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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
41
Stephen R.Brown
Leonardo and the Last Supper (Ross King)
Leonardo and the Last Supper
42
Ross King
Life After Death (Damien Echols)
Life After Death
43
Damien Echols
Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History (John Fabian Witt)
Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History
44
John Fabian Witt
Living, Thinking, Looking (Siri Hustvedt)
Living, Thinking, Looking
45
Siri Hustvedt
Magic Hours (Tom Bissell)
Magic Hours
46
Tom Bissell
The Mansion of Happiness
The Mansion of Happiness
47
Mao: The Real Story (Alexander V. Pantsov)
Mao: The Real Story
48
Alexander V. Pantsov
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me (Ellen Forney)
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me
49
Ellen Forney
Marvel Comics: The Untold Story (Sean Howe)
Marvel Comics: The Untold Story
50
Sean Howe
Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins (Ian Tattersall)
Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins
51
Ian Tattersall
Mortality (Christopher Hitchens)
Mortality
52
Christopher Hitchens
Nature Wars (Jim Sterba)
Nature Wars
53
Jim Sterba
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
54
Arthur Goldwag
Nightcap at Dawn: American Soldiers' Counterinsurgency in Iraq (J.B. Walker)
Nightcap at Dawn: American Soldiers' Counterinsurgency in Iraq
55
J.B. Walker
The Old Ways (Robert MacFarlane)
The Old Ways
56
Robert MacFarlane
On Celestial Music and Other Adventures in Listening (Rick Moody)
On Celestial Music and Other Adventures in Listening
57
Rick Moody
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
58
Bernard Wasserstein
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
59
William Souder
On Politics: A History of Political Thought (Alan Ryan)
On Politics: A History of Political Thought
60
Alan Ryan
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
61
Philip Taubman
The Passage of Power (Robert A. Caro)
The Passage of Power
62
Robert A. Caro
The Patagonian Hare (Claude Lanzmann)
The Patagonian Hare
63
Claude Lanzmann
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
64
David Nasaw
Portrait of a Novel (Michael Gorra)
Portrait of a Novel
65
Michael Gorra
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
66
David Rothkopf
Predator Nation (Charles Ferguson)
Predator Nation
67
Charles Ferguson
The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity (Nancy Gibbs)
The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity
68
Nancy Gibbs
Private Empire: Exxonmobil and American Power (Steve Coll)
Private Empire: Exxonmobil and American Power
69
Steve Coll
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Susan Cain)
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
70
Susan Cain
Red Plenty (Francis Spufford)
Red Plenty
71
Francis Spufford
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
72
David Von Drehle
Savage Continent (Keith Lowe)
Savage Continent
73
Keith Lowe
Season of the Witch (David Talbot)
Season of the Witch
74
David Talbot
The Social Conquest of Earth (Edward O. Wilson)
The Social Conquest of Earth
75
Edward O. Wilson
Spillover : Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic (David Quammen)
Spillover : Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
76
David Quammen
Stella Adler on America's Master Playwrights (Stella Adler)
Stella Adler on America's Master Playwrights
77
Stella Adler
The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years (Robert M. Hazen)
The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years
78
Robert M. Hazen
Subversives (Seth Rosenfeld)
Subversives
79
Seth Rosenfeld
Surviving Survival (Laurence Gonzales)
Surviving Survival
80
Laurence Gonzales
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