Lists of Bests: rsmyth's "Best Nonfiction" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/54754 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:50:18 GMT en-us 0 50 10 0 0 Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, New Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43255 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43255"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393061310.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jared Diamond</div> Finite and Infinite Games http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7580 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7580"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345341848.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1113597551_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James P. Carse</div> The Gnostic Gospels: A Startling Account of the Meaning of Jesus and the Origin of Christianity Based on Gnostic Gospels and Other Secret Texts http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/407773 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/407773"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394502787.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elaine Pagels</div> The Origin of Satan http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18733 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18733"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679731180.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elaine Pagels</div> The Invention of Solitude http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2247036 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2247036"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143112228.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Auster</div> The memory palace of Matteo Ricci / Jonathan D. Spence http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3755342 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan D. Spence</div> Reflections on Gender and Science: Tenth Anniversary Paperback Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/797525 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/797525"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0300065957.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Evelyn Fox Keller</div> Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Techno logy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19042 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19042"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679764895.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lawrence Weschler</div> Universe and Doctor Einstein http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1548626 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lincoln Barnett</div> The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2043155 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2043155"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375702628.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jill Lepore</div>