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Women's Humor Book Snags 4 Key
Finalist Positions
The
Women’s Daily Irony Supplement by humorist Judy Gruen
is a
Finalist
for the
PMA
Benjamin Franklin Award
IPPY Book Awards
Indie Excellence
ForeWord Magazine
Book of the Year (Humor)!
Ever fall for the lure of
expensive, exotic moisturizers promising impossible anti-aging
miracles? Ever receive one of those happy, sappy New Year’s letters
from someone you barely remember from fourth grade? Can’t decide
whether to stay friends with a size two woman who won’t eat a carrot
because of its high-carb content?
If so, you’re in good company. Award-winning humorist and Bikram
yoga dropout Judy Gruen copes with all this and more in
The
Women’s Daily Irony Supplement (ISBN 9780974961040; $14.95; trade paperback;
Humor; Creative
Minds Press;
258 pages ) Her riffs on female
obsessions, motherhood, men, and why a woman’s home is her hassle
are candid, fresh, and surprisingly intimate. Reading these comic
gems is guaranteed to improve the health of every woman, because
laughter releases endorphins!
A comedic gem from the book was
featured on 5 million Starbucks® cups!
Audio Travel
Guide Gets Finalist Nod
Jane’s Smart Art Guide™ Fra
Angelico at San Marco is a
finalist for a PMA Benjamin
Franklin Award
Fra
Angelico at San Marco describes the magnificent frescoes in
chapels and town halls across Italy are among the greatest
achievements of Renaissance art. Commissioned by either private
patrons or by the Church, the great artists of the day produced
images of matchless beauty. The work of Fra Angelico at the
Dominican convent of San Marco in Florence is a brilliant reflection
of the remarkable artistry of the time
Jane’s Smart Art Guide™ Fra
Angelico at San Marco
is an adaptation of a now out-of-print book
written by William Hood, the renowned Fra Angelico scholar. One in
the series The Great Fresco Cycles of the Renaissance,
Professor Hood’s book treated the Fra Angelico frescoes of San Marco
in the context of their religious, artistic, and historical
significance.
Children's
Fantasy Garners Another Award

Indie
Excellence Award finalist (2008)
Other Awards received:
ABA Book Sense Children’s Pick (2004)
Mom's Choice Award (2005)
iParenting Media Award (2005)
Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Award: Top 20 of 2006
Benjamin Franklin Awards Finalist (2005)
Hollywood Book Festival Awards Finalist
Independent Publisher Online Highlighted Title
In The Dark Dreamweaver
(ISBN 978-0-9745603-5-9; $11.95;
Imaginator Press; trade paperback; YA Fiction/ Fantasy;
Ages 8-12;
256 pages) by Nick Ruth, David has
always dreamed of being a wizard. But he knows that magic isn't
real, so he never imagines that he will meet a real wizard in a
most unlikely place. Soon David finds himself traveling to Remin,
the land of dreams. There, he learns that an evil dreamweaver,
known as Thane, has been usurping the power of dreams and
corrupting them for his own purposes. If he isn't stopped, his
actions threaten all of Remin and other worlds.