A tasty holiday list:

Quicksand : HIV/AIDS in our lives, by Anonymous.

Rainbow solidarity in defense of Cuba, by Leslie Feinberg.

An empire unacquainted with defeat, by Glen Cook.

World cheese book, editor-in-chief, Juliet Harbutt.

Waste : uncovering the global food scandal, by Tristram Stuart.
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The real world of a forensic scientist : renowned experts reveal what it takes to solve crimes, by Henry C. Lee, Elaine M. Pagliaro, Katherine Ramsland.

There once lived a woman who tried to kill her neighbor's baby : scary fairy tales, by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya.

An elegy for Easterly : stories, by Petina Gappah.

Letters of a Peruvian woman, by Françoise de Graffigny.

Difford's encyclopedia of cocktails : 2,600 recipes, by Simon Difford.
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Chocolate : a love story, by Max Brenner.

Genda's blade : Japan's squadron of aces, by Henry Sakaida and Koji Takaki.

Extreme Halloween, by Tom Nardone.

Making connections : a handbook of cold joins for jewelers and mixed-media artists, by Susan Lenart Kazmer and Nina Graci.

Dissection : photographs of a rite of passage in American medicine, 1880-1930, by John Harley Warner and James E. Edmonson.
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Ghoulish goodies, by Sharon Bowers.

Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff : the expanded story of a haunting collaboration with a complete filmography of their films together, revised edition, by Gregory William Monk.

Sense and sensibility and sea monsters, by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters.

Poseidon's steed : the story of seahorses from myth to reality, by Helen Scales.

101 things to do before you diet : because looking great isn't just about losing weight, by Mimi Spencer.
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Woman from Shanghai : tales of survival from a Chinese labor camp, by Xianhu Yang.

The Good Humor Man, by Andrew Fox.

Face it and fix it : a three-step plan to break free from denial and discover the life you deserve, by Ken Seeley and Myatt Murphy.

Matthew Mead's monster book of Halloween : hundreds of spooky treats and clever crafts for the best holiday ever!, compiled by Matthew Mead.

Life in the Medieval cloister, by Julie Kerr.

Super suckers : the giant Pacific octopus and other cephalopods of the Pacific coast, by James A. Cosgrove and Neil McDaniel.
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The woman who decided to die : challenges and choices at the edges of medicine, by Ronald Munson.

How the Beatles destroyed rock 'n' roll : an alternative history of American popular music, by Elijah Ward.

The spirit level : why greater equality makes societies stronger, by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett.

Theo Gray's mad science : experiments you can do at home -- but probably shouldn't, by Theo Gray.

You don't have to be diabetic to love this cookbook : 250 amazing dishes for people with diabetes and their families and friends, by Tom Valenti and Andrew Friedman.

Women do this every day : selected poems of Lillian Allen, by Lillian Allen.
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catdesk has opted out of LJ's new "My Guest" feature ... the cataloguer has far better things to do than worry about who happens across this place.

Crazy love : a memoir, by Leslie Morgan Steiner.

Dust from our eyes : an unblinkered look at Africa, by Joan Baxter.

The secret lives of boys : inside the raw emotional world of male teens, by Malina Saval.

Harry Truman's excellent adventure : the true story of a great American road trip, by Matthew Algeo.

Floods, famines, and emperors : El Niño and the fate of civilizations, revised edition, by Brian Fagan.

Spent : sex, evolution, and consumer behavior, by Geoffrey Miller.
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The ultimate guide to weight training for fencing, second edition, by Robert G. Price.

First person queer : who we are (so far) and Second person queer : who you are (so far), both edited by Richard Labonté and Lawrence Schimel.

Remembering our childhood : how memory betrays us, by Karl Sabbagh.

Fabricate : 17 innovative sewing projects that make fabric the star, by Susan Weisinger.

Requiem for a paper bag : celebrities & civilians tell stories of the best lost, tossed & found items around the world, edited by Davy Rothbart.

Darwin's lost world : the hidden history of animal life, by Martin Brasier.
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Mop men : inside the world of Crime Scene Cleaners, by Alan Emmins.

The underground gators, by Tina Casey.

Tear down this myth : how the Reagan legacy has distorted our politics and haunts our future, by William Bunch.

Vintage Paris couture : the French woman's guide to shopping, by Jessica Clayton.

One big happy family : 18 writers talk about polyamory, open adoption, mixed marriage, househusbandry, single motherhood, and other realities of truly modern love, edited by Rebecca Walker.

The means of reproduction : sex, power and the future of the world, by Michelle Goldberg.
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Revolution in a bottle, by Tom Szaky.

Special-needs kids eat right, by Judy Converse.

The secret lives of litterbugs, and other (true) stories, by M.A.C. Farrant.

Comfort food : a delicious trip down memory lane, by Southern Living.

Make it plain : standing up and speaking out, by Vernon E. Jordan and Lee A. Daniels.
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Clean, well-lighted sentences : a guide to avoiding the most common errors in grammar and punctuation, by Janis Bell.

Undress me in the Temple of Heaven : a memoir, by Susan Jane Gilman.

Tiny, tiny houses, by Lester Walker.

Not so big remodeling : tailoring your house for the way you really live, by Sarah Susanka and Marc Vassallo.

Pet projects : the animal knits bible, by Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne. Ideal for the person who's always wanted to knit a ferret. ;-)

What have you changed your mind about? : today's leading minds rethink everything, edited by John Brockman.
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Chocolate : pathway to the gods, by Meredith L. Dreiss and Sharon Edgar Greenhill.

I'd rather we got casinos, and other Black thoughts, by Larry Wilmore.

The better world shopping guide, by Ellis Jones.

Kimono as art : the landscapes of Itchiku Kubota, edited by Dale Carolyn Gluckman.

The basics of corset building : a handbook for beginners, by Linda Sparks.

Paint it black : a guide to gothic homemaking, by Voltaire.
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The samurai sword : a handbook, by John M. Yumoto.

50 green projects for the evil genius, by Jamil Sharriff.

The complete idiot's guide to changing old habits for good, by G. Alan Marlatt.

The gift of adult ADD : how to transform your challenges & build on your strengths, by Lara Honos-Webb.

People are idiots and I can prove it! : the 10 ways you are sabotaging yourself and how you can overcome them, by Larry Winget.

Origami art : 15 exquisite folded paper designs from the Origamido Studio, by Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander.
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Long overdue, I know, but compensates by being the biggest one yet!

The Sun and the moon : the remarkable true account of hoaxers, showmen, dueling journalists, and lunar man-bats in ninteenth-century New York, by Matthew Goodman.

America : a history in art : the American journey told by painters, sculptors, photographers, and architects, by W.G. Scheller.

Indian textiles, by John Gillow and Nicholas Barnard.

The hungry scientist handbook, by Patrick Buckley and Lily Binns.

The artifice of beauty : a history and practical guide to perfume and cosmetics, by Sally Pointer.

Backstabbing for beginners : my crash course in international diplomacy, by Michael Soussan.
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The biggest booklist posted here so far! And we'll start off with a little something for Hallowe'en ...

Extreme pumpkins and Extreme pumpkins II, both by Tom Nardone.

Lifting depression : a neuroscientist's hands-on approach to activating your brain's healing power, by Kelly Lambert.

The time of their lives : the golden age of great American publishers, their editors, and authors, by Al Silverman. (thanks to Brad for this one!)

The Montefeltro conspiracy : a Renaissance mystery decoded, by Marcello Simonetta.

Limekiller, by Avram Davidson.

dotCrime manifesto : how to stop Internet crime, by Phillip Hallam-Baker.

The Black list, by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Elvis Mitchell.
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It's been ages, but I'm making it up with quantity!

Making the grade with ADD : a student's guide to succeeding in college with Attention Deficit Disorder, by Stephanie Sarkis.

Buzzed : the straight facts about the most used and abused drugs from alcohol to ecstasy, 3rd edition, by Cynthia Kuhn, Scott Swartzwelder, and Wilkie Wilson.

Lickety-split diabetic meals, by Zonya Foco.

When good people have affairs : inside the hearts and minds of people in two relationships, by Mira Kirshenbaum.

The everything health guide to migraines, by Paula Ford-Martin.

Open : love, sex, and life in an open marriage, by Jenny Block.

Number freaking, by Gary Rimmer.
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Techniques of medieval armour reproduction : the 14th century, by Brian R. Price.

Good-bye, by Yoshihiro Tatsumi.

Reference librarianship : notes from the trenches, by Charles R. Anderson and Peter Sprenkle.

The black death : a personal history, by John Hatcher.

Green up your cleanup, by Jill Potvin Schoff.

Asian cinema : a field guide, by Tom Vick.
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Life sucks, by Jessica Abel, Gabriel Soria, and Warren Pleece.

In the small, by Michael Devon Hague.

Secrets of rusty things : transforming found objects into art, Michael de Meng.

Literally, the best language book ever : annoying words and abused phrases you should never use again, by Paul Yeager.

Jane Boleyn : the true story of the infamous Lady Rochford, by Julia Fox.

Grave secrets of dinosaurs : soft tissues and hard science, by Phillip Manning.
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Here comes everybody : the power of organizing without organizations, by Clay Shirky.

I've got this friend who ... : what you can do if you think you or your friend has a serious problem, edited by Anna Radev.

Love + sex with robots : the evolution of human-robot relationships, by David Levy.

Let me stand alone : the journals of Rachel Corrie, by Rachel Corrie.

Crazy for God : how I grew up as one of the elect, helped found the religious right, and lived to take all (or almost all) of it back, by Frank Schaeffer.

Built by animals : the natural history of animal architecture, by Mike Hansell.
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Body parts : a practical source book for drawing the human figure, by Simon Jennings.

A bee in the mouth : anger in America now, by Peter Wood.

Training women in the martial arts : a special journey, by Jennifer Lawler and Laura Kamienski.

Math doesn't suck : how to survive middle school math, by Danica McKellar.

Welcome to Tranquility, volume 1 and Welcome to Tranquility, volume 2, by Gail Simone.

House of clay, by Naomi Nowak.
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Divorce dollars : get your fair share, by Akeela Davis.

And it's goodnight from him ... : the autobiography of The Two Ronnies, by Ronnie Corbett.

Real vampires have curves, by Gerry Bartlett.

Tweak : growing up on methamphetamines, by Nic Sheff.

Subversion : the definitive history of underground cinema, by Duncan Reekie.
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The flexitarian table : inspired, flexible meals for vegetarians, meat lovers, and everyone in between, by Peter Berley.

Panna cotta : Italy's elegant custard made easy and Enlightened chocolate, both by Camilla V. Saulsbury.

Investigating Farscape : uncharted territories of sex and science fiction, by Jes Battis.

On the table : 100 years of functional ceramics in Canada, curated by Sandra Alfoldy and Rachel Gotlieb (sorry, couldn't find a link for the book anywhere, not even on the Museum's site) ... catalogue for the exhibition of the same name.

Encounters in the virtual feminist museum : time, space and the archive, by Griselda Pollock.

Creating a world without poverty : social business and the future of capitalism, by Muhammad Yunus.
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Goldwork embroidery : designs and projects, by Mary Brown.

AirCraft : the jet as art, by Jeffrey Milstein.

Body drama : real girls, real bodies, real issues, real answers, by Nancy Amanda Redd. A book about realistic female bodies that actually portrays REAL bodies (I swear, all the others I've ever seen have used only the thin and athletic as illustrations)

Savory baking from the Mediterranean : focaccias, flatbreads, rusks, tarts, and other breads, by Anissa Helou.

Laughing in the face of danger : World War true : real people, real heroes, real funny ..., by Scott Haskins.

Girl, get your credit straight! : a sister's guide to ditching your debt, mending your credit, and building a strong financial future, by Glinda Bridgforth.
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Jan Van Noordt : painter of history and portraits in Amsterdam, by David de Witt.

The history of astronomy, by Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest.

Pretending you care : the Retail employee handbook, by Norman Feuti.

Vishnu's crowded temple : India since the great rebellion, by Maria Misra.

My grandfather's son : a memoir, by Clarence Thomas.

The Soviet image : a hundred years of photographs from inside the TASS archives, by Peter Radetsky and Sam Radetsky.
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The party dress, by Alexandra Black.

Reef, by Scubazoo.

Diabetes meals on $7 a day -- or less! : how to plan healthy menus without breaking the bank, by Patti Geil and Tami Ross.

The last mazurka : a family's tale of war, passion, and loss, by Andrew Tarnowski.

Aaronsohn's maps : the untold story of the man who might have created peace in the Middle East, by Patricia Goldstone.

Fires were started : British cinema and Thatcherism, second edition, by Lester D. Friedman.

The far traveler : voyages of a Viking woman, by Nancy Marie Brown.
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Predator : life and death in the African bush, by Mark C. Ross and David Reesor.

Shortcomings, by Adrian Tomine.

Percy Gloom, by Cathy Malkasian.

Quilting, patchwork & appliqué : a world guide, by Caroline Crabtree and Christine Shaw. Some costuming-interest stuff in this one.

The sinus cure : 7 simple steps to relieve sinusitis and other ear, nose, and throat conditions, revised and updated edition, by Debra Fulghum Bruce and Murray Grossan. 'cause it's that time of year ...

China's sacred sites, by Nan Shunxun and Beverly Foit Albert.
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I know ... it's been forever and forever since I posted a booklist. Not because I had no books to share or because I was bored with the whole thing, but simply because I kept forgetting to bring home my notes from work. But I finally did and now it's baaa-aaack ...

Peace be upon you : the story of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish coexistence, by Zachary Karabell.

To catch a predator : protecting your kids from online enemies already in your home, by Chris Hansen.

Crochet in no time : a simple stylish collection of 52 quick crochet projects, by Melody Griffiths.

Books on fire : the destruction of libraries throughout history, by Lucien X. Polastron.

Nuns : a history of convent life, 1450-1700, by Silvia Evangelisti.
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Besieged : siege warfare in the ancient world, by Duncan Campbell.

Ready or not? : a girl's guide to making her own decisions about dating, love, and sex, by Tina Radziszewicz.

Educating Peter : how I taught a famous movie critic the difference between cabernet and merlot, or, How anybody can become an (almost) instant wine expert, by Lettie Teague.

Born in flames : termite dreams, dialectical fairy tales, and pop apocalypses, by Howard Hampton.

The great Arab conquests : how the spread of Islam changed the world, by Hugh Kennedy.

Gemma Bovery, by Posy Simmonds.
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My, it HAS been a long time!

Take charge of your diabetes : a revolutionary plan for treating your diabetes and preventing its complications, by Sarfraz Zaidi and Georgie Huntington Zaidi.

Riddled with life : friendly worms, ladybug sex, and the parasites that make us who we are, by Marlene Zuk.

New shoes : contemporary footwear design, by Sue Huey.

The lavender locker room : 3000 years of great athletes whose sexual orientation was different, by Patricia Nell Warren.

Information trapping : real-time research on the Web, by Tara Calishain.

Stealing Buddha's dinner : a memoir, by Bich Minh Nguyen.
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The never-ending days of being dead : dispatches from the front line of science, by Marcus Chown.

Whipping girl : a transsexual woman on sexism and the scapegoating of femininity, by Julia Serano.

The coffee companion : a connoisseur's guide, second edition, by Jon Thorn, updated by Michael Segal.

The no asshole rule : building a civilized workplace and surviving one that isn't, by Robert I. Sutton.

The Clarks of Cooperstown : their Singer sewing machine fortune, their great and influential art collections, their forty-year feud, by Nicholas Fox Weber.

The daughters of Juárez : a true story of serial murder south of the border, by Teresa Rodriguez, Diane Montané and Lisa Pulitzer.
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Edmund and Rosemary go to Hell, by Bruce Eric Kaplan.

God save the Queen, written by Mike Carey and painted by John Bolton.

Exit wounds, by Rutu Modan.

Montage, by Sam Rohdie.

Good girls and wicked witches : women in Disney's feature animation, by Amy M. Davis.

Architextiles, edited by Mark Garcia.
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Domiknitrix : whip your knitting into shape, by Jennifer Stafford.

Beneath the metropolis : the secret lives of cities, by Alex Marshall.

The encyclopedia of novels into film, second edition, by John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh.

Ralph Ellison : a biography, by Arnold Rampersad.

Sculpture parks in Europe : a guide to art and nature, by Jimena Blázquez Abascal.
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Off the book diet and back to the BIG lists!

The breast cancer survivor's fitness plan, by Carolyn M. Kaelin ... et al.

The end of the poem, by Paul Muldoon.

Movie lust : recommended viewing for every mood, moment, and reason, by Maitland McDonagh.

Penguins, photographed by Brutus Östling, text by Suzanne Åkesson. Originally published in Sweden as "Pingvinliv".

The career guide for creative and unconventional people, by Carol Eikleberry.

Gucci by Gucci, by Sarah Mower.
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A tiddler compared to the last few lists, I know ... I was playing it safe and bringing my notes home anyway, just in case the coming week brings another good book explosion. :p

Between the wingtips : the secret life of birds, by Brutus Östling and Magnus Ullman.

Dr. Dre : the biography, by Ronin Ro.

Gay life and culture : a world history, edited by Robert Aldrich.

The golden road : notes on my gentrification, by Caille Millner.

Hip hats & cool caps, by Afya Ibomu ... first in a new series called "Get your crochet on!" Usually when I see the words "cool", "hip" or "funky" in a handicraft title, I cringe because the items inside are guaranteed to be anything but. Ibomu is the happy rare exception, and I hope the same will be true of her upcoming second book in the series: Fly tops & funky flavas.

In other words, by John Crowley.
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Yes, another one already ...

Mind race : a first-hand account of one teenager's experience with bipolar disorder, by Patrick E. Jamieson, with Moira A. Rynn.

Fatal traps for helicopter pilots, by Greg Whyte.

A woman's initiation : women's experiences with breast cancer and how it transformed their lives, by Diana Murphy.

The Nubian pharaohs : Black kings on the Nile, by Charles Bonnet and Dominique Valbelle.

Babylon's burning : from punk to grunge, by Clinton Heylin.

Concertina : the life and loves of a dominatrix, by Susan Winemaker.
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Ultimate foods for ultimate health : ... and don't forget the chocolate!, by Liz Pearson and Marilyn Smith. Any cookbook with that subtitle automatically deserves top billing. ;-)

Only in Canada, you say : a treasury of Canadian language, by Katherine Barber.

The brain that changes itself : stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science, by Norman Doidge.

It's a wonderful lie : 26 truths about life in your twenties, edited by Emily Franklin.

5000 episodes and no commercials : the ultimate guide to TV shows on DVD, 2007, by David Hofstede. Primarily American, but includes a small scattering of Brit and Canuck titles.

Combat fitness for the elite female martial artist, by Martina Sprague.
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The fourth horseman : one man's secret mission to wage the Great War in America, by Robert L. Koenig.

Whoosh, boom, splat : the garage warrior's guide to building projectile shooters, by William Gurstelle.

The sinner's guide to the evangelical right, by Robert Lanham.

The Quarriers story : one man's vision that gave 7,000 children a new life in Canada, by Anna Magnusson.

Stalked by a mountain lion : fear, fact, and the uncertain future of cougars in America, by Jo Deurbrouck.
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Starting off with a website of interest: Lost Books Club

And on to the not-yet-lost books ...

50 model rocket projects for the evil genius, by Gavin D.J. Harper.

Irving's coat : Windsor's literary renaissance, by Eugene McNamara.

Led Zeppelin IV, by Barney Hoskyns.

Horse bits & pieces : a sublime equine trivia, by Sarah Widdicombe.

What's your expiry date?, by Patrick Mathieu.
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Short and sweet this time ...

The louche and insalubrious escapades of Art d'Ecco, by Roger and Andrew Langridge.

Ode to Kirihito, by Osamu Tezuka.

Exterminators : bug brothers, by Simon Oliver and Tony Moore.

The man Time forgot : a tale of genius, betrayal, and the creation of Time magazine, by Isaiah Wilner.

Canadians at table : a culinary history of Canada : food, fellowship and folklore, by Dorothy Duncan.
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