Thesis-Driven Scholarly Non-Fiction

This list contains 35 titles

Book A people's history of the United States : 1492-present / Howard Zinn.

by Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010.

Edition: Rev. and updated ed.Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : HarperPerennial, 1995Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Location(s): Call number: 973/ZINN .
Book A people's history of the United States : 1492-present / Howard Zinn.

by Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010.

Edition: Rev. and updated ed.Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : HarprfranerPerennial, 1995Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Location(s): Call number: 973/ZINN .
Blink : the power of thinking without thinking / Malcolm Gladwell.

by Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-.

Edition: 1st Back Bay trade pbk. ed., April 2007.Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Co., 2007; �2005Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Location(s): Call number: 153.4/GLA.
Book Cannibalism : a perfectly natural history / Bill Schutt.

by Schutt, Bill [author.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: available online remote; Literary form: Not fiction Online access: Click here to access this electronic item | Excerpt Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Location(s): Call number: 394/SCH.
Book Cod : a biography of the fish that changed the world / Mark Kurlansky.

by Kurlansky, Mark.

Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : Walker and Co., 1997Online access: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description Availability: Items available for loan: 2 . Location(s): Call number: 333.956/KUR .
Book Dark matter and the dinosaurs : the astounding interconnectedness of the universe / Lisa Randall.

by Randall, Lisa [author.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Location(s): Call number: 523.1/RAND.
Reference Drive : the surprising truth about what motivates us / Daniel H. Pink.

by Pink, Daniel H.

Edition: First Riverhead trade pbk. ed.Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Language: English Publication details: New York : Riverhead Books, 2011Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Not available: Checked out (2). Location(s): Call number: 153.1/PINK.
Dying of whiteness : how the politics of racial resentment is killing America's heartland / Jonathan M. Metzl.

by Metzl, Jonathan, 1964-.

Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed.Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : Basic Books, 2020; �2019Availability: Items available for loan: 2 . Location(s): Call number: 362.1/MET.
Eichmann in Jerusalem./ A Report on the Banality of Evil. Hannah Arendt.

by Arendt, Hannah, | , [] | .

Series: Edition: Revised and Enlarged Edition.Material type: Text Text Publication details: New York: Penguin: ; 1976Availability: Items available for loan: 2 . Location(s): Call number: 364.1380924/ARENDT .
Book Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything / Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

by Levitt, Steven D | Dubner, Stephen J.

Edition: 1st edMaterial type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : William Morrow, c2005Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Location(s): Call number: 330/LEVITT .
Book Free to choose : a personal statement / Milton & Rose Friedman.

by Friedman, Milton, 1912-2006 | Friedman, Rose D.

Edition: 1st Harvest ed.Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: San Diego : Harcourt Inc. 1990Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Location(s): Call number: 330.122/FRIEDMAN .
Fuzz : when nature breaks the law / Mary Roach.

by Roach, Mary.

Edition: 1st ed.Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Adolescent; Publication details: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Co., [2021]Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Location(s): Call number: 591.5/ROA.
Grocery : the buying and selling of food in America / Michael Ruhlman.

by Ruhlman, Michael, 1963-.

Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : Abrams, 2018; �2017Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Location(s): Call number: 381/RUH.
Book Grunt : the curious science of humans at war / Mary Roach

by Roach, Mary [author.].

Edition: First editionMaterial type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Location(s): Call number: 355.07/ROA.
Reference Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies / Jared Diamond ; [with a new afterword about the modern world].

by Diamond, Jared M.

Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : Norton, 1999Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Not available: Checked out (1). Location(s): Call number: 303.4/DIAMOND .
How to be an antiracist / Ibram X. Kendi.

by Kendi, Ibram X.

Edition: 1st ed.Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: biography; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : One World, [2019]Other title: Antiracist.Availability: Not available: Checked out (1).
It's better than it looks : reasons for optimism in an age of fear / Gregg Easterbrook.

by Easterbrook, Gregg.

Edition: 1st ed.Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : PublicAffairs, 2018Other title: It is better than it looks.Availability: Not available: Checked out (1).
Book Keeping the bees : why all bees are at risk and what we can do to save them / Laurence Packer.

by Packer, Laurence Dennis Marchant, 1955-.

Edition: Harper Perennial trade pbk. ed.Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Toronto : Harper Perennial, 2014Availability: Not available: Checked out (1).
Leading Minds: an anatomy of leadership./ Howard Gardner in collaboration with Emma Laskin.

by , | , [] | .

Series: Edition: Material type: Text Text Publication details: New York: Basic Books; ; 1995Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Location(s): Call number: 303.34/LEADING .
Book Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America / Barbara Ehrenreich

by Ehrenreich, Barbara.

Edition: 1st Picador edMaterial type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : Picador, 2011Other title: On (not) getting by in America.Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Location(s): Call number: 305.5/EHR.
Book Outliers : the story of success / Malcolm Gladwell

by Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-.

Edition: 1st Back Bay pbk. edMaterial type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : Back Bay Books, 2011Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Location(s): Call number: 302/GLADWELL .
Stamped : racism, antiracism, and you / written by Jason Reynolds ; with an introduction from Ibram X. Kendi.

by Reynolds, Jason | Kendi, Ibram X. Stamped from the beginning.

Edition: 1st ed.Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Adolescent; Publication details: New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2020Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Not available: Checked out (1). Location(s): Call number: 305.8/REY.
Book Stiffed : the betrayal of the American man / by Susan Faludi.

by Faludi, Susan.

Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : W. Morrow and Co., 1999Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Location(s): Call number: 305.310/FALUDI .
Book The rape of Nanking : the forgotten holocaust of World War II / Iris Chang

by Chang, Iris [author].

Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Availability: Items available for loan: 3 . Location(s): Call number: 951.042/CHA .
Book The shock doctrine : the rise of disaster capitalism / Naomi Klein

by Klein, Naomi, 1970-.

Edition: Picador edMaterial type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : Picador, 2007Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Location(s): Call number: 330.12/KLEIN .
Reference The Sixth Extinction.

by Kolbert, Elizabeth.

Material type: Text Text; Format: print Publication details: Simon & Schuster Audio 2014Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Location(s): Call number: 576.8/KOLBERT.
Reference The smartest kids in the world : and how they got that way / Amanda Ripley.

by Ripley, Amanda [author.].

Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Online access: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Sample text Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Location(s): Call number: 370.9/RIPLEY.
The story of more : how we got to climate change and where to go from here / Hope Jahren.

by Jahren, Hope | Jahren, Hope. Story of more.

Edition: 1st Ember ed.Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Adolescent; Publication details: New York : Ember, 2022; �2021 Other title: How we got to climate change and where to go from here.Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Location(s): Call number: 363.738/JAH.
Book The sum of us : what racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together / Heather McGhee.

by McGhee, Heather C [author.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Adult; Other title: What racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together.Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Location(s): Call number: 305.800973/MCG.
Book The tipping point : : how little things can make a big difference / Malcolm Gladwell.

by Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-.

Edition: 1st Back Bay pbk. ed.Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Boston : Little, Brown, c2002Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Not available: Checked out (1). Location(s): Call number: 302/GLADWELL .
The tipping point : how little things can make a big difference / Malcolm Gladwell.

by Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-.

Edition: 1st Back Bay pbk. ed.Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Boston : Little, Brown, 2002Availability: Not available: Checked out (1).
Book The tyranny of the meritocracy : democratizing higher education in America / Lani Guinier.

by Guinier, Lani [author.].

Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Online access: Cover image Availability: No items available.
The World Is Flat./ A brief history of the 21st Century. Thomas L. Friedman.

by Friendman, Thomas L, | , [] | .

Series: Edition: Updated and Expanded.Material type: Text Text Publisher number: 03742929884 :Publication details: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 2004Availability: Items available for loan: 2 . Location(s): Call number: 303.4833/FRIEDMAN.
Book Thirteen ways of looking at a Black man / Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

by Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.

Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : Vintage Books, 1998, c1997Other title: 13 ways of looking at a Black man.Online access: Inhaltsverzeichnis Inhaltsverzeichnis Availability: Items available for loan: 2 . Location(s): Call number: 305.896/GATES .
Book What we think about when we think about soccer / Simon Critchley.

by Critchley, Simon, 1960- [author.].

Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Availability: Items available for loan: 1 . Location(s): Call number: 796.334 CRI.