2019 NAUTILUS SILVER WINNERS
1. AGING CONSCIOUSLY
Aging Backwards: Fast Track
Miranda Esmonde-White
Harper Wave | HC
EightySomethings: A Practical Guide to Letting Go, Aging Well, and Finding Unexpected Happiness
Katharine Esty, PhD
Skyhorse Publishing
Piloting Your Life
Terri Hanson Mead
Class Bravo Ventures
Lifespan: Why We Age- and Why We Don’t Have To
David A. Sinclair PhD, with Matthew D. LaPlante
Atria Books | Simon & Schuster
2. ANIMALS & NATURE
The Breath of a Whale
Leigh Calvez
Sasquatch Books
The Salmon Way: An Alaska State of Mind
Amy Gulick
Braided River | Mountaineers
Animal Sutras: Animal Spirit Stories
Stephen Levine
Monkfish Book Publishing
For Love of Orcas: An Anthology
Andrew Shattuck McBride; & Jill McCabe Johnson, Eds.
Wandering Aengus Press
3. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT PRACTICES
The Ayurvedic Self-Care Handbook
Sarah Kucera
The Experiment
Unleash the Dragon Within
Steven Macramalla, PhD
North Atlantic Books
Yoga and the Art of Mudras
Nubia Teixeira
Mandala Publishing
The Illustrated Bestiary
Maia Toll
Storey Publishing
4. BUSINESS & LEADERSHIP
How to Be an Inclusive Leader
Jennifer Brown
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
The Tao of IT
Craig Dupler
Self Published
Ditch the Act: Reveal the Surprising Power of the Real You for Greater Success
Ryan Foland and Leonard Kim
McGraw-Hill
The Hero Factor: How Great Leaders Transform Organizations and Create Winning Cultures
Jeffrey Hayzlett, with Jim Eber
Entrepreneur Press
5. CREATIVITY & INNOVATION
Draw Breath – The Art of Breathing
Tom Granger
Vie | Summersdale
Creative Calling
Chase Jarvis
HarperBusiness | HC
Why We Quilt: Contemporary Makers Speak Out
Thomas Knauer
Storey Publishing
My Creative Space: How to Design your Home to stimulate Ideas and spark Innovation
Donald M. Rattner
Skyhorse Publishing
6. ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Changing Tides
Alejandro Frid
New Society Publishers NSP
The Oasis This Time: Living and Dying with Water in the West
Rebecca Lawton
Torrey House Press
We Are Puget Sound: Discovering & Recovering the Salish Sea
David Workman
Braided River | Mountaineers
Wild Elephants
Art Wolfe, & Dr. Samuel Wasser
EarthAware Editions
Ecological Footprint: Managing Our Biocapacity Budget
Mathis Wackernagel, & Bert Beyers
New Society Publishers NSP
7A. FICTION: SELF-PUBLISHED & SMALL PRESS
Lineage of the Trees
Jane Brunette
Flamingseed Press
To Follow Elephants: a novel
Rick Hodges
Stormbird Press
Painted Oxen
Thomas Lloyd Qualls
Homebound Publications
Becoming Herself
Maureen Reid
Red Penguin Books
7B. FICTION: LARGE PUBLISHER
Africaville
Jeffrey Colvin
Amistad | HarperCollins
The Wild Impossibility
Cheryl A. Ossola
Regal House Publishing
The Same River
Lisa Reddick
She Writes Press
The Alchemy of Noise
Lorraine Devon Wilke
She Writes Press
8. FOOD, HEALTHY EATING & COOKING
Fire Cider!
Rosemary Gladstar and Friends
Storey Publishing
Umami Bomb: 75 Vegetarian Recipes that Explode with Flavor
Raquel Pelzel
Workman Publishing
The Nutrient-Dense Kitchen
Mickey Trescott, NTP
Trescott LLC
9. GIFT & SPECIALTY
Life is God’s Best Gift
Sam Chege
Amistad | HarperCollins
The Mary Magdalene Daily Devotional
Joan Clark
Hyphenate Productions
ODE: Orcas Island
Sara Farish & Ayn Gailey
St. Ode Press
Fly to Me: Extraordinary Lessons of Life and Death from a Little Dog
Ellie Hansen
All God’s Creatures Publishing
Afoot and Lighthearted: A Journal for Mindful Walking
Bonnie Smith Whitehouse
Clarkson Potter | Penguin RH
10. GREEN LIVING & SUSTAINABILITY
Your Body’s Environmental Chemical Burden: A Resource Guide
Cindy Klement, MS, CNS
Mindstir Media
How to Make a Plant Love You
Summer Rayne Oakes
Optimism Press / Penguin RH
Clean Mama’s Guide to a Healthy Home
Becky Rapinchuk
HarperOne | HC
WILDING
Isabella Tree
Picador | Pan Macmillan
11. DEATH & DYING / GRIEF & LOSS
Once More We Saw Stars
Jayson Greene
Knopf / Penguin RH
Loss to Legacy: A stepping stone path to healing and transformation
Lily Myers Kaplan
Rainbow Bridge Press | Spirit of Resh Foundation
Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief
David Kessler
Scribner | Simon & Schuster
Carry On Castle
Jennifer Stults
Self Published
Star Sisters: An Astrologer’s Memoir of Twin Loss
Linda Moonrabbit Zlotnick
Moonrabbit Press
12. HEALTH, HEALING, WELLNESS & VITALITY
Camel Crazy: A Quest for Miracles in the Mysterious World of Camels
Christina Adams
New World Library
HEAL: Discover Your Unlimited Potential and Awaken the Powerful Healer Within
Kelly Noonan Gores
Atria | Beyond Words
My Garden of Flowers: Miracles in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Manjeet Kaur MD
Inspirante Publishing
Healing with Spiritual Practices
Thomas G. Plante, PhD
Praeger | ABC-CLIO
13. HEROIC JOURNEYS
You Are Worth It: Building a Life Worth Fighting For
Kyle Carpenter
Wm Morrow | HarperCollins
The Blink of an Eye: a memoir of dying – and learning how to live again
Rikke Schmidt Kjaergaard
The Experiment
Love Prevails: One Couple’s Story of Faith and Survival in the Rwandan Genocide
Jean Bosco Rutagengwa
Orbis Books
Hummingbird in Underworld: Teaching in a Men’s Prison
Deborah Tobola
She Writes Press
14. INNER PROSPERITY & RIGHT LIVELIHOOD
Best Self: Be You, Only Better
Mike Bayer
Dey Street Books | HC
Spirit Embraced: A Guiding Memoir for a Life Authentic and Free
Kim Colella
Spirit Doula Press
The Book of Help: A Memoir in Remedies
Megan Griswold
Rodale / Penguin RandomHouse
The Impact of Identity: the Power of Knowing Who You Are
Irina Nevzlin
Self Published
15. JOURNALISM & INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the UpStairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation
Robert W. Fieseler
Liveright Publishing | WW Norton
BITTEN: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons
Kris Newby
HarperWave | HC
In a Day’s Work: The Fight to End Sexual Violence Against America’s Most Vulnerable Workers
Bernice Yeung
The New Press
16A. MEMOIR & PERSONAL JOURNEY (SELF-PUBLISHED OR SMALL PRESS)
Where To? How I Shed My Baggage and Learned to Live Free
Jennifer B. Monahan
Self Published
Gathering Moments in Time: Adventures of a Timeless Traveler
Ramani Rangan
Xlibris
Be Free. Be You.
Achea Redd
Wise Ink Creative Publishing
Kindness, Kale & Kettlebells: A journey to self-awareness
Sudhana Singh
Imbue Publishing
16b. MEMOIR & PERSONAL JOURNEY (LARGE PUBLISHER)
Stealing Green Mangoes
Sunil Dutta
Anthony Burdain-Ecco | HC
How Languages Saved Me: A Polish Story of Survival
Tadeusz Haska (deceased) and Stefanie Naumann
Koehler Books
Identity Theft: Rediscovering Ourselves After Stroke
Debra Meyerson, with Danny Zuckerman
Andrews McMeel
Uncharted: A Couple’s Epic Empty-Nest Adventure Sailing from One Life to Another
Kim Brown Seely
Sasquatch Books
17. MULTICULTURAL & INDIGENOUS
Five Hundred Year Rebellion, The: Indigenous Movements and the Decolonization of History in Bolivia
Benjamin Dangl
AK Press
She Faces Her Enemy – Learning Who “They” Are
Sharleen Daugherty
Dorrance Publishing Co.
Squeaky Wheels: Travels with My Daughter by Train, Plane, Metro, Tuk-tuk and Wheelchair
Suzanne Kamata
Wyatt-Mackenzie Publishing
The Children’s Fire: Heart-Song of a People
Mac Macartney
Practical Inspiration Publishing
18. PARENTING & FAMILY
Finding Chika
Mitch Albom
Harper | HC
How to Build Your Baby’s Brain: A Parent’s Guide to Using New Gene Science to Raise a Smart, Secure, and Successful Child
Gail Gross
Skyhorse
Montessori Toddler, The: A Parent’s Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being
Simone Davies
Workman Publishing
ParentShift: Ten Universal Truths That Will Change the Way You Raise Your Kids
Linda Hatfield, Ty Hatfield, & Wendy Thomas Russell
Brown Paper Press
Outsmarting Autism: Build Healthy Foundations
for Communication, Socialization, and Behavior at All Ages
Patricia S Lemer
North Atlantic Books
19A. PERSONAL GROWTH (SELF-PUBLISHED & SMALL PRESS)
Wisdom from the Homeless: Lessons a doctor learned at a homeless shelter
Neil Craton MD
Friesen Press
You-phoria: The Art of Authenticity
Gina Haines
GH Global
Trust Your Intuition: 100 Ways to Transform Anxiety and Depression for Stronger Mental Health
Jill Sylvester
Old Tree House Publishing
Breast Cancer Meets Mindfulness: Surrendering to Life
Cheryl Wilfong
Heart Path Press
19B. PERSONAL GROWTH (LARGE PUBLISHER)
Be the Light That You Are
Debra Landwehr Engle
Hampton Roads-Red Wheel | Weiser
Your Lion Inside: Discover the Power Within and Live Your Fullest Life
Kimberly Faith
Advantage Media Group
Amistad | HarperCollins
COZY: The Art of Arranging Yourself in the World
Isabel Gillies
HarperWave | HC
Drinking from the river of light: The life of expression
Mark Nepo
Sounds True
20. PSYCHOLOGY
On the Edge: Help and Hope for Parenting Children with Mental Illness
Andrea Berryman Childreth
Spotlight Marketing
Freedom from Anxious Thoughts & Feelings: A Two-Step Mindfulness Approach…
Scott Symington PhD
New Harbinger Publications
8 Ways to Wellbeing for Recovering People
Sonnee Weedn PhD
Chispa Publishing
Advances in Psychedelic Medicine
Michael Winkelman and Ben Sassa, Editors
Praeger | ABC-CLIO
21. PHOTOGRAPHY & ARTS
Angels Unawares: Portraits of the Homeless in L.A.
Casey Coates Danson
Brown Books Publishing
Jewels of Nature: A Mandala Stone Treasury
Elspeth McLean
Happy Nest Press
The Heart of a Boy: Celebrating the Strength and Spirit of Boyhood
Kate T. Parker
Workman Publishing
22A. POETRY
Mud Blooms
Ruth Dickey
Harbor Mountain Press
Odes to Lithium
Shira Erlichman
Alice James Books
The Taste of the Earth
Hedy Habra
Press 53
Homespun Mercies
DJ Hill
Light of the Moon
Before the Sun Rises
Gwendolyn Morgan
Homebound Publications
Conversations with Mary: Words of Attention and Devotion
Jamie K. Reaser
Talking Waters Press
22B. LYRIC PROSE
Lampblack Blue of Memory: My Mother Echoes
Sarah Adleman
Tolsun Books
Dwelling: An EcoPoem
Scott Edward Anderson
Shanti Arts LLC
Hildegard of Bingen: A Poetic Journey
Colleen Keating
Ginninderra Press
23. RELATIONSHIPS & COMMUNICATION
Loving Like You Mean It: Use the Power of Emotional Mindfulness
Ronald J. Frederick PhD
Central Recovery Press
The Third Person in the Room: Stories of Relationships at a Turning Point
Bea V. Larsen Esq.
Nolan Kerr Press
A Year of Belonging
David Levine
Teaching Empathy Press
Truthspeaking: Ancestral Ways to Hear and Speak the Voice of the Heart
Tamarack Song
Snow Wolf Publishing
SPECIAL HONOR AS OUR 2019 BEST OF SMALL PRESS
24A. RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY OF EASTERN THOUGHT
Gifts from the Goddess: Selected Works of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati
Michael M. Bowden, Editor
45th Parallel Press
Way of Effortless Mindfulness, The: A Revolutionary Guide for Living an Awakened Life
Loch Kelly
Sounds True
The Big Book of Chakras and Chakra Healing
Susan Shumsky
Weiser Books
24B. RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY OF WESTERN THOUGHT
Grateful: Transformative Power of Giving Thanks
Diana Butler Bass
HarperOne | HC
s
The Feminine Spirit at the Heart of the Bible
Lynne Bundesen
Anamchara Books
A Living Gospel: Reading God’s Story in Holy Lives
Robert Ellsberg
Orbis Books
The Way of the Warrior: An Ancient Path to Inner Peace
Erwin Raphael McManus
WaterBrook | Crown Penguin RH
24C. RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY OF OTHER TRADITIONS
Spiritual Rebel: A Positively Addictive Guide to Finding Deeper Perspective & Higher Purpose
Sarah Bowen
Monkfish Book Publishing
Piercing the Veil: A Skeptical Journalist Discovers Unseen Worlds
Kingsley Guy
ttlharmony Publishing
Runic Book of Days: A Guide to Living the Annual Cycle of Rune Magick
S. Kelley Harrell
Destiny Books | Inner Traditions
The Shaman’s Guide to Power Animals
Lori Morrison
Four Jaguars Press
25. SCIENCE & COSMOLOGY
Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
Annaka Harris
Harper | HC
Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver
Jill Heinerth
ECCO | HarperCollins
The Tangled Mind: Unraveling the Origin of Human Nature
Nick Kolenda
Kolenda Group
26. SOCIAL SCIENCES & EDUCATION
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
Nir Eyal
BenBella Books
Goodbye Homeboy: How My Students Drove Me Crazy and Inspired a Movement
Steve Mariotti
BenBella Books
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
Priya Parker
Riverhead Books | Penguin RH
27. SOCIAL CHANGE & SOCIAL JUSTICE
For Dear Life: Women’s Decriminalization and Human Rights in Focus
Carol Jacobsen
Univ. Michigan Press
Are We Done Fighting?
Matthew Legge
New Society Publishers NSP
Reframing Poverty: New Thinking and Feeling About Humanity’s Greatest Challenge
Eric Meade
Canyon House Press
REPRESENT: The Woman’s Guide to Running for Office & Changing the World
June Diane Rapphael and Kate Black
Workman Publishing
Disrupting the Status Quo of Senior Living: A Mindshift
Jill Vitale-Aussem
Health Professions Press | AARP
28. ALL WORLD CULTURES’ CONSCIOUS GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
The Change Code: A Practical Guide to Making a Difference in a Polarized World
Monica Bourgeau
New Phase Publishing
Reforming Modernity
Wael B. Hallaq
Columbia Univ. Press
Become America
Eric Liu
Sasquatch Books
The DNA of Democracy
Richard C. Lyons
Lylea Creative Resources
29. WOMEN & MEN IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Merchants of Light: The Consciousness That Is Changing the World
Betty J. Kovacs PhD
Kamlak Center
Creatrix: She Who Makes
Lucy H. Pearce
WomanCraft Publishing
CHILDRENS CATEGORIES
30A. CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS / FICTION
A Boy Named Penguin: Finding Happy
Aaron LaPedis
Attila Publishing
The Warrior Princess
D. L. Murphy
King’s Land Tales
Bad Day
Ruby Roth, writer & illustrator
North Atlantic Books
30B. CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS / NON-FICTION
BIRDS
Carme Lemniscates
Candlewick Studio
I Love Me
Sally Morgan & Ambelin Kwaymullina
Andrews McMeel Publishing
The Mindfully Me 3-pack
Louise Shanagher & Rose Finerty
Lilliputs Press
Ways to Be from A to Z
Lori Tuominen; art by Anouk Holm
Indie Owl Press
31A. CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED / FICTION
If You Met a Yeti
Amy Leask
Red T Media
Everybody Loves Grace: An amazing true story of how Grace brings love to everyone she meets
Katy McQuaid; Susan Lavalley, Illustrator
Everybody Loves Grace Publishing
Guan Yin: The Buddha’s Helper
Bhikshuni Jin Rou & Terri Nicholson
Buddhist Text Translation Society
31B. CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED / NON-FICTION
Luna, the Mare with the Sky Blue Eyes
Dora Dillistone
Desert Moon Graphics
Poetic Science of Water
A. C. Lemonwood
Jumbo Minds
Handimals: Animals in Art and Nature
Silvia Lopez; with art by Guido Daniele
Christy Ottaviano Books | Macmillan Children’s Books
32. MIDDLE GRADES / FICTION
The Lost Heir
Rivera Sun
Rising Sun Press
Epoca: The Tree of Ecrof
Kobe Bryant, & Ivy Claire
Granity Studios | Rogers & Cowan
Red Dove, Listen to the Wind
Sonia Antaki
One Elm Press | Red Chair Press
Other Words for Home
Jasmine Warga
Balzer & Bray | HarperCollins
33. MIDDLE GRADES / NON-FICTION
The Book of Terrifyingly Awesome Technology
Sean Connolly
Workman Publishing
The Heart of a Boy: Celebrating the Strength and Spirit of Boyhood
Kate T. Parker
Workman Publishing
Limelight: Be a Game Changer with Me
Solli Raphael
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Our Future: How Kids are Taking Action
Janet Wilson
Second Story Press
What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal
Eldon Yellowhorn & Kathy Lowinger
Annick Press
34. YOUNG ADULT / FICTION
The Good Luck Girls
Charlotte Nicole Davis
Tor Teen
Speak No Evil
Liana Gardner
Vesuvian Books
Catfishing on CatNet: a novel
Naomi Kritzer
Tor Teen
But Not Forever
Jan Von Schleh
Spark Press
35. YOUNG ADULT / NON-FICTION
SuperNavigators: Exploring the Wonders of How Animals Find Their Way
David Barrie
The Experiment
The Breath of a Whale
Leigh Calvez
Sasquatch Books
Get Off the Bench! Kickstart your idea now
Kerryn Vaughan
Self Published
We Are Puget Sound: Discovering & Recovering the Salish Sea
David Workman
Braided River | Mountaineers
