2008 Idaho Book Award Nominees                  

Barenti, Mike.  Kayaking alone:  nine hundred miles from Idaho’s mountains to the Pacific Ocean  University of Nebraska Press, 2008 

Barnes, Kim.  A country called home  Alfred A. Knopf, 2008   

Blew, Mary Clearman. Jackalope Dreams       

Lisk, Mark.  Owyhee Canyonlands Caxton Press, 2008 

Percy, Ann.   James Castle: a retrospective   Philadelphia Museum of Art in Association with Yale University Press  

Schrand, Brandon R.  The Enders Hotel: a memoir  Bison Books, 2008 

Simon-Smolinski, Carole.  Hell’s Canyon and the Middle Snake River: a story of the land and its people 2008  Confluence Press. 

Howard, Lynna.  Backcountry roads-Idaho  Caxton Press, 2008   

Nokkentved,  Niels  Sparre A Forest of Wormwood: Sagebrush, Water and Idaho's Twin Falls Canal Company  Caxton Printers, 2008 

Box C.J. Blue Heaven  St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2008   

Elliott, Peggy. A Small Part of History  Headline Review, 2008 

Fleek, Sherman L. Place the Headstones Where They Belong  Utah State University Press, 2008 

Holt, Lorissa Wilfong.  I remember: a memoir of Nazi invasion, forced exile, and concentration camp  Book Lore Publications, 2008 

Hunt, Chris.  Shin deep: a fly fisher’s love for living water  Chris Hunt, 2008

Just, Rick ,ed.  100 Years, Idaho & its parks  Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation, 2008 

McPhee, Laura.  River of No Return   Yale University Press, 2008    

Nipp, Susan.  Mudgy and Millie  Eastern Washington University Press, 2008 

Pearson, J  Diane.  The Nez Perces in the Indian Territory: Nimiipuu Survival   University of Oklahoma Press, 2008

Pogue, Kevin R.  Etched in Stone:  the Geology of City of Rocks National Preserve and Castle Rocks State Park, Idaho   Idaho Geological Survey, 2008 

Powers, Leon.  Dead owls flying  Look-About Books, 2008    

Bolen, Robert D.  Smoke Signals & Wagon Tracks  Fort Boise Publishing Co., 2008  

Weibe, Paul.  Christian Bride, Muslim Mosque  Komos Books, 2008