Lists of Bests: lauralbaby's "Books I Liked in 2007" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/44287 I read a lot. Some books are great, some not-so-great. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:31:07 GMT en-us 0 50 33 0 0 Sperm Wars: Infidelity, Sexual Conflict, and Other Bedroom Battles http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/339408 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/339408"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1560258489.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V54479761_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robin Baker</div> The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2719414 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2719414"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1596913606.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45112636_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Bourdain</div> A Cook's Tour http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88353 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88353"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0009PY53E.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Bourdain</div> This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2908047 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2908047"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01ScOELplvL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel J. Levitin</div> The Drawing of the Dark (Fantasy Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2335618 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2335618"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0575074264.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Powers</div> The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/361983 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/361983"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345466357.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Minister Faust</div> On Stranger Tides http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/678181 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/678181"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1930235321.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Powers</div> Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA, the Sixties, and Beyond http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24047 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24047"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802130623.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin A. Lee</div> Three Days to Never: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2837631 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2837631"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11M622GTBDL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Powers</div> A Walk in the Woods - Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2933820 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2933820"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01YTMDTMV5L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Bryson</div> Parable of the Sower http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972746 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972746"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446675504.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Octavia E. Butler</div> Encounters with the Archdruid http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8557 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8557"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374514313.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John McPhee</div> Behold the Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/363440 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/363440"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1585677647.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Moorcock</div> The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself (Boorstin Trilogy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1711007 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1711007"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1842122274.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel J. Boorstin</div> More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20902 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20902"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743223306.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Wurtzel</div> Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1965016 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1965016"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143038338.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44321231_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel C. Dennett</div> Appetite http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16966 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16966"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0609610783.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nigel Slater</div> It Must've Been Something I Ate http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93520 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Steingarten</div> The Complete Walker IV http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9062 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9062"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375703233.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colin Fletcher</div> Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1746976 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1746976"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805057234.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Ehrenreich</div> Tesla: Man Out of Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20846 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20846"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743215362.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Cheney</div> Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2079817 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andy Letcher</div> On the Take: From Petty Crooks to Presidents http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3004692 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William J. Chambliss</div> Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/74609 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/74609"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380789027.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> Saying Yes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/333053 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/333053"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1585423181.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jacob Sullum</div> The Art of Eating http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22256 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22256"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0764542613.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by M. F. K. Fisher</div> God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2470956 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2470956"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446579807.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Hitchens</div> Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage: America's Love Lab Experts Share Their Strategies for Strengthening Your Relationship http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2801624 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2801624"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11IxKAKc87L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Phd Gottman</div> LSD: My Problem Child http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/257331 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/257331"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0966001982.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1136843954_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Albert Hofmann</div> Virgin: The Untouched History http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1769816 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1769816"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1596910100.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V60312658_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hanne Blank</div> Fletch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9205 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9205"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375713549.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gregory Mcdonald</div> I Am Legend - Hell House http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2529053 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2529053"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1582882339.01-AKRZ9RWRYXOVZ._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Matheson</div> Blue Trout and Black Truffles: The Peregrinations of an Epicure http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/111602 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/111602"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0897331346.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056506221_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Wechsberg</div>