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One Vote - One Book; and of course that one vote may change before the year is out.

Doesn't have to be published in 2012, just the one you have liked the most.

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1		Instruction Manual for the 21st Century Samurai by Alexei Maxim Russell (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 98 ratings score: 400, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie 3.95 avg rating — 109,250 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda by Roméo Dallaire 4.25 avg rating — 14,108 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		The Fellowship: The Untold Story of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship by Roger Friedland (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 540 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		The Forgetting River: A Modern Tale of Survival, Identity, and the Inquisition by Doreen Carvajal (Goodreads Author) 3.33 avg rating — 271 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I by M.J. Carter (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 4,403 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		A Brief History of Mathematics by Marcus du Sautoy (Author and Narrator) 3.82 avg rating — 255 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Here Be Dragons: How the Study of Animal and Plant Distributions Revolutionized Our Views of Life and Earth by Dennis McCarthy 4.12 avg rating — 170 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes 3.97 avg rating — 10,246 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Dying in Indian Country: A Family Journey from Self-destruction to Opposing Tribal Sovereignty by Beth Ward 3.79 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		The Art of War by Sun Tzu 3.94 avg rating — 596,478 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis by Elaine Morgan 3.99 avg rating — 392 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir by Clint Hill 4.26 avg rating — 19,600 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

13 books · 19 voters · list created October 9th, 2012 by Bettie (votes) .

Tags: 2012, favourite-2012-onebook-onevote, non-fiction

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message 1: by Wanda (new)

Oct 09, 2012 05:11PM

Wanda

Bettie, I have been sorely lacking in reading "the real stuff" this year. However, I will add Catherine by Massie as I will be reading her in November. Okay?

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message 2: by Bettie (last edited Oct 09, 2012 05:36PM) (new)

Oct 09, 2012 05:27PM

Bettie

Wanda wrote: "Bettie, I have been sorely lacking in reading "the real stuff" this year. However, I will add Catherine by Massie as I will be reading her in November. Okay?"

Mighty fine.I would have been up for Massie if I hadn't read Rounding's version so recently: Catherine the Great: Love, Sex, and Power

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message 3: by Bettie (new)

Oct 10, 2012 03:34AM

Bettie

I spot a double up - whodafunkit!
:O)

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message 4: by Wanda (new)

Oct 10, 2012 04:33AM

Wanda

TA and I are twins.

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message 5: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Oct 10, 2012 06:31AM

Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large)

:)

Bookend twins. Geographically and as far as this year's nonfiction reads are concerned ... the end of Wanda's year and the beginning of mine!

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message 6: by Bettie (new)

Oct 26, 2012 02:44PM

Bettie

that's lovely, that is

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