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It's Pulitzer Prize time, and we've been on the edge of our collective seat waiting to hear which of the many great books out there would rise to the top and win this prestigious award. Thankfully, the wait is over — and for a limited time, all five prize winners are 30% off!

And get a load of this: Tinkers, this year's fiction winner, was featured in volume eight of Powell's Indiespensable subscription club. Do we know how to pick 'em, or what? Okay, we'll stop tooting our own horn (for now). Here, without further ado, are the 2010 winners:

Fiction:
Tinkers by Paul Harding (Bellevue Literary Press)

Nonfiction:
The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy by David E. Hoffman (Doubleday)

Biography:
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T. J. Stiles (Alfred A. Knopf)

History:
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed (The Penguin Press)

Poetry:
Versed by Rae Armantrout (Wesleyan University Press)

Check out our awards page for more prize-winners!

Four decades! In honor of this impressive milestone, we're pleased to offer 30% off some of our favorite titles from Feminist Press for a limited time.

An independent nonprofit literary publisher that promotes freedom of expression and social justice, the Feminist Press began by rescuing "lost" works by writers such as Zora Neale Hurston and Charlotte Perkins Gilman and established their publishing program with books by American writers of diverse racial and class backgrounds. Since then, they have brought works from around the world to North American readers. With a formula like that, it's no wonder they've stood the test of time.

Here's to another 40 years, Feminist Press!