Gary Gudmundson's votes on the list The Economist

Listopia > Gary Gudmundson's votes on the list The Economist - Books of the Year 2008 (52 Books)

1	A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World by William J. Bernstein 4.16 avg rating — 3,408 ratings "History" Gary added it to currently-reading See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521 - 1580 by Roger Crowley 4.30 avg rating — 7,010 ratings "History" Gary added it to currently-reading See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Masters and Commanders: The Military Geniuses Who Led the West to Victory in World War II by Andrew Roberts 4.19 avg rating — 657 ratings "History" Gary added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China by Philip P. Pan 4.10 avg rating — 1,592 ratings "History" Gary added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein 4.26 avg rating — 11,050 ratings "Biography" Gary added it to currently-reading See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	India: The Emerging Giant by Arvind Panagariya 4.07 avg rating — 110 ratings "Politics and current affairs"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front 1915 - 1919 by Mark Thompson 3.99 avg rating — 1,149 ratings "History" Gary added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: Entrepreneurship and the State by Yasheng Huang 3.93 avg rating — 228 ratings "Economics and business"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English by Henry Hitchings 3.70 avg rating — 549 ratings "Culture and digressions "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs by Charles D. Ellis 3.82 avg rating — 1,168 ratings "Economics and business"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State by Noah Feldman 3.90 avg rating — 372 ratings "Politics and current affairs"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	A Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle East by Lawrence Freedman 3.92 avg rating — 95 ratings "Politics and current affairs"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Britain Since 1918: A Political History by David Marquand 3.49 avg rating — 41 ratings "Politics and current affairs"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict by Linda J. Bilmes 3.76 avg rating — 431 ratings "Politics and current affairs"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer 4.18 avg rating — 4,666 ratings "Politics and current affairs"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Law and the Long War: The Future of Justice in the Age of Terror by Benjamin Wittes (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 52 ratings "Politics and current affairs"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Dinner With Mugabe: The Untold Story Of A Freedom Fighter Who Became A Tyrant by Heidi Holland 3.64 avg rating — 724 ratings "Politics and current affairs"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash by Charles R. Morris 3.72 avg rating — 1,225 ratings "Economics and business"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change by EL-ERIAN 3.52 avg rating — 791 ratings "Economics and business" Gary added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Venturesome Economy: How Innovation Sustains Prosperity in a More Connected World by Amar Bhide 3.64 avg rating — 28 ratings "Economics and business"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World by Tim Harford (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 5,845 ratings "Economics and business"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World by Don Tapscott 3.80 avg rating — 1,173 ratings "Economics and business"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Globality: Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything by Harold L. Sirkin 3.18 avg rating — 79 ratings "Economics and business"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Return of History and the End of Dreams by Robert Kagan 3.68 avg rating — 845 ratings "History "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment by Anthony Lewis 3.86 avg rating — 716 ratings "History"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes 3.97 avg rating — 10,107 ratings "History"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850-2008 by Jonathan Fenby 3.93 avg rating — 779 ratings "History"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Blackest Streets: The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum by Sarah Wise (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 393 ratings "History"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	American Rifle: A Biography by Alexander Rose (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 274 ratings "History"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French 4.17 avg rating — 526 ratings "Biography"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Soul of the Age: A Biography of the Mind of William Shakespeare by Jonathan Bate 4.11 avg rating — 551 ratings "Biography"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson by Brenda Wineapple 3.98 avg rating — 555 ratings "Biography"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Chagall: A Biography by Jackie Wullschläger 4.05 avg rating — 191 ratings "Biography"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters by Rose George (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 2,638 ratings "Science and technology "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Bad Science by Ben Goldacre 4.06 avg rating — 45,107 ratings "Science and technology "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York by Matthew Goodman 3.62 avg rating — 548 ratings "Science and technology "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler 3.84 avg rating — 95,744 ratings "Science and technology "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population by Matthew Connelly 3.65 avg rating — 120 ratings "Science and technology "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets by Sudhir Venkatesh 4.07 avg rating — 25,765 ratings "Science and technology "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Artists in Exile: How Refugees from Twentieth-Century War and Revolution Transformed the American Performing Arts by Joseph Horowitz 3.44 avg rating — 54 ratings "Culture and digressions "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Salon to Biennial: Exhibitions That Made Art History, Volume 1: 1863-1959 by Bruce Altshuler 4.19 avg rating — 27 ratings "Culture and digressions "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	How Fiction Works by James Wood 3.99 avg rating — 8,318 ratings "Culture and digressions "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music by Ted Gioia 4.29 avg rating — 799 ratings "Culture and digressions "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Cold Cream: My Early Life and Other Mistakes by Mount 3.65 avg rating — 74 ratings "Culture and digressions "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1) by Amitav Ghosh 3.98 avg rating — 30,377 ratings "Fiction and memoirs "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Breath by Tim Winton 3.91 avg rating — 26,323 ratings "Fiction and memoirs "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Lush Life by Richard Price 3.73 avg rating — 15,144 ratings "Fiction and memoirs "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry 3.84 avg rating — 23,269 ratings "Fiction and memoirs "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Fishing in Utopia by Andrew Brown 3.45 avg rating — 356 ratings "Fiction and memoirs "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran by Hooman Majd 3.76 avg rating — 2,207 ratings "Fiction and memoirs "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape by Raja Shehadeh 4.27 avg rating — 2,452 ratings "Fiction and memoirs "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Three of Us: A Family Story by Julia Blackburn 3.54 avg rating — 432 ratings "Fiction and memoirs "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars