'Yes I Can! Yes You Can!' Wins Best Books 2006 Award

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LOS ANGELES - "Yes I Can! Yes You Can! Tackle DIABETES and Win!" has been chosen to receive the Best Books 2006 Award in the Health: General category as the best general health book of the year. Yes I Can! Yes You Can! is based on the life and career of Jay Leeuwenburg, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 12 but learned to manage the disease successfully enough to become a college All-American football player and nine-year star in the National Football League.

The Best Books 2006 Awards are presented by USABookNews.com, the leading online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishers.

Winners were announced in over 120 categories covering print, audio, e-books and interactive CD-ROMs. Awards were presented for titles published in 2006 and late 2005.

Of "Yes I Can! Yes You Can!" judges wrote: "Yes I Can! Yes You Can! Tackle Diabetes and Win! is for anyone with diabetes, as well as their family members and friends! The book delivers an important message that this disease can be managed, controlled, and triumphed over. A highly recommended and inspiring read."

Jeff Bowen, president and publisher of USABookNews.com, said this year's Best Books contest yielded an unprecedented number of more than 1200 entries.

A complete list of winners and finalists in each category can be found at: http://www.usabooknews.com/bestbooksawards2006.html. In addition to "Yes I Can! Yes You Can!" notable winners include:

- W. William Winokur's title Marathon (Kissena Park Press) topped the General Fiction category

- South Beach Shakedown by Don Bruns (Oceanview Publishing Company) snagged Best Mystery

- Museum of Lost Wonder by Jeff Hoke (Red Wheel Weiser and Conari) won the Spirituality category

- Break-out author Jennifer Lewis-Hall's highly acclaimed book Life Changes: Using The Power of Change To Transform Your Life (The Journey Productions) won the General Self-Help category

- Jeffrey Gitomer's Little Black Book of Connections (Bard Press) was named Best Book in the General Business category

- Cathy Sultan's powerful testimonial A Beirut Heart: One Woman's War (Scarletta Press) was awarded the top prize for Autobiography

Winners and finalists traversed the publishing landscape. Simon & Schuster, Warner Books, New American Library a division of the Penguin Group, Red Wheel Weiser and Conari, New World Library, and hundreds of independent press titles contributed to this year's outstanding BBA competition.

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