Mon - December 29, 2008

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali


finished in October sometime ... contemp ..... rating 7

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Sun - December 28, 2008

The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio by Terry Ryan


finished 12/28 ........ contemp fict. ......... rating 6.5

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Sat - November 29, 2008

Passionate Nomad: The LIfe of Freya Stark by Jane Fletcher-Geniesse


finished 11/29 ........ biography .......... rating 8

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Sat - October 18, 2008

The Limits of Power by Andrew J. Bacevich


finished 10/19 ........ 2008 political ........ rating 9

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Sat - August 30, 2008

The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk


finished 8/29 ...... history ............ rating 9.5

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Sun - August 24, 2008

Genghis Khan by Jack Weatherford


finished 8/? ........ history ........ rating 8

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Sun - August 10, 2008

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson


finished 7/4 ....... contemp non-fiction ......... rating 7

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Barcelona by Robert Hughes


finished 7/28 ......... history ........ rating 7

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Travels With Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuscinski


finished 7/30 ....... Polish travelogue contemp. .......... rating 7

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Thu - July 10, 2008

Why Orwell Matters by Christopher HItchens


finished 6/20 (?) ......... contemp non-fiction ............rating 7

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Sun - June 29, 2008

The Road to WIgan's Pier by George Orwell


finished 6/29 ..... 20th century non-fiction ......... rating 8

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Mon - May 26, 2008

In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan


finished 5/26 ....... non-fiction/food ........ rating 5

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California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War by Leonard Richards


finished February .... history ...... rating 9

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Fragrant Rice by Janet de Neef


finished in January ....... contemp Bali ...... rating 4

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Wed - May 7, 2008

The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman


finished 5/8 ........ contemp biography ........... rating 7.5

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Mon - April 14, 2008

How To Read a Book and Why by Harold Bloom


finished 4/13 ............ lit crit .............. rating 8.5

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Sat - March 8, 2008

The Grand Tour by Tim Moore


Feb 2008, UK travel, 7

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An Innocent Man by John Grisham


read in Dec or January - good - a 7.5

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