Our award-winning books: June 2024 edition

Celebrating just a few of our award winners, from Building a New Leadership Ladder to Notebooks of a Wandering Monk

2024 is halfway in our rearview mirror, and we have much to celebrate already from six short months of publishing. We are thrilled to highlight just some of the accolades that have been granted to our authors in recent months, including Axiom and Nautilus medals. Read on to hear more about our recent successes, and sign up for our newsletter to be the first to learn about award announcements like these and other news from the Press.


Wonder: Childhood and the Lifelong Love of Science by Frank C. Keil
2024 Eleanor Maccoby Book Award in Developmental Psychology from the American Psychological Association

The Power of Partnership in Open Government: Reconsidering Multistakeholder Governance Reform by Suzanne J. Piotrowski, Daniel Berliner and Alex Ingrams
2024 SPAR Best Book Award from the American Society for Public Administration Section on Public Administration Research

Building a New Leadership Ladder: Transforming Male-Dominated Organizations to Support Women on the Rise by Carol J. Geffner
Axiom Bronze Medal, Women/BIPOC in Business

Workforce Ecosystems: Reaching Strategic Goals with People, Partners, and Technologies by Elizabeth J. Altman, David Kiron, Jeff Schwartz and Robin Jones
Axiom Gold Medal, Business Theory

Inside the Competitor’s Mindset: How to Predict Their Next Move and Position Yourself for Success by John Horn
Axiom Gold Medal, Sales (Sales Skills, Negotiating, Closing)

Data Is Everybody’s Business: The Fundamentals of Data Monetization by Barbara H. Wixom, Cynthia M. Beath and Leslie Owens
Axiom Silver Medal, Business Intelligence and Innovation

The Myth That Made Us: How False Beliefs about Racism and Meritocracy Broke Our Economy (and How to Fix It) by Jeff Fuhrer
Axiom Silver Medal, Economics

The Great Remobilization: Strategies and Designs for a Smarter Global Future by Olaf Groth, Mark Esposito and Terence Tse
Axiom Silver Medal, International Business and Globalization

Very Fantastically Arranged by Caragh Thuring
Eric Hoffer Award, 1st Runner Up, Art Category

On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy by Lee McIntyre
Nautilus Silver Medal: Digital Information

Notebooks of a Wandering Monk by Matthieu Ricard
Nautilus Silver Medal: Spiritual Memoir 

Proof and the Art of Mathematics by Joel David Hamkins
2024 Daniel Solow Author’s Award from the Mathematical Association of America

The Abundant University: Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World by Michael D. Smith
2024 Phillip E. Frandson Award for Literature from the University Professional & Continuing Education Association

The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War: Charting the Rise and Fall of U.S. Military Emissions by Neta C. Crawford
2024 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order from University of Louisville

Teach Truth to Power: How to Engage in Education Policy by David R. Garcia
2024 Outstanding Book Award from the Society of Professors of Education

The Real World of College: What Higher Education Is and What It Can Be by Wendy Fischman and Howard Gardner
Honorable Mention, 2024 Outstanding Book Award from the Society of Professors of Education

Kids Across the Spectrums: Growing Up Autistic in the Digital Age by Meryl Alper
Honorable Mention, Best Book Award from the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology (CITAMS) Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA)

We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age by Wendy H. Wong
Shortlisted for the 2024 Lionel Gelber Prize from the University of Toronto

The Digital Closet: How the Internet Became Straight by Alexander Monea
2023 Sally Hacker Prize from the Society for the History of Technology


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