“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, former U.S. Secretary of State

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2013 Eric Hoffer Awards

Honorable Mention – Memoir Category

Finalist – da Vinci Eye Award

 Finalist – Eric Hoffer Grand Prize Award

Finalist – Montaigne Medal

 

Foreword Reviews 2012 Book of the Year Awards

Finalist – Autobiography/Memoir Category

 

2013 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards

Winner – Bronze Medal – World History Category

 

2012 Midwest Book Awards

Winner- Gold Medal – Autobiography/Memoir Category

Finalist – Book Cover Category

2013 National Indie Excellence Awards
Winner- History Category

 

2013 Next Generation Indie Book Awards

Finalist – Memoir (Historical/Legacy/Career) Category

 

Reader Views 2012 Literary Awards

Second Place – History Category

       Winner –“I Have Something to Say Award” for the  Best Book Sharing Life Lessons Through Storytelling

The Book Designer November 2012 e-Book Cover Design Award

                First Place- Nonfiction Category