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New Titles for the Week of January 13

BOOKS

FICTION
Kiley Reid Such a fun age
Taylor Jenkins Reid The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Historical Fiction
Marie Benedict Lady Clementine
Jerome Charyn Cesare
A J Pearce Dear Mrs. Bird

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Michelle Cox A girl like you
Michelle Cox A promise given
Michelle Cox A ring of truth
Alexander McCall Smith The quiet side of passion
Alexander McCall Smith To the land of long lost friends
Chris Nickson The hocus girl
Ambrose Parry The art of dying

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Seanan McGuire Come tumbling down

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Warren Ellis Planetary. Book 1, All over the world & other stories 741.5 E591p comics
Warren Ellis Planetary. Book 2, The fourth man 741.5 E591p comics
Warren Ellis Planetary. Book 3, Leaving the 20th century 741.5 E591p comics
Warren Ellis Planetary. Book 4, Spacetime archaeology 741.5 E591p comics

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
James Meyer The art of return: the sixties & contemporary culture 709.73 M612

Business & Economics
Deidre Nansen McCloskey Why liberalism works: how true liberal values produce a freer, more equal, prosperous world for all 330.122 M127

Chess
Alexander Cherniaev The new Old Indian: a repertoire for Black against 1 d4 794.1225 A53 C5216
Matthieu Cornette The complete Ragozin 794.1225 D38 C816
Andrew Greet Beating unusual chess defences: 1 e4: dealing with the Scandinavian, Pirc, Modern, Alekhine & other tricky lines 794.1225 B00 G816
Cyrus Lakdawala 1 ... b6, move by move 794.1225 B00 L192
Cyrus Lakdawala Alekhine defence: move by move 794.1225 B02 L192
Bryan Paulsen Semi-Slav 5 Bg5 794.1225 D44 P332
Christoph Scheerer The Blackmar-Diemer gambit 794.1225 D00 S315
David Vigorito The Grünfeld 794.1225 D80 V691

Food & Drink
Paola Gavin Hazana: Jewish vegetarian cooking 641.5636 G245
Alison Roman Nothing fancy: unfussy food for having people over 642.4 R758

Literature & Writing
Maria Sachiko Cecire Re-enchanted: the rise of children's fantasy literature in the twentieth century 809.38 C324
Courtney Maum Before & after the book deal: a writer's guide to finishing, publishing, promoting & surviving your first book 808.02 M444
Arthur Sze Sight lines 811 S997s

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Lynne Kelly Memory craft: improve your memory with the most powerful methods in history 153.14 K295
Bill Eddy 5 types of people who can ruin your life: identifying & dealing with narcissists, sociopaths & other high-conflict personalities 158.2 E24

Politics & Government
Graham Greene (editor) The spy's bedside book 327.12 S99

Travel & Geography
Eyewitness Top 10 Iceland 914.91 E97t
Fodor's Southern California 917.949 F65
Frommer's EasyGuide to Paris 2020 914.436 F93e
Lonely Planet Croatia 914.972 L847
Lonely Planet England 914.2 L847
Lonely Planet Japan 915.2 L847
Lonely Planet New England 917.4 L847
Lonely Planet Portugal 914.69 L847
Lonely Planet Tokyo 915.213 L847
Stuart Thornton Monterey & Carmel: with Santa Cruz & Big Sur 917.9476 M818

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Leslie Jonath Go to sleep, baby boy Child Jonath

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CDs
Classical
J.S. Bach Trio sonatas, BWV 525-530 CD Classical Bach

Jazz & Blues
Ella Fitzgerald Lullabies of birdland CD Jazz Fitzgerald
Mel Tormé Lulu's back in town CD Jazz Tormé

Posted on Jan. 16, 2020 by Cherilyn Banson

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BOOKS

FICTION
Saskia Sarginson The wonderful
Christina Baker Kline A piece of the world

Historical Fiction
Stef Penney Under a pole star
Fay Weldon Before the war

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Paul Eismeman Six days in June
Michael Pronko The moving blade
Jan Stafford The Alcatraz birder murders
Ben Pastor Lumen
Ben Pastor The road to Ithaca

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NONFICTION

Chess
Jerzy Konikowski Sabotaging the Sicilian, French & Caro-Kann with 2.b3 794.122 K821
Cyrus Lakdawala Opening repertoire: the French defence 794.1225 C00 L192
Cyrus Lakdawala The modern defence: move by move 794.1225 B06 L192
Cyrus Lakdawala The Petroff, move by move 794.1225 C42 L192
Cyrus Lakdawala The Trompowsky attack: move by move 794.1225 A45 L192
David Smerdon Smerdon's Scandinavian 794.1225 B01 S638
James Vigus The Pirc 794.1225 B07 V694

Computer Science
Yesenia Perez-Cruz Expressive design systems 006.7 P415

Health & Medicine
Julie L. Hall The narcissist in your life: recognizing the patterns & learning to break free 616.8585 H140
The Wig Diaries/ Mary Ladd 616.994 L121

History
Kenyatta D. Berry The family tree toolkit: a comprehensive guide to uncovering your ancestry & researching genealogy 929.1 B459
Walter Rodney How Europe underdeveloped Africa 960 R618
Gene Weingarten One day: the extraordinary story of an ordinary 24 hours in America 973 W423

Law
The impeachment report: the House Intelligence Committee's report on its investigation into Donald Trump & Ukraine 342.73 I73

Literature & Writing
Gregory V. Diehl The influential author: how & why to write, publish & sell nonfiction books that matter 808.066 D563
Diaries of court ladies of old Japan 895.6 D542
Daisy Dunn The shadow of Vesuvius: a life of Pliny 876 P72d

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Fred Watson Exploding stars & invisible planets: the science of what's out there 520 W331

Performing Arts & Music
Sheila Weller Carrie Fisher: a life on the edge 792.092 F533w
Dan Callahan Vanessa: the life of Vanessa Redgrave 792.092 R3165c

Politics & Government
Frank Dikötter How to be a dictator: the cult of personality in the twentieth century 321.9 D575
Lawrence Lessig They don't represent us: reclaiming our democracy 320.973 L639
Caitlin Moscatello See Jane win: the inspiring story of the women changing American politics 320.082 M85

Social Sciences & Current Events
Richard Siegel Getting good at getting older 305.26 S154
Sarah Wise The Italian boy: a tale of murder & body snatching in 1830s London 364.152 W813

Travel & Geography
Eyewitness Caribbean 917.29 E97
Lonely Planet Bali, Lombok & Nusa Tenggara 915.986 L847
Lonely Planet Iceland 914.91 L847

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
E.A. Wyke-Smith The marvellous land of Snergs Child Wyke-Smith
L. Frank Baum Queen Zixi of Ix; or, The story of the magic cloak Child Baum
L. Frank Baum The sea fairies Child Baum
L. Frank Baum The surprising adventures of the magical monarch of Mo & his people Child Baum

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EAUDIOBOOKS
Troy Amdahl Oola for Christians find balance in an unbalanced world--find balance & grow in the 7 key areas of life to live the life of your dreams
Mary Balogh Someone to honor
T.J. Berry Five unicorn flush
Martin Clark The substitution order
P. Djeli Clark The haunting of tram car 015
Ted Floyd How to know the birds the art & adventure of birding
Sean Grigsby Ash kickers
Reese Hogan Shrouded loyalties
Peter Lovesey Killing with confetti
Alexander McCall Smith The second-worst restaurant in France
Jack McDevitt Octavia gone
Spencer Quinn Heart of barkness
Lewis Shiner Outside the gates of Eden
Tim Staples Break through the noise the nine rules to capture global attention
Michael J. Sullivan Age of legend
Harry Turtledove Alpha & omega
Carter Wilson The dead girl in 2A

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EBOOKS
Mitch Albom Finding Chika: a little girl, an earthquake & the making of a family
Larry Brooks Great stories don't write themselves: criteria-driven strategies for more effective fiction
Jen Oleniczak Brown Think on your feet: tips & tricks to improve your impromptu communication skills on the job
Aaron Glantz Homewreckers: how a gang of Wall Street kingpins, hedge fund magnates, crooked banks & vulture capitalists suckered millions out of their homes & demolished the American dream
Ellen Karsh The only grant-writing book you'll ever need
Brian Kilmeade Sam Houston & the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed American History
Erika Lee America for Americans: a history of xenophobia in the United States
Andrew Marantz Antisocial: online extremists, techno-utopians & the hijacking of the American conversation
Adam Minter Secondhand: travels in the new global garage sale
Vladimir Nabokov Think, write, speak: uncollected essays, reviews & letters to the editor
Gareth Russell The ship of dreams: the sinking of the Titanic & the end of the Edwardian era
The letters of Cole Porter
Gregory Zuckerman The man who solved the market: how Jim Simons launched the quaint revolution

Posted on Jan. 9, 2020 by Cherilyn Banson

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New Titles List for the Week of January 1

BOOKS

NONFICTION
Biography & Genealogy
Laura Thompson Life in a cold climate: Nancy Mitford: the biography 92 M68443t

Computer Science
Heydon Pickering Inclusive components: accessible web interfaces, piece by piece 006.7 P595

Health & Medicine
Ben Westhoff Fentanyl, inc.: how rogue chemists are creating the deadliest wave of the opioid epidemic 362.29 W529

History
Norman Lebrecht Genius & anxiety: how Jews changed the world, 1847-1947 920 L45

Literature & Writing
Bohumil Hrabal All my cats 891.86 H857

Politics & Government
Christopher Wylie Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica & the plot to break America 324.973 W977

Social Sciences & Current Events
Nadina LaSpina Such a pretty girl: a story of struggle, empowerment & disability pride 362.4092 L336
Dina Nayeri The ungrateful refugee: what immigrants never tell you 305.9069 N231

Travel & Geography
Alameda & Contra Costa Counties, California: street atlas Ref 912.794 K177

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Oge Mora Thank You, Omu! Child Mora
Meg Medina Merci Suárez changes gears Child Medina

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EBOOKS
André Aciman Find me
David Baldacci A minute to midnight
Marc Cameron Tom Clancy code of honor
Marc Cameron Tom Clancy oath of office
Lee Child Blue moon
Mary Higgins Clark Kiss the girls & make them cry
Janet Evanovich Twisted twenty-six
Jojo Moyes The giver of stars
James Patterson Criss Cross
Douglas Smith The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin
Danielle Steel Beauchamp Hall
Danielle Steel Spy
Elizabeth Strout Olive, again
Daniel H. Wilson The Andromeda evolution

Posted on Jan. 2, 2020 by Cherilyn Banson

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New Titles List for the Week of December 23

BOOKS

FICTION
Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Robin Cook Genesis
Karin Slaughter Pieces of her
M. C. Beaton Beating about the bush
Christopher Fowler Bryant & May: the lonely hour
Kate Saunders Laetitia Rodd & the case of the wandering scholar

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Clyde W. Ford Think black: a memoir 620.92 F75

Biography & Genealogy
Francesca Cartier Brickell The Cartiers: the untold story of the family behind the jewelry empire 739.27 C466b
The selected letters of Ralph Ellison 92 E471s
Joe Posnanski The life & afterlife of Harry Houdini 793.8 H83p

Business & Economics
Nathan Latka How to be a capitalist without any capital: the four rules you must break to get rich 332.024 L349

Computer Science
Khalid Saleh Conversion optimization 006.76 S322

History
Robert Harms Land of tears: the exploration & exploitation of equatorial Africa 967.03 H288
Douglas K. Miller Indians on the move: Native American mobility & urbanization in the twentieth century 970.004 M612
Leslie Marmon Silko Yellow woman & a beauty of the spirit: essays on Native American life today 970.004 S34
Sarah Abrevaya Stein Family papers: a Sephardic journey through the twentieth century 929.2 S341
Jeremy D. Popkin A new world begins: the history of the French Revolution 944.04 P812

Performing Arts & Music
Jeanine Basinger The movie musical! 791.43 B313m
Erin Carlson Queen Meryl: the iconic roles, heroic deeds & legendary life of Meryl Streep 792.092 S914q
Richard Crawford Summertime: George Gershwin's life in music 780.92 G38c
Mark A. Robinson Sitcommentary: television comedies that changed America 791.45 R560
Carly Simon Touched by the sun: my friendship with Jackie 780.92 S594t
Garry O'Connor Ian McKellen: a biography 792.092 M195

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Todd Rose Dark horse: achieving success through the pursuit of fulfillment 158.1 R796

Politics & Government
Anne Nelson Shadow network: media, money & the secret hub of the radical right 320.52 N331

Social Sciences & Current Events
Rebecca Deng What they meant for evil: how a lost girl of Sudan found healing, peace & purpose in the midst of suffering 305.9069 D414
Bobby Duffy Why we're wrong about nearly everything: a theory of human misunderstanding 306.4 D874
Darryl Pinckney Busted in New York & other essays 305.8 P651
David Sloan Wilson This view of life: completing the Darwinian revolution 303.4 W747

Travel & Geography
Fodor's essential France 914.4 F653
Paul Theroux On the plain of snakes: a Mexican journey 917.2 T41

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

Nonfiction
Elise Gravel What is a refugee? Child 305.9069 G781

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CDs
Classical
Dietrich Buxtehude Trio sonatas, op. 1 CD Classical Buxtehude
Dmitri Shostakovich Under Stalin's shadow: Symphonies nos. 6 & 7 ; Incidental music to "King Lear" CD Classical Shostakovich
Carl Nielsen Symphony no. 4: Inextinguishable ; Symphony no. 6: Sinfonia semplice CD Classical Nielsen

Popular
Cage the Elephant Social cues CD Pop Cage
Stephen Malkmus Groove denied CD Pop Malkmus

Posted on Dec. 26, 2019 by Cherilyn Banson

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New Titles for the Week of December 16

BOOKS

FICTION
Virginia Kantra Meg & Jo
Fiona Kidman This mortal boy
Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson The sacrament

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Mary Higgins Clark Kiss the girls & make them cry
Jeff Lindsay Just watch me
Sara Shepard Reputation
Val McDermid How the dead speak

Short Stories
Lawrence Block (editor) From sea to stormy sea: 17 stories inspired by great American paintings SS F925

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Bi-scriptual: typography & graphic design with multiple script systems 686.2 B470

Business & Economics
Dana Robinson Opt out: rethink success, reinvent rich, realize the life you want 650.1 R560

Chess
Victor Bologan The Rossolimo Sicilian: a powerful Anti-Sicilian that avoids tons of theory 794.1225 B20 B693
José Raul Capablanca World's championship matches, 1921 & 1927 794.157 C23
Nikolai Kalinichenko King's gambit 794.1225 C30 K144
Raymond Keene Warriors of the mind: a quest for the supreme genius of the chess board 794.12 K26
Andrew Soltis Petrosian, the powerful 794.15 P49s

Computer Science
Dan Bader Python tricks 005.1 P99ba

Health & Medicine
Kelly McGonigal The joy of movement: how exercise helps us find happiness, hope, connection & courage 613.7 M146j

History
Sarah Fraser The prince who would be king: the life & death of Henry Stuart 941.06 F862
Tony Horwitz Spying on the South: an odyssey across the American divide 917.504 H82

Law
Brian McGinty Lincoln's greatest case: the river, the bridge & the making of America 346.7303 L736

Literature & Writing
Laura Foley Why I never finished my dissertation 811.6 F699
Saskia Hamilton (editor) The dolphin letters, 1970-1979: Elizabeth Hardwick, Robert Lowell & their circle 816.52 D698

Performing Arts & Music
Maura Spiegel Sidney Lumet 791.4 L97
Donald Spoto A girl's got to breathe: the life of Teresa Wright 792.092 W930
The letters of Cole Porter 780.92 P84L

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Christopher Grasso Skepticism & American faith: from the Revolution to the Civil War 277.3 G769

Politics & Government
Owen Matthews An impeccable spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin's master agent 327.12 M441
Bonnie Weinstein When Christians break bad: letters from the insane, inane & profane 323.442 W433

Reference
LMP 2020: literary market place: the directory of the American book publishing industry with industry indexes 655.52 L77 2020

Social Sciences & Current Events
Will Harris Mixed-race Superman: Keanu, Obama & multiracial experience 305.8 H240
Alex Tizon Invisible people: stories of lives at the margins 305.9069 T545
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DVDs

Classics
Monsieur Verdoux
Between midnight & dawn
Johnny o'clock
So dark the night
Walk a crooked mile
Walk east on Beacon!

Comedy
Blackadder remastered

Drama
The Adams chronicles

Nonfiction
The Tillman story DVD 355.0092 T57
This American life, season 1 DVD 791.44 T349
This American life. Season 2 DVD 791.44 T349

Posted on Dec. 20, 2019 by Cherilyn Banson

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New Titles List for the Week of December 9

BOOKS

FICTION
Bernardine Evaristo Girl, woman, other
Niall Williams This is happiness

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Gigi Pandian The glass thief
Anders Roslund Three minutes
Loren D. Estleman When old midnight comes along
John Harvey Body & soul
Dorothy B. Hughes Dread journey
Paul Johnston Impolitic corpses
James Sallis Sarah Jane

Short Stories
Leigh Camacho Rourks Moon trees & other orphans

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Andrew Bolton Camp: notes on fashion 746.92 B639

Biography & Genealogy
Ada Deer Making a difference: my fight for native rights & social justice 977.4004 D360
Thomas Travisano Love unknown: the life & worlds of Elizabeth Bishop 92 B6207t

Business & Economics
Cliff Kuang User friendly: how the hidden rules of design are changing the way we live, work & play 658.5 K950
Matt Stoller Goliath 338.82 S686
Alexandra Watkins Hello, my name is awesome: how to create brand names that stick 658.827 W322

Chess
Jonathan Rowson The moves that matter: a chess grandmaster on the game of life 794.1092 R88m
Adrian Mikhalchishin Power of exchange 794.1 M996

Health & Medicine
David J. Linden (editor) Think tank: forty neuroscientists explore the biological roots of human experience 612.82 T348
Kate Pickert Radical: the science, culture & history of breast cancer in America 616.994 P586

History
Byron L. Dorgan The girl in the photograph 973.0497 D733
Hédi Fried Questions I am asked about the Holocaust 940.5318 F912
Buddy Levy Labyrinth of ice: the triumphant & tragic Greely polar expedition 919.8 L668
Lincoln A. Mitchell San Francisco year zero: political upheaval, punk rock & a third place baseball team 979.461 M692
David Stahel Retreat from Moscow: reconceiving Germany's winter campaign, 1941-1942 940.542 S781r

Law
Dovey Johnson Roundtree Mighty justice: my life in civil rights 340.092 R760

Literature & Writing
Vladimir Nabokov Think, write, speak: uncollected essays, reviews & letters to the editor 813 N11t
Ian Sansom September 1, 1939: a biography of a poem 821 A89sa

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Nancy Davis Kho The thank-you project: cultivating happiness one letter of gratitude at a time 158.1 K528
Stephen Mitchell Joseph & the way of forgiveness: a biblical tale retold 222.11 M68
Whitley Strieber A new world 001.942 S917

Politics & Government
Ben Crump Open season: legalized genocide of colored people 323.1196 C888

Social Sciences & Current Events
Nicholas Buccola The fire is upon us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr. & the debate over race in America 305.8 B851
Natalie Fee How to save the world for free 333.72 F32
Jonathan Foiles This city is killing me: community trauma & toxic stress in urban America 362.5 F693
Winona Guo Tell me who you are: sharing our stories of race, culture & identity 305.8 G959
Samra Habib We have always been here: a queer Muslim memoir 306.76 H114
Vivian Ho Those who wander: America's lost street kids 305.5692 H650
Saeed Jones How we fight for our lives: a memoir 306.76 J710
Dorothy Roberts Fatal invention: how science, politics & big business re-create race in the twenty-first century 305.8 R643f
Steve Slocum Why do they hate us?: making peace with the Muslim world 305.6 S53
Matt Taibbi Hate Inc.: why today's media makes us despise one another 302.23 T129h
Erika Lee America for Americans: a history of xenophobia in the United States 305.8 L477
Megan K. Stack Women's work: a reckoning with home & help 331.4 S123

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Margaret Atwood The testaments CD Fic Atwood
Ruth Ware The turn of the key CD Fic Ware

Nonfiction
Barry Levine All the president's women: Donald Trump & the making of a predator CD 973.933 L578
Edmund Morris Edison CD 620.92 E24m
Edward Snowden Permanent record 327.12 S674p

Posted on Dec. 11, 2019 by Cherilyn Banson

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New Titles for the Week of December 2

BOOKS

FICTION
Silvina Ocampo The promise

Historical Fiction
Bernard Cornwell Sword of kings
Heather Morris Cilka's journey

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Tom Bradby Secret service
Alan Furst Under occupation
W. C. Ryan A house of ghosts
Max Tomlinson Vanishing in the Haight
David Baldacci A minute to midnight

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Joe Abercrombie A little hatred
Seanan McGuire In an absent dream
Nora Roberts The rise of magicks

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NONFICTION

Biography & Genealogy
Alan Gallay Walter Ralegh: architect of empire 92 R163g
John Hardman Marie-Antoinette: the making of a French queen 92 M334h

Business & Economics
Michael R. Adamson A better way to build: a history of the Pankow companies 338.7 A221
Ellen Karsh The only grant-writing book you'll ever need 658.152 K148
Joe Ricketts The harder you work, the luckier you get 332.6 R424
Meir Statman Finance for normal people: how investors & markets behave 332.024 S797
Paul Teutul The ride of a lifetime: doing business the Orange County Choppers way 338.762 T352
Scott H. Young Ultralearning: master hard skills, outsmart the competition & accelerate your career 650.1 Y841
Jodie Adams Kirshner Broke: hardship & resilience in a city of broken promises 336.3 K639

Chess
Davorin Kuljasevic Beyond material: ignore the face value of your pieces & discover the importance of time, space & psychology in chess 794.12 K963

Computer Science
Harold Abelson Structure & interpretation of computer programs 005.13 A141
Benjamin Bengfort Applied text analysis with Python: enabling language-aware data products with machine learning 005.1 P99be

Health & Medicine
Aliza Sherman Cannabis & CBD for health & wellness: an essential guide for using nature's medicine to relieve stress, anxiety, chronic pain, inflammation & more 615.78 S551

History
Malcolm Nance The plot to betray America: how team Trump embraced our enemies, compromised our security & how we can fix it 973.933 N153
Anne Nelson Suzanne's children: a daring rescue in Nazi Paris 940.5318 N331
Gareth Russell The ship of dreams: the sinking of the Titanic & the end of the Edwardian era 910.45 R911

Literature & Writing
Larry Brooks Great stories don't write themselves: criteria-driven strategies for more effective fiction 808.3 B873g
Robert Clark My Victorians: lost in the nineteenth century 818.5 C592
Lydia Davis Essays one 814.54 D290
Lynn Marie Houston (editor) Literary geography: an encyclopedia of real & imagined settings 809.92 L712

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Luke O'Neill Humanology: a scientist's guide to our amazing existence 032.02 O586

Performing Arts & Music
Jonathan Rosenberg Dangerous melodies: classical music in America from the Great War through the Cold War 780.973 R723

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Catherine Wilson How to be an epicurean: the ancient art of living well 187 W691
Karen Armstrong The lost art of Scripture: rescuing the sacred texts 208.2 A73
A.C. Grayling The history of philosophy 109 G783

Politics & Government
Anonymous A warning 320.973 A615

Reference
Barbara Weltman J.K. Lasser's 1001 deductions & tax breaks 2020: your complete guide to everything deductibleRef 343.7305 J11

Social Sciences & Current Events
John Barelli Stealing the show: a history of art & crime in six thefts 364.16 B237
John Kasich It's up to us: ten little ways we can bring about big change 303.4 K151
Anthony Kronman The assault on American excellence 378.73 K925
Hallie Lieberman Buzz: a stimulating history of the sex toy 306.77 L621
Carla Marie Manly Aging joyfully: a woman's guide to optimal health, relationships & fulfillment for her 50s & beyond 305.26 M315
Óscar Martínez The Hollywood kid: the violent life & violent death of an MS-13 hitman 364.1066 M386
Azadeh Moaveni Guest house for young widows: among the women of ISIS 363.325 M687
Sara Nović America is immigrants 305.9069 N858
Matthew L. Schuerman Newcomers: gentrification & its discontents 307.76 S79
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Race for profit: how banks & the real estate industry undermined Black homeownership 363.5 T212

Travel & Geography
Nick Neely Alta California: from San Diego to San Francisco, a journey on foot to rediscover the Golden State 917.9404 N293

CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Nonfiction
Maria Popova (editor) A velocity of being: letters to a young reader Child 028.55 V546
Almanac 2020 Child 031.02 N213

EAUDIOBOOKS
Keith Abraham It starts with passion do what you love & love what you do
Alah Adams Thot
Anthony Aguirre Cosmological koans a journey to the heart of physical reality
William Arruda Career distinction stand out by building your brand
Cara Black Murder in Bel-Air
Christine L. Borgman Big data, little data, no data scholarship in the networked world
Ray Bradbury A medicine for melancholy & other stories
Peter Brandvold Stagecoach to purgatory
Leigh Branham The 7 hidden reasons employees leave how to recognize the subtle signs & act before it's too late
Rita Mae Brown Whiskers in the dark
Margaret Brownley Cowboy meets his match
Ben Burgess Love & happiness
Debbie Burns My forever home
Italo Calvino Mr. Palomar
Italo Calvino The nonexistent knight
Bryan Camp Gather the fortunes
Albert Camus The myth of Sisyphus & other essays
Paul Cherry The ultimate sales pro what the best salespeople do differently
Michael J. Clark Mahoney's camaro
Stephen Cummings Strategy builder how to create & communicate more effective strategies
Kate Davies In at the deep end
Aya De Leon Side chick nation
Jennie Dear What does it feel like to die? inspiring new insights into the experience of dying
Jenny Dearborn The data driven leader a powerful approach to delivering measurable business impact through people analytics
Daniel C. Dennett Kinds of minds toward an understanding of consciousness
G.S. Denning Warlock holmes - the sign of the nine
Charlie Donlea Some choose darkness
Nadine Dorries The Ballymara road
Brian Lee Durfee The forgetting moon
Leif Enger Virgil wander
Lance Erlick Emergent
Stephanie S. Faubion The mayo clinic menopause solution a doctor's guide to relieving hot flashes, enjoying better sex, etc.
Christine Feehan Shadow warrior
Agnete Friis The summer of Ellen
Diana Gabaldon Written in my own heart's blood
Ann H. Gabhart The refuge
Ben Galley Chasing graves
W. Michael Gear Pariah
Cathy Gohlke The medallion
Agnes Gomillion The record keeper
Carolyn Haines Game of bones
Sereniti Hall Feenin'
Nigel Hamilton War & peace FDR's final odyssey, D-Day to Yalta, 1943-1945
Mick Herron The marylebone drop
David Hewson Devil's fjord
David Hewson The savage shore
Grace Hitchcock The white city true colors
Susan Hockfield The age of living machines how the convergence of biology & engineering will build the next technology revolution
Ada Hoffmann The outside
Christopher Husberg Fear the stars
Matthew O. Jackson The human network how your social position determines your power, beliefs & behaviors
Rahul Jandial Neurofitness a brain surgeon's secrets to boost performance & unleash creativity
Julie Jason Retire securely insights on money management from an award-winning financial columnist
Sabrina Jeffries Project duchess
Luke Jennings Codename Villanelle
Jani R. Jensen Mayo clinic guide to fertility & conception
Phil M. Jones Exactly how to sell the sales guide for non-sales professionals
Blake Karrington Beard gang chronicles
Karen Lord Unraveling
Peter Martin The dictionary wars the American fight over the English language
Sujata Massey The satapur moonstone
Byron Matthews Sales enablement a master framework to engage, equip & empower a world-class sales force
Val McDermid Blue genes
Val McDermid Booked for murder
Val McDermid Clean break
Val McDermid Crack down
Linda Lael Miller The Yankee widow
Kate Millett Sexual politics
N'Tyse Outlaw mamis
Arve Peder Overland Always on digital brand strategy in a big data world
Richard Powers Galatea 2.2
Amanda Prowse Three-and-a-half heartbeats
Thomas Pynchon Mason & Dixon
Erich Maria Remarque The road back
Lucinda Riley The moon sister
Amy Sandas Cowboy's honor
Joel Scott Arrow's fall
Randall Silvis A long way down
Jill Eileen Smith The heart of a king the loves of Solomon
S.M. Stirling Theater of spies
The best science fiction & fantasy of the year
Jodi Thomas Mistletoe miracles
Liz Tolsma The pink bonnet true colors
Patrick S. Tomlinson Starship repo
Gary S. Topchik The first-time manager's guide to team building
Tracy Townsend The fall
Beth K. Vogt Moments we forget
Natalie Walters Living lies
Adam Waytz The power of human how our shared humanity can help us create a better world
Karen Witemeyer More than words can say
David Young Stasi wolf
Rebecca Zanetti Alpha's promise
Rebecca Zanetti Demon's mercy

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EBOOKS
Mir Tamim Ansary The Invention of Yesterday: A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict & Connection
Deepak Chopra Metahuman: unleashing your infinite potential
Hillary Rodham Clinton The book of gutsy women
Ta-Nehisi Coates The water dancer
Michael Connelly The night fire
Janet Evanovich Look alive twenty-five
Stanley Fish The first: how to think about hate speech, campus speech, religious speech, fake news, post-truth & Donald Trump
Newt Gingrich Trump Vs. China: facing America's greatest threat
Malcolm Gladwell Talking to strangers: what we should know about the people we don't know
John Grisham The Guardians
Matthew Gutmann Are Men Animals?: How Modern Masculinity Sells Men Short
Joe Hill Full throttle
Ryan Holiday Stillness is the key
Tom Holland Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
Radhika Jones (editor) Vanity fair's women on women
John le Carré Agent running in the field
Barry Levine All the President's Women: Donald Trump & the Making of a Predator
Charlie Mackesy The boy, the mole, the fox & the horse
Lara Maiklem Mudlark
Alexander McCall Smith To the land of long lost friends
Alicia Menendez The Likeability Trap
Donald L. Miller Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy
Kyle Mills Lethal agent: a Mitch Rapp novel
Demi Moore Inside out
Heather Morris Cilka's journey
Heather Morris The tattooist of Auschwitz
Nick Neeley Alta California: A Journey on Foot to Rediscover the Golden State
James Patterson The 19th Christmas
Eve Rodsky Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live)
John Rossant Hop, Skip, Go
John Sandford Bloody genius
Edward Snowden Permanent record
Matt Stoller Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power & Democracy
Sara Wheeler Mud & Stars: Travels in Russia With Pushkin, Tolstoy & Other Geniuses of the Golden Age
Rachel DeLoache Williams My friend Anna: the true story of a fake heiress

Posted on Dec. 9, 2019 by Cherilyn Banson

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New Titles List for the Week of November 25

BOOKS

FICTION
JP Gritton Wyoming
Emer Martin The cruelty men
Anna Todd After we collided
Elizabeth Berg The confession club
Matthew Dicks Twenty-one truths about love
C. Joseph Greaves Church of the graveyard saints
Ernesto Quiñonez Taína
Veronica Raimo The girl at the door

Historical Fiction
Rhys Bowen The victory garden
Anne Cleeland A death in Sheffield
Jean-Baptiste Del Amo Animalia

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Michael Nava Carved in bone
Connie Berry A dream of death
L. A. Chandlar The pearl dagger
Liz Freeland Murder in midtown
Dianne Freeman A lady's guide to gossip & murder
Robert Harris The second sleep
Mary Lawrence The alchemist of lost souls
Con Lehane Murder off the page
Catherine Lloyd Death comes to the school
Hank Phillippi Ryan Trust me
Peter Steiner The good cop
F. Paul Wilson The last Christmas
Reavis Z. Wortham Gold dust
Erica Wright The blue kingfisher

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Alan Moore Jerusalem

Short Stories
Beth Piatote The beadworkers
Hebe Uhart The scent of Buenos Aires: stories
Ambai A kitchen in the corner of the house
Daniel Chacón Kafka in a skirt: stories from the wall
Benjamin Percy Suicide woods

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Peter Kuper Joseph Conrad's Heart of darkness 741.5 K967j comics
Lynda Barry Making comics 741.5 B281m comics
Riad Sattouf The Arab of the future. 4: a graphic memoir: a childhood in the Middle East (1987-1992) 741.5 S253 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Colin Butcher Molly: the true story of the amazing dog who rescues cats 636.7 B971
Kassia St. Clair The golden thread: how fabric changed history 677 S102
Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft Meat planet: artificial flesh & the future of food 664.9 W963

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Ken Follett Notre-Dame: a short history of the meaning of cathedrals 726.6 F724

Biography & Genealogy
Deirdre Bair Parisian lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir & me 92 B161

Business & Economics
Abhijit V. Banerjee Good economics for hard times 337 B223
Jen Oleniczak Brown Think on your feet: tips & tricks to improve your impromptu communication skills on the job 658.45 B812
Nancy Duarte HBR guide to persuasive presentations 658.452 D812h
Stephen Few Information dashboard design: displaying data for at-a-glance monitoring 658.45 F436i
Robert Iger The ride of a lifetime: lessons learned from 15 years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company 384.8 I2
Michael R. Adamson Oil & urbanization on the Pacific Coast: Ralph Bramel Lloyd & the shaping of the urban West 338.7 L775a
Aaron Glantz Homewreckers: how a gang of Wall Street kingpins, hedge fund magnates, crooked banks & vulture capitalists suckered millions out of their homes & demolished the American dream 332.72 G546
Benita Matofska Generation share: the change-makers building the sharing economy 334 M427
Shelley Giordano What's the deal with reverse mortgages? 332.72 G437
Wade D. Pfau Safety-first retirement planning: an integrated approach for a worry-free retirement 332.024 P523s
Terry Savage The Savage truth on money 332.024 S921

Computer Science
Tom Chivers The AI does not hate you: the rationalists & the race to save the world 006.3 C449
Stephen Few The data loom: weaving understanding by thinking critically & scientifically with data 001.42 F436

Food & Drink
Irma S. Rombauer Joy of cooking 641.5 J88
Niki Segnit Lateral cooking 641.5 S379
Simon Bajada Baltic: old & new recipes: Latvia, Lithuania & Estonia 641.5947 B167

History
Pekka Hämäläinen Lakota America: a new history of indigenous power 970.3 H198
Thant Myint-U The hidden history of Burma: race, capitalism & the crisis of democracy in the 21st century 959.1 T36h

Languages & Linguistics
Nicola Gardini Long live Latin: the pleasures of a useless language 470.9 G169

Literature & Writing
Sarah M. Broom The yellow house 818.603 B791
Jaquira Díaz Ordinary girls: a memoir 818.603 D338
Natasha Stagg Sleeveless: fashion, image, media, New York 2011-2019 814.6 S138

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Erik Asphaug When the Earth had two moons: cannibal planets, icy giants, dirty comets, dreadful orbits & the origins of the night sky 523.4 A65
Richard Panek The trouble with gravity: solving the mystery beneath our feet 531.14 P191

Performing Arts & Music
Richard Beck Trains, Jesus & murder: the Gospel according to Johnny Cash 782.421 C338b
Flea Acid for the children: a memoir 780.92 F62
Rob Kapilow Listening for America: inside the great American songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim 782.421 K141
John O'Connell Bowie's bookshelf: the hundred books that changed David Bowie's life 780.92 B78o

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Ryan Holiday Stillness is the key 128.4 H732
James Trapp Chinese astrology: understanding your horoscope 133.5 T689

Politics & Government
Leah Greenberg We are indivisible: a blueprint for democracy after Trump 321.8 G829
Susan Ware Why they marched: untold stories of the women who fought for the right to vote 324.6 W22
Stanley Fish The first: how to think about hate speech, campus speech, religious speech, fake news, post-truth & Donald Trump 323.443 F532f

Social Sciences & Current Events
Jennifer Browdy (editor) Women writing resistance: essays on Latin America & the Caribbean 305.42 W842
Mike German Disrupt, discredit & divide: how the new FBI damages our democracy 363.25 G317
Naomi Klein On fire: the (burning) case for a green new deal 363.7 K641
Andrew Marantz Antisocial: online extremists, techno-utopians & the hijacking of the American conversation 303.484 M325
Adam Minter Secondhand: travels in the new global garage sale 381.19 M667
Tom Mueller Crisis of conscience: whistleblowing in an age of fraud 364.163 M946
Slavoj Žižek Like a thief in broad daylight: power in the era of post-human capitalism 303.3 Z82L
Jessica McDiarmid Highway of Tears: a true story of racism, indifference & the pursuit of justice for missing & murdered Indigenous women & girls 362.88 M144

Sports & Games
David Sweet Three seconds in Munich: the controversial 1972 Olympic basketball final 796.48 S361

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AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Aaron Glantz Homewreckers: how a gang of Wall Street kingpins, hedge fund magnates, crooked banks & vulture capitalists suckered millions out of their homes & demolished the American dream CD 332.72 G546

Posted on Nov. 27, 2019 by Cherilyn Banson

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