2017 nominations
ongoing
The Fourth
Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous
with Destiny by William Strauss, Neil Howe
Franz Kafka The
Trial
Roxane Gay Bad
Feminist
Cordelia Fine Testosterone Rex
Lincoln in the
Bardo by George Saunders
Monday, January 16, 2017
Hidden Figures, based on the
book:
Hidden Figures: The American Dream
and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space
Race by Margot Lee
Shetterly
The Swerve: How the World Became
Modern , Kindle Edition
by Stephen Greenblatt
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from Jan meeting:
J. D. Vance Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
James Thurber (Author), E. B.
White (Author), John Updike
(Foreword) Is Sex Necessary?: Or Why You Feel the Way You Do
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X The
King Must Die by Mary Renault for Classical Club book
discussion
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The Enchiridion by Epictetus
http://adapalmer.com/
from Nomination Forms:
Paul Beatty The Sellout: A Novel
Barry Estabrook Tomatoland
Carol Swartout Klein Painting For Peace in Ferguson
Amy Ellis Nutt Becoming
Nicole
Charlie Jane Anders All the Birds in the Sky
Sena Jeter Naslund AhabŐs
Wife
Shirley Jackson the Haunting of Hill House
SLCL Call # EBOOK - in hard copy catalogued as 501 501 Philosophy & theory [in Science]
Author Shermer, Michael.
Title Skeptic [electronic resource] : viewing the world with a rational
eye / Michael Shermer.
Imprint New York : Henry Holt and Company, c2016.
Edition 1st ed.
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Descript
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xiv,
283 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Includes
index.
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"For
fifteen years, bestselling author Michael Shermer has written a column in
Scientific American magazine that synthesizes scientific concepts and
theory for a general audience. His trademark combination of deep scientific
understanding and entertaining writing style has thrilled his huge and
devoted audience for years. Now, in Skeptic, seventy-five of these columns
are available together for the first time; a welcome addition for his fans
and a stimulating introduction for new readers"--Amazon.com.
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Science
-- Skepticism -- Pseudoscience and quackery -- The paranormal and the
supernatural -- Aliens and UFOs -- Borderlands science and alternative
medicine -- Psychology and the brain -- Human nature -- Evolution and
creationism -- Science, religion, miracles, and God.
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Electronic
reproduction. Cleveland : OverDrive, 2016. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Remote access requires a valid St. Louis County Library card and residence
within the St. Louis metropolitan statistical area.
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Skepticism.
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Scientific American.
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9781627791380 (DLC) 2015003697 (OCoLC)902854177
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9781627791397
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