Winners
2015
Winners
R.R. Hawkins Award
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
By Thomas Piketty
Translated by Arthur Goldhammer
Translated by Arthur Goldhammer
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Award for Excellence in HumanitiesCambridge University PressThe Material Life of Roman SlavesBy Sandra R. Joshel and Lauren Hackworth Petersen
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Award for Excellence in Social SciencesThe Belknap Press of Harvard University PressCapital in the Twenty-First CenturyBy Thomas Piketty
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Award for Excellence in Biological & Life SciencesJohn Wiley and SonsUltrastructure Atlas of Human TissuesBy Fred E. Hossler
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Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences & MathematicsCambridge University PressAtlas of MeteoritesBy Monica Grady, Giovanni Pratesi and Vanni Moggi Cecchi
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Awards for Excellence in Reference WorksCambridge University PressThe Cambridge History of the First World WarEdited by Jay Winter
Category Award Winners
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Archeology and AnthropologyMcGill-Queen’s University PressAncient Pathways, Ancestral KnowledgeBy Nancy J. TurnerHonorable MentionYale University PressWasteland: A HistoryBy Vittoria Di PalmaHonorable MentionOxford University PressNomadism in Iran: From Antiquity to the Modern EraBy D.T. Potts
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Architecture and Urban PlanningYale University PressWordly Gurus and Spiritual Kings: Architecture and Asceticism in Medieval IndiaBy Tamara I. SearsHonorable MentionYale University PressWasteland: A HistoryBy Vittoria Di Palma
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Art ExhibitionsThe Museum of Modern ArtBy Starr Figura, Elizabeth Childs, Hal Foster and Erika MosierHonorable MentionStanford University PressCarleton Watkins: The Stanford AlbumsEdited by Cantor Arts CenterHonorable MentionThe University of Chicago PressKurt Schwitters: Space, Image, ExileBy Megan R. LukeHonorable MentionHarvard University PressThe Image of the Black in Western ArtBy David Bindman and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Honorable MentionCambridge University PressThe Mystic Ark: Hugh of Saint Victor, Art, and Thought in the Twelfth CenturyBy Conrad Rudolph
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Art History & CriticismYale University PressThe Life Within: Classic Maya and the Matter of PermanenceBy Stephen Houston
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Biography & AutobiographyColumbia University PressLady in the Dark: Iris Barry and the Art of FilmBy Robert SittonHonorable MentionYale University PressAugustus: First Emperor of RomeBy Adrian GoldsworthyHonorable MentionThe Belknap Press of Harvard University PressThe Intellectual Life of Edmund Burke: From the Sublime and Beautiful to American IndependenceBy David Bromwich
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Biological SciencesJohn Wiley and SonsUltrastructure Atlas of Human TissuesBy Fred E. HosslerHonorable MentionPrinceton University Press40 Years of Evolution: Darwin’s Finches on Daphne Major IslandBy Peter R. Grant and B. Rosemary GrantHonorable MentionHarvard University PressApes and Human EvolutionBy Russell H. Tuttle
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Biomedicine & NeurosciencePrinceton University PressDo Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep? A Neuroscientific View of the Zombie BrainBy Timothy Verstynen and Bradley VoytekHonorable MentionThe Belknap Press of Harvard University PressMaking Space: How the Brain Knows Where Things AreBy Jennifer M. GrohHonorable MentionElsevierThe Stimulated Brain: Cognitive Enhancement Using Non-Invasive Brain StimulationEdited by Roi Cohen Kadosh
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Business, Finance & ManagementPrinceton University PressFragile by Design: The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce CreditBy Charles W. Calomiris and Stephen H. HaberHonorable MentionPrinceton University PressThe Dollar Trap: How the U.S. Dollar Tightened Its Grip on Global FinanceBy Eswar S. PrasadHonorable MentionThe MIT PressThe Innovator’s Hypothesis: How Cheap Experiments Are Worth More Than Good IdeasBy Michael Schrage
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Chemistry & PhysicsElsevier/Academic PressDistillation: 1. Fundamentals and Principles, 2. Operations and Applications, 3. Equipment and ProcessesEdited by Andrzej Gorak, Eva Sorensen, Hartmut Schoenmakers and Zarko Olujic
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Classics & Ancient HistoryCambridge University PressThe Material Life of Roman SlavesBy Sandra R. Joshel and Lauren Hackworth PetersenHonorable MentionCambridge University PressJewish War under Trajan and HadrianBy William Horbury
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Clinical Medicine PracticeOxford University PressA Video Atlas of Neuromuscular DisordersBy Aziz ShaibaniHonorable MentionDemos Medical
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Computing & Information ScienceThe MIT PressReality Mining: Using Big Data to Engineer a Better WorldBy Nathan Eagle and Kate GreeneHonorable MentionWileySoftware War Stories: Case Studies in Software ManagementBy Donald J. Reifer
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Cosmology & AstronomyElsevierEncyclopedia of the Solar SystemEdited by Tilman Spohn, Doris Breuer and Torrence Johnson
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Earth ScienceCambridge University PressAtlas of MeteoritesBy Monica Grady, Giovanni Pratesi and Vanni Moggi CecchiHonorable MentionElsevier ScienceDevelopments in the Theory and Practice of CybercartographyBy Dr. D.R. Fraser Taylor and Tracey LauriaultHonorable MentionLouisiana State University PressSouthern Waters: The Limits to AbundanceBy Craig E. Colten
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EconomicsThe Belknap Press of Harvard University PressCapital in the Twenty-First CenturyBy Thomas PikettyTranslated by Arthur GoldhammerHonorable MentionColumbia University PressCreating a Learning Society: A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social ProgressBy Joseph E. Stiglitz and Bruce C. GreenwaldHonorable MentionThe University of Chicago PressHouse of Debt: How They (and You) Caused the Great Recession, and How We Can Prevent It from Happening AgainBy Atif Mian and Amir SufiHonorable MentionPrinceton University PressThe Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social MobilityBy Gregory Clark
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Education PracticeThe University of Chicago PressAmerican School Reform: What Works, What Fails, and WhyBy Joseph P. McDonaldHonorable MentionTeachers College Press50 Myths and Lies That Threaten America’s Public Schools: The Real Crisis in EducationBy David C. Berliner and Gene V. Glass
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Education TheoryThe University of Chicago PressThe Public School Advantage: Why Public Schools Outperform Private SchoolsBy Christopher A. Lubienski and Sarah Theule LubienskiHonorable MentionThe Belknap Press of Harvard University PressMake It Stick: The Science of Successful LearningBy Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roedigger III and Mark A. McDaniel
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Engineering & TechnologyYale University PressWater 4.0: The Past, Present, and Future of the World’s Most Vital ResourcesBy David SedlakHonorable MentionThe MIT PressDisaster RoboticsBy Robin R. MurphyHonorable MentionMcGraw-Hill ProfessionalGlobal Innovation Science HandbookEdited by Praveen Gupta and Brett E. Trusko
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Environmental ScienceJohn Wiley and SonsBioprocessing of Renewable Resources to Commodity BioproductsEdited by Virendra S. Bisaria and Akihiko KondoHonorable MentionThe MIT PressThe Globalization of Clean Energy Technology: Lessons from ChinaBy Kelly Sims Gallagher
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eProduct/Best AppElsevierVirtual Microscope for Books, Major Reference Works and Journals
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eProduct/ Best in HumanitiesHarvard University PressDigital Loeb Classical LibraryGeneral Editor Jeffrey HendersonHonorable MentionCambridge University PressThe Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben JonsonEditors David Bevington, Martin Butler and Ian Donaldson
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European & World HistoryPrinceton University PressRevolutionary Ideas: An Intellectual History of the French Revolution from The Rights of Man to RobespierreBy Jonathan IsraelHonorable MentionCambridge University PressFreedom’s Mirror: Cuba and Haiti in the Age of RevolutionBy Ada FerrerHonorable MentionFarrar, Straus and GirouxBy Brian A. CatlosHonorable MentionCambridge University PressJuly Crisis: The World’s Descent into War, Summer 1914By T.G. OtteHonorable MentionPrinceton University PressThe Age of the VikingsBy Anders WinrothHonorable MentionPrinceton University PressThe Golden Age Shtetl: A New History of Jewish Life in East EuropeBy Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
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Government & PoliticsFarrar, Straus and GirouxBy Francis FukuyamaHonorable MentionFarrar, Straus and GirouxBy John B. JudisHonorable MentionPrinceton University PressLiberalism: The Life of an IdeaBy Edmund FawcettHonorable MentionPrinceton University PressWhy Government Fails So Often: And How It Can Do BetterBy Peter H. Schuck
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History of STMPrinceton University PressTen Thousand Birds: Ornithology since DarwinBy Tim Birkhead, Jo Wimpenny and Bob MontgomerieHonorable MentionThe University of Chicago PressEarth’s Deep History: How It Was Discovered and Why It MattersBy Martin J.S. Rudwick
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JOURNAL/BEST NEW JOURNAL IN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCESJohn Wiley and SonsThought: A Journal of PhilosophyEditors Crispin Wright, John Divers and Carrie Ichikawa JenkinsHonorable MentionMichigan State University PressQED: A Journal in GLBTQ WorldmakingEditors-in-Chief Charles E. Morris III and Thomas K. Nakayama
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JOURNAL/BEST NEW JOURNAL IN STMIEEEIEEE AccessEditor-in-Chief Michael PechtHonorable MentionElsevierEdited by Robert Mann and Norman Gray, et al.Honorable MentionElsevierEditor-in-Chief David Alexander
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Language & LinguisticsDisability RhetoricHonorable MentionPrinceton University PressPhilology: The Forgotten Origins of the Modern HumanitiesBy James Turner
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Law & Legal StudiesOxford University PressImmigration Outside the LawBy Hiroshi MotomuraHonorable MentionOxford University PressFailure to Flourish: How Law Undermines Family RelationshipsBy Clare HuntingtonHonorable MentionElsevier/Academic PressForensic Testimony: Science, Law and Expert EvidenceBy C. Michael BowersHonorable MentionPrinceton University PressThe Copyright Wars: Three Centuries of Trans-Atlantic BattleBy Peter Baldwin
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LiteratureUniversity of Ottawa PressBy Miriam WaddingtonEdited and with an introduction by Ruth PanofskyHonorable MentionCambridge University PressFailure and the American Writer: A Literary HistoryBy Gavin JonesHonorable MentionColumbia University PressRoberto Bolano’s Fiction: An Expanding UniverseBy Chris AndrewsHonorable MentionThe University of Chicago PressThe Selected Poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Bilingual EditionBy Pier Paolo PasoliniEdited and translated by Stephen Sartarelli
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MathematicsBy Terence TaoHonorable MentionCambridge University PressModeling Count DataBy Joseph M. Hilbe
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Media & Cultural StudiesSourcebooksSpam Nation: The Inside Story of Organized CybercrimeBy Brian KrebsHonorable MentionThe University of the West Indies PressCitizenship Under Pressure: The 1970s in Jamaican Literature and CultureBy Rachel L. MordecaiHonorable MentionUniversity of Texas PressPretty/Funny: Women Comedians and Body PoliticsBy Linda Mizejewski
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Multivolume/Humanities & Social SciencesCambridge University PressThe Cambridge History of the First World WarEdited by Jay WinterHonorable MentionGetty PublicationsThesCRA
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Multivolume/ScienceElsevierElsevierElsevierEditors-in-Chief Paul Knochel and Gary MolanderHonorable MentionJohns Hopkins University PressDucks, Geese, and Swans of North AmericaBy Guy BaldassarreHonorable MentionJohn Wiley and SonsThe Handbook of Liquid CrystalsEdited by J.W. Goodby, P.J. Collings, T. Kato, C. Tschierske, H.F. Gleeson and P. Raynes
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Music & the Performing ArtsThe MIT PressMusic and the Making of Modern ScienceBy Peter PesicHonorable MentionLouisiana State University PressIn Tune: Charley Patton, Jimmie Rodgers, and the Roots of American MusicBy Ben Wynne
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Outstanding Work by a Trade PublisherPrinceton University PressTrees of Eastern North AmericaBy Gil Nelson, Christopher J. Earle and Richard SpellenbergHonorable MentionThe White House Historical AssociationAway from the White House: Presidential Escapes, Retreats, and VacationsBy Lawrence L. Knutson
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PhilosophyCambridge University PressTorture, Power, and LawBy David LubanHonorable MentionThe University of Chicago PressHow Should We Live?: A Practical Approach to Everyday MoralityBy John KekesHonorable MentionPrinceton University PressWould You Kill the Fat Man? The Trolley Problem and What Your Answer Tells Us about Right and WrongBy David Edmonds
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Popular Science & Popular MathematicsWileyThe Perfect Meal: The Multisensory Science of Food and DiningBy Charles Spence and Betina Piqueras-FiszmanHonorable MentionPrinceton University PressBeautiful GeometryBy Eli Maor and Eugen JostHonorable MentionColumbia University PressFlying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became BirdsBy John PickrellHonorable MentionScientific American/Farrar, Straus and GirouxBy David J. Hand
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PsychologyCambridge University PressHow Sexual Desire Works: The Enigmatic UrgeBy Frederick ToatesHonorable MentionThe MIT PressA Metaphysics of PsychopathologyBy Peter ZacharHonorable MentionPublic Affairs/The Perseus Books GroupMe, Myself, and UsBy Brian R. Little
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Single Volume/Humanities & Social SciencesThe Kent State University PressWearable Prints, 1760-1860: History, Materials, and MechanicsBy Susan W. GreeneHonorable MentionWiley-BlackwellEdited by Jeremy McInerney
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Single Volume/ScienceCambridge University PressBiomaterials and Regenerative MedicineEdited by Peter MaHonorable MentionElsevier/Academic PressFood Safety Management: A Practical Guide for the Food IndustryEdited by Yasmine Motarjemi and Huub Lelieveld
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Sociology & Social WorkJohns Hopkins University PressDoctors Without Borders: Humanitarian Quests, Impossible Dreams of Medicins Sans FrontieresBy Renee C. FoxHonorable MentionOxford University PressDeeply Divided: Racial Politics and Social Movements in Postwar AmericaBy Doug McAdam and Karina KloosHonorable MentionOxford University PressReluctant Witness: Survivors, Their Children, and the Rise of Holocaust ConsciousnessBy Arlene Stein
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Textbook/Biological & Life SciencesPrinceton University PressVisual EcologyBy Thomas W. Cronin, Sonke Johnsen, N. Justin Marshall and Eric J. Warrant
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Textbook/Clinical MedicineThieme PublishersNeurosurgery Tricks of the Trade: CranialBy Remi Nader, Cristian Gragnaniello, Scott C. Berta, Abdulrahman J. Sabbagh and Michael L. LevyHonorable MentionOxford University PressPediatric Radiology: Rotations in RadiologyEdited by Janet R. Reid, Angelisa Paladin, William Davros, Edward Y. Lee and Caroline CarricoHonorable MentionThieme PublishersSeven AVMs: Tenets and Techniques for ResectionBy Michael T. LawtonIllustrations by Kenneth X. Probst
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Textbook/Physical Sciences & MathematicsJohn Wiley and SonsArrow Pushing in Inorganic Chemistry: A Logical Approach to the Chemistry of the Main- Group ElementsBy Abhik Ghosh and Steffen BergHonorable MentionCambridge University PressGravity: Newtonian, Post-Newtonian, RelativisticBy Eric Poisson and Clifford M. Will
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Textbook/Social SciencesPrinceton University PressWhy Gender Matters in EconomicsBy Mukesh Eswaran
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Theology & Religious StudiesCambridge University PressAugustine Deformed: Love, Sin and Freedom in the Western Moral TraditionBy John M. RistHonorable MentionCambridge University PressDavid, King of Israel, and Caleb in Biblical MemoryBy Jacob L. WrightHonorable MentionWiley BlackwellHonorable MentionPrinceton University PressMaimonides: Life and ThoughtBy Moshe Halbertal
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U.S. HistorySimon & SchusterGotham Unbound: The Ecological History of Greater New YorkBy Ted SteinbergHonorable MentionColumbia University PressChop Suey, USABy Yong ChenHonorable MentionYale University PressGathering Together: The Shawnee People through Diaspora and Nationhood, 1600-1870By Sami LakomakiHonorable MentionUniversity of Illinois PressQualifying Times: Points of Change in U.S. Women’s SportBy Jaime SchultzHonorable MentionOxford University PressRedemption Songs: Swing for Freedom before Dred ScottBy Lea VanderVelde