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Books read in 2004

101. “Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish books” by Aaron Lanksy

100. “How Reading Changed by Life” by Anna Quindlen

99. “Dream Work” by Mary Oliver

98. “On the Way Home” by Anne Fishbein

97. “Nine Horses: Poems” by Billy Collins

96. “Cartographic Design: Using ArcView GIS” by Ed Madej

95. “I Shall Not Be Moved” by Maya Angelou

94. “Discovering Computers 2004: A Gateway to Information: Brief” by Gary Shelly, Thomas Cashman and Misty Vermaat

93. “No Opportunity Wasted: 8 Ways to Create A List for the Life You Want” by Phil Keoghan with Warren Berger

92. “The Adventures of Abdi” by Madonna

91. “Dreidelcat” by Evelyn Loeb, illustrated by Wendy Wallin Malinow

90. “Cartographic Design: Using ArcView GIS” by Ed Madej

89. “Getting to Know ArcView GIS: The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) For Everyone” by Pat Breslin, Nick Frunzi, Eileen Napoleon and Tim Ormsby

88. “Matuhil Needle” by Hinemoana Baker

87. “The Final Solution: A Story of Detection” by Michael Chabon

86. “Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali” by D.T. Niane

85. “Millionaire Women Next Door: The Many Journeys of Successful American Businesswomen” by Thomas J Stanley

84. “Going Postal” by Terry Pratchett

83. “Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Brief Edition” by C Norman Hollingsworth with Mary Carole Hollingsworth, and Diane Kores

82. “The Sunday Philosophy Club” by Alexander McCall Smith

81. “Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood” by Fatima Mernissi

80. “Look! The Fundamentals of Art History” by Anne D’Alleva

79. “Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World” by Tracy Kidder

78. “Introduction to Business, 3rd edition” by Jeff Madura

77. “Open Me…I’m a Dog” by Art Spiegelman

76. “Words under the Words: Selected Poems” by Naomi Shihab Nye

75. “The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels” by Michael Watkins

74. “Why I am a Muslim: An American Odyssey” by Asma Gull Hansan

73. “Zither and Autobiography” by Leslie Scalapino

72. “Cry, the Beloved Country” by Alan Paton

71. “Elephant Destiny: Biography of an Endangered Species in Africa” by Martin Meredith

70. “The Idea of Perfection” by Kate Grenville

69. “Ten Big Ones” by Janet Evanovich

68. “Murder on the Leviathan” by Boris Akunin, translated by Andrew Bromfield

67. “Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez” by Richard Rodriguez

66. “The Winter Queen” by Boris Akunin, translated by Andrew Bromfield

65. “The Art of Leadership: A Practical Guide for People in Positions of Responsibility” by J Donald Walters

64. “The Insanity of Empire: A Book of Poems Against the Iraq War” by Robert Bly

63. “Spanish for Reading: A Self-Instructional Course” by Fabiola Franco and Karl Sandberg

62. “Western Witch, Season of the” by Georganne Deen

61. “Painting and Drawings” by Rene Ricard

60. “Yakou and the Seven Thieves” by Madonna

59. “Guardian on the Horizon” by Elizabeth Peters

58. “The Art of Art History: A Critical Anthology” edited by Donald Preziosi

57. “Warrior of Light: A Manual” by Paulo Coelho

56. “Seeking the Calm in the Storm: Managing Chaos in Your Business Life” by Judith M Bardwick

55. “Around the World in Eighty Days” by Jules Verne, translated by William Butcher

54. “Endless Highway” by David Carradine

53. “The Rule of Four” by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason

52. “Antipodes” by Ignacio Padilla

51. “The Horse is Good” by Viggo Mortensen

50. “Trance” by Jorge Luis Alvarez Pupo

49. “Womankind: Faces of Change Around the World” by Donna Nebenzahl, photos by Nance Ackerman

48. “The Full Cupboard of Life” by Alexander McCall Smith

47. “Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman” by Alice Steinbach

46. “Saturday Nights in Marietta” by Robert Bly

45. “Who Moved my Cheese?: An Amazing way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life” by Spencer Johnson

44. “Shopping for Buddhas” by Jeff Greenwald

43. “Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results” by Stephen Lundin, Harry Paul and John Christensen

42. “Ella Enchanted” by Gail Carson Levine

41. “Heart of Darkness with Congo Diary” by Joseph Conrad

40. “Paris Interiors” by Lisa Lovatt-Smith

39. “The Encyclopedia of Women’s Travel and Exploration” by Patricia D Netzley

38. “Reaper Man” by Terry Pratchett

37. “The Sword and the Flute: Kali and Krsna, Dark Visions of the Terrible and Sublime in Hindu Mythology” by David Kinsley

36. “Warm Spell” by Bill Holm

35. “Playing the Black Piano” by Bill Holm

34. “Equal Rites” by Terry Pratchett

33. “Siberia Bound: Chasing the American Dream on Russia’s Wild Frontier” by Alexander Blakely

32. “The Game” by Laurie R. King

31. “The Tale of Desperaux” by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering

30. “The Weavers” by Bill Holm

29. “Talking the Boundless Book: Art, Language, and the Book Arts” by Charles Alexander

28. “The Time Traveler’s Wife” by Audrey Niffenegger

27. “The Light Fantastic” by Terry Pratchett

26. “The Horse is Good” by Viggo Mortensen

25. “Minnesota Lutheran Handbook” by Bill Holm

24. “Ahead of Their Time: A Biographical Dictionary of Risk-Taking Women” by Joyce Duncan

23. “Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India” by Diana L Eck

22. “Malaria Dreams: An African Adventure” by Stuart Stevens

21. “Pictures of Holm: Photographs and Poems of Tucson Arizona and the Southwest” by Bill Holm

20. “Night Train to Turkistan: Modern Adventures Along China’s Silk Road” by Stuart Stevens

19. “The Quiet Hours: City Photographs” by Mike Melman, with an essay by Bill Holm

18. “Playing Hyden for the Angel of Death” by Bill Holm

17. “The Joy of Books” by Elmer L Anderson, edited by Lori Sturdevant

16. “The City of Ink Drinkers” by Eric Sanvoisin, illustrations by Martin Matje

15. “Jingo” by Terry Pratchett

14. “Playing Hyden for the Angel of Death” by Bill Holm

13. “The Mystery of the Jeweled Cross: A Shadwell Rafferty Adventure” by Larry Millett

12. “Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote

11. “Hog Father” by Terry Pratchett

10. “Jan and Catharina” by Michael Tobias

9. “Chocolate Cookies for Your Enemies” by Bill Holm

8. “Meet Maya Angelou” by Valerie Spain

7. “The Music of Failure” by Bill Holm

6. “Coming Home Crazy: An Alphabet of China” by Bill Holm

5. “A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World” by Nicholas A. Basbanes

4. “The Last Secrets of the Silk Road: In the Footsteps of Marco Polo by Horse and Camel” by Countess Alexandra Tolstoy

3. “Monstrous Regiment” by Terry Pratchett

2. “The Bookseller of Kabul” by Asne Seierstad

1. “The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World” photos by Guillaume de Laubier, text by Jacques Bosser