Lists of Bests: brwneyedgal307's "List of Candidates" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/29037 I read this book that completely changed my way of looking at books & reading. The following will be an ever-changing list of *my* candidates.. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:34:18 GMT en-us 0 50 90 50 0 Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82944 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82944"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312425791.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeff Chang</div> The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21227 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21227"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743269519.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen R. Covey</div> Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/145283 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/145283"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1591810329.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V53966262_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vivien Spitz</div> Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/737229 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/737229"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1401908977.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Immaculee Ilibagiza</div> Art of Happiness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2729960 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2729960"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0340750154.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dalai Lama</div> Everything Bad is Good for You http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/349822 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/349822"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594481946.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Johnson</div> Inside Islam: The Faith, the People and the Conflicts of the World's Fastest Growing Religion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2482699 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2482699"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1569245681.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056520345_.jpg" /></a></div> If Love Is a Game, These Are the Rules http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2522879 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2522879"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0091826586.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056416760_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cherie Carter-Scott</div> Why the Rest Hates the West: Understanding the Roots of Global Rage http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26178 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26178"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0830832025.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Meic Pearse</div> Peace Is the Way: Bringing War and Violence to an End (Chopra, Deepak) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/399091 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/399091"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307339815.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1136923143_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Deepak Chopra</div> Understanding the Male Temperament: What Women Want to Know About Men but Don't Know How to Ask http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23880 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23880"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0800757548.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056491282_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim F. LaHaye</div> Like A Watered Garden (Garden Gates) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163202 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163202"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0764229370.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patti Hill</div> In Every Flower (Garden Gates) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/990562 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/990562"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0764229397.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patti Hill</div> Always Green (Garden Gates) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/631787 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/631787"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0764229389.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patti Hill</div> The Crazed http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2475058 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2475058"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400032148.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ha Jin</div> War Trash http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1663342 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1663342"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141023961.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ha Jin</div> Under the Red Flag http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/168442 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/168442"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1581950063.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ha Jin</div> One Hundred Years of Solitude (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1119 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1119"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060740450.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gabriel Garcia Marquez</div> Life of Pi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1586590 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1586590"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0770430074.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Four Feathers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1386483 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A. 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Mason</div> Loving Che : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1061844 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1061844"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802141749.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ana Menéndez</div> Gone With the Wind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1496628 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1496628"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0330323490.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Mitchell</div> Love, Daddy: The True Story of Accused Con Man and Family Killer Christian Longo (St. Martin's True Crime Library.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/851289 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/851289"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312986084.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carlton Smith</div> Debating the Death Penalty: Should America Have Capital Punishment? The Experts on Both Sides Make Their Case http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792269 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792269"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01XDGXKN41L.jpg" /></a></div> Just Revenge: Costs and Consequences of the Death Penalty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/244064 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/244064"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312179456.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Costanzo</div> Against the Death Penalty: Christian and Secular Arguments Against Capital Punishment http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1172954 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1172954"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0836190750.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gardner C. Hanks</div> The Death Penalty: An American History http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792272 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792272"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01B70729M1L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stuart Banner</div> Waiting to Die: Life on Death Row http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792276 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792276"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01Z06H8MB7L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard M. Rossi</div> Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2465497 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2465497"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143038257.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45984430_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Greg Mortenson</div> Tuesdays with Morrie http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53863 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53863"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0751529818.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mitch Albom</div> Kent State: What Happened and Why http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1299621 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1299621"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0449202739.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James A. Michener</div> Plane Insanity: A Flight Attendant's Tales of Sex, Rage, and Queasiness at 30,000 Feet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6220 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6220"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312310064.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elliott Hester</div> The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-first Century http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/208628 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/208628"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425202399.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas P.M. Barnett</div> Black Hawk Down http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/99573 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/99573"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0552999652.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Bowden</div> Lucky http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7340 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7340"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/033041836X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Sebold</div> Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1584711 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1584711"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0688167721.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric D. Nuzum</div> Rowing Without Oars: A Memoir of Living and Dying http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792306 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792306"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/01h9BELi+XL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ulla-Carin Lindquist</div> 100 Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/239273 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/239273"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0816040591.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicholas J. 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H. Watkins</div> The Closing of the American Mind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17935 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17935"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671657151.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Allan Bloom</div> I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22634 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22634"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/076790382X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Bryson</div> A Recent History of the United States in Political Cartoons: A Look Bok (Law, Politics, and Society) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792311 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792311"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11F1MPJAMML.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chip Bok</div> He's Just Not That Into You (The Newly Expanded Edition): The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2391961 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2391961"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/141694740X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Greg Behrendt</div> Jack and Jackie: Portrait of an American Marriage http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/450314 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/450314"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380730316.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Andersen</div>