Books for a Better Life

Categories: Award Winners

Move it - this is the slogan for National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week, March 2 - 8, 2009.  People with MS know that they need to keep moving in order to stay at least one step ahead of this disease.

Since 1996, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society has been committed to "recognizing self-improvement authors who inspire".  This year's award ceremony was held on February 23 in New York City.  At that event, the 2008 Books for a Better Life Awards were bestowed upon authors in ten different categories - a great deal of wisdom is contained in those collective pages. 

The complete list of finalists is an interesting one - following are the award winners, each of which can be found in the Library's collection.

Audiobook:  Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas Friedman

Childcare/Parenting:  The Trouble With Boys by Peg Tyre

First Book:  The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan

Green:  Made From Scratch by Jenna Woginrich

Inspirational/Memoir:  The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow

Motivational:  Learning From the Heart by Daniel Gottlieb

Psychology:  My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor

Relationships:  September Songs by Maggie Scarf

Spiritual:  The Wise Heart by Jack Kornfield

Wellness:  In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan