The life of the mind

By Arendt, Hannah

Publishing Date: [1981], c1978

Classification: 100

Call Number: 110 ARE

Discusses the nature of thought and volition, examines past philosophical theories, and clarifies the relation between will and freedom.

Your soul's gift: the healing power of the life you planned before you were born

By Schwartz, Robert

Publishing Date: c2012

Classification: 100

Call Number: 133.901 SCH

Working with a team of gifted mediums, Schwartz brings forth great love and wisdom from "the other side" to explain why experiences such as incest, rape, abusive relationships and mental illness are planned-- and the deep, soul-level healing they can create. You can emerge from victim consciousness to know yourself as the powerful creator of your life.

Your soul's plan: discovering the real meaning of the life you planned before you were born

By Schwartz, Robert

Publishing Date: c2009

Classification: 100

Call Number: 133.901 SCH

Your Soul's Plan explores the provocative premise that we are all eternal souls who plan our lives, including our greatest challenges, before we are born for the purpose of spiritual growth. Through compelling profiles of people who knowingly planned experiences such as AIDS and cancer, parenting children with disabilities, deafness, blindness, drug addiction, alcoholism, losing a loved one, and severe accidents, this book shows that suffering is not purposeless, but imbued with deep meaning. Working with four of the country?s most gifted mediums, author Robert Schwartz reveals the significance of each individual?s soul plan and allows us a fascinating look into the ?other side.? --Publisher.

The honest truth about dishonesty: how we lie to everyone---especially ourselves

By Ariely, Dan

Publishing Date: c2012

Classification: 100

Call Number: 177.3 ARI

Ariely challenges our preconceptions about dishonesty-- we all cheat, whether it's copying a paper in the classroom, or white lies on our expense accounts. He explores how unethical behavior works in the personal, professional, and political worlds, and how it affects all of use, even as we think of ourselves as having high moral standards.

The Book of Psalms

Publishing Date: 1993

Classification: 200

Call Number: 223.2

(Dover thrift editions).

Where I am: heaven, eternity, and our life beyond the now

By Graham, Billy

Publishing Date: [2015]

Classification: 200

Call Number: 236.2 GRA

"While his earthly vision dims, the glory of heaven is illuminated as Billy Graham, the beloved evangelist, shares from his past, and present, the reality of eternity"--Page ix.

The history of the Knights Templars

By Addison, C. G.

Publishing Date: c1997

Classification: 200

Call Number: 271.7912 ADD

The Tibetan book of living and dying

By Sogyal

Publishing Date: c1992

Classification: 200

Call Number: 294.3422 SOG

In this major and comprehensive work, Buddhist meditation master and international speaker Sogyal Rinpoche brings together the ancient wisdom of Tibet with modern research on death and dying and the nature of the universe. With unprecedented scope, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying clarifies the majestic vision of life and death that underlies The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Sogyal Rinpoche presents simple yet powerful practices from the heart of the Tibetan tradition that anyone, whatever their religion or background, can do to transform their lives, prepare for death and help the dying. Rinpoche shows the hope there is in death: how we can go beyond denial and fear to discover what it is in us that survives death and is changeless. He presents a lucid, inspiring, and complete introduction to the practice of meditation, to karma and rebirth, and to the trials and rewards of the spiritual path. He gives advice on how to care for the dying with love and compassion and offer them spiritual assistance. Rinpoche presents his own vision of the near-death experience from the Tibetan perspective. He explains in detail the "bardos," those states of consciousness after death that have fascinated and tantalized Western artists, psychologists, scientists, doctors, and philosophers ever since the publication of The Tibetan Book of the Dead in 1927. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying is not only a spiritual masterpiece but also a manual, a guide, a work of reference, and a source of sacred inspiration. It has been written to inspire all who read it to begin the journey to enlightenment and so become "servants of peace," working in the world with joy, wisdom, and compassion to take part insafeguarding the future of humanity.

Season of the witch: enchantment, terror, and deliverance in the city of love

By Talbot, David

Publishing Date: 2012

Classification: 300

Call Number: 306.0979 TAL

In a kaleidoscopic narrative, bestselling author David Talbot recounts the gripping story of San Francisco in the turbulent years between 1967 and 1982--and of the extraordinary men and women who led to the city's ultimate rebirth and triumph. Season of the Witch is the first book to fully capture the dark magic of San Francisco in this breathtaking period, when the city radically changed itself--and then revolutionized the world. The cool gray city of love was the epicenter of the 1960s cultural revolution. But by the early 1970s, San Francisco's ecstatic experiment came crashing down from its starry heights. The city was rocked by savage murder sprees, mysterious terror campaigns, political assassinations, street riots, and finally a terrifying sexual epidemic. No other city endured so many calamities in such a short time span.

The transformation of American cities

Publishing Date: 2015

Classification: 300

Call Number: 307.76

Crimes against nature: squatters, poachers, thieves, and the hidden history of American conservation

By Jacoby, Karl

Publishing Date: [2014]

Classification: 300

Call Number: 333.7809 JAC

"This Study of the Early American conservation movement reveals the hidden history of three of the nation's first parks: the Adirondacks, Yellowstone, and the Grand Canyon. Karl Jacoby traces the effects that the criminalization of such traditional rural practices as hunting, fishing, and foraging had on country people in these areas. Despite the presence of new environmental regulations, poaching arson, and timber stealing became widespread among the Native Americans, poor whites, and others who had long relied on the natural resources now contained within conservation areas. Jacoby reassesses the nature of these "crimes," providing a rich and multifaceted portrayal of rural people and their relationship with the natural world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries." "Crimes against Nature includes previously unpublished historical photographs depicting such subjects as poachers in Yellowstone and a Native American "squatters' camp" at the Grand Canyon. This study demonstrates the importance of considering class for understanding environmental history and opens a new perspective on the social history of rural and poor people a century age."--Jacket of 2001 edition.

Prosecution complex: America's race to convict, and its impact on the innocent

By Medwed, Daniel S.

Publishing Date: 2014, c2012

Classification: 300

Call Number: 345.7305 MED

In Prosecution Complex, Daniel S. Medwed shows how prosecutors are told to lock up criminals and protect the rights of defendants. This double role creates an institutional "prosecution complex" that animates how district attorneys' offices treat potentially innocent defendants at all stages of the process—and that can cause prosecutors to aid in the conviction of the innocent. Ultimately, Prosecution Complex shows how, while most prosecutors aim to do justice, only some hit that target consistently.- (New York Univ Pr)

The Pentagon's brain: an uncensored history of DARPA, America's top secret military research agency

By Jacobsen, Annie

Publishing Date: 2015

Classification: 300

Call Number: 355 JAC

Since its inception in 1958, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, has grown to become the Defense Department's most secret, most powerful, and most controversial military science research and development agency. Created by President Eisenhower to prevent another Sputnik, and to focus primarily on defensive programs against nuclear weapons, the agency--and its imagination and scope--has expanded enormously with each passing year. From Agent Orange in Vietnam to insect-sized drones in use today, from the earliest networked computers and the Internet to smart rockets and war zones under 24-hour video surveillance, DARPA is responsible for innovations that have changed the course of war, national security, and strategic planning at the highest levels. To uncover the secret history of DARPA in action, journalist Annie Jacobsen tracked down key players in DARPA's Smart Weapons Program, past and present; neuroscientists building an artificial brain, cell biologists working on limb regeneration, the Nobel laureate who invented the laser. From DARPA's earliest defensive advances to hundreds of ongoing programs, Jacobsen exposes both sides of the DARPA coin: the fantastic technological advances from which we all benefit, and the darker side drawn up in a race for military supremacy. Based on information from inside sources, exclusive interviews, private documents, and declassified memos, The Pentagon's Brain reads like science fiction but is absolutely true, a groundbreaking look behind the scenes at the clandestine intersection of science and the American military. --Adapted from book jacket.

Fly Navy: discovering the extraordinary people and enduring spirit of naval aviation

By Townley, Alvin

Publishing Date: 2011

Classification: 300

Call Number: 359.9 TOW

Filled with tales of survival, physical courage, and sheer perseverance, "Fly Navy" goes beyond the "Top Gun" image to tell the incredible stories of the heroic men and women who have made naval aviation great.

Home is burning: a memoir

By Marshall, Dan

Publishing Date: 2015

Classification: 300

Call Number: 362.1 MAR

"For the Marshalls, laughter is the best medicine. Especially when combined with alcohol, pain pills, excessive cursing, sexual escapades, actual medicine, and more alcohol. Meet Dan Marshall. 25, good job, great girlfriend, and living the dream life in sunny Los Angeles without a care in the world. Until his mother calls. And he ignores it, as you usually do when Mom calls. Then she calls again. And again. Dan thought things were going great at home. But it turns out his mom's cancer, which she had battled throughout his childhood with tenacity and a mouth foul enough to make a sailor blush, is back. And to add insult to injury, his loving father has been diagnosed with ALS. Sayonara L.A., Dan is headed home to Salt Lake City, Utah. Never has there been a more reluctant family reunion: His older sister is resentful, having stayed closer to home to bear the brunt of their mother's illness. His younger brother comes to lend a hand, giving up a journalism career and evenings cruising Chicago gay bars. His next younger sister, a sullen teenager, is a rebel with a cause. And his baby sister - through it all - can only think about her beloved dance troop. Dan returns to shouting matches at the dinner table, old flames knocking at the door, and a speech device programmed to help his father communicate that is as crude as the rest of them. But they put their petty differences aside and form Team Terminal, battling their parents' illnesses as best they can, when not otherwise distracted by the chaos that follows them wherever they go. Not even the family cats escape unscathed. As Dan steps into his role as caregiver, wheelchair wrangler, and sibling referee, he watches pieces of his previous life slip away, and comes to realize that the further you stretch the ties that bind, the tighter they hold you together"--

Cheating welfare: public assistance and the criminalization of poverty

By Gustafson, Kaaryn S.

Publishing Date: c2011

Classification: 300

Call Number: 362.5 GUS

In Cheating Welfare, Kaaryn S. Gustafson endeavors to clear up these gray areas by providing insights into the history, social construction, and lived experience of welfare. She shows why cheating is all but inevitable—not because poor people are immoral, but because ordinary individuals navigating complex systems of rules are likely to become entangled despite their best efforts. Through an examination of the construction of the crime we know as welfare fraud, which she bases on in-depth interviews with welfare recipients in Northern California, Gustafson challenges readers to question their assumptions about welfare policies, welfare recipients, and crime control in the United States.- (New York Univ Pr)

Lights out: a cyberattack : a nation unprepared : surviving the aftermath

By Koppel, Ted

Publishing Date: [2015]

Classification: 300

Call Number: 363.1193 KOP

Imagine a blackout lasting not days, but weeks or months. Tens of millions of people over several states are affected. For those without access to a generator, there is no running water, no sewage, no refrigeration or light. Food and medical supplies are dwindling. Devices we rely on have gone dark. Banks no longer function, looting is widespread, and law and order are being tested as never before. It isn't just a scenario. A well-designed attack on just one of the nation's three electric power grids could cripple much of our infrastructure--and in the age of cyberwarfare, a laptop has become the only necessary weapon. Several nations hostile to the United States could launch such an assault at any time. In fact, as a former chief scientist of the NSA reveals, China and Russia have already penetrated the grid. And a cybersecurity advisor to President Obama believes that independent actors--from "hacktivists" to terrorists--have the capability as well. It's not a question of if, it's a question of when. And yet, as Koppel makes clear, the federal government, while well prepared for natural disasters, has no plan for the aftermath of an attack on the power grid. In the absence of a government plan, some individuals and communities have taken matters into their own hands. But how, Koppel asks, will ordinary civilians survive? One of our most renowned journalists examines a threat unique to our time and evaluates potential ways to prepare for a catastrophe that is all but inevitable.--Adapted from book jacket.

Breaking blue

By Egan, Timothy

Publishing Date: 1992

Classification: 300

Call Number: 364.1523 EGA

"How one man's hunt through a half century of police cover-ups unlocked the secret behind the nation's oldest continuing murder investigation"--Jacket.

An outline dictionary of Maya glyphs, with a concordance and analysis of their relationships: with the author's "Glyph studies" reprinted from the Maya Society quarterly

By Gates, William

Publishing Date: 1978

Classification: 400

Call Number: 497.4 GAT

In this study of the hieroglyphs in 3 surviving Maya codices, the author has tabulated all character variants, worked out meanings, and has interrelated these meanings with Maya culture. Day, month, numerals, colors, face signs, quasi-facial forms, animal figures, pictographic objects, eclipse, and more. About 3,000 symbols covered, all clearly drawn.- (Dover Pubns)

Chased by sea monsters: prehistoric predators of the deep

By Marven, Nigel

Publishing Date: 2004, c2003

Classification: 500

Call Number: 560.457 MAR

This book describes prehistoric sea creatures from the Ordovician period, 450 million years ago, to the Pliocene period, four million years ago, reconstructed using computer graphics based on scientific evidence.