Genre search:General Nonfiction

Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games

by Marcus du Sautoy
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
games, {je}
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
790.021

The Pelican History of the World

by J. M. Roberts
Paperback, 1988
Tags
world history, history, civilization
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
909

Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything

by James Gleick
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
physics, psychology, hurry up, social psychology, time, technology, sociology, science, productivity
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Status
Available
Call number
529.7

The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language

by John McWhorter
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
language, historical linguistics, linguistics, origin of language, language change
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Status
Available
Call number
417.7

The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self

by Alice Miller
Paperback, 1990
Tags
psychology, psychotherapy, child development, trauma, child abuse, narcissism, parenting, psychoanalysis
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Status
Available
Call number
616.8582239

In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed (Plus)

by Carl Honore
Paperback, 2005
Tags
quality of life, time management, cultural studies, psychology, philosophy, sociology, simplicity
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Status
Available
Call number
640

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff...and it's all small stuff

by Richard Carlson
Paperback, 1997
Tags
psychology, organizing, self-help, success, spirituality, stress, inspirational
Collection
Your library
Series
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff (1)
Status
Available
Call number
158.1

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

by Patrick Lencioni
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
leadership
Collection
Your library
Series
Leadership Fables
Status
Available
Call number
658.4036

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

by Michel Foucault
Paperback, 1979
Tags
crime, social theory, cultural studies, sociology, critical theory, philosophy, prison, poststructuralism, French philosophy, history
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Status
Available
Call number
365.643

The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics

by Roger Penrose
Hardcover, 1989
Tags
artificial intelligence, philosophy of science, consciousness, cognitive science, physics, philosophy, mathematics, mind, computers
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Status
Available
Call number
006.3

Seven Commentaries on The Gallic War

by Julius Caesar
Paperback, 1996
Tags
Oxford World's Classics, Oxford WC 3, Latin literature, Ancient Rome, military history, history
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Status
Available
Call number
936.4

The Conquest of Gaul

by Julius Caesar
Paperback, 1988
Tags
Penguin Classics, Penguin black 2, Latin literature, military history, history, Ancient Rome, colonialism
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Status
Available
Call number
936.402

Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity

by Lawrence Lessig
Paperback, 2005
Tags
law, library science, creativity
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Status
Available
Call number
343.73099

- What Should We Be Worried About?: Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night

by John Brockman
Paperback, 2014
Tags
science, essays, environment, public policy
Collection
Wishlist
Series
The Edge Foundation Annual Question (2013)
Status
Available
Call number
303.4909

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
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Status
Available
Call number
307.76

The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can: Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer

by Gretchen Reynolds
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
self-help, fitness, health
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Status
Available
Call number
613.7

- A History of Histories: Epics, Chronicles, Romances and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century

by John Burrow
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
historiography, history, intellectual history
Collection
Wishlist
Status
Available
Call number
907.2

The Social Contract

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Paperback, 1985
Tags
Penguin Classics, Penguin black 2, political philosophy, French philosophy
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
320.01

The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play

by Neil Fiore
Paperback, 2007
Tags
psychology, hurry up, organizing, management, self-help, procrastination, time management, productivity, habit
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
155.232

Confessions

by Augustine
Paperback, 1980
Tags
Penguin Classics, Penguin black 1, Christianity, theology, autobiography, philosophy, spirituality, Patristics, apologetics, Catholicism
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
270.2092

The Story of Art

by E. H. Gombrich
Paperback, 1989
Tags
art history, history, art criticism, painting, sculpture, art, art theory
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Status
Available
Call number
709

In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language

by Arika Okrent
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
language, artificial language, Esperanto, linguistics, foreign languages, conlang
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Status
Available
Call number
499.99

The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich

by David Bach
Paperback, 2005
Tags
investing, economics, personal finance
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Status
Available
Call number
332.02401

The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life

by Rosamund Stone Zander
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
philosophy, creativity, self-help, business, leadership, psychology, productivity
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
153.7

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

by Eric Hoffer
Paperback, 1962
Tags
sociology, psychology, social psychology, philosophy, religion, fascism, Mentor book
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
303.484

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

by Richard P. Feynman
Paperback, 1988
Tags
physics, quantum mechanics, electromagnetism
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
539.756

The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology

by Robert Wright
Paperback, 1995
Tags
evolutionary psychology, psychology, anthropology, human evolution, sociobiology, ethics, evolution, human nature
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
304.5

Death from the Skies!: The Science Behind the End of the World

by Philip Plait
Paperback, 2009
Tags
astronomy, cosmology, apocalypse
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
520

Mary Queen of Scots

by Antonia Fraser
Paperback, 1972
Tags
Britain, biography, Scotland, history
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
941.105092

The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century

by George Friedman
Paperback, 2010
Tags
futurism, international relations, economics, politics, forecasting
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
303.49

The Closing of the American Mind

by Allan Bloom
Hardcover, 1987
Tags
American history, history, education, American culture, intellectual history, philosophy, politics, academia, intellectuals
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
973.92

SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere

by John 'Lofty' Wiseman
Paperback, 2014
Tags
survival, reference, wilderness, hiking, camping, backpacking, disaster preparedness
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
613.69

Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation

by Daniel J. Siegel
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
psychology, brain, psychotherapy, mind, mindfulness, self-help
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Status
Available
Call number
616.891

Patience and Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture

by Nicholas A. Basbanes
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
books, bibliophilia, library
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
002.09

The Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action

by Wendy Northcutt
Paperback, 2002
Tags
psychology
Collection
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Series
Darwin Awards (1)
Status
Available
Call number
081

The Revenge of Gaia

by James Lovelock
Paperback, 2007
Tags
biology, ecology, geology, meteorology, climate change, sustainability, environment
Collection
Your library
Series
Gaia Theory (book 5)
Status
Available
Call number
333.7

Tarot for Change: Using the Cards for Self-Care, Acceptance, and Growth

by Jessica Dore
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
tarot, tarot book, occult, {je}
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
133.3

Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science

by Carl Sagan
Paperback, 1980
Tags
astronomy, psychology, intelligence, cosmology, brain, science, futurism, skepticism, essays, evolution, philosophy of science — 2 more, history of science, history
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
128.2

The Story of English

by Robert McCrum
Hardcover, 1986
Tags
English language, historical linguistics, etymology, linguistics
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
420.9

Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books

by Maureen Corrigan
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
books, reading, memoir, literary criticism, essays, bibliophilia
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
028.9

- Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case

by Debbie Nathan
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
psychology, mental illness, dissociative identity disorder, pseudoscience
Collection
Wishlist
Status
Available
Call number
616.85

- The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building

by David J. Peterson
Paperback, 2015
Tags
artificial language, foreign languages, language, linguistics, world building, conlang
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
499.99

Organizing from the Inside Out, Second Edition: The Foolproof System For Organizing Your Home, Your Office and Your Life

by Julie Morgenstern
Paperback, 2004
Tags
organizing, self-help, time management, productivity, clutter
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
640

The Travels of Marco Polo

by Marco Polo
Hardcover, 1948
Tags
exploration, Asia, Middle Ages, China, Mongols, travel, International Collectors Library
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
915.0420924

The Travels of Marco Polo

by Marco Polo
Paperback, 1986
Tags
Penguin Classics, Penguin black 2, Europe, Middle Ages, adventure, Mongols, China, exploration, world history, history, travel writing — 1 more, memoir
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
915.0420924

- The Penguin Book of Witches

by Katherine Howe Editor
Paperback, 2014
Tags
literature, speculative fiction, fiction, short stories, witchcraft, Penguin Classics, Penguin black 3
Collection
Wishlist
Status
Available
Call number
133.4

Proofiness: How You're Being Fooled by the Numbers

by Charles Seife
Paperback, 2011
Tags
mathematics, probability, statistics, skepticism, critical thinking
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
510

The Politics

by Aristotle
Paperback, 1970
Tags
Penguin Classics, Penguin black 1, political philosophy, politics
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
100

The Politics of Aristotle

by Aristotle
Paperback, 1969
Tags
philosophy, Greek philosophy, political philosophy
Collection
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Status
Available
Call number
320.011

- How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die

by David Crystal
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
language, linguistics, English language, semantics
Collection
Wishlist
Status
Available
Call number
401.4
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