(Nashville, Tenn.) Thomas Nelson, Inc. announced today that five of their products have been chosen to be finalists for the 2009 Christian Book Awards. The Christian Book Awards are presented annually, since 1978, to the highest quality in Christian publishing in six categories – Bibles, Bible Reference & Study, Christian Life, Fiction, Children & Youth, and Inspiration & Gift. The awards are selected by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) based on excellence in content, literary quality, design, and significance of contribution.  

The winner in each category will be announced at the Christian Book Expo 2009 in Dallas, Texas. The Christian Book Awards Dinner will begin at 7 PM CST on Thursday, March 19, at the Dallas Convention Center. Tickets are $79 per person and can be reserved online at www.christianbookexpo.com/christianbookawards. In addition, one title will be selected from the finalist to receive the top honor, Christian Book of the Year. This award is based on editorial excellence and sales achievement.

 

The Thomas Nelson finalists are:

• NKJV Study Bible: Second Edition (Bibles)
• Less Than Dead by Tim Downs (Fiction)
• Guys Like Girls Who… by Chad Eastham (Children & Youth)
• Secrets Young Women Keep by Dr. Jill Hubbard (Children & Youth)
• Reflections of God’s Holy Land by Eva Marie Everson & Miriam Fieberg Vamosh (Inspiration & Gift)

About the Nominees:

NKJV Study Bible: Second Edition
For over a decade, Bible-readers have been discovering the wonders of the Bible using the NKJV Study Bible and the NKJV Study Bible: Second Edition, an updated and enhanced version of the beloved original, is setting the standard for study. It allows the reader to find everything needed for study in one Bible, guaranteed by trustworthy scholarship. As in the previous version, this Bible offers 1,500 verse-by-verse study notes, 69 in-text maps, 80 in-text charts, full-color maps, book outlines, timelines, a harmony of the Gospels, a topical index, and a deluxe concordance. However, the second edition boasts several new features such as a special Libronix eBible CD-ROM that offers the Bible’s contents in a convenient electronic format, as well as:
·        A complete cross reference, including translators’ notes
·        150 Bible times and culture notes
·        114 revised articles on the key doctrines of Scripture
·        350 revised word studies with Strong’s numbers
·        Book introductions with a “Christ in the Scriptures” feature showing the messianic significance of every book in the Bible

Less Than Dead by Tim Downs
Some secrets just won’t stay buried. When strange bones surface on a U.S. senator’s property, the FBI enlists forensic entomologist Nick Polchak to investigate the forgotten graveyard. Polchak’s orders are simple: figure out the mess.

But Polchak, known as the “Bug Man” because of his knowledge of insects and their interaction with the dead, senses darker secrets buried beneath the soil.

Secrets that could derail the senator’s presidential bid. Secrets buried in the history of a quaint Virginia town. Secrets someone is willing to kill to protect. With the help of a mysterious local woman named Alena and her uncanny cadaver dogs, Polchak sets out to dig up the truth. But with a desperate killer hot on his trail, he’ll be lucky to wind up anything less than dead.

Guys Like Girls Who… by Chad Eastham
Every girl has wondered how they need to act or what they need to do to get a certain boy’s attention. Now they can know!

Chad Eastham will encourage girls to be confident in who they are and Whose they are. Girls need to know that they are treasures to be adored and that how she feels about herself is how guys will treat her.

 

 

 

Secrets Young Women Keep by Dr. Jill Hubbard with Ginny McCabe
Reveals top secrets, practical insights, dreams, and struggles of young women.

 

Every young woman has a secret! In The Secrets Young Women Keep, clinical psychologist and New Life Live radio co-host, Dr. Jill Hubbard reveals the top 25 secrets kept by young women, why they keep them, and how they can live more honest, God-honoring lives. It is only through understanding faith that the tremendous power these secrets hold over precious young lives can be broken.

 

Reflections of God’s Holy Land: A Personal Journey Through Israel  by Eva Marie Everson and Miriam Feinberg Vamosh
This unique armchair tour of Israel which includes four-color photographs, related scriptures, historical and archaeological information about each area, and a description of what it looks and feels like to be there today. Providing more than a coffee table book of slick photographs, authors Everson and Feinberg Vamosh (one Christian from America, one Jewish from Israel) enlighten readers with a deeper understanding of the land of Israel-the land that holds not only God’s story but the story of His people.

 

Contact:    Lindsey Nobles
Director of Corporate Communications   

tel:    (615) 902-1109    

fax:  (615) 902-1110    

cell:  (615) 476-5984    

e-mail:  lnobles@thomasnelson.com

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