Finalist: Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and The Meanings of Life , by Daniel C. Dennett (Simon & Schuster )
The Jury
The Jury
Winners in General Nonfiction
1996 Prize Winners
Herb Caen
For his extraordinary and continuing contribution as a voice and conscience of his city.
Bob Keeler
For his detailed portrait of a progressive local Catholic parish and its parishioners.
E.R. Shipp
For her penetrating columns on race, welfare and other social issues.