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New Titles for the Week of January 25

BOOKS

FICTION
Kathleen Alcott Infinite home
Mick Carlon Girl singer
Justin Cartwright Up against the night
Jill Ciment Act of God
Jackie Copleton A dictionary of mutual understanding
Simon Critchley Memory theater
Elizabeth LaBan The restaurant critic's wife
Christopher Nicholson Winter
Simon Sylvester The visitors
Beatriz Williams Along the infinite sea

Historical Fiction
James Lee Burke House of the rising sun
Jacopo della Quercia License to quill
Alyssa Palombo The violinist of Venice

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Sally Andrew Recipes for love & murder
Chris Carter An evil mind
Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke All dressed in white
Averil Dean The undoing
Christopher Fowler Bryant & May & the burning man
Anthea Fraser A tangled thread
Derek Haas A different lie
Antonia Hodgson The last confession of Thomas Hawkins
Katherine Howell Web of deceit
Lawrence H. Levy Second Street Station
Sara Moliner The whispering city
Vasudev Murthy Sherlock Holmes, the missing years: Japan
Tony Park Ivory
Oliver Pötzsch The Werewolf of Bamberg
Marcus Sakey A better world
Ben Sanders American blood
Douglas Schofield Time of departure
Terry Shames A deadly affair at Bobtail Ridge
Donald Smith The constable's tale

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
M. H. Boroson The girl with ghost eyes
Holly Messinger The curse of Jacob Tracy
Marcus Sakey Brilliance

Short Stories
John McManus Fox tooth heart

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Eddie Campbell Bacchus. Volume one of two 741.5 C187 comics
Pierre Paquet A glance backward 741.5 P219 comics
Bill Griffith Invisible ink: my mother's secret love affair with a famous cartoonist: a graphic memoir 741.5973 G853 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Richard Polt The typewriter revolution: a typist's companion for the 21st century 681 P779
David Quammen The chimp & the river: how AIDS emerged from an African forest 614.59 Q16

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Steven Heller Born modern: the life & design of Alvin Lustig 741.6 L972
Richard Meyer Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles 770.92 W394
Gregory Minissale The psychology of contemporary art 701.1 M665
Aja Raden Stoned: jewelry, obsession & how desire shapes the world 739.27 R127
Michael Siebenbrodt (editor) Bauhaus Weimar: designs for the future 707.1 B346
Karen Tsujimoto Images of America: precisionist painting & modern photography 759.13 T882
Manuel Alvarez Bravo: photopoetry 770.92 A473p
John B. Nici Famous Works of Art-- & How They Got That Way 701 N631
Kirsten Swenson Irrational judgments: Eva Hesse, Sol Lewitt & 1960s New York 709.747 S974

Biography & Genealogy
Kate Wililams Young Elizabeth: the making of the Queen 92 E4345wi

Business & Economics
Mario Morino Leap of reason: managing to outcomes in an era of scarcity 658.048 M859

Health & Medicine
Marc E. Agronin The dementia caregiver: a guide to caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease & other neurocognitive disorders 616.83 A281

History
Jim Chiddix Next stop Honolulu!: Oahu Railway & Land Company 1889-1971 385 C533
Martin Kitchen Speer: Hitler's architect 943.086 S74k
Niall Barr Eisenhower's armies: the American-British alliance during World War II 940.5332 B268
Roger Crowley Conquerors: how Portugal forged the first global empire 909 C953
Victor Sebestyen 1946: the making of the modern world 909.824 S443

Languages & Linguistics
Christopher Stevens Written in stone: a journey through the Stone Age & the origins of modern language 417.7 S844

Literature & Writing
The Pushcart prize: best of the small presses 810.8 P98

Performing Arts & Music
Kliph Nesteroff The comedians: drunks, thieves, scoundrels & the history of American comedy 792.7 N468
Debbie Reynolds Make 'em laugh: short-term memories of longtime friends 792.092 R4627m
Philippe Margotin Bob Dylan: all the songs: the story behind every track 782.421 D99m

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Deborah Schoeberlein David Living mindfully: at home, at work & in the world 294.34 D249
A.C. Grayling The challenge of things: thinking through troubled times 192 G783
Bill Mesler A brief history of creation: science & the search for the origin of life 576.8 M578
Susan Brind Morrow The dawning moon of the mind: unlocking the pyramid texts 299.31 M883

Politics & Government
Taxifornia 2016: 14 essaya on the future of California 320.51 T235

Reference
RIA California tax handbook 336.2 P48

Social Sciences & Current Events
Lynne Adele As above, so below: art of the American fraternal society, 1850-1930 366 A228
Jon Duschinsky Philanthropy in a flat world: inspiration through globalization 361.7 D971
Tracy Gary Inspired philanthropy: creating a giving plan: a workbook 361.74 G244

Sports & Games
Barry Allen Striking beauty: a philosophical look at the Asian martial arts 796.815 A425
Ed Caesar Two hours: the quest to run the impossible marathon 796.42 C128
Christopher B. Doob The anatomy of competition in sports: the struggle for success in major US professional leagues 796.04 D691
Davis Miller Approaching Ali: a reclamation in three acts 796.83 A398m

Travel & Geography
California coastal access guide 917.94 C1532
Marie Farman The 500 hidden secrets of Paris 914.436 F233
Kim Johnson Gross Packing: bags to trunks 910.202 G878
Leon McCarron The road headed west: a 6,000-mile cycling odyssey through North America 917.3 M123

Posted on Jan. 22, 2016 by Cherilyn Chang