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Notable Nonfiction 2004
June 18, 2008
Notable listings include selected award nominees and winners, New York Times Book Review Notable Books, Washington Post Book World Raves, PW Best Books, Library Journal Best Books, Booklist Best Books and ALA Notable Books.
Author |
Title |
Publisher |
isbn |
$ |
Date |
Category |
Notes |
| Ackerman, Diane | An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain | Simon & Schuster | 0743246721 | $25.00 | 5/04 | Science | BOOKLIST STAR, PW STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE |
| Allen, Anita L. | The New Ethics | Hyperion Books | 078686897X | $23.95 | 9/04 | Philosophy | PW BEST BOOKS |
| Allison, Graham | Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe | Henry Holt | 0805076514 | $24.00 | 8/04 | Politics | NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Almond, Steve | Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America | Workman | 1565124219 | $21.95 | 4/04 | Humor/Food | BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS, LJ BEST BOOKS |
| Alter, Robert (EDT) | The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary | W W Norton | 0393019551 | $39.95 | 9/04 | Religion | LJ STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Altman, Daniel | Neoconomy: George Bush's Revolutionary Gamble with America's Future | Perseus | 1586482297 | $26.95 | 8/04 | Politics | PW BEST BOOKS |
| Anderson, Jon Lee | The Fall Of Baghdad | Penguin | 1594200343 | $24.95 | 9/04 | History | KIRKUS STAR, LJ STAR, PW STAR, KIRKUS BEST NONFICTION, LJ BEST BOOKS |
| Angell, Marcia, MD | The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What To Do About It | Random House | 0375508465 | $24.95 | 8/04 | Business | LJ STAR, PW STAR, LJ BEST BOOKS |
| Appelfeld, Aharon | The Story of a Life: A Memoir | Random House | 0805241787 | $23.00 | 10/04 | Bio | PW STAR, PW BEST BOOKS |
| Auerbach, Red | Let Me Tell You A Story: A Lifetime In The Game | Little Brown | 0316738239 | $25.95 | 10/04 | Sports | PW BEST BOOKS |
| Barry, John M. | The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History | Penguin | 0670894737 | $29.95 | 2/04 | History | BOOKLIST STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Bentley, Toni | The Surrender: An Erotic Memoir | Harpercollins | 0060732466 | $24.95 | 10/04 | Bio | PW STAR, PW BEST BOOKS, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Blight, David W. (EDT) | Passages to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in History and Memory | Smithsonian | 1588341577 | $39.95 | 10/04 | History | PW STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE |
| Boyd, Herb | We Shall Overcome | Sourcebooks | 140220213X | $45.00 | 10/04 | History | LJ STAR, PW BEST BOOKS, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Boyle, Kevin | Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age | Henry Holt | 0805071458 | $26.00 | 8/04 | Law | KIRKUS STAR, PW STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE, |
| Bragg, Melvyn | The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language | Little Brown | 1559707100 | $27.95 | 10/04 | Language | LJ STAR, LJ BEST BOOKS, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Browning, Christopher R. | The Origins of the Final Solution: The Evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy, September 1939-March 1942 | Univ of Nebraska | 0803213271 | $39.95 | 3/04 | History | PW STAR, PW BEST BOOKS |
| Burrough, Bryan | Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 | Penguin | 1594200211 | $29.95 | 7/04 | Social Science | KIRKUS STAR, PW STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Chace, James | 1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft, and Debs--The Election That Changed the Country | Simon & Schuster | 0743203941 | $25.95 | 5/04 | History | NYTBR NOTABLE, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS, SLJ ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Chernow, Ron | Alexander Hamilton | Penguin | 1594200092 | $35.00 | 4/04 | Bio | BOOKLIST STAR, KIRKUS STAR, LJ STAR, PW STAR, ALA NOTABLE, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE, PW BEST BOOKS |
| Clarke, Richard A. | Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror | Simon & Schuster | 0743260244 | $27.00 | 3/04 | Politics | KIRKUS BEST NONFICTION, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Clinton, Bill | My Life | Random House | 0375414576 | $35.00 | 6/04 | Bio | NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Clinton, Catherine | Harriet Tubman: The Road To Freedom | Little Brown | 0316155942 | $14.95 | 12/04 | Bio | PW BEST BOOKS |
| Coll, Steve | Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the Cia, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 | Penguin | 1594200076 | $29.95 | 2/04 | Politics | NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Conlon, Edward | Blue Blood | Putnam | 1573222666 | $26.95 | 4/04 | Bio | BOOKLIST STAR, KIRKUS STAR, LJ STAR, PW STAR, LJ BEST BOOKS, NYTBR NOTABLE, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS, B&N DISCOVER NEW WRITERS 2ND PLACE WINNER |
| Conlon-McIvor, Maura | FBI Girl: How I Learned to Crack My Father's Code | Warner Books | 0446533106 | $23.00 | 8/04 | Bio | BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Connor, James A. | Kepler's Witch: An Astronomer's Discovery of Cosmic Order Amid Religious War, Political Intrigue, and the Heresy Trial of His Mother | Harpercollins | 0060522550 | $24.95 | 4/04 | Bio | BOOKLIST STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE |
| Cooper, Martha (PHT) | Hip Hop Files: Photographs 1979-1984 | Power House Books | 3937946004 | $39.95 | 11/04 | Photography | LJ BEST BOOKS |
| Cox, Lynne | Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer | Random House | 0375415076 | $24.95 | 1/04 | Bio | KIRKUS STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Danner, Mark | Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror | Publishers Group West | 1590171527 | $19.95 | 10/04 | Politics | PW BEST BOOKS |
| Dary, David | The Oregon Trail: An American Saga | Random House | 0375413995 | $35.00 | 11/04 | History | BOOKLIST STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Davies, Norman | Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw | Penguin | 0670032840 | $32.95 | 5/04 | History | NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Dawkins, Richard | The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution | Houghton Mifflin | 0618005838 | $28.00 | 10/04 | Science | KIRKUS STAR, PW STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Deparle, Jason | American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, And A Nation's Drive To End Welfare | Penguin | 0670892750 | $25.95 | 9/04 | Politics | NYTBR NOTABLE, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Dylan, Bob | Chronicles | Simon & Schuster | 0743228154 | $24.00 | 10/04 | Bio | NYTBR NOTABLE, PW BEST BOOKS |
| Ehrlich, Gretel | The Future of Ice: A Journey into Cold | Random House | 037542251X | $21.95 | 11/04 | Nature | LJ STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE |
| Ehrlich, Paul R. | One With Nineveh: Politics, Consumption, and the Human Future | Island | 1559638796 | $27.00 | 4/04 | Politics | BOOKLIST STAR, ALA NOTABLE |
| Ellis, Joseph J. | His Excellency: George Washington | Random House | 1400040310 | $26.95 | 10/04 | Bio | BOOKLIST STAR, PW STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE, PW BEST BOOKS, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Exum, Andrew | This Man's Army: A Soldier's Story from the Front Lines of the War on Terrorism | Penguin | 1592400639 | $25.00 | 6/04 | History | KIRKUS STAR, KIRKUS BEST BOOKS, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Fischer, David Hackett | Washington's Crossing | Oxford Univ | 0195170342 | $35.00 | 1/04 | History | BOOKLIST STAR, KIRKUS STAR, PW STAR, ALA NOTABLE, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE, NYTBR NOTABLE, PW BEST BOOKS, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Fleming, Thomas | The Morality of Everyday Life: Rediscovering an Ancient Alternative to the Liberal Tradition | Univ of Missouri | 0826215092 | $44.95 | 3/04 | History | BOOKLIST STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE |
| Fletcher, Joann, Dr. | The Search for Nefertiti: The True Story of an Amazing Discovery | Harpercollins | 0060585560 | $25.95 | 9/04 | History | PW BEST BOOKS |
| Flynn, Nick | Another Bullshit Night In Suck City: A Memoir | W W Norton | 0393051390 | $23.95 | 9/04 | Bio | LJ BEST BOOKS |
| Fortey, Richard | Earth, An Intimate History | Random House | 0375406263 | $30.00 | 11/04 | Nature | BOOKLIST STAR, KIRKUS STAR, LJ STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE, LJ BEST BOOKS, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Frank, Thomas | What's the Matter With Kansas: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America | Henry Holt | 0805073396 | $24.00 | 6/04 | Politics | KIRKUS STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Frankel, Max | High Noon in the Cold War: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Cuban Missile Crisis | Ballantine Books | 0345465059 | $23.95 | 9/04 | History | LJ STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Fuller, Alexandra | Scribbling the Cat: Travels With an African Soldier | Penguin | 1594200165 | $24.95 | 5/04 | History | BOOKLIST STAR, KIRKUS STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Gaddis, John Lewis | Surprise, Security, and the American Experience | Harvard Univ | 0674011740 | $18.95 | 2/04 | History | NYTBR NOTABLE, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. (EDT) | In Search of Hannah Crafts: Critical Essays in the Bondwoman's Narrative | Perseus | 0465027148 | $27.50 | 1/04 | Bio | BOOKLIST STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE |
| Gill, Gillian | Nightingales: The Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss Florence Nightingale | Ballantine Books | 0345451872 | $27.95 | 8/304 | Bio | BOOKLIST STAR, PW STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE, PW BEST BOOKS |
| Gimlette, John | At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig: Travels Through Paraguay | Random House | 1400041767 | $25.00 | 1/04 | Travel | NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Goldberger, Paul | Up from Zero: Politics, Architecture, and the Rebuilding of New York | Random House | 1400060176 | $24.95 | 9/04 | History | NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Gonnerman, Jennifer | Life on the Outside: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett | Farrar Straus & Giroux | 0374186871 | $24.00 | 3/04 | Social Science | NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Goodman, Amy L. | The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them | Hyperion Books | 1401301312 | $21.95 | 4/04 | Politics | PW STAR, PW BEST BOOKS |
| Goodstein, David | Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil | W W Norton | 0393058573 | $21.95 | 2/04 | TEC047000 | NYTBR NOTABLE, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Granado, Alberto | Traveling with Che Guevara: The Making of a Revolutionary | W W Norton | 1557046395 | $14.95 | 9/04 | Bio | LJ STAR, PW BEST BOOKS |
| Greenblatt, Stephen | Will In The World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare | W W Norton | 0393050572 | $26.95 | 9/04 | Bio | PW STAR, KIRKUS BEST NONFICTION, LJ BEST BOOKS, NYTBR NOTABLE, PW BEST BOOKS |
| Greene, B. | The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality | Random House | 0375412883 | $28.95 | 2/04 | Science | BOOKLIST STAR, LJ STAR, PW STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE, PW BEST BOOKS, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Grobel, Lawrence | The Art of the Interview: Lessons from a Master of the Craft | Random House | 1400050715 | $14.95 | 8/04 | Language | PW BEST BOOKS, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Guillermoprieto, Alma | Dancing With Cuba: A Memoir of the Revolution | Random House | 0375420932 | $25.00 | 2/04 | Bio | KIRKUS STAR, KIRKUS BEST BOOKS, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Hakakian, Roya | Journey from the Land of No | Random House | 1400046114 | $23.00 | 8/04 | Business | PW STAR, PW BEST BOOKS, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS, SLJ ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Heinze, Andrew R. | Jews and the American Soul: Human Nature in the Twentieth Century | Princeton Univ | 0691117551 | $29.95 | 9/04 | Social Science | PW STAR, PW BEST BOOKS |
| Hendra, Tony | Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul | Random House | 1400061849 | $24.95 | 5/04 | Bio | NYTBR NOTABLE, SLJ ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Henig, Robin Marantz | Pandora's Baby: How the First Test Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution | Houghton Mifflin | 0618224157 | $25.00 | 2/04 | Science | LJ STAR, ALA NOTABLE, LJ BEST BOOKS |
| Hersh, Seymour M. | Chain Of Command: The Road From 9/11 To Abu Ghraib | Harpercollins | 0060195916 | $25.95 | 9/04 | Politics | ALA NOTABLE, NYTBR NOTABLE, PW BEST BOOKS |
| Hertzberg, Hendrik | Politics: Observations & Arguments, 1966-2003 | Penguin | 1594200181 | $29.95 | 7/04 | Politics | BOOKLIST STAR, KIRKUS STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Hoffman, Eva | After Such Knowledge: Where Memory of the Holocaust Ends and History Begins | Perseus | 1586480464 | $25.00 | 1/04 | History | PW STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Hughes, Robert | Goya | Random House | 0394580281 | $55.00 | 11/03 | Bio | BOOKLIST STAR, LJ STAR, ALA NOTABLE, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE 03, LJ BEST BOOKS 03 |
| Jeffreys, Diarmuid | Aspirin: The Remarkable Story of a Wonder Drug | St Martins | 1582343861 | $25.95 | 9/04 | Medicine | BOOKLIST STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE |
| Jowitt, Deborah | Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theater,His Dance | Simon & Schuster | 0684869853 | $40.00 | 7/04 | Bio | BOOKLIST STAR, PW STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE, PW BEST BOOKS |
| Kabaservice, Geoffrey | The Guardians: Kingman Brewster, His Circle, and the Rise of the Liberal Establishment | Henry Holt | 0805067620 | $30.00 | 3/04 | Bio | LJ STAR, LJ BEST BOOKS |
| Kaku, Michio | Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimmensions, and the Future of the Cosmos | Bantam Dell | 0385509863 | $27.95 | 12/04 | Science | BOOKLIST STAR, LJ STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Kelly, Ian | Cooking for Kings: The Life of Antonin Careme, the First Celebrity Chef | Walker | 0802714366 | $26.00 | 5/04 | Bio | PW BEST BOOKS |
| Kertzer, David I. | Prisoner Of The Vatican: The Popes' Secret Plot To Capture Rome From The New Italian State | Houghton Mifflin | 0618224424 | $26.00 | 11/04 | History | KIRKUS STAR, PW STAR, PW BEST BOOKS |
| Kolbert, Elizabeth | The Prophet of Love: And Other Tales of Power and Deceit | St Martins | 1582344639 | $23.95 | 5/04 | Politics | KIRKUS STAR, KIRKUS BEST BOOKS |
| Kriegel, Mark | Namath: A Biography | Penguin | 0670033294 | $27.95 | 8/04 | Bio | BOOKLIST STAR, PW STAR, PW BEST BOOKS |
| Kurlansky, Mark | 1968: The Year That Rocked the World | Ballantine Books | 0345455819 | $26.95 | 12/03 | History | ALA NOTABLE |
| Lamb, Simon | Devil in the Mountain: A Search for the Origin of the Andes | Princeton Univ | 0691115966 | $29.95 | 4/04 | Science | NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Lambert, Gavin | Natalie Wood: A Life | Random House | 0375410740 | $25.95 | 1/04 | Bio | NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Land, Brad | Goat: A Memoir | Random House | 1400060931 | $22.95 | 2/04 | Bio | LJ STAR, PW STAR, PW BEST BOOKS, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS, SLJ ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Langewiesche, William | The Outlaw Sea: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime | Farrar Straus & Giroux | 0865475814 | $23.00 | 5/04 | TRA006000 | PW STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Lansky, Aaron | Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of A Man Who Rescued A Million Yiddish Books | Workman | 1565124294 | $24.95 | 9/04 | Bio | BOOKLIST STAR, KIRKUS STAR, LJ STAR, PW STAR, ALA NOTABLE, LJ BEST BOOKS, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Lax, Eric | The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle | Henry Holt | 0805067906 | $25.00 | 4/04 | Science | BOOKLIST STAR, KIRKUS STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE |
| Leland, John | Hip: The History | Harpercollins | 0060528176 | $26.95 | 10/04 | Social Science | LJ STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Lessig, Lawrence | Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity | Penguin | 1594200068 | $24.95 | 3/04 | Politics | PW STAR, PW BEST BOOKS, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Mack, Stan | Janet & Me: an Illustrated Story of Love and Loss | Simon & Schuster | 0684872781 | $14.00 | 10/04 | Bio | LJ STAR, PW BEST BOOKS |
| Mehta, Suketu | Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found | Random House | 0375403728 | $27.95 | 9/04 | History | LJ STAR, PW STAR, LJ BEST BOOKS, B&N DISCOVER NEW WRITERS 2ND PLACE WINNER |
| Miller, Paul D. | Rhythm Science | Mit | 026263287X | $21.95 | 3/04 | PER005000 | PW BEST BOOKS |
| Mintz, Steven | Huck's Raft: A History of American Childhood | Harvard Univ | 0674015088 | $29.95 | 9/04 | History | BOOKLIST STAR, LJ STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Moats, David | Civil Wars: A Battle for Gay Marriage | Harcourt | 015101017X | $25.00 | 12/03 | Politics | KIRKUS STAR, PW STAR, ALA NOTABLE, PW BEST BOOKS, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Montefiore, Sebag | Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar | Random House | 1400042305 | $30.00 | 4/04 | Bio | BOOKLIST STAR, KIRKUS STAR, LJ BEST BOOKS, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Muirhead, Russell | Just Work | Harvard Univ | 0674015584 | $24.95 | 9/04 | Social Science | PW BEST BOOKS |
| Murray, Nicholas | Kafka | Yale Univ | 0300106319 | $30.00 | 8/04 | Bio | BOOKLIST STAR, LJ STAR, LJ BEST BOOKS |
| National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States | 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States | W W Norton | 0393326713 | $10.00 | 7/04 | History | PW STAR, ALA NOTABLE, KIRKUS BEST NONFICTION, LJ BEST BOOKS, NYTBR NOTABLE, PW BEST BOOKS |
| Nazer, Mende | Slave | Perseus | 1586482122 | $25.00 | 1/04 | Bio | BOOKLIST STAR, PW BEST BOOKS, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Parini, Jay | One Matchless Time: A Life of William Faulkner | Harpercollins | 0066210720 | $29.95 | 11/04 | Bio | LJ STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE |
| Peterson, Peter G. | Running on Empty: How the Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It | Farrar Straus & Giroux | 0374252874 | $24.00 | 7/04 | Politics | PW STAR, PW BEST BOOKS |
| Philbrick, Nat | Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 | Penguin | 067003231X | $27.95 | 11/03 | History | KIRKUS STAR, ALA NOTABLE, LJ BEST BOOKS 03, SLJ ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Porter, Roy | Flesh in the Age of Reason | W W Norton | 0393050750 | $29.95 | 2/04 | History | KIRKUS STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE |
| Randal, Jonathan | Osama: The Making of a Terrorist | Random House | 0375409017 | $26.95 | 8/04 | Politics | KIRKUS STAR, PW STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Rasenberger, Jim | High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline | Harpercollins | 0060004347 | $26.95 | 4/04 | History | KIRKUS BEST BOOKS, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Rhodes, Richard | John James Audubon: The Making of an American | Random House | 0375414126 | $30.00 | 10/04 | Bio | BOOKLIST STAR, KIRKUS STAR, LJ STAR, PW STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE TOP OF THE LIST, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE, LJ BEST BOOKS, NYTBR NOTABLE, PW BEST BOOKS |
| Robb, Graham | Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century | W W Norton | 039302038X | $26.95 | 1/04 | Social Science | NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Robin, Corey | Fear: The History of a Political Idea | Oxford Univ | 0195157028 | $28.00 | 8/04 | Politics | PW BEST BOOKS |
| Rosand, David | The Invention of Painting in America | Columbia Univ | 0231132964 | $29.50 | 11/04 | Art | PW BEST BOOKS |
| Ross, Dennis | The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace | Farrar Straus & Giroux | 0374199736 | $35.00 | 7/04 | History | BOOKLIST STAR, PW STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Rule, Ann | Green River, Running Red: The Real Story Of The Green River Killer-America's Deadliest Serial Murderer | Simon & Schuster | 0743238516 | $26.00 | 10/04 | True Crime | PW BEST BOOKS |
| Satrapi, Marjane | Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return | Random House | 0375422889 | $17.95 | 8/04 | Bio | LJ STAR, PW STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS, LJ BEST BOOKS, SLJ BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR |
| Sedaris, David | Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim | Little Brown | 0316143464 | $24.95 | 6/04 | Humor | LJ STAR, PW STAR, LJ BEST BOOKS, PW BEST BOOKS, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Seligman, Craig | Sontag & Kael: Opposites Attract Me | Perseus | 1582433119 | $23.00 | 5/04 | Literature | NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Shen, Fan | Gang of One: Memoirs of a Red Guard | Univ of Nebraska | 0803243081 | $24.95 | 2/04 | Bio | BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Sherry, Norman | The Life of Graham Greene | Penguin | 0670031429 | $39.95 | 10/04 | Bio | BOOKLIST STAR, KIRKUS STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Shipler, David K. | The Working Poor: Invisible in America | Random House | 0375408908 | $25.00 | 2/04 | Social Science | KIRKUS STAR, LJ STAR, PW STAR, KIRKUS BEST NONFICTION, NYTBR NOTABLE, PW BEST BOOKS, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Shorto, Russell | The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America | Bantam Dell | 0385503490 | $27.50 | 4/04 | History | NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Shreeve, James | The Genome War: How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World | Random House | 0375406298 | $26.95 | 1/04 | Science | KIRKUS STAR, KIRKUS BEST BOOKS, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Silverstein, Ken | The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor | Random House | 037550351X | $22.95 | 3/04 | Bio | BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS, SLJ ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Smith, Alison | Name All the Animals: A Memoir | Simon & Schuster | 0743255224 | $24.00 | 2/04 | Bio | KIRKUS STAR, LJ STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS, B&N DISCOVER NEW WRITERS WINNER |
| Sokolove, Michael | The Ticket Out: Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of Crenshaw | Simon & Schuster | 0743226739 | $24.95 | 4/04 | Sports | ALA NOTABLE |
| Spiegelman, Art | In the Shadow of No Towers | Random House | 0375423079 | $19.95 | 9/04 | Politics | PW STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Starr, Paul | The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of American Communications | Perseus | 0465081932 | $27.50 | 4/04 | Language | PW BEST BOOKS |
| Steinhart, Peter | The Undressed Art: Why We Draw | Random House | 1400041848 | $23.00 | 6/04 | Art | NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Stewart, Jon | America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide To Democracy Inaction | Warner Books | 0446532681 | $24.95 | 9/04 | Humor | PW STAR, LJ BEST BOOKS, PW BEST BOOKS, PW BOOK OF THE YEAR |
| Stone, Geoffrey R. | Perilous Times: Free Speech In Wartime: From The Sedition Act Of 1798 To The War On Terrorism | W W Norton | 0393058808 | $35.00 | 10/04 | History | PW STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Sugden, John | Nelson: A Dream of Glory, 1758-1797 | Henry Holt | 080507757X | $35.00 | 10/04 | History | BOOKLIST STAR, PW STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE |
| Sullivan, Robert | Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants | St Martins | 1582343853 | $23.95 | 3/04 | Nature | KIRKUS STAR, LJ STAR, PW STAR, PW BEST BOOKS, SLJ BEST BOOKS |
| Suskind, Ron | The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill | Simon & Schuster | 0743255453 | $26.00 | 1/04 | Politics | NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Swope, Sam | I Am A Pencil: A Teacher, His Kids, and Their World of Stories | Henry Holt | 0805073345 | $25.00 | 7/04 | Education | PW BEST BOOKS |
| Tennant, Alan | On the Wing: To The Edge of The Earth With the Peregrine Falcon | Random House | 0375415513 | $25.00 | 9/04 | Nature | BOOKLIST STAR, LJ STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE, LJ BEST BOOKS, NYTBR NOTABLE, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Thomas, Hugh | Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan | Random House | 0375502041 | $35.00 | 6/04 | History | KIRKUS STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Thomson, David | The Whole Equation: A History Of Hollywood | Random House | 0375400168 | $27.95 | 11/04 | PER004030 | BOOKLIST STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE |
| Tishkov, Valery | Chechnya: Life in a War-Torn Society | Univ of California | 0520238877 | $50.00 | 5/04 | Social Science | PW BEST BOOKS |
| Traig, Jennifer | Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood | Little Brown | 0316158771 | $22.95 | 9/04 | Bio | LJ STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Tucker, Neely | Love in the Driest Season: A Family Memoir | Random House | 0609609769 | $23.95 | 2/04 | Bio | BOOKLIST STAR, LJ STAR, PW STAR, PW BEST BOOKS, SLJ BEST BOOKS |
| Tyson, Neil Degrasse | Origins: Fourteen Billion Years Of Cosmic Evolution | W W Norton | 0393059928 | $27.95 | 9/04 | Science | KIRKUS STAR, LJ STAR, PW STAR, PW BEST BOOKS |
| Underhill, Paco | The Call of the Mall | Simon & Schuster | 0743235916 | $24.95 | 2/04 | Business | BOOKLIST STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE, SLJ ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Vine, Phyllis | One Man's Castle: Clarence Darrow in Defense of the American Dream | Harpercollins | 0066214157 | $24.95 | 4/04 | History | ALA NOTABLE |
| Wald, Elijah | Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues | Harpercollins | 0060524235 | $24.95 | 1/04 | Bio | BOOKLIST STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Wallace, David Rains | Beasts of Eden: Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution | Univ of California | 0520237315 | $24.95 | 5/04 | Science | NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Waller, Douglas | A Question of Loyalty: Gen. Billy Mitchell and the Court-Martial that Gripped the Nation | Harpercollins | 0060505478 | $26.95 | 9/04 | History | BOOKLIST STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE |
| Ward, Geoffrey C. | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Random House | 0375415327 | $26.95 | 10/04 | Bio | BOOKLIST STAR, LJ STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Webb, James | Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America | Bantam Dell | 0767916883 | $25.95 | 10/04 | History | BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE |
| Weiner, Jonathan | His Brother's Keeper: A Story from the Edge of Medicine | Harpercollins | 006001007X | $26.95 | 3/04 | Bio | BOOKLIST STAR, LJ STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Weyler, Rex | Greenpeace: How a Group of Journalists, Ecologists and Visionaries Changed the World | St Martins | 1594861064 | $25.95 | 9/04 | Nature | BOOKLIST STAR, LJ STAR, PW BEST BOOKS, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Wheatcroft, Andrew | Infidels: A History of the Conflict Between Christendom and Islam | Random House | 1400062306 | $29.95 | 6/04 | History | BOOKLIST STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE |
| Whitaker, Robert | The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon | Perseus | 0738208086 | $25.00 | 4/04 | History | BOOKLIST STAR, KIRKUS STAR, BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE, SLJ ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Williams, Buzz | Spare Parts: A Marine Reservist's Journey from Campus to Combat in 38 Days | Penguin | 159240054X | $26.00 | 3/04 | History | BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Wohlforth, Charles | The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change | Farrar Straus & Giroux | 0865476594 | $25.00 | 4/04 | Nature | LJ STAR, PW STAR, LJ BEST BOOKS, BOOKLIST ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Wolfson, Evan | Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry | Simon & Schuster | 0743264584 | $22.00 | 7/04 | Family | PW BEST BOOKS |
| Wood, Gordon S. | The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin | Penguin | 159420019X | $25.95 | 5/04 | Bio | NYTBR NOTABLE,SLJ ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Woodward, Bob | Plan of Attack | Simon & Schuster | 074325547X | $28.00 | 4/04 | Politics | NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Ybarra, Michael J. | Washington Gone Crazy: Senator Pat McCarran and the Great American Communist Hunt | Random House | 1586420658 | $35.00 | 9/04 | Politics | NYTBR NOTABLE |
| Zimmer, Carl | Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain--And How It Changed the World | Simon & Schuster | 0743230388 | $26.00 | 1/04 | Medicine | BOOKLIST STAR, PW STAR, NYTBR NOTABLE |
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