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New Titles List for the Week of February 8

BOOKS

FICTION
Leila Aboulela The kindness of enemies
Bridget Asher All of us & everything
Hélène Grémillon The case of Lisandra P
Eytan Halaban The Vermeer conspiracy
Catherine Ryan Hyde Ask him why
Susan Lewis Too close to home
Ethan Mordden How long has this been going on?
Fuminori Nakamura The gun
Ed Tarkington Only love can break your heart
John Fante Full of life

Historical Fiction
Sophie Perinot Médicis daughter

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Andrew Grant False positive
Samantha Hunt Mr. splitfoot
Vasudev Murthy Sherlock Holmes, the missing years: Timbuktu
Håkan Nesser Hour of the wolf
Linda Lee Peterson The spy on the Tennessee Walker
Stuart Woods Scandalous behavior
Yi Mun-yol Son of man

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Ian Tregillis The Mechanical

Short Stories
The Faber book of gay short fiction SS F115
The mammoth book of gay short stories SS M265g

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
The Simpsons treehouse of horror: hoodoo, voodoo, brouhaha 741.5 S613 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Raymond Coppinger How dogs work 636.7 C785h
The best writing on mathematics 510 B561
David Eagleman The brain 612.82 E117
Map: exploring the world 526 M297c

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Mary Street Alinder Group f.64: Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham & the community of artists who revolutionized American photography 770.92 G882
Patricia Goldstone Interlock: art, conspiracy & the shadow worlds of Mark Lombardi 700.92 L842
Erick Lyle (editor) Streetopia 700.9794 S915
Barbara Stoeltie Paper illusions: the art of Isabelle de Borchgrave 746.9 D141s
G. Thomas Tanselle Book-jackets: their history, forms & use 741.64 T168
The poster: 1,000 posters from Toulouse-Lautrec to Sagmeister 741.6 P857

Biography & Genealogy
David Kulczyk California fruits, flakes, & nuts: true tales of California crazies, crackpots & creeps 920.0794 K962

Business & Economics
Samuel B. Bacharach Get them on your side 658.4 B118
Liz Davidson What your financial advisor isn't telling you: the 10 essential truths you need to know about your money 332.024 D252
Randy Gage Mad genius: a manifesto for entrepreneurs 658.4 G133
Cal Newport Deep work: rules for focused success in a distracted world 650.1 N558
Jane Bryant Quinn How to make your money last: the indispensable retirement guide 332.024 Q74h
Joshua Birkholz Fundraising analytics: using data to guide strategy 658.152 B619

Chess
David Bronstein The sorcerer's apprentice 794.15 B86s
Andrew Soltis Transpo tricks in chess: finesse your chess moves & win 794.122 S691t

Computer Science
Andy Farnell Designing sound 006.5 F235
Michael Miller My Google Chromebook 004.165 C557

Food & Drink
Victoria Boutenko 12 steps to raw foods: how to end your dependency on cooked food 613.26 B778
Elizabeth Castoria How to be vegan 641.5636 C354
Emma Hearst Sorella 641.5945 H436
Andrew Kimbrell Your right to know: genetic engineering & the secret changes in your food 631.523 K497
Eric Prum Shake: a new perspective on cocktails 641.874 P971

Health & Medicine
David B. Agus The lucky years: how to thrive in the brave new world of health 613 A284L
Joseph J. Luciani Thin from within: the powerful self-coaching program for permanent weight loss 613.25 L937

History
Mark Celinscak Distance from the Belsen heap: Allied forces & the liberation of a Nazi concentration camp 940.5318 C392
Don Glickstein After Yorktown: the final struggle for American independence 973.3 G559
David Greenberg Republic of spin: an inside history of the American presidency 973.09 G798
Marvin Kalb Imperial gamble: Putin, Ukraine & the new Cold War 947.7 K142
Adam Makos A higher call 940.544 M235
Giles Milton When Hitler took cocaine & Lenin lost his brain: history's unknown chapters 909 M662
Ranulph Fiennes Agincourt: the fight for France 944.025 F464

Languages & Linguistics
Christine A. Hult The Handy English grammar answer book 428.2 H917

Literature & Writing
The Columbia anthology of gay literature: readings from Western antiquity to the present day 808.8 C726
Gregory Woods A history of gay literature: the male tradition 809.8 W894
Steven S. Lee The ethnic avant-garde: minority cultures & world revolution 810.9 L481

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
J.L. Heilbron Physics: a short history, from quintessence to quarks 530 H466
Richard Mabey The cabaret of plants: forty thousand years of plant life & the human imagination 580 M112
Steve Parker (editor) Evolution, the whole story 576.8 E938
Nate Swick Birding for the curious: the easiest way for anyone to explore the incredible world of birds 598.072 S976
Margaret J. Wheatley Leadership & the new science: discovering order in a chaotic world 500 W557

Performing Arts & Music
M.T. Anderson Symphony for the city of the dead: Dmitri Shostakovich & the Siege of Leningrad 780.92 S558a
Les Six: the French composers & their mentors, Jean Cocteau & Erik Satie 780.92 G882

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Introduction to Aristotle 185 A71m
Peter Stanford Judas: the most hated name in history 226.092 J92s

Politics & Government
David Burke The spy who came in from the Co-op: Melita Norwood & the ending of Cold War espionage 327.12 N895
Roger Eatwell Fascism: a history 320.533 E148

Social Sciences & Current Events
Nicholas Burns (editor) Blind spot: America's response to radicalism in the Middle East 363.325 B648
Susan N. Herman Taking liberties: the war on terror & the erosion of American democracy 344.7305 H551
Chris Jennings Paradise now: the story of American utopianism 307.77 J542
Thomas W. Laqueur The work of the dead: a cultural history of mortal remains 306.9 L317
Paul Monette Becoming a man: half a life story 306.76 M742
Charles Murray By the people: rebuilding liberty without permission 303.6 M981
Walter Schneir Final verdict: what really happened in the Rosenberg case 364.131 S359
Andrew Tobias The best little boy in the world grows up 305.38 T629
Mitchell Zuckoff 13 hours: the inside account of what really happened in Benghazi 363.325 Z943
Robert J. Gordon The rise & fall of American growth: the U.S. standard of living since the Civil War 339.4 G664

Sports & Games
Ben Applebaum The book of beer pong: the official guide to the sport of champions 790.1 A648
Roy Williams Hard work: a life on & off the court 796.3 W726

Travel & Geography
Beaches & parks from San Francisco to Monterey: counties included, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Monterey 917.9 B365
Charles Fleming Secret stairs: East Bay: a walking guide to the historic staircases of Berkeley & Oakland 917.9467 F597
Lonely Planet Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya 915.496 L847t
Fodor's essential Italy 914.5 F65e
Lonely Planet Nepal 915.496 L847
Lonely Planet Sydney 919.441 L847

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DVDs

Drama
The other man

Nonfiction
The jinx: the life & deaths of Robert Durst DVD 364.152 D966

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CDs

Jazz & Blues
Tony Bennett The silver lining: the songs of Jerome Kern CD Jazz Bennett
Dylan Howe Subterranean: new designs on Bowie's Berlin CD Jazz Howe
Tom Harrell First impressions CD Jazz Harrell
José James Yesterday I had the blues: the music of Billie Holiday CD Jazz José James
Daniel Weltlinger Koblenz: a tribute to the family Reinhardt CD Jazz Weltlinger

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