Genre search:Nonfiction

The art thief : a true story of love, crime, and a dangerous obsession

by Michael Finkel
Paper Book, 2023
Collections
History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
N8795.5.B74F56 2023

The Library Book

by Susan Orlean
Paperback, 2019
Tags
non-fiction, books about books, libraries, history, arson, library history, Los Angeles, librarians
Collections
Books about Books, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
Z733.L8742

The Library: A Fragile History

by Andrew Pettegree
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
non-fiction, books about books, libraries, book history, history, library history, library science
Collections
Books about Books, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
Z721

Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age

by Dennis Duncan
Paperback, 2023
Collections
Books about Books, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
Z695.9 D86

A swim in a pond in the rain : in which four Russians give a master class on writing, reading, and life

by George Saunders
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
fiction, non-fiction, essays, short stories, Russia, literary criticism, Russian literature, writing
Collections
Essays, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Russian Literature
Status
Available
Call number
PG3097.S28 2021

The silk roads : a new history of the world

by Peter Frankopan
Paperback, 2017
Tags
history, non-fiction, Central Asia, Asia, Asian history, Middle East, Central Asian history, Middle Eastern history, Silk Road, world history
Collections
History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
D21.3.F73 2017

The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance

by Ross King
Paperback, 2022
Tags
books about books, non-fiction, bookselling, history, book history, Renaissance, European history, Italian history, manuscripts
Collections
Biography, Books about Books, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
Z340.V48 K56

Hood feminism : notes from the women that a movement forgot

by Mikki Kendall
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
feminism, non-fiction, social justice, anti-racism, essays, race, racism, sociology
Collections
Essays, Feminism, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
E185.86.K46 2020

Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

by Megan Rosenbloom
Paperback, 2021
Tags
non-fiction, books about books, libraries, history, bookbinding, Bookish Book Club
Collections
Books about Books, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
Z269.A58

Papyrus : the invention of books in the ancient world

by Irene Vallejo Moreu
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
books about books, non-fiction, libraries, library history, ancient history, Greek history, Roman history
Collections
Books about Books, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
Z5.V3413 2022

Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge

by Richard Ovenden
Ebook, 2020
Tags
non-fiction, books about books, libraries, history, Bookish Book Club
Collections
Books about Books, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
Z657

Around the World in 80 Books

by David Damrosch
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
non-fiction, books about books
Collections
Books about Books, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
PN50 .D36

The Madman's Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History

by Edward Brooke-Hitching
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
non-fiction, books about books, history, book history, libraries, library history, book collecting
Collections
Books about Books, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
Z1021

The Gilded Page: The Secret Lives of Medieval Manuscripts

by Mary Wellesley
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
non-fiction, books about books, history, manuscripts, medieval history, art history
Collections
Books about Books, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
Z106.G7 W45

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries

by Kory Stamper
Hardcover, 2017
Collections
Books about Books, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
P327

Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys into the Medieval World

by Christopher de Hamel
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
non-fiction, books about books, book history, art history, medieval history, manuscripts, history, illuminated manuscripts
Collections
Books about Books, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
Z106.E85 D44

Bad gays : a homosexual history

by Huw Lemmey
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
non-fiction, history, LGBTQIA+, gay history
Collections
Biography, History, LGBTQIA+, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
HQ76.25.L45 2022

A people's history of the United States

by Howard Zinn
Paperback, 2015
Tags
history, non-fiction, politics, American history
Collections
History, Non-Fiction, Politics
Series
A People's History
Status
Available
Call number
E178.Z75 2015

Over my dead body : unearthing the hidden history of America's cemeteries

by Greg Melville
Paper Book, 2022
Collections
History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
GT3203 .M44

Vagina obscura : an anatomical voyage

by Rachel E. Gross
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
non-fiction, anatomy, science, history, history of medicine, history of science
Collections
Non-Fiction, Science
Status
Checked out
Call number
RG268.G76 2022

A place for everything : the curious history of alphabetical order

by Judith Flanders
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
non-fiction, books about books, history, alphabets, languages, libraries, cataloging, information organization, world history
Collections
Books about Books, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
Z695 .F53

When books went to war : the stories that helped us win World War II

by Molly Guptill Manning
Paper Book, 2014
Collections
Books about Books, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
Z1003.2.M36 2014

The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays

by Esme Weijun Wang
Paperback, 2019
Tags
memoir, mental health, psychology, essays, mental illness, non-fiction
Collections
Essays, Memoir, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
RC514 .W236

The Card Catalog: Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures (Gifts for Book Lovers, Gifts for Librarians, Book Club Gift)

by Library of Congress Compiler
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
non-fiction, history, books about books, libraries, library history, Library of Congress, library science, cataloging, book history, reading, reference
Collections
Books about Books, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
Z733.U6 C36

Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993

by Sarah Schulman
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
non-fiction, history, AID, LGBTQIA+, politics, political activism, ACT UP, queer studies
Collections
History, LGBTQIA+, Non-Fiction, Politics
Status
Available
Call number
RA644.A25

How to blow up a pipeline : learning to fight in a world on fire

by Andreas Malm
Paperback, 2021
Tags
activism and organizing, political activism, climate change, environmentalism, climate, environment, non-fiction, politics, social justice
Collections
Anarchism, Non-Fiction, Politics
Status
Available
Call number
TD170.M34 2021

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

by Angela Chen
Paperback, 2021
Tags
non-fiction, LGBTQIA+, asexuality, sexuality, queer, sociology
Collections
LGBTQIA+, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
HQ21 .C456

How we get free : black feminism and the Combahee River Collective

by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Paperback, 2017
Tags
feminism, black feminism, non-fiction, history, Combahee River Collective, social justice, race
Collections
History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
HQ1426.H689 2017

A history of reading

by Alberto Manguel
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
non-fiction, books about books, book history, history, libraries
Collections
Books about Books, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
Z1003.M292 1996

The women's house of detention : a queer history of a forgotten prison

by Hugh Ryan
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
non-fiction, history, LGBTQIA+, prison, prison abolition movement
Collections
History, LGBTQIA+, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
HV9481.N62W6679 2022

Spare parts : the story of medicine through the history of transplant surgery

by Paul Craddock
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
non-fiction, history, medical history
Collections
History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
RD120.6.C73 2022

Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages

by Jack Hartnell
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
non-fiction, history, medical history, medieval history, death, science
Collections
History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
CB351

The mushroom at the end of the world : on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins

by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
Paperback, 2021
Tags
non-fiction, capitalism, climate change, anthropology, ecology, economics, environment, mushrooms, mycology, philosophy, science
Collection
Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
GF21 .T76

The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book

by James Raven Editor
Paperback, 2022
Tags
non-fiction, history, books about books, medieval history, publishing, modern history, world history, essays, ancient history, library science
Collections
Books about Books, Essays, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
Z4 .O895

The essential cookie companion

by King Arthur Baking Company
Paper Book, 2021
Tags
recipes, baking, cookbook
Collection
Recipes
Status
Available
Call number
TX772.K564 2021

18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Invented Modern Forensics (Gift for Science Lovers, History Buffs, and True Crime Fans)

by Bruce Goldfarb
Paperback, 2021
Tags
non-fiction, history, crime, true crime, biography, forensics, miniatures, history of science, science
Collections
Biography, History, Non-Fiction, True Crime
Status
Available
Call number
HV8073 .G583

I Hate Men: More than a banned book, the must-read on feminism, sexism and the patriarchy for every woman

by Pauline Harmange
Ebook, 2022
Tags
essays, feminism, non-fiction
Collections
Essays, Feminism, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
HQ1155

If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home

by Lucy Worsley
Paperback, 2013
Collections
History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
HQ615 .W68

Feminism For The 99%: A Manifesto

by Nancy Fraser Autor
Paperback, 2019
Tags
feminism, non-fiction, history, socialism, politics, manifesto, Marxism, social justice, activism and organizing
Collections
Feminism, History, Non-Fiction, Politics
Status
Available
Call number
HQ1190 .A77

Building the Book from the Ancient World to the Present Day: How Manuscript, Printed, and Digital Texts Are Made

by Barbara Heritage
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
non-fiction, books about books, book history, printing, manuscripts
Collections
Books about Books, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
Z124.H45

All about love : new visions

by bell hooks
Paper Book, 2001
Collection
Non-Fiction
Series
Love Song to the Nation (1)
Status
Available
Call number
BF575.L8H655 2001

Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)

by Dean Spade
Paperback, 2020
Tags
anarchism, mutual aid, non-fiction, activism and organizing, theory, social justice, social movements
Collections
Anarchism, Non-Fiction, Politics
Status
Available
Call number
HM671 .S6865

Inky fingers : the making of books in early modern Europe

by Anthony Grafton
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
books about books, book history, European history, history, non-fiction, printing
Collections
Books about Books, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
Z124.G688 2020

The indifferent stars above : the harrowing saga of the Donner Party

by Daniel James Brown
Paperback, 2010
Tags
American history, Donner Party, cannibalism, 19th century, pioneers, non-fiction, history, survival, California
Collections
History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
F868.N5B838 2010

Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper

by Nicholson Baker
Paperback, 2002
Tags
history, non-fiction, preservation, library science, conservation, books about books, newspapers, microfilm, archives
Collections
Books about Books, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
Z695 .B35

Bookishness: Loving Books in a Digital Age (Literature Now)

by Jessica Pressman
Paperback, 2020
Tags
non-fiction, books about books, book history, reading, literary criticism
Collections
Books about Books, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
Z116.A2 P87

The role of the scroll : an illustrated introduction to scrolls in the Middle Ages

by Thomas Forrest Kelly
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
books about books, book history, illuminated manuscripts, medieval history, scrolls, non-fiction, history
Collections
Books about Books, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
Z110.S37K45 2019

The Care Manifesto: The Politics of Interdependence

by The Care Collective
Paperback, 2020
Tags
non-fiction, politics, economics
Collections
Anarchism, Non-Fiction, Politics
Status
Available
Call number
HD2963 .C365

The digital closet : how the internet became straight

by Alexander Monea
Paper Book, 2022
Collections
LGBTQIA+, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
HM851.M6593 2022

Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs

by Douglas Smith
Paperback, 2017
Tags
biography, 20th century, Russian history, Russia, non-fiction, Russian Revolution, Romanovs, WWI, Nicholas II
Collections
Biography, History, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
DK254.R3 S
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