The Nautilus Book Awards, whose mission is, “Changing the World One Book at a Time”, has named The Missing Peace: The Hidden Power of our Kinship with Animals as a 2010 Silver Award winner.

The Missing Peace shines a light on something we, as individuals and as a society, often neglect to see: the missing piece—our relationship with animals. Part I of the book is full of true, life-altering stories, guaranteed to prompt us to take a deeper look at our own dietary and lifestyle choices. Part II examines the spiritual, scientific and historical reasons for changing our views towards animals.

The Nautilus Book Awards was established in the year 2000 to honor and celebrate print and audio books of exceptional merit that make a literary and heartfelt contribution to spiritual growth, conscious living, high-level wellness, green values, responsible leadership and positive social change, as well as to the worlds of art, creativity and inspiration. The Silver and Gold winners are carefully selected in a three- tier judging process by an experienced team of book reviewers, librarians, authors, editors, bookstore owners, and leaders in the publishing industry.

Winning authors reflect the Nautilus Awards mission and include such distinguished authors and teachers as Deepak Chopra, Thich Nhat Hanh, Barbara Kingsolver, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Joel Olsteen, Caroline Myss, and Marianne Williamson. Founder, Marilyn McGuire, has created the “Nautilus Library of Imagination & Possibility” where all Nautilus Award winners are featured.

Hope is the baby duckling hatched with only one moving leg -the bad one is stuck in the bent position and won’t open.   I wasn’t sure she would make it – at first.  She could barely reach the food or water, and didn’t seem interested. I held her up to the food and water several times a day and she would eat and drink, but would not eat or drink on her own.

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