Lists of Bests: Skokie Public Library Staff Picks 2007 http://www.listsofbests.com/list/55296 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:02:30 GMT en-us 0 50 106 50 0 The Savage Garden http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3630115 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3630115"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/012ZDH-YllL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Mills</div> Silent In The Grave (STP - Mira) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2585580 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2585580"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0778324109.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V47036180_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Deanna Raybourn</div> Bridge of Sighs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2625638 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Russo</div> The Department of Lost & Found http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3944897 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3944897"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41nzwEcparL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Allison Winn Scotch</div> The Lying Tongue http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3551416 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3551416"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01F9nlI%2BwdL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrew Wilson</div> The March: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972247 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972247"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812976150.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E.L. Doctorow</div> A Spot of Bother (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2614400 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Haddon</div> Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3634440 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3634440"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/119iv0EenZL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Macmillan</div> Everyday Holiness: The Jewish Spiritual Path of Mussar http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3944903 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3944903"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41E-Y30OrhL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Morinis</div> Everyman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2629106 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2629106"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307277712.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V42155909_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> Whistling In the Dark http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3835382 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3835382"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51h5F-MyYzL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lesley Kagen</div> Travels with Herodotus (Vintage International) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3823800 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3823800"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51i7VjBcWYL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ryszard Kapuscinski</div> Out Stealing Horses: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3025724 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3025724"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11TtSBw%2BuXL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Per Petterson</div> The Architecture of Happiness (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3512406 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3512406"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/0142pVRwNHL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alain De Botton</div> Then We Came to the End: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2997779 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joshua Ferris</div> Magic for Beginners http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3944911 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3944911"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41yyUvzjAGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kelly Link</div> Exit Wounds http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2574876 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2574876"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1897299060.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V49469217_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rutu Modan</div> Scott Pilgrim, Vol 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2884978 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2884978"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/118nZEamulL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bryan Lee O'Malley</div> Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766575 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766575"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618871713.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alison Bechdel</div> Anansi Boys http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313498 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313498"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060515198.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/296875 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/296875"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060853980.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2390211 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2390211"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143038583.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45217283_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Pollan</div> Going Postal: A Novel of Discworld http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/304 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/304"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060013133.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V46956699_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Pratchett</div> Blood Covenant: The Michael Franzese Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/741319 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/741319"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0883688670.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056504639_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Franzese</div> The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2397520 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Victor Marchetti and John D. Marks</div> The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict Fully Updated To Answer The Questions Challenging Christians Today http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/237744 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/237744"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0785243631.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Josh McDowell</div> We were Soldiers Once...And Young: Ia Drang--The Battle That Changed The War In Vietnam http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18444 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18444"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0679411585.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464692_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harold G. Moore</div> Access All Areas: A User's Guide to the Art of Urban Exploration http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1380481 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1380481"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0973778709.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ninjalicious</div> A Thousand Splendid Suns http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2409318 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2409318"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594489505.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44322525_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Khaled Hosseini</div> The Shadow of the Wind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3757 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3757"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143034901.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1131148752_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carlos Ruiz Zafon</div> Anchored In Love: An Intimate Portrait of June Carter Cash http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3358827 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3358827"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11Cwue3jBEL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Carter Cash</div> The Other Side of the Bridge http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2866558 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2866558"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/01BVrSPUacL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Lawson</div> The Lake, the River & the Other Lake http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1336604 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1336604"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1400079942.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve Amick</div> The Last Town on Earth: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792792 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792792"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01MOO0KUBUL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Mullen</div> Momfidence!: An Oreo Never Killed Anybody and Other Secrets of Happier Parenting http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/901957 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/901957"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307337421.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paula Spencer</div> The World Without Us http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2775339 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2775339"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312347294.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V23272039_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Weisman</div> CABIN PRESSURE: ONE MAN'S DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO RECAPTURE HIS YOUTH AS A CAMP COUNSELOR http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2861453 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2861453"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11EnJ-tIUeL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Josh Wolk</div> Bearing the Body: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3037259 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3037259"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01JxS3-wF2L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ehud Havazelet</div> Grief http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3687225 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrew Holleran</div> Learning to Drive: And Other Life Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2648009 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Katha Pollitt</div> The Last Samurai http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23353 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23353"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786887001.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Helen Dewitt</div> Eating Naked: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6049 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6049"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312278292.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Dobyns</div> Mister Pip http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3725728 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3725728"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01B6IFBQZKL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lloyd Jones</div> Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2802877 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ted Kerasote</div> Teacher Man: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1013821 <div id="position">45</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> The Perfect Man: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2362665 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2362665"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812977017.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Naeem Murr</div> The Septembers of Shiraz: A Novel (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618252 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618252"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/1137u1HCwaL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dalia Sofer</div> The Book Thief http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2526746 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Markus Zusak</div> The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2845452 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2845452"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/01kDOLh-9GL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Diane Ackerman</div> I Am America (And So Can You!) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2785900 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2785900"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11JPzV95lQL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Colbert</div>