Lists of Bests: Billhere's "Billhere's 2009 Reading List" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/61663 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:52:05 GMT en-us 0 50 68 50 0 Plague Ship: A Novel of the Oregon Files http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5530921 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5530921"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JvbLofjNL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clive Cussler</div> The Revolutionary War in the Hackensack Valley: The Jersey Dutch and the Neutral Ground, 1775-1783 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5558241 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5558241"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XBY702Z1L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adrian Leiby</div> Outliers: The Story of Success http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5557169 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5557169"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21EZlHQmYKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Malcolm Gladwell</div> Burnside http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5559396 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5559396"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515N22A7YSL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Marvel</div> The Gate House http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3866701 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nelson DeMille</div> Frontiersman: Daniel Boone and the Making of America (Southern Biography Series) (Southern Biography Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5604328 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5604328"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41naGfHImPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Meredith Mason Brown</div> Divine Justice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4005143 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Baldacci</div> Death or Glory: The Legacy of the Crimean War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/214596 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/214596"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0813337895.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1115642970_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert B. Edgerton</div> Cockpit of the Revolution http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5665683 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5485733 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Bryson</div> The Brass Verdict http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3701090 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Connelly</div> Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4014487 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James M. McPherson</div> Scarpetta http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3632078 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patricia Cornwell</div> A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1777798 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1777798"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307279464.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Bryson</div> The Other Boleyn Girl http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5687948 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5687948"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GRhNMuStL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philippa Gregory</div> TEAM OF RIVALS: THE POLITICAL GENIUS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN,! by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Simon & Schuster, 2005) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5574770 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Sail http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5370793 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5370793"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X4gV9QiLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Patterson</div> Days of Glory-The Army of the Cumberland http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6006230 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Larry J. Daniel</div> Bones (Alex Delaware, No. 23) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5486345 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5486345"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DYmpi2e8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Kellerman</div> George Thomas: Rock of Chickamauga http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6151671 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Freeman Cleaves</div> Henry Halleck: Lincoln's Chief of Staff http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6151729 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Ambrose</div> Long Lost http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4521647 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harlan Coben</div> The Somme http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2003834 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robin Prior</div> Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4389 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4389"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0195069056.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Hackett Fischer</div> The Hospital for Special Surgery Rheumatoid Arthritis Handbook http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6324708 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6324708"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512066JZ1SL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen A. Paget</div> Unfurl Those Colors: McClellan, Sumner, and the Second Army Corps in the Antietam Campaign http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6355939 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6355939"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51M-ZluasnL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marion V Armstrong Jr.</div> Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3997867 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3997867"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-xP1J6EOL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Pluto</div> The World Without US http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5407751 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Weisman</div> Commanding the Army of the Potomac (Modern War Studies) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3861839 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3861839"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E0E62224L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen R. Taaffe</div> Wicked Prey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5675147 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5675147"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bTUx0EF8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Sandford</div> Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley: The St. Leger Expedition of 1777 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567050 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567050"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1550023764.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gavin K. Watt</div> The Edge of Glory: A Biography of General William S. Rosecrans, U.S.A http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6424393 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6424393"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4133YN97REL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William M. Lamers</div> When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5918806 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5918806"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NyCmArY3L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Seth Davis</div> Arctic Drift (A Dirk Pitt Novel, #20) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3750669 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clive Cussler</div> Corsair http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4299584 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clive Cussler</div> General John Buford: A Military Biography http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2541961 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2541961"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0306812746.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056429759_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward G. Longacre</div> All for the Regiment: The Army of the Ohio, 1861-1862 (Civil War America) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6503445 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6503445"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5141Y5A7Q0L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gerald J. Prokopowicz</div> With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6353294 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6353294"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JjWDkMLVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Korda</div> Sherman: Lessons in Leadership (Great Generals) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6559141 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven E. Woodworth</div> The Navigator (Numa Files) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3905764 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3905764"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CjLvvsOQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clive Cussler</div> The Philadelphia Campaign: Volume One: Brandywine and the Fall of Philadelphia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2657144 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2657144"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0811701786.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas J. McGuire</div> The Brusilov Offensive (Twentieth-Century Battles) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6766597 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6766597"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51UoPREj9UL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Timothy Dowling</div> Napoleon in Egypt http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6942465 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6942465"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YLc4T0hnL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Strathern</div> Death Traps: The Survival of an American Armored Division in World War II http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2601019 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2601019"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0891418148.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056505461_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Belton Y. Cooper</div> The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914-1918 (Modern Wars) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/876224 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/876224"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0340573481.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Holger H. Herwig</div> From Winchester to Cedar Creek: The Shenandoah Campaign of 1864 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1605281 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1605281"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0811706729.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056494869_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffry D. Wert</div> The 29% Solution: 52 Weekly Networking Success Strategies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4243984 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4243984"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51wR0PYPvWL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ivan Misner</div> Harry Potter And The Sorcerers Stone - 10th Anniversary Edition (Harry Potter) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3886292 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.K. Rowling</div> Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2, Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3987838 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3987838"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G225RXT0L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.K. Rowling</div> Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12258 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12258"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0439136369.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.K. Rowling</div>