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THE BLIND SIDE by Michael Lewis. The evolving business of football, viewed through the rise of the left tackle Michael Oher.
THREE CUPS OF TEA by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. A former climber builds schools in villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
FREAKONOMICS by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. A scholar and a journalist apply economic theory to nearly everything.
THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls. The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she and her siblings moved constantly.
I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL by Tucker Max. Life as a self-?absorbed, drunken womanizer.
BUT I TRUSTED YOU by Ann Rule. True-crime cases of trust betrayed.
GLENN BECK’S ‘COMMON SENSE’ by Glenn Beck. Thomas Paine-inspired thoughts on government.
BLINK by Malcolm Gladwell. The importance of instinct to the workings of the mind.
THE TIPPING POINT by Malcolm Gladwell. A study of social epidemics.
OUR CHOICE by Al Gore. The former vice president offers a plan for solving the climate crisis with the tools we have now.
THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE by Max Brooks. The comedy writer offers a plan for safeguarding yourself from the living dead.
90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey. A minister on the other?worldly experience he had after an accident.
MY HORIZONTAL LIFE by Chelsea Handler. A memoir of one-night stands.
HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED by Thomas L. Friedman. How a green revolution can renew America, by the New York Times columnist.
SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME by Ron Hall and Denver Moore with Lynn Vincent. The unlikely friendship between a homeless drifter and a successful art dealer who meet at a shelter in Texas.
EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert. A writer?s yearlong journey in search of self.
THE FAMILY by Jeff Sharlet. The history of the Fellowship, a secretive evangelical group active in American politics.
THE ASCENT OF MONEY by Niall Ferguson. A financial history of the world, stressing the link between politics and economics.
WHY WE SUCK by Denis Leary. Sardonic essays from the actor and comedian, currently the co-creator and star of the TV series “Rescue Me.”
THE REASON FOR GOD by Timothy Keller. A minister addresses common doubts and defends faith in a Christian God.