Lists of Bests: Skokie Public Library's Staff Picks 2004 http://www.listsofbests.com/list/34361 A nice mixture of fiction and non-fiction. Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:19:48 GMT en-us 0 50 107 50 0 Drop City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3639 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3639"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142003808.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T.C. Boyle</div> For the Time Being http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9066 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9066"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375703470.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Annie Dillard</div> A Widow for One Year http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1017963 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1017963"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345469011.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Irving</div> Healing Israel/Palestine: A Path to Peace and Reconciliation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/852800 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/852800"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1556434847.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1073514301_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Lerner</div> Empire Falls (HBO Tie-in) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/320548 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/320548"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307275132.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Russo</div> Skinny Dip http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1013647 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1013647"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446615129.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carl Hiaasen</div> Can You Keep a Secret? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/261770 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/261770"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440241901.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sophie Kinsella</div> The Amateur Marriage: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2013381 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2013381"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345472454.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Tyler</div> Rescuing Rose (Red Dress Ink) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52970 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52970"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0373250487.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isabel Wolff</div> Mourning Ruby http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/709999 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/709999"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425200191.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Helen Dunmore</div> America Behind The Color Line: Dialogues with African Americans http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1465799 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1465799"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0446693901.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1134500356_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry Louis Gates</div> Paris to the Moon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9369 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9369"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375758232.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adam Gopnik</div> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28898 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28898"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400032717.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Haddon</div> Nobu: The Cookbook http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/490599 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/490599"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/4770025335.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V46857580_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nobuyuki Matsuhisa</div> The Time Traveler's Wife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/427483 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/427483"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1596921536.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Audrey Niffenegger</div> Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10990 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10990"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393324826.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Roach</div> Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50876 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50876"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375714669.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marjane Satrapi</div> Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28472 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28472"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0965904830.01-A2LCTKH8WK9QB7._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Sedaris</div> Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/113897 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/113897"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1592402038.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lynne Truss</div> Covering Catastrophe: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/934975 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/934975"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/156625180X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1115781949_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Allison Gilbert</div> TVparty: Television's Untold Tales http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/857732 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/857732"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1566251842.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Billy Ingram</div> War On Freedom http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1053626 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1053626"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0972713115.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Marrs</div> Weird U.S.: Your Travel Guide to America's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets (Weird) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41297 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41297"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0760750432.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V36975826_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Moran</div> Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19262 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicholas Pileggi</div> The Clothes They Stood Up In http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1110908 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1110908"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375503064.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Bennett</div> The Gilded Chamber : A Novel of Queen Esther http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/535308 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/535308"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000ECXDVM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rebecca Kohn</div> The Outside World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/426785 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/426785"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400075289.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tova Mirvis</div> 3rd Degree (Women's Murder Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13251 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13251"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446614831.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Patterson</div> The Matzo Ball Heiress (Red Dress Ink) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/332629 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/332629"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0373895712.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laurie Gwen Shapiro</div> The Birth of Venus: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25576 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25576"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812968972.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Dunant</div> Broken for You http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55196 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55196"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802142109.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephanie Kallos</div> The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163931 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163931"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594481776.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Khaled Hosseini</div> Brick Lane: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21060 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21060"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743243315.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Monica Ali</div> Natasha and Other Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2788820 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2788820"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01NNP4QHF9L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Bezmozgis</div> Broadway: The American Musical http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/511657 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/511657"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0821229052.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Kantor and Laurence Maslon</div> The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/524534 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/524534"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1579126200.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> One Foot in Eden: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84131 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84131"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312423055.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122533770_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ron Rash</div> P.S. I love you http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1406169 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cecelia Ahern</div> The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973863 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973863"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0689866372.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E.L. Konigsburg</div> So B. It http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58144 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58144"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0064410471.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Weeks</div> The Annunciation of Francesca Dunn: A Novel (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2751958 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2751958"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060559209.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Janis Hallowell</div> The Air Lost in Breathing: Poems http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/460576 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/460576"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1884235301.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simone Muench</div> Why I Wake Up Early: New Poems http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2788823 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Bel Canto (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52962 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52962"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060838728.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Patchett</div> Larry's Party http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2764082 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2764082"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679309519.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carol Shields</div> Emma Brown http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2311019 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2311019"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143034839.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1118179357_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clare Boylan</div> The Nazi Officer's Wife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2698430 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2698430"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0349113793.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edith Hahn Beer</div> The Ghost Writer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/218120 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/218120"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156032325.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Harwood</div> Nowhere in Africa: An Autobiographical Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/361995 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/361995"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0299199606.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1118223439_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stefanie Zweig</div> The Swallows of Kabul http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2788825 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2788825"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11+1SjRZaUL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yasmina Khadra; Translator-John Cullen</div>