Genre search:General Nonfiction

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language

by David Crystal
Paperback, 1987
Tags
nonfiction, linguistics, language, tpb
Series
Cambridge Encyclopedia
Call number
403 20

The Canon: A whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science

by Natalie Angier
Ebook, 2007
Tags
nonfiction, science, popular-level, history of science, ebook, coverguess mismatch
Collection
E-books
Call number
500

Capital of the World: The race to host the United Nations

by Charlene Mires
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
history, world history, united nations, hb
Collection
Previously Owned
Call number
341.2309

Car Talk : with Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers

by Tom Magliozzi
Paperback, 1991
Tags
nonfiction, cars, tpb
Call number
629.222 20

Carnivorous Nights: On the trail of the Tasmanian Tiger

by Margaret Mittelbach
Paperback, 2006
Tags
natural history, australia, extinct species, thylacine, tasmanian tiger, tpb
Call number
508.946

Carrying the Fire: An astronaut's journeys

by Michael Collins
Paperback, 1989
Tags
jane's, nonfiction, history, space, space program, space exploration, moon, apollo, mmpb, coverguess unavailable
Collection
Jane's
Call number
629.4 C

The Cartoon History of the United States

by Larry Gonick
Paperback, 2005
Tags
history, graphic novel, us history, american history, nonfiction, jane's
Collection
Jane's
Series
Cartoon Guide
Call number
973/.0207 20

The Cartoon History of the Universe II

by Larry Gonick
Paperback, 1994
Tags
cartoon history, 02, nonfiction, history, graphic novel, world history, tpb
Series
The Cartoon History of the Universe (2)
Call number
902.07 20

The Cartoon History of the Universe III

by Larry Gonick
Paperback, 2002
Tags
cartoon history, 03, nonfiction, history, graphic novel, world history, tpb
Series
The Cartoon History of the Universe (3)
Call number
902.07 20

The Case for Mars

by Robert Zubrin
Paperback, 1997
Tags
nonfiction, space, space exploration, crewed spaceflight boosterism, mars, tpb
Call number
919.92304 20

Caste: The origins of our discontents

by Isabel Wilkerson
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
history, american history, hb, unread
Call number
305.5/122

Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages

by Frances Gies
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
nonfiction, history, technology, history of technology, medieval, hb
Call number
609.4/09/02 20

The Cave Painters: Probing the mysteries of the world's first artists

by Gregory Curtis
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
nonfiction, archaeology, cave painting, biography, hb
Call number
759.01/20944

Chance: A guide to gambling, love, the stock market & just about everything else

by Amir D. Aczel
Paperback, 2004
Tags
math, probability, randomness, tpb, culled
Collection
Previously Owned
Call number
519.2

Chaos, fractals, and dynamics: computer experiments in mathematics

by Robert L. Devaney
Paperback, 1990
Tags
nonfiction, math, fractals, chaos, outdated, tpb
Collection
Previously Owned
Call number
003

Chaos: Making a new science

by James Gleick
Paperback, 1987
Tags
nonfiction, math, popular-level, fractals, chaos, tpb
Call number
003.19

Chasing chiles: Hot spots along the pepper trail

by Kurt Michael Friese
Paperback, 2011
Tags
nonfiction, food, ecology, chile peppers, signed copy, tpb
Call number
641.3/384

Chasing Kangaroos: A continent, a scientist, and a search for the world's most extraordinary creature

by Tim Flannery
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
nonfiction, australia, biology, kangaroos, hb
Call number
599.222 FLA

Chasing the American Dyke Dream: Homestretch

by Susan Fox Rogers
Paperback, 1998
Tags
lgbtq, short stories, essays, collection, tpb
Call number
305.48/9664

Cheap: The high cost of discount culture

by Ellen Ruppel Shell
Paperback, 2010
Tags
nonfiction, economics, history, sociology, tpb
Call number
381.1490973

The Children's Blizzard

by David Laskin
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
nonfiction, history, american history, weather, south dakota, nebraska, disasters, blizzards, hb
Call number
977.031

Chilies to Chocolate: Food the Americas gave the world

by Nelson Foster Editor
Paperback, 1992
Tags
nonfiction, food, history, food history, columbian exchange, tpb
Call number
641.3/097 20

Chocolate City: A history of race and democracy in the nation's capital

by Chris Myers Asch
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
unread, american history, african american history, washington dc, hb
Call number
305.8009753

Circumference: Eratosthenes and the ancient quest to measure the globe

by Nicholas Nicastro
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
early reviewer, history of science, eratosthenes, geodesy, nonfiction, hb
Collection
Reviewed
Call number
526.1092

Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems

by Jerry B. Marion
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
physics, classical mechanics, textbook, hb
Collection
Previously Owned
Call number
531.1 20

Classical Electrodynamics

by John David Jackson
Hardcover, 1975
Tags
physics, textbook, electromagnetism
Collection
Previously Owned
Call number
537.601

Climbing Mount Improbable

by Richard Dawkins
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
nonfiction, biology, evolution, hb
Collection
Previously Owned
Call number
575.0162 20

Climbing the Mango Trees: A memoir of a childhood in India

by Madhur Jaffrey
Paperback, 2006
Tags
nonfiction, memoir, food, india, tpb
Call number
641.5954 J23

The Cloudspotter's Guide: The science, history, and culture of clouds

by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Paperback, 2006
Tags
meteorology, clouds, tpb
Call number
551.576

Cod: A biography of the fish that changed the world

by Mark Kurlansky
Paperback, 1998
Tags
nonfiction, history, microhistory, fish, cod, food history, tpb, ftpml
Call number
333.95/6633

The Code Book: The evolution of secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots, to quantum cryptography

by Simon Singh
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
nonfiction, history, cryptography, hb
Call number
652.809 21

Code Girls: The untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II

by Liza Mundy
Paperback, 2018
Tags
women's history, american history, wwii, cryptanalysis, tpb, history of women in tech
Call number
940.54/86730922

The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within, Second Edition

by Edward R. Tufte
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
nonfiction, data presentation, why powerpoint sucks, jane's, hb, can't find our copy
Collection
Jane's
Call number
005.58

Cold: Adventures in the world's frozen places

by Bill Streever
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
nonfiction, natural history, cold, arctic, antarctica, hb
Call number
910.911

Colgate's Basic Sailing Theory

by Stephen Colgate
Paperback, 1986
Tags
nonfiction, sailing, jane's, ftppl, tpb, coverguess unavailable
Collection
Jane's
Call number
797.124

Collapse: How societies choose to fail or succeed

by Jared Diamond
Paperback, 2006
Tags
nonfiction, history, ecology, anthropology, human geography, tpb, ftpml
Series
Civilizations Rise and Fall (2)
Call number
304.28

Colliding Continents: A geological exploration of the Himalaya, Karakoram, & Tibet

by Mike Searle
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
geology, orogeny, himalayas, hb
Call number
555.496

Come to Think of it: Notes on the end of the millennium

by Daniel Schorr
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
hb, unread, nonfiction, essays, journalism, loaned out
Collection
Previously Owned
Call number
973.928

Coming into the Country

by John McPhee
Paperback, 1985
Tags
nonfiction, alaska, ftppl, mmpb, coverguess unavailable
Call number
917.98/04/50924

Coming out under fire: The history of gay men and women in World War II

by Allan Bérubé
Paperback, 2010
Tags
nonfiction, history, american history, wwii, lgbtq, tpb
Collection
Jane's
Call number
940.54097308664

The Complete Chile Pepper Book: A guide to identifying, growing, preserving, and cooking

by Dave DeWitt
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
gardening, cookbook, chile peppers, spicy food, early reviewer, hb
Collection
Reviewed
Call number
633.84

The Complete Cooking Light Cookbook

by Cathy A. Wesler
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
hb, cookbook, culled
Collection
Previously Owned
Call number
641.5635

The Complete Encyclopedia of North American Birds

by Michael Vanner
Paperback, 2002
Tags
nonfiction, birding, birds, tpb, coverguess unavailable
Call number
598.097 V265

The Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener : A Guide to Growing Your Garden Organically

by Karan Davis Cutler
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
nonfiction, reference, gardening, jane's, hb
Collection
Jane's
Call number
635.0484

Complex Variables and Applications

by Ruel Vance Churchill
Hardcover, 1990
Tags
math, complex analysis, textbook, hb, coverguess unavailable
Collection
Previously Owned
Call number
515.9

Complications: A surgeon's notes on an imperfect science

by Atul Gawande
Paperback, 2002
Tags
nonfiction, medicine, surgery, memoir, tpb
Call number
617.092B

Concepts of Modern Physics: Fifth Edition

by Arthur Beiser
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
physics, textbook, quantum, hb
Collection
Previously Owned
Call number
539.21

The Condor's Shadow: The loss and recovery of wildlife in America

by David Samuel Wilcove
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
ecology, nonfiction, extinction, ftppl, hb
Call number
333.95/42/0973 21

Confessions of the Guerrilla Girls

by The Guerrilla Girls
Paperback, 1995
Tags
nonfiction, art, feminism, tpb
Call number
760/.092/27471

I Contain Multitudes: The microbes within us and a grander view of life

by Ed Yong
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
biology, bacteria, symbiosis, microbiome, hb
Call number
579/.17
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