Genre search:Nonfiction

Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies

by Jared M. Diamond
Paper Book, 2005
Tags
/Social evolution/, /Civilization - history/, /Ethnology/, /Human beings - effect of environment on/, /Culture diffusion - worldwide/, /World history - human dispersion/
Collection
#Location - Wohnpark Alterlaa
Series
Civilizations Rise and Fall (1)
Status
Available
Call number
303.4

Thinking, fast and slow

by Daniel Kahneman
Paperback, 2012
Tags
/Intuition/, /Decision making - fast and slow/, /Thought and thinking/, /Cognitive psychology/, /Decision making & problem solving/, /Reasoning/, /Thinking/
Collection
#Location - Wohnpark Alterlaa
Status
Available
Call number
153.4

1491 : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus

by Charles C. Mann
Paperback, 2006
Tags
/North American Indians Collection/, /North American Indians - history/
Collections
History, #Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
970.01

The surgeon of Crowthorne : a tale of murder, madness and the Oxford English dictionary

by Simon Winchester
Paper Book, 1999
Tags
/Oxford English dictionary -history/, /New English dictionary on historical principles/, /English language - lexicography - history - 19th century/. /Murray. James A.H. (1837-1915) Scottish lexicographer and philologist/, /Lexicographers - Great Britain - biography/, /Minor. William Chester (1834–1920) Army surgeaon and contributor to Oxford Englsih Dictionary/, /Psychiatric hospital patients - Great Britain - biography/, /United States - history - Civil War (1861-1865) - veterans/, /English language - Etymology/, /English language - lexicography/
Status
Available
Call number
423.092

Three cups of tea : one man's extraordinary journey to promote peace ... one school at a time

by Greg Mortenson
Paperback, 2007
Tags
/Pakistan Collection/, /Girls' schools - Pakistan/, /Girls' schools - Afghanistan/, /Pakistan - girls' schools/, /Afghanistan - girls' schools/, /Humanitarian assistance - USA-Pakistan/, Humanitarian assistance - USA-Afghanistan/
Collection
#Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
371.8'2342'095491

The Habsburgs : the rise and fall of a world power

by Martyn C. Rady
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
/Habsburg Collection/, /Habsburgs - history/, /History - Habsburgs/, /Austria - history/
Collections
Austria Collection, History, #Location - Wohnpark Alterlaa
Status
Available
Call number
929.7

Die Habsburger : Aufstieg und Fall einer Weltmacht

by Martyn C. Rady
Hardcover, 2021
Collections
Austria Collection, History, #Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
929.7

The art of happiness : a handbook for living

by Tenzin Gyatzo. XIV Dalai Lama
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
/Dalai Lama. 14th see Tenzin Gyatzo. XIV Dalai Lama (1935- ) Buddhist Religious Leader/, /Philosophy - happiness/, /Buddhism - happiness/, /Happiness - Buddhism/, /Tenzin Gyatzo. XIV Dalai Lama (1935- ) Buddhist Religious Leader/
Series
The Art of Happiness (1)
Status
Available
Call number
294.3/444

Spain

by Damien Simonis
Paperback, 1999
Tags
#JL VI/04-Spain, /Spain Collection/, /Spain - travel guide - lonely planet/, /Travel guides - Spain/, /Spain - pictoral works/, /Spain - maps/, /Andorra - travel guide/, /Travel guides - Andorra/, /Gibraltar - travel guide/, /Travel guides - Gibraltar/
Collections
Travel Books, Guides and Picture Books, #Location - John's Library, Lorenz Cataloger
Series
Lonely Planet Country Guide (Spain), Lonely Planet Travel Guides (Spain)
Status
Available
Call number
914.60483

Red Famine : Stalin's war on Ukraine

by Anne Applebaum
Paperback, 2018
Tags
/Ukraine Collection/, /Ukraine - famine (1931-1933), /Holodomor - Ukraine/, /Ukraine - history - USSR caused famine/, /Marxism & Communism - 20th Century/, /Famines - Ukraine/, /Genocide - Ukraine - history/, /Stalin. Joseph (1878-1953) dictator; USSR leader 1922-1952/, /Stalin. Joseph (1878-1953) - agricultural collectivization/, /Agricultural collectivization - USSR/, /Starvation - Ukraine - 20th century/
Collections
History, #Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
947.708/42

Der Hase mit den Bernsteinaugen : das verborgene Erbe der Familie Ephrussi

by Edmund De Waal
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
/Ephrussi family/, /De Waal. Edmund (1964- ) English ceramic artist & author/, /De Waal. Edmund (1964-) travel in Europe/, /Jewish bankers - Europe - biography/, Jewish businesspeople - Europe - biography/, /Coll. - Ephrussi Family - Netsuke/, /Netsukes - private collections - England/, /Netsuke - famous collections/
Collections
History, #Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
332.10922

Decision points

by George W. Bush
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
/United States Collection/, /Bush. George Walker (1946- ) 43rd President of the United States/, /United States - politics and government - 2001-2009/, /Politics and government - USA/, /Presidents - United States - biography/
Collections
Catalogs - Asia, #Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
973.931092

Vermächtnis : was wir von traditionellen Gesellschaften lernen können

by Jared Diamond
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
/Social change - Papua New Guinea/, /Tribes - Papua New Guinea/, /Social evolution/, /Manners and customs - tribal societies/
Collections
Ethnology / Cultural Anthropology, #Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
306

Paris 1919 : six months that changed the world

by Margaret Olwen Macmillan
Paper Book, 2003
Tags
ilson. Woodrow (1856-1924) .. US President/, /Treaty of Versailles - (1919)/, /World War (1914-1918) - peace/, /Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920)/
Collection
History
Status
Available
Call number
940.3/141

The Library at night

by Alberto Manguel
Paper Book, 2008
Tags
/Libraries/, /Libraries - history/, /Books and reading - history/, /Bibliophilies - experiences/, /Libraries - essays/
Collection
#Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
020.09

The meaning of everything : the story of the Oxford English Dictionary

by Simon Winchester
Paperback, 2004
Tags
/Oxford English dictionary/, /English language - lexicography - history -- 19th century/, /Murray. Sir James Augustus Henry (1837-1915) English Lexicographer/, /Lexicographers - Great Britain - biography/, /Furnivall. Frederick James (1825-1910) Lexicographer/, /Coleridge. Herbert (1830-1861) Lexocographer/
Collection
Languages, dictionaires, bibliographies, lexica, atlases
Status
Available
Call number
423.09

Fünfte Sonne: eine neue Geschichte der Azteken

by Camilla Townsend
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
#JL X/05-WMWII, /Aztecs - history/, /History - Aztecs/, /Mexico - history - conquest 1519-1540/, Weltmuseum Wien - Wien [lender; objects discussed/pictured in; topic]
Collections
WELTMUSEUM WIEN, History, #Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
972

Silent spring

by Rachel Carson
Paper Book, 1962
Tags
/Environmentalism - ground breaking work/, /Beneficial insects - biological control/, /Insect pests - biological control/, /Pesticide residues/, /Pesticides and wildlife/
Collection
#Location - Wohnpark Alterlaa
Status
Available
Call number
301.3

The imperial cruise : a secret history of empire and war

by James Bradley
Paper Book, 2009
Tags
/USA Collection/, /United States - Navy - cruise - 1905/, /Roosevelt. Theodore (1858-1919) USA President/, /United States - history - naval - 20th century/, /United States - foreign relations - Japan/, /Japan - foreign relations - United States/, /United States - foreign relations - East Asia/, /East Asia - foreign relations - United States/, /Imperialism - history - 20th century/, /Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) - political and social views/
Collections
History, #Location - Wohnpark Alterlaa
Status
Available
Call number
359.4

Begrabt mein Herz an der Biegung des Flusses

by Dee Alexander Brown
Hardcover, 1973
Tags
/North American Indians Collection/, /North American Indians - history/, /North American Indians - political developments/, /North American Indians - war history/
Collections
History, #Location - John's Library, Curt Cataloger
Status
Available
Call number
978.00497

Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee

by Dee Alexander Brown
Paperback, 1972
Tags
#JL V/10-North American Indians-Great Plains, /North American Indians Collection/, /North American Indians - history/, /North American Indians - political developments/, /North American Indians - war history/
Collections
#Location - John's Library, Curt Cataloger, Duplicate
Status
Available
Call number
978.00497

Cook : Die Entdeckung eines Entdeckers

by Tony Horwitz
Paperback, 2010
Tags
#JL III/02-Oceania, /Oceania Collection/, /Oceania - discovery and exploration/, /Cook. James (1728-1779) British explorer/
Collections
Ethnology / Cultural Anthropology, History, #Location - John's Library, Curt Cataloger
Status
Available
Call number
900

Mit fremden Federn Quetzalapanecáyotl - ein Restitutionsfall

by Khadija Zinnenburg Carroll
Paperback, 2022
Tags
#JL X/05-WMWII, /Aztecs - feather headdress/, /Aztecs - El Penacho/, Weltmuseum Wien - Wien [lender; objects discussed/pictured in; topic], /Weltmuseum Wien - Aztec headdress/, /Restitution - from Austria to Mexico/
Collections
WELTMUSEUM WIEN, #Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
972.018

Taliban : Afghanistans Gotteskrieger und der Dschihad

by Ahmed Rashid
Paperback, 2001
Tags
#JL II/03-Afghanistan, /Afghanistan - history/, /Afghanistan - politics and government - 1973-1989/, /Afghanistan - politics and government - 1989-2001/, /Taliban/, /Islamic fundamentalism - Afghanistan/, /Islam and state - Afghanistan/, /Islam and politics - Afghanistan/, /Islamic fundamentalism/, /Politics and government - Afghanistan/
Collections
History, Religions, religious art and churches, etc., #Location - Wohnpark Alterlaa
Status
Available
Call number
958.104

Taliban. Afghanistan Gottes kämpfer und der neue Krieg am Hindukusch

by Ahmed Rashid
Paperback, 2010
Tags
#JL II/03-Afghanistan, /Afghanistan - history/, /Afghanistan - politics and government - 1973-2009/, /Afghanistan - politics and government - 1989-2009/, /Taliban/, /Islamic fundamentalism - Afghanistan/, /Islam and state - Afghanistan/, /Islam and politics - Afghanistan/, /Islamic fundamentalism/, /Politics and government - Afghanistan/ (edit), /September 11 Terrorist Attacks - Afghanistan - Taliban/
Collections
History, #Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
320.55709581 22/ger

The Travels of Marco Polo (the Venetian)

by Marco Polo
Hardcover, 1930
Tags
/Polo. Marco (1254-1324) Venetian explorer & merchant/, /Voyages and travels - Asia - 13th century/, /Mongols - history/, /Asia - description and travel - 13th century/, /Travelers - Italy - biography/
Collections
#Location - John's Library, Curt Cataloger
Status
Available
Call number
915.0420924

When we see us : a century of black figuration in painting

by Koyo Kouoh Editor and Curator
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
/Africa Collection/ /Africa - painting - black subjects/, /Black people in art - painting/, /Artists - Black/, /Figure painting - Africa/, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa - Cape Town
Collections
Catalogs - Modern applied arts & art, #Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
704.0396

Life's grandeur : the spread of excellence from Plato to Darwin

by Stephen Jay Gould
Paper Book, 1997
Tags
/Evolution/, /Variation - biology/
Collection
#Location - Wohnpark Alterlaa
Status
Available
Call number
576.8

All the Shah's Men : An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror

by Stephen Kinzer
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
#JL II/05-Iran, /Iran Collection/, /Iran - history/
Collections
#Location - John's Library, Curt Cataloger
Status
Available
Call number
955.05/3

Seven Commentaries on the Gallic War

by Julius Caesar
Paperback, 1996
Tags
#JL XIV/02-Ancient Rome, /Ancient Rome Collection/, /Roman Empire - Gallic War/, /Caesar. Julius Emperor of Rome (100 BC - 44 BC)/
Collections
History, #Location - John's Library, Curt Cataloger
Status
Available
Call number
936.4

Loving : Männer die sich lieben

by Régis Schlagdenhauffen
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
/Gay men - photography/, /Coll. - Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell - gay couples photography/, /Gay couples - history - 19th century/, /Gay couples - history - 20th century/, /Photography - gay - couples/
Collection
#Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
779.23

Kunstkammer early modern art and curiosity cabinets in the Holy Roman Empire

by Jeffrey Chipps Smith
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
#JL X/05-WMWII, /Cabinets of curiosities - Europe - history/, /Art - Holy Roman Empire/, Weltmuseum Wien - Wien [lender; objects discussed/pictured in; topic], Schloss Ambras - Innsbruck, /Holy Roman Empire - cabinets of curiosities/, /Aztecs - feather headdress/
Collections
WELTMUSEUM WIEN, #Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
709.37

North Korea journal

by Michael Palin
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
/Korea. DPR Collection/, /Korea. DPR - drscription and travel/, /Korea. DPR - social life and customs - 21st century/, /Palin. Michael (1943- ) English actor; comedian; writer; television presenter/, /Palin. Michael (1943- ) - travelogue/
Collections
Travel Books, Guides and Picture Books, #Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
951.93

The rise and fall of the great powers : economic change and military conflict from 1500 to 2000

by Paul M. Kennedy
Paper Book, 1987
Tags
/History - modern/, /Economic history - 1500-2000/, /Military history - modern/, /Armaments - economic aspects/, /Balance of power/
Status
Available
Call number
909.82

Madam Secretary

by Madeleine Korbel Albright
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
/Albright. Madeleine (1927-2022) American diplomat; United States Secretary of State/, /Albright. Madeleine (1927-2022) - autobiography/, /USA - history/, /USA - politics - 1997-2001/ /UN Ambassadors - United States - biography/, /Cabinet officer - United States - biography/
Collections
Biographies, History
Status
Available
Call number
973.929/092B

Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei

by Tony Wheeler
Paperback, 1991
Tags
#JL IX/10-Malaysia, /Malaysia - description and travel/, /Malaysia - guide books/, /Singapore Collection/, /Singapore - description and travel/, /Singapore - guide books/, /Brunei Collection/
Collections
Travel Books, Guides and Picture Books, #Location - John's Library, Curt Cataloger
Series
Lonely Planet Multi-Country Guide (Malaysia), Lonely Planet Travel Guides (Malaysia), Lonely Planet travel survival kit
Status
Available
Call number
915.9504

The Snow leopard

by Peter Matthiessen
Paperback, 1979
Tags
#JL XVIII/20-Himalayas, /Himalaya Collection/, /Natural history - Himalaya Mountains/, /Himalaya Mountains - description and travel/, /Biography - USA - authors- 20th century/, /Dharma (Buddhism)/, /Spiritual biography- 20th century/.
Collections
Travel Books, Guides and Picture Books, #Location - John's Library, #Location - Wohnpark Alterlaa
Status
Available
Call number
915.49/6

Oceania : the shape of time

by Maia Nuku
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
/Oceania Collection/, /Oceania - art/, /Oceania - discovery and exploration/, Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York, Museum of Art Pudong - Shanghai, National Museum of Qatar - Doha, /Art - Oceania/
Collections
Catalogs - Anthropology and ethnology, #Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
700

Das tibetische Buch vom Leben und vom Sterben: Ein Schlüssel zum tieferen Verständnis von Leben und Tod

by Sogyal Rinpoche
Paperback, 2004
Tags
#JL XVIII/18-Tibet-Buddhism, /Tibet Collection/, /Tibet - Buddhism/, /Tenzin Gyatzo. XIV Dalai Lama (1935- ) Buddhist Religious Leader/
Collections
#Location - John's Library, Curt Cataloger
Status
Available
Call number
290

Loot : Britain and the Benin Bronzes

by Barnaby Phillips
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
#JL X/05-WMWII, /Benin Collection/, /Benin - bronzes/, /Bronzes - Nigeria - Benin/, /Art thefts - Nigeria - history - 19th century/ Benin (Nigeria) - history/, Weltmuseum Wien - Wien [lender; objects discussed/pictured in; topic], Benin Dialogue Group - Benin City (Nigeria)
Collections
WELTMUSEUM WIEN, Ethnology / Cultural Anthropology, History, #Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
730.9669

Asiatische Kunst

by Michael Kerrigan
Paper Book, 2007
Tags
/Asia Collection/, /Asia - ceramics/, /Asia - sculpture/, /Asia - paintings/, /Asia - bronzes/, /Asia - textiles/, /Textiles - Asia/, /Bronzes - Asia/, /Paintings - Asia/, /Sculptures - Asia/, /Ceramics - Asia/
Collections
#Location - John's Library, Curt Cataloger
Series
The World's Greatest Art
Status
Available
Call number
709.5

Together : our community cookbook

by Hubb Community Kitchen (London) Corporate Author
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
/Cookbook Collection/, /Cookbooks - ethnic/, Hubb Community Kitchen - London, /Cookbooks - community/, /Cooking - international/
Collections
Cookbooks, food, drinks, #Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
641.59

India in the Persianate age, 1000-1765

by Richard Maxwell Eaton
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
#JL XVIII/02-India-history, /India Collection/, /India - history - 1000-1765/, /Mughal Empire - history/, /India - Mughal Empire/, /India - history/, /History - India/
Collections
History, #Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
954.02

Rats : a year with New York's most unwanted inhabitants

by Robert Sullivan
Paper Book, 2006
Tags
/Rats - New York - anecdotes/, /Urban pests - New York/, New York City - rats/, /Rat Collection/
Status
Available
Call number
599.3521756

Muskatnuß und Musketen. Europas Wettlauf nach Ostindien

by Giles Milton
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
/Indonesia Collection/, /Courthope. Nathaniel (1585- 1620) English East India Company officer/, /Coen. Jan Pieterszoon (1587-1629)Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies/, /Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie - history/, /Nutmeg industry - Indonesia - Maluku - history - 17th century/, /Spice trade - Indonesia - Maluku - 17th century/, /Indonesia - history - 1478-1798/, /Maluku (Indonesia) - history/, Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) - Batavia, Dutch East India Company see Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) - Batavia
Collections
#Location - John's Library, #Location - WMW Friends Büro
Status
Available
Call number
16.5;32.2;10.1c/XB-ID/XA-GB/XA-NL

Mit weitem Herzen: Mitgefühl leben

by Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho Dalai Lama XIV.
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
#JL XVIII/22-Dalai Lama, /Tibet Collection/, /Tibet - Buddhism/, /Buddhism - Tibet/, /Tenzin Gyatzo. XIV Dalai Lama (1935- ) Buddhist Religious Leader/
Collections
Religions, religious art and churches, etc., #Location - John's Library, Curt Cataloger
Status
Available
Call number
294.3444

The art of the Chinese picture-scroll

by Shane McCausland
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
/China Collection/, /China - art - scrolls/, /China - painting/, /China - picture scrolls - history/, /Picture scrolls - China/
Collection
#Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
709.5

Martin Luther Rebell für den Glauben

by Roland Herbert Bainton
Paperback, 1983
Tags
/Germany Collection/, /Luther. Martin (1483-1546) - biographie/
Collections
Biographies, Religions, religious art and churches, etc., #Location - John's Library
Status
Available
Call number
284.1092

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

by Edward Gibbon
Hardcover, 1960
Tags
#JL XIV/02-Ancient Rome, /Ancient Rome Collection/
Collections
History, #Location - John's Library, Curt Cataloger
Status
Available
Call number
937.06

Die Jesus-Dynastie das verborgene Leben von Jesus und seiner Familie und der Ursprung des Christentums

by James D. Tabor
Paper Book, 2006
Tags
/Jesus Christ - Royal office/, /Jesus Christ - Genealogy/, /Jews - kings and rulers/, /Christianity - origin/, /Christiaity - Jesus Christ/
Collections
Religions, religious art and churches, etc., #Location - Wohnpark Alterlaa
Status
Available
Call number
230
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