak
University of Nebraska Press
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DEATH & DYING / GRIEF & LOSS
The Mythmaker
Mary Harrell
Chiron Publications
DEATH & DYING / GRIEF & LOSS
Neither Married Nor Single
Dr. David Kirkpatrick
Brush Education
DEATH & DYING / GRIEF & LOSS
Poco a Poco: A Memoir
Michele Morris
Outskirts Press
DEATH & DYING / GRIEF & LOSS
Two Years of Wonder
Ted Neill
Tenebray Press
12
HEALTH, HEALING, WELLNESS & VITALITY
Game Changers
Dave Asprey
Harper Wave
HEALTH, HEALING, WELLNESS & VITALITY
Winning the War on Cancer: Epic Journey towards a Natural
Cure
Sylvie Beljanski
Morgan James Publishing
HEALTH, HEALING, WELLNESS & VITALITY
Natural Therapies for Overcoming Opiod Dependency
Catherine Browne, Dr of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine
Storey Publishing
HEALTH, HEALING, WELLNESS & VITALITY
Innovations in Behavioural Health Architecture
Stephen Verderber
Routledge | Taylor & Francis
13
HEROIC JOURNEYS
Breaking Vases: Shattering Limitations & Daring to Thrive -
A Middle Eastern Woman's Story
Dima Ghawi
Self-Published
HEROIC JOURNEYS
Beautiful Bodies: The Adventures of Malvina Hoffman
Didi Hoffman
Fulton Books
HEROIC JOURNEYS
Shadow Syndromes: Shining a Light on PANS & other
Inflammation-based Illnesses Plaguing Today's Youth
Any Mom
Anymom Press
14
INNER PROSPERITY & Right Livelihood
The Art of Abundance
Dennis Merritt Jones
TarcherPerigee at PRH
INNER PROSPERITY & right Livelihood
It's Never Too Late to Be Yourself
Davina Kotulski
Red Ink Press
INNER PROSPERITY & right Livelihood
Heart of the Shaman: Stories & Practices of the
Luminous Warrior
Alberto Villoldo, PhD
Four Winds Society | Hay House
15
JOURNALISM & INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
The Heart is a Shifting Sea
Elizabeth Flock
Harper
JOURNALISM & INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Footprints in the Dust
Roberta Gately
Pegasus Books
JOURNALISM & INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
The Desert and the Sea
Michael Scott Moore
Harper Wave
16a
MEMOIR & PERSONAL JOURNEY (SELF-PUBLISHED OR SMALL PRESS)
Chasing the Merry-Go-Round - A True Story
Kelly Bargabos
Boulay Press
MEMOIR & PERSONAL JOURNEY (SELF-PUBLISHED OR SMALL PRESS)
Hiking Naked: A Quaker Woman's Search for Balance
Iris Graville
Homebound Publications
MEMOIR & PERSONAL JOURNEY (SELF-PUBLISHED OR SMALL PRESS)
Buried Rivers: A Spiritual Journey into the Holocaust
Ellen Korman Mains
West Lake Books
16b
MEMOIR & PERSONAL JOURNEY (LARGE PUBLISHER)
Go Find: My Journey to Find the Lost -- and Myself
Susan Purvis
Blackstone Publishing
MEMOIR & PERSONAL JOURNEY (LARGE PUBLISHER)
On Call in the Arctic
Thomas J. Sims, MD
Pegasus Books
MEMOIR & PERSONAL JOURNEY (LARGE PUBLISHER)
The Ashokan Way: Landscape's Path into Consciousness
Gail Straub
Homebound Publications
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MULTICULTURAL & INDIGENOUS
Lands of Lost Borders
Kate Harris
Dey Street Books | HarperCollins
MULTICULTURAL & INDIGENOUS
Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography
Andrea Warner
Greystone Books
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PARENTING & FAMILY
Autism Uncensored: Pulling Back the Curtain
Whitney Ellenby
Koehlerbooks | Author Collaboration
PARENTING & FAMILY
Like a Mother
Angela Garbes
Harper Wave
PARENTING & FAMILY
Iphelia: Awakening the Gift of Feeling
Erick Kenneth French
Tyrian Press
PARENTING & FAMILY
The Emotionally Healthy Child: Helping Children Calm,
Center, & Make Smarter Choices
Maureen Healy
New World Library
19a
PERSONAL GROWTH (self-published & small press)
The Bones & Breath: A Man's Guide to Eros,
the Sacred Masculine, and the Wild Soul
L.R. Heartsong
Hearthside Press
PERSONAL GROWTH (self-published & small press)
SoulStroller: Experiencing the Weight,
Whispers, & Wings of the World
Kayce Stevens Hughlett
WriteLife Publishing
PERSONAL GROWTH (self-published & small press)
The Soul-Discovery Journalbook:
Intimate Journey into Self
Adriene Nicastro-Santos
Spirit Speaks Publishing
19b
PERSONAL GROWTH (large publisher)
It's Not Always Depression
Hilary JacobsHendel, LCSW
Spiegel & Grau | RandomHouse
PERSONAL GROWTH (large publisher)
The Gift of Recovery: 52 Mindful Ways to Live Joyfully
Beyond Addiction
Rebecca E. Williams PhD & Julie S. Kraft LMFT
New Harbinger Publications
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PSYCHOLOGY
Wisdom, Attachment & Love in Trauma Therapy
Susan Pease Banitt
Routledge
PSYCHOLOGY
Soul Stories: Voices from the Margins
Josephine Ensign
Univ. Calif. Medical Humanities Press
PSYCHOLOGY
The Social Leap
William von Hippel
Harper Wave
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PHOTOGRAPHY & THE ARTS
Feminine Mysticism in Art: Artists Envisioning the Divine
Victoria Christian, Editor & Susan Stedman, Asst Editor
Awakening Soul Wisdom
PHOTOGRAPHY & THE ARTS
Turn Me to Gold: 108 Poems of Kabir
Andrew Harvey & Brett Hurd, photography
Unity Books
PHOTOGRAPHY & THE ARTS
Bob Langrish's World of Horses
Bob Langrish
Storey Publishing
PHOTOGRAPHY & THE ARTS
Soul Blessings
Lulu Trevena, Laura Bowman, Art
Merry Dissonance Press
22a
POETRY
Cowboy Meditation Primer
Mary McCray
Trementina Books
POETRY
The School of Soft-Attention
Frank LaRue Owen
Homebound Publications
POETRY
The Expanse of All Things
James Scott Smith
Homebound Publications
22b
Lyric Prose
Naming Mt. Thoreau
Laurie Glover, editor | 10 authors, 3 artists
Artemisia Press, Mono Lake Committee
Lyric Prose
Sustainability: A Love Story
Nicole Walker
Mad Creek Books | Ohio State Univ.
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RELATIONSHIPS & COMMUNICATION
Breaking Up & Bouncing Back
Samantha Burns
Ixia Press | Dover Publications
RELATIONSHIPS & COMMUNICATION
Building Resilience with Appreciative Inquiry
Joan McArthur-Blair & Jeanie Cockell
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
RELATIONSHIPS & COMMUNICATION
Answering Why: Unleashing Passion, Purpose, and
Performance in Younger Generations
Mark C. Perna
Greenleaf Book Group
24a
RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY OF EASTERN THOUGHT
The Jewel of Abundance
Ellen Grace O'Brian
New World Library
RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY OF EASTERN THOUGHT
Sitting on the Toolbox: Buddha's Wisdom for a Joyful Life
Venerable Bhante Sujatha, with Stacey Stern
Blue Lotus Press
24b
RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY OF WESTERN THOUGHT
The Divine Mind: Exploring the Psychological History of
God's Inner Journey
Michael Gellert
Prometheus Books | RandomHouse
RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY OF WESTERN THOUGHT
Trust Women: A Progressive Christian Argument for
Reproductive Justice
Rebecca Todd Peters
Beacon Press
RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY OF WESTERN THOUGHT
Richard Rohr: Essential Teachings on Love
Richard Rohr | edited by Joelle Chase & Judy Traeger
Orbis Books
24c
RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY OF other traditions
The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to
Spiritual Growth
Christopher Heuertz
Zondervan
RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY OF other traditions
Just Be: Transform Your Life
& Live as Infinity
Suresh Ramaswamy
Lucid Field
RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY OF other traditions
Messages from the Divine: Wisdom for the Seeker's Soul
Sara Wiseman
Beyond Words | Atria
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SCIENCE & COSMOLOGY
Dreams That Can Save Your Life: Early Warning Signs of
Cancer & Other Diseases
Larry Burk MD & Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos
Findhorn Press | Inner Traditions International
SCIENCE & COSMOLOGY
And God Created Wholeness
Edwin E. Olson
Orbis Books
SCIENCE & COSMOLOGY
Ape Mind, Old Mind, New Mind: Emotional Fossils & the
Evolution of the Human Spirit
John V. Wylie, MD
BookBaby
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SOCIAL SCIENCES & EDUCATION
Your Body is Your Brain
Amanda Blake
Trokay Press | Embright
SPECIAL HONORS AS BEST OF SELF-PUBLSIHED
SOCIAL SCIENCES & EDUCATION
Deep Nature Play
Joseph Bharat Cornell
Crystal Clarity Publishers
SOCIAL SCIENCES & EDUCATION
Choice Architecture: A New Approach
Avani Parikh & Prashant Parikh
Routledge | Taylor & Francis
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SOCIAL CHANGE & SOCIAL JUSTICE
We Fed an Island
Jose Andres
Ecco | HarperCollins
SOCIAL CHANGE & Social justice
Grateful
Diana Butler Bass
HarperOne
SOCIAL CHANGE & Social Justice
Nature, Culture & the Sacred: A Woman Listens for
Leadership
Nina Simons
Green Fire Press
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USA & OTHER WORLD CULTURES SPIRITUAL GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
A Call for Revolution
His Holiness the Dalai Lama & Sofia Stril-Rever
William Morrow | HarperCollins
USA & OTHER WORLD CULTURES SPIRITUAL GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
America's Identity Crisis: The Death & Rebirth of
American Vision
Michael Gellert
Reputation Books
USA & OTHER WORLD CULTURES SPIRITUAL GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
Mad Monk Manifesto: A Prescription for Evolution,
Revolution, & Global Awakening
Monk Yun Rou
Mango Publishing Group
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WOMEN IN THE 21st Century
Magic of Circlework: The Practice Women Around the World Are Using to Heal & Empower Themselves
Jalaja Bonheim
Meetings in Sacred Space
WOMEN IN THE 21st Century
Brave: Young Women's Global Revolution, Vol. 1
Gayle Kimball, PhD
Equality Press
WOMEN IN THE 21st Century
Medicine Woman: Reclaiming the Soul of Healing
Lucy H. Pearce
Womancraft Publishing
WOMEN IN THE 21st Century
Heroines of Avalon & Other Tales
Ayn Cates Sullivan, PhD
Infinite Light Publishing
CHILDREN'S CATEGORIES
30a
CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS - FICTION
Love Is Love
Michael Genhart & Ken Min, Illustrator
Little Pickle Press
CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS - FICTION
Golden Sparkles: An introduction to mindfulness
Catarina R. Peterson
Grosvenor House Publishing
CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS - FICTION
The Nightingale's Song
Andrea Torrey Balsara
One Voice Press
30b
CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS - NONFICTION
The Nutty Little Vulture
Marta Magellan & Mauro Magellan, Illustrator
Eifrig Publishing
CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS - NONFICTION
Cheetah Dreams
Linda Stanek & Shennen Bersani, Illustrator
Arbordale Publishing
CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS - NONFICTION
Growing Up in Alaska - A Baby Arctic Tern
Constance Taylor
Fathom Publishing
31a
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED - FICTION
Fun in the Mud --A Wetlands Tale
Sally Bolger
Roundtree Press | Cameron & Co.
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED - FICTION
Up In the Leaves
Shira Boss
Sterling Publishing
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED - FICTION
Mayva O'Meere, Creationeer
Kristin Pierce
Self-Published
31b
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED - NONFICTION
Salamander Sky
Katy Farber & Meg Sodano, Illustrator
Green Writers Press
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED - NONFICTION
Explore the Salish Sea: A Nature Guide for Kids
Joseph K. Gaydos & Audrey DeLella Benedict
Little Bigfoot | Sasquatch Books
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED - NONFICTION
Anole Invasion
Marta Magellan & Mauro Magellan, Illustrator
Eifrig Publishing
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MIDDLE GRADES - FICTION
24 Hours in Nowhere
Dusti Bowling
Sterling Publishing
MIDDLE GRADES - FICTION
7th Grade Revolution
Liana Gardner
Vesuvian Books
MIDDLE GRADES - FICTION
Young Lincoln
Jan Jacobi
Reedy Press
MIDDLE GRADES - FICTION
The Last Panther
Todd Mitchell
Delacorte | Random House
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MIDDLE GRADES - NONFICTION
Mason Jar Science
Jonathan Adolph
Storey Publishing
MIDDLE GRADES - NONFICTION
Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugees
Mary Beth Leatherdale, editor | Eleanor Shakespeare, Illustrator
Annick Press
MIDDLE GRADES - NONFICTION
She Did It! 21 Women Who Changed the Way We Think
Emily McCully
Disney*Hyperion | with AARP
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YOUNG ADULT FICTION
The Great & the Small
A.T. Balsara
Common Deer Press
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Under the Sun
Redemption Gray
Waverly's Press
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Jamhuri, Njambi, & Fighting Zombies
Ted Neill
Tenebray Press
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YOUNG ADULT NON-FICTION
Innumerable Insects - Natural Histories
Michael S. Engel
Sterling Publishing
YOUNG ADULT NON-FICTION
LOVE EARTH NOW
Cheryl Leutjen
Mango Publishing Group
YOUNG ADULT NON-FICTION
Love@Work: The Essential Guide to a Life of Inspired Purpose
Olivia Parr-Rud
Quantum Love Press
YOUNG ADULT NON-FICTION
The Telling Image: Shapes of Changing Times
Lois Farfel Stark
Green Leaf Book Group