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ChatGPT and the Future of AI : the deep language revolution
by Sejnowski, Terrence J. (Terrence Joseph), author.
006.35 SEJ
The message
by Coates, Ta-Nehisi, author.
070.92 COA
The paranormal ranger : a Navajo investigator's search for the unexplained
by Milford, Stanley, Jr., author.
133.1097 MIL
Magus : the art of magic from Faustus to Agrippa
by Grafton, Anthony, author.
133.4309 GRA
Mysticism
by Critchley, Simon, 1960- author.
149.3 CRI
Don't believe everything you think : why your thinking is the beginning & end of suffering
by Nguyen, Joseph, author.
153.4 NGU
Cherished belonging : the healing power of love in divided times
by Boyle, Greg, author.
248.4 BOY
Everybody needs an editor : the essential guide to clear and effective writing
by Harris, Melissa (Marketer), author.
302 HAR
Revenge of the tipping point : overstories, superspreaders, and the rise of social engineering
by Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963- author.
302.13 GLA
The cancel culture panic : how an American obsession went global
by Daub, Adrian, author.
302.17 DAU
Multitudes : how crowds made the modern world
by Hancox, Dan, author.
302.33 HAN
Vigilante nation : how state-sponsored terror threatens our democracy
by Michaels, Jon D., author.
303.484 MIC
Tribal : how the cultural instincts that divide us can help bring us together
by Morris, Michael W., author.
305.019 MOR
Untangled : guiding teenage girls through the seven transitions into adulthood
by Damour, Lisa, 1970- author.
305.2352 DAM
The longevity imperative : how to build a healthier and more productive society to support our longer lives
by Scott, Andrew J., 1965- author.
305.26 SCO
The unseen truth : when race changed sight in America
by Lewis, Sarah Elizabeth, 1979- author
305.8009 LEW
The Black utopians : searching for paradise and the Promised Land in America
by Robertson, Aaron, 1994- author.
305.896 ROB
The bonus family handbook : the definitive guide to co-parenting and creating stronger families
by Blackstone, Jann, author.
306.8747 BLA
Stolen pride : loss, shame, and the rise of the Right
by Hochschild, Arlie Russell, 1940- author.
320.5209 HOC
Dawn's early light : burning down Washington to save America
by Roberts, Kevin, 1966- author.
320.5209 ROB
Erasing history : how fascists rewrite the past to control the future
by Stanley, Jason, author.
320.533 STA
The tech coup : how to save democracy from Silicon Valley
by Schaake, Marietje, 1978- author.
320.973 SCH
The violent take it by force : the Christian movement that is threatening our democracy
by Taylor, Matthew D., 1980- author.
322.1097 TAY
American's deadliest election : the cautionary tale of the most violent election in American history
by Bash, Dana, author.
323.4097 BAS
The right to oblivion : privacy and the good life
by Pressly, Lowry, author.
323.448 PRE
The price of power : how Mitch McConnell mastered the Senate, changed America, and lost his party
by Tackett, Michael, author.
328.7309 TAC
Why nations fail : the origins of power, prosperity, and poverty
by Acemoglu, Daron.
330 ACE
The road to freedom : economics and the good society
by Stiglitz, Joseph E., author.
330.973 STI
Offshore : stealth wealth and the new colonialism
by Harrington, Brooke, 1968- author.
332.15 HAR
She-wolves : the untold history of women on Wall Street
by Bren, Paulina, author.
332.6209 BRE
Credit repair
by Loftsgordon, Amy, author.
332.743 LOF
Charging forward : lithium valley, electric vehicles, and a just future
by Benner, Chris, author.
333 BEN
The burning Earth : a history
by Amrith, Sunil, 1979- author.
333.709 AMR
Transfarmation : the movement to free us from factory farming
by Garce?s, Leah, author.
338.176 GAR
Ghosts of crook county : an oil fortune, a phantom child, and the fight for Indigenous land
by Cobb, Russell, 1974- author.
338.2728 COB
Growth : a history and a reckoning
by Susskind, Daniel, author.
338.9 SUS
Taxes 101 : from understanding forms and filing to using tax laws and policies to minimize costs and maximize wealth, an essential primer on the US tax system
by Cagan, Michele, author.
343.7304 CAG
The essential guide to handling workplace harassment & discrimination
by England, Deborah C., 1959- author.
344.7301 ENG
Valley so low : one lawyer's fight for justice in the wake of America's great coal catastrophe
by Sullivan, Jared, author.
344.768 SUL
American reckoning : inside Trump's trial-and my own
by Alter, Jonathan, author.
345.0232 ALT
End of immunity : holding world leaders accountable for aggression, genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity
by Eboe-Osuji, Chile, author.
345.04 EBO
The Wagner Group : inside Russia's mercenary army
by Margolin, Jack, author.
355.354 MAR
What if we get it right? : visions of climate futures
by Johnson, Ayana Elizabeth, author.
363.706 JOH
Overshoot : how the world surrendered to climate breakdown
by Malm, Andreas, 1977- author.
363.706 MAL
Get what's yours for Medicare : maximize your coverage, minimize your costs
by Moeller, Philip, author.
368.382 MOE
Social security 101 : from medicare to spousal benefits, an essential primer on government retirement aid
by Mill, Alfred, author.
368.43 MIL
I heard what you said
by Boakye, Jeffrey, author.
370.941 BOA
The philosophy of translation
by Searls, Damion, author.
418.02 SEA
The story of nature : a human history
by Mynott, Jeremy.
508.09 MYN
The age of melt : what glaciers, ice mummies, and ancient artifacts teach us about climate, culture, and a future without ice
by Baril, Lisa, author.
508.311 BAR
The secret lives of numbers : a hidden history of math's unsung trailblazers
by Kitagawa, Kate, author.
510.9 KIT
Merlin's tour of the universe : a traveler's guide to blue moons and black holes, Mars, stars & everything far
by Tyson, Neil deGrasse, author.
520 TYS
Mapmatics : a mathematician's guide to navigating the world
by Rowin?ska, Paulina, author.
526 ROW
The lost world of the dinosaurs : uncovering the secrets of the prehistoric age
by Schmitt, Armin, author.
567.9 SCH
Atlas obscura : Wild life : an explorer's guide to the world's living wonders
by Giaimo, Cara, author.
570 GIA
Becoming Earth : how our planet came to life
by Jabr, Ferris, 1987- author.
570.1 JAB
A little queer natural history
by Davis, Josh, L., author.
578 DAV
Into the great wide ocean : life in the least known habitat on Earth
by Johnsen, So?nke, author.
578.77 JOH
Eavesdropping on animals : what we can learn from wildlife conversations
by Bumann, George, author.
590.7234 BUM
Wild Monterey Bay : up close and person : stories of memorable wildlife encounters
590.9794 WIL
Vanishing treasures : a bestiary of extraordinary endangered creatures
by Rundell, Katherine, author.
591.68 RUN
The backyard bird chronicles
by Tan, Amy, author.
598.0723 TAN
Thinking like a wolf : lessons from the Yellowstone packs
by McIntyre, Rick, author.
599.773 MCI
Herding immunity : the startling history of life before and after vaccines
by Herlihy, Stacy Mintzer, 1970- author.
614.47 HER
Ten drugs : how plants, powders, and pills have shaped the history of medicine
by Hager, Thomas, author.
615.109 HAG
Hormone intelligence : the complete guide to calming hormone chaos and restoring your body's natural blueprint for well-being
by Romm, Aviva Jill, author.
615.36 ROM
How to winter : harness your mindset to thrive on cold, dark, or difficult days
by Leibowitz, Kari, author.
616.8527 LEI
Generation M : living well in perimenopause and menopause
by Shepherd, Jessica, author.
618.175 SHE
What the chicken knows : a new appreciation of the world's most familiar bird
by Montgomery, Sy, author.
636.5001 MON
Bark! : the science of helping your anxious, fearful, or reactive dog
by Todd, Zazie, author
636.7089 TOD
How to cook everything kids : inspiration and recipes for making the food you love
by Bittman, Mark, author.
641.5123 BIT
Peaceful kitchen : more than 100 cozy plant-based recipes to comfort the body and nourish the soul
by Pe?rez, Catherine, author.
641.5636 PER
A Kwanzaa keepsake and cookbook : celebrating the holiday with family, community, and traditions
by Harris, Jessica B., author.
641.568 HAR
Marcella's Italian kitchen
by Hazan, Marcella, author.
641.5945 HAZ
Does this taste funny? : recipes our family loves
by Colbert, Stephen, 1964- author.
641.5975 COL
Willie and Annie Nelson's cannabis cookbook : mouthwatering recipes and the high-flying stories behind them
by Nelson, Willie, 1933- author.
641.6379 NEL
Stacked : the art of the perfect sandwich
by Han, Owen, author.
641.84 HAN
Slow drinks : a field guide to foraging and fermenting seasonal sodas, botanical cocktails, homemade wines, and more
by Childs, Danny, author.
641.874 CHI
The art of breastfeeding
by Carranza, Bibiana Moreno, author.
649.33 CAR
The plan : manage your time like a lazy genius
by Adachi, Kendra, author.
650.11 ADA
This is strategy : make better plans
by Godin, Seth, author.
658.4012 GOD
Pivot or die : how leaders thrive when everything changes
by Shapiro, Gary (President and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association), author.
658.4092 SHA
Shopkeeping : stories, advice, and observations
by Miller, Peter, 1946- author.
658.87 MIL
Baskerville : the biography of a typeface
by Garfield, Simon, author.
686.22 GAR
Albertus : the biography of a typeface
by Garfield, Simon, author.
686.22 GAR
Comic sans : the biography of a typeface
by Garfield, Simon, author.
686.22 GAR
Still life with remorse : family stories
by Kalman, Maira, author, illustrator.
700.92 KAL
The work of art : how something comes from nothing
by Moss, Adam, author.
701.15 MOS
The land carries our ancestors : contemporary art by Native Americans
by Smith, Jaune Quick-to-See, 1940- author, curator.
704.3097 SMI
Paris in ruins : love, war, and the birth of Impressionism
by Smee, Sebastian, author.
709 SME
101 surrealists
by Morris, Desmond, author.
709.0406 MOR
Lo-TEK : design by radical indigenism
by Watson, Julia, 1977- author.
720 WAT
Categorizing sound : genre and twentieth-century popular music
by Brackett, David, author.
781.64 BRA
And the roots of rhythm remain a journey through global music
by Boyd, Joe, 1942- author.
782.4216 BOY
Kalamazoo Gals : a story of extraordinary women & Gibson's "Banner" guitars of WWII
by Thomas, John, 1955 March 26- author.
787.87 THO
It gets better . . . except when it gets worse : and other unsolicited truths I wish someone had told me
by Maines, Nicole, 1997- author.
791.4302 MAI
Box office poison : Hollywood's story in a century of flops
by Robey, Tim, author.
791.4375 ROB
Low-hanging fruit : sparkling whines, champagne problems, and pressing issues from my gay agenda
by Rainbow, Randy, 1981- author.
792.7028 RAI
Everything to play for : how videogames are changing the world
by Did, Marijam, author.
794.8 DID
The noble hustle : poker, beef jerky and death
by Whitehead, Colson, 1969-
795.412 WHI
The disabled hiker's guide to Northern California : outdoor adventures accessible by car, wheelchair, and on foot
by Nagakyrie, Syren, author, photographer.
796.5108 NAG
Devil's contract : the history of the Faustian bargain
by Simon, Ed (Writer), author.
809.9335 SIM
Salvage : readings from the wreck
by Brand, Dionne, 1953- author.
811.54 BRA
Mojave ghost : a novel poem
by Gander, Forrest, 1956- author.
811.54 GAN
The holy & broken bliss : poems in plague time
by Ostriker, Alicia, author.
811.54 OST
The widow's crayon box : poems
by Peacock, Molly, 1947- author.
811.54 PEA
Liontaming in America
by Willis, Elizabeth, author.
811.54 WIL
To 2040
by Graham, Jorie, 1950- author.
811.6 GRA
In praise of mystery
by Limo?n, Ada, author.
811.6 LIM
The book of wounded sparrows : poems
by Quintanilla, Octavio, author.
811.6 QUI
Something about living
by Tuffaha, Lena Khalaf, author.
811.6 TUF
Load in nine times : poems
by Walker, Frank X., 1961- author.
811.6 WAL
Find me as the creature I am : poems
by Yoon, Emily Jungmin, author.
811.6 YOO
Bone of the bone : essays on America by a daughter of the working class, 2013-2024
by Smarsh, Sarah, author.
813.54 SMA
Slaveroad
by Wideman, John Edgar, author.
813.54 WID
We're alone : essays
by Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- author.
814.54 DAN
The end of respectability : notes of a Black American reckoning with his life and his nation
by Walton, Anthony, 1960- author.
814.54 WAL
How to tell when we will die : on pain, disability, and doom
by Hedva, Johanna, 1984- author.
814.6 HED
An image of my name enters America : essays
by Ives, Lucy, 1980- author.
814.6 IVE
The science of last things : essays on deep time and the boundaries of the self
by Wayland-Smith, Ellen, 1966- author.
814.6 WAY
Forest of noise : poems
by Abu Toha, Mosab.
821.92 ABU
Much ado about numbers : Shakespeare's mathematical life and times
by Eastaway, Robert, author.
822.33 EAS
The position of spoons : and other intimacies
by Levy, Deborah, author.
823.914 LEV
A wilder shore : the romantic odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson
by Peri, Camille, author.
828.809 PER
Four points of the compass : the unexpected history of direction
by Brotton, Jerry, author.
910.9 BRO
Explorers : a new history
by Lockwood, Matthew H., author.
910.9 LOC
Fodor's 2025 Paris
914.4361 FOD
Fodor's Rome 2025
by Firpo, Erica, author.
914.5632 FOD
Japan
by Goss, Rob, author.
915.2045 JAP
The muse of history : the ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the present
by Murray, Oswyn, author.
938 MUR
Hiding Mengele : how a Nazi network harbored the Angel of Death
by Anton, Betina, author.
940.5318 ANT
One Life : The true story of Sir Nicholas Winton and the Prague Kindertransport
by Winton, Barbara, author.
940.5318 WIN
Operation Biting : the 1942 parachute assault to capture Hitler's radar
by Hastings, Max, author.
940.5412 HAS
The army that never was : George S. Patton and the deception of Operation Fortitude
by Downing, Taylor, author.
940.5421 DOW
Cassino '44 : the brutal battle for Rome
by Holland, James, 1970- author.
940.5421 HOL
Queen Victoria and her prime ministers : her life, the imperial ideal, and the politics and turmoil that shaped her extraordinary reign
by Somerset, Anne, 1955- author.
941.081 SOM
Storm's edge : life, death and magic in the islands of Orkney
by Marshall, Peter, 1964 October 26- author.
941.132 MAR
In France profound : the long history of a house, a mountain town, and a people
by Allman, T. D., author.
944.75 ALL
Italy reborn : from fascism to democracy
by Gilbert, Mark, 1961- author.
945.092 GIL
Den of spies : Reagan, Carter, and the secret history of the treason that stole the White House
by Unger, Craig, author.
955.054 UNG
Ghosts of a holy war : the 1929 massacre in Palestine that ignited the Arab-Israeli conflict
by Schwartz, Yardena, author.
956 SCH
Native nations : a millennium in North America
by DuVal, Kathleen, author.
970.0049 DUV
War
by Woodward, Bob, 1943- author.
973.934 WOO
Morningside : the 1979 Greensboro massacre and the struggle for an American city's soul
by Shetterly, Aran, 1970- author.
975.662 SHE
The Indian card : who gets to be native in America
by Schuettpelz, Carrie Lowry, 1984- author.
977.7004 SCH
Bandit heaven : the Hole-in-the-Wall gangs and the final chapter of the Wild West
by Clavin, Tom, 1954- author.
978.02 CLA
A place called Yellowstone : the epic history of the world's first national park
by Wilson, Randall K., 1966- author.
978.752 WIL
Meditations for mortals : four weeks to embrace your limitations and make time for what counts
by Burkeman, Oliver, author.
BIO BURKEMAN
Carson the magnificent
by Zehme, Bill.
BIO CARSON
A thousand threads : a memoir
by Cherry, Neneh, author.
BIO CHERRY
South of my dreams : finding my American home: a memoir
by Clementi, F. K., author.
BIO CLEMENTI
Didion & Babitz
by Anolik, Lili, author.
BIO DIDION
Take the lead : hanging on, letting go, and conquering life's hardest climbs
by DiGiulian, Sasha, author.
BIO DIGIULIAN
Gather me : a memoir in praise of the books that saved me
by Edim, Glory, 1982- author.
BIO EDIM
Q : a voyage around the queen
by Brown, Craig, 1957- author.
BIO ELIZABETH
What my bones know : a memoir of healing from complex trauma
by Foo, Stephanie, author.
BIO FOO
Unleashed
by Johnson, Boris. author.
BIO JOHNSON
Only in America : Al Jolson and The jazz singer
by Bernstein, Richard, 1944- author.
BIO JOLSON
Becoming Little Shell : a landless Indian's journey home
by La Tray, Chris, author.
BIO LA TRAY
No one gets to fall apart
by LaBrie, Sarah, author.
BIO LABRIE
We all shine on : John, Yoko, and me
by Mintz, Elliot, author.
BIO LENNON
John Lewis : a life
by Greenberg, David, 1968- author
BIO LEWIS
The wall of life : pictures and stories from this marvelous lifetime
by MacLaine, Shirley, 1934- author.
BIO MACLAINE
Patriot : a memoir Alexei Navalny ; translated by Arch Tait with Stephen Dalziel.
by Naval?nyi?, Aleksei?, author.
BIO NAVALNYI
Sonny boy : a memoir
by Pacino, Al, 1940- author.
BIO PACINO
The art of power : my story as America's first woman Speaker of the House
by Pelosi, Nancy, 1940- author.
BIO PELOSI
Letters
by Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015, author.
BIO SACKS
The raven's nest : an Icelandic journey through light and darkness
by Thomas, Sarah, author.
BIO THOMAS
Lucky loser : how Donald Trump squandered his father's fortune and created the illusion of success
by Buettner, Russ, author.
BIO TRUMP
Melania
by Trump, Melania, 1970- author.
BIO TRUMP
What I ate in one year : (and related thoughts)
by Tucci, Stanley, author.
BIO TUCCI
Brothers
by Van Halen, Alex, author.
BIO VAN HALEN
Society of the snow
by Vierci, Pablo, 1950- author.
BIO VIERCI
Tell me something, tell me anything, even if it's a lie : a memoir in essays
by Wasserman, Steve, 1952- author.
BIO WASSERMAN
Woodrow Wilson : the light withdrawn
by Cox, Christopher, 1952-
BIO WILSON
The heart that fed : a father, a son, and the long shadow of war
by Sciacchitano, Carl, author, illustrator.
GN 959.704 SCI
Spice ports : mapping the origins of the global sea trade
by Nugent, Nicholas, author.
OVERSIZE 306 NUG
Smithsonian atlas of space : a map to the universe from the big bang to the future
by Launius, Roger D., author.
OVERSIZE 520.223 LAU
Justine cooks : recipes (mostly plants) for finding your way in the kitchen
by Doiron, Justine, author.
OVERSIZE 641.5 DOI
Ottolenghi comfort
by Ottolenghi, Yotam, author.
OVERSIZE 641.5 OTT
Ottolenghi comfort
by Ottolenghi, Yotam, author.
OVERSIZE 641.5 OTT
Martha the cookbook : 100 favorite recipes, with lessons and stories from my kitchen
by Stewart, Martha, author.
OVERSIZE 641.5 STE
Our South : Black food through my lens
by Shanti, Ashleigh, author.
OVERSIZE 641.59 SHA
Indonesian food
by Owen, Sri, author.
OVERSIZE 641.5959 OWE
Kalaya's Southern Thai kitchen
by Suntaranon, Nok, author.
OVERSIZE 641.5959 SUN
Bobby Flay : chapter one : iconic recipes and inspirations from a groundbreaking American chef
by Flay, Bobby, author.
OVERSIZE 641.5973 FLA
When southern women cook : history, lore, and 300 recipes with contribution from 70 woman writers
OVERSIZE 641.5975 WHE
The Gourmand's lemon : a collection of stories and recipes
OVERSIZE 641.6433 GOU
Big book of bread : 125+ recipes for every baker
by Battilana, Jessica, author.
OVERSIZE 641.815 BAT
Richard Hart bread : intuitive sourdough baking
by Hart, Richard (Writer on cooking), author.
OVERSIZE 641.815 HAR
Very good bread : the science of dough and the art of making bread at home
by Weller, Melissa, author.
OVERSIZE 641.815 WEL
The cake bible
by Beranbaum, Rose Levy, author.
OVERSIZE 641.8653 BER
The artist's sketchbook : inside the creative mind
by Victoria and Albert Museum, compiler.
OVERSIZE 741.9 VIC
Birnbaum's Walt Disney World : the official vacation guide 2025 : expert advice from the inside source
OVERSIZE 917.5924 BIR
The 1619 Project : a visual experience
OVERSIZE 973.0496 ONE
La elocuencia del silencio : encontrar la calma y la paz en el vaci?o
by Moore, Thomas, 1940- author.
SP 205 MOO
Residencia americana : gui?a para obtener tu residencia legal en Estados Unidos.
SP 342.082 RES
English for everyone. Grama?tica inglesa.
SP 428.2461 ENG
Enciclopedia ilustrada del perro
by Martul, Carmen, author.
SP 636.7103 MAR
Mente salvaje, tierra salvaje : nuestro papel en la sexta extincio?n
by Hinton, David, 1954- author.
SP 809.9336 HIN
Cuchillo : meditaciones tras un intento de asesinato
by Rushdie, Salman, author.
SP 823.914 RUS
If today were tomorrow : poems
by Ak'abal, Humberto, 1952-2019, author.
SP 861.64 AKA
A vuelo de pa?jaro : cuadernos
by Serrano, Marcela, 1951- author.
SP 868.914 SER
Desertores : el auge de la extrema derecha latina y su repercusio?n en Estados Unidos
by Ramos, Paola, 1987- author.
SP 973.0468 RAM
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