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"There are only a few American autobiographies of surpassing greatness. . . . Now there is another one, The Life of Nate Shaw by Theodore Rosengarten —   'All God's Dangers ' { Review } , winning the National Book Award in 1975. Nineteen seventy-four was a good year for nonfiction writing in America. Robert A. Caro’s monumental biography of Robert Moses, “The Power Broker,” came out. So did Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s “All the President’s Men.” So did “Working,” by Studs Terkel, and Robert M. Pirsig’s “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.” Each was a finalist for the National Book Award. Yet the winner in general nonfiction — the category was then called contemporary affairs — was “ All God’s Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw ,” an oral history of an illiterate black Alabama sharecropper. Its author, the man who compiled it from extensive interviews, was a writer named Theodore Rosengarten .   Somewhere along the line, people stopped talki...

we live vicariously through these treasured books." ― Jen W. Bouchard : One of my greatest joys in life is fostering my daughter’s curiosity about the world . I like to stock her personal library full of exciting, beautiful books about faraway places. When we’re not traveling, we live vicariously through these treasured books. Here are my top three suggestions for books about other cultures that adults will enjoy just as much as the kids they are reading them to. 3 Beautiful Books for Young Travelers :   I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail by Ramsingh Urveti A stunning reminder of why people keep making real-live books... based on a 17th-century British poem. 21st century Indian artist Ramsingh Urveti designed the die-cut illustrations in the Indian folk art style of the Gond tribe. It is one of the most visually engaging books I have ever laid eyes on, and a great way to immerse your young traveler in both British poetry and stunning traditional Indian art tech...

Gordon Dorrance, Pioneering Publishing Services for Almost 100 Years : Gordon Dorrance had a dream of becoming a published author. But traditional publishers rejected him. In 1920, he created a better way to get published and founded Dorrance, America’s oldest publishing services company. It’s this pioneering spirit that Dorrance uses to empower everyone “with a book in them.” The Dorrance philosophy is simple:    the freedom to publish should be available to everyone with something to communicate. A book created for a few people is as worthy of publication as a book written for millions. Dorrance will work with you to customize a publishing package – including production, promotion and distribution – that’s right for your book.  Explore Dorrance's services and take the first step toward becoming a published author.  Publish Your Book with America's Oldest Publishing Services Company. Learn more about how Dorrance has been helping authors ...

 Based on the beloved book by Pastor Todd Burpo;                          A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back   The Burpos are the perfect picture of a small-town Americana family: mom and dad, daughter and son. Young Colton and his dad are inseparable … until an illness lands Colton in the hospital. Fearing they will lose their son, the parents cry out to God to spare him. Colton emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven. Heaven Is for Real is the true story of the four-year old son of a small town Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven. Young Colton survives and begins talking about being able to look down and see the doctor operating and his dad praying in the waiting room. The family didn't know what to believe but soon the...