Book Award 2022

Browse through these submissions for the Page Turner Book Award 2022. This is an international writing contest for published authors to showcase their books.

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"So Many Disappear: A Soldier's Year in Vietnam" by Lynwood Shiva Sawyer
Genre: Historical Fiction

A baker for the US army in Nha Trang, Vietnam, Nathan Cobb suffers from rigid irrational military rule. He falls in love with Vietnamese culture and a high-born Vietnamese woman. Their relationship and Nathan's life itself collapses when company is ordered north, to the Home of the Dead.

The Responsible Entrepreneur: Four Game-Changing Archetypes for Founders, Leaders and Impact Investors
"The Responsible Entrepreneur: Four Game-Changing Archetypes for Founders, Leaders and Impact Investors" by Carol Sanford
Genre: Non-Fiction
Responsible entrepreneurs are a special breed, seeking to transform industries and even society itself. They challenge and refine cultural assumptions, laws, regulations, and event the processes of governance. This requires them to do and think far beyond what is usually required of business leaders
The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success
"The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success" by Carol Sanford
Genre: Non-Fiction
A stakerholder system that builds a powerful interface between the world inside and the world outside the company. You are only as effective as that membrane exchange.
No More Feedback: Cultive Consciousness at Work
"No More Feedback: Cultive Consciousness at Work" by Carol Sanford
Genre: Non-Fiction
Peer Review is the Foundation for Measuring Employee Performance But does it help employees realize their full potential? Does feedback improve a company’s bottom line? No More Feedback: Cultivate Consciousness at Work, a new Toxic Practice book series
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"Certified" by Roger Wilson-Crane
Genre: Comedy & Humour

One Unexpected Birth...One Hapless Wedding...One Bizarre Death... Follow one man’s journey through a birth, marriage and death. A story of farcical situations, shocking discoveries and profound loss through life's major milestones. A Four Weddings and a Funeral for the book world.

After Hurricane Katrina, Tess, a divorced teacher, takes an orphaned, bi-racial girl to Colorado to meet her estranged grandfather. Tess never plans on falling in love again--then she meets Grant, a widowed outfitter.
"Journey to Sand Castle" by Leslee Breene
Genre: Romance

One unimaginable tragedy. Three broken lives. One more chance.

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"Why Am I Here? A Child's Book About Purpose" by Naomi V. Dunse… Dunsen-White
Genre: Childrens Picture Books

A beautifully illustrated and inspiring book that teaches children about purpose and exploring the unique path and place they each have in this world. Promoting diversity and inclusion, this book shows that every child, regardless of their culture, skin color or body ability, has a special purpose.

Picture of an African American woman holding a golden mace with magic energy around it, standing in front of an open elevator.
"Elevator Quest" by Emmanuel Arriaga
Genre: Action Adventure

When the elevator cable snaps, they all think they are going to die. Instead, Tasha and her office colleagues find themselves trapped in a fantasy world, the crash only the beginning of their problems as they fight for survival. A female-led, action-packed fantasy in a D&D inspired world.

Picture of an African American woman holding a golden mace with magic energy around it, standing in front of an open elevator.
"Elevator Quest" by Emmanuel Arriaga
Genre: Young Adult

When the elevator cable snaps, they all think they are going to die. Instead, Tasha and her office colleagues find themselves trapped in a fantasy world, the crash only the beginning of their problems as they fight for survival. A female-led, action-packed fantasy in a D&D inspired world.

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"My Journey to Freedom [Book One] from abuse, codependency, faulty beliefs about Christianity, to a personal encounter with the Unconditional Love of God" by Susan Hopkins Hopkins
Genre: Christian

She was bone-weary tired of never being 'good enough', of trying and failing to be the perfect daughter, mother, wife, Christian, and that day she just couldn't do it anymore, so she let go and let the unconditional love of God transform her brokenness so she could be free to just be herself.

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"The Perfect Suspect" by APGreenwood Greenwood
Genre: Mystery & Cozy Mystery

Private investigators, Rhett and Toni Sanders must prove their client, Rusty Smith, is innocent of multiple murders. With strong evidence, clear motive, and no alibi, Rusty is in fact, the perfect suspect. The only way to succeed is to determine who, among several candidates, the real killer is.

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"The Commitments: A Step-by-Step Guide to Personal Transformation" by DrTracyThomas Thomas
Genre: Non-Fiction

You are meant to feel joy every day -- to be wildly happy, deeply purposeful, and fulfilled. But most of us live in reaction, not in intention. Don't get trapped by confusion, uncertainty, or pain. Learn the secrets of The Commitments, and get ready to live your most elevated life.

The Commitments book cover
"The Commitments: A Step-by-Step Guide to Personal Transformation" by DrTracyThomas Thomas
Genre: Non-Fiction

You are meant to feel joy every day -- to be wildly happy, deeply purposeful, and fulfilled. But most of us live in reaction, not in intention. Don't get trapped by confusion, uncertainty, or pain. Learn the secrets of The Commitments, and get ready to live your most elevated life.

Man carrying shotgun moving away on street
"Runaway Witness" by APGreenwood Greenwood
Genre: Mystery & Cozy Mystery

Private investigators, Rhett and Toni travel from Houston, to Nebraska, the Black Hills and finally Santa Fe in search of a man who abandoned the federal witness protection program to personally eliminate the murderous gang responsible for the loss of his freedom.

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"Clean Slate" by APGreenwood Greenwood
Genre: Mystery & Cozy Mystery

Initially deemed accidental deaths, private investigators, Rhett and Toni Sanders uncover the truth and a political connection between murders in Sana Fe, Memphis, and South Dakota, and by doing so make their own lives the target of a killer.

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"Canyon Road" by APGreenwood Greenwood
Genre: Mystery & Cozy Mystery

Private investigators, Rhett and Toni Sanders go to Santa Fe to investigate a murder of a man from Houston that occurred under suspicious circumstances. While investigating, they uncover a web of human trafficking, art forgery, a connection to Russian organized crime, and sadly, more murders.

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"Lakota Dreams" by APGreenwood Greenwood
Genre: Historical Fiction

In the 1870s, a young man, Nate Henderson, leaves Texas in search of gold in the Black Hills, interacts with the Lakota Sioux and the Seventh Cavalry, and then tries to change history while experiencing unparalleled adventure and uncommon personal growth.

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"Tokyo Traffic" by Michael Pronko
Genre: Mystery & Cozy Mystery

Sukanya, a Thai girl, escapes into Tokyo from human traffickers. With help from a Japanese girl living in a net café, Sukanya tries to get free. Detective Hiroshi Shimizu tracks the killers through Tokyo’s teen hangouts and deserted docks straight into the underbelly of the global economy.

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"Tokyo Zangyo" by Michael Pronko
Genre: Mystery & Cozy Mystery

Detective Hiroshi enters the high-pressure world of Tokyo’s monolithic corporations to find out why one manager took a dive off his company’s roof. Hiroshi scours the lavish entertaining and unspoken agreements that keep Japan, Inc. running with brutal efficiency through “zangyo” or unpaid overtime