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How to Write Like a Writer: A Sharp and Subversive Guide to Ignoring Inhibiti…
How to Write Like a Writer is Thomas C. Foster’s lively, encouraging guide to developing a strong writing voice and a practical writing process. Drawing on decades of teaching experience, Foster breaks down the essentials of good writing—how to organize ideas, craft first drafts, revise effectively, and stay seated long enough for inspiration to arrive.
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- 9780063139411
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- 320 pages, 5.31 x 0.72 x 8 inches
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- 808.02 FOS h
Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
Our Mathematical Universe presents physicist Max Tegmark’s bold hypothesis that reality is fundamentally a mathematical structure. Blending cosmology, physics, and philosophy, Tegmark guides readers through the history of scientific attempts to describe the universe, from classical mechanics to quantum theory and inflationary cosmology.
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- Reprint Ed.
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- 9780307744258
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- 432 pages, 6.08 x 0.91 x 9.15 inches
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- 523.1 TEG o
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Musicophilia is Oliver Sacks’s captivating exploration of the deep and sometimes surprising relationship between music and the human brain. Through a series of real clinical cases, Sacks reveals how music can trigger extraordinary neurological responses—from a man who becomes obsessed with piano after being struck by lightning, to individuals with amusia, for whom music sounds like noise, t…
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- Revised Ed.
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- 9781400033539
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- 425 pages, 5.2 x 1.18 x 8 inches
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- 616.8 SAC m
Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence
Fields of Blood challenges the widespread belief that religion is the primary cause of violence. Karen Armstrong traces the deep history of human conflict—from ancient civilizations to modern nation‑states—and shows that political, economic, and social forces have always been central drivers of warfare. Religion, she argues, often became entangled with violence because it was woven into e…
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- Reprint Ed.
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- 9780307946966
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- 528 pages, 5.2 x 0.85 x 8 inches
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- 201.7 ARM f
Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That …
Predictably Irrational explores why people make decisions that defy logic—and why these mistakes follow consistent, predictable patterns. Behavioral economist Dan Ariely uses engaging experiments to show how hidden forces such as social norms, expectations, emotions, pricing cues, and cognitive shortcuts shape our choices without our awareness.
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- Revised Ed.
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- 9780061353246
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- 384 pages, 5.31 x 0.86 x 8 inches
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- 153.83 ARI p
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Emotional Intelligence explores why traditional measures of intelligence—like IQ—fail to predict success, wellbeing, or healthy relationships. Drawing on research from psychology and neuroscience, Daniel Goleman argues that emotional intelligence (EQ)—the ability to understand, manage, and use emotions effectively—is a stronger predictor of life outcomes.
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- 10th Anniversary Ed.
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- 9780553383713
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- 352 pages, 5.47 x 0.76 x 8.23 inches
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- 152.4 GOL e
Cat's Cradle
Cat's Cradle follows narrator John (Jonah) as he investigates the life of Dr. Felix Hoenikker, one of the fictional “fathers” of the atomic bomb. His search leads him to the bizarre island nation of San Lorenzo, where he encounters the outlawed religion of Bokononism, a philosophy built on comforting lies, playful paradoxes, and fatalistic humor.
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- 9780385333481
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- 304 pages,
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- 813.54 VON c
Is God a Mathematician?
Is God a Mathematician? explores one of the most enduring questions in science and philosophy: Why does mathematics describe the universe so precisely? Mario Livio traces the development of mathematical ideas from ancient Greece to modern physics, examining the lives and insights of great thinkers such as Pythagoras, Newton, Einstein, and Wigner.
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- 1st Ed.
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- 9780743294065
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- 308 pages, 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.44 inches
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- 510.1 LIV i
The God Delusion: A Study of Religious Belief and Skepticism
The God Delusion is Richard Dawkins’s influential and provocative examination of religious belief through the lens of science, logic, and historical evidence. Drawing on evolutionary biology, philosophy, and cultural analysis, Dawkins argues that belief in a supernatural deity is highly improbable and that religion has often contributed to conflict, intolerance, and social harm.
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- Reprint Ed.
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- 9780618918249
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- 464 pages, 5.5 x 1.06 x 8.25 inches
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- 211.8 DAW t
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow presents Daniel Kahneman’s groundbreaking research on the two systems that shape human thought
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- 1st Ed.
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- 9780374533557
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- 512 pages, 5.51 x 1.46 x 8.23 inches
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- 153.4 KAH t
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