Lists of Bests: rayb's "Books I've Read in 2009" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/61626 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:43:53 GMT en-us 0 50 134 50 0 Curious Men (Collins Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5486646 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5486646"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41gonKcJgVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Buckland</div> In the Shadow of Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/430471 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/430471"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618056769.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Goodall</div> Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5349713 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5349713"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518dlGjBuEL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Hess</div> Catwatching http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/209375 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/209375"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0517880539.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114063192_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Desmond Morris</div> A Show of Hands: Say It in Sign Language http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5569330 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Beth Sullivan</div> Gender Diversity: Crosscultural Variations http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/558870 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/558870"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1577660749.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Serena Nanda</div> The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980164 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980164"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0763625299.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate Dicamillo</div> Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Valentine's Day: with Love, Cards, and Candy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5639617 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5639617"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vO0KQeUlL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carolyn Otto</div> Rumo: And His Miraculous Adventures http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2843914 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walter Moers</div> The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/655 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/655"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060512180.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Naomi Wolf</div> Ronia, the Robber's Daughter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81759 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81759"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140317201.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Astrid Lindgren</div> Bambert's Book of Missing Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2547164 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2547164"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440420458.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121450346_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Reinhardt Jung</div> The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/335004 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/335004"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452287448.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julian Baggini</div> The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30259 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30259"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1563898586.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1112392208_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Moore</div> Elephant Man: A Play http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3208885 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bernard Pomerance</div> McElligot's Pool http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5780264 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5780264"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51C4vYg0ajL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dr. Seuss</div> V for Vendetta {New Edition} http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3801494 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Moore</div> E.J. Bellocq Storyville Portraits http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/214027 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lee Friedlander</div> New Old-Fashioned Ways: Holidays and Popular Culture http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5800141 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack Santino</div> Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/206097 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/206097"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0871401703.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anita Loos</div> Yellow Submarine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2475753 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2475753"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0744586526.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by "Beatles"</div> Pippi Longstocking in the Park http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/349573 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/349573"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/912965307X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057207047_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Astrid Lindgren</div> Thomas Nast Cartoons & Illustrations 117 Works http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5833607 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Nast St. Hill</div> J. Edgar Hoover: A Graphic Biography http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2864441 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rick Geary</div> The Black Book of Colors http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5876066 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5876066"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419dCcCHpzL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Menena Cottin</div> Leo the Late Bloomer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/349553 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/349553"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/006443348X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057188165_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Kraus</div> But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3027534 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anita Loos</div> The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing for Writers, Editors and Speakers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5897818 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Casey And Swift, Kate Miller</div> The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60114 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60114"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805038221.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by L. Frank Baum</div> Catwoman: Nine Lives of a Feline Fatale http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/659495 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/659495"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1401202136.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ed Brubaker</div> The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29216 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29216"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1401201180.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1080261458_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Moore</div> The Book of Liz http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25918 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25918"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0822218275.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Sedaris</div> An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2507478 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2507478"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0670062715.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Al Gore</div> American Born Chinese http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5491758 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gene Luen Yang</div> Arrival http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2785217 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2785217"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/014cR+XtesL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shaun Tan</div> David Boring http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2539487 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Clowes</div> The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3095390 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3095390"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/019r%2BiQ4T9L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Sis</div> Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Collected Book Vol. 1 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1443234 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kevin Eastman</div> teenage mutant ninja turtles: out of the shadows (teenage mutant ninja turtles) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5989293 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Vampire Loves http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/431432 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/431432"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1596430931.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joann Sfar</div> Missouri Boy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6012842 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6012842"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61A5J489DVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leland Myrick</div> The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2390211 <div id="position">42</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> The Metamorphosis http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60685 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60685"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400052998.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Franz Kafka</div> Kampung Boy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2519293 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2519293"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1596431210.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lat</div> Pride of Baghdad http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3001198 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3001198"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11cVTcM2quL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brian K. Vaughan</div> Shadow of the Hegemon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5572336 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5572336"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41dPwCbI22L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Orson Scott Card</div> Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5449520 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chuck Palahniuk</div> Finn Family Moomintroll (Moomintrolls) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58753 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58753"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374423075.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10124 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10124"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385334303.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056439141_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Desmond Morris</div> The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (New York Review Children's Collection) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32491 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32491"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1590170768.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dino Buzzati</div>