Lists of Bests: theoffshorepirate's "Non-fiction Books to Read" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/58432 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:11:11 GMT en-us 0 50 36 0 0 Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4434188 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jared Diamond</div> Guns, Germs, and Steel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3957768 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jared Diamond</div> The world is flat: The globalized world in the 21st century (resived and expanded) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2262433 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas L. Friedman</div> Confessions of an Economic Hit Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/226643 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/226643"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452287081.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Perkins</div> The Secret History of the American Empire: The Truth About Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and How to Change the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3584484 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3584484"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/112za-B-wNL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Perkins</div> Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/234747 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/234747"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1560258780.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Kuper</div> Franklin Covey - Focus Achieving Your Highest Priorities http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3845412 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen R. Covey</div> The World's Cheapest Destinations: 21 Countries Where Your Money Is Worth a Fortune, Second Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1450987 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1450987"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1591139368.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Leffel</div> Brain Training For Runners: A Revolutionary New Training System to Improve Endurance, Speed, Health, andResults http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2723240 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Matt Fitzgerald</div> The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/861 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/861"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060556579.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Matt Ridley</div> Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman: What Men Know About Success that Women Need to Learn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/637065 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/637065"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/076790463X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gail Evans</div> Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13067 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13067"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446531324.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1134633549_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lois P. Frankel</div> Touched with Fire http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4538766 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kay Refield Jamison</div> The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/203180 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/203180"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743235274.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Twyla Tharp</div> The Creativity Book: A Year's Worth of Inspiration and Guidance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32142 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32142"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1585420298.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Maisel</div> Living the Creative Life: Ideas and Inspiration from Working Artists http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2901760 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2901760"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11KygYr5-%2BL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rice Freeman-Zachery</div> The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2658319 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2658319"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1585425524.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44321168_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Fiore</div> The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3424776 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3424776"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11i5%2BddLZ6L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joe McNally</div> Hot, Flat, and Crowded http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5496026 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas L. Friedman</div> My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3932161 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3932161"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41qRk6gYi5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jill Bolte Taylor</div> The Unnatural History of the Sea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5633411 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Callum Roberts</div> Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5633413 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5855 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5855"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312180764.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056430469_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eddie Muller</div> Once Again to Zelda: The Stories Behind Literature's Most Intriguing Dedications http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6673988 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6673988"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41gSFgAJo8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marlene Wagman-Geller</div> The Mutineer: Rants, Ravings, and Missives from the Mountaintop 1977-2005 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/105637 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/105637"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684873176.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hunter S. Thompson</div> Geekspeak: A Guide to Answering the Unanswerable, Making Sense of the Insensible, and Solving the Unsolvable http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6851461 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6851461"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cryUQUhAL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Graham Tattersall</div> The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/663909 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/663909"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812972767.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Reiss</div> Conquering Your Quarterlife Crisis: Advice from Twentysomethings Who Have Been There and Survived (Perigee Book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86813 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86813"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/039953038X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexandra Robbins</div> Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune: The Contrarian Traveler's Guide to Getting More for Less http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3387787 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3387787"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/0171RE53MWL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Leffel</div> KON-TIKI ACROSS THE PACIFIC BY RAFT http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5739373 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thor Heyerdahl</div> How to Read a Person Like a Book http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18045 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18045"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671735578.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056463672_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gerard Nierenberg</div> Auto Repair For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6463575 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Deanna Sclar</div> Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things: How to Turn a Penny into a Radio, Make a Flood Alarm with an Aspirin, Change http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194852 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194852"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0740738593.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cy Tymony</div> What's Next: Dispatches on the Future of Science (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6404221 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6404221"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41i2OUWkJ0L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Max Brockman</div> Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7378621 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7378621"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5122IinakZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tad Friend</div> The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7283126 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7283126"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51p8OA6F3AL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Cokinos</div>