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New Titles for the Week of November 23

BOOKS

FICTION
Tanwi Nandini Islam Bright lines
Gavin McCrea Mrs. Engels
Karen Olsson Waterloo
Eugene Vodolazkin Laurus
Kathy Giuffre The drunken spelunker's guide to Plato
Orhan Pamuk A strangeness in my mind

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Héctor Aguilar Camín Death in Veracruz
John Fortunato Dark Reservations
Daniel Friedman Don't ever look back
Thom Satterlee The stages: a mystery

Short Stories
Jesse Eisenberg Bream gives me hiccups
Colum McCann Thirteen ways of looking
Heather O'Neill Daydreams of angels

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Leah Hayes Not funny ha-ha: a handbook for something hard 741.5 H417 comics
P. Craig Russell The graveyard book. Volume 1 741.5 G14g comics
P. Craig Russell The graveyard book. Volume 2 741.5 G14g comics
Julian Voloj Ghetto brother: warrior to peacemaker 974.72 V929 comics

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NONFICTION
Akademie X: lessons in art + life 709.05 A313
Jens Hoffmann (editor) Huckleberry Finn 709.05 H882
Nathan Knobler The visual dialogue: an introduction to the appreciation of art 701 K721
The monumental landscapes of Li Huayi /Li Huayi 750.92 L693

Biography & Genealogy
T.J. Stiles Custer's trials: a life on the frontier of a new America 92 C987s
Marguerite Yourcenar Dear departed 92 Y819
Betty Boyd Caroli Lady Bird & Lyndon: the hidden story of a marriage that made a president 920 J6729
Antonia Fraser My history: a memoir of growing up 92 F8412
Richard Stoneman Xerxes: a Persian life 92 X5
Benjamin Taylor Proust: the search 92 P96ta

Business & Economics
Leander Kahney Jony Ive: the genius behind Apple's greatest products 621.39 K129
Eric Rauchway The money makers: how Roosevelt & Keynes ended the Depression, defeated fascism & secured a prosperous peace 339.53 R241

Food & Drink
Alberto Capatti Italian cuisine: a cultural history 641.5945 C236
Alana Chernila The homemade kitchen: recipes for cooking with pleasure 641.5 C521h
Ken Haedrich Dinner pies 641.821 H133
Madhur Jaffrey Vegetarian India: a journey through the best of Indian home cooking 641.5954 J23v
Dana Velden Finding yourself in the kitchen: kitchen meditations & inspired recipes from a mindful cook 641.5 V435
Matt Goulding Rice, noodle, fish: deep travels through Japan's food culture 394.12 G698
Jacques Pépin Heart & soul in the kitchen 641.5 P42he

History
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. And still I rise: Black America since MLK: an illustrated chronology 973.0496 G259a
John D. McDermott A guide to the Indian wars of the West 917.8 M134
Peter Robb Street fight in Naples: a city's unseen history 945.73 R631
Kim Heacox National Geographic the national parks: an illustrated history 363.68 H432
Edward Dallam Melill Strangers on familiar soil: rediscovering the chile-california connection 305.868 M522
Josiah Ober The rise & fall of classical Greece 938 O123

Literature & Writing
Rainbow in the cloud: the wisdom & spirit of Maya Angelou 818 A584

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
David R. Begun The real planet of the apes: a new story of human origins 599.93 B418
Michelle Feynman (editor) The quotable Feynman 081 F435
Matt Kaplan Science of the magical: from the holy grail to love potions to superpowers 398.4 K174
Lisa Randall Dark matter & the dinosaurs: the astounding interconnectedness of the universe 523.112 R188

Performing Arts & Music
Greil Marcus Real life rock: the complete top ten columns, 1986-2014 782.421 M322r
Kunal Nayyar Yes, my accent is real: & some other things I haven't told you 792.092 N333
Karin Wieland Dietrich & Riefenstahl: Hollywood, Berlin & a century in two lives 791.43 W646

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Stephen Batchelor After buddhism: rethinking the Dharma for a secular age 294.3 B32a
Harry G. Frankfurt On inequality 340.115 F829
John Robinson Get off your knees: a story of faith, courage & determination 277.3 R662
Stacy Schiff The witches: Salem, 1692 272.8 S333
Patricia Appelbaum St. Francis of America: how a thirteenth-century friar became america's most popular saint 271.3 A646

Politics & Government
Giles Whittell Bridge of spies: a true story of the Cold War 327.12 W624

Reference
Literary market place 655.52 L77

Social Sciences & Current Events
Ted Koppel Lights out: a cyberattack: a nation unprepared: surviving the aftermath 363.11 K836
Jacobo Timerman Prisoner without a name, cell without a number 365.45 T583

Sports & Games
Charles Fountain The betrayal: the 1919 World Series & the birth of modern baseball 796.357 F771

Travel & Geography
Zagat 2016 New York City restaurants 917.471 Z18

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
John Grisham Rogue lawyer CD Fic Grisham
Louis L'Amour A ranger rides to town; Rain on the mountain fork; Down Sonora way CD Fic L'Amour
Barbara Vine A dark-adapted eye CD Fic Vine
Barbara Vine Asta's book CD Fic Vine
Barbara Vine The Brimstone wedding CD Fic Vine

Nonfiction
Lisa Randall Dark matter & the dinosaurs: the astounding interconnectedness of the universe CD 523.112 R188

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EBOOKS
The Best American essays 2015
The Best American mystery stories 2015
The Best American poetry 2015
The Best American science & nature writing 2015
The Best American sports writing 2015
Best food writing 2015
Ben Carson A more perfect union: what we the people can do to reclaim our Constitutional liberties
Michael Connelly The crossing: a novel ; The brass verdict
Bernard Cornwell Waterloo: the history of four days, three armies & three battles
Patricia Cornwell Depraved heart: a Scarpetta novel
William C. Davis Crucible of command
Bavo Dhooge Styx
Josh DiPietro Day trading stocks the Wall Street way
Umberto Eco Numero Zero
Frederick Forsyth The outsider: my life in intrigue
Felix Francis Front runner: a Dick Francis novel
Robert Galbraith Career of evil
Timothy F. Geithner Stress test: reflections on financial crises
Elizabeth George A banquet of consequences
John Grisham Rogue lawyer
Garth Risk Hallberg City on fire
Alice Hoffman The marriage of opposites: a novel based on the life of Rachel Pizzarro
John Irving Avenue of Mysteries
Peter James You are dead
Michelle Knight Finding me: a memoir of the Cleveland kidnappings
Tom Lewis Washington: a history of our national city
Kate Morton The lake house
The Old farmer's almanac 2016
100 Years of the Best American Short Stories
Jacques Pepin Jacques Pépin: heart & soul in the kitchen
Ruth Rendell Dark corners
Michael Riedel Razzle dazzle: the story of Broadway
Jan Jarboe Russell The train to Crystal City
A.D. Scott A kind of grief
Lisa Scottoline Corrupted
Jane Smiley Golden age: Last Hundred Years: A Family Saga Series, Book 3
Melanne Verveer Fast forward: how women can achieve power & purpose

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DVDs

Classics
A cottage on Dartmoor

Comedy
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Pitch perfect 2

Drama
A room with a view

Foreign Language
New world

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
When worlds collide

Nonfiction
The Central Park five DVD 364.15 C397
The wild west DVD 973 W668

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CDs

Jazz & Blues
The best of chess blues vol. 2 CD Jazz Chess Records
Charlie Byrd Homage to Jobim: live at the Fujitsu-Concord 26th Jazz Festival CD Jazz Byrd

Popular
Kate Bush The whole story CD Pop Bush
Ciccone Youth The whitey album CD Pop Ciccone Youth
Clash The story of the Clash. Volume 1 CD Pop Clash
Counting Crows August & everything after CD Pop Counting Crows
INXS Kick CD Pop INXS
Chris Isaak Forever blue CD Pop Isaak
Chris Isaak Heart shaped world CD Pop Isaak
Jethro Tull 20 years of Jethro Tull CD Pop Jethro Tull
Kinks Kinks, the ultimate collection CD Pop Kinks
Willie Nelson Stardust CD Pop Nelson
O'Jays The O'Jays' collectors items CD Pop O'Jays
Iggy Pop Brick by brick CD Pop Pop
Bonnie Raitt Nick of time CD Pop Raitt
Frank Sinatra Sinatra & company CD Pop Sinatra
Talking Heads The name of this band is Talking Heads CD Pop Talking Heads
U2 War CD Pop U2
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble Couldn't stand the weather CD Pop Vaughan
Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas flood CD Pop Vaughan

Posted on Nov. 20, 2015 by Cherilyn Chang