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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#FF6633">Finalists announced for first Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction—co-sponsored by Booklist/RUSA</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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finalists</b></a><b> for the first annual Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">This is the first time the ALA has offered single-book awards for adult trade fiction and nonfiction. The awards are made possible by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York
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Here are the 2012 finalists:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction:<br>
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<i><a href="http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMzY5MTczJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY2MDcwMzImbGk9MTE2NjkwOTk/index.html">The Forgotten Waltz</a></i>, by Anne Enright</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">,<br>
published by W. W. Norton & Company <br>
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<b><i><a href="http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMzY5MTczJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY2MDcwMzImbGk9MTE2NjkxMDA/index.html">Lost Memory of Skin</a></i>, by Russell Banks</b>,<br>
published by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers <br>
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<b><i><a href="http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMzY5MTczJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY2MDcwMzImbGk9MTE2NjkxMDE/index.html">Swamplandia!</a></i>, by Karen Russell</b>,<br>
published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. <br>
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Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction:<br>
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<b><i><a href="http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMzY5MTczJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY2MDcwMzImbGk9MTE2NjkxMDI/index.html">Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman</a></i>, by Robert K. Massie</b>, published by Random House, an imprint of the Random House Publishing
Group <br>
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<b><i><a href="http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMzY5MTczJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY2MDcwMzImbGk9MTE2NjkxMDM/index.html">The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood</a></i>, by James Gleick</b>, published by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
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<br>
<b><i><a href="http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMzY5MTczJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY2MDcwMzImbGk9MTE2NjkxMDQ/index.html">Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention</a></i>, by Manning Marable</b>,
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published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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