progress finalist is steve one who is researching the creation of national public raid you're, and meredith wadman is examining cells used to develop vaccines. the lukas prize give awards for knock fiction writings. finalizes including adam brigles, guide to fracking, which reports on thefts of a texas town to stop an oil company's use of hydraulic fracturing. "two dollars a day" look at extreme poverty in america and the book reports on how newark, new jersey school system used the donation of $100 million from facebook founder mark sucker beryl. other finalist are susan southard's look at life in nagasaki japan after the nuclear bombing of the city, followed bay history of music fire si and the last award it the linton history prize. finalists include sean's the ottoman end game which cans world war i, the thorns ottoman empire and the unstable in the middle east since the early 20th century. next the train to crystal city, about the prisoner exchange program. american internment camp at the center of it. also on the narrative history short list is timothy snyder's study of the holocaust and the