Finalist: The Seven Ages , by Louise Gluck (The ECCO Press/HarperCollins )

For her trenchant and incisive Wall Street coverage.

For its consistently outstanding photographic coverage of the terrorist attack on New York City and its aftermath.

For its comprehensive and insightful coverage, executed under the most difficult circumstances, of the terrorist attack on New York City, which recounted the day's events and their implications for the future.