Lists of Bests: Nonfiction that reads like Fiction http://www.listsofbests.com/list/32588 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:33:28 GMT en-us 0 50 18 0 0 Pendulum: Leon Foucault and the Triumph of Science http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1316485 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1316485"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743464796.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Amir D. Aczel</div> Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313207 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313207"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679643419.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Berendt</div> Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1576251 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1576251"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/030681529X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H. G. Bissinger</div> The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22694 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22694"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767908260.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056485844_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Miles Harvey</div> Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2974 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2974"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140275010.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122532533_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Kurlansky</div> The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9266 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9266"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375725601.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V64591320_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erik Larson</div> Isaac's Storm : The Drowning of Galveston http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/302045 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/302045"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1857028422.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erik Larson</div> John Adams http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20899 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20899"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743223136.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David McCullough</div> In Cold Blood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962888 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Truman Capote</div> Seabiscuit http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970820 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970820"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345465083.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laura Hillenbrand</div> Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23767 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23767"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375758992.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexandra Fuller</div> Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/125951 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/125951"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802714625.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dava Sobel</div> Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3535 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3535"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142000159.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ross King</div> The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10696 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10696"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393050327.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sebastian Junger</div> Into the Wild http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2479087 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2479087"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330351699.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jon Krakauer</div> The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70178 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70178"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060839783.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Winchester</div> Crack In The Edge of The World : California Earthquake 1906 . (1st Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2781153 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2781153"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11dmr+EXLDL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by S. Winchester</div> Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3001 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3001"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140280553.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dava Sobel</div>