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Pseudoscience : an amusing history of crackpot ideas and why we love them
by Kang, Lydia, author.
001.96 KAN
Verified : how to think straight, get duped less, and make better decisions about what to believe online
by Caulfield, Mike, author.
025.042 CAU
Funny because it's true : how The Onion created modern American news satire
by Wenc, Christine, author.
051 WEN
Good soil : the education of an accidental farmhand
by Chu, Jeff, author.
070.92 CHU
Owned : how tech billionaires on the right bought the loudest voices on the left
by Higgins, Eoin, author.
071.3 HIG
The road to wisdom : on truth, science, faith, and trust
by Collins, Francis S., author
121 COL
Holy men of the electromagnetic age : a forgotten history of the occult
by Cormack, Raph, author.
133.9 COR
Start making sense : how existential psychology can help us build meaningful lives in absurd times
by Heine, Steven J., author.
150.192 HEI
The courage to be happy : discover the power of positive psychology and choose happiness every day
by Kishimi, Ichiro?, 1956- author.
150.1953 KIS
The narrative brain : the stories our neurons tell
by Breithaupt, Fritz, 1967- author.
153 BRE
Dreaming reality : how neuroscience and mysticism can unlock the secrets of consciousness
by Miskovic, Vladimir, author.
153 MIS
Don't believe everything you think : why your thinking is the beginning & end of suffering
by Nguyen, Joseph, author.
153.4 NGU
Resolute : how we humans keep finding ways to beat the toughest odds
by Hall, Benjamin, author.
153.8 HAL
The instability of truth : brainwashing, mind control, and hyper-persuasion
by Lemov, Rebecca M. (Rebecca Maura), author.
153.853 LEM
I hate myself : overcome self-loathing and realize why you're wrong about you
by Aguirre, Blaise A., author.
155.2 AGU
Me, but better : the science and promise of personality change
by Khazan, Olga, 1986- author.
155.25 KHA
Enneagram in real life : find your type, understand who you are,& take steps toward growth
by Hall, Stephanie Barron, author.
155.26 HAL
Renegade grief : a guide to the wild ride of life after loss
by Fernandez, Carla, (author) author.
155.937 FER
Ordinary magic : the science of how we can achieve big change with small acts
by Walton, Gregory M. (Gregory Mariotti), author.
158.1 WAL
Hungry beautiful animals : the joyful case for going vegan
by Halteman, Matthew C., author.
179.3 HAL
How we learn to be brave : decisive moments in life and faith
by Budde, Mariann Edgar, 1959- author.
179.6 BUD
Open Socrates : the case for a philosophical life
by Callard, Agnes, author.
183.2 CAL
Plato : a civic life
by Atack, Carol (Fellow of the Center for Hellenic Studies), author.
184 ATA
A new earth : awakening to your life's purpose
by Tolle, Eckhart, 1948- author.
204.4 TOL
Miracles and wonder : the historical mystery of Jesus
by Pagels, Elaine H., 1943- author.
232 PAG
What about me? : get out of your own way and discover the power of an unselfish life
by Meyer, Joyce, 1943- author.
241.699 MEY
Do the new you : 6 mindsets to become who you were created to be
by Furtick, Steven, author.
248.4 FUR
Get out of your head : stopping the spiral of toxic thoughts
by Allen, Jennie, author.
248.4082 ALL
Voice for the voiceless : over seven decades of struggle with China for my land and my people
by Bstan-?dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- author.
294.3923 BST
Sacred Earth, sacred soul : Celtic wisdom for reawakening to what our souls know and healing the world
by Newell, J. Philip, author.
299.16 NEW
You didn't hear this from me : (mostly) true notes on gossip
by McKinney, Kelsey, author.
302.24 MCK
Climate injustice : why we need to fight global inequailty to combat climate change
by Otto, Friederike, author
304.28 OTT
Women, culture & politics
by Davis, Angela Yvonne, 1944-
305.48 DAV
The science of racism : everything you need to know but probably don't--yet
by West, Keon, author.
305.8 WES
Antisemitism in America : a warning
by Schumer, Charles E., author.
305.8924 SCH
The sirens' call : how attention became the world's most endangered resource
by Hayes, Christopher, 1979- author.
306.342 HAY
A Hudson Valley reckoning : discovering the forgotten history of slaveholding in my Dutch American family
by Bruno, Debra (Debra Ann), author.
306.362 BRU
This is body grief : making peace with the loss that comes with living in a body
by Mattingly, Jayne, author.
306.4613 MAT
The secret public : how music moved queer culture from the margins to the mainstream
by Savage, Jon, author.
306.766 SAV
Mating in captivity : unlocking erotic intelligence
by Perel, Esther.
306.87 PER
Cross purposes : Christianity's broken bargain with democracy
by Rauch, Jonathan, 1960- author.
322.1 RAU
Revolutionary suicide
by Newton, Huey P., author.
322.4209 NEW
Uncharted : how Trump beat Biden, Harris, and the odds in the wildest campaign in history
by Whipple, Chris, author.
324.973 WHI
All or nothing : how Trump recaptured America
by Wolff, Michael, 1953- author.
324.973 WOL
The invisible spy : Churchill's Rockefeller Center spy ring and America's first secret agent of World War II
by Maier, Thomas, 1956- author.
327.1273 MAI
Mad house : how Donald Trump, MAGA mean girls, a former used carsalesman, a Florida nepo baby, and a man with rats in his walls broke Congress
by Karni, Annie, author.
328.73 KAR
Abundance
by Klein, Ezra, 1984- author.
330.973 KLE
King dollar : the past and future of the world's dominant currency
by Blustein, Paul, author.
332.4973 BLU
No more tears : the dark secrets of Johnson & Johnson
by Harris, Gardiner, author.
338 HAR
Burn book : a tech love story
by Swisher, Kara, author.
338.47 SWI
The nation that never was : reconstructing America's story
by Roosevelt, Kermit, 1971- author.
342.7302 ROO
U.S. immigration made easy
by Bray, Ilona M., 1962- author.
342.7308 BRA
Murder the truth : fear, the First Amendment, and a secret campaign to protect the powerful
by Enrich, David, 1979- author.
342.7308 ENR
Social Security, Medicare & government pensions : get the most out of your retirement & medical benefits
by Matthews, J. L., 1946- author.
344.7302 MAT 2025
Bad law : ten popular laws that are ruining America
by Mystal, Elie, author.
349.73 MYS
Who is government? : the untold story of public service
351 WHO
Valley of forgetting : Alzheimer's families and the search for a cure
by Smith, Jennie Erin, 1973- author.
362.1968 SMI
A better ending : a brother's twenty-year quest to uncover the truth about his sister's death
by Thomson, James (Writer of A better ending), author.
362.28 THO
There is no place for us : working and homeless in America
by Goldstone, Brian, author.
362.592 GOL
The power of parting : finding peace and freedom through family estrangement
by Dolan, Eamon, author.
362.8292 DOL
Home of the happy : a murder on the Cajun prairie
by LaHaye Fontenot, Jordan, 1996- author.
362.882 LAH
The secret history of the rape kit : a true crime story
by Kennedy, Pagan, 1962- author.
363.2595 KEN
Waste wars : the wild afterlife of your trash
by Clapp, Alexander, author.
363.728 CLA
Black tunnel white magic : a murder, a detective's obsession, and '90s Los Angeles at the brink
by Jackson, Rick (Retired detective), author.
364.1523 JAC
The scientist and the serial killer
by Olsen, Lise, 1964- author.
364.1523 OLS
Story of a murder : the wives, the mistress, and Dr. Crippen
by Rubenhold, Hallie, author.
364.1523 RUB
Integrated : how American schools failed Black children
by Rooks, Noliwe, 1963- author.
379.263 ROO
On air : the triumph and tumult of NPR
by Oney, Steve, 1954- author.
384.5409 ONE
The Mesopotamian riddle : an archaeologist, a soldier, a clergyman, and the race to decipher the world's oldest writing
by Hammer, Joshua, 1957- author.
492.1802 HAM
Inside the stargazer's palace : the transformation of science in 16th-century Europe
by Moller, Violet, author.
509.409 MOL
Walking Europe's last wilderness : a journey through the Carpathian Mountains
by Thorpe, Nick, 1960- author.
551 THO
The biology book
570 BIO
The social genome : the new science of nature and nurture
by Conley, Dalton, 1969- author.
576.5 CON
The sirens of Mars : searching for life on another world
by Johnson, Sarah Stewart, author.
576.839 JOH
Habitats of Africa : a field guide for birders, naturalists, and ecologists
by Behrens, Ken, author.
577.096 BEH
Habitats of North America : a field guide for birders, naturalists, and ecologists
by Chaon, Phil, author.
577.097 CHA
Close to home : the wonders of nature just outside your door
by Hanson, Thor, author.
577.56 HAN
Fylling's illustrated guide to Pacific coast tide pools
by Fylling, Marni.
577.690979 FYL
Go forth and forage : a guide to foraging over 50 of the most common edible & medicinal North American mushrooms
by Johnson, Whitney (Forager), author.
579.6 JOH
Moss and lichen
by Lawson, Elizabeth (Naturalist), author.
580 LAW
Birds, sex and beauty : the extraordinary implications of Charles Darwin's strangest idea
by Ridley, Matt, author.
598.1562 RID
The weird and wonderful world of bats : demystifying these often-misunderstood creatures
by Brokaw, Alyson, author.
599.4 BRO
Alive : our bodies and the richness and brevity of existence
by Weston, Gabriel, author.
611 WES
Carbon : the book of life
by Hawken, Paul, author.
612.22 HAW
Air-borne : the hidden history of the life we breathe
by Zimmer, Carl, 1966- author.
614.44 ZIM
5-Minute CPR: a paramedic's guide to simple CPR
by Hodge, Lance.
616.1025 HOD
CPR with AED training : learn to save a life
by Pederson, Sally, author.
616.1025 PED
Body-first healing : get unstuck and recover from trauma with somatic healing
by Piper, Brittany, author.
616.8521 PIP
Unmasking for life : the autistic person's guide to connecting, loving, and living authentically
by Price, Devon, author.
616.8588 PRI
Off the spectrum : why the science of Autism has failed women and girls
by Rippon, Gina, author.
616.8588 RIP
Nine minds : inner lives on the spectrum
by Tammet, Daniel, 1979- author.
616.8588 TAM
Unhooked : free yourself from addiction forever
by Jaffe, Adi, author
616.8606 JAF
Healing the modern brain : nine tenets to build mental fitness and revitalize your mind
by Ramsey, Drew, author.
616.89 RAM
Untethered : creating connected families, schools, and communities to raise a resilient generation
by Bolton, Doug (Psychologist), author.
618.9289 BOL
The curious kitchen gardener : uncommon plants & how to eat them
by Ziedrich, Linda, author.
635 ZIE
Why I cook
by Colicchio, Tom, author.
641.5092 COL
Easy weeknight dinners : 100 fast, flavor-packed meals for busy people who still want something good to eat
641.555 EAS
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
Symon's dinners cooking outside : 100 recipes that redefine outdoor cooking
by Symon, Michael, 1969- author.
641.578 SYM
Kin : Caribbean recipes for the modern kitchen
by Mitchell, Marie (Cook), author.
641.5972 MIT
Expect great things! : how the Katharine Gibbs School revolutionized the American workplace for women
by Krefft, Vanda, author.
651.3741 KRE
Essential : how distributed teams, generative AI, and global shifts are creating a new human-powered leadership
by Smith, Christie (Management consultant), author.
658.4092 SMI
Ultra-processed people : the science behind food that isn't food
by Tulleken, Chris van, 1978- author.
664 TUL
The silver snarling trumpet : the birth of the Grateful Dead : the lost manuscript of Robert Hunter
by Hunter, Robert, 1941 June 23-2019, author.
782.4216 HUN
Homestand : small town baseball and the fight for the soul of America
by Bardenwerper, Will, author.
796.3576 BAR
More than words : how to think about writing in the age of AI
by Warner, John, 1970- author.
808.0028 WAR
Epic of the earth : reading Homer's Iliad in the fight for a dying world
by Hall, Edith, 1959- author.
809 HAL
Immemorial
by Markham, Lauren, author.
809.9336 MAR
Bees, and after
by Liles, John, 1991- author.
811 LIL
Crush
by Siken, Richard, 1967- author.
811 SIK
Super gay poems : LGBTQIA+ poetry after Stonewall
by Burt, Stephanie, 1971- author.
811.5408 BUR
Doggerel : poems
by Betts, Reginald Dwayne, 1980- author.
811.6 BET
Scorched earth
by Clark, Tiana, author.
811.6 CLA
Catalog of unabashed gratitude
by Gay, Ross, 1974- author.
811.6 GAY
Ask the brindled : poems
by Revilla, No?u, author.
811.6 REV
Don't call us dead : poems
by Smith, Danez, author.
811.6 SMI
With every great breath : new and selected essays, 1995-2023
by Bass, Rick, 1958- author.
814.54 BAS
How to end a story : collected diaries, 1978-1998
by Garner, Helen, 1942- author.
828.914 GAR
The explorer's gene : why we seek big challenges, new flavors, and the blank spots on the map
by Hutchinson, Alex, author.
910.019 HUT
On the hippie trail : Istanbul to Kathmandu and the making of a travel writer
by Steves, Rick, 1955- author.
910.4092 STE
Adventures in the Louvre : how to fall in love with the world's greatest museum
by Sciolino, Elaine, author.
914 SCI
Florence and Tuscany.
914.5504 FLO 2025 2025
Rick Steves Rome
by Steves, Rick, 1955- author.
914.5632 RIC 2025
Spain.
914.6048 SPA
Washington State
by Pederson, Melissa, author.
917.9704 WAS 2025
Notorious : portraits of stars from Hollywood, culture, fashion, and tech
by Dowd, Maureen, author.
920.02 DOW
The last dynasty : ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra
by Wilkinson, Toby, 1969- author.
932 WIL
The rebel empresses : Elisabeth of Austria and Euge?nie of France, power and glamour in the struggle for Europe
by Goldstone, Nancy, 1957-
940.285 GOL
Four red sweaters : powerful true stories of women and the Holocaust
by Adlington, Lucy, 1970- author.
940.5318 ADL
Paris undercover : a wartime story of courage, friendship, and betrayal
by Goodman, Matthew, author.
940.5344 GOO
The fifteen : murder, retribution, and the forgotten story of Nazi POWs in America
by Geroux, William, author.
940.5472 GER
Venice : the remarkable history of the lagoon city
by Romano, Dennis, 1951- author.
945.311 ROM
Intent to destroy : Russia's two-hundred-year quest to dominate Ukraine
by Finkel, Evgeny, 1978- author.
947.7086 FIN
Let only red flowers bloom : identity and belonging in Xi Jinping's China
by Feng, Emily, author.
951.06 FEN
Warbody : a Marine sniper and the hidden violence of modern warfare
by Howe, Joshua, author.
956.7044 HOW
Israel and Civilization : the fate of the Jewish nation and the destiny of the West
by Hammer, Josh, author.
956.94 HAM
Lincoln's peace : the struggle to end the American Civil War
by Vorenberg, Michael, 1964- author.
973.7 VOR
Red Scare : blacklists, McCarthyism and the making of modern America
by Risen, Clay, author.
973.918 RIS
Revenge : the inside story of Trump's return to power
by Isenstadt, Alex, author.
973.935 ISE
Taking Manhattan : the extraordinary events that created New York and shaped America
by Shorto, Russell, author.
974.7102 SHO
Empire of the summer moon : Quanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history
by Gwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.), 1953-
978.0049 GWY
Golden State : the making of California
by Hiltzik, Michael A., author.
979.4 HIL
Trespassers at the Golden Gate : a true account of love, murder, and madness in Gilded-Age San Francisco
by Krist, Gary, author.
979.461 KRI
James Baldwin : the life album
by Zaborowska, Magdalena J., author.
BIO BALDWIN
The maverick's museum : Albert Barnes and his American dream
by Gopnik, Blake, author.
BIO BARNES
When the going was good : an editor's adventures during the last golden age of magazines
by Carter, Graydon, author.
BIO CARTER
The harder I fight the more I love you : a memoir
by Case, Neko, author.
BIO CASE
Firstborn : a memoir
by Christensen, Lauren, 1967- author.
BIO CHRISTENSEN
Dirtbag queen : a memoir of my mother
by Corren, Andy, 1969- author.
BIO CORREN
Surreal : the extraordinary life of Gala Dali?
by Gerber Klein, Miche?le, author.
BIO DALI
Unshrunk : a story of psychiatric treatment resistance
by Delano, Laura, 1983- author.
BIO DELANO
We tell ourselves stories : Joan Didion and the american dream machine
by Wilkinson, Alissa, author.
BIO DIDION
One day, everyone will have always been against this
by El Akkad, Omar, 1982- author.
BIO EL AKKAD
The house of my mother : a daughter's quest for freedom
by Franke, Shari, 2003- author.
BIO FRANKE
Source code : my beginnings
by Gates, Bill, 1955- author.
BIO GATES
The tell : a memoir
by Griffin, Amy, author.
BIO GRIFFIN
Trauma plot : a life
by Hood, Jamie, author.
BIO HOOD
The trouble of color : an American family memoir
by Jones, Martha S., author.
BIO JONES
King of the North : Martin Luther King Jr.'s life of struggle outside the South
by Theoharis, Jeanne, author.
BIO KING
Connecting dots : a blind life
by Miele, Joshua Alexander, author.
BIO MIELE
My good bright wolf : a memoir
by Moss, Sarah, author.
BIO MOSS
The mysterious Mr. Nakamoto : a fifteen-year quest for the secret genius behind crypto
by Wallace, Benjamin, 1968- author.
BIO NAKAMOTO
All the parts we exile
by Nozari, Roza, author.
BIO NOZARI
Yoko : a biography
by Sheff, David, author.
BIO ONO
Rebel queen : the Cold War, misogyny, and the making of a grandmaster
by Polga?r, Zsuzsa, 1969- author.
BIO POLGAR
Cellar rat : my life in the restaurant underbelly
by Selinger, Hannah, author.
BIO SELINGER
Care and feeding : a memoir
by Woolever, Laurie, author.
BIO WOOLEVER
Webb's universe : the space telescope images that reveal our cosmic history
by Aderin-Pocock, Maggie, 1968- author.
OVERSIZE 522.2919 ADE
Martha Stewart's gardening handbook : the essential guide to designing, planting, and growing
by Stewart, Martha, author.
OVERSIZE 635 STE
Julia Child's kitchen : the design, tools, stories, and legacy of an iconic space
by Johnson, Paula J., 1954- author.
OVERSIZE 641.5092 JOH
Chinese enough : homestyle recipes for noodles, dumplings, stir-fries, and more
by Cho, Kristina, author.
OVERSIZE 641.5951 CHO
Ghana to the world : recipes and stories that look forward while honoring the past
by Adjepong, Eric, author.
OVERSIZE 641.5966 ADJ
Toi te mana : an Indigenous history of Ma?ori art
by Brown, Deidre (Deidre Sharon), 1970- author.
OVERSIZE 709 BRO
Drawing in the present tense
by Gilman, Claire, author.
OVERSIZE 741.0905 GIL
Knitting California : 26 easy-to-follow designs for beautiful beanies inspired by the Golden State
by Bates, Nancy (Knitter), author.
OVERSIZE 746.432 BAT
Mary Cassatt between Paris and New York : the making of a transatlantic legacy
by Iskin, Ruth, author.
OVERSIZE 759.13 ISK
San Francisco and the second wave : the Blair collection of Bay area abstract expressionism
OVERSIZE 759.1946 SAN
Dungeon master's guide.
OVERSIZE 793.93 DUN
Dungeons & Dragons monster manual.
OVERSIZE 793.93 DUN
La invencio?n de todas las cosas : una historia de la ficcio?n
by Volpi Escalante, Jorge, 1968- author.
SP 121 VOL
El libro de las respuestas : confi?a en tu ora?culo ma?gico
by Elliot, Gaia, author.
SP 133 ELL
Astrogenealogi?a : descubre quie?n eres y vive con mayor libertad con las astrologi?a familiar
SP 150 AST
Por que? recordamos : la nueva ciencia de la memoria
by Ranganath, Charan, author.
SP 153.12 RAG
La era del sobrepensamiento ma?gico : notas sobre la irracionalidad moderna
by Montell, Amanda, author.
SP 153.42 MON
El me?todo del corazo?n guerrero : co?mo transformar la confusio?n en claridad y el dolor en paz
by Amara, HeatherAsh, author.
SP 158 AMA
Antimeditaciones : lo que Marco Aurelio nunca te conto? sobre el arte de vivir
by Amat, Victor, author.
SP 158.1 AMA
Cuando la persona to?xica eres tu? : co?mo dejar de pensar en negativo y convertirte en tu mejor aliado
by Carrasco, Juan Carlos, 1974- author.
SP 158.1 CAR
Meditaciones para despertar el corazo?n y cultivar el amor y la bondad : 7 pasos para transformar tu vida
by Trungpa, Cho?gyam, 1939-1987, author.
SP 294.3422 TRU
Cointeligencia : vivir y trabajar con la IA
by Mollick, Ethan, 1975- author.
SP 303.4834 MOL
El patriarcado : los ori?genes de la dominacio?n masculina
by Saini, Angela, 1980- author.
SP 305 SAI
La mujer incierta
by Bonnett, Piedad, 1951- author.
SP 305.42 BON
E?l/ella/elle : co?mo hablamos de ge?nero y por que? es importante
by Bailar, Schuyler, author.
SP 306.768 BAI
Emprender : co?mo crear y dirigir una empresa (sin que te dirija ella a ti? )
by Kieran, Dan.
SP 338 KIE
Salvavidas para madres auto?nomas : un manual con respuestas para maternar en solitario
by Va?zquez, Diana Luz, author.
SP 362.8294 VAZ
Manual del espaa?nol incorrecto : contra el espejismo del "buen espaa?nol"
by Cha?avez, Adria?an, 1989- author.
SP 468 CHA
Agujeros blancos : dentro del horizonte
by Rovelli, Carlo, 1956- author.
SP 523.1 ROV
Una historia de la inteligencia : los cinco avances evolutivos de nuestro cerebro que determinan el futuro de la inteligencia artificial
by Bennett, Max S. (Max Solomon), author.
SP 612.82 BEN
Un cuerpo ideal en 3 minutos : consigue un abdomen y unas piernas perfectas con solo 3 mintos al di?a
by Sakazume, Shinji, author.
SP 613 SAK
Tu casa, tu orden : libe?rate de la trampa de la perfeccio?n y transforma tu hogar en tu lugar favorito
by Moreno, Estela, author.
SP 640 MOR
La enchilada completa = The whole enchilada : recetas mexicanas llenas de historia y diversio?n = Mexican recipes full of history and fun
by Galva?n-Garci?a, Glenda, author.
SP 641.5972 GAL
100 recetas de pan de pueblo : ideas y trucos para hacer en casa panes de toda Espan?a
by Yarza, Iba?n, author.
SP 641.815 YAR
El placer de vestirte : descubre tu estilo personal y utiliza la moda para expresarte de forma aute?ntica
by Bornstein, Allison, author.
SP 646.3 BOR
El modo goblin : co?mo acomodarse, aceptar la imperfeccio?n y prosperar en el fango
by Coyle, McKayla, author.
SP 646.7 COY
Maestri?a de vida : reflexiones para vivir en excelencia
by Llamas, Alejandra, author.
SP 646.7008 LLA
Criar juntos : co?mo tener una buena relacio?n de pareja criando y creciendo juntos
by Tirado Torras, Mi?riam, author.
SP 649.1 TIR
Entrena tu cerebro : ejercita, recobra y manta?en tu agilidad mental en 40 da?ias
by Moore, Gareth, 1975- author.
SP 793.73 MOO
¡Viva Me?xico! : un viaje a trave?s de los paisajes, la gastronomi?a y la cultura
SP 972 VIV
Careless people : a cautionary tale of power, greed, and lost idealism
by Wynn-Williams, Sarah, author.
WYN
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