Awards search:The Economist Best Books

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Paperback, 2008
Tags
economics, probability, statistics, randomness, information theory, psychology, business
Collection
Your library
Series
Incerto (2)
Status
Available
Call number
003.54

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

by Katherine Boo
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
India, poverty, journalism
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
305.5/690954792

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

by Eric Schlosser
Paperback, 2014
Tags
American history, history, military history, Cold War
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
363.17

Eats, Shoots, & Leaves

by Lynne Truss
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
language, humor, writing, English language
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
428.2

- The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

by Elizabeth Kolbert
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
science, climate change, biology, environment, geology, natural history
Collection
Wishlist
Status
Available
Call number
576.8

Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier

by Edward Glaeser
Paperback, 2012
Tags
economics, sociology, urban studies, environment, urban planning, cities
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
307.76

Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman
Paperback, 2011
Tags
decision making, economics, psychology, cognitive science, behavioral economics, intuition
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
153.4

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

by Jared Diamond
Paperback, 2005
Tags
anthropology, civilization, ecology, world history, history, sociology, environment
Collection
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Series
Civilizations Rise and Fall (2)
Status
Available
Call number
304.28

The God Delusion

by Richard Dawkins
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
atheism, philosophy, science and religion, skepticism, evolution, deity, religion, fundamentalism
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
211.8

Breath: A Novel

by Tim Winton
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
Australian literature, fiction, coming of age, risk-taking
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

by Mark Haddon
Paperback, 2004
Tags
English literature, fiction, mystery, coming of age, mental illness, autism
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
813

The Metaphysical Club : A Story of Ideas in America

by Louis Menand
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
intellectual history, history, American history, philosophy, pragmatism, {check this}
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
973.9

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

by Dai Sijie
Paperback, 2002
Tags
French literature, fiction, historical fiction, Cultural Revolution
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
843.92

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

by Steven Levitt
Paperback, 2006
Tags
economics, sociology, business, statistics
Collection
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Series
Freakonomics (1)
Status
Available
Call number
330

Suite Francaise

by Irene Nemirovsky
Paperback, 2007
Tags
French literature, fiction, World War II, history, historical fiction, Holocaust, France, Paris
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
843.912

Cloud Atlas

by David Mitchell
Paperback, 2004
Tags
English literature, fiction, dystopia, speculative fiction, science fiction, metafiction, postmodernism, post-apocalyptic, slipstream, fantasy, reincarnation
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
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Status
Available
Call number
394.12

Snow

by Orhan Pamuk
Paperback, 2005
Tags
Turkish literature, fiction, Turkey, Islam, exile
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
894.3533

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

by Steven Pinker
Paperback, 2002
Tags
evolutionary psychology, psychology, mind, intelligence, evolution, cognitive science, human nature, sociobiology
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
155.234
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