Editors' Choice: December 2005

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• Hot Lights, Cold Steel by Michael J. Collins, MD
• A Random Act by Cindi Broaddus with Kimberly Lohman Suiters
• Back in Action by Capt. David Rozelle
• President Reagan by Richard Reeves
• Survive! by Peter DeLeo

• Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda
• 700 Sundays by Billy Crystal
• Learning to Sing by Clay Aiken with Allison Glock
• John Paul the Great by Peggy Noonan

• Spook by Mary Roach
• Younger Next Year by Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge, MD
• Dishing by Liz Smith
• You: The Owner's Manual by Michael F. Roizen, MD, and Mehmet C. Oz, MD
• Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

• "Here's Johnny!" by Ed McMahon
• Julie & Julia by Julie Powell
• The Beatles by Bob Spitz

• 1776 by David McCullough
  Take a look at George Washington's life during 1776.



• The Secret Man by Bob Woodward
  Author Bob Woodward uncovers the identity of Watergate's Deep Throat.



• Marley & Me by John Grogan
  Mischievous tales about the world's worst dog.



• Memories of John Lennon edited by Yoko Ono
  Stars help pay tribute to Lennon's life.



• Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
  The author shares stories from his days teaching high school.



• The American Songbook by Ken Bloom
  A glorious overview, and history, of great American music.

From Reader's Digest - December 2005

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