Tuesday, December 31, 2002

2002 Book List

2002 Book List - 50 - (starred items are recommendations)



Title
Author
Comments
A Collection of Beauties
Otto, Whitney
SFO yuppies muddle thru life
A Quiet World:Living with Hearing Loss
Myers, David G
Aging with Grace: The Nun Study
Snowdon, David
research on Alzheimer's
Annapurna
Hurzog, Maurice
climbing the Himalayas
Art of Seeing, The
McGovern, Carmine
Two sisters relationship
As Long as Life
Rowland, Mary Canaga
memoirs of a frontier woman doctor
At Eighty-Two A Journal
Sarton, May
last book of great author
Blowing Zen
Brooks, Ray
finding an authentic life by shitake flute player
Botany of Desire, The
Pollan, Michael
plants as co-evolutionary partners with humankind
Choosing Simplicity
Pierce, Linda Breen
simple living stories
Compassionate Life, The
Dalai Lama
the real enemy is the enemy within
Corrections, The
Franzen, Jonathan
boring stream of consciousness family in disarray
*
Dark Side of Man, The
Ghiglieri, Michael P
tracing the origins of male violence
Detour
Simon, Lizzie
late teen's experience with bipolar
Die Broke
Pollan, Stephen M
a job is an income not a life
Elegy for Iris
Bayley, John
husband's memoir of author wife's dementia
Enemy Women
Jiles, Paulette
civil war Southern woman's survival
Escape from Lucania
Roberts, David
mountain ascent in 1937
Far Appalachia
Adams, Noah
following the New River on a reflective journey
Find Me
O'Donnell, Rosie
TV celeb befriends 14 year old pregnant woman
God Said Ha!
Sweeney,Julia
monologue by actress about her & her brother's cancer
God Save the Sweet Potato Queens
Browne, Jill Connor
the girls are at it again!
Gutenberg
Man, John
story of inventor of moveable type
Hippolyte's Island
Hodgson, Barbara
illustrated novel of searching for lost islands of Aurora
Imperial Woman
Buck, Pearl S
Delicate profile of the last empress of China
In Search of Our Ancestors
Smolenyak, Megan
Inspiring stories of searching genological past
Inez
Fuentes, Carlos
odd story of maestro & his infatuation with a diva
Island of Dr. Moreau, The
Wells, H.G.
Live Rich
Pollan, Stephen M
Make $, Change, Take Charge & become a mercenary
Lucky You
Hiaasen, Carl
madcap adventure of lottery winners
Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper
Chessman, Harriet
tiny bite of life for an impressionist artist
Man who Mistook his Job for a Life
Lazear, Jonathan
a workaholic share his cure
Man Who Walked Around the World, The
Kurnst, David
60's goof off driven to traverse the world
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Sedaris, David
amusing essays by NPR commentator
Mists of Avalon, The
Bradley, Marion Zimmer
marvelous re-telling of King Arthur from a woman's perspective
Over the Edge
Child, Greg
4 American climbers kidnapped in Central Asian mountains
Passionate Pilgrim
May, Antoinette
life of Alma Reed, heroine of Mexico, archeologist and journalist
Pitch Dark
Adler, Renata
Strange stream of consciousness of a woman ending an affair with a married man
Priestess of Avalon
Bradley, Marion Zimmer
Saga continues in the age of the Roman emperor Constantine
Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio, The
Ryan, Terry
A mother raises 10 kids entering contests during 50-60's
Salmon of Doubt, The
Adams, Douglas
Hitchhiking the galaxy one last time
*
Shutterbabe
Kogan, Deborah Copaken
photo journalist recounts adventures on frontlines
Skipping Christmas
Grisham, John
Hurray, someone with a practical solution
Spectacular Happiness
Kramer, Peter D.
poor effort by psychologist at fiction
*
Stardust
Gaiman, Neil
An adopted child of the fairies returns to fetch a fallen star
Swift as Desire
Esquivel, Laura
A daughter's story of her parent's love affair
Third Act, The
Bronfman, Edgar
privileged class view of reinventing yourself after retirement
True to Form
Berg, Elizabeth
teen girl discovers real friendship and her true heart
Will the Circle be Unbroken
Terkel, Studs
every day people reflect on death
Worst Day of my life so far
Harper, M.A.
a daughter caring for her mother with Alzheimer's