Awards search:KIB - Non Fiction books everyone should read

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

by Bill Bryson
Paperback, 2006
Tags
hiking, United States, wilderness, memoir, humor, Appalachia, travel writing, natural history, camping, backpacking
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
917.40443

In Cold Blood

by Truman Capote
Paperback, 1999
Tags
Penguin 20th-century Classics, Penguin Classics, crime, journalism, prison, documentary, true crime, history
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
364.15230978144

Silent Spring

by Rachel Carson
Paperback, 1999
Tags
Penguin Classics, Penguin 20th-century Classics, natural history, ecology, sustainability, environment
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
363.7384

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life

by Charles Darwin
Paperback, 1985
Tags
Penguin Classics, Penguin black 2, evolution, history of science, history, natural history, biology
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
576

The Selfish Gene

by Richard Dawkins
Paperback, 1990
Tags
evolution, genetics, biology, memetics, sociobiology, ethology, atheism, game theory
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
591.5

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared M. Diamond
Paperback, 1999
Tags
civilization, sociology, ethnology, ecology, geography, agriculture, world history, history, anthropology, evolution, weapons
Collection
Your library
Series
Civilizations Rise and Fall (1)
Status
Available
Call number
303.4

Out of Africa

by Isak Dinesen
Paperback, 1994
Tags
Penguin 20th-century Classics, Penguin Classics, Africa, memoir, Danish literature, fiction, East Africa
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
967.62

The Souls of Black Folk

by W. E. B. Du Bois
Paperback, 1989
Tags
Penguin Classics, Penguin black 2, American history, history, African-American, essays, racism, sociology
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
973.0496073

The Souls of Black Folk

by W. E. B. Du Bois
Paperback, 1982
Tags
Signet Classics 2, Signet Classics, American history, history, African-American, racism, essays
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
301.45196073

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

by Barbara Ehrenreich
Paperback, 2002
Tags
journalism, poverty, American culture, economics, sociology, labor, social class
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
305.569092

The Interpretation of Dreams

by Sigmund Freud
Paperback, 1980
Tags
psychology, sleep & dreams, psychoanalysis
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
150

A Brief History of Time: from the big bang to black holes

by Stephen Hawking
Paperback, 1989
Tags
astronomy, cosmology, quantum mechanics, time, relativity, science
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
523.1

Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Paperback, 1999
Tags
mathematics, mind, intelligence, logic, cognitive science, music, art, philosophy, artificial intelligence, consciousness
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
510.1

The Varieties of Religious Experience

by William James
Paperback, 1958
Tags
religion, psychology, philosophy of religion, mysticism, comparative religion, pragmatism, spirituality, American philosophy, Mentor book
Collection
Your library
Series
Gifford Lectures (1900-1902)
Status
Available
Call number
291.42

Critique of Pure Reason

by Immanuel Kant
Paperback, 1965
Tags
philosophy, epistemology, Enlightenment, logic, empiricism, metaphysics, idealism, German philosophy
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
121

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition

by Thomas S. Kuhn
Paperback, 2012
Tags
philosophy of science, intellectual history, history, epistemology, history of science, scientific revolution
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
501

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

by Thomas S. Kuhn
Paperback, 1970
Tags
philosophy of science, intellectual history, history, epistemology, history of science, scientific revolution
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
501

The Prince

by Niccolò Machiavelli
Paperback, 1984
Tags
Oxford World's Classics, Oxford WC 2, political philosophy, leadership, Italy, Renaissance, politics, strategy, philosophy, ethics
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
320.1

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

by Malcolm X
Paperback, 1966
Tags
African-American, American history, history, Islam, racism, autobiography
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
320.54092

The Communist Manifesto

by Karl Marx
Paperback, 1979
Tags
communism, economics, philosophy, socialism, Europe, social theory, political philosophy, capitalism, Marxism
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
335.422

The Complete Essays

by Michel de Montaigne
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Penguin Classics, Penguin black 2, French literature, fiction, philosophy, Renaissance, essays
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
844.3

The Complete Essays of Montaigne

by Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Paperback, 1976
Tags
French literature, essays, Renaissance, philosophy
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
844.3

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

by Robert Pirsig
Paperback, 1980
Tags
Buddhism, Zen, travel writing, spirituality, memoir, philosophy, ethics, American literature, fiction, eastern philosophy, autobiographical fiction
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
813

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

by Michael Pollan
Paperback, 2007
Tags
health, agriculture, nutrition, ecology, culinary, food politics, gastronomy, sustainability, environment, hunting
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
394.12

- The Open Society and Its Enemies: New One-Volume Edition

by Karl R. Popper
Paperback, 2013
Tags
philosophy
Collection
Wishlist
Series
The Open Society and Its Enemies (Complete)
Status
Available
Call number
301

A Theory of Justice

by John Rawls
Paperback, 1977
Tags
political philosophy, law, ethics
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
320.011

The Confessions

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Paperback, 1977
Tags
Penguin Classics, Penguin black 1, French literature, philosophy, autobiography, French philosophy
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
848.509

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

by Eric Schlosser
Paperback, 2002
Tags
nutrition, health, sociology, gastronomy, food politics, consumerism, cultural studies, medicine
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
394.10973

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

by Joseph A. Schumpeter
Paperback, 1962
Tags
economics, political economy, socialism, capitalism, political science, democracy, Marxism, political philosophy, Torchbook
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
320

The Autobiography of Alice B. Tolkas

by Gertrude Stein
Paperback, 1960
Tags
American literature, fiction, biography, LGBT, Paris, modernism, autobiography
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
818.5209

Eminent Victorians: Cardinal Manning, Dr. Arnold, Florence Nightingale, General Gordon

by Lytton Strachey
Hardcover, 1933
Tags
Modern Library Classics, Britain, biography, debunking, history
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
941.0810922

The Elements of Style

by William Strunk Jr.
Paperback, 1979
Tags
English language, language, writing, rhetoric, publishing, style guide, academic writing
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
808.042

The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

by William Strunk
Paperback, 1999
Tags
English language, language, writing, publishing
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
808.042

The Art of War

by Sun-tzu
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Penguin Classics, Penguin black 3, Chinese literature, fiction, military, management, leadership, military history, history, strategy, martial arts — 3 more, eastern philosophy, Chinese philosophy, warfare
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
355

Walden

by Henry David Thoreau
Hardcover, 1957
Tags
American literature, fiction, natural history, memoir, philosophy, New England, transcendentalism, ecology, wilderness
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
818.303

The Liberal Imagination

by Lionel Trilling
Paperback, 2008
Tags
American literature, fiction, literary criticism, NYRB Classics
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
814.52

The Liberal Imagination. Essays on Literature and Society

by Lionel Trilling
Paperback, 1950
Tags
American literature, essays, literary criticism, political philosophy, Anchor books
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
814.52

The Art of War

by Sun Tzu
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
military history, history, strategy, China, philosophy
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
355.02

Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

by Booker T. Washington
Paperback, 1986
Tags
Penguin Classics, Penguin black 2, African-American, American history, history, autobiography, slavery, slave narrative
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
378.111

The Double Helix

by James D. Watson
Paperback, 1969
Tags
biology, biography, history of science, history, evolution, genetics, chemistry, Mentor book
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
576

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia

by Rebecca West
Paperback, 1995
Tags
Penguin 20th-century Classics, Penguin Classics, Balkans, travel writing
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
914.9704

Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth

by Richard Wright
Paperback, 2007
Tags
American literature, fiction, African-American, racism, social history, history, American South, autobiography
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
813.52
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