Annal:2006 Golden Kite Nonfiction Award

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Results of the Golden Kite Nonfiction Award in the year 2006. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:


The Adventures of Marco Polo

Russell Freedman

He claimed to have seen rocks burn, bandits command sandstorms, lions tamed with a look, and sorcerers charm sharks while divers gathered pearls on the ocean floor. Was Marco Polo a charlatan who saw nothing more than the conjurings of his inventive mind?

 

Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon

Catherine Thimmesh

Here is a rare perspective on a story we only thought we knew. For Apollo 11, the first moon landing, is a story that belongs to many, not just the few and famous.

 
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