2011 Book List

2011 Book List -72 read  – (starred items are recommendations)

	Title	Author	Comments
	29 Gifts - How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life	Walker, Cami	p. xxv.  If you spend all of your time and energy focusing on your pain, you're feeding the disease
**	A Bittersweet Season	Gross, Jane	Caring for our aging parents and ourselves
	A Cup of Friendship	Rodriquez, Deborah	An American runs a coffee shop in Kabul
*	A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains	Bird, Isabella	letters of  a woman's 3 months in Colorado in 1800's
	A Single Man	Isherwood, Christopher	a widowed gay man's last 24 hours
	A Train to Potenka	Ramsdell, Mike	A Mormon in military intelligence snafu at the end of Communism in Russia
	America One Step at a Time	Roger, Daniel	a man's walk across the U.S.
	An Atlas of Impossible Longing	Roy, Ameradha	a motherless girl and an orphan's lives intertwine
	An Object of Beauty	Martin, Steve	art seller in NY provides history of 21st century art
	Another Day in the Frontal Lobe	Firlik, Katrina	A young woman neurologist's memoir
*	Art of Racing in the Rain, The	Stein, Garth	A family in crisis from their dog's POV
	Back When We Were Grown Ups	Tyler, Anne	A widow with 3 step children and one of her own reflects on life and dabbles in going back to where her life diverged
	Bearing an Hourglass (Time) 2	Anthony, Piers	Time (Chronos) and time travel
	Being a Green Mother (Nature) 5	Anthony, Piers	original conclusion to Incarnations of Immortality series
	Book Lust	Pearl, Nancy	lots of great recommendations
	Burnt Mountain	Siddons, Anne Rivers	A southern tomboy loses at love and marries weird Celtic professor
	Collapse: How Societies Choose to fail or succeed	Diamond, Jared	comparative analysis of why societies fail
	Crashing Through	Kurson, Robert	Mike May, blinded at birth gets his site back at 40
	Cutting for Stone	Verghese, Abraham	Twins orphaned at birth in Ethiopia
	Dancing Years, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia	1919-1923 and aftermath of WWI
	Dark Side of Innocence, The	Cherry, Terri	Personal account of bi-polar in youth
	Delaney Sisters' Book of Everyday Wisdom	Hearth, Amy	Sage advice from centenarians
*	Dry River	Lamberton, Ken	Stories of life, death and redemption in the Santa Cruz
	Exile, The	Gabaldon, Diane	Images not consistent and over blown.
	Fallen Kings, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia	1917 WWI, great history lesson
*	Foreign Field, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia	1915-1917 WWI before America joins war
*	God of the Rodeo	Bergner, David	Moving story of lifers in Louisiana prison
*	Hotel du Lac	Brookner, Anita	A woman at midlife contemplates her future
	I'd Know You Anywhere	Lippman, Laura	A woman kidnapped at 15 is contacted by her kidnapper from death row
	Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks	Skloot, Rebecca	A 30ish black mother of 4 dying of cervical cancer has her cells taken for research that become "HeLa" the first "immortal" human cells
	Imperfectionists, The	Rackmon, Tom	A portrait of characters at a failing newspaper
	In the Sanctuary of Outcasts	White, Neil	A white collar criminal finds redemption in Carlisle, LA leper sanatorium
	Infinite Plan, The	Allende, Isabel	Gregory, son of an itinerant preacher grow up in the barrio and moves on to riches bridging the gap of two worlds
	Invention of Curried Sausage, The	Timm, Uwe	A man goes back to Hamburg to get story of an old woman who had a curried sausage stand after WWII in Germany
	It Looked Different on the Model	Notaro, Laurie	another group of stories on life with a twist
	Lake of Dreams, The	Edwards, Kim	Wonderful story of family relationships
**	Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, The	Mosley, Walter	A 91 year old man accomplishes the purpose of his life
	Lazy B	O'Connor, Sandra Day	Future Supreme Court Justice tells of growing up in AZ on a cattle ranch near Duncan
	Liar's Poker	Lewis, Michael	Fascinating story of 80's and early 90's young investment banker creating the frenzy in CDO's and obscene money
	Locked in Time	Duncan, Lois	A 17 year old with a very grown up voice discovers her stepmother's secret
*	Lost and Found	Roth, Geneen	author loses all her money in Madoff investment
	Love Shrinks	Wolf, Sharp	A dysfunctional therapist puts off divorce for 15 years
	Lucky	Sebold, Alice	True story of her rape and its aftermath.
*	Lucy	Feldman, Ellen	A fictionalized account of the affair of FDR and Lucy Mercer Rutherford, Eleanor's secretary
*	Mind's Eye, The	Sacks, Oliver	Overview of the mind and how it works with sight
	Naked Sun, The	Asimov, Isaac	great classic, re-read for book group
	Nemesis	Roth, Philip	A young man's sense of responsibility leads him to blame himself for a polio epidemic
	No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, The	Smith, Alexander McCall	woman in Africa starts detective agency
*	On a Pale Horse (Death) 1	Anthony, Piers	1st book of 7 in Incarnations of Immortality
	Open Mind, The	Oppenheimer, J Robert	lectures given between 1946 and 1954
	Opposite of Fate, The	Tan, Amy	Stories of writing and her life
**	Room	Donoghue, Emma	A 5 year old boy's story in his own words of living in a single room with his Ma
	Roy Bean's Gold	Garwood, W.R.	Silly fictionalized story of Judge Roy Bean's early life.  Authentic portrayal of 1800's California
	Saving Faith	Balducci, David	Good spy story, nice plot twists, summer read
	Schrodinger's Ball	Felber, Adam	A strange wild story illustrating quantum physics, the uncertainty principle, string theory in a comic fantasy of 4 teens in Harvard
	Sins of Brother Curtis, The	Davis, Lisa	Story of betrayal, conviction and the Mormon church
*	Smart Swarm, The	Miller, Peter	Theory and science of self-organization of societies
*	Solar	McEwan, Ian	An early success wanders thru a meaningless life; great vocabulary, nihilistic quirky read
	Source of All Things, The	Ross, Tracy	Young woman's story of being sexually abused by her father as a child and her journey to healing.
	Spellbound in Darkness - A history of the Silent Film	Pratt, Gregory	Fascinating history told through articles, reviews, news of the time covering the silent film era from 1838 thru 1930's
	Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk	Sedares, David	Little stories like Aesop Fables using animals to tell parables.
	State of Wonder	Patchett, Ann	Air head pharmacologist goes to Amazon to find her colleague
**	Still Alice	Genova, Lisa	A 60 year old Harvard professor is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease and tells of her progression over 2 years
**	Turn of Mind	LaPlante, Alice	A 60ish surgeon descend into Alzheimer's while those around her try to determine if she killed her best friend
	Voltaire's Calligrapher	deSantis, Pablo	I don't think I got this but it was a diversion
	When Food is Love	Roth, Geneen	good advice on emotional eating
*	While Mortals Sleep	Vonnegut, Kurt	Collection of mousetrap short stories published posthumously
	Wielding a Red Sword (War) 4	Anthony, Piers	War and the 4 Horseman defeat Satan; I like the author's notes on his writing almost more than the story
	Wild Swans	Chang, Jung	Three generations of Chinese family's women from early 1900's and Chiang Kai-Shek thru death of Mao in 1976
	With a Tangled Skein (Fate) 3	Anthony, Piers	Fate as Clothos, Lachesis, Atrapos works to defeat Satan
	Worst Hard Time, The	Egan, Timothy	story of dust bowl survivors
	Plague of Doves, the	Erdrich, Louise	too many characters to keep track of

2010 Book List

2010 Book List - 57 read – (starred items are recommendations) 

	Title	Author	Comments
	A Million Miles in a Thousand Years	Miller, Donald	uses the analogy of creating a story to create a life
	Abduction	Cook, Robin	Divers and scientist trapped in a civilization below the sea
	All Over but the Shouting	Bragg, Rick	Pulitzer prize wining NY Times journalist tells story of growing up in rural Alabama and his mother's love
	An Echo in the Bone	Gabaldon, Diana	Jamie & Claire navigate American Revolution
*	Anthill	Wilson, E.O.	Harvard myrmecologist first attempt at fiction
	Beatrice & Virgil	Martel, Yann	Attempt a fictionalizing the holocaust
	Broken Paradise	Samarten, Cecilie	Two cousins in Cuba lead different lives after the revolution and demonstrate the power of hope
	Dance Real Slow	Jaffe, Michael Grant	A father raises his small son on his own after his wife leaves them; great portrait of the man's point of view
*	Dancing Naked at the Edge of Dawn	Radish, Kris	College professor mother and wife breaks free
	Double Down	Barthelme, Fredrick and Steven	Brothers blow a fortune ($250K) playing blackjack after loss of their parents; example of the seduction of gambling
*	Eating Pomegranates	Gabriel, Sarah	A memoir of mothers, daughters and the BRCA gene; haunting realistic story of breast cancer and losing your mother young
*	Einstein's God	Tippett, Krista	Scientist and Theologians discuss perspectives on God
	Every Last One	Qunidlan, Anna	A mother's every day family life is shattered by violence; moving account of dealing with grief and loss
	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Thompson, Hunter	stream of consciousness story of journalistic excess
	Finding It	Bertinelli, Valerie	inspiring story of change
	Flower Children	Swann, Maxine	Odd 1st person/3rd person story of growing up a free spirit as children of hippies in 60's
*	Half-Broke Horses	Walls, Jeannette	Wonderful tender story of author's grandmother growing up & homesteading in AZ in the early 1900's
	Healing from the Heart	Oz, Mehmet	Power of complementary medicine
	I Will Be Cleopatra	Caldwell, Zoe	Theatre actress from Australia tells story of growing up and acting beginning in the 30's
	In Silence	Sidransky, Ruth	Growing up hearing in a deaf world
*	Ines of My Soul	Allende, Isabel	A woman from Peru in 1800's travels to Chile to establish Spanish settlements; wonderful ready good history of country and good portrait of a woman
	Island Beneath the Sea	Allende, Isabel	A mulatto in Haiti goes to New Orleans in 1800's to seek her fortune
**	Just Like Us	Thorpe, Helen	Four Mexican girls, 2 illegal and 2 not, from high school through college in America; great insight on immigration issues and Mexican cultural attitudes
*	Lacuna	Kingsolver, Barbara	American born, Mexico raised young man experiences clash of cultures in 30's; interesting parallel to today in America
	Lipstick Jihad	Moaveni, Azadeh	Insight into growing up Iranian in America and returning to Iran as a journalist
	Living a Life that Matters	Kushner, Harold S	Good advice on living with purpose
	Losing It	Bertinelli, Valerie	Life story and experience of being an emotional and unconscious eater
	Lost	Lichtenstein, Alice	A woman's husband wanders away and other lost people become entwined in his search; good read
	Lost in America	Nuland, Sherwin	Memoir of Jewish father, 1st generation Russian immigrant; disturbingly honest and insight into author of "How We Die"
	Napoleon's Buttons	Le Couteur, Penny
	Paradox of Choice	Schwartz, Barry	read on Kindle
	Re-discovering Values	Wallis, Jim	A case for sharing by the President of Sojourners
	So Long, See you Tomorrow	Maxwell, William	A young boy reflects on the effect of not be-friending another whose father is killed
*	Speaking of Faith	Tippett, Kristen	Thoughts and reflections from those of faith
*	Spooky Little Girl	Notaro, Laurie	Clever story of dead girl taking care of unfinished business; Notaro is laugh out loud funny
	The 19th Wife	Ebershoff, David	Uses facts of Mormon polygamy to tell story of Bringham Young's last wife and her divorce that led to end of practice by LDS
	The Birth of Venus	Dunant, Sarah	A young woman's life in Florence in 1400's
	The Blind Side	Lewis, Michael	Story of Michael Oher and game of football
	The Blue Sweater	Novagratz, Jaqueline	Bridging the gap between rich and poor in an interconnected world
	The Few	Kershaw, Alex	Story of the few Americans who fought with RAF when the U.S. was officially neutral
	The Front	Cornwell, Patricia	poorly written, lame plot
	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Larson, Steig	Long, drawn out go nowhere intro with preposterous ending
**	The Glass Castle	Walls, Jeannette	A girl growing up in CA, AZ and WVA desperately poor with irresponsible mother and alcoholic father
	The Happiness Project	Ruben, Gretchen	A year of pursuing what can make you happy
	The Help	Stockett, Kathryn	black household help in the 60's in Jackson, MS
	The Lost Symbol	Brown, Dan	Bible is where we need to turn to advance manhood again; good read
	The Power of Flies	Salvayre, Lydia	A madman's soliloquy. Interesting writing style; authentic craziness
	The Red Tent	Diamont, Anita	Story of the only sister of Joseph, Dinah; well woven tale of women as givers of life and keepers of family history
*	The Spare Room	Garner, Helen	A woman cares for her friend with cancer who is in denial about dying; wonderful touching story
*	The Truth of the Matter	Dwe, Robb Forman	2nd in trilogy; wonderful writing good characters in story of a family
	There's no Jose Here	Thompson, Gabriel	Lives of Mexican immigrants in America
	57	Mortensen, Greg	Story of establishing schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan for children (girls especially) and the impact it can have
	Time Will Darken It	Maxwell, William	Magnificent dialog portraying family relationships and betrayals
	Truth and Beauty	Patchett, Ann	Story of author's friendship with Lucy Greeley, the author of Autobiography of a Face; tragic, insight into life of writers
	Women, Food and God	Roth, Gensen	good insights, worth re-reading to question your own thoughts
	Working in the Shadows	Thompson, Gabriel	Working in "immigrant" jobs; problems of hard physical work, low wages and poor treatment
**	Shack, The	Young, William Paul	made me think

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

2008 Book List

2008 Book List - 62 - (starred items are recommendations)

	Title	Author
	Abyss, the	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Between the Floods	Willis, Linda Whiting
	Black Pearl, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
*	Book that Change My Life, the	Coady, R editor
	Campaigners, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Cause, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Chevalier, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Chief, The	Nasaw, David
	Clean Tech Revolution	Pernick, Ron & Wilder, Clint
	Coming Out of the Woods	Kaufman, Wallace
	Dark Rose, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Devil's House, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
*	Dive From Clausen's Pier	Packer, Ann
	Down Came the Rain	Shields, Brooke
	Dream Kingdom, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Emperor, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Enough:True measures of money, busines and life	Bogle, John C
	Flood Tide, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Founding, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Geographer's Library, The	Fasman, John
	Giving	Clinton, Bill
	Hidden Shore, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Homecoming, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Housekeeping	Robinson, Marilyne
	Invention of Everything Else, The	Hunt, Samantha
*	Life is So Good	Dawson, George
	Living Aboard your RV	Groene, Janet & Gordon
	Long Shadow, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Longitudes and Attitudes	Friedman, Thomas L
	Maiden, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
*	Memory of Running, The	McLarty , Ron
	Mirage, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Needs of the Dying, The	Kessler, David
	Night	Wiesel, Elie
	Not a Drop to Drink	Midkiff, Ken
	Oak Apple, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
*	One True Thing	Quindlen, Anna
	Outcast, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Overcoming Life's Disappointments	Kushner, Harold
	Poison Tree, the	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Princeling, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Prize Winner of Definance, OH	Ryan, Terry
	Question, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Reckoning, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
*	Red Leather Diary	Koppel, Lily
	Red Rover	McNamer, Deirdre
	Regency, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Restless Sea, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Shattered Dreams	Spencer, Irene
	Small Wonder	Kingsolver, Barbara
	Solace of Open Spaces, The	Ehrlich, Gretel
*	Stiff	Roach, Mary
	Tangled Thread, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Thief of Time, the	Boyce, John
	To My Dearest Friends	Volk, Patricia
	Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart	Livingston, Gordon
	Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox	O'Farrell, Maggies
	Victory, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Winter Journey, The	Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
	Wonderlust: A History of Walking	Solnet, Rebecca
	Year of Magical Thinking, The	Dedion, Joan

2007 Book List

2007 Book List - 52 - (starred items are recommendations)

	title author comments A Case of Need Crichton, Michael A pathologist researches friend's accusation of murder A Prayer for the Dying O'nan Stewart small town doc tries to save his town from diptheria epidemic A Widow's Curse DePoy, Phillip Appalachian professor discovers his roots Age of Turbulence Greenspan, Alan financial viewpoints on global economy Archivist's Story, the Holland, Travis A widowed teacher in Stalin's Russia save manuscript Beautiful Miscellaneous, the Smith, Dominic An average boy disappoints his genius father Bee Season Goldberg, Mylar Girl competes in spelling bee while her family disinegrates Better Gawanda, Atul A Surgeon's Notes on Performance Blow Fly Cromwell, Patricia Kate Scarpelli in mourning while stalked by a serial killer Camel Bookmobile, the Hamilton, Misha Librarian goes to Africa to start a travelling library Codex Grossman, Lee search for an ancient cryptic text interwoven with a computer game * Complications Gawanda, Atul A surgeon's notes on an imperfect science * Country of Origin Lee, Don Korean-black american dies in Japan searching for her roots Dead Men Hike No Trails McKinney, Rick 37 year old depressed writer's story of hiking Appalachian trail Devil's Highway, the Urea, Luis Alberto true story of May 2001 attempted border crossing of illegals Dog's of Babel, the Parkhurst, Carolyn Husband struggles with wife's death and consults his dog Dream When You're Feeling Blue Berg, Elizabeth Three sisters in 40's WWII Eat, Pray, Love Gilbert, Elizabeth 30ish woman seeks answers after divorce Gap Creek Morgan, Robert young country girl in late 1800's Genome Waldholz, Michael The story of the attempt to map all the genes in the human body Girl's Guide to Hunting & Fishing, the Bank, Melissa 30 something reflects on youth, dating, illness and love Going to Extremes McGuiness, Joe travels thru Alaska in the late 70's Green with Envy Boss, Shira Why keeping up with Jones's is keeping us in debt Homelands Ricks, Byron kayaking the inside passage Hour Game Balducci, David Endless, twisted, improbable plot of murder by a rich family How the Garcia Girl's Lost their accents Alvarez, Julian immigrant family with 4 daugthers In Praise of Slowness Honore, Carl Avocation of slowing down in all aspects of life  Just Friends Sosman, Robyn * Killer Angels, the Shara, Michael Story of the officers of the Gettysburg battle Last Empress, the Min, Anchee Tsu His, Lady of Yehonala, Orchid Empress Lavender Hour, the LeClaire, Anne D hospice volunteer falls for her patient and is accused of his murder Looking in the Distance Halloway, Richart the human search for meaning * Memory Keeper's Daughter, the Edwards, Kim a father gives away his daugther at birth to protect his wife * Mister B. Gone Barker, Clive Demon speaks to reader of how he became trapped in a book Mistress's Daughter, the Homes, A. M. adopted author's story of being sought out by her birth parents Nightfall DeMille, Nelson On Purpose Person McCarthy, Kevin making your life make sense * Religion, the Willcocks, Tim tale of the Seige of Malta in 1565 and clash of two great religions Rescue Artist, the Dolnick, Edward True story of art theft and the investigator of it Retirement on a shoestring Howells, John overview of options Richter's Scale Hough, Susan E Measure of an earthquake, measure of a man Salt: A World History Kurlansky, Mark the history of a necessary commodity Sarah's Keys Roney, Tatiana 10 year old jewish girl leaves her brother in cupboard during Vel'd Hw' Simple Genius Balducci, David ex- Secret Service turned PI's un-cover dirty dealing in VA State of Fear Crichton, Michael environmentalist gone mad Sun Farmer, the McCarthy,Michael A farmer is burned over 80% of his body; Integra artifical skin Trust Fukuyama, Francis the social virtues and the creation of prosperity Walking on Eggshells Isay, Jane How to deal with adult children * Water for Elephants Gruen, Sara Old man reflect on his life in the circus We're in the Mountains Not Over the Hill Alcorn, Susan Tales and tips from seasoned women backpackers Wicked Maguire, Gregory the lift and times of the wicked witch of the west World is Flat, the Friedman, Thomas a look at the future global economy