Tag search:'library book'

The dictionary of obscure sorrows

by (Writer) John Koenig
Paper Book, 2021
Tags
'library book', language and emotion, emotions, dictionaries, English language, new words, words, new dictionaries, emotions - English language, between living and dreaming, interior wilderness — 11 more, montage of attractions, faces in the crowd, boats against the current, roll the bones, chthosis, seeing the world as it is and the world as it could be, defining who you are from the inside out, finding shelter in the presence of others, catching glimpse of humanity from a distance, holding on in the rush of the moment, connecting the dots of a wide-open universe
Status
Available
Call number
152.403

The greatest invention : a history of the world in nine mysterious scripts

by Silvia Ferrara
Paper Book, 2022
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'library book', writing, deciphering, writing history, inscriptions, linguistics, extinct languages, language arts, Crete Cypress, Easter Island, inventions — 10 more, scripts, translated from Italian, discovery, Silvia Ferrara, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Central America, Voynich Manuscript, Phaitos Disk, Cherokee language
Status
Available
Call number
411.09

Semicolon : the past, present, and future of a misunderstood mark

by Cecelia Watson
Hardcover, 2019
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'library book', courts, Rebecca Solnit, colon, semicolon, period, Emma, Moby Dick, Raymond Chandler' Henry James, Shakespeare, punctuation — 7 more, writing, Cecilia Watson, grammar, English grammar, history, trends and fashions, typography
Status
Available
Call number
428.2/3

The lost family : how DNA testing is upending who we are

by Libby Copeland
Paper Book, 2020
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'library book', DNA, genetic genealogy, DNA fingerprinting, identity, psychology, relatives, adoptees, AncestryDNA, at home DNA tests, Jim Collins — 18 more, ethics, ethnicity, FamiltyTreeDNA, Alice Collins Plebuch, non-paternity events, CeCe Moore, Libby Copeland, race, secrets, 23andMe, Bennett Greenspan, Irish ancestry, law enforcement, privacy, Abrams, Geraldine Collins Wiggins, science, family history
Status
Available
Call number
929.1072

Book of questions : selections = Libro de las preguntas : selecciones

by Pablo Neruda
Paper Book, 2022
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'library book', juvenile, Pablo Neruda, bi-lingual, large format, poetry, Book of Questions : Selections, images, illustrated in color, Enchanted Lion Books, natural world — 11 more, questions, poetical fragments, curious mind, freedom, English/Spanish, vision, flowers, birds, animals, fold out paper, Chilean
Status
Available
Call number
861.62

Index, a history of the : a bookish adventure from medieval manuscripts to the digital age

by Dennis Duncan
Paper Book, 2022
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'library book', index, indexing, history, information organization, books about books, book classification, cataloging, alphabetic arrangement, naming, page numbers — 18 more, search, Addison and Steele, computing, fictions, Robert Grosseteste, index wit, knowledge, locators, libraries, novels, margins, narrative, prefaces, reading, Shakespeare, bookish adventure, cataloging history, W.W. Norton
Status
Available
Call number
025.3

The power of geography : ten maps that reveal the future of our world

by Tim Marshall
Hardcover, 2021
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'library book', geopolitics, geography, maps, Tim Marshall, 2021, regions, Australia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom — 17 more, Greece, Turkey, The Sahel, Ethiopia, Spain, space, Europe, France, United States, Russia, Middle East, Islam, Egypt, Africa, Mali, NATO, Scribner
Series
Politics of Place (4)
Status
Available
Call number
320.12

Babel : around the world in twenty languages

by Gaston Dorren
Paper Book, 2018
Tags
'library book', language, languages, linguistic geography, comparative linguistics, philology, language arts and disciplines, variation, historical linguistics, Vietnamese, Korean — 34 more, Tamil, Turkish, Javanese, Persian, Punjabi, Japanese, Swahili, German, French, Malay, Russian, Portuguese, Bengali, Arabic, Hindu-Urdu, Spanish, Mandarin, English, postage, scripts, vowels, consonants, grammars, alphabets, formality, gender, Indo-European language family, second languages, official languages, prestige, suffixes, tonal languages, word order, writing systems
Status
Available
Call number
409

Why we sleep : unlocking the power of sleep and dreams

by Matthew P. Walker
Hardcover, 2017
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'library book', sleep, sleep disorders, brain, brain waves, dreams. circadian rhythm, evolution, infants, insomnia, melatonin, memory — 20 more, naps, rapid eye movement, non-rapid eye movement, older adults, rats, wakefulness, work schedules, sleep about, sleep deprivation, sleeping pills, sleep patterns, sleep - physiological attributes, mental health, health and fitness, life sciences, human anatomy and physiology, psychology, Matthew Walker, Scribner, neuroscience
Status
Available
Call number
612.8/21

The five archetypes : discover what the elements reveal about ourselves and our relationships

by Carey Davidson
Paper Book, 2020
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'library book', typology, self-realization, psychology, self-actualization, elementary, five agents, Chinese philosophy, wood, fire, earth — 16 more, metal, water, trailblazer, optimist, caregiver, architect, philosopher, Chinese medicine, five archetypes, ayurveda, Tournesol, chakras, assessment, Carey Davidson, true nature, Tiller Press
Status
Available
Call number
181/.11

Feeling & knowing : making minds conscious

by Antonio R. Damasio
Paper Book, 2021
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'library book', consciousness, images, homeostatic feelings, knowing, Antonio Damasio, Giulio Tononi, sensing, nervous systems, mind, feeling — 6 more, biology of feeling, bacteria, perception, evolution, grounding feelings, Pantheon Books
Status
Available
Call number
153

Around the world in 80 books

by David Damrosch
Paper Book, 2021
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'library book', Reform club, David Damrosch, books about books, worldwide, literature, world history, no index, 80 books, London, Paris — 24 more, Krakow, Venice, Florence, Cairo-Istanbul, Muscat, Congo, Nigeria, Israel, Palestine, Tehran, Shiraz, Calcutta, Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo, Kyoto, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, Antilles and beyond, Bar Harbor, New York, selective
Status
Available
Call number
809

The four tendencies : the indispensable personality profiles that reveal how to make your life better (and other people's lives better, too)

by Gretchen Rubin
Paper Book, 2017
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'library book', self-actualization, psychology, self, personality, self-help, personal growth, four, Gretchen Rubin, upholder, questioner — 12 more, rebel, obliger, tendencies, understanding, dealing, expectations, characters, identification, resources, strengths and weaknesses, Harmony Books, typology
Status
Available
Call number
155.2/64

Geek wisdom : the sacred teachings of nerd culture

by Stephen H. Segal Editor
Paper Book, 2011
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'library book', conduct of life, quotations, maxims, science fiction, popular culture, geeks, computer enthusiasts, humor, nerd culture, annotations — 10 more, Quirk Books, Batman, Money Python, The Twilight Zone, Superman, Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, The Princess Bride, wisdom
Status
Available
Call number
818.607 G27 2011

The knowledge machine : how irrationality created modern science

by Michael Strevens
Paper Book, 2020
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'library book', Baconian convergence, explanatory relativism, iron rule of explanation, methodism, plausibility ranking, radical subjectivism, shallow causal explanation, theoretical cohort, Tychonic principle, Aristotle — 16 more, Sir Francis Bacon, Rene Descartes, God, Arthur Eddington, Albert Einstein, Great Method Debate, Thomas Kuhn, Sir Isaac Newton, physics, Karl Popper, religion, Scientific Revolution, theory, irrationality, Liveright Publications, history of science
Status
Available
Call number
500

Surrounded by idiots : the four types of human behavior and how to effectively communicate with each in business (and in life)

by Thomas Erikson
Paper Book, 2020
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'library book', communication - social aspects, communication psychological aspects, stress, communicative competence, communication in organizations, business, psychology, behavior, personality types, self-help — 10 more, relationships, non-fiction, human behavior, behavior by core, St. Martin's Essentials, four, quiz, adapting, feedback, perception
Status
Available
Call number
302.2

Revelation Through Science

by James G. Martin
Paperback, 2020
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'library book', science, revelation, Galileo, astronomy, physics, Charles Darwin, descent of homo sapiens, geology, biology, organic chemistry — 11 more, abiogenesis, molecular evolution, Are We Alone, DNA, planets, natural selection, stars, Big Bang, creation, universe, illustrated
Status
Available
Call number
201.65

Talking back, talking Black : truths about America's Lingua Franca

by John H. McWhorter
Paper Book, 2017
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'library book', English language, English language U.S., African American language, sociolinguistics, linguistics, language arts, language arts and disciplines, ethic studies - African American, literacy, comparative linguistics — 19 more, language, historical linguistics, social science, discrimination, race relations, Bellevue Literary Press, John McWhorter, pronunciation, slaves, schools, creole languages, Ebonics, black Americans, black accent, social class, minstrel speech and shows, verbs, speech, white speech
Status
Available
Call number
427/.97308996073

Whispers under ground / Ben Aaronovitch

by Ben Aaronovitch
Paper Book, 2012
Tags
'library book', magic, magic - fiction, murder, wizards, paranormal, regeneration, England, London, tube, public transport — 14 more, subways, hiding places, Peter Grant, policeman's life, specialty, sorcerer's apprentice, rogue magician, series, Metropolitan Police, pot shard murder weapon, Quiet People, crime, Rivers of London series, fantasy
Series
Rivers of London (3)
Status
Available
Call number
813/.6

This is the voice

by John Colapinto
Paper Book, 2021
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'library book', voice, voice - social aspects, oral communications, oral communications - social aspects, speech, speech and social status, vocal chords, leadership and persuasion, emotion, grammar and syntax — 13 more, evolution, Charles Darwin, babies, brains, accents, sex & gender, singing, women's voices, men's voices, John Colapinto, Simon & Shuster, language, non-fiction
Status
Available
Call number
302.2/242

Sidewalk oracles : playing with signs, symbols, and synchronicity in everyday life

by Robert Moss
Paper Book, 2015
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'library book', Robert Moss, coincidence, coincidence - psychic aspects, signs & symbols, synchronicity, magic, Jungian, Carl Jung, kairomancy, sidewalk oracles — 9 more, deja vu, trickster, dreams, sidewalk tarot, other planes, fox tales, games, New World Library, active dreaming
Status
Available
Call number
133.3/248

Upstairs at the Strand : writers in conversation at the legendary bookstore

by Jessica Strand Editor
Paperback, 2016
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'library book', The Strand, writers in conversation, bookstores, Jessica Strand, W. W. Norton, anecdotes, authorship, miscellanea, literary creation, authors — 7 more, American anecdotes, New York City, novelists, playwrights, poses, books, books about books
Status
Available
Call number
808.02

Eastbound

by Maylis de Kerangal
Paperback, 2023
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'library book', Maylis de Kerangal, trains, Trans Siberian Express, Siberia, travel, traveling, Russian conscripts, Aliocha, Vladivostok, adventure — 14 more, unexpected encounters, French novella, Wellcome Book Prize 2017, Hélène, escape, railroads, sleeping cars, transport, 2023, Archipelago Books, shared loneliness, Russia, fiction, love
Status
Available
Call number
813

Forest walking : discovering the trees and woodlands of North America

by Peter Wohlleben
Paper Book, 2022
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'library book', North American trees, ecology, forest ecology, forestry, forests - North America, nature psychological aspects, walking, outdoor recreation, human beings, effects of the environment on human beings — 13 more, leaves, roos, bark, decay, decomposers, wildlife, beauty, nut and seeds, forests at night, coiners, foraging, illustrated, North American map
Status
Available
Call number
582.16097

American Veda : from Emerson and the Beatles to yoga and meditation : how Indian spirituality changed the West

by Philip Goldberg
Hardcover, 2010
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'library book', Hinduism, religion, U.S. history, yoga history, U.S. religion, Vedanta, Vedanta history, spirituality, Ram Dass, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi — 14 more, Beatles, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Aldous Huxley, Ramana Maharshi, scandals, Set-Realization Fellowship, Transcendental Meditation, yoga, Paramahansa Yogananda, Alan Watts, Vedanta-Yoga, Philip Goldberg, new thoughts, drug culture
Status
Available
Call number
294.50973

Sundown towns : a hidden dimension of American racism

by James W. Loewen
Ebook, 2018
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'library book', United States, racism, sundown towns, James W Loewen, sundown suburbs, Great Retreat, sociology, integrated neighborhoods, Darien CT, Detroit — 20 more, educational aspects, exceptions, expulsions black Americans, future options, Grosse Pointe, immigration, Indiana, lynchings, Ku Klux Klan, Ozark region, racial stereotypes, employment, white Americans, U.S. government, South, signs, 2018, Republican Party, The New Press, elite suburbs
Status
Available
Call number
781.642

The secret to superhuman strength

by Alison Bechdel
Hardcover, 2021
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'library book', Alison Bechdel, autobiographical, comic books, scripts, time lines (years: 1960's to 2010's), ages (00's to 50s), comic book style, comic chronicle, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, exercise — 1 more, self improvement
Status
Available
Call number
613.7

Knowledge is beautiful

by David McCandless
Paperback, 2014
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'library book', curiosities and wonders, pictorial, miscellanea - pictorial works, encyclopedias and dictionaries, handbook, vade-mecums, questions and answers, information visualization, good graphics, knowledge — 11 more, sociology of knowledge, visual communication, data, life, culture, mind, world, information, non-fiction, Harper Design, reference
Status
Available
Call number
032

The path of modern yoga : the history of an embodied spiritual practice

by Elliott Goldberg Compiler
Hardcover, 2016
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'library book', yoga history, history - exercise, 20th century, Elliott Goldberg, asanas, contortion, Bhavanarao Pant Pratinidhi, Indra Devi, nationalism, haha yoga — 15 more, Mysore, BKS Iyengar, Apa Pant, K.V. Iyer, Kaivalyodhama Ashram, T. Krishnamachargo, Louise Morgan, physical culture, meditation, India middle class, posture sarvangasaha, Inner Traditions, yogic physical culture and health care, Sun salutations as Yogic exercise, Yogic embodied spirituality
Status
Available
Call number
613.7/046

The written world : how literature shaped civilization

by Martin Puchner
Hardcover, 2017
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'library book', One Thousand and One Nights, Mexico, literature, literature and society, history, literature history and criticism, history - civilization, biography and autobiography, literary criticism, books and reading — 17 more, paper, printing, Bible, writing, scribes, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, sacred scriptures, Tale of Genji, Japanese culture, Alexander the Great, Ashurbanipal, Christianity, Buddhism, Communist Manifesto, Martin Puchner, Benjamin Franklin, Epic of Sunjato
Status
Available
Call number
809/.93358

The making of the Bible : from the first fragments to sacred scripture

by Konrad Schmid
Paper Book, 2021
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'library book', bible, religion, biblical criticism, scribal culture, Belknap Press, German original, Judah, interpretation, judaism, Christianity — 16 more, changing vies of God, Israel, Hebrew, Hebrew Bible, New Testament, gospels, scriptures, Jerusalem, Torah, Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, anointed one, Jesus, Paul, Philo of Alexandria, ancient texts
Status
Available
Call number
220.1

Generation A

by Douglas Coupland
Hardcover, 2009
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'library book', fiction, Douglas Coupland, fantasy, dystopia, Scribner, group of five, bee sting, hive mind, science fiction, worldwide — 8 more, Harj, Zack, Samantha, Julien, Diana, stories, stories within stories, bees
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Yoke : my yoga of self-acceptance

by Jessamyn Stanley
Paperback, 2021
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'library book', hatha yoga, exercise, mind and body, mind and body therapies, wellness, lives in Durham North Carolina, self acceptance, yoga philosophy, yolk, i'm not me — 14 more, hierophant, poses, wealth and other American values, rituals, cultural appropriation, breathing, white guilt, meditation, loving yourself, sacred music & plant medicine, Mama always said never trust a white boy, Baha'i faith, Workman Publishing, Jessamyn Stanley
Status
Available
Call number
613.7/046

A psalm for the wild-built

by Becky Chambers
Paper Book, 2021
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'library book', robots, fiction, mythology, self-consciousness, awareness, gender non-conforming people, science fiction, Panga, Becky Chambers, Monk and Robot book — 13 more, tea monk, Tom Doherty Associates book, Tor, Sibling Dex, disciples of Chal, Mosscap, changing vocations, TorDotCom Hardcover, LBTQ, novella, artificial intelligence, speculative, fantasy
Series
Monk & Robot (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813/.6

Blue-skinned gods

by SJ Sindu
Paper Book, 2021
Tags
'library book', avatars (religion), fiction, ashrams, Hindu gods, boys - fiction, families, bildungsroman, Indian families, India - fiction, exploitation — 11 more, India - religious life, New York fiction, Tamil Nadu, Soho Press, Lakshman, Ayya, Amma, Kalki, fantasy, coming of age, godhead
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Yoga for athletes : 10-minute yoga workouts to make you better at your sport

by Dean Pohlman
Paper Book, 2021
Tags
'library book', yoga, pictorial, postures, workouts, fitness, pain points, Dean Pohlman, DK, functional yoga, resistance training — 12 more, endurance training, targeted workouts, 34 poses, athletes, sports, strength and injury prevention, flexibility, warm-ups, cool downs, restorative workouts, ankles, shoulders
Status
Available
Call number
613.7/046

The sleeping beauties : and other stories of mystery illness

by Suzanne O'Sullivan
Hardcover, 2021
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'library book', hysteria - psychosomatic aspects, mystery illnesses, sleeping beauties, crazy, Paradise lost, mind over matter, horses not zebras, question of trust, Witches of Le Roy, normal behavior — 4 more, culture bound syndromes, contagious seizures, sleeping sickness, sonic weapon attacks
Status
Available
Call number
616.85/24

The library of lost and found

by Phaedra Patrick
Paper Book, 2019
Tags
'library book', fiction, novel, family life, family secrets, self-realization, eccentric grandmother, U. K. author, half-sisters, feeling invisible, literary fiction — 3 more, books about books, England, women's fiction
Status
Available
Call number
823/.92

The golden specific

by S. E. Grove
Paper Book, 2015
Tags
'library book', fantasy, novel, sequel, S. E. Grove, fiction, maps, missing persons, quest, adventure, Boston — 11 more, junior fiction, Mapmakers Series, shifting borders, Great Disruption, Papal States, New Occident, the Badlands, Ausentinia, Viking, alternate history, teen fantasy
Series
The Mapmakers Trilogy (2)
Status
Available
Call number
[Fic]

The trees : a novel

by Percival Everett
Paper Book, 2021
Tags
'library book', fiction, novel, Mississippi, Mississippi - fiction, racism, murderers, Percival Everett, Graywolf Press, detective pair, Money MS (fictional) — 12 more, Hattiesburg, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation MBI, white supremacy, violence, lynching legacy, corner, FBI, Chicago, horror, satire, race relations, the South
Status
Available
Call number
813/.54

Don't believe a word : the surprising truth about language

by David Shariatmadari
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
'library book', languages, origins, linguistics, history, historical linguistics, speech, grammar, words, culture, language as an instinct — 5 more, translation, English language, animals, David Shariatmadari, glossary
Status
Available
Call number
401

Sorcery of thorns

by Margaret Rogerson Narrator
Paper Book, 2019
Tags
'library book', fiction, apprentices, libraries, magic, foundlings, fantasy, Margaret Rogerson, young adult, romance, sorcerers
Series
Sorcery of Thorns (1)
Status
Available
Call number
[Fic]

North american maps for curious minds : 100 new ways to see the continent

by Matthew Bucklan
Map, 2021
Tags
'library book', geography, North American maps, North American economic conditions, North American population, North American administrative and political divisions, fun maps, infographic, The Experiment
Series
Maps for Curious Minds
Status
Available
Call number
912.7

The island of missing trees : a novel

by Elif Shafak
Paper Book, 2021
Tags
'library book', fiction, Cyprus, London, identity (psychology), Cyprus history, fig tree, fig fiction, fig as narrator, Nicosia, love - fiction — 10 more, tree narration, first loves, Turkish Cyprus, Greek Cyprus, taverns, glossary (Greek and Turkish), Viking, Elif Shafak, missing persons, novel
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Useful delusions : the power and paradox of the self-deceiving brain

by Shankar Vedantam
Paper Book, 2021
Tags
'library book', delusions, deception, self-deception, truthfulness and falsehood, psychology, non-fiction, everyday life, the search for meaning, the tribe, Shankar Vedantam — 9 more, Bill Mesler, W. W. Norton & Company, brain, death, groups, Church of Love, myths, religions, storytelling
Status
Available
Call number
153.4

The kingdoms

by Natasha Pulley
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
'library book', novel, time travel, time travel fiction, Great Britain alternate history, 19th century, Scotland history, amnesiacs - fiction, identity (psychology), London England, alternate London — 9 more, France, colonies - fiction, Bloomsbury Publishing, Natasha Pulley, Joe Tournier, fantasy, Napoleonic Wars, historical fiction, alternate history
Status
Available
Call number
823/.92

Living nations, living words : an anthology of first peoples poetry

by Joy Harjo Compiler
Paper Book, 2021
Tags
'library book', poetry, First Peoples, Indians of North America, American poetry, Indian authors, compilation, illustrated
Status
Available
Call number
811.008/0897

Thinking in numbers : on life, love, meaning, and math

by Daniel Tammet
Paper Book, 2013
Tags
'library book', mathematics, numbers, thinking, mathematics - popular works, mathematics - social aspects, Asperger syndrome, savants, Daniel Tammet, sets, books — 15 more, fractions, memoir, counting, arithmetic, Pythagoras, big numbers, Plato, essays, calendars, pi, Tolstoy, primes, chess, statistics, Hachette Book Group
Status
Available
Call number
510

Project Hail Mary : a novel

by Andy Weir
Paper Book, 2021
Tags
'library book', end of the world - fiction, astronauts - fiction, space flight - fiction, memory disorders, survival, science fiction, hard science fiction, action and adventure, thrillers, suspense — 16 more, survival after ship accidents, outer space, Andy Weir, Ryland Grace, astrophage, Petrova line, Tau Ceti planet, rocky, xenonite, Adrian planet, Taumoeba, chemistry, first contact, cooperation, Eridian, Ballantine Books
Status
Available
Call number
813/.6

A brief history of the verb to be

by Andrea Moro
Paper Book, 2017
Tags
'library book', English language, verb phrase, English language grammar, historical grammar, phraseology, copula, tense, affirmation, identity, anatomy of a sentence — 12 more, verbs without subjects, linearity and hierarchy, Andrea Moro, Italian language, Noam Chomsky, to be, Aristotle, generative grammar, syntax, structuralism, MIT Press, linguistics
Status
Available
Call number
415/.6
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