Lists of Bests: MrsP55's "Mandy's Non-Fiction Book List" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/64755 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:55:19 GMT en-us 0 50 48 0 0 All over but the Shoutin' http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19090 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19090"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679774025.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056465029_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rick Bragg</div> Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2402911 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2402911"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307383415.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barack Obama</div> Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Untimely Death in Africa by Mark Seal http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6355717 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Big Rewind: A Memoir Brought to You by Pop Culture http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6355718 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6355718"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K0vIsO0EL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nathan Rabin</div> Everyday Apocalypse http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/74101 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/74101"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/158743055X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Dark</div> Searching for God Knows What http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22995 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22995"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0785263713.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald Miller</div> Long Time Leaving: Dispatches From Up South http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4144201 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roy Blount Jr.</div> Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3121984 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Ehrenreich</div> Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17045 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17045"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0609809431.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056460444_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Feig</div> Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents: What Your Teachers Never Told You About the Men of the White House (Secret Lives) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5445779 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cormac O'Brien</div> Secret Lives of the First Ladies: What Your Teachers Never Told You About the Women of the White House http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/584693 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/584693"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594740143.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cormac OBrien</div> Dear Church: Letters from a Disillusioned Generation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1998987 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1998987"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/031026958X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44486690_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Cunningham</div> Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/117479 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/117479"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060507152.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by N.T. Wright</div> The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4434663 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A. J. Jacobs</div> Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1964103 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1964103"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143038419.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Gilbert</div> Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21022 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21022"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743236017.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chuck Klosterman</div> Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2402821 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2402821"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805083197.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45126420_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles J. Shields</div> Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2935980 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2935980"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11nVOnhmGhL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rob Sheffield</div> An American Childhood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1190 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1190"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060915188.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Annie Dillard</div> Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9545 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9545"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380713802.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Bryson</div> Stalking Irish Madness: Searching for the Roots of My Family's Schizophrenia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4909667 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4909667"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GFdLzf7qL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patrick Tracey</div> Unpacking the Boxes: A Memoir of a Life in Poetry http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4296791 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald Hall</div> Scattershot: My Bipolar Family http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4909750 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4909750"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Bme3a-6ML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Lovelace</div> Churched: One Kid's Journey Toward God Despite a Holy Mess http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3911290 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3911290"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41OBTHdfWqL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Matthew Paul Turner</div> Holy Roller: Growing Up in the Church of Knock Down, Drag Out; Or, How I Quit Loving a Blue-Eyed Jesus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4015162 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4015162"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fscf1%2BRSL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Diane Wilson</div> Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3355872 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francis Chan</div> Jesus Land: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/696444 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/696444"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1582433542.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julia Scheeres</div> The Big Skinny: How I Changed My Fattitude http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4194521 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carol Lay</div> Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3244926 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cathleen Falsani</div> The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5079403 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Singer</div> Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10138 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10138"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385335156.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056439146_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gerald Clarke</div> unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity... and Why It Matters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2959070 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2959070"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01-WCDeBphL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Kinnaman</div> Angela's Ashes: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19423 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19423"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/068484267X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121100615_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank McCourt</div> Not a Happy Camper: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2991740 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mindy Schneider</div> Let the Record Show: The True Story of Hack Smithdeal and Johnson City's Trial of the Century http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31526 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31526"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1577362489.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056522659_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patty Smithdeal Fulton</div> Home: A Memoir of My Early Years http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5791397 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5791397"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516sXtt9mZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julie Andrews</div> Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95014 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95014"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/006009026X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cokie Roberts</div> The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6012955 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6012955"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Yu6nby5PL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kevin Roose</div> Free For All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3848921 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Don Borchert</div> Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4216387 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cokie Roberts</div> Hotel California: The True-life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2430327 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2430327"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0470127775.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V36879567_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barney Hoskyns</div> Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7379013 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Collins</div> The Ethical Gourmet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1376684 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1376684"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767918347.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1128365562_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jay Weinstein</div> When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6544869 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6544869"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2B1biRfYcL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gail Collins</div> Half Broke Horses: A True Life Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5945220 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeannette Walls</div> Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10370 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10370"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385496095.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Lamott</div> First Person America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7381040 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7381040"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ObNS9UG8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Banks</div> Audition: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7381041 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7381041"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411zua7nc7L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Walters</div>