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Enjoy these 238 Book tips created by Melanie Yarbrough, our exclusive Book Guru and industry expert contributor. If it's Book information you're looking for, you'll find it here with 23 different categories ranging from Audiobooks and E-Books to True Crime.

Supreme Courtship - Christopher Buckley

Christopher Buckley's satire is trained on that most hallowed of legal institutions - the U.S. Supreme Court.



The President of the US is hated by Congress for refusing to sign any spending bill sent to him. The Senate has retaliated by refusing to confirm his Supreme Court nominees - his arch-nemises implies that one of the nominees is a racist because the review of "To Kill A Mockingbird" that he wrote in the elementary school newspaper said "Though the picture overall is OK, it's also kind of boring in other parts." The President one-ups the Senate by nominating a judge so popular with the American people that confirmation is assured - Judge Pepper Cartwright, star of "Courtroom Six," the most popular reality TV show in the country. Can the President, the Judge, and the Court survive?

The Chocolate Bear Burglary - Joanna Carl

In the second book in the Chocoholic Mystery series, Lee McKinney has left her bad-news husband and moved to Michigan, where she keeps the books for her aunt's luxury chocolate shop. A teddy bear promotion will have tourists flocking to town and send sales skyrocketing, and Aunt Nettie has borrowed a collection of chocolate molds from an antique dealer to decorate the shop. But there's a burglary at the shop, the antique dealer is found murdered, and the main suspect is Lee's teenage stepson. Lee sets out to clear his name, and awakens long-hidden family secrets in the process.

Last Suppers - Diane Mott Davidson

Goldy Bear is about to embark on the happiest day of her life. The amateur sleuth and owner of Goldilock's Catering is about to marry Tom Schulz, the homicide detective that shares her passion for both food and crime-solving. But moments before the ceremony should begin, she receives an urgent call from Tom - when he arrived to pick up the minister, he finds that the rector has been shot. By the time officers arrive on the scene, the rector is dead, and Tom is missing. Has he been kidnapped by the killer? Or has he gotten cold feet? Goldy once again finds herself trying to untie the knots and find an answer to the puzzle.

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Silent Justice - William Bernhardt

"Silent Justice" is the ninth book in Bernhardt's series featuring Tulsa attorney Ben Kincaid. Against his better judgement, Bernhardt has agreed to represent a group of suburban families in a suit against the massive Blaylock Industrial Machinery Corporation. 11 children in the small community have died from leukemia, and they believe Blaylock is responsible for dumping toxic waste that ends up in the water supply. While Kincaid is trying to make his case, his friend Mike Morelli, Tulsa homicide detective, is trying to unravel a series of murders of former and current Blaylock employees. Are the murders related to the lawsuit, or is a bizarre coincidence?

The Newbery Medal

The Newbery Medal is given yearly by the Association for Library Service for Children, a division of the American Library Assocation. It is named for eighteenth century British bookseller John Newbery, and is given to the author of the book the group determines has made the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.



The Newbery Award was the first children's book award in the world, and has been awarded since 1922. The purpose of the medal was stated: "To encourage original creative work in the field of books for children. To emphasize to the public that contributions to the literature for children deserve similar recognition to poetry, plays, or novels. To give those librarians, who make it their life work to serve children's reading interests, an opportunity to encourage good writing in this field."



The ALSC also sometimes recognizes other books. These books are termed Newbury Honor Books.

Agatha Award Winners, 2007 (Mystery)

The Agatha Award is given yearly by Malice Domestic to honor the traditional mystery as typified by the works of Agatha Christie.



Best Children's/Young Adult Novel: "A Light In The Cellar" by Sarah Masters Buckey

Best Short Story: "A Rat's Tale" by Donna Andrews, published in "Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine"

Best Nonfiction: "Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters" by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower, and Charles Foley

Best First Novel: "Prime Time" by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Best Novel: "A Fatal Grace" by Louise Penny





 
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