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000s - Computer Science, Knowledge and Systems
 
December
Conspiracy : why the rational believe
the irrational

by Michael Shermer

The author contemplates how we think about conspiracy theories.
Who believes conspiracy theories, and why? Which conspiracy
theories are likely to be true or false? What criteria we can use to
assess them, and what we should do to combat dangerous
conspiracy ideas and reestablish trust in our democratic
institutions, in the media, and in one another.
September
The Old farmer's almanac : calculated on
a new and improved plan for the year of
our Lord 2023

by Old Farmer's Almanac

A compilation of practical advice and folklore features weather
forecasts for the United States, planting tables, health remedies, horoscopes, recipes, games and puzzles, and other entertaining
and useful information.
July
June
May
100s - Philosophy and Psychology
 
January
8 rules of love : how to find it, keep it,
and let it go

by Jay Shetty

The author of New York Times best-seller Think Like a Monk
presents eight rules that can help us love ourselves, our partner
and the world better than we ever thought possible.
Attention span : a groundbreaking way
to restore balance, happiness and productivity

by Gloria Mark

A leading psychologist presents a new approach to overcoming distractions and shows that multitasking actually hurts productivity
and the ways that social media and modern entertainment amplifies
has shortened our attention spans.
The creative act : a way of being
by Rick Rubin

A master at helping people connect with who they really are and
what they really offer, the nine-time Grammy-winning producer illuminates the path of the artist. It is a road we all can follow,
putting the power to create moments, and even lifetimes of
exhilaration and transcendence within closer reach.
December
Why we meditate : the science and
practice of clarity and compassion

by Daniel Goleman

Based on groundbreaking neuroscience, this practical and
soul-stirring guide to meditation helps you break free from
negative patterns of thought and behavior to radically embrace
your very being.
October
Visual thinking : the hidden gifts of
people who think in pictures, patterns,
and abstractions

by Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin, who forever changed how the world understood
autism, draws on cutting-edge research to take us inside visual
thinking, proposing new approaches to education, parenting,
employing and collaborating with the special minds and
contributions of visual thinkers.
The book of boundaries : set the limits that will set you free
by Melissa Urban

The CEO of the Whole30 and an authority on helping people create lifelong healthy habits shows how establishing boundaries is the key to better mental health and self-confidence, improved productivity, greater energy and more fulfilling relationships.
September
The love prescription : seven days to
more intimacy, connection, and joy

by John Mordechai Gottman

Drawing on 40 years of studying love and sharing data from
more than 3,000 couples, two of the worlds leading relationship scientists present a formula from a good relationship, showing how
a few small changes can fundamentally transform your relationship
for the better.
July
June
May
200s - Religion
 
November
Untangled : walking the Eightfold Path
to clarity, courage, and compassion

by Koshin Paley Ellison

A guidebook to finding expansive ease and true joy through what
is traditionally called the eightfold path, one of Buddhism's
foundational teachings.
Forgive : why should I and how can I?
by Timothy Keller

Forgiveness is an essential skill, a moral imperative, and a
religious belief that cuts right to the core of what it means to
be human. In Forgive, Timothy Keller shows readers why it is
so important and how to do it, explaining in detail the steps you
need to take in order to move on without sacrificing justice or
your humanity"
October
Loving people who are hard to love : transforming your world by learning
to love unconditionally

by Joyce Meyer

How do you love the people in your life who are hard to love?
We're never going to be able to prevent people from saying or
doing things that hurt our feelings. We will always have
opportunities to get offended. But if we do things God's way,
we can choose to save ourselves a lot of misery and hardship.
September
How to Inhabit Time : Understanding the Past, Facing the Future, Living Faithfully Now
by James K. A. Smith

Many Christians are disconnected from the past or imagine they are "above" history, immune to it, as if self-starters from clean slates in every generation. They suffer from a lack of awareness of time and the effects of history—both personal and collective—and thus are naive about current issues and fixated on the end times.

Popular speaker and award-winning author James K. A. Smith shows that awakening to the spiritual significance of time is crucial for orienting faith in the 21st century. 
Silencing white noise : six practices to overcome our inaction on race
by Willie Dwayne Francois

"A prominent Black church leader calls people of all races to engage six "rhythms of reparative intercession" to silence White Noise-the racist speech, ideas, and policies that lull us into inaction on racial injustice-and to develop lifelong Christian antiracist practices"
July
May
300s - Social Science, Education and Law
February
Code name Blue Wren : the true story of America's most dangerous female spy--
and the sister she betrayed

by Jim Popkin

Describes the true crime story of Ana Montes, a superstar of the
U.S. Intelligence community. Ana who had won a prestigious
fellowship at the CIA, but was arrested and publicly exposed as
a secret agent for Cuba.
January
Untouchable : how powerful people
get away with it

by Elie Honig

A CNN senior legal analyst and nationally bestselling author
exposes how the rich and powerful use the American criminal
justice system to their own benefit by manipulating seemingly fair institutions and practices to build empires of corruption and get
away with misdeeds for which ordinary people would be imprisoned.
Edible economics : a hungry economist explains the world
by Ha-Joon Chang

One of the world's leading economists presents concepts about globalization, climate change, immigration, automation and
more by comparing them to food from around the world and
show how understanding the economy is like learning a recipe.
J.K. Lasser's 1001 deductions and tax
breaks 2023 : your complete guide to everything deductible

by Barbara Weltman

Expert attorney and small business advocate Barbara Weltman
delivers a thorough and carefully researched explanation of the constantly changing tax laws as they apply to ordinary, taxpaying Americans. The latest edition of this book has been completely
updated to reflect recent legislation, the latest tax court rulings,
and IRS guidance, allowing readers to easily refer to relevant
deductions and credits in the easy-to-follow guide.
The January 6th report : the report of
the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

Presents the full text of the Select Committee to Investigate the
January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol's report, which
addresses the origins of the insurrection, how it was organized
and funded and the role of Donald Trump and other high-ranking officials.
GRE Master Wordlist: 1535 Words for
Verbal Mastery

by GRE

This book is a collection of 1535 vocabulary words that are
handpicked by GRE experts having years of experience. The
words come with parts of speech, pronunciation, synonyms, 
antonyms, and example sentences. The example sentences will
help you understand the meaning of words in context and teach
you to use them correctly in sentences.

 
A Spectre, Haunting
by China Mieville

China Miéville's riveting engagement with the Communist Manifesto offers a lyrical introduction and a spirited defense
of the modern world's most influential political document.
A few days full of trouble : revelations on
the journey to justice for my cousin and
best friend, Emmett Till

by Wheeler Parker

The last surviving eyewitness to the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till tells the story of the case that ignited the civil rights movement, as well as memories of Till as a boy and insights into
the investigation.
The Swedish art of aging exuberantly :
life wisdom from someone who will (probably) die before you

by Margareta Magnusson

The author of international best-seller The Gentle Art of Swedish
Death Cleaning
shows us how to prepare for and understand the
aging process, and the joys and sorrows it can bring, with her
ultimate message that we should all be less afraid of the idea
of death.
December
How to stand up to a dictator : the
fight for our future

by Maria Ressa

A Philippine Journalist who received the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
presents strategies for speaking truth to power, challenging
corruption and standing up against authoritarians to battle
information and lies.
Screaming on the inside : the unsustainability of American motherhood
by Jessica Grose

Weaving together her personal journey with scientific, historical
and contemporary reporting, a New York Times opinion writer
dismantles 200 years of unrealistic parenting expectations and
empowers todays mothers to make choices that actually serve themselves, their children and their communities.
November
Silent spring revolution : John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the great environmental awakening
by Douglas Brinkley

Crucial to understanding the battle to protect Americas land,
water, wildlife and air, this book pays tribute to environmental
activists who literally saved the natural world under the leadership
of John F. Kennedy due in part to Silent Spring, a book that launched
an eco-revolution among the American people.
Ejaculate responsibly : a whole new
way to think about abortion

by Gabrielle Stanley Blair

In a series of 28 brief arguments reframing the abortion issue,
Gabrielle Blair deftly makes the case for moving the abortion
debate away from controlling and legislating women's bodies and
instead directs the focus on men's lack of accountability in
preventing unwanted pregnancies.
Tracers in the dark : the global hunt
for the crime lords of cryptocurrency

by Andy Greenberg

With unprecedented access to the major players in federal
law enforcement and private industry who have cracked the
Bitcoin blockchain, a veteran cybersecurity reporter presents this thrilling, globe-spanning story of dirty cops, drug bazaars, trafficking rings and the biggest takedown of an online narcotics market in the history of the internet.
Black women will save the world : an anthem
by April Ryan

The trailblazing White House correspondent reflects on 2020 and the unprecedented role of African American women in helping to uphold democracy. Ryan also recalls her own personal journey from working-class Baltimore to the pinnacle of her profession. 
The persuaders : at the front lines of the fight for hearts, minds, and democracy
by Anand Giridharadas

Taking us inside movements and battles for justice to seek out the dissenters who continue to champion persuasion in an age of polarization, the subjects of this book grapple with how to call out threats and injustices while calling in those who don't agree with them but just might one day.
Homecoming : the path to prosperity in a post-global world
by Rana Foroohar

The Financial Times columnist and CNN analyst presents a vision of a new age of economic localization in the face of global trade and supply chain failures and how this trend can help keep investment and wealth closer to home.
All the living and the dead : from embalmers to executioners, an exploration of the people who have made death their life's work
by Hayley Campbell

A journalist explores the work and psychology of the vast death industry and the people, including morticians, detectives, crime scene cleaners, embalmers and executioners who have made it their career.
October
Lady justice : women, the law, and
the battle to save America

by Dahlia Lithwick

Dahlia Lithwick, one of the nation's foremost legal commentators,
tells the gripping and heroic story of the women lawyers who fought
the racism, sexism, and xenophobia of Donald Trump's presidency,
and won. After the sudden shock of Donald Trump's victory over
Hillary Clinton in 2016, many Americans felt lost and uncertain.
It was clear he and his administration were going to pursue a
series of retrograde, devastating policies.
The myth of normal : trauma, illness & healing in a toxic culture
by Gabor Maté

Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription
drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has
high blood pressure. In Europe, hypertension is diagnosed in more
than 30 percent of the population. And everywhere, adolescent
mental illness is on the rise. So what is really "normal" when it
comes to health?
Spiderweb Capitalism : How Global
Elites Exploit Frontier Markets

by Kimberly Kay Hoang

Spiderweb Capitalism sheds critical light on how global elites
capitalize on risky frontier markets, and deepens our understanding
of the paradoxical ways in which global economic growth is
sustained through states where the line separating the legal from
the corrupt is not always clear.
US Citizenship Test Study Guide 2022
and 2023

by Andrew Smullen

Your future depends on your US Citizenship test results. With this Exampedia study guide, you will have everything you need to
succeed and achieve your goals. 
Our team brings you a complete
prep package in a simple, easy to understand format. 
The color of time : a new history of the
world : 1850-1960

by Dan Jones

Presents an illustrated narrative of over one hundred years of
world history, from the reign of Queen Victoria and the American
Civil War to the Cuban Missile Crisis and the beginning of the
Space Age
Free market : the history of an idea
by Jacob Soll

Tracing the intellectual evolution of the free market, from ancient
Rome to today, the award-winning author argues that we need to go back to the origins of free market ideology in order to truly understand
it and to develop new economic concepts to face todays challenges.
By hands now known : Jim Crow's
legal executioners

by Margaret Burnham

The director of Northeastern University's Civil Rights and
Restorative Justice Project examines the legal apparatus that
helped sustain Jim Crow-era violence, focusing on a series of
harrowing cases from 1920 to 1960.
Nomads : the wanderers who shaped
our world

by Anthony Sattin

Exploring the evolutionary biology and psychology of restlessness
that makes us human, Anthony Sattin's sweeping history charts the power of nomadism from before The Bible to its decline in the
present day. Connecting us to mythology and the records of
antiquity, Nomads explains why we leave home, and why we
like to return again. This is the history of civilization as told
through its outsiders.
Servants of the damned : giant law
firms, Donald Trump, and the corruption
of justice

by David Enrich

In this eye-opening new work of narrative fiction, the Business Investigations Editor at the New York Times focuses on one of the world's largest law firms, Jones Day, who have become a highly
effective enabler of the business worlds worst behavior by
protecting powerful bad actors in our society.
September
Holding the line : inside the nation's preeminent US Attorney's Office and its battle with the Trump Justice Department
by Geoffrey S Berman

The gripping and explosive memoir of serving as US Attorney
for the Southern District of New York, in the face of the Justice Department's attempts to protect Trump's friends and punish his enemies.
Slouching Towards Utopia : An Economic History of the Twentieth Century
by J. Bradford Delong

One of the worlds leading economists tells the story of the
century that transformed the economy again and again, showing
how this unprecedented explosion of material wealth occurred,
how it changed the world and why it failed to deliver us to utopia.
Teaching white supremacy :
America's democratic ordeal and
the forging of our national identity

by Donald Yacovone

The lifetime Associate at Harvard University's Hutchins Center
for African and African American Research and recipient of the
NAACP Image Award reveals the systematic ways in which white supremacist ideology has infiltrated American culture and how it
has been at the heart of our collective national identity.
Fen, bog, and swamp : a short history
of peatland destruction and its role in
the climate crisis

by Annie Proulx

The history of the wetlands, a vital source of storing carbon
emissions, their degradation over centuries and the serious
ecological consequences that have resulted are explored in the
second work of nonfiction from the multiple award-winning
author of Brokeback Mountain.
My three dads : patriarchy on the
Great Plains

by Jessa Crispin

Jessa Crispin melds personal narrative with history and current events
to explore the dark side of Kansas, where she grew up. She meditates
on why the American Midwest still enjoys an esteemed position in the US's imagination about itself, why its foundational myths are the myths of what it means to be "American." And while we may romanticize aspects of Midwestern life-the nuclear family, the pioneering attitude,
the small town friendliness-the realities, she argues, are harsher.
The Chaos Machine : The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
by Max Fisher

A New York Times investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Max Fisher, captures the tangible havoc wreaked upon our minds and world by the titans of the tech industry, telling the inside story of how the social networks fundamentally altered the world.
Diary of a misfit : a memoir and a mystery
by Casey Parks

Part memoir, part investigative reporting, this sweeping journalistic saga explores sexuality and gender, family trauma and the redemptive force of love.
Mother brain : how neuroscience is rewriting the story of parenthood
by Chelsea Conaboy

In this powerful narrative, a journalist and mother delves into the major brain changes that come with being new parents. This book delves into the neuroscience to reveal unexpected upsides and how this science is mostly absent from the public conversation about parenthood.
Buy this, not that : how to spend your way to wealth and freedom
by Sam Dogen

"Sam Dogen's Financial Samurai blog has helped over 70 million people achieve financial freedom. Now, he shares his no-nonsense playbook to build wealth and retire early through smarter spending. With hard numbers and his signature straight talk, Dogen reveals the spending dos and donts for the biggest, and the smallest, purchases of your life. In topics ranging from career, to education, to family and parenting, to lifestyle and real-estate-Dogen shows how to calculate your optimal calorie-per-dollar budget. You don't need to be a millionaire or a genius to achieve financial freedom. It's about making the most of your money, now, and forever-and it's never too late to get started"
A Death on W Street : The Murder of Seth Rich and the Age of Conspiracy
by Andy Kroll

Kroll describes how the murder of a DNC political staffer launched conspiracy theories on social media and intensified the culture wars when Fox News broadcast unfounded theories that ultimately ensnared Hillary Clinton, a DC pizzeria and Alex Jones.
American demon : Eliot Ness and the hunt for America's Jack the Ripper
by Daniel Stashower

Follow Eliot Ness as he investigates the Cleveland Torso Murderer, who left thirteen bodies scattered across the city in the 1930s in a historical true crime story from the biographer, historian and award-winning author of The Hour of Peril.
Battle for the American mind : uprooting a century of miseducation
by Pete Hegseth

The Fox News host and New York Times best-selling author examines what he calls Americas broken education system and offers a plan to help raise children who uphold traditional conversative values.
Status and culture : how our desire for higher social rank shapes identity, fosters creativity, and changes the world
by W. David Marx

In Status and Culture, W. David Marx weaves together history, psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, philosophy, linguistics, semiotics, cultural theory, literary theory, art history, media studies, and neuroscience to reveal for the first time the inner workings of status. 
From here to eternity : traveling the
world to find the good death

by Caitlin Doughty

The best-selling author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes aims to
expand readers' sense of what it means to treat the dead with
dignity.
August
Raising Lazarus : hope, justice, and the future of America's overdose crisis
by Beth Macy

In this complex story of public health, big pharma, dark money,
politics, race and class, the New York Times best-selling author
of Dopesick takes us to the forefront of the opioid crisis where
we meet the everyday heroes fighting to stem the tide of drug
overdose.
Formidable : American women and the
fight for equality: 1920-2020

by Elisabeth Griffith

In this riveting narrative, an activist and academic, integrating the
fight by White and Black women to achieve quality, provides a
sweeping, century-long perspective and an expansive cast of
change agents, showing how the diversity of the women's
movement mirrors America.
The fishermen and the dragon : fear,
greed, and a fight for justice on the
gulf coast

by Kirk W. Johnson

A gripping, twisting account of a small town set on fire by hatred, xenophobia, and ecological disaster. This is a story that weaves
together corporate malfeasance, a battle over shrinking natural resources, a turning point in the modern white supremacist
movement, and one woman's relentless battle for environmental
justice.
To risk it all : nine conflicts and the
crucible of decision

by James Stavridis

Told through the thrilling and heroic stories of nine famous acts of leadership in battle from the U.S. Navy's nearly 250-year history,
one of the great naval leaders of our time draws from them a set of insights we can all put to use when confronted with fateful choices.
Meet me by the fountain : an inside
history of the mall

by Alexandra Lange

This entertaining and evocative stroll through the rise, fall
and ongoing reinvention of malls, which proved to be a powerful
draw for creative thinkers, including Joan Didion, Ray Bradbury
and George Romero, chronicles how the design of these
marketplaces played an integral role in cultural ascent.
The end of the world is just the beginning: mapping the collapse of globalization
by Peter Zeihan

In this eye-opening, counterintuitive book, a geopolitical
strategist changes how we think about globalization, drawing on geographical knowledge and political history, providing a sharp
analysis of the current crisis and forecasts what will happen in
the next 20 years.
Alabama v. King : Martin Luther King Jr.
and the criminal trial that launched the
civil rights movement

by Dan Abrams

Reveals the story of the historic trial resulting from the
Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott that revealed the racist
systems of the South to a worldwide audience and made
Martin Luther King, Jr., a national hero.
Growing up Getty : the story of America's most unconventional dynasty
by James Reginato

An account of the current generation of one of the wealthiest and
most misunderstood family dynasties in the world, including Mark
Getty, a cofounder of Getty Images and Anne G. Earhart, an
award-winning environmentalist.
Leadership : six studies in world strategy
by Henry Kissinger

Drawing on his deep study of history as well as his distinguished
career in government, the consummate diplomat and statesman
studies six impactful leaders in modern history, including Anwar
Sadat, Margaret Thatcher and Lee Kuan Yew, revealing the
masterful strategies and leadership of these great geopolitical minds.
July
Cults : inside the world's most notorious groups and understanding the people
who joined them

by Max Cutler

The founder of a popular podcast studio and a national best-seller
join forces to describe what goes on inside the minds of cult leaders
and also the mindset of their followers, from Manson to Applewhite
and Koresh to Rael.
Rogues : true stories of grifters,
killers, rebels and crooks

by Patrick Radden Keefe

The prize-winning, New York Times best-selling author presents
twelve of his most celebrated articles from The New Yorker that
form a deeply human portrait of criminals and rascals, as well
as those who stand up against them.
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