Genre search:General Nonfiction

Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge

by Edward O. Wilson
Hardcover, 1998
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sociobiology, epistemology, philosophy of science, biology, science, philosophy, evolutionary psychology, biophilia, evolution
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121

Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think

by Brian Wansink
Paperback, 2007
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health, nutrition, psychology
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Available
Call number
616.85260651

Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You

by Sam Gosling
Paperback, 2009
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psychology, personality, sociology, consumerism
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155

The Definitive Book of Body Language

by Allan Pease
Paperback, 2008
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nonverbal communication, communication, psychology
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Available
Call number
153.69

How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character

by Paul Tough
Paperback, 2013
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child development, success
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Available
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372.210973

The Varieties of Religious Experience

by William James
Paperback, 1958
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religion, psychology, philosophy of religion, mysticism, comparative religion, pragmatism, spirituality, American philosophy, Mentor book
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Series
Gifford Lectures (1900-1902)
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Available
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291.42

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini
Paperback, 2006
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psychology, marketing, business
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Available
Call number
153.852

What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question

by Po Bronson
Paperback, 2005
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inspirational, psychology, self-help, career
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170.44

Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things

by Richard Wiseman
Hardcover, 2007
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psychology, skepticism, behavioral economics, social psychology
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150.72

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

by Mary Wollstonecraft
Paperback, 1985
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Penguin Classics, Penguin black 2, political philosophy, women, feminism, social reform, human rights, gender
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305

The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class

by David S. Kidder
Hardcover, 2006
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civilization, education, learning, trivia, intellectuals
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The Intellectual Devotional (1)
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Available
Call number
909

Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds

by Charles MacKay
Paperback, 1999
Tags
social psychology, psychology, skepticism
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Series
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (omnibus)
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Available
Call number
423

The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination

by Daniel J. Boorstin
Hardcover, 1992
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art history, history, creativity, intellectual history, civilization, world history, biography, music history, architecture, literary criticism
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Boorstin's Histories (2)
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909

The Evolution of God

by Robert Wright
Hardcover, 2009
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deity, evolution, Christianity, comparative religion, Judaism, evolutionary psychology
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Available
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200.9

Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

by Stephen Jay Gould
Paperback, 1990
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biology, geology, paleontology, natural history, evolution, science, taxonomy
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560.9

- Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time

by Michael Shermer
Paperback, 2002
Tags
social psychology, psychology, critical thinking, debunking, creationism
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Wishlist
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Available
Call number
133

A Short History of Myth

by Karen Armstrong
Hardcover, 2005
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mythology, religion, history
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Available
Call number
201.309

Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It

by Gabriel Wyner
Paperback, 2014
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language, autodidact, language learning
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Available
Call number
418.0071

The Consolations of Philosophy

by Alain de Botton
Paperback, 2001
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philosophy
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Call number
100

Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis

by Lisa Sanders
Paperback, 2010
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medicine, health, diagnosis
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Available
Call number
616.075

Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War

by Robert K. Massie
Hardcover, 1991
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World War I, Germany, Britain, maritime history, history, military history, Europe
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Call number
940.311

The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers

by Will Durant
Paperback, 1960
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philosophy, history of philosophy, history, biography
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109

The Second Sex

by Simone de Beauvoir
Paperback, 1974
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women, existentialism, French literature, fiction, philosophy, feminism, gender
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Available
Call number
305.4

Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind

by V. S. Ramachandran
Paperback, 1999
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psychology, consciousness, brain, mind, cognitive science
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Call number
612.82

Games People Play

by Eric Berne
Paperback, 1963
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sociology, social psychology, psychology, game theory, transactional analysis
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Available
Call number
158.2

The Glass Cage: Automation and Us

by Nicholas Carr
Hardcover, 2014
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technology, computers, internet, information technology, sociology, automation
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Available
Call number
303.48

The Souls of Black Folk

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

The Souls of Black Folk

by W. E. B. Du Bois
Paperback, 1989
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Penguin Classics, Penguin black 2, American history, history, African-American, essays, racism, sociology
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973.0496073

In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality

by John Gribbin
Paperback, 1984
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physics, quantum mechanics, science
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Available
Call number
530.1209

The Art of Loving

by Erich Fromm
Paperback, 1962
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psychology, psychoanalysis, Torchbook
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Available
Call number
152.41

- The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies---How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths

by Michael Shermer
Paperback, 2011
Tags
cognitive science, skepticism, psychology, pseudoscience, critical thinking
Collection
Wishlist
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Available
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153.4

Civilization and Its Discontents

by Sigmund Freud
Paperback, 1958
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psychology, civilization, social theory, social psychology, psychoanalysis, Anchor books
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Call number
150.1952

Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language

by Steven Pinker
Paperback, 1999
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language, linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, philosophy of language, psycholinguistics
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Available
Call number
415

A History of Warfare

by John Keegan
Paperback, 1994
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military history, history, warfare
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Available
Call number
355.009

Plagues and Peoples

by William H. McNeill
Paperback, 1976
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civilization, plague, Black Death, world history, history, demography, medicine, history of medicine, Anchor books, epidemiology
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Available
Call number
614.49

The Art of Travel

by Alain de Botton
Paperback, 2002
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travel writing, philosophy, essays, Swiss literature, fiction
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Available
Call number
910.01

Consciousness Explained

by Daniel C. Dennett
Hardcover, 1991
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psychology, cognitive science, mind, memetics, philosophy, philosophy of mind, consciousness, qualia, American philosophy
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Call number
126

Emotional Intelligence 2.0: With Access Code

by Travis Bradberry
Paperback, 2009
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emotion, intelligence, emotional intelligence
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Call number
152.4

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor

by David S. Landes
Paperback, 1999
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economic history, world history, poverty
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Call number
330.16

The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory, and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School

by Alexandra Robbins
Paperback, 2012
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sociology, education, psychology
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303.32408350973

The Wretched of the Earth

by Frantz Fanon
Paperback, 1990
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Penguin 20th-century Classics, Penguin Classics, Africa, colonialism, racism, North Africa, politics, postcolonialism
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960.0971244

Mein Kampf

by Adolf Hitler
Hardcover, 1943
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Germany, autobiography, World War II, history, fascism, antisemitism
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Available
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943.086092

The Stories of English

by David Crystal
Hardcover, 2004
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English language, historical linguistics, linguistics
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Available
Call number
427

The Tao of Physics

by Fritjof Capra
Paperback, 1977
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physics, mysticism, science and religion, Taoism, quantum mechanics, Buddhism, eastern philosophy, spirituality
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Available
Call number
530.01

- The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention

by Guy Deutscher
Paperback, 2006
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language, origin of language, historical linguistics, linguistics, evolution, language change
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Available
Call number
401

Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages

by Ammon Shea
Hardcover, 2008
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dictionary, reading, English language, memoir, autodidact
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Available
Call number
423.028

The Calendar: The 5000 Year Struggle to Align the Clock and the Heavens and What Happened to the Missing Ten Days

by David Ewing Duncan
Hardcover, 1998
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calendar, astronomy, time, history of science, history, auxiliary history, chronology, cultural history
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Available
Call number
529.309

The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook

by Joshua Piven
Paperback, 1999
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health, humor, survival, reference, disaster preparedness
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Series
Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbooks (1)
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Available
Call number
613.69

The Double Helix

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

Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us

by Rana Foroohar
Hardcover, 2019
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business, technology
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Status
Available
Call number
384.3
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