Genre search:General Nonfiction

A Short History Of Nearly Everything

by Bill Bryson
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Science, Evolution, Prehistory, essay
Collections
Billy bookcase #1, Natural History, General Reference, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
500

Just My Type: A Book About Fonts

by Simon Garfield
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
graphic design, Typography
Collections
Art Studio, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
686.224

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Picador)

by Oliver Sacks
Paperback, 1986
Tags
Psychology, altered states, social science, perception, essay
Collection
Box 013 - Pampers
Status
Available
Call number
616.8

Mother Tongue: The English Language

by Bill Bryson
Paperback, 1991
Tags
Linguistics, English language, philology
Collections
Box 009 - Ocado Organic Veg., Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
420.9

On The Origin of Species, By Means of Natural Selection: FIRST RE-PUBLISH OF FIRST EDITION

by M.A. Darwin, F.R.G.S. Charles
Hardcover, 1901
Tags
Nature, Evolution, essay
Collections
My Childhood Library, Natural History
Status
Available
Call number
576.82

The Prince

by Nicolo Machiavelli
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Miniature book, essay
Status
Available
Call number
320.1

The Selfish Gene

by Richard Dawkins
Paperback, 1978
Tags
Nature, Evolution
Status
Available
Call number
576.5

Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration of the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation and Time Travel

by Michio Kaku
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Quantum physics, Robotics, Space Travel, Space-time, Future studies, Speculation, Parallel world, ESP
Collections
General Reference, TV/Movie Tie-ins, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
530

Time Travel A History

by James Gleick
Paperback, 2016
Collection
Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
530.11

Chaos: Making a New Science

by James Gleick
Paperback, 1996
Tags
Chaos theory, Science, Quantum physics, popular science
Collections
Box 013 - Pampers, General Reference
Status
Available
Call number
501

The Twelve Caesars

by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
Paperback, 1984
Tags
Roman Empire
Collections
History, Nonfiction
Series
The Twelve Caesars (1-12)
Status
Available
Call number
937.070922

The Men Who Stare at Goats

by Jon Ronson
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Made into movie, Supernatural, Drugs, Counterculture, journalism, torture, Politics, Paranormal, conspiracy, ESP, parapsychology — 4 more, terrorism, fortean, psychoceramics, MKULTRA
Collections
Box 011 - Ocado Organic Veg., Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
355.34340973

Relativity: The Special & The General Theory - A Popular Exposition by Albert Einstein Late Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey

by Albert Einstein
Hardcover, 1920
Tags
Science, Space-time, Astronomy
Collections
Natural History, Instructional, General Reference, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
530.11

Tribes: We need you to lead us

by Seth Godin
Paperback, 2008
Tags
Tribe, Interpersonal relationship, Psychology
Collections
Box 009 - Ocado Organic Veg., Instructional, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
658.4092

Does Anything Eat Wasps?: And 101 Other Questions [New Scientist]

by Mick O'Hare Editor
Paperback, 2005
Tags
Kineograph, Folioscope, Trivia, popular science, animation
Collections
General Reference, Nonfiction
Series
New Scientist's readers (1), New Scientist: The Last Word (3)
Status
Available
Call number
500

The Motorcycle Diaries

by Ernesto Guevara
Paperback, 2004
Tags
Autobiography, road trip
Collection
Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
918

The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey [Stranger Than...]

by Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Autobiography
Collection
Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
918

Why Does E=mc2? (and why should we care?)

by Brian Cox
Paperback, 2010
Tags
Science, Space-time, Time travel, Space Travel, Moon, Nature, Finnegan's Wake, Occam's razor, popular science
Collections
Billy bookcase #2, Natural History, Instructional, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
530.11

The Tao of Physics: An exploration of the parallels between modern physics and Eastern mysticism [Includes a fresh chapter on subatomic physics]

by Fritjof Capra
Paperback, 1983
Tags
Consciousness, Quantum physics, metaphysics, Philosophy, Eastern mysticism, mysticism
Collections
General Reference, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
530.01

The Social Contract

by Jean Jacques Rousseau
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Miniature book, essay
Status
Available
Call number
320.01

Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?: And 114 Other Questions [New Scientist]

by Mick O'Hare Introduction
Paperback, 2006
Tags
Kineograph, Folioscope, Trivia, popular science, animation
Collection
Nonfiction
Series
New Scientist's readers (2), New Scientist: The Last Word (4)
Status
Available
Call number
600

The Penguin Dictionary of Troublesome Word

by Bill Bryson
Hardcover, 1984
Tags
Dictionary, Linguistics, English language
Collections
Box 009 - Ocado Organic Veg., Writing, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
423

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph [Penguin Modern Classics]

by T. E. Lawrence
Paperback, 1975
Tags
Middle East, Lawrence of Arabia, World War I, War
Collection
Nathan bookcase (Analog uncatalogued)
Status
Available
Call number
940.415

Seven Pillars of Wisdom

by T.E. Lawrence
Paperback, 1997
Tags
World War I, War, Middle East, Lawrence of Arabia
Collection
Nathan bookcase (Analog uncatalogued)
Status
Available
Call number
940.415

Nigella Express

by Nigella Lawson
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
Recipes
Collections
Home Library, Kitchen
Status
Available
Call number
641.555

The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics

by Gary Zukav
Paperback, 1979
Tags
metaphysics, Philosophy, Quantum physics
Collections
Billy bookcase #2, My book pile
Status
Available
Call number
530.12

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain - How to Unlock Your Hidden Artistic Talent

by Betty Edwards
Paper Book, 1987
Tags
drawing, perception, Philosophy
Collections
Box 022 - ODDBOX, Art Studio, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
741.2

I Used to Know That: Stuff You Forgot from School

by Caroline Taggart
Paperback, 2011
Tags
Trivia
Collections
Billy bookcase #2, History, Instructional, General Reference, Nonfiction
Series
Blackboard Books (General)
Status
Available
Call number
031.02

Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto

by Stewart Brand
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
Ecology, Nature, Anthropology, Philosophy, Politics, metaphysics, Science, Future studies, Forecasting, Paradigms, Speculation — 5 more, Predictions, Gaia, Climate, Nuclear, information technology
Collections
Nathan bookcase (Analog uncatalogued), Philosophy & Psychology, Agriculture, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
304.2

The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics: A Math-Free Exploration of the Science That Made Our World

by James Kakalios
Paperback, 2010
Tags
Quantum physics, Science, popular science, Comic strip
Collections
Natural History, Instructional, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
530.12

Freud: Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis

by Sigmund Freud
Paperback, 1991
Tags
Psychology, Dreams
Collections
Box 011 - Ocado Organic Veg., Philosophy & Psychology, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
150.1952

The Living Planet

by Sir David Attenborough
Hardcover, 1984
Tags
Nature, Ecology, Botany, Arthropod, Evolution, earth science, Based on TV Series
Collections
Box 003 - Millnet Box 27B (some uncatalogued on LT), Natural History, Nonfiction
Series
Life Trilogy (2)
Status
Available
Call number
574

Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower [Third Edition]

by William Blum
Paperback, 2005
Tags
War, World War II, torture, Crime and punishment, Communism, Politics, Drugs, Roman Empire, American history, surveillance, globalisation — 1 more, terrorism
Collections
Billy bookcase #2, General Reference, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
327.73

The Wes Anderson Collection

by Matt Zoller Seitz
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
Coffee table book, Film Studies, animation
Collections
Fantasy, TV/Movie Tie-ins
Series
The Wes Anderson Collection (1)
Status
Available
Call number
791.430233092

Books: A Living History

by Martyn Lyons
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
Books about books
Collections
History, General Reference, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
002.09

Rights of Man [Edited With An Introduction By Henry Collins]

by Thomas Paine
Paperback, 1983
Tags
Revolution [French], Politics, Psychology, Anthropology, French History, American history, British History, Philosophy, essay
Collections
History, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
320.5

Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth

by James Lovelock
Paperback, 1982
Tags
Unowned
Series
Gaia Theory (book 1)
Status
Available
Call number
577

Hippie

by Barry Miles
Paperback, 2004
Tags
hippie, freak, Counterculture, Coffee table book, Alternative lifestyle
Collections
Scrapbooks|Albums, General Reference, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
305.568

Frozen in Time - The Fate of the Franklin Expedition | Illustrated With Extraordinary Photographs

by Owen Beattie
Paperback, 1989
Tags
Mummy, British History, Anthropology, cannibalism, disaster, Sea Story, Nautical reference, Archaeology
Collections
Billy bookcase #2, History
Status
Available
Call number
919.804

1969: The Year Everything Changed by Rob Kirkpatrick (2009-01-15)

by Rob Kirkpatrick
Hardcover, 2009
Status
Available
Call number
973.92

How to Fossilise Your Hamster: And Other Amazing Experiments For The Armchair Scientist [New Scientist]

by Mick O'Hare
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Trivia, Tricks, popular science
Collection
Nonfiction
Series
New Scientist's readers (3), New Scientist: The Last Word (5)
Status
Available
Call number
507.8

Why Can't Elephants Jump and 113 other science questions answered [New Scientist]

by Mick O'Hare
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
Kineograph, Folioscope, Trivia, popular science, animation
Collections
Billy bookcase #2, Natural History, General Reference, Nonfiction
Series
New Scientist's readers (6), New Scientist: The Last Word (8)
Status
Available
Call number
502

Man in the Ice, The

by Spindler Konrad
Paperback, 1995
Tags
Anthropology, Archaeology, Mummy, Prehistory
Collections
History, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
937.3

Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs.

by Henry Carroll
Paperback, 2014
Tags
Photography, Photography (digital), DSLR, bridge cameras
Collections
My book pile, Nonfiction
Series
Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs
Status
Available
Call number
770

The Arrow of Time: The Quest to Solve Science's Greatest Mystery: The Quest to Solve Science's Greatest Mysteries (Flamingo)

by Peter Coveney
Paperback, 1991
Tags
Time travel, Quantum physics, Science, popular science, entropy
Collections
Box 013 - Pampers, General Reference
Status
Available
Call number
529

Et l'Europe sous-développa l'Afrique : Analyse historique et politique du sous développement

by Walter Rodney
Paperback, 2000
Tags
Unowned
Status
Available
Call number
330.96

A Short History of the World ... Revised and brought up to date by Raymond Postgate and G. P. Wells

by H. G. Wells
Paper Book, 1965
Tags
Nature, Roman Empire, French History, British History, World War II, Revolution [Russian], Revolution [French]
Collections
History, Natural History, General Reference, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
909

Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives

by John Naisbitt
Paperback, 1984
Tags
Future studies, Paradigms, Predictions, Speculation, Forecasting, economics, sociology, social science
Collections
General Reference, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
306.0973

Cassell Dictionary of Superstitions

by David Pickering
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
Dictionary, Supernatural, Folklore, reference
Collection
Enfer
Status
Available
Call number
398.4103

Future Shock

by Alvin Toffler
Paperback, 1977
Tags
Future studies, Paradigms, Predictions, Speculation, Forecasting, economics, sociology, social science, Made into movie
Collections
Philosophy & Psychology, General Reference, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
303.4
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