mike247worldwide's "Lists of Books for 2008"

1. 1. Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy Drag me to re-order

2. 2. Things Fall Apart: A Novel by Chinua Achebe Drag me to re-order

3. 3. Illness as Metaphor/AIDS and Its Metaphors (Penguin Modern Classics) by Susan Sontag Drag me to re-order

4. 4. Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience With Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa by Robert Klitgaard Drag me to re-order

5. 5. Duel in the Sun: Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley, and America's Greatest Marathon by John Brant Drag me to re-order

6. 6. Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried (Bloom's Guides) Drag me to re-order

7. 7. Gentlemen of the Road [CD] (Audiobook) [UNABRIDGED] by Michael Chabon Drag me to re-order

8. 8. How to Be Alone: Essays Drag me to re-order

9. 9. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards Drag me to re-order

10. 10. Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues by Paul Farmer Drag me to re-order

11. 11. 28: Stories of AIDS in Africa by Stephanie Nolen Drag me to re-order

12. 12. This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust Drag me to re-order

13. 13. Do No Harm: How Aid Can Support Peace - or War by Mary B. Anderson Drag me to re-order

14. 14. Sweatshop Warriors : Immigrant Women Workers Take On the Global Factory by Miriam Ching Yoon Louie Drag me to re-order

15. 15. Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (Paperback)) by Alexander McCall Smith Drag me to re-order

16. 16. AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care) by Paul Farmer Drag me to re-order

17. 17. The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World by Paul Roberts Drag me to re-order

18. 18. The Best American Travel Writing 2007 (The Best American Series) Drag me to re-order

19. 19. How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney Drag me to re-order

20. 20. Chinese Proverbs (Little Books Series) by Ruthanne Lum McCunn Drag me to re-order

21. 21. Africa in History by Basil Davidson Drag me to re-order

22. 22. The 4-Hour work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferris Drag me to re-order

23. 23. Big Fish (movie tie-in): A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Daniel Wallace Drag me to re-order

24. 24. ? Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East by Robin Wright Drag me to re-order

25. 25. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2007 (The Best American Series) Drag me to re-order

26. 26. ? The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of al-Qaeda by Yaroslav Trofimov Drag me to re-order

27. 27. Apocalypse 2012: An Optimist Investigates the End of Civilization by Lawrence E. Joseph Drag me to re-order

28. 28. Taking Away the Distance: An African AIDS Orphan and His Crusade to Unite Children Orphaned by the Epidemic by Miles Roston Drag me to re-order

29. 29. ? Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in the Heart of an African Village by Sarah Erdman Drag me to re-order

30. 30. Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town by Paul Theroux Drag me to re-order

31. 31. The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Non-believer Drag me to re-order

32. 32. Africa Unchained: The Blueprint for Africa's Future by George B.N. Ayittey Drag me to re-order

33. 33. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Drag me to re-order

34. 34. Future Shock by Alvin Toffler Drag me to re-order

35. 35. ? And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition by Randy Shilts Drag me to re-order

36. 36. Siddhartha Drag me to re-order

37. 37. BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS by Kurt Vonnegut Drag me to re-order

38. 38. No Great Mischief: A Novel by Alistair Macleod Drag me to re-order

39. 39. The Big Questions: A Buddhist Response to Life's Most Challenging Mysteries by Lama Surya Das Drag me to re-order

40. 40. In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson Drag me to re-order

41. 41. Reinhold Messner, Free Spirit: A Climber's Life by Reinhold Messner Drag me to re-order

42. 42. Cat on the Edge: A Joe Grey Mystery by Shirley Rousseau Murphy Drag me to re-order

43. 43. Peoples Voice: Black South African Writing In the Twentieth Century by Piniel Viriri Shava Drag me to re-order

44. 44. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Drag me to re-order

45. 45. Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer by Tim Jeal Drag me to re-order

46. 46. ? A Few Days More--: The Story of a Young Woman Living with HIV in Botswana by Anna Koblanck Drag me to re-order

47. 47. I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley Drag me to re-order

48. 48. Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga Drag me to re-order

49. 49. Waterloo (#11) (Sharpe's Adventures) by Bernard Cornwell Drag me to re-order

50. 50. The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead by David Shields Drag me to re-order

51. 51. The Emperor by Ryszard Kapuscinski Drag me to re-order

52. 52. The Blue Widows (Ben and Danielle) by Jon Land Drag me to re-order

53. 53. Echo Burning by Lee Child Drag me to re-order

54. 54. The Soccer War by Ryszard Kapuscinski Drag me to re-order

55. 55. The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey Sachs Drag me to re-order

56. 56. The Best of Roald Dahl by Roald Dahl Drag me to re-order

57. 57. ? TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH: THE SELECTED TRAVELS OF PAUL THEROUX by Paul Theroux Drag me to re-order

58. 58. AIDS in the Twenty-First Century : Disease and Globalization by Tony Barnett Drag me to re-order

59. 59. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller; Revised and Updated Edition by Sogyal Rinpoche Drag me to re-order

60. 60. Fortunate Son: The Autobiography of Lewis B. Puller, Jr. by Lewis B. Puller Drag me to re-order

61. 61. People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.) by Howard Zinn Drag me to re-order

62. 62. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier Drag me to re-order

63. 63. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon Drag me to re-order

64. 64. All Souls' Rising by Madison Smartt Bell Drag me to re-order

65. 65. Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China by Paul Theroux Drag me to re-order

66. 66. Cry of the Kalahari by Mark James Owens Drag me to re-order

67. 67. The Feast of the Goat: A Novel by Mario Vargas Llosa Drag me to re-order

68. 68. Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon Drag me to re-order

69. 69. Call It Sleep by Henry Roth Drag me to re-order

70. 70. Geek Love: A Novel by Katherine Dunn Drag me to re-order

71. 71. The Ant and the Elephant by Vince Poscente Drag me to re-order

72. 72. Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer Drag me to re-order

73. 73. ? Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism by Kevin Phillips Drag me to re-order

74. 74. ? Bleachers by Grisham John Drag me to re-order

75. 75. The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer Drag me to re-order

76. 76. ? Jerry's Story by Kate Rutherford Drag me to re-order

77. 77. ? Brothel by Alexa Albert Drag me to re-order

78. 78. Lebanon: A House Divided by Sandra Mackey Drag me to re-order

79. 79. ? 1998 Dreaming of the Bones by Deborah Crombie Drag me to re-order

80. 80. ? The Return of History and the End of Dreams by Robert Kagan Drag me to re-order

81. 81. The Crazed by Ha Jin Drag me to re-order

82. 82. Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution by T. J. English Drag me to re-order

83. 83. ? The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Vintage) by Barack Obama Drag me to re-order

84. 84. The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by Philip Zimbardo Drag me to re-order

85. 85. Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver Drag me to re-order

86. 86. ? The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria Drag me to re-order

87. 87. Masire: Memoirs of an African Democrat by Quett Ketumile Joni Masire Drag me to re-order

88. 88. ? A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif Drag me to re-order

89. 89. The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski Drag me to re-order

90. 90. Rebel Giants: The Revolutionary Lives of Abraham Lincoln & Charles Darwin by David R. Contosta Drag me to re-order

91. 91. What the Body Remembers: A Novel by Shauna Singh Baldwin Drag me to re-order

92. 92. Midnight's Children: A Novel by Salman Rushdie Drag me to re-order

93. 93. ? The Source by James Michener Drag me to re-order

94. 94. ? Daisy Miller by Henry James Drag me to re-order

95. 95. ? Rattlesnake Crossing by J. A. Jance Drag me to re-order

96. 96. ? The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century by Steve Coll Drag me to re-order

97. 97. The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David K. Shipler Drag me to re-order

98. 98. Emma's War by Deborah Scroggins Drag me to re-order

99. 99. The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall Drag me to re-order

100. 100. ? The Trouble with Africa: Why Foreign Aid Isn't Working by Robert Calderisi Drag me to re-order

101. 101. ? Pula Pula Pula Drag me to re-order

102. 102. ? The Gulag Archipelago by Solzhenitsyn Drag me to re-order

103. 103. ? Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi Wa'Thiong'O Drag me to re-order

104. 104. "Far, Far From Home": The Wartime Letters of Dick and Tally Simpson, Third South Carolina Volunteers by Dick and Tally Simpson Drag me to re-order

105. 105. Out Stealing Horses: A Novel by Per Petterson Drag me to re-order

106. 106. Botswana Time by Will Randall Drag me to re-order

107. 107. Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib (P.S.) by Seymour M. Hersh Drag me to re-order