Lists of Bests: mgoodrum's "Books I've Read in 2009" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/68979 Books I have read in 2009. Thu, 31 May 2012 18:52:18 GMT en-us 0 50 38 0 0 Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7390562 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7390562"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EqfEka9wL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Harris</div> How the Beatles Destroyed Rock n Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6449847 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6449847"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sr5sFhrgL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elijah Wald</div> Rebel without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14043 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14043"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51emrbtNszL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Rodriguez</div> In the Blink of an Eye Revised 2nd Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33580 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33580"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KFHHJJAZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walter Murch</div> Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11006 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11006"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YDg4jy8gL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laurence Gonzales</div> Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey Into Seeing in Three Dimensions http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6408701 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6408701"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/410kVyoPKCL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan R. Barry</div> Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4366372 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Brody</div> Decision Traps: The Ten Barriers to Decision-Making and How to Overcome Them http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1633383 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1633383"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51S7HM8K05L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward Russo</div> The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1135141 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1135141"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446526568.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert I. Sutton</div> The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4615898 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4615898"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-%2BKjlU8SL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Simmons</div> How I Made A Hundred Movies In Hollywood And Never Lost A Dime http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/266857 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/266857"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ASk3tEmzL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roger Corman</div> Film Art: An Introduction http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7392297 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7392297"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41eWYbE51gL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Bordwell</div> A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7392298 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7392298"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GOBOM-dFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alex Beam</div> Bottom of the Ninth: Branch Rickey, Casey Stengel, and the Daring Scheme to Save Baseball from Itself http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6848764 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6848764"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IpZodiHlL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Shapiro</div> The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/203180 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/203180"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51U-BkmvXWL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Twyla Tharp</div> James Agee: Film Writing and Selected Journalism (Library of America) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163520 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163520"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TGNVRQ4HL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Agee</div> Farber on Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Farber http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6415075 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6415075"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415n6DWp9zL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Manny Farber</div> 501 Movie Directors: A Comprehensive Guide to the Greatest Filmmakers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3095351 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3095351"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EQBkR22QL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> How to Make Great Short Feature Films: The Making of 'Ghosthunter': Paperback Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2412809 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2412809"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518uUEy0nLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Lewis</div> The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/842287 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/842287"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512K9H0ENZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Schwarz</div> Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/247220 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/247220"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xdDAEuspL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laurence Bergreen</div> Hidden Talent: How Leading Companies Hire, Retain, and Benefit from People with Disabilities http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4501810 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4501810"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41fOOfi3i4L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> The Baseball Economist: The Real Game Exposed http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6606813 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6606813"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ozcdkb1oL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.C. Bradbury</div> The Diamond Appraised http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/653078 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Craig R. Wright</div> Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89125 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89125"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QU2NGMwcL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wess Roberts</div> Paranoia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45766 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45766"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ejNJNf-BL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Finder</div> On the History of Film Style http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1076223 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1076223"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jyDBKJCfL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Bordwell</div> The Studio http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72954 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72954"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41F7tYrv%2BFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Gregory Dunne</div> Storytellers to the Nation: A History of American Television Writing (Television Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7392800 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7392800"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ses--5NdL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Stempel</div> Master and Commander (Movie Tie-In Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10994 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10994"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Q4whhW8-L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patrick O'Brian</div> The Voice: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4360495 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4360495"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KW2GT%2BPtL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Quasthoff</div> Gigi, and The Cat http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1092854 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1092854"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Z7SX1GRXL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colette</div> Mental Training for Peak Performance, Revised & Updated Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1932108 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1932108"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CW9BV5Q4L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Ungerleider</div> The Breaks of the Game http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4597189 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4597189"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ghu276tsL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Halberstam</div> Moviemakers' Master Class: Private Lessons from the World's Foremost Directors http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/258755 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/258755"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41IkcGieBML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laurent Tirard</div> My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs, and Stand-Up http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4341880 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4341880"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51klB-iLPcL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Russell Brand</div> Blade Runners, Deer Hunters, & Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: My Life in Cult Movies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6781756 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6781756"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515SMaF9MWL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Deeley</div> Film School: How to Watch DVDs and Learn Everything About Filmmaking http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3158530 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3158530"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515SGry5iRL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard D. Pepperman</div>