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Hello all,Since I just passed the half-way point of the challenge, I thought I would start posting. So, in the words of the Joker, "And here we...go"
1. The Lost German Slave Girl by John Bailey
2. 1434 by Gavin Menzies
3. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
4. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
5. The Dark Child by Camara Laye
6. The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford
7. While America Aged by Roger Lowenstein
8. How the Bible Was Built by Charles Merril Smith
9. A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz
10. God's Problem by Bart Ehrman
11. Rome Inc. by Stanley Bing
12. Bottlemania by Elizabeth Royte
13. The Mapmaker's Wife by Robert Whitaker
14. Julius Winsome:A Novel by Gerard Donovan
15. Midnight at the Dragon Cafe by Judy Fong Bates
16. What the Gospels Meant by Gary Wills
17. Atheist Manifesto by Michel Onfrey
18. They Knew They Were Right:The Rise of the Neocons by Jacob Heilbrunn
19. God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
20. Opposing Viewpoints Series- Humanity's Future
21. Freethinkers by Susan Jacoby
22.The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration
by Bruce M. Metzger The Text of the New Testament Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration (4th Edition)
23. The Shia Revival by Vali NasrThe Shia Revival How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future
24. Jesus Interrupted by Bart Ehrman
25. Why I Am Not A Muslim by Ibn Warraq
26. The Return of History and The End of Dreams by Robert Kagan
27. At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig:Travels Through Paraguay by John Gimlette
28. The Wreck of the Medusa:The Most Famous Sea Disaster of the Nineteenth Century by Jonathan Miles
29. Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert Sullivan
Here are some more...30.Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up
by John Allen Paulos
31. The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism by Ron Suskind
32. People of the Book:A Novel by Geraldine Brooks
33.Have Faith Anyway:The Vision of Habakkuk for Our Times by Kent M. Keith
34. Standing in the Light:My Life as a Pantheist by Sharman Apt Russell
35. The Elephant and the Dragon:The Rise of India and China and What It Means For all Of Us by Robyn Meredith
36. The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
37. 7 Deadly Scenarios: A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century by Andrew F. Krepinevich
38. We Look Like the Enemy:The Hidden Story of Israel's Jews From Arab Lands by Rachel Shabi
That puts me halfway. I don't know if I will make it, but I will give it my best shot. By the way, all of these books, and many others are reviewed on my book blog. Please feel free to drop by and check it out:
http://maphead.vox.com/
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Maphead, welcome - and congrats on being halfway there! You've got quite an interesting mix of books that you've read this year.
Kay wrote: "Maphead, welcome - and congrats on being halfway there! You've got quite an interesting mix of books that you've read this year."Thanks Kay, I'm just happy someone other than myself is reading this !
Maphead wrote: "Kay wrote: "Maphead, welcome - and congrats on being halfway there! You've got quite an interesting mix of books that you've read this year."Thanks Kay, I'm just happy someone other than myself i..."
I actually read all the posts - I figure, why be a moderator otherwise? Although my schedule may only allow me to check in 2 or 3 times a week, I thoroughly enjoy it when I am able to stop by and see what everyone's reading.
Maphead wrote: "Kay wrote: "Maphead, welcome - and congrats on being halfway there! You've got quite an interesting mix of books that you've read this year."Thanks Kay, I'm just happy someone other than myself i..."
I've also been reading your list... and raiding it for ideas :) How was "Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants"? It sounds interesting and the excerpt from Amazon was good... but it was also just the introduction, and often the introduction is engaging while the rest of the book is dry. Does Sullivan's writing style of the intro carry over to the actual book?
50.Why I Turned Right: Leading Baby Boomer Conservatives Chronicle Their Political Journeys edited by Mary Eberstadt 
55. Riddled With Life:Friendly Worms, Ladybug Sex and the Parasites That Make Us Who We Are by Marlene Zuk 
57. The Way of the World:From the Dawn of Civilization to the Eve of the Twenty-First Century by David Fromkin
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans (other topics)1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance (other topics)
Interpreter of Maladies (other topics)
The Dark Child: The Autobiography of an African Boy (other topics)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (other topics)
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