Lists of Bests: Skokie Public Library Staff Picks 2002 http://www.listsofbests.com/list/41596 I'm thinking there has to be something here for everybody! Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:31:36 GMT en-us 0 50 66 50 0 The Alchemist (Plus) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1014510 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1014510"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061122416.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paulo Coelho</div> Americans' Favorite Poems http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10684 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10684"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393048209.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056439753_.jpg" /></a></div> Pay Attention, for Goodness' Sake: Practicing the Perfections of the Heart--The Buddhist Path of Kindness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/355009 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/355009"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345448103.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sylvia Phd Boorstein</div> When We Were Orphans http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2338364 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2338364"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0571225403.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kazuo Ishiguro</div> Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned (Five Star) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2366656 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2366656"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1852427027.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walter Mosley</div> The Train Now Departing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2927607 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2927607"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/013DP0W2HDL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martha Grimes</div> The Celestine Prophecy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/133320 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/133320"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553409026.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Redfield</div> The Lovely Bones http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/500012 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/500012"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316166685.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Sebold</div> The Right Words at the Right Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1170043 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1170043"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/074344650X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marlo Thomas</div> Josephine: A Life of the Empress http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/406450 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/406450"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/078876053X.01-A1A5861B2RBYD1._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carolly Erickson</div> Extra Virgin: A Young Woman Discovers the Italian Riviera, Where Every Month Is Enchanted http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1051887 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1051887"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060958111.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Annie Hawes</div> Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2974 <div id="position">12</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> Niagara Falls All Over Again http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2225186 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2225186"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099429055.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth McCracken</div> A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/674431 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/674431"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00065HU9I.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Bourdain</div> Kitchen Confidential : Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31861 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31861"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/158234082X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Bourdain</div> Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2927608 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2927608"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/01087WACR6L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Marrs</div> Star Wars, Episode II - Attack of the Clones http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7940 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7940"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/034542882X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Year of Wonders http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3573 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3573"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142001430.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Geraldine Brooks</div> Bee Season: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2774322 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2774322"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000P8FUE8.01-A6TO64X2RJ6G4._SCTHUMBZZZ_V23444860_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Myla Goldberg</div> The Dive From Clausen's Pier: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9295 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9295"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375727132.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Packer</div> Empire Falls (HBO Tie-in) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/320548 <div id="position">21</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> Trials of the Monkey: An Accidental Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/842087 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/842087"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312300786.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056430861_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Matthew Chapman</div> Upside Down: A Primer for the Looking-Glass World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6374 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6374"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312420315.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eduardo Galeano</div> Letters to a Young Contrarian (Art of Mentoring) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/939598 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/939598"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465030335.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1116195288_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Hitchens</div> A World Full of Gods: The Strange Triumph of Christianity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2721582 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2721582"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452282616.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Keith Hopkins</div> The Best Democracy Money Can Buy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14184 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14184"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452285674.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Greg Palast</div> We Were the Mulvaneys http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/561673 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Snobbery: The American Version http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17243 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17243"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618340734.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Epstein</div> About a Boy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/317089 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/317089"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140285679.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nick Hornby</div> Stupid White Men ... And Other Sorry Excuses for The State of the Nation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1824361 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1824361"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000GWY198.01-AM538YKOTEV1F._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Moore</div> Black, White & Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31269 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31269"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573229075.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rebecca Walker</div> The Emperor of Ocean Park http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2267016 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2267016"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307279936.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44557023_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen L. Carter</div> The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10262 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10262"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/038547721X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alex Kotlowitz</div> Motherless Brooklyn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2476699 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2476699"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0571226329.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Lethem</div> In the Castle of the Flynns http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/325275 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/325275"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425190366.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Raleigh</div> Wittgenstein's Poker http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2776589 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2776589"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01S2TTYK0BL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Edmonds</div> American Studies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8652 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8652"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374529000.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis Menand</div> Wish You Were Here: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24163 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24163"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802139892.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stewart O'Nan</div> My Name Is Red http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9138 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9138"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375706852.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Orhan Pamuk</div> LAST YEAR'S JESUS: A NOVELLA AND NINE STORIES http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2927610 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2927610"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/01qEOjQcl6L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ellen Slezak</div> The Last Kashmiri Rose http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1587857 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1587857"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385339712.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Cleverly</div> Chasing the Dime http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13219 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13219"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/044661162X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Connelly</div> The Blue Edge of Midnight http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2478312 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2478312"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752849670.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1118807555_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathon King</div> Atonement: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10563 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10563"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/038572179X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian McEwan</div> A Clean Kill http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2011161 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2011161"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440241340.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1140845144_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mike Stewart</div> Crusader http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2393399 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2393399"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0152063145.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward Bloor</div> The Dragons of Summer Flame http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2652874 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2652874"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786927305.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Weis</div> Dark Force Rising (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, Vol. 2) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15966 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15966"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553560719.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43050186_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Timothy Zahn</div> Star Wars: Heir to the Empire http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1717274 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1717274"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0553634852.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Timothy Zahn</div> Star Wars - Vol. 3 - The Last Command (Star Wars) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2798552 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2798552"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/01NHWG0FKFL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Timothy Zahn</div>