Stephens, Michael T.

Summary: A search for "librarians and empathy" won't get many hits, but empathy is key in collaboration among cross-cultural partners in a technological environment. Stephens believes that in order to create institutions that expand minds and craft futures-- especially in a time of falling budgets and rising use-- libraries must not be just hyperlinking establishments, but must also engage with the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 020.23 STE

Tyson, Neil deGrasse

Summary: "Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time--war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, and race--in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of unity for us all"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 901 TYS

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Dawkins, Richard

Summary: "The legendary biologist, provocateur, and bestselling author mounts a timely and passionate defense of science and clear thinking with this career-spanning collection of essays, including twenty pieces published in the United States for the first time. For decades, Richard Dawkins has been the world's most brilliant scientific communicator, consistently illuminating the wonders of nature and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500 DAW

Eiseley, Loren C.

Summary: "A paleontologist with the spirit of a poet."--publisher.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Library Of America 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 EIS

Thomson, Virgil

Summary: "In this second volume in the Library of America's definitive Virgil Thomson edition, Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic Tim Page collects for the first time the great composer's four witty, incisive, and compulsively readable full-length works. Written with authority and élan, these classic books offer an engrossing tour of the tumultuous twentieth-century musical scene and Thomson's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780 THO

Holt, Jim

Summary: "A collection of essays on philosophy, mathematics, and science, and the people who pursue them"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2018

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Eiseley, Loren C.

Summary: "A modern Thoreau explores the mysteries of the universe."--publisher.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Library Of America 2016

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Heemstra, Marjolijn van

Summary: "How seeing Earth through the eyes of an astronaut brings new wonder and meaning to life on our planet. One stifling summer night, the poet and journalist Marjolijn van Heemstra lay awake, unable to sleep-like so many of us feeling anxious and alienated, deeply exhausted yet restless. Amid the suffocating stream of daily obligations, the clamor of notifications and increasingly dismal...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023

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