Lists of Bests: Travelspaz's "Reading List 2008" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/48702 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:50:31 GMT en-us 0 50 20 0 0 THE MAP THAT CHANGED WORLD http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3066894 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3066894"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01FBVCVX63L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by SIMON WINCHESTER</div> The Memory Keeper's Daughter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1340771 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1340771"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143037145.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kim Edwards</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">3</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> Host Family http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/373539 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/373539"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0446676616.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1134644353_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mameve Medwed</div> The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2789609 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2789609"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01ebV8Qoh1L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas L. Friedman</div> Unlikely Destinations: The Lonely Planet Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2863779 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2863779"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11WTKYQMMNL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tony Wheeler</div> The Great Gatsby http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1429260 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1429260"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1417656638.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F. Scott Fitzgerald</div> Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10990 <div id="position">8</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> Teacher Man: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1013821 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1013821"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743243781.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank McCourt</div> Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2955064 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Roach</div> Pint-Sized Ireland: In Search of the Perfect Guinness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3188548 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3188548"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01g5ORVqDOL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Evan McHugh</div> The Secrets of Mariko: A Year in the Life of a Japanese Woman and Her Family (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19084 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19084"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0679772626.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056465026_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elisabeth Bumiller</div> Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: A Year of Food Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2827114 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> Interpreter of Maladies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979172 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979172"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618101365.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jhumpa Lahiri</div> West with the Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3333391 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3333391"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11EoXbFRtZL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Beryl Markham</div> Malachy McCourt's History of Ireland http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3038161 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Malachy McCourt</div> Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3605329 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3605329"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11QSKIemSYL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Ariely</div> Blind Spots: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3430212 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3430212"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01VnnOEyrIL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Madeleine L. Van Hecke</div> Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93802 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93802"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060838590.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Winchester</div> The World Without Us http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3491141 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Weisman</div>