Lists of Bests: starsmtsu12's "books from the library" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/56218 books I've checked out from my local library, with the DREADFULLY limited selection and the broken books that still populate the shelves. Some I read and others I just took for a ride in my car. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:41:29 GMT en-us 0 50 196 50 0 Common Nonsense http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/543060 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/543060"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002NPFUU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1090961236_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrew A. Rooney</div> Then We Came to the End: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2997779 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joshua Ferris</div> Postcards from the Edge http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21507 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21507"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743466519.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carrie Fisher</div> A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9267 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9267"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375725784.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dave Eggers</div> Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2628514 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2628514"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000LP66ZC.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Phillip K Howard</div> Growing Up (Plume) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/741086 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/741086"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0452255503.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Russell Baker</div> The Book of General Ignorance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2826895 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2826895"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01uK31cG9EL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Mitchinson</div> The Last Sorcerers: Path From Alchemy To The Periodic Table http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1689751 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1689751"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0309095077.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1105065722_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Morris</div> Fast Food Nation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55258 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55258"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060838582.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Schlosser</div> All Over But the Shoutin http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2536595 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rick Bragg</div> A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana (Today Show Book Club #3) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22758 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22758"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0767915054.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122564564_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Haven Kimmel</div> Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity: Get Out the Shovel--Why Everything You Know is Wrong http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3281304 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3281304"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/115eS-GkEJL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Stossel</div> The Audacity of Hope http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3849059 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3849059"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21kdF3J%2Bw%2BL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barack Obama</div> People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59278 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59278"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060838655.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Howard Zinn</div> Goat: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/386287 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/386287"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812969685.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brad Land</div> Made In America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3460442 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3460442"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01A2DMMMK4L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Bryson</div> American Gods: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2052838 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2052838"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060558121.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> How to Be Good http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31275 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31275"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573229326.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056521600_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nick Hornby</div> The Lottery and Other Stories (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1683892 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1683892"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679640398.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shirley Jackson</div> The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces (Transaction Large Print Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4129507 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4129507"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/418DNYBY0SL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Franz Kafka</div> UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3046477 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bel Kaufman</div> Tricky Business http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12127 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12127"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425192741.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dave Barry</div> English Patient, The (screenplay) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/224187 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/224187"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0413715000.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Minghella</div> Washington Square (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3015781 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3015781"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01jVbQ5w6fL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry James</div> Elvis Is Dead And I Don't Feel So Good Myself http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4129508 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lewis Grizzard</div> Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/607330 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/607330"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0571049893.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114494419_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sylvia Plath</div> A Short History of Nearly Everything http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3181385 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3181385"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01SBW0K8MCL.jpg" /></a></div> The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book) Teacher's Edition: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1780737 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1780737"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446691860.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jon Stewart</div> Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10990 <div id="position">29</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> Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/868008 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/868008"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393329127.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Roach</div> The Truth (with jokes) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2888123 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2888123"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11D9T3V6KBL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Al Franken</div> Brinkley's Beat : People, Places, and Events That Shaped My Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1078284 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1078284"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0345426797.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Brinkley</div> The Heart of a Woman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15902 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15902"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0553380095.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maya Angelou</div> A Song Flung Up to Heaven http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/982394 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/982394"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553382039.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122549137_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maya Angelou</div> 1066 & All That: 75th Anniversary Edition (Methuen Humour) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1215866 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1215866"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0413775275.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W. C. Sellar</div> After the Fall : A Play in Two Acts http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/352870 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/352870"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140481621.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1138672760_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Miller</div> Letters Home: Correspondence, 1950-1963 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1514 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1514"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060974915.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sylvia Plath</div> The Pleasure Of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman (Helix Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/168528 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/168528"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465023959.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Phillips Feynman</div> If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3320349 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Coulter</div> Transformations of Myth Through Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/73909 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/73909"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060964634.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056414580_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Campbell</div> The Hero with a Thousand Faces http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3646810 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3646810"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01N6Rt42oqL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Campbell</div> Notes from a Small Island http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9592 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9592"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380727501.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122536344_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Bryson</div> Three By Tennessee http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/249347 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/249347"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451529081.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tennessee Williams</div> William Shakespeare: The World As Stage (Eminent Lives) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2738170 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Bryson</div> Don't Know Much About Geography: Everything You Need to Know About the World but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/204015 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/204015"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380713799.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kenneth C. Davis</div> Things Fall Apart (Macmillan Reader) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3872628 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chinua Achebe</div> Bastard Out of Carolina http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3783777 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3783777"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XNTIh-XfL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dorothy Allison</div> One Good Turn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766571 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate Atkinson</div> Letters: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/295889 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/295889"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1564780619.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Barth</div> Stories and Early Novels: Pulp Stories / The Big Sleep / Farewell, My Lovely / The High Window (Library of America) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33682 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33682"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1883011078.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond Chandler</div>