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Kirkus Best Nonfiction of 2012 - Page 2

Here is a list of Kurkus Review's best nonfiction of the year 2012. How many of these have you read?
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The Last Viking (Stephen R.Brown)
The Last Viking
Stephen R.Brown
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Leonardo and the Last Supper (Ross King)
Leonardo and the Last Supper
Ross King
43
Life After Death (Damien Echols)
Life After Death
Damien Echols
44
Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History (John Fabian Witt)
Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History
John Fabian Witt
45
Living, Thinking, Looking (Siri Hustvedt)
Living, Thinking, Looking
Siri Hustvedt
46
Magic Hours (Tom Bissell)
Magic Hours
Tom Bissell
47
The Mansion of Happiness
The Mansion of Happiness
48
Mao: The Real Story (Alexander V. Pantsov)
Mao: The Real Story
Alexander V. Pantsov
49
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me (Ellen Forney)
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me
Ellen Forney
50
Marvel Comics: The Untold Story (Sean Howe)
Marvel Comics: The Untold Story
Sean Howe
51
Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins (Ian Tattersall)
Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins
Ian Tattersall
52
Mortality (Christopher Hitchens)
Mortality
Christopher Hitchens
53
Nature Wars (Jim Sterba)
Nature Wars
Jim Sterba
54
The New Hate: A History of Fear and Loathing on the Populist Right (Arthur Goldwag)
The New Hate: A History of Fear and Loathing on the Populist Right
Arthur Goldwag
55
Nightcap at Dawn: American Soldiers' Counterinsurgency in Iraq (J.B. Walker)
Nightcap at Dawn: American Soldiers' Counterinsurgency in Iraq
J.B. Walker
56
The Old Ways (Robert MacFarlane)
The Old Ways
Robert MacFarlane
57
On Celestial Music and Other Adventures in Listening (Rick Moody)
On Celestial Music and Other Adventures in Listening
Rick Moody
58
On the Eve: The Jews of Europe Before the Second World War (Bernard Wasserstein)
On the Eve: The Jews of Europe Before the Second World War
Bernard Wasserstein
59
On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring (William Souder)
On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring
William Souder
60
On Politics: A History of Political Thought (Alan Ryan)
On Politics: A History of Political Thought
Alan Ryan
61
The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb (Philip Taubman)
The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb
Philip Taubman
62
The Passage of Power (Robert A. Caro)
The Passage of Power
Robert A. Caro
63
The Patagonian Hare (Claude Lanzmann)
The Patagonian Hare
Claude Lanzmann
64
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy (David Nasaw)
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
David Nasaw
65
Portrait of a Novel (Michael Gorra)
Portrait of a Novel
Michael Gorra
66
Power, Inc.: The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government - The Reckoning That Lies Ahead (David Rothkopf)
Power, Inc.: The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government - The Reckoning That Lies Ahead
David Rothkopf
67
Predator Nation (Charles Ferguson)
Predator Nation
Charles Ferguson
68
The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity (Nancy Gibbs)
The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity
Nancy Gibbs
69
Private Empire: Exxonmobil and American Power (Steve Coll)
Private Empire: Exxonmobil and American Power
Steve Coll
70
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
71
Red Plenty (Francis Spufford)
Red Plenty
Francis Spufford
72
Rise to Greatness: Abraham Lincoln and America's Most Perilous Year (David Von Drehle)
Rise to Greatness: Abraham Lincoln and America's Most Perilous Year
David Von Drehle
73
Savage Continent (Keith Lowe)
Savage Continent
Keith Lowe
74
Season of the Witch (David Talbot)
Season of the Witch
David Talbot
75
The Social Conquest of Earth (Edward O. Wilson)
The Social Conquest of Earth
Edward O. Wilson
76
Spillover : Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic (David Quammen)
Spillover : Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
David Quammen
77
Stella Adler on America's Master Playwrights (Stella Adler)
Stella Adler on America's Master Playwrights
Stella Adler
78
The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years (Robert M. Hazen)
The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years
Robert M. Hazen
79
Subversives (Seth Rosenfeld)
Subversives
Seth Rosenfeld
80
Surviving Survival (Laurence Gonzales)
Surviving Survival
Laurence Gonzales
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