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The thinking machine : Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the world's most coveted microchip
by Witt, Stephen, author.
006.3 WIT
A world appears : a journey into consciousness
by Pollan, Michael, author.
128.2 POL
The mattering instinct : how our deepest longing drives us and divides us
by Goldstein, Rebecca, 1950- author.
150.192 GOL
The red book = Liber novus : a reader's edition
by Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961.
150.1954 JUN
Nostalgia : a history of a dangerous emotion
by Arnold-Forster, Agnes, author.
152.4 ARN
How to feel loved : the five mindsets that get you more of what matters most
by Lyubomirsky, Sonja, author.
152.41 LYU
Atomic habits : tiny changes, remarkable results : an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones
by Clear, James, author.
155.24 CLE
Be your own bestie : a no-nonsense guide to changing the way you treat yourself
by Brown, Misha, author.
158.1 BRO
Scarcity brain : fix your craving mindset and rewire your habits to thrive with enough
by Easter, Michael (Health and fitness writer), author.
158.1 EAS
The comfort book
by Haig, Matt, 1975- author.
158.1 HAI
The let them theory : a life-changing tool that millions of people can't stop talking about
by Robbins, Mel, 1968-
158.1 ROB
The balancing act : creating healthy dependency and connection without losing yourself
by Tawwab, Nedra Glover, author.
158.2 TAW
The thin book of trust : an essential primer for building trust at work
by Feltman, Charles, author.
174.4 FEL
The American creed : a biography of the Declaration of Independence
by Church, F. Forrester.
200.973 CHU
The sacred awakening : reclaiming Christ consciousness
by Awad, Sami, author.
248 AWA
A paradise built in hell : the extraordinary communities that arise in disaster
by Solnit, Rebecca.
303.485 SOL
Making the best of what's left : when we're too old to get the chairs reupholstered
by Viorst, Judith, author.
305.26 VIO
Front street : resistance and rebirth in the tent cities of techlandia
by Barth, Brian (Journalist), author.
305.5692 BAR
The fire next time
by Baldwin, James, 1924-1987, author.
305.896 BAL
American struggle : democracy, dissent, and the pursuit of a more perfect union : an anthology
by Meacham, Jon, author.
306.2097 MEA
The great contradiction : the tragic side of the American founding
by Ellis, Joseph J., author.
306.362 ELL
The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her american doctors, and the collison of two cultures
by Fadiman, Anne, 1953-
306.461 FAD
Hunt, gather, parent : what ancient cultures can teach us about the lost art of raising happy, helpful little humans
by Doucleff, Michaeleen, author.
306.874 DOU
Democracy and urban form
by Sennett, Richard, 1943- author.
307.1216 SEN
Palaces for the people : how social infrastructure can help fight inequality, polarization, and the decline of civic life
by Klinenberg, Eric, author.
307.7609 KLI
Borderland : origins of the American suburb, 1820-1939
by Stilgoe, John R., 1949-
307.7609 STI
City of Refuge : separatists and utopian town planning
by Lewis, Michael J., 1957- author.
307.77 LEW
Democracy awakening : notes on the state of America
by Richardson, Heather Cox, author.
320.473 RIC
The ideological origins of the American Revolution
by Bailyn, Bernard, author.
320.5097 BAI
Democracy in America
by Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859.
320.973 TOC
On democracy
by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892, author.
320.973 WHI
How democracies die
by Levitsky, Steven, author.
321.8 LEV
The activists' handbook : a step-by-step guide to participatory democracy
by Ricketts, Aidan.
323.042 RIC
The pursuit of liberty : how Hamilton vs. Jefferson ignited the lasting battle over power in America
by Rosen, Jeffrey, 1964- author.
323.4409 ROS
What is free speech? : the history of a dangerous idea
by Dabhoiwala, Faramerz, author.
323.443 DAB
The invisible coup : how American elites and foreign powers use immigration as a weapon
by Schweizer, Peter, 1964- author.
325.73 SCH
The banks we deserve : reclaiming community banking for a just economy
by Abello, Oscar Perry, author.
332.1097 ABE
The second estate : how the tax code made an American aristocracy
by Madoff, Ray D., author.
336.2009 MAD
The Federalist papers
341.7302 FED
We the people : a progressive reading of the constitution for the twenty-first century
by Chemerinsky, Erwin, author.
342.73 CHE
The annotated U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence
342.7302 ANN
The Penguin guide to the United States Constitution : a fully annotated Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and Amendments, and selections from the Federalist Papers
by Beeman, Richard R., author
342.7302 BEE
The Declaration of Independence and : the Constitution of the United States
342.7302 DEC
We the people : a history of the U.S. Constitution
by Lepore, Jill, 1966- author.
342.7302 LEP
The indispensable right : free speech in an age of rage
by Turley, Jonathan, 1961- author.
342.7308 TUR
Unspeakable things : silence, shame, and the stories we choose to believe
by Nevils, Brooke, author.
362.8838 NEV
Preserving with purpose : reimagining buildings for community benefit
by Hetletvedt, Amy, author.
363.69 HET
A killing in cannabis : a true story of love, murder, and California weed
by Eden, Scott, 1975- author.
364.1523 EDE
The Chicago canon on free inquiry & expression
378.1213 CHI
"Democracy is in the streets" : from Port Huron to the siege of Chicago
by Miller, Jim, 1947-
378.1981 MIL
California trees : a field guide to the native species
by Ritter, Matt, author.
582.1609 RIT
Beneath a black and white sky : a year among condors at Pinnacles National Park
by Belli, Joseph, author.
598.92 BEL
Other minds : the octopus, the sea, and the deep origins of consciousness
by Godfrey-Smith, Peter, author.
612.8 GOD
The new Whole30 : the definitive plan to transform your health, habits, and relationship with food
by Urban, Melissa, author.
613.25 URB
Get home safe : a guide to self-defense and building our collective power
by Abdelhamid, Rana, author.
613.6 ABD
Calm your inflammation : 2 books in 1: science-backed strategies to enhance your immune system, promote gut health, and feel your best every day
by Tidwell, Brenda, author.
616.0473 TID
Invisible illness : a history, from hysteria to long Covid
by Mendenhall, Emily, 1982- author.
616.0478 MEN
The man who mistook his wife for a hat and other clinical tales
by Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015, author.
616.8 SAC
All new! Square foot gardening : the world's most popular growing method to harvest more food from less space
635 ALL
Kitchens of hope : immigrants share stories of resilience and recipes from home
641.592 KIT
Will this make you happy : stories & recipes from a year of baking
by Bush, Tanya, author.
641.71 BUS
The epic history of macaroni and cheese : from ancient Rome to modern America
by Moyer-Nocchi, Karima, author.
641.822 MOY
How to raise kids who aren't assholes : science-based strategies for better parenting-from tots to teens
by Moyer, Melinda Wenner, author.
649.1 MOY
Cryptography : a very short introduction
by Murphy, Sean, 1963- author.
652.8 MUR
Playing with fire : Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto
700.411 PLA
Founding gardeners : the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation
by Wulf, Andrea.
712.0973 WUL
Learning from Las Vegas : the forgotten symbolism of architectural form
by Venturi, Robert.
720.9793 VEN
California gold : Sidney Robertson and the WPA California Folk Music Project
by Kerst, Catherine Hiebert, 1948- author.
781.62 KER
Devout : losing my faith to find myself
by Archuleta, David, 1990- author.
782.4216 ARC
Essays and lectures
by Library of America.
808.8 LIB
Reproductive wrongs : a short history of bad ideas about women
by Ruden, Sarah author
809.9335 RUD
Dog show : poems
by Collins, Billy author
811.54 COL
Calling a wolf a wolf
by Akbar, Kaveh, author.
811.6 AKB
Pilgrim Bell : poems
by Akbar, Kaveh, author.
811.6 AKB
The root endures : poems
by Burt, Jeff, author.
811.6 BUR
On Morrison
by Serpell, Namwali, 1980- author.
813.54 SER
Good woman : a reckoning
by Nolan, Savala, author.
814.6 NOL
Arcadia : a play
by Stoppard, Tom, author.
822.914 STO
When you listen to this song : on memory, loss, and writing
by Lafon, Lola, 1974- author.
844.92 LAF
The Greek tragedies : seventeen plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, & Euripides
882.0108 GRE
The Odyssey
by Homer, author.
883.01 HOM
Moon Prague, Vienna & Budapest
by Walker, Jennifer D., author.
914.3712 MOO
Fodor's essential India 2025
915.404 FOD 2025
Fodor's Canadian Rockies.
917.1104 FOD 2025
Fodor's Washington, D. C.
917.5304 FOD 2025
The gales of November : the untold story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
by Bacon, John U., 1964- author.
917.749 BAC
A scandal in Ko?nigsberg
by Clark, Christopher M., author.
947.2407 CLA
By the second spring : seven lives and one year of the War in Ukraine
by Leavitt, Danielle, 1992- author.
947.7062 LEA
Days of love and rage : a story of ordinary people forging a revolution
by Gopal, Anand, 1980- author.
956.913 GOP
The four heavens : a new history of the ancient Maya
by Stuart, David, 1965- author.
972.8101 STU
The American Revolution and the fate of the world
by Bell, Richard, 1978- author
973 BEL
Albion's seed : four British folkways in America
by Fischer, David Hackett.
973 FIS
American treasures : the secret efforts to save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Gettysburg address
by Puleo, Stephen
973 PUL
American dialogue : the founders and us
by Ellis, Joseph J., author.
973.3 ELL
American inheritance : liberty and slavery in the birth of a nation, 1765-1795
by Larson, Edward J. (Edward John), author.
973.3 LAR
1776
by McCullough, David G.
973.3 MCC
A people's history of the American Revolution : how common people shaped the fight for independence
by Raphael, Ray, author.
973.3 RAP
The pursuit of happiness : How classical writers on virtue inspired the lives of the founders and defined America
by Rosen, Jeffrey, 1964- author.
973.3 ROS
The American Revolution : a history
by Wood, Gordon S., author.
973.3 WOO
The marketplace of revolution : how consumer politics shaped American independence
by Breen, T. H.
973.31 BRE
American states of nature : the origins of independence, 1761-1775
by Somos, Mark, author.
973.31 SOM
Our first civil war : patriots and loyalists in the American Revolution
by Brands, H. W., author.
973.311 BRA
The Stamp Act crisis : prologue to revolution
by Morgan, Edmund S. (Edmund Sears), 1916-2013.
973.3111 MOR
The beginnings of national politics : an interpretive history of the continental congress
by Rakove, Jack N., 1947- author.
973.312 RAK
The greatest sentence ever written
by Isaacson, Walter, author.
973.313 ISA
Declaring independence : why 1776 matters
by Larson, Edward J. (Edward John), author.
973.313 LAR
American scripture : making the Declaration of Independence
by Maier, Pauline, 1938-2013.
973.313 MAI
Founding brothers : the revolutionary generation
by Ellis, Joseph J., author.
973.4092 ELL
The life and selected writings of Thomas Jefferson
by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, author.
973.46 JEF
Thomas Jefferson : the art of power
by Meacham, Jon.
973.4609 MEA
Speeches & writings
by Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848, author.
973.55 ADA
North of ordinary : how one woman left it all behind for wilderness and wonder in Alaska's frozen frontier
by Aikens, Sue, author.
BIO AIKENS
You with the sad eyes : a memoir
by Applegate, Christina, 1971- author.
BIO APPLEGATE
A different kind of power : a memoir
by Ardern, Jacinda, 1980- author.
BIO ARDERN
Heartland : a forgotten place, an impossible dream, and the miracle of Larry Bird
by O'Brien, Keith, 1973- author.
BIO BIRD
Judy Blume : a life
by Oppenheimer, Mark, 1974- author.
BIO BLUME
Strangers : a memoir of marriage
by Burden, Belle, author.
BIO BURDEN
Andrew Carnegie
by Nasaw, David.
BIO CARNEGIE
Bibliophobia : a memoir
by Chihaya, Sarah, author.
BIO CHIHAYA
5150 : a manic depressive adventure
by Del Zompo, Tony, author.
BIO DEL ZOMPO
Everybody's fly : a life of art, music, and changing the culture
by Fab 5 Freddy, 1959- author.
BIO FAB 5 FREDDY
Leaving home : a memoir in full colour
by Haddon, Mark, 1962- author, illustrator.
BIO HADDON
In the days of my youth I was told what it means to be a man : a memoir
by Junod, Tom, author.
BIO JUNOD
Articulate : a deaf memoir of voice
by Kolb, Rachel, author.
BIO KOLB
Art work : on the creative life
by Mann, Sally, 1951- author.
BIO MANN
Kids, wait till you hear this! : my memoir
by Minnelli, Liza, author.
BIO MINNELLI
Young man in a hurry : a memoir of discovery
by Newsom, Gavin, 1967- author.
BIO NEWSOM
The sea captain's wife : a true story of mutiny, love, and adventure at the bottom of the world
by Mazzeo, Tilar J., author.
BIO PATTEN
The remarkable life of Reed Peggram : the man who stared down World War II in the name of love
by Whitmire, Ethelene, 1968- author.
BIO PEGGRAM
A hymn to life : shame has to change sides
by Pelicot, Gise?le, author.
BIO PELICOT
I will show you how it was : the story of wartime Kyiv
by Ponomarenko, Illia, author.
BIO PONOMARENKO
Retribution : a US Marine's fight for justice, from the Russian gulag to Ukraine's front lines
by Reed, Trevor, 1991- author.
BIO REED
Coming up short : a memoir of my America
by Reich, Robert B., author.
BIO REICH
Dizzy : a memoir
by Weaver, Rachel, 1974- author.
BIO WEAVER
Adult braces : driving myself sane
by West, Lindy, author.
BIO WEST
On the national language : the poetry of America's endangered tongues
by Van Sise, B. A.
OVERSIZE 306.4409 VAN
Liberty and freedom
by Fischer, David Hackett, 1935-
OVERSIZE 323.4409 FIS
The key muscles of yoga : your guide to functional anatomy in yoga
by Long, Ray (Raymond A.), MD.
OVERSIZE 611.7 LON
Ottolenghi comfort
by Ottolenghi, Yotam, author.
OVERSIZE 641.5 OTT
Obsessed with the best : 100+ methodically perfected recipes : based on 20+ head-to-head tests
by Quittner, Ella, author.
OVERSIZE 641.5 QUI
Don't think about dinner : save time and money with 125+ easy, nourishing, delicious recipes for every meal
by Lueke, Jenn, author.
OVERSIZE 641.55 LUE
The forest feast gatherings : simple vegetarian menus for hosting friends & family
by Gleeson, Erin, author, photographer.
OVERSIZE 641.5636 GLE
The immigrant cookbook : recipes that make America great
OVERSIZE 641.59 IMM
The Shakers : a world in the making
OVERSIZE 744.0882 SHA
Hamilton : the revolution : being the complete libretto of the Broadway musical, with a true account of its creation, and concise remarks on hip-hop, the power of stories, and the new America
by Miranda, Lin-Manuel, 1980- author.
OVERSIZE 782.1402 MIR
Picturing Black history : photographs and stories that changed the world
OVERSIZE 973.0496 PIC
The atlas of world embroidery : a global exploration of heritage and styles
by Vogelsang-Eastwood, Gillian, author.
OVERSZE 746.44 VOG
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