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... everything, but I certainly came away from it feeling much more familiar with its contents than I had before. As for Longitude... You know, I think there are a lot of excellent, well-written, not-too-technical non-fiction books aimed at laypeople. I certainly don't have any ...

... as something to check out - in case I decide to actually read the bible sometime. I'm trying to remember the buzz on Longitude - I think it was the combination of history, science writing, and a more "literary" non-fiction writing style. I'm using the word "literary" loosely. But, in any ...

136. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel The story of the 18th century quest for a means of determining longitude at sea, and ...

While it's not SF, per se Dava Sobel's Longitude is a fun and interesting read. If you change the name of the ship that tested the chronometer to something like the H.M.S. Timebringer, it would be SF.

... Power, Politics, and the Crisis in Canadian Democracy 29. Seven Daughters and Seven Sons June 30. Longitude 31. Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller 32. A Mathematician's Lament 33. The Babylonian Genesis 34. My Sister's Keeper 35. Among the H ...

... Science 520 The Quirks and Quarks Guide to Space - Jim Labans 522 Miss Leavitt's Stars - George Johnson 526 Longitude - Dava Sobel 530: Physics 530 e=mc^2 - David Bodanis 530 Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman - Richard Feynman 530.14 The Trouble with Physics - Lee S ...

55. Longitude by Dava Sobel An interesting little book that has been sitting unread in my library for far too long. Anyone interested in either the history of science or in maritime history should try Sobel's description of how Harrison came to build the first really accurate chronometer. Ther ...

Longitude: The True Story Of A Lone Genius Who Solved The Greatest Scientific Problem Of His Time - Dava Sobel - read 2009

Just finished Longitude by Dava Sobel which I really enjoyed. I think the next nonfiction book will be Mind Over Matter by K. C. Cole.

... a fast couple of books, The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage and The Perfect Poison by Amanda Quick. Moving on to Longitude by Dava Sobel which has been stuck unread on my shelves forever. (Well, actually Jim read it when we first got it but I never managed to come across it when in ...

... fictional biographies that you do--I keep finding his titular heroines very annoying and way, way too modern. As for Longitude, I read it, watched the mini-series, and when my brother wanted to go to the Greenwich Maritime Museum (he's a graduate of King's Point academy and has been a ...

... Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller Ancient World 4/9 The Babylonian Genesis Math or Science 5/9 Longitude A Mathematician's Lament Speculative Fiction 4/9 Dystopia or Post-Apocalyptic 4/9 Among the Hidden Children's/YA Fiction 5/9 ...

... I must not have looked at the list very carefully the first time. I can believe there was an illustrated version of Longitude, because I think I've seen varying versions of The Planets. I should probably just look up the details of clocks on wikipedia, but it would have been nice not ...

... plot). I loved the book up until she met her romantic interest, though, and I would still cautiously recommend it. Longitude (Math/Science category): As the subtitle suggests, this is the story of the man, John Harrison, who came up with a workable method for finding longitude while ...

>159: In my usual obsessive fashion, after reading Longitude, I spent a day poking around the Web, looking in my encyclopedias, etc. for information about him.

... t). I loved the book up until she met her romantic interest, though, and I would still cautiously recommend it. 30. Longitude: The Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time. As the subtitle suggests, this is the story of the man, John Harrison, who ...

... to More News from Lake Woebegon by Garrison Keillor and enjoying it. It is read by the author. I am listening to Longitude by Dava Sobel in the house. It is really interesting and full of stuff I didn't know and/or had never thought about.

I just read Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time in 526: Mathematical Geography. I had actually started this book in April, after reading another book by the same author, but put it down because I didn't find the introduction ...

... I'm also adding Galileo's Daughter to my list for this year--I bought that as soon as it came out because I had loved Longitude so much. It's time to finally read it! As usual, Stasia, you have helped me organize my thinking and helped me get back into reading again. Your suggestions ...

womansheart Thanks for the note about Longitude on Netflix.

I will chime in - Longitude is amazing! In European History in high school, it helped me come up with the right answer when no one else could solve the problem. So have fun reading it! Marian

... of memorable reads. If you are in the mood for more Chekhov, check out his short stories. Excellent stuff! I loved Longitude when I read it years ago. I hope you enjoy it!

... rogress: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoi (ahem-- this one is always in progress) Gulag by Anne Applebaum Coming up soon: Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Natio ...

#22: I have already read The Planets, which was bit of a disappoint me to me. It was not nearly as good as Longitude, IMHO.

# 16, 17, I also loved Longitude. I now have The planets and Galileo's daughter waiting on the shelf.

> 50 Kate, what did you think of The Planets. Have you read her other books, Longitude and Galileo ' s Daughter? I especially liked Galileo's Daughter. ~ TT

... read anything of hers, but have heard good things about her books, which is why Penmarric is on the list. I loved Longitude by Sobel and hope that I enjoy Galileo's Daughter just as much! I would still have faith in your recommendations, TT, no matter what. It is just that on ...

Here's the recap for May: 60. The Other Queen Philippa Gregory. 61. Longitude Dava Sobel 62. Wife of the Gods Kwei Quartey 63. New England Tales Sarah Orne Jewett 64. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Edward Fitzgerald 65. Scarecrow and his Servant Philip Pullman 66. Lethal Le ...

20. LONGITUDE by Dava Sobel - This was a really interesting account of what John Harrison went thru to be acknowledged as the inventor of the chronometer .

I've been reading Longitude by Dava Sobel . She has done a wonderful job of telling John Harrison's (invented the chronometer) story .

... I'm rooting around in my to be read pile looking for something to take my fancy. Oh, wait! I just started an audio book, Longitude by Dava Sobel, that sounds really interesting and is a little out of the ordinary for me these days. The person below me remembered our military folks in ...

Later today I'll be reading Longitude by Dava Sobel .

... obscure category, so it looks like you have one option. 526: Mathematical geography This is where things like Longitude and Circumference are found. Not bad. 527: Celestial navigation Important at the time, but now strictly for the specialist. Unless you're up to ...

... Differential Equations 519 Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences 520 Cosmos 523 Galactic Astronomy 526 Longitude: The True Story... 529 Faster 530 The Feynman Lectures on Physics 531 Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems 532 The Archimedes Codex 535 Opt ...

... reviews were less than encouraging, though, so I'm not going to rush out and buy it in hardcover. I do plan to finish Longitude in the end since it's quite a short book and I enjoyed Sobel's The Planets well enough. I just didn't find the opening pages of Longitude entirely compelling, ...

Circumference, a former ER book, is in the same category as Longitude and is pretty readable and non-mathy.

Hmm. I just started reading Longitude a few days ago and had to put it down for lack of reading time, but I can't say your review has inspired me to continue with it immediately. I'm also supposed to be reading The New 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth, so I'm glad you liked ...

Wow, I had Longitude on my TBR list, but it sounds like I wouldn't miss much by skipping it.

I just finished the intriguing Longitude: The True Story Of A Lone Genius Who Solved The Greatest Scientific Problem Of His Time by Dava Sobel and have moved on to lighter fare - The Bird Man And The Lapdancer: Close Encounters With Strangers by Eric Hansen.

20. Longitude: The True Story Of A Lone Genius Who Solved The Greatest Scientific Problem Of His Time - Dava Sobel John Harrison was an accomplished young carpenter and a self-educated amateur clockmaker from Yorkshire, born March 24, 1693, who devoted his life to constructing a marine ...

20. Longitude: The True Story Of A Lone Genius Who Solved The Greatest Scientific Problem Of His Time - Dava Sobel John Harrison was an accomplished young carpenter and a self-educated amateur clockmaker from Yorkshire, born March 24, 1693, who devoted his life to constructing a marine ...

#203: I'm with Tad - I really enjoyed Longitude as well, geek that I am!

>203: I really enjoyed Longitude, just the kind of geeky thing that captures my imagination. One of things I think is most amazing/interesting is that, up until the invention of the quartz watch, some of John Harrison's techniques continued to be used in wristwatches...200 years later.

> #203 There is The Illustrated Longitude. I skimmed through it at the bookstore once and I remember it being mostly photographs and diagrams. I loved going to the Maritime Museum in Greenwich and seeing all these instruments in person.

Category #5: History, Biography...Longitude The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved The Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Dava Sobel. Phew! The title is almost as long as the book.. It's mercifully a short little volume which is VERY techical. It's been sitting on the shelf ...

526.62 Longitude by dava Sobel I won't claim to be able to explain or review this book. I think I understood about 1/2 of it, but it was short, and well written. It's the story of the development of the chronometer and the discovery and standardization of measuring longitude for sailors ...

#61 Longitude by dava Sobel I won't claim to be able to explain or review this book. I think I understood about 1/2 of it, but it was short, and well written. It's the story of the development of the chronometer and the discovery and standardization of measuring longitude for sailors ...

... Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Done 1/19/09 6. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Dava Sobel 5/1/09 7 Great Souls: Six who changed the Century Davi ...

#218: I loved Longitude as well, but I think I will give that one a pass. Sorry, it was not better for you, Richard. "Sobelite science" - I love it!

Good review, Richard!! Well, I won't read it. No sense in getting frustrated. I loved Longitude and thought Dava Sobel a more than competent writer. She made a complex subject understandable and although there was as much muddle in that story as apparently in this one, she made it a ...

... Measure the Earth by Paul Murdin is another entry in the popular science genre made famous by Dava Sobel's book, Longitude. It examines the difficult technical and intellectual feat of creating an accurately measured meridian line, intended to be an aid to mapping and navigation; ...

... The narrowness of focus in books such as Salt and Cod and The Book on the Bookshelf and The Pencil and Longitude seems to be an increasingly preevalent trend in publishing. I am all for it on one level, since I like delving into the abstruse and wallowing in details that ...

Book Twenty-Eight: Longitude by Dava Sobel. Short review: Sailors need to find out how to calculate longitude. England offers a prize. Clockmaker comes up with a solution. Long review: Posted.

Book Twenty-Seven: Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel. Short review: Sailors need to find out how to ...

... have a hard time w/ the genre of popular science books that seek to explain the genesis of a particular advance/device (ie Longitude, Pencilet al).

Tina, it will be interesting to compare notes after we both read Longitude. I think I've left my copy at my parents' house, but I'll try to find it next time I'm there. I'm not sure whether I'll get to Galileo's Daughter this year--I guess it depends on how much I like Longitude! Qebo, if I ...

... interesting, but not as good as Early Spring, so I didn't risk it (since I had a sneaking suspicion that, with both Longitude and Circumference in my library, I'd get it if I asked for it, and it was too similar to Circumference for me to want to read it so soon.)

I read Longitude a couple years ago during an exploration/navigation kick. Fascinating stuff, IMO. A basic and essential question: where am I? and where is everything else?

... finished it. I remember I got dragged down, but don't think it was the author. So it's on my re-read list. I also have Longitude on my 999 list (it will do double for dewey) --own them both and based on your comments, I'll have to put Planets on the list too.

... of earth exploration. On the strength of that chapter, I'm really looking forward to reading another of Sobel's works, Longitude. I already owned that one, and I also ended up buying a copy of Sobel's other work, Galileo's Daughter, a couple of days ago. So, the fact that I want to ...

... of earth exploration. On the strength of that chapter, I'm really looking forward to reading another of Sobel's works, Longitude. I already owned that one, and I also ended up buying a copy of Sobel's other work, Galileo's Daughter. So, the fact that I want to read more books by this ...

... do that. Even worse, is when they print the paperback in print so small that is ruins it. I remember they did that with Longitude by Dava Sobel. I ended up buying the ilustrated version instead. (Click on title to see cover.) It has a wonderful cover. I think the appearance and print of a ...

Intrigued by Longitude the True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest... by Dava Sobel from Sandudog1's library

... Willows by Kenneth Grahame. 4. The BFG by Roald Dahl. 5. George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl. 6. Longitude by Dava Sobel. 7. The Asimov Chronicles edited by Martin H. Greenberg. 8. The End of the Empire by Alexis A. Gilliland. 9. Hart's Hope by Or ...

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel; read it a couple of summers ago

#9: I enjoy Sobel's writing style a lot. Her book Longitude is very good, too.

... Nick Herbert Genes, Girls, and Gamow: After the Double Helix by James D. Watson In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dave Sobel

... been completely lost. Recommended. From the public library. 278 pages including preface and appendix. 509.2 2. Longitude by Dava Sobel - finished July 20 An interesting little book that has been sitting unread in my library for far too long. Anyone interested in either ...

... Power, Politics, and the Crisis in Canadian Democracy 29. Seven Daughters and Seven Sons June 30. Longitude 31. Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller 32. A Mathematician's Lament 33. The Babylonian Genesis 34. My Sister's Keeper 35. Among the H ...

... - Natural Sciences and Mathematics 5 not assigned 520.920 Galileo's Daughter Sobel, Dava 2/00 526.620 Longitude Sobel, Dava 5/09 551.578 Field Guide to Snowflakes Libbrecht, Ken 11/05 574.970 Hammonds' nature Atlas Jordan, E.L. 1/85 577.309 Field Guide to Eastern For ...

Nonfiction i. South: The Endurance Expedition Finished Mar 16 ii. Founding Brothers Finished Mar 30 iii. Longitude Finished Mar 31 iv. The World Without Us Finished April 27 v. Eleanor Of Aquitaine: A Life Finished May 23 vi. James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon Fi ...

Hah. Longitude!

... be able to get one of the true biographies. Oh, and I ditto too on Galileo's Daughter (as well as Sobel's earlier book Longitude)

... read fiction. 1. Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson 2. The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone 3. Longitude by Dava Sobel 4. Sisters in the Wilderness by Charlotte Gray 5. 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

... fiction reader and even with topics that are total my interest I almost never enjoy it as much as fiction. Only Dava Sobels Longitude was an exception of this, so it's totally me. Thanks to vintage_books and TheTortoise for their wonderfull work. It made it a great group read of a book that I ...

... the following books tomorrow. If anyone here wants any of them, let me know and I'll reserve it for you. My editions: Longitude http://bookmooch.com/m/detail/1857025717 Cut http://bookmooch.com/m/detail/0439324599 Practical Demonkeeping http://bookmooch.com/m/detail/0749311096 A New ...

A pair of books tagged "travel guide": Dava Sobel's Longitude (which certainly isn't a guide to anything) and Bernard Meehan's The Book of Kells: An Illustrated Introduction to the Manuscript in Trinity College Dublin (which is about something one might have to travel to see, but ...

Yes arcona - I enjoyed Longitude also. (Unfortunately, her other book about Galileo was not as intriguing a read). It is also such an eye-opener to see how innovative people are treated by the establishment.

I'm reading 84 Charing Cross by Helene Hanff and it's a delightful little read. Just finished Longitude by Dava Sobel and thoroughly enjoyed how what could have been a dry scientific book was so readable and interesting.

Longitude by Dava Sobel Many Dimensions by Charles Williams News from Nowhere by William Morris Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis Put out more Flags by Evelyn Waugh

Longitude: the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time by Dava Sobel

... Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Done 1/19/09 7. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Dava Sobel 8 Great Souls: Six who changed the Century David Aikman 2/ ...

... uity Math or Science (6/9) The Genius Factory The Planets Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea Longitude A Mathematician's Lament Letters to a Young Mathematician (The Archimedes Codex) (The Exact Sciences in Antiquity) Fantasy and Supernatural (8/9) ...

53. Longitude - Dava Sobel Another riveting geology read, lucky me.

... in front of the computer with Book Lust in my lap, buying books after book from abebooks.com. Prop2gether: I've got Longitude somewhere in the house. I'll have to pull it out of hiding.

#162: I will second the recommendation of Longitude. It is a very good read. I am going to have to find the Shirley Jackson book, too. I have not read any of hers.

Oh, Shirley Jackson is terrific. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy. And if you like clocks and the history, I strongly recommend Longitude by Dava Sobel. It's the true story of an English clockmaker who created the first clock capable of keeping true time so longitude could be calculated safely asea. His ...

Longitude: The true story of a Lone Genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time by Dava Sobel

karenmarie, I did like Longitude. Dava Sobel can really bring stories like that to life.

... for reminding me about it, - I have been on an historical fiction binge and it might just fit in perfectly. I loved Longitude. A gem of a book. Did you like it?

karenmarie, if you liked Longitude you may like Dava Sobel's other book: Galileo's Daughter. She was a cloistered nun, and her letters to her father survived. Ms. Sobel uses them to construct a biography of Galileo. I loved it so much that I then read Longitude.

... Richard Leakey Rhythms of Vision by Lawrence Blair Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television by Jerry Mander Longitude by Dava sobel And The Band Played On by Randy Shilts

Longitude is on my TBR list for 526, so I'm happy to see positive comments about it! Maybe longitude itself isn't that interesting, and that's why she included other topics?

526 Longitude: The true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time by Dava Sobel finds European nations more and more dependent on maritime activities - especially over long distances - but without the ability to accurately determine longitude at sea. The ...

34) Longitude by Dava Sobel (audio book) The subtitle, The true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time, sums ups the book's topic (if in a very melodramatic way). As Western nations depended more and more on maritime activities - especially ...

... or omission of one or both of someone's dates, as in "Harrison, John, 1693-1776" versus "Harrison, John, b.1693" for Longitude. Or in "Coucy, Enguerrand de" or "Coucy, Enguerrand de, 1340-1397" for A Distant Mirror. I also spotted an interesting, if unusual, variation of the extra-com ...

#149 fyrefly98 If you like nonfiction you might want to read Dava Sobel's Longitude. I found it fascinating. I finished Pirkei Avos With a Twist of Humor, my March ER book (that I only received on 5/5), am reading a fluff romance and starting Shades of Glory, my April ER book. I'll ...

... I'm reading Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel, and I'm really liking it. Kinda surprising, since I pretty much hated Longitude.

... 508 – Arctic Dreams 510 – Mastering Technical Mathematics 520 - Cosmos 523 - The Summer Star Gazer 526 – Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius 530 – The Dancing Wu Li Masters 540 – Alchemy and the Art of Knowing 549 – Rocks and Minerals 574 – The Voyage ...

30. Longitude by Dava Sobel, 1995 Non-fiction. Terrific book about the development of the chronometer which could accurately measure longitude at sea, saving sailors from shipwreck and death. John Harrison was a self-taught clockmaker who spent forty years cracking the longitude problem. A ...

... Bobbie Ann Mason The Caveman's Valentine by George Dawes Green The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West Longitude by Dava Sobel Expensive Habits by Maureen Howard Rootie Kazootie by Lawrence Naumoff Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley ...

Finished Longitude - really good. With it being 50th anniversary of Munich air disaster wanted to read something about it. Gone for The Team that wouldn't die by John Roberts.

... by Rob Lacey which I loved. Discovered LT by chance in November and being hooked ever since - addictive or what! Added Longitude as approaching the end and now really enjoying that. Even understandable for someone who has no interest in science!

... Undaunted Courage, 1421: the year china discovered america and recently I had read River of Doubt. I plan on reading longitude soon. Any other suggestions for exploration books? Who would like to go next?

... href="http://www.librarything.com/author/sobeldava">Dava Sobel's Galileo's Daughter I got this because I enjoyed Longitude so much, and I caught the tail-end of the TV version. TBR = 70

... by Susanna Clarke Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel Little Infamies : Stories by Panos Karnezis Longitude by Dava Sobel Magician's Gambit by David Eddings Me talk pretty one day by David Sedaris Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman Mr Starlight ...

... and allied sciences: Cosmos 523 - Specific celestial bodies and phenomena: The Planets 526 - Mathematical geography: Longitude 530 - Physics: The Physics of Superheroes 537 - Electricity: Electric Universe 540 - Chemistry & Allied Sciences: The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry 550 - Ea ...

In the beginning there was Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, and (Lo!) trade publishers discovered that histories of science and technology and biographies of scientists and engineers would sell. And so Longitude begat The Lighthouse Stevensons The Wedding of the Waters Unlocking ...

... rem 516 Geometry - Euclid's Window 520 Astronomy & Allied Sciences - Galileo's Daughter 526 Mathematical Geography - Longitude: the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time 535 Light and Paraphotic Phenomena - Color: A Natural History of the Pale ...

I was somewhat surprised when looking at Conversations for Longitude to find amongst the references highlighted conversations about The Story of O, The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian, and Tielman Susato and the Music of His Time.

... of Age in the Milky Way 520 Galileo's Daughter 523 The Planets 526 Longitude 535 Color: A Natural History of the Palette 540 Chemistry for Changing Times 599 Saxons, Vikings and Celts ...

Finished No. 14. Starting: No. 15 Dava Sobel's Longitude This is a re-read. I decided to re-read it after reading an article from the Oxford DNB online about William Whiston, translator of Jose ...

... and artificial languages: Say It in Esperanto Q--Science (general): Science: Good, Bad and Bogus QB--Astronomy: Longitude QD--Chemistry: The Double Helix RA--Public aspects of medicine: The Food Bible T--Technology: The Way Things Work TD--Environmental technology; ...

... Bogus 510--Mathematics: Coincidences, Chaos, and All that Math Jazz 526--Mathematical geography: Longitude 547--Organiz chemistry: The Double Helix 551--Geology, hydrology, meteorology: The Secret Life of Dust 579--Microoorganisms, fungi, ...

... imes 516 Geometry: Euclid's Window 520 Astronomy & allied sciences: The Book Nobody Read 526 Mathematical geography: Longitude 531 Classical mechanics; Solid mechanics: Dialogue Concerning Two New Sciences 535 Light & paraphotic phenomena: Faster than the Speed of Light 539 Modern ...

... Arithmetic: Flatland 523 Specific Celestial Bodies & Phenomena: The Copernican Revolution 526 Mathematical Geography: Longitude 530 Physics: About Time 576 Genetics and Evolution: The Genius Factory 621 Applied Physics: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electric ...

Thank you all so much! Funny that Longitude was mentioned so much...one of the kids in our class wanted me to read it with him. I ended up choosing Reading Lolita in Tehran, it just fits me. I will definetly take you all up on the books you recommended. Thank you Thank you Thank you!!! ...

> 5 Lil, I like adventures or discoveries, and a really good history book. Okay, then! Someone mentioned Longitude, and I second that. I also really liked Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883, by Simon Winchester. Oh, and right now I'm reading The Buried Bo ...

... been consulting for the article I'm writing about Tielman Susato: Diarmaid MacCulloch's The Reformation: A History, Tielman Susato and the Music of His Time, Antwerp in the Age of Reformation, Antwerp in the Age of Plantin and Brueghel, and The Early Vasas: A History of Sweden, 1523- ...

Into the Blue by Robert Goddard Vanishing Point by Morris West Longitude by Dava Sobel Beneath the Southern Cross by Judy Nunn Exodus by Leon Uris

41. The absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie p232 42. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows p759 Now with that later bit of disappointing bit of pop reading out of the way, I'm off to read Ulysses.

... by Susanna Clarke Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel Little Infamies : Stories by Panos Karnezis Longitude by Dava Sobel Magician's Gambit by David Eddings Me talk pretty one day by David Sedaris Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman Mr Starlight ...

Now that I've added some new books, #1 is still 1984 and #100 is still Longitude, but the others have changed: 50% Them by Francine du Plessix Gray (35 users) (Strange, because I was just talking about this book at lunch today.) 10% (#169) Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner (4 ...

Most popular: 1984 by George Orwell 7040 users 100th Longitude by Dava Sobel 867 users 10% #168 Bartlett's Familiar Quotations 420 users My 50% book, which someone suggested is The Gate by François Bizot -- haven't read it yet -- 37 users. I have 237 books ...

... ebay (and you wouldn't believe the deals I got!) along with some books I had borrowed and wanted to get for myself such as The Story of O by Pauline Reage and the Beauty trilogy by Anne Rice. I have this odd addiction to books where I must own every book I have ever read. If you ...