Genre search:Nonfiction

The Planets

by Dava Sobel
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
science, physics, astronomy, history, folklore, essays, gorgeous cover art, @undercovers
Collection
Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
523.2

The Planets

by Dava Sobel
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
science, physics, astronomy, history, folklore, essays, gorgeous cover art
Collections
Popular Science, Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
523.2

Daemon Voices: Essays on Storytelling

by Philip Pullman
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
non-fiction, essays, writing, books on books
Collection
Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
809.93353

PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives

by Frank Warren
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
non-fiction, memoir, compilation, epiostolary
Collections
General Fiction, Non-fiction & Reference
Series
PostSecrets
Status
Available
Call number
155.418

Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society

by Bill Bryson Editor
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
@ctm, @cbr, non-fiction, science, history, essays
Collection
Popular Science
Status
Available
Call number
506.041

Around the World in 80 Plants

by Jonathan Drori
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
non-fiction, nature, geography, plants
Collections
Popular Science, Non-fiction & Reference
Series
Around the World in 80
Status
Available
Call number
581

The Art of War [Chiltern Classics]

by Sun Tzu
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
non-fiction, classics, war, strategy, military history, china, philosophy, illustrated, chiltern classics
Collection
Classic Novels
Status
Available
Call number
355.02

The Art of War

by Sun Tzu
Paperback, 1971
Tags
philosophy, war, business, chinese literature, taoism, non-fiction, history
Collection
Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
355

Let's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir)

by Jenny Lawson
Book, 2012, April
Tags
@signed, non-fiction, biography, memoir, humour, mental illness
Collection
Biography & Memoir
Status
Available
Call number
070.92

Orange Is the New Black: My Time in a Women's Prison

by Piper Kerman
Ebook, 2013
Tags
@ebook, non-fiction, biography, prison
Collections
Digital Library, Biography & Memoir
Status
Available
Call number
365.43092

The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind

by Steven Pinker
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
non-fiction, language, popular science, folio society
Collections
Non-fiction & Reference, Folio Society books
Status
Available
Call number
400

The Language Instinct (The New Science of Language and Mind)

by Steven Pinker
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
@cbr, @cbr-chk, linguistics, non-fiction
Collections
Popular Science, Mlb to donate
Status
Available
Call number
400

The Prince

by Niccolò Machiavelli
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
folio society, history, italy, medieval, non-fiction, philosophy, politics, reference, ethics
Collections
Non-fiction & Reference, Folio Society books
Status
Available
Call number
320.1

How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Every

by Arthur Herman
Paperback, 2002
Tags
history, scottish history, humour, general knowledge
Collections
Popular Science, Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
941.1

Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School

by John Medina
Ebook, 2009
Tags
@ebook, non-fiction, popular science, psychology, cognitive science
Collections
Digital Library, Popular Science
Status
Available
Call number
612.82

Interesting Stories about Curious Words: From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings

by Susie Dent
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
@signed, non-fiction, words
Collection
Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
422

Roots of Happiness: 100 Words for Joy and Hope from Britain’s Most-Loved Word Expert

by Susie Dent
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
non-fiction, words
Collection
Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
428.1

NurtureShock: New Thinking about Children

by Po Bronson
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
popular science, parenting, psychology, non-fiction, reference
Collection
Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
305.231

Genome: The Autobiography of a Species In 23 Chapters

by Matt Ridley
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
science, genetics, biology, evolution, non-fiction
Collections
Fantasy & Science Fiction, Popular Science, Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
599.935

The Mysteries of the Universe [DK]

by Will Gater
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
non-fiction, children, primary school, space
Collections
Children's Lit & Picture Books, Non-fiction & Reference
Series
DK Children's Anthologies
Status
Available
Call number
523.1

Maps and Legends

by Michael Chabon
Book, 2008
Tags
mcsweeney's, non-fiction, books on books, writing, bibliophilia, literary criticism, essays, gorgeous cover art, sherlock, @undercovers
Collections
Non-fiction & Reference, Beautiful Books
Status
Available
Call number
801.95

Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Penguin Philosophy)

by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Paperback, 1994
Tags
philosophy, cognitive science, popular science, non-fiction, mathematics, biography, wordplay
Collections
Fantasy & Science Fiction, Biography & Memoir
Status
Available
Call number
510.1

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

by Stephen King
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
writing, advice, biography, memoir
Collections
Biography & Memoir, Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)

by Eve Rodsky
Ebook, 2019
Tags
@ebook, non-fiction, gender, self-help
Collections
Digital Library, Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
650.1082

The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It

by Kelly McGonigal
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
@ebook, non-fiction, popular science, psychology, business
Collections
Digital Library, Popular Science
Status
Available
Call number
153.8

Nature's Treasures [DK]

by Ben Hoare
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
non-fiction, children, middle grade, popular science, nature, picture book
Collections
Middle Grade & Teens, Non-fiction & Reference
Series
DK Treasures
Status
Available
Call number
508

59 Seconds: Change Your Life in Under a Minute

by Richard Wiseman
Paperback, 2010
Tags
@ebook, non-fiction, psychology, self-help, popular science
Collections
Digital Library, Popular Science, Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
158

Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tus

by Bill Buford
Paperback, 2007
Tags
cookbook, biography, memoir, recipes, restaurants
Collections
Cookbooks, Biography & Memoir
Status
Available
Call number
920

Shakespeare: The Illustrated Edition

by Bill Bryson
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
drama, reference, illustrated, biography, history, british history, essays
Collection
Biography & Memoir
Status
Available
Call number
822.33

The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

by Jonathan Haidt
Paperback, 2006
Tags
@ebook, non-fiction, science, popular science, psychology, happiness
Collections
Digital Library, Popular Science
Status
Available
Call number
170

Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

by Seth Godin
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
@ebook, non-fiction, business, creativity, marketing
Collections
Digital Library, Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
650.1

Silent Spring

by Rachel Carson
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
folio society, science, natural history, non-fiction, biodiversity, environment
Collections
Popular Science, Non-fiction & Reference, Folio Society books, Environment & TK Refs
Status
Available
Call number
363.7384

The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help

by Amanda Palmer
Ebook, 2014
Tags
@ebook, non-fiction, biography, memoir, self-help
Collections
Digital Library, Biography & Memoir
Status
Available
Call number
782.42164092

You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself

by David McRaney
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
@ebook, non-fiction, psychology, popular science, rationaility, neuroscience
Collections
Digital Library, Popular Science, Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
814

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat

by Oliver Sacks
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
folio society, non-fiction, popular science, psychology, favourite, cognitive science, amnesia
Collections
Popular Science, Folio Society books
Status
Available
Call number
616.8

The Federalist of The New Constitution

by Alexander Hamilton
Book, 1979
Tags
easton press, american history, political science, essays
Collections
Non-fiction & Reference, Easton Press books
Status
Available
Call number
342.73029

I Will Teach You To Be Rich

by Ramit Sethi
Ebook, 2009
Tags
@ebook, non-fiction, finance
Collections
Digital Library, Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
332.02401

A Room of One's Own (Bloomsbury Classics)

by Virginia Woolf
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
non-fiction, essays, feminism, bloomsbury classics
Collection
Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
305.42

The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid

by Bill Bryson
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
non-fiction, biography, memoir
Collection
Biography & Memoir
Status
Available
Call number
910.4092

Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength

by Roy F. Baumeister
Ebook, 2011
Tags
@ebook, non-fiction, science, psychology, popular science, business
Collections
Digital Library, Popular Science, Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
153.8

The Book on the Bookshelf

by Henry Petroski
Paperback, 2000
Tags
@wishlist, books on books, reference, storage, book collecting, libraries
Collection
Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
028

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns)

by Mindy Kaling
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
@ebook, non-fiction, biography, memoir, humour
Collections
Digital Library, Humour
Status
Available
Call number
818.602

Kew: The Witch's Forest: Trees in magic, folklore and traditional remedies

by Sandra Lawrence
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
non-fiction, history, myths and legends, plant folklore
Collections
Myths, Legends & Folklore, Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
398.368216

Veganomicon, 10th Anniversary Edition: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook

by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
cookbook, vegetarian
Collection
Cookbooks
Status
Available
Call number
641.5636

Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books

by Cathy Rentzenbrink
Ebook, 2020
Tags
@ebook, non-fiction, books on books, biography
Collections
Digital Library, Biography & Memoir
Status
Available
Call number
381.45002092

The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way

by Bill Bryson
Hardcover, 1990
Tags
@cbr-chk, @cbr, english language, words, linguistics, essays, humour, wordplay, etymology
Collection
Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
420.9

An anthropologist on Mars

by Oliver Sacks
Paperback, 1995
Tags
@bsg, @cbr, autism, psychology, cognitive science, non-fiction, essays, science, popular science, anthropology
Collections
Popular Science, Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
616.8

To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Persuading, Convincing, and Influencing Others

by Daniel H Pink
Ebook, 2013
Tags
@ebook, non-fiction, business, psychology, popular science, science
Collections
Digital Library, Popular Science, Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
158.2

Remarkable Books: The World's Most Historic and Significant Works

by DK
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
non-fiction, books on books
Collection
Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
002.09

It's all too much

by Peter Walsh
Paper Book, 2009
Tags
non-fiction, reference, storage, household, @donated
Collections
Middle Grade & Teens, Donated
Status
Available
Call number
155.9042
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