Genre search:Nonfiction

The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done

by Piers Steel
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
non-fiction, psychology, time, decision making, read in 2014
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155.232

Capitalism and Freedom

by Milton Friedman
Book, 1962
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non-fiction, libertarianism, political science, economics, monetarism, Nobel, read in 2012
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Call number
330.122

Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology

by Neil Postman
Paperback, 1992
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non-fiction, sociology, technology, education, cultural criticism, read in 2013
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Call number
303.483

Awakenings

by Oliver Sacks
Paperback, 1999
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non-fiction, medicine, neurology, read in 2022
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Call number
616.832

The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)

by Stephen Jay Gould
Paperback, 1996
Tags
non-fiction, biology, evolution, essays, intelligence
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150

The Misbehavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence

by Benoit Mandelbrot
Paperback, 2006
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non-fiction, economics, finance, mathematics
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Call number
332.01

Fear and Trembling

by Soren Kierkegaard
Paperback, 1843
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non-fiction, philosophy, existentialism, religion, Christianity
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Call number
198.9

A Man Without a Country

by Kurt Vonnegut
Paperback, 2005
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non-fiction, memoir, Vonnegut, read in 2014
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Call number
813.54

The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists

by Neil Strauss
Paper Book, 2005
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non-fiction, autobiography, pua, seduction, read in 2009
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973.7447092

Pascal's Pensées

by Blaise Pascal
Paperback, 1669
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non-fiction, philosophy, Christianity, religion
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Call number
230.2

Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious

by Gerd Gigerenzer
Paperback, 2008
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non-fiction, psychology, decision making, heuristics, intuition, read in 2015
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153.44

The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey To Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)

by David Thomas
Hardcover, 2019
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non-fiction, programming, read in 2022
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005.1

The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers

by Robert L. Heilbroner
Paperback, 1999
Tags
non-fiction, economics, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Keynes, philosophy, biography
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Available
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330.1

A Little History of Philosophy (Little Histories)

by Nigel Warburton
Paperback, 2012
Tags
non-fiction, philosophy, history, read in 2022
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Little Histories
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Call number
190

Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers

by David Edmonds
Paperback, 2001
Tags
non-fiction, history, philosophy, Wittgenstein, Popper
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Call number
192

The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

by Alan Watts
Paperback, 1989
Collection
To not read (lost interest)
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Call number
128.3

The Road to Serfdom

by F. A. Hayek
Book, 1944
Tags
non-fiction, libertarianism, economics, Austrian Economics, Nobel
Status
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Call number
338.9

On Liberty

by John Stuart Mill
Paperback, 1859
Tags
non-fiction, ethics, utilitarianism, philosophy, political theory
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Call number
323.44

How an economy grows and why it crashes : a tale

by Peter D. Schiff
Book, 2010
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non-fiction, economics, Austrian economics, read in 2012
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338.5

Survival In Auschwitz : If This Is a Man

by Primo Levi
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
non-fiction, memoir, Holocaust, read in 2021
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Series
Auschwitz Trilogy (1)
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Call number
940.53/18/092 B

Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets

by David Simon
Paperback, 1991
Tags
non-fiction, crime, police, journalism
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Call number
363.259520972526

Liberty Defined: The 50 Urgent Issues That Affect Our Freedom

by Ron Paul
Hardcover, 2011
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non-fiction, libertarianism, political science, economics, Austrian Economics, Ron Paul, read in 2011
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Call number
320.011

Farther Away: Essays

by Jonathan Franzen
Paperback, 2012
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non-fiction, essays, read in 2014
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Call number
814.54

A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives

by Cordelia Fine
Paperback, 2006
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non-fiction, psychology, brain
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150

How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond

by John Powell
Paperback, 2012
Tags
non-fiction, music, music theory
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Call number
781

Zen To Done: The Ultimate Simple Productivity System

by Leo Babauta
Paperback, 2008
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non-fiction, personal development, productivity, self-help, read in 2010
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153

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

by Mitch Albom
Paperback, 2002
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non-fiction, self-help, death, biography, read in 2013
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Call number
378.12092

Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking

by Douglas Hofstadter
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
non-fiction, psychology, linguistics, cognitive science
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Call number
169

Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One

by Thomas Sowell
CD sound recording, 2008
Tags
non-fiction, economics, political science, Thomas Sowell
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Available
Call number
330

Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society

by David Sloan Wilson
Paperback, 2002
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non-fiction, religion, biology, anthropology, sociology, read in 2015
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Call number
306.6

Emotions Revealed, Second Edition: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life

by Paul Ekman Ph.D.
Paperback, 2007
Tags
psychology, Facial Expressions, Emotions, applied psychology, behavior, non-fiction
Collection
To not read (lost interest)
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Call number
152.4

The Housing Boom and Bust

by Thomas Sowell
Book, 2009
Tags
non-fiction, economics, Thomas Sowell, read in 2012
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Call number
332.720973

The Doors of Perception

by Aldous Huxley
Paperback, 1954
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non-fiction, Huxley, drugs, essays, psychology, read in 2011
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Call number
615.7883

Seeing Voices

by Oliver Sacks
Paperback, 2000
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non-fiction, deafness, sign language, neuroscience, history, read in 2021
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Call number
305.908162

Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter

by Peter Singer
Paperback, 2017
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non-fiction, essays, philosophy, ethics, read in 2022
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Call number
170

Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time

by Stephen Jay Gould
Paperback, 1987
Tags
non-fiction, biology, evolution, essays
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Call number
551.70109

Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans

by Plutarch
Hardcover, 120, 1683
Tags
non-fiction, history
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Call number
920.038

Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling

by John Taylor Gatto
Paperback, 2005
Tags
non-fiction, education, unschooling, read in 2011
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Call number
370

Irrationally Yours: On Missing Socks, Pickup Lines, and Other Existential Puzzles

by Dr. Dan Ariely
Paperback, 2015
Tags
non-fiction, psychology, behavioral economics, essays, read in 2021
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153.4

Rich in Years: Finding Peace and Purpose in a Long Life

by Johann Christoph Arnold
Paperback, 2013
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non-fiction, aging, Early Reviewers, read in 2013
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Call number
248.8

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)

by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
Paperback, 1995
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non-fiction, management, read in 2019
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Call number
005.1068

Your Erroneous Zones

by Wayne W. Dyer
Paperback, 1976
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non-fiction, self-help, emotional intelligence, read in 2010
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Call number
158

The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically

by Peter Singer
Paperback, 2016
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non-fiction, philosophy, philanthropy, ethics, altruism, read in 2022
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Call number
171.8

The Quest for Cosmic Justice

by Thomas Sowell
Book, 2002
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non-fiction, economics, political science, law, Thomas Sowell, read in 2012
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Call number
303.372

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

by Edward Gibbon
Paperback, 1776, 2003
Tags
non-fiction, history
Status
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Call number
937.06

Zak George's Dog Training Revolution: The Complete Guide to Raising the Perfect Pet with Love

by Zak George
Paperback, 2016
Tags
non-fiction, dogs, dog training, read in 2021
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Call number
636.7

How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less

by Nicholas Boothman
Paperback, 2000
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non-fiction, self-help, personal development, success, communication, read in 2010
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Call number
158

The Complete Essays of Montaigne

by Michel de Montaigne
Paperback, 1580, 1877
Tags
non-fiction, philosophy, essays
Status
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Call number
844.3

The General Theory Of Employment, Interest, And Money

by John Maynard Keynes
Book, 1936
Tags
non-fiction, economics, Keynes
Status
Available
Call number
330.156

Crash Proof 2.0: How to Profit From the Economic Collapse

by Peter D. Schiff
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
non-fiction, economics, Austrian economics, investment, finance, read in 2012
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Call number
332.60973
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