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New Adult 000 - 300s Nonfiction 000 - Computer Science, Knowledge, and Systems 100 - Philosophy and Psychology 200 - Religion 300- Social Science, Law, and Education
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The lede : dispatches from a life in the press
by Calvin Trillin
Drawing on his six-decade career, the best-selling author and beloved New Yorker writer, in this fascinating, opinionated portrait of journalism, uses his unique combination of reportage and humor to take on his own professional environment: the American press.
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No ordinary assignment : a memoir
by Jane Ferguson
In this unflinching memoir of ambition and war, the author chronicles her unlikely journey to become an award-winning war correspondent from the front lines of the most dangerous conflicts and dire humanitarian crises of our time, from the Arab Spring to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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Supercommunicators : how to unlock the secret language of connection
by Charles Duhigg
A Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, studying supercommunicators—people capable of connecting with anyone, reveals how, everyone time we speak to some, we're actually engaging in one of three conversations, showing us how to recognize which kind of conversation we're having—and teaching us the essential skills for navigating it successfully.
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Look again : the power of noticing what was always there
by Tali Sharot
A neuroscience professor and a Harvard law professor team up in this groundbreaking work, based on decades of research in the psychological and biological sciences, that shows how disrupting our routines can lead to seeing, feeling and noticing again—and embracing much-needed change to live happier, more fulfilling lives.
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Grief is for people
by Sloane Crosley
The author of the New York Times best-sellers I Was Told There'd Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number shares how she dealt with the grief of losing her best friend to suicide.
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Why we remember : unlocking memory's power to hold on to what matters
by Charan Ranganath
Combining accessible language with cutting-edge research, eye-opening studies and examples from pop culture, a pioneering neuroscientist and psychologist unveils the hidden role memory plays throughout our lives and how once we understand its power, we can cut through the clutter to remember the things we want to remember.
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Learning to love midlife : 12 reasons why life gets better with age
by Chip Conley
In Learning to Love Midlife, Chip Conley offers an alternative narrative to the way we commonly think of our 40s, 50s and 60s. Drawing on the latest social science research, inspiring stories, and timeless wisdom, he reveals 12 reasons why life gets better with age.
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Chicago's haunt detective : a cop's guide to supernatural Chicago
by Raymond Johnson
Take a fresh look at Chicago's ghosts, legends, and psychics from the viewpoint of a retired West Chicago criminal investigator and local historian. Read favorite legends as well as little-known stories. Who was the fun-loving, hitchhiking, dance-hall phantom known as Resurrection Mary?
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13 things mentally strong couples don't do : fix what's broken, develop healthier patterns, and grow stronger together
by Amy Morin
Providing resources, original research, and advice for couples looking to grow stronger together, Morin gives readers life-changing steps they can do to improve their own mental strength and work better together as a team. Looking closely at modern-day issues, from social media to the COVID pandemic, 13 Things Mentally Strong Couples Don't Do provides easy-to-implement solutions that can help readers deal with the real-world problems that are distressing today's couples.
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Feel-good productivity : how to do more of what matters to you
by Ali Abdaal
In this revolutionary book, Abdaal reveals how the science of feel-good productivity can transform your life. He introduces the three hidden 'energisers' that underpin enjoyable productivity, the three 'blockers' we must overcome to beat procrastination, and the three 'sustainers' that prevent burnout and help us achieve lasting fulfillment.
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Magus : the art of magic from Faustus to Agrippa
by Anthony Grafton
Anthony Grafton explores the art and influence of an opaque historical figure: the magus, or learned magician. A distinctive intellectual type in Renaissance Europe, magi contributed to the humanistic currents of the time and had a transformative impacton public life, influencing advances in sculpture, painting, engineering, and other fields.
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The witching year : a memoir of earnest fumbling through modern witchcraft
by Diana Helmuth
Skeptical of organized religion, the author tries out Witchcraft, and over the course of a year and after trying to perform a full moon ritual on a cardboard box and summon an ancient demon with scotch tape and a kitchen trivet, finds her biggest question remains: Will any of this really work?
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Lotus girl : my life at the crossroads of Buddhism and America
by Helen Tworkov
Exploring the relationship between Buddhist wisdom and American values, the founder of the first independent Buddhist magazine chronicles her search for a true home as she interacts with renowned artists and spiritual luminaries, including the Dalai Lama, Joseph Goldstein and Charles Mingus.
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Cloistered : my years as a nun
by Catherine Coldstream
Provides a memoir of life inside the world of a traditional Carmelite monastery and the intense personal journey into and out of an enclosed life of poverty, chastity and obedience.
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Reading Genesis
by Marilynne Robinson
A noted novelist and thinker presents an interpretation of the book of Genesis.
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A Good Life : 15 Essential Habits for Living With Hope and Joy
by Pope Francis
Life can be hard, but no matter what challenges you are facing, Pope Francis wants you to know you were created by God for this moment. There is always a way to find joy and to celebrate the wonder of the life we have been given.
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The great abolitionist : Charles Sumner and the fight for a more perfect union
by Stephen Puleo
This first major biography of a forgotten civil rights hero who, at great personal sacrifice, was the conscience of the North and the most influential politician fighting for abolition, shows how he laid the foundation that civil rights advocates to build upon to achieve equality among the races.
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The wives : a memoir
by Simone Gorrindo
Uprooted from NYC and dropped into Columbus, Georgia, when her husband is deployed, Army wife Simone Gorrindo navigates this new world alone until she meets the wives, a remarkable group of women, in this profoundly intimate look at marriage, friendship and today's America.
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Burn book : a tech love story
by Kara Swisher
From an award-winning journalist comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech industry and its founders who wanted to change the world but broke it instead.
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The museum of other people : from colonial acquisitions to cosmopolitan exhibitions
by Adam Kuper
In this meticulously researched, immersive history, one of the world's most distinguished anthropologists, tells the story of how foreign and prehistoric peoples and cultures were represented in Western museums of anthropology. He excavates a legacy of imperialism, colonialism and scientific racism in their creation.
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Up in arms : how military aid stabilizes--and destabilizes-- foreign autocrats
by Adam E. Casey
Based on extensive original research, a political scientist, in an era of renewed power competition, offers invaluable insights into the unforeseen consequences of overseas meddling by discussing authoritarian regimes during the Cold War, revealing how military aid can help pull down dictators as often as it props them up.
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The return of great powers : Russia, China, and the next world war
by Jim Sciutto
In this follow-up to his 2019 bestseller The Shadow War: Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America, CNN's chief national security correspondent analyzes a historic and visible shift in real time, asking us to consider uncertain outcomes, and whether the West, Russia and China can prevent a new World War.
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One way back : a memoir
by Christine Blasey
On September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which was considering the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court; this is the true behind-the-scenes story of that testimony.
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Attack from within : how disinformation is sabotaging America
by Barbara McQuade
A legal scholar and analyst looks at both the history and current threat of disinformation from Mussolini and Hitler to Bolsonaro and Trump while offering practical solutions to overcoming its poisonous influence on democracy.
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Soldiers and kings : survival and hope in the world of human smuggling
by Jason De Leâon
An internationally recognized anthropologist, who embedded himself within a group of smugglers moving migrants across Mexico over the course of seven years, presents this first-ever, character-driven look at human smuggling that revolves around the life and death of one coyote who falls in love and tries to leave smuggling behind.
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Women, money, power : the rise and fall of economic equality
by Josie Cox
For centuries, women were denied equal access to money and the freedom and power that came with it. It was a raw deal, and women weren't happy with it. So they pushed back. In Women Money Power, financial journalist Josie Cox tells the story of women's fight for financial freedom.
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A history of women in 101 objects
by Annabelle Hirsch
A single journey, picked out in 101 objects, through the fascinating, too-often-overlooked, manifold histories of women. With engaging prose, compelling stories, and a beautiful full-page image of each object, Annabelle Hirsch curates a diverse compendium of women and their things, uncovering the thoughts and feelings at the heart of women's daily lives.
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Metaracism: how systemic racism devastates Black lives--and how we break free
by Tricia Rose
A pioneering scholar offers this new account of what systemic racism actually is, how it works and how we can fight back, revealing how hard-to-see systemic connections function to disproportionately contain, exploit and punish Black people and showing us how to create a more just America for us all.
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White rural rage : the threat to American democracy
by Thomas F. Schaller
This is the patriotic paradox of rural America: The rural citizens who take such pride in their patriotism are least likely to defend core American principles, even when the system itself is set up in their favor. If the commitment to American democracy of this exalted minority crumbles, can the US itself survive? Thanks to the extra weight smaller states enjoy, the past two Republican presidents entered the White House despite losing the popular vote.
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Fiske guide to colleges 2024
by Edward B. Fiske
This updated version of the #1 source for discovering more than 320 of the best colleges and universities features school ratings, tips from current students, and proven ways to both broaden and narrow your college list.
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Medgar & Myrlie : Medgar Evers and the love story that awakened America
by Joy-Ann Reid
Tracing the extraordinary lives and legacy of two civil rights icons, this gripping account of Medgar and Myrlie Evers is told through their relationship and the work that went into winning basic rights for black Americans, and the repercussions that still resonate today.
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Remembering peasants : a personal history of a vanished world
by Patrick Joyce
In this new history of peasantry, an extraordinary culture whose impact the past—and the future—remains profoundly relevant, a social historian shines a light on people whose knowledge of the land is being irretrievably lost during our critical time of climate crisis and the rise of industrial agriculture.
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The war below : lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives
by Ernest Scheyder
A senior correspondent for Reuters reports from the front lines on the key players in the trillion-dollar batter for the resources to power our future, crafting a business story that matters to everyone and painting an honest and nuanced picture of what's need to fight climate change and secure energy independence.
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What's wrong? : personal histories of chronic pain and bad medicine
by Erin Williams
Erin Williams's graphic exploration of how the American health-care system fails us. Focusing on four raw and complex firsthand accounts, plus Williams's own story, this book examines the consequences of living with interconnected illnesses and conditions.
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Race rules : what your Black friend won't tell you
by Fatimah Gilliam
Race Rules is an innovative, practical manual for white people of the unwritten "rules" relating to race, explaining the unvarnished truth about racist and offensive white behaviors. It offers a unique lens from Fatimah Gilliam, a light-skinned Black woman, and is informed by the revealing things white people say when they don't realize she's Black.
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What we've become : living and dying in a country of arms
by Jonathan Metzl
Long at the forefront of a movement advocating for gun reform as a matter of public health, Metzl has been on constant media call in the aftermath of fatal shootings. But the 2018 Nashville killings led him on a path toward recognizing the limitations of biomedical frameworks for fully diagnosing or treating the impassioned complexities of American gun politics. As he came to understand it, public health is a harder sell in a nation that fundamentally disagrees about what it means to be safe, healthy, or free.
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A map of future ruins : on borders and belonging
by Lauren Markham
he author of the award-winning The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life examines how nostalgia for past migrations has led to the exclusion and demonization of migrants today.
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The last fire season : a personal and pyronatural history
by Manjula Martin
In this part memoir, part natural history, part literary inquiry, the author recounts her experiences in Northern California during the worst fire season on record, which causes her to question her own assumptions about nature and the complicated connections between people and the land on which we live.
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Filterworld : how algorithms flattened culture
by Kyle Chayka
This history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms examines how these mathematically determined decisions have shaped our culture and society, from trendy restaurants and city grids to social media and entertainment.
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Toxic : women, fame, and the tabloid 2000s
by Sarah Ditum
Reexamining the lives of nine women who defined the hell of celebrity in the 2000s, this book reveals how their portrayal has shaped the way all women are viewed today as their stories intersect with our current political, social and cultural climate.
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Madness : race and insanity in a Jim Crow asylum
by Antonia Hylton
Tracing the legacy of slavery to the treatment of Black people's bodies and minds in our current healthcare system, a Peabody and Emmy award-winning journalist tells the 93-year-old history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the nation's last segregated asylums.
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Rental Person Who Does Nothing: A Memoir
by Shoji Morimoto
The author shares his unique perspective on how we look at work, relationships and life, and how we often have trouble talking about the things most important to us, with the people closest to us.
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Borgata : rise of empire : a history of the American Mafia
by Louis Ferrante
A former mafia associate and heist expert who spent eight years in prison for not incriminating his fellow Gambino family members presents the history of the mafia's first 100 years, from Sicily in the 1860s to America in the 1960s.
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Slow down : the degrowth manifesto
by Kåohei Saitåo
Advocating for degrowth and deceleration, the author, in his international bestseller, shows how by returning to a system of social ownership, we can restore abundance and focus on activities essential for human life to effectively reverse climate change and save the planet.
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Dirtbag : essays
by Amber A'Lee Frost
The co-host of the Chapo Trap House podcast looks back at the successes and failures of millennial socialism from Occupy Wall Street to the Labour Party's unexpected victory in the UK.
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The squad : AOC and the hope of a political revolution
by Ryan Grim
This must-read book about the progressive movement in Congress, referred to informally as the Squad, and is led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, discusses how they've served as an inspiration and reminder to Americans that politicians should be elected to represent the people, not interest groups, corporations or their own pockets.
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Unwoke : how to defeat cultural Marxism in America
by Ted Cruz
The U.S. senator for Texas articulately explains how Cultural Marxism got a foothold in America, how It progressed and how, in precise steps, we can fight back to regain our institutions, regain our country and win the future for our children.
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Among the bros : a fraternity crime story
by McMillan Marshall
The New York Times best-selling author of Friday Night Lights recounts his investigation of a small-time fraternity Xanax trafficking ring that uncovered a murder, student deaths and millions of dollars circulating around an elite, hidden world.
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J.K. Lasser's your income tax 2024
by J. K. Lasser Institute
This latest edition of America's #1 all-time best-selling personal tax guide covers the most recent Tax Court decisions and IRS rulings and provides tips on how to properly file your taxes and take advantage of ways to save money.
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Blood in the machine : the origins of the rebellion against big tech
by Brian Merchant
This most pressing story in modern tech introduces an underground network of 19th century rebels, the Luddites, who took arms against the industrialists automating their work in an all-but-forgotten and deeply misunderstood class struggle that nearly brought England to its knees—and sets the stage for the threat of big tech today.
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Class : a memoir
by Stephanie Land
The author of the New York Times best-seller Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive, which inspired a hit Netflix series, continues her story as she finishes college and pursues her writing career.
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Judgment at Tokyo : World War II on trial and the making of modern Asia
by Gary J. Bass
The product of 10 years of research and writing, this riveting story of wartime action, dramatic courtroom battles and the epic formative years that set the stage for the Asian postwar era recounts the trial of Japan's leaders as war criminals to create a legal framework to prosecute war crimes.
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Crossings : how road ecology is shaping the future of our planet
by Ben Goldfarb
An eye-opening and witty account of the global ecological transformations wrought by roads, from an award-winning author. Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, but we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. In Crossings, Ben Goldfarb delves into the new science of road ecology to explore how roads have transformed our world.
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Black AF history : the un-whitewashed story of America
by Michael Harriot
The acclaimed columnist and political commentator presents a sharp and often hilarious retelling of American history that focuses on the overlooked contribution of Black Americans and corrects the idea that American history is white history.
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