Author: Leslie E. Sponsel This foundational book is unique in that it provides a historical, cross-cultural context for understanding and advancing the ongoing spiritual ecology revolution, considering indigenous and Asian religious traditions as well as Western ones. Most chapters focus on a single pioneer, illuminating historical context and his/her legacy, while also connecting that legacy…
Four Quadrant Living: Making Healthy Living Your New Way of LifeRunner-Up,
2014 San Francisco Book Festival
Author: Dina Colman Four Quadrant Living is a guide to creating your new health destiny by nourishing your Mind, Body, Relationships, and Environment. “A bounty of knowledge, encouraging a whole-body approach to maintaining health.” — Publisher’s Weekly .
Double A BluesRunner-Up,
2014 Paris Book Festival
Author: Patrick Rockenbach Double A Blues is the story of a minor league baseball player whose shot at the big leagues and at love are threatened by a secret.
The CurseHonorable Mention,
2014 Paris Book Festival
Author: John S. Marr, Andrew Komula A Seneca Indian chief helps a group of boys search for the cause of animal mutilations in a remote area of NW Pennsylvania in the early 1950s. He claims that this is a Curse from his ancestors for violating an old treaty. But the cause is even more frightening.
My Father’s KeepHonorable Mention,
2014 Paris Book Festival
Author: Ed Abell My Father’s Keep is a story of hope for healing of our most complicated family relationships through understanding, compassion, and forgiveness, peace for ourselves despite our inability to save our loved ones from the ravages of addiction, and strength for the arduous yet enriching journey.
The Carlswick AffairHonorable Mention,
2014 San Francisco Book Festival
Author: S.L. Beaumont Stephanie is inexplicably drawn to James during the summer before university, but can their passion survive the sinister secrets threatening to keep them apart?
Unbound Intelligence: Discover the God WithinHonorable Mention,
2014 Paris Book Festival
Author: Rajeev Kurapati “It is a humbling book, an empowering book, and a book we all need to read– slowly and repeatedly as we arrive at the realization of the beauty of who and what and where we are. Brilliant.”
Postcards From PolandHonorable Mention,
2014 Paris Book Festival
Author: Joseph Kuhn Carey Postcards from Poland, a Journal of Modern Poetry Book Award Winner, contains poems about the Polish cities of Krakow & Zakopane, which are home to ancient castles, breath-taking churches, soaring cable-car rides, astonishing mountains, and amazing nightclubs, as well as nearby horrific and powerfully enlightening WWII death camps.
Cry the Darkness: One Woman’s Triumph Over the Tragedy of IncestHonorable Mention,
2014 Paris Book Festival
Author: Donna L. Friess A secret that goes back to turn of last century, college professor and mother, Donna was forced to legal action to protect her four-year-old niece from the same sexual abuse she and her sisters suffered at the hands of their father. Reading like a detective thriller, it is a inspirational tale…
The Sacred Path of Eco-consciousness Honorable Mention,
2014 Green Book Festival
Author: Alice Iida Honorable Mention Book Blurb: Take a journey from the Big Bang into the deep forests of the Peruvian Amazon, and ask yourself how we got here, where we are, and what’s possible for our future. Embrace the ecological crisis that is unfolding, and commit to doing the inner work required to nourish…