2010 reading list By an Amazon.com customer | |
 | The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State by Shane Harris Buy used from: $0.01 engaging |
 | Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick Buy new: $16.09 / Used from: $4.11 fascinating look into the lives of north koreans |
 | Can Love Last?: The Fate of Romance over Time by Stephen A. Mitchell Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $4.82 ok but wish it had more science |
 | The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives by Shankar Vedantam Buy used from: $2.09 pretty interesting |
 | The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi Buy new: $11.58 / Used from: $5.15 intense, but is it really a women's perspective? |
 | Repressed Memories: A Journey to Recovery from Sexual Abuse (Fireside Parkside Books) by Renee Fredrickson Buy new: $11.75 / Used from: $0.01 Strikes me as problematic, and too easy to misuse or misinterpret the technique. |
 | Losing the News: The Future of the News that Feeds Democracy (Institutions of American Democracy) by Alex S. Jones Buy new: $15.87 / Used from: $1.92 interesting at times, raises very good questions, but sometimes crazy boring |
 | The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell by Rachel Herz Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $0.24 a very interesting overview of the power of scent, theories about how it works, and many facts about how it interacts with our lives and psychology. well written, easy to follow, good stuff |
 | A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman by Lisa Shannon Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $2.24 very touching... you might not make it through with a dry eye. a first hand narrative of a women who tries to help the victims of mutilation and rape in Congo's civil war. |
 | I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali Buy new: $9.60 / Used from: $0.01 both tragic and uplifting, the story of a Yemeni girl who manages to escape against all odds from her marriage at the age of 10 |
 | Flight from Monticello: Thomas Jefferson at War by Michael Kranish Buy new: $19.65 / Used from: $5.42 Quite fascinating. So much history that isn't known. Well written, fast to learn |
 | A Mosque in Munich: Nazis, the CIA, and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West by Ian Johnson Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $0.99 Interesting mix of history; read in conjunction with Looming Tower |
 | Clean, Green, and Lean: Get Rid of the Toxins That Make You Fat by Walter Crinnion Buy new: $17.13 / Used from: $12.95 an interesting guide to fruits and vegetables that are useful for cleansing toxins, as well as perspective on environmental toxins. weak as a cook book. sometimes a bit overboard |
 | Everything Is Broken: A Tale of Catastrophe in Burma by Emma Larkin Buy new: $25.95 / Used from: $1.29 traces life of ordinary people inside the military dictatorship of Burma, centered around the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis. Interesting stuff. Sometimes a bit too preachy. |
 | Every Man in This Village is a Liar: An Education in War by Megan Stack Buy new: $17.43 / Used from: $0.88 Terrific. Gripping, well written, emotionally intense view into life in the war torn middle east, and the senseless war fed destruction. |
 | Unbound: A True Story of War, Love, and Survival by Dean King Buy new: $19.75 / Used from: $0.21 interesting story about the 3000 mile long march the communists took during the battle for china. told from the first hand perspective of several female marchers. well written but sometimes too one sided |
 | The Wild Vine: A Forgotten Grape and the Untold Story of American Wine by Todd Kliman Buy used from: $5.46 part history, part journey, part wine... very interesting, well written |
 | Rising Road: A True Tale of Love, Race, and Religion in America by Sharon Davies Buy new: $26.70 / Used from: $7.41 we know who committed the murder... he confesses... but will he be convicted? |
 | Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin by Hampton Sides Buy new: $17.47 / Used from: $1.11 fascinating, gripping... very worthwhile reading |
 | Frommer's Hawaii Day by Day (Frommer's Day by Day - Full Size) by Jeanette Foster Buy new: $20.43 / Used from: $10.94 good overview guide |
 | The Ultimate Guide to Hawaiian Reef Fishes: Sea Turtles, Dolphins, Whales, and Seals by John P. Hoover Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $19.95 great guide book |
 | Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle by Dan Senor Buy new: $13.91 / Used from: $5.70 Fascinating... must read for an entrepreneur |
 | Making a Good Brain Great: The Amen Clinic Program for Achieving and Sustaining Optimal Mental Performance by Daniel G. Amen Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.40 brain scan chapters are really interesting; self help parts are not |
 | Click: The Magic of Instant Connections by Ori Brafman Buy new: $16.79 / Used from: $1.61 fast, fun read. some sections are very interesting. not enough depth though |
 | Poisoned for Profit: How Toxins Are Making Our Children Chronically Ill--With new information on what we can do by Philip Shabecoff Buy new: $13.56 / Used from: $4.22 extremely important topic. first half was really interesting; book could use major editing though. i'm sure there are much better books on the topic |
 | Judge Who Hated Red Nail Polish, The: And Other Crazy but True Stories of Law and Lawyers (USA Today/Nolo Series) by Ilona Bray J.D. Buy new: $15.59 / Used from: $10.30 ok... bathroom book of legal stories |
 | The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business Essentials) by Clayton M. Christensen Buy used from: $2.23 very good business book. intersting observations on innovation and change in industries from a management perspectve. glad i read it |
 | Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978 by Kai Bird Buy new: $22.80 / Used from: $0.15 fascinating story of recent history in the middle east. learned a ton. |
 | The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey Buy new: $8.22 / Used from: $3.01 found very wordy and not too interesting |
 | The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win by Steven Gary Blank Buy new: $39.99 / Used from: $35.00 much better books out there |
 | Pandora's Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization by Spencer Wells Buy new: $17.16 / Used from: $9.36 really interesting read for those interested in science/anthropology |
 | Six Pixels of Separation: Everyone Is Connected. Connect Your Business to Everyone. by Mitch Joel Buy used from: $0.01 easy to read and thought provoking |
 | Web Analytics: An Hour a Day by Avinash Kaushik Buy new: $17.83 / Used from: $8.77 lots of good ideas and perspective |
 | Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall: A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager, Revised and Updated by Anthony E. Wolf Ph.D. Buy new: $9.75 / Used from: $0.01 unfortunately useful... for any parent of a teenager |
 | The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon by John Paul Rathbone Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $3.79 very interesting story and perspective on pre-revolutionary Cuba |
 | Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures by Robert K. Wittman Buy used from: $8.42 interesting premise, but the book underdelivers |
 | Final Flight: The Mystery of a WW II Plane Crash and the Frozen Airmen in the High Sierra by Peter Stekel Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $2.75 interesting investigation into a WWII crash in the California Sierras |
 | When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry by Gal Beckerman Buy new: $21.90 / Used from: $2.00 great |
 | The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis Buy new: $15.55 / Used from: $3.73 fascinating... a must read |
 | Eels: An Exploration, from New Zealand to the Sargasso, of the World's Most Mysterious Fish by James Prosek Buy new: $17.32 / Used from: $1.97 really interesting... much more interesting than you would guess from the topic |
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