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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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Another word for love : a memoir
by Carvell Wallace
The writer and podcast host examines his own history of growing of growing up Black and queer in America and the struggles he faced as the son of a single parent in a predominantly white Pennsylvania town.
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The age of magical overthinking : notes on modern irrationality
by Amanda Montell
Utilizing her linguistic insights and sociological explorations, the best-selling author of Cultish, and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult delves into the cognitive biases that run rampant in our brains, including “magical thinking,” offering a prevailing message of hope, empathy and forgiveness for our anxiety-riddled human selves.
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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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Vows : the modern genius of an ancient rite
by Cheryl Mendelson
Both a moving memoir of two marriages and a thoughtful meditation on marriage itself, the author examines the sociology of commitment through our most traditional promises and why they endure, helping to answer some of life's most urgent and personal questions and showing why wedding vows still matter.
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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 rent collectors : exploitation, murder, and redemption in immigrant LA
by Jesse Katz
Exploring the lives of undocumented black-market workers who are being extorted by gangs and fined by the city of LA, this gripping true account of a botched gang murder follows the victim who survived as he seeks redemption for his own unforgivable crime and takes down the gang who drove him to do it.
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Democracy or else : how to save America in 10 easy steps
by Jon Favreau
The team behind the wildly successful podcast Pod Save America presents an illustrated guide to saving American democracy just in time for the 2024 election, with tips or staying informed and donating and volunteering for maximum impact.
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The fall of Roe : the rise of a new America
by Elizabeth Dias
With expertise across politics and religion, two award-winning New York Times journalists show how the battle over Roe, no matter your view on abortion, symbolizes a miscarriage of the ideals America promised: democracy, morality and freedom, while inadvertently laying out a roadmap for how we might make our way forward in this new America.
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Spice : The 16th-Century Contest That Shaped the Modern World
by Roger Crowley
Spices drove the early modern world economy, and for Europeans they represented riches on an unprecedented scale. Cloves and nutmeg could reach Europe only via a complex web of trade routes, and for decades Spanish and Portuguese explorers competed to find their elusive source. But when the Portuguese finally reached the spice islands of the Moluccas in 1511, they set in motion a fierce competition for control.
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Code dependent : living in the shadow of AI
by Madhumita Murgia
An award-winning Indian-British journalist and commentator shows how artificial intelligence systems are shaping people's lives around the globe and explores the perils and inequities of the growing reliance on automated decision-making.
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Why war?
by Richard Overy
A preeminent historian of the global wars of the later 1930s and 1940s brings vast knowledge and years of experience to unravel the knotted motivations of war, delving deep in the Neolithic past up to the current conflict in Ukraine, in this compact, judicious, engrossing examination of a fundamental question.
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The end of everything : how wars descend into annihilation
by Victor Davis Hanson
A military historian narrates a series of sieges and sackings that span the age of antiquity to the conquest of the New World, depicting war's drama, violence and folly and delivering a sobering call to heed the lessons of obliteration to avoid catastrophe once again.
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Cactus Country : A Boyhood Memoir
by Zoë Bossiere
This debut book chronicles the author's experiences growing up as a trans boy in a Tucson, Arizona trailer park and the challenges they faced living in world of sexism, racism, substance abuse and violence.
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Say more : lessons from work, the White House, and the world
by Jen Psaki
Sharing her journey to the Briefing Room and beyond, a former White House Press Secretary, current MSNBC host and one of the most prominent voices in American politics today explains her straightforward approach to communication and offers unique yet universal advice about how to be a more effective communicator in any situation.
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We are the leaders we have been looking for
by Eddie S. Glaude
From the author of the New York Times best-seller Begin Again comes a meditation on how ordinary black Americans can shake off their reliance on a small group of professional politicians and pursue self-cultivation and grassroots movements to achieve a more just and perfect democracy.
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Every tenant's legal guide
by Janet Portman
This guide for tenants focuses on ways to avoid common rental-related problems, use new legal protections, understand and sign lease or rental agreements and protect security deposits without hiring a lawyer.
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Bad therapy : why the kids aren't growing up
by Abigail Shrier
Drawing on hundreds of interviews with child psychologists, parents, teachers, and young people, Shrier explores the ways the mental health industry has transformed the way we teach, treat, discipline, and even talk to our kids. She reveals that most of the therapeutic approaches have serious side effects and few proven benefits.
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Co-intelligence : living and working with AI
by Ethan Mollick
We have invented technologies that boost our physical capabilities and others that automate complex tasks, but never, until now, have we created a technology that can boost our intelligence-with an impact on work and life that researchers project will be greater than that of steam power or the internet.
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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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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 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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