Gary Gudmundson's votes on the list The Economist

Listopia > Gary Gudmundson's votes on the list The Economist - Books of the Year 2006 (45 Books)

1	Khrushchev's Cold War: The Inside Story of an American Adversary by Aleksandr Fursenko 4.10 avg rating — 128 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
2	Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan 3.90 avg rating — 1,095 ratings "Politics and current affairs " Gary rated it 4 stars 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	Alexis de Tocqueville by Hugh Brogan 3.80 avg rating — 80 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
4	The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works - and How It's Transforming the American Economy by Charles Fishman 3.84 avg rating — 3,882 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
5	The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next by Lee Smolin 4.05 avg rating — 10,750 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
6	Mellon: An American Life by David Cannadine 3.96 avg rating — 515 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
7	George Mackay Brown by Maggie Fergusson 4.48 avg rating — 83 ratings "Biography" 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	Passionate Minds by David Bodanis (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 1,144 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
9	A Royal Affair: George III and His Scandalous Siblings by Stella Tillyard 3.77 avg rating — 373 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
10	The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 by Antony Beevor 3.92 avg rating — 7,475 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
11	Twelve Days: The Story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution by Victor Sebestyen 4.22 avg rating — 613 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
12	The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy by Adam Tooze 4.54 avg rating — 3,213 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
13	The Grand Slave Emporium: Cape Coast Castle and the British Slave Trade by William St. Clair 3.14 avg rating — 7 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
14	The Trial of Queen Caroline: The Scandalous Affair that Nearly Ended a Monarchy by Jane Robins 3.44 avg rating — 86 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
15	Dangerous Nation: America's Place in the World from Its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century by Robert Kagan 3.93 avg rating — 417 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	The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 38,388 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	Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power by Joseph Margulies 4.04 avg rating — 94 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 One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11 by Ron Suskind 3.82 avg rating — 1,915 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
19	Sacred Causes: The Clash of Religion and Politics, from the Great War to the War on Terror by Michael Burleigh 3.67 avg rating — 231 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
20	China Shakes the World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future -- and the Challenge for America by James Kynge 3.78 avg rating — 761 ratings "Politics and current affairs " 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
21	In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce 3.86 avg rating — 3,639 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
22	The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall by Ian Bremmer 3.72 avg rating — 525 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
23	The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good by William Easterly 3.83 avg rating — 5,682 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
24	The Trouble with Africa: Why Foreign Aid Isn't Working by Robert Calderisi 3.54 avg rating — 258 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
25	Myself and Other More Important Matters by Charles B. Handy 4.12 avg rating — 133 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
26	Joe Wilson and the Creation of Xerox by Charles D. Ellis 3.64 avg rating — 25 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
27	Mavericks at Work by William C. Taylor 3.76 avg rating — 812 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
28	The Revenge of Gaia by James E. Lovelock 3.82 avg rating — 1,904 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
29	The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 285,594 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
30	The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 211,311 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
31	Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky 3.86 avg rating — 78,716 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
32	The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud 2.98 avg rating — 21,592 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
33	House of Meetings by Martin Amis 3.41 avg rating — 2,755 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
34	Running for the Hills: Growing Up on My Mother's Sheep Farm in Wales by Horatio Clare 4.10 avg rating — 335 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
35	The Meaning of Night (The Meaning of Night, #1) by Michael Cox 3.73 avg rating — 9,621 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
36	The Ruby in Her Navel by Barry Unsworth 3.43 avg rating — 877 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
37	Seven Lies by James Lasdun 3.19 avg rating — 283 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
38	Wizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 4.23 avg rating — 3,836 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
39	On Opera by Bernard Williams 3.81 avg rating — 21 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
40	Empire of the Mind by ahmed-iqbal 2.84 avg rating — 31 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
41	Will and Me: How Shakespeare Took Over My Life by Dominic Dromgoole 3.75 avg rating — 102 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
42	District and Circle by Seamus Heaney 4.02 avg rating — 1,342 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
43	The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles by Martin Gayford 3.98 avg rating — 6,939 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
44	The Cloudspotter's Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney 4.13 avg rating — 2,893 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
45	Casting a Spell: The Bamboo Fly Rod and the American Pursuit of Perfection by George Black (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 60 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