A survey of 500 years of Western cultural life, from 1500 to the present.
9. THE GREATEST GENERATION
by Tom Brokaw
Random House
The lives of men and women who came of age during the Depression and World War II.
10.(x) THE ART OF HAPPINESS
by the Dalai Lama
and Howard C. Cutler
Riverhead
What Buddhism and common sense tell us about everyday problems.
11.(x) PARENTHOOD BY PROXY
by Laura Schlessinger
CliffStreet/HarperCollins
The radio talk-show host offers a guide to getting families back on track.
12.(x) THE TIPPING POINT
by Malcolm Gladwell
Little, Brown
A journalist's study of social epidemics, otherwise known as fads.
13.(x) THE ROCK SAYS ...,
by the Rock with Joe Layden
ReganBooks/HarperCollins
A memoir by a professional wrestler.
14. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BIKE
by Lance Armstrong
with Sally Jenkins
Putnam
A memoir by the Tour de France champion and cancer survivor.
15. FAIR BALL
by Bob Costas
Broadway
The sportscaster's critique of major-league baseball and his proposals for improving the game.
16.(x) ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY
by David Sedaris
Little, Brown
A collection of autobiographical comic essays by the author of Naked.
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