A Bailout for the Brain -- Rewarding Quality Literature: The Aristotle Quest Receives First Prize in Eric Hoffer Awards, Honors in Indie Excellence Awards
Already the subject of much critical acclaim following a glowing review in The San Francisco Chronicle, The Aristotle Quest: Black Market Truth has just been chosen as the winner for Best Commercial Fiction in the 2009 Eric Hoffer Book Awards and "Finalist" in the Indie Excellence Awards.
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) May 14, 2009 -- We take it for granted that quality deserves recognition, but in these tough economic times, it is more often cutting corners and minimizing cost at the expense of quality that are rewarded. In opposition to this trend the Eric Hoffer Book Awards and the National Indie Excellence Awards celebrate quality independent literature, and this year, Sharon Kaye's Black Market Truth, the first book in The Aristotle Quest: A Dana McCarter Trilogy has garnered high honors from both committees for its provocative message and probing social criticism.
Winning first prize in the commercial fiction category of the Eric Hoffer Awards and placing as a finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards, Black Market Truth is living up to the vision set by its publisher.
The idea of exposing readers to philosophy in the form of entertaining, energizing literature is all a part of Parmenides Publishing's purpose to "renew interest in the origins and scope of thinking as method." In layman's terms: if we can get people interested in learning how to think more logically, they will gain perspective and be better equipped to deal with everything from balancing the checkbook and making end's meet to confronting the major decisions in life so many of us are faced with today.
Parmenides Publishing acknowledges that when choosing a book for the beach or a plane ride, Plato isn't going to be everyone's first choice--something they hope to change in the long run--but in the meantime, they have launched a new line of "philosophical fiction" incorporating probing, philosophical concepts with fast-paced plotlines and racy characters. Their debuts, Pythagorean Crimes by Tefcros Michaelides and The Aristotle Quest: Black Market Truth by Sharon Kaye are both mystery thrillers that combine profound philosophy with so much fun and sexy entertainment, you won't even realize you're learning.
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