Lists of Bests: raeburn's "My Books to Read this year" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/52512 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:43:19 GMT en-us 0 50 100 50 0 What the Bleep Do We Know!?: Discovering the Endless Possibilities for Altering Your Everyday Reality http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2622792 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2622792"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0757305628.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Arntz</div> The Holographic Universe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/312087 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/312087"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0586091718.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Talbot</div> Mysticism and the New Physics (Arkana) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/205093 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/205093"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140193286.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Talbot</div> Evolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing Your Mind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2643029 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2643029"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/075730480X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V47845124_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joe Dispenza</div> The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3105174 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lynne McTaggart</div> Shadowlands: Quest for Mirror Matter in the Universe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1563930 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1563930"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/158112645X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Foot</div> Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10489 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10489"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0385509863.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michio Kaku</div> Time Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2904022 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ronald L. Mallett</div> Coming of Age in the Milky Way http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3316420 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3316420"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/017NQNV7Y2L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Timothy Ferris</div> Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy (Commonwealth Fund Book Program) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10848 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10848"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393312763.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kip S. Thorne</div> HYPERSPACE: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2929494 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michio Kaku</div> The Five Ages of the Universe: Inside the Physics of Eternity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1057057 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1057057"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684865769.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fred C. Adams</div> The Book of Nothing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2709147 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2709147"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0224059629.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John D. Barrow</div> Entanglement http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/201869 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/201869"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452284570.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Amir Aczel</div> Three Roads to Quantum Gravity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72162 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72162"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465078362.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lee Smolin</div> Our Cosmic Habitat http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/205279 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/205279"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0691114773.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V41795550_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin J. Rees</div> Timeless Reality : Symmetry, Simplicity, and Multiple Universes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3806683 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3806683"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419RBXF93CL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Victor J. Stenger</div> The Future of Spacetime http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/269648 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/269648"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/039332446X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen William Hawking</div> The Constants of Nature: From Alpha to Omega--the Numbers That Encode the Deepest Secrets of the Universe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8861 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8861"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375422218.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John D. Barrow</div> The Extravagant Universe: Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos (Princeton Science Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82025 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82025"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/069111742X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1072203962_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert P. Kirshner</div> The Universe Next Door : The Making of Tomorrow's Science http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/240153 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/240153"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0195143825.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marcus Chown</div> The Fabric of the Cosmos (Space, time, and the texture of reality) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62517 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62517"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0965900584.01-A3TVTM9WD8EOHI._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45127386_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brian Greene</div> Hiding in the Mirror : The Mysterious Allure of Extra Dimensions, from Plato to String Theory and Beyond http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1727796 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1727796"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FZDKR0.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lawrence M. Krauss</div> Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3159001 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3159001"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01zbrrSyj8L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leon M. Lederman</div> Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/298916 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/298916"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060531096.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lisa Randall</div> Many Worlds in One: The Search for Other Universes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787165 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alex Vilenkin</div> Infinite Book, The: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/403025 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/403025"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099443724.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John D. Barrow</div> Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3535665 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3535665"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11IPXqoLKQL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bruce Rosenblum</div> Endless Universe: Beyond the Big Bang -- Rewriting Cosmic History http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3052005 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3052005"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11q7d-gMOOL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul J. Steinhardt</div> An Introduction to Language http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3832729 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3832729"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41azxpKsVGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nina Hyams</div> Introduction to the Languages of the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1698995 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anatole Lyovin</div> The Unfolding of Language : An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2987371 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2987371"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01CD0ANEA9L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Guy Deutscher</div> Languages and Their Status http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3832735 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3832735"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MR1ET2H4L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Languages and Their Speakers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3832736 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3832736"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SBHK83AGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Timothy Shopen</div> The Linguistics Wars http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4419 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4419"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/019509834X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V61216008_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Randy Allen Harris</div> The ARticulate Mammal http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2550890 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Aitchison</div> Speech and Language Processing: An Introduction to Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics and Speech Recognition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49072 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49072"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0130950696.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Jurafsky</div> Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/148118 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/148118"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618257764.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Garry Wills</div> Thomas Paine : Collected Writings : Common Sense / The Crisis / Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / Pamphlets, Articles, and Letters (Library of America) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33680 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33680"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1883011035.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Paine</div> Washington's Crossing (Pivotal Moments in American History) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/558427 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/558427"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/019518159X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V54937464_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Hackett Fischer</div> James Madison: Writings: Writings 1772-1836 (Library of America) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84155 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84155"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1883011663.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Madison</div> The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13972 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13972"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451528816.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexander Hamilton</div> The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13973 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13973"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451528840.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2961382 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2961382"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01NPQ0ENR4L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Buchanan</div> The Age of Federalism: The Early American Republic, 1788-1800 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1279039 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1279039"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/019509381X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanley Elkins</div> Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8692 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8692"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375405445.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by JOSEPH J. ELLIS</div> His Excellency: George Washington http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/90527 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/90527"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400032539.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph J. Ellis</div> John Adams http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3294787 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3294787"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11Q0N-GUTzL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David McCullough</div> Alexander Hamilton http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2892189 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2892189"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01S2A6Q7DPL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ron Chernow</div> John Marshall: Definer of a Nation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3727728 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3727728"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01P76TREE6L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Edward Smith</div>