2005 Book List

2005 Book List - 53 - (starred items are recommendations)

	Title	Author	Comments
*	A Breath of Snow and Ashes	Gabaldon, Dianna	Latest in the saga of Jamie's family
	A Patchwork Planet	Tyler, Anne
*	A Short History of Nearly Everything	Bryson, Bill	Evolution of sciences
*	Aging Well	Valliant, George MD	Interesting data from prospective study from Harvard
	Am I Old Yet?	Komuko, Leah	Timeless friendship
	American Sucker	Denby, David	NY'ers story of succumbing to the greed of the market
	Angels and Demons	Langdon, Robert	Illuminati attack the catholic church
*	As Above, So Below	Rucker, Rudy	A novel of Peter Bruegel, artist
	Better Together: Restoring the American Community	Putnam, Robert D.
	Blink	Gladwell, Malcolm	How to think without thinking - adaptive unconscious
	Decoding Darkness	Tanzi, RE	The search for the genetic cause of Alzheimer's
	Digital Fortress	Brown, Dan	Brainy cryptographer stops release of non-cipherable security code
	Down the Great Unknown	Dolnick, Edward	Non-fiction account of Powell's journey thru Grand Canyon
	Dr. Haggard's Disease	McGrath, Patrick	Weird tale of obsession
	Fearless Jones	Mosley, Walter	A guy's author, black perspective
*	Free and Easy	Ryan, David	How to create your own adventure by living on the road
	Fugitive Pieces	Michaels, Ann	Poetic reflection of child holocaust survivor
	Grand Ambition	Michaels, Lisa	Fictionalized tale of couple's journey in 1928 down Grand Canyon
	In the Name of the Father	Singh, Rahul	A son's tale of his famous journalist father
*	Life Lessons	Kubler-Ross, Elizabeth	Great insights on living in the now, happiness, patience, forgiveness
	Long Distance Hiking on the Appalachian Trail	Ryan, David	Short re-cap of end to end hike taken in 2 parts at 49 years of age
	Lord John and the Private Matter	Gabaldon, Dianna	Major Grey's adventures in London
**	Mountains Beyond Mountains	Kidder, Tracy	Paul Farmer, MD tries to save the world's poor
	My Year Off	McCrumm, Robert	Recovering life after a stroke
	Odd Thomas	Koontz, Dean	Silly thriller
	Rapture	Minot, Susan	Passionate encounter from male/female viewpoint
	RL's Dream	Mosley, Walter	Soupspoon blues man reflects on past life
	Run of Gold	Villasenor, Victor	A bio of parent's immigration from Mexico after US revolution
*	Saints at the River	Rash, Ron	Loss and redemption and people over things
	Standoff	Brown, Sandra	Light weight suspense
	Strange Bedfellows	Cruise, Jennifer	A flaming liberal and staunch yuppie overcome differences
	Streamlining your Life	Culp, Stephanie	Dated, but some ideas
	Sunk without a Sound	Dimock, Brad	River runner re-traces Glen and Bessie Hydes' 1928 Grand Canyon journey
*	Tale from Rhapsody Home	Gould, John	Reporting live from our last resort (an assisted living facility)
	The Christmas Letters	Smith, Lee
	The coming Generational Storm	Kotlikoff, L. Burns, Scott
	The Dog Who Spoke With Gods	Jessup, Diane	Animal friendship
	The Evolution of Man or How I Ate My Father	Lewis, Ray	Spoof of early cave man life
	The Future of Life	Wilson, Edward O.	A pleas for retaining biodiversity
*	The Grand Complication	Kurzweil, Allen	A librarian and eccentric collector seek Brequet watch
	The Kite Runner	Hossein, Khaled	Wuzzy guy thinks he redeems himself
	The Last Gift of Time: Life Beyond 60	Heilbrien, Carolyn
	The Next Fifty Years	Brockman, John ed.	Science in the first half of the 21st century
	The Piano Tuner	Mason, Daniel	Ethereal story of 1800's Burma
	The Rule of Four	Caldwell, Ian Thomason, Dustin	Friends seek riddle of an ancient text; pretentiously intelligent
	The Samurai’s Garden	Tsukuyama, Gail	Chinese man learns of friendship and devotion
	The Tennis Partner	Verghese, Abraham	Male friendship repairs and destroys
	The Way of All Flesh	Dekkers,Midas	Reflections and thoughts on deterioration and decay
	Under the Banner of Heaven	Krakauer, Jon	Story of Mormon fundamentalists
	Up Country	DeMille, Nelson	Wise-cracking investigator in Vietnam exorcises old memories
	Who’s Bible Is It?	Pellkan, Jaroslav	Intellectual examination of evolution of the scriptures thru the ages
	Without A Net	Kennedy, Michelle	Young, middle-class woman's experience of homelessness
	Year of Wonders	Brooks, Geraldine	A tale of the plague