Monday, December 31, 2001

2001 Book List (53)

2001 Book List - 53 - (starred items are recommendations)


Title
Author
Comment
All for Love
Mehta, Ven
A blind New Yorker magazine writer and author's memories of his four loves
*
Affluenza – the All Consuming Epidemic
De Graff, John, Ed.
Greed and consumerism as disease
After Silence
Raine, Nancy V.
A rape victim's memoir
*
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Chabon, Michael
Pulitzer prize winning historical novel of comic book industry
The Bride of Science
Wooley, Benjamin
Ada Byron's life at the turn of the century
Being Invisible
Berger, Thomas
Contrast between men and women's perception of relationships
Bookmaker's Daughter
Abbott, Shirley
A heritage of a father's love of books separates him from his daughter
The Blind Assassin
Attwood, Margaret
Whiny old former rich girl agonizes over her cowardice
Culture Jam
Lasn, Kalle
Outspoken critique and call to action against America Inc
*
Crypto
Levy, Steven
History of public key infrastructure
The Circle of Simplicity
Andrews, Cecile
Primer on living the simple life
The Drowned and the Saved
Levi, Primo
Italian holocaust survivor's remembrance and fears of reoccurrence
The Dying Animal
Roth, Philip
An old man's obsession with a young woman and it's effects
Daughter of Fortune
Allende, Isabel
Orphaned Chilean girl immigrates to U.S. during gold rush
Deep Time
Benford, Gregory
Sci-fi author explores how we have and could communicate across millenniums
The Evolution of Cooperation
Axelhood, Robert
Interesting theory of creating cooperation
Ghost Soldiers
Sides, Hampton
Forgotten epic of WWII rescue of Philippine prisoners
Girl in Hyacinth Blue
Vreeland, Susan
A painting inspires and impacts the lives of its owners of the centuries
How to Survive Without a Salary
Long, Charles
Conservor lifestyle and casual income
Homeland and Other Stories
Kingsolver, Barbara
Short stories in satisfying bites by AZ writer
The Human Stain
Roth, Philip
College professor with a secret is ousted for petty error
The Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club
Notaro, Laurie
Real world girl's take on life, love and just getting by
Knight's Cross
Frasier, David
Biography of Field Marshall Erwin Rommel
*
In the Name of Salome
Alvarez, Julia
Story of Dominican Republic's poetsia and her country
*
The Lion's Game
Demille, Nelson
Cop John Corey gets an Arab assassin
Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler’s Ninth Symphony
Thomas, Lewis
Slightly dated essays of reflection
Life Lessons
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth
The dying teach us to live every day to its fullest
Meditations on Middle Earth
Haber, Karen, Ed.
Sci-fi and fantasy writers on Tolkein
Mr. Perfect
Howard, Linda
A psychopath pursues women who make a perfect man list
Myth Directions
Asprin, Robert
Sci-fi, this time a game in Jhata from continuing series in comic vein
Nickel and Dimed
Enenreick, Barbara
Low income "living" in America
*
No More Words
Lindbergh, Reeve
A daughter's journal of her famous mother's last year
Nora, Nora
Siddons, Ann Rivers
Southern bad girl rescues 60's cousin from small town
No Ordinary Moments
Millman, Dan
Philosophy of living in the present
Portrait in Sepia
Allende, Isabel
Sequel to Daughter of Fortune; life in the 1800's
*
Prodigal Summer
Kingsolver, Barbara
3 families in a summer of reproduction, death and birth
Pride and Prejudice
Austin, Jane
Delightful affairs of the heart constructed by an English temperament
Peripheral Visions
Bateson, Mary Catherine
Reflections on learning throughout life
Riders of the Wind
Chalker, Jack
Sci-fi, book 2 of Changewinds series
Reviving Ophelia
Pjpher, Mary
Caring for adolescent girls
Seeing Voices
Sacks, Oliver
A journey into the world of the deaf
The Songcatcher
Mccrumb, Sharyn
Family history told through search for a song
Sick Puppy
Hiaasen, Carl
A Florida eco-warrior seeks to teach rich litterbug a lesson
Sure of You
Maupin, Armistead
Lives of gays in SFO in 80's
Ten Million Steps
Reese, Paul
73 year old man runs across U.S. in 124 days
Tales of a Female Nomad
Gelman, Rita Golden
Travel log of divorcee who takes off to live a different life
Through the Narrow Gate
Armstrong, Karen
A young girl's experience of being a nun and choosing to leave
While I Was Gone
Miller, Sue
A mother confronts her past
*
Up in the Air
Kirn, Walter
A modern day warrior in Airworld going for 1M ffms
*
The Voice of Memory
Belpoliti, M. Ed.
Interviews with Lager survivor
We Band of Angels
Norman, Elizabeth M.
Untold story of American nurses trapped in Bataan
War of the Maelstrom
Chalker, Jack L.
Sci-fi; final book in trilogy
*
Words and Rules
Pinker, Steven
Theory of language learning and acquisition