Lists of Bests: meteowrite's "Things to Read from Stewart and Colbert" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/21223 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:56:35 GMT en-us 0 50 24 0 0 Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2284345 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2284345"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400044871.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rajiv Chandrasekaran</div> No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2529285 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2529285"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767924703.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1140885838_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ed Viesturs</div> Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never- Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/380778 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/380778"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767916034.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Rakoff</div> The Truth (with jokes) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/698204 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/698204"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452287677.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Al Franken</div> No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94393 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94393"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812971892.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Reza Aslan</div> American Bee: The National Spelling Bee and the Culture of Word Nerds http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/883447 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/883447"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594862141.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Maguire</div> Warlord: No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1752820 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1752820"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416524266.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V64385098_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ilario Pantano</div> The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/780228 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/780228"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452287634.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Savage</div> Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962604 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962604"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743270754.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Doris Kearns Goodwin</div> Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1272452 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1272452"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061234001.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven D. Levitt</div> The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1661292 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1661292"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743286391.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francis S. Collins</div> The American Dream: Stories from the Heart of Our Nation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2529307 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2529307"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000ENBRDM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V57476360_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Rather</div> Fast Food Nation tie-in: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/400689 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/400689"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/006116139X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Schlosser</div> Time Traveler: In Search of Dinosaurs and Other Fossils from Montana to Mongolia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/902517 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/902517"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374528764.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122535086_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Novacek</div> The God Delusion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/624083 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/624083"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618680004.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Dawkins</div> Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1025361 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1025361"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743284283.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ariel Levy</div> Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1630591 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1630591"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400064457.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ken Jennings</div> The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/341591 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/341591"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1401302017.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexandra Robbins</div> Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1270620 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1270620"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0670038121.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Linda R. Hirshman</div> Rejuvenile: Kickball, Cartoons, Cupcakes, and the Reinvention of the American Grown-up http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1641040 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1641040"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400080886.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1140881427_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Noxon</div> The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/589617 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/589617"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374530556.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Packer</div> Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/160554 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/160554"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0670034665.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norah Vincent</div> The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/206406 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/206406"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594200823.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Pollan</div> Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork: A 12-Stop Program to End Bad Habits and Begin a Healthy Lifestyle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/984526 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/984526"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1931722781.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1134601158_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mike Huckabee</div>