2009 Book List

2009 Book List - 60 - (starred items are recommendations)

	Title	Author	Comments
	All The Living	Morgan, C. E.	dealing with grief and grieving
	Art of Aging, The	Nieland, Sherwin	a doctor's prescription for well-being
	Art of Mending, The	Berg, E	perceptions of childhood by siblings
	Audacity of Hope, The	Obama, Barack
	Blue Zone, The	Buettner, Dan	Lessons on living longer; Hype and anecdotes without research
*	Book Thief, The	Zusak, Markus	a story told by Death
*	Born on a Blue Day	Tammet, David	the mind of an autistic savant; the extraordinary love and devotion of his parents is remarkable
	Burning Roses, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia	WWI with the Morland's 1915-16
	Cellist of Sarajevo, The	Galloway, Steven	touching tale of siege of Sarajevo
	Curious incident  of the dog in the night time, The	Hammond	15 year old autistic sleuth
	Dr Seuss Goes to War	Minear, Richard H.	cartoons of Dr Seuss before children's books
	Dreams from my Father	Obama, Barack	support of his mother and grandparents
	Eating Well for Optimum Health	Weill, Andrew
	Embrace the Wide Sky	Tammet, David	a autistic savant describes how his mind works
	Encore: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life	Freedman, Marc	website is better
*	End of Overeating, The	Kessler, David	taking control of the insatiable American appetite
*	Enough	Bogle, John C	Reflections by the founder of Vanguard
	Faberge's Eggs	Faber, Toby	masterpieces that outlived the Romanovs
	Foundation and Chaos	Bear, Gret	2nd book in posthumous trilogy
	Foundation's Fear	Benford, Gregory	1st book in trilogy
	Foundation's Triumph	Bren, David	nice wrap up (part of a trilogy) of Robot and Foundation series
	Galileo's Daughter	Sobel, Dava	story told through the letters of a daughter to her father
*	How Doctors Think	Groopman, Jerome	How to work with your doctor
	If I Live to be 100:Lessons from the Centenarians	Ellis, Neenah	wonderful interviews and insights on aging
***	I'm Proud of You	Madigan, Tim	life lessons; changed my thoughts about spirituality and God in my life
*	Interpreter of Maladies	Lahiri, Jhumpa	great read, insight into life in India, relationships
	Kanzushi in Bloom	Gallelans, Diane	creating flowers with folded fabric
	Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Friend	Moor, Christopher	tongue-in-cheek story of the missing 30 years
	Last Lecture, The	Pausch, Randy	A dying man's reflections
	Laura Rider's Masterpiece	Hamilton, Jane	odd send-up of a wannabe writer; misses the mark
	Man in the Dark	Auster, Paul	An elderly man imagines a different world to escape pain of his wife's death
	May Sarton: A Biography	Peters, Margaret	Life of a mean, self-centered, egotistical bipolar writer; very unlikeable
	Measure of Days, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia	WWI 1916-1917
	Mercy Papers, The	Romm, Robin	A 20 something daughter recounts the last 3 weeks of her 57 year old mother's life
*	Misremembered Man, The	McRenna, Christina	A lonely 40ish man seeks a women in his life thru the personals; touching, funny and ultimately redeeming
*	Musicophilia	Sacks, Oliver
**	My Antonia	Cather, Willa	wonderful story of young immigrant growing up in Nebraska when it was first settled
	Other, The	Guterson, David	rich young man's journey into a hermit lifestyle told by his best friend
	Pandora	Rice, Anne	Origin of the vampires
**	Pull of the Moon, The	Berg, Elizabeth	50 year old woman leaves home to find herself
	Purpose and Power in Retirement	Koenig, Harold	10 steps and worthwhile reflections
	Rats lice and history	Zinsser, Hans	classic history of epidemics, very tongue in cheek and rambling
	Sarah's Key	Rosnay, Titiana	a young girl leaves her brother locked in a cupboard when she is taken by the Nazis
	Scavenger's Manifesto, The	Rufus, Anneli	strange radical avocation of scavenging for needs
	Sea of Poppies	Ghosh, Amitav	Group of Indians from different casts and circumstances gather on a former slave ship in the Bay of Bengal to begin new lives
	Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You	Gosling, Sam
*	Snowball	Schroeder, Alice	Warren Buffett and the business of life
	Stalking Ivory	Arrida, Susan	Joel de Cameron mystery WW1 adventure
	Story of Edgar Sawtelle	Wroblewski, D	a young mute boy growing up with specially trained dogs
*	Story of Forgetting, The	Black, Stefan Merrill	Wonderfully woven tale of Alzheimer's disease, loss, memory and family
	Strange Pieces of Paradise	Jentz, Terri	A woman searches for resolution from a random attack in her 20's
**	Strength in What Remains	Kidder, Tracy	Story of Deo Digrasias, a Burundi man who escaped massacres to come to America
**	Sum of Your Days, The	Allende, Isabel	wonderful continuing saga of author's family
*	Test, The	Bryant, Dorothy	A 50ish daughter goes with her 70+ Dad for his final driving test.  Excellent insight and relationship portrayal
	Travels with Charlie: In Search of America	Steinbeck, John	From NY to CA and back in 60's incognito
*	Unforgiving Minute, The: A Soldier's Adventure	Mullaney, Craig M	West Point, Oxford Rhodes Scholar, Ranger  and Afghanistan experience
	Unknown Terrorist, The	Flanagan, Richard	A pole dancer is mistakenly linked with a terrorist in a hysterical fabrication of the media
	When You are Engulfed in Flames	Sedaris, David	funnty and a little gross
	Why People Believe Weird Things	Shermer, Michael	Defines weird as 1) claim unaccepted by most people in that field of study; 2) logically impossible or highly unlikely; 3) the evidence is largely antectodatal and uncorroborated
***	You Don't Have to be Wrong for Me to be Right	Hirschfield, Brad	wonderful insight into resolving conflicts; sub-title Faith without Fanatics