The Association of American Publishers has announced the Excellence winners of its annual PROSE Awards--recognizing "outstanding scholarly publications"--as well as the R.R. Hawkins Award, the overall prize.
The winner of the Hawkins Award--and winner of the Excellence in Social Sciences Award--is Exit Wounds: How America's Guns Fuel Violence across the Border by Ieva Jusionyte (University of California Press).
The other three Excellece winners are:
Biological & Life Sciences: The Mindful Health Care Professional: A Path to Provider Wellness and Patient-Centered Care by Dr. Carmelina D'Arro (Elsevier)
Humanities: Blacksound: Making Race and Popular Music in the United States by Matthew D. Morrison (University of California Press)
Physical Sciences & Mathematics: The Importance of Being Educable: A New Theory of Human Uniqueness by Leslie Valiant (Princeton University Press)
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The Writers' Trust of Canada has named the five finalists for the C$25,000 (about US$17,585) Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, which recognizes "a book of literary nonfiction that captures a political subject of relevance to Canadian readers and has the potential to shape or influence thinking on Canadian political life." Each finalist receives C$2,500 (about US$1,758). The winner will be announced September 24 at the Politics and the Pen ceremony. This year's shortlisted titles are:
Canada's Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity by Raymond B. Blake
The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau by Stephen Maher
Health for All: A Doctor's Prescription for a Healthier Canada by Jane Philpott
The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century by Alasdair Roberts
The Knowing by Tanya Talaga