“Border Crossings is the well-told and dramatic story of a young man whose comfortable life is abruptly transformed by the savagery of World War II. Forced to rely on primal instincts and his familiarity with the rugged highlands of Moravia, Charles Novacek casts his lot first with the anti-Hitler Underground and then with the resistance to the Nazis’ Communist successors. ‘My recollections pain me,’ he writes, ‘still, they have made me who I am.’ Novacek’s experience as a Hungarian-speaking Czecho-Slovak patriot demonstrates the folly of petty nationalism and the resilience of human decency and love.”

                                                      ― Madeleine Albright

“Exceptionally well written from beginning to end, Border Crossings: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance reads like a best-seller novel but is a true life memoir of a remarkable man who lived in horrific times and came through them to create a successful life despite what he had to overcome — or perhaps because of it! Border Crossings is an extraordinary and highly recommended read. Simply stated, a copy deserves to be in every community library 20th Century Biography collection for the sake of new and future generations of readers.”

                                                      ― Midwest Book Review

FINALIST & WINNER OF 14 BOOK AWARDS INCLUDING:

Midwest Book Awards
Gold Medal
Autobiography/Memoir
21st Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards
1^st Place – Life Stories
National Indie Excellence Awards
1^st Place -  History
Reader Views 2012 Literary Awards
2^nd Place – History
Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards
Bronze Medal – World History
2013 Eric Hoffer Awards
Honorable Mention -  Memoir
Foreword Reviews 2012 Book of the Year Awards
Honorable Mention – Autobiography/Memoir

COMING EVENTS FOR 2014:

3/8 – The Next Chapter Bookstore & Bistro 
Meet Sandra Novacek & Book-Signing
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Northville, MI
3/11-15 – PLA 2014 Conference
See Border Crossings in the Combined Book Exhibit booth in the conference exhibits,  Indianapolis, IN
3/28-29 – Michigan in Perspective: The Local History Conference -  1021 Press will exhibit and sell books,  Best Western Inn, 34911 Van Dyke,  Sterling Heights, MI
4/5 – The Bill Hammond Show
KCMO Radio, 4:00 p.m. CST, 103.7 FM, 710 AM
Podcast: http://www.thebillhammondshow.com
4/23 – World Book Night in Detroit
Details TBA
5/9 – Cromaine District Library
Breakfast Book Talk & Art Show Opening Reception,
Details TBA, Hartland, MI
7/21 – Warren Public Library
Book Presentation/Signing, Details TBA, Warren, MI
8/13 – Huntington Woods Public Library
Book Presentation/Signing, Details TBA, Huntington Woods, MI

READ AN EXCERPT from Border Crossings: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance by Charles Novacek