2012: The Year in Books (Your Top Ten List)

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Here are some of the "Best Books" I have read in 2012.

Please post your list.

The books need not be published in 2012, only read in 2012.

Non-Fiction

10. Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Peter Petr


9. Hitch-22: A Memoir By Christopher Hitchens


8. Peeling Back the Mask: A Quest for Justice in Kenya by Miguna Miguna


7. Science: A History, 1543 - 2001 by John Gribbin.


6. Before the Big Bang: The Prehistory of the Universe by Brian Clegg


5. On China by Henry Kissinger


4. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable


3. Season of Rains: Africa in the World by Stephen Ellis


2. Africa's Moment by Jean-Michel Severino and Olivier Ray


1. From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the Present by Jacques Barzun
 
50 mathematical ideas you really need to know - Tony Crilly

50 big ideas you really need to know - Ben Dupre

50 philosophy ideas you really need to know - Ben Dupre

Images of Africa: Stereotypes and Realities - Daniel M. Mengara

East African Expressions of Christianity - Thomas Spear/Isaria N. Kimambo/David Wiley
 
Wengine kumbukumbu zishaanza kutangulia mbele ya haki, lakini ngoja nijaribu


Non-fiction

1. Yamamoto-The Man who Planned the Attack on Pearl Harbor

2. Crazy River- A Journey to the Source of the Nile

3. Quiet-The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

4. Hi! My Name is Loco and I am a Racist

5. MAO-The Unknown Story

6. Malcolm X-A life of Reinvention

7. Being Indian-The Truth about Why the 21st Century will be India's

8. Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass an American Slave

9. Warped Passages-Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions

10. Peeling Back the Mask-A Quest for Justice in Kenya



Fiction

1. Snuff (Discworld novel) by Terry Prattchet

2. The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Hihashino

3. Ring by Koji Suzuki

4. Spiral ('Ring' series, book 2) by Koji Suzuki

5. The Zahir by Paulo Coelho

6. Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

7. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
 

nimevipenda hivi nitavitafuta,kama unaweza kunitumia link plz help!
 
When I exclude work related books, here's my list:


  • Nectar in a Sieve -
  • The Animal farm
  • MAO The Unkown Story
  • The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve
  • The Age of Turbulence
  • A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy
 
Zakumi said:
When I exclude work related books, here's my list:


  • MAO The Unknown Story
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I should have known kuwa Mkomunisti Zakumi atakuwa amejumuika nami kwenye MAO-The Unknown Story

:whistle:
 
physical chemistry vol 1&11 by Mzumbe project
princilpes of elementary chemistry by -mancaster 3 edt
inaorganic chemistry by TAE
oral drug delivery by Anne Globler
synthesis,fabrication &characterisation of nanomaterials and devices by Frank Boury
polymer tharapeutics Ruth Runcan.
super critical fluids micronization techniques by Renata Adami

non- fiction sijaweza kusoma kabisa this yr.
 
Gaijin said:
I should have known kuwa Mkomunisti Zakumi atakuwa amejumuika nami kwenye MAO-The Unknown Story

:whistle:
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I read this tome in 2011 else it would have made the list. It shows the danger of putting too much power on one person.
 
Kiranga said:
I read this tome in 2011 else it would have made the list. It shows the danger of putting too much power on one person.
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Chairman Mao sio mchezo, alikuwa anatoa sera right, left and center hakuna utafiti wala nini, na neno lake ni sheria! Nyerere hamfikii hata unyayo

Zakumi said:
The guy was a pervert.
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From a guy who was advocating bestiality just last week, the irony!
 
Nime-skimu hivi 2012:

1. Political and Social Elites of Tanzania, 1964-1968 by Patrick McGowan & Patrick Bolland

2. Define and Rule by Mahmood Mamdani

3. Majeruhi wa Mapenzi by Mzee Mwanakijiji

4. Oonk, G. (2009). The Karimjee Jivanjee Family: Merchant Princes of East Africa 1800-2000

5. Madhvani, M. with Foden, G. (2009) Tide of Fortune: A Family Tale.

6. Chande, J. K. (2005). A Knight in Africa: Journey from Bukene.

7. Dar es Salaam. Histories from an Emerging African Metropolis
by James Brennan (Editor), Andrew Burton (Editor), Yusuf Lawi (Editor)

TO BE CONTINUED...
 
Pia kuna hizi orodha za wadau wawili wa vitabu:

< http://zittokabwe.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/books-i-have-read-in-2012-booksread2012/ >

  • Mother India : A political biography of Indira Gandhi &#8211; Pranay Gupte
  • The Assassination of Lumumba &#8211; Ludo De Witte
  • The Malay Dilemma &#8211; Mahathir Mohamad
  • The Correct Line? Uganda under Museveni &#8211; Olive Kobusingye
  • Start with Why: How great leaders inspire every one to take action &#8211; Simon Sinek
  • Game Change - J Heilemann and M Halperin
  • Everyday Coruption and the State &#8211; G Blundo and J &#8211; P Olivier de Sardan
  • Defeating Dictators: fighting tyranny in Africa and around the world &#8211; G Ayittey
  • India's Economy : Performances and challenges &#8211; S Acharya and R Mohan (ed)
  • The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade &#8211; Andrew Feinstein
  • Historia ya Mwalimu Nyerere na maisha yangu katika Utumishi wa Umma-Pius Msekwa
  • The New Machiavell: How to wield Power in the modern world &#8211; Jonathan Powell
  • The Oil Kings: How the US, Iran and Saudi Arabia changed the balance of power in the Middle East &#8211; Andrew Scott Cooper
  • Dreams that matter: Egyptian Landscapes of the Imagination &#8211; Amira Mittermaier
  • Kenya: Between Hope and Despair, 1963 &#8211; 2011- Daniel Branch
  • How to win an election: An Ancient Guide for modern politicians &#8211; Quintus Tullius Cicero
  • Dictator's learning curve: Inside the battle for democracy &#8211; W Dobson
  • Eight Days in September: The removal of Thabo Mbeki &#8211; Frank Chikane
  • End Game: Secret Talks and the end of Apartheid &#8211; W Esterhuyse
  • Africa's Odius Debts: How foreign loans and capital flight bled a continent &#8211; L Ndikumana and J Boyce
  • Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the men who stole the world &#8211; N Shaxson
  • La Roja: A journey through Spanish Football &#8211; J Burns
  • The Open sore of a continent: a personal narartive of the Nigerian crisis- Wole Soyinka
  • How Rich countries got rich&#8230;.and Why Poor countries stay poor &#8211; Erik Reinert
  • Why Nations Fail: The origins of Power,prosperity and poverty &#8211; D Acemoglu and J Robinson
  • Why Africa fails: the case of growth before democracy &#8211; E Kamugisha
  • The Oil Curse: How Petroleum wealth shapes development of Nations &#8211; M Ross
  • Radio Congo: signals of hope from Africa's deadliest war &#8211; B Rawlence
  • Che in Africa: Che Guevara's Congo Diary &#8211; W Galves
  • S for Samora: a lexical biography of Samora Machel (still reading)
  • Antihills of the Savannah (still reading)
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  1. Holy enigma; the bible verses you will never hear in Sunday school
  2. Julius Nyerere, a servant of God or untarnished tyrant
  3. Devil on the cross
  4. Lwanda magere
  5. Historical origin of Christianity
  6. African History
  7. Jitambue
  8. Zijue siri zilizojificha ndani ya tendo la kujamiina
  9. Live the life of soul
  10. The way of the saints
  11. Meditation techniques
  12. Prayer its nature and techniques
  13. Deception of religion
Bible, Koran, AdthGrand, bhagavad gita, are among religious books read.
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Gaijin said:
Chairman Mao sio mchezo, alikuwa anatoa sera right, left and center hakuna utafiti wala nini, na neno lake ni sheria! Nyerere hamfikii hata unyayo

From a guy who was advocating bestiality just last week, the irony!
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What irony, mwenzako kashakuambia he enjoyed reading it!
 
Companero Chande's bio is carefully evasive if masterfully crafted.
 
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I really enjoy to find great thinkers here. Congratulations guys for what you have done. I would love to have done so, lakini haya mazingira ya bia na kiti moto kila siku baada ya kazi naona ni kikwazo kikubwa sana.
 
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