Salon.com's Favorite Non-Fiction of 2007 (Best Book Recommendations)

Salon.com's Favorite Non-Fiction of 2007

a list by Peter Steinberg, avid reader

Salon.com, the New Yorker of the 21st Century, picks their favorite books every year. Here are their non-fiction selections for 2007.

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_NonFiction_of_2007/The_Father_of_All_Things_A_Marine_His_Son_and_the_Legacy_of_Vietnam');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/037542265X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_NonFiction_of_2007/The_Father_of_All_Things_A_Marine_His_Son_and_the_Legacy_of_Vietnam');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/037542265X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam by Tom Bissell onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_NonFiction_of_2007/The_Father_of_All_Things_A_Marine_His_Son_and_the_Legacy_of_Vietnam');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/037542265X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_NonFiction_of_2007/The_Father_of_All_Things_A_Marine_His_Son_and_the_Legacy_of_Vietnam');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/037542265X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 432 page hardcover \|$16.50 \|12 reviews This book also appears on The New York Times' 50 Notable Books of 2007 (Non-Fiction)


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_NonFiction_of_2007/Gertrude_Bell_Queen_of_the_Desert_Shaper_of_Nations');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0374531358'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_NonFiction_of_2007/Gertrude_Bell_Queen_of_the_Desert_Shaper_of_Nations');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0374531358'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations by Georgina Howell onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_NonFiction_of_2007/Gertrude_Bell_Queen_of_the_Desert_Shaper_of_Nations');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0374531358'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_NonFiction_of_2007/Gertrude_Bell_Queen_of_the_Desert_Shaper_of_Nations');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0374531358'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 512 page paperback \|$10.20 \|20 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_NonFiction_of_2007/Legacy_of_Ashes_The_History_of_the_CIA');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/038551445X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_NonFiction_of_2007/Legacy_of_Ashes_The_History_of_the_CIA');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/038551445X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_NonFiction_of_2007/Legacy_of_Ashes_The_History_of_the_CIA');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/038551445X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_NonFiction_of_2007/Legacy_of_Ashes_The_History_of_the_CIA');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/038551445X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 702 page hardcover \|$18.45 \|118 reviews This book also appears on: The Economist's Best Books of 2007 (History) The New York Times' 50 Notable Books of 2007 (Non-Fiction) Time Magazine's Top 10 Books of 2007 (Non-Fiction)


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_NonFiction_of_2007/The_Long_Embrace_Raymond_Chandler_and_the_Woman_He_Loved');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1400095174'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_NonFiction_of_2007/The_Long_Embrace_Raymond_Chandler_and_the_Woman_He_Loved');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1400095174'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved by Judith Freeman onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_NonFiction_of_2007/The_Long_Embrace_Raymond_Chandler_and_the_Woman_He_Loved');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1400095174'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_NonFiction_of_2007/The_Long_Embrace_Raymond_Chandler_and_the_Woman_He_Loved');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1400095174'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 368 page paperback \|$10.17 \|15 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_NonFiction_of_2007/The_World_Without_Us');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312347294'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_NonFiction_of_2007/The_World_Without_Us');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312347294'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">The World Without Us by Alan Weisman onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_NonFiction_of_2007/The_World_Without_Us');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312347294'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_NonFiction_of_2007/The_World_Without_Us');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312347294'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 336 page hardcover \|$16.47 \|232 reviews This book also appears on Time Magazine's Top 10 Books of 2007 (Non-Fiction)

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