On New Year's Day, three of our 2011 books were awarded the honor of Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine. The books are

Aunting: Cultural Practices that Sustaing Family and Community Life by Laura Ellingson and Patricia Sotirin

Family Politics: The Idea of Marriage in Modern Political Thought by Scott Yenor

The Friends We Keep: Unleashing Christianity's Compassion for Animals by Laura Hobgood-Oster

These were chosen from among more than 7,000 individual titles and are part of a superior list of books reviewed by in Choice this past year. For more information on each book, click the individual covers below.

For more information on the Outstanding Academic Titles award and to view a full list of the books chosen, visit the Choice website by click here.