>Here, from the left biweekly CounterPunch, is a listing of the twentieth
>century's top 100 nonfiction.
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>This should spark some interesting counter lists, objections, modifications,
>etc. Just for starters, I could do without the garden books,
Ha. Elizebeth David's French Provincial Cooking is the best introduction to French cuisine. I say this as a classically trained French cook (chef).
Interesting list, with some interesting choices like TheDivided Self, Harold Innis.
Here's some I would add:
Trotsky: History of the Russian Rev. Deutscher: Prophet Armed 3vols. Lenin: State and Rev., Development of Cap in Russia Quine: Word and Object Carnap: Meaning and Necessity Ayer: Language Truth and Logic Copleston: History of Philosophy Wittgenstein: Philosophical Explanations Russell and Whitehead: Principii Mathematica Frege:Grundlagen Nussbaum: Fragility of Goodness Carr EH: Bolshevik Revolution 3vs Reed: Ten Days That Shook the World, Insurgent Mexico Bettelheim: Class Strugglesin the USSR 3vols. Twain: Letters From the Earth, King Leopold's Ghost Hauser: Social History of Art 4vols, Sociology of Art Dobb: Studies in the Development of Capitalism Cohen: Marx's Theory of History Solomon: Mozart Rosen: The Classical Style Serge: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Beauvoir:The Second Sex Chomsky: The Fateful Triangle R.Dalton: Miguel Marmol Art Pepper: Straight Life Sartre: Critique of Dialectical Reason Fanon: The Wretched of the Earth Galeano: Open Veins of Latin America Sweezy: Theory of Capitalist development Gramsci Prison Notebooks Schumpeter: History of Economic Analysis Rawls: A Theory of Justice Honderich: A Theory of Determinism 2vs Nozick-Anarchy,State,Utopia Blum: Killing Hope J.M. Smith: Theory of Evolution Mayr: Growth of Biological Thought Dobzhansky: Genetics and Causes of Evolution Bernal: Science in History 4vols. Lewontin,Rose,Kamin: Not in Our Genes W.Benjamin: Illuminations, Reflections Orwell: Homage to Catalonia Kolko: Politics of War Cole:History of Socialism 8vols. Wallerstein: The Modern World System 3vols. Bombecker(s): The Joy of Cooking Willoughby: Handmade Houses Nizan: Antoine Bloye Charles Nicholl: The Fruit Palace Bruce Chatwin: In Patagonia Koning: Colombus: His Enterprise, How Natives Lost Their Land, The ALmost World Lukacs History and Class Consciousness Malcolm X Speaks Kuhn: Scientific Revolutions J.Bennett- Locke, Berkeley,Hume
Honorable Mentions
Dictionary of Cynical Quotations Bluff Your Way Through the Classics Europe Through the Gutter South America on $10 a day Assault With a Deadly Weapon:Autobiography of a Street Criminal
Fiction
Under the Volcano Lowry Ham on Rye Bukowski Princess Cassamassima James Jennie Gerhardt Dreiser Nostromo: Conrad Nausea Sartre Sons and Lovers Lawrence Man Without Qualities Robert Musil For Whom The Bell Tolls Hemingway We: Zemyatin Serge: Victory in Defeat, Defeat in Victory. 3vols. Brecht: Collected Plays Grapes of Wrath-Steinbeck Marquez-100 Hundred Years of Solitude. Eugene O'Neill- The Iceman Cometh, Long Day's Journey Into Night Ellison: Invisible Man Joyce: Dubliners Chandler: The Long Goodbye