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Arts, Architecture & Crafts

Barbara Ramos A fearless eye : the photography of Barbara Ramos : San Francisco and California, 1969-1973 770.9 R175
Jon Savage The secret public : how music moved queer culture from the margins to the mainstream 780.8 S264
Juan Escauriaza San Francisco and the American landscape 709.7946 E744
Eugène Atget A vision of Paris : the photographs of Eugène Atget : the words of Marcel Proust 770.92 A86v

Biography & Genealogy

Christopher L. Webber Black doctor : a biography of James McCune Smith, MD, the first fully trained and credentialed black doctor in America 610.92 S642
Laurie Woolever Care and feeding : a memoir 641.5092 W913
Lisa Marie Presley From here to the great unknown : a memoir 780.92 P934
Mayukh Sen Love, Queenie : Merle Oberon, Hollywood's first South Asian star 792.092 O12s
Fei Fei Li The worlds I see : curiosity, exploration, and discovery at the dawn of AI 004.092 L693
Jeffrey L. Amestoy Slavish shore : the odyssey of Richard Henry Dana Jr. 340.092 D16
Cristina Rivera Garza Liliana's invincible summer : a sister's search for justice 362.88 R621
David Sheff Yoko : a biography 700.92 O589

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism

David Robinson Stars and skeletons tales of life with my schizophrenic brother 616.898 R658

Business & Economics

Stephen Abram Succeeding in the world of special librarianship 025.5 A161
Ramit Sethi Money for couples : no more stress, no more fights, just a 10-step plan to create your rich life together 332.024 S75m
Ezra Klein Abundance 330.973 K672

Chess

Todd Bardwick Chess endgame workbook : acquiring skills to win close games 794.1 B247c
Todd Bardwick Chess openings : an overview of standard variations 794.1 B247ch
David Rudel The moment of Zuke : critical positions and pivotal decisions for Colle system players 794.122 R832
Alan L. Watson Alekhine's anti-Gruenfeld attack : 1.d4, Nf6 2.c4, g6 3.f3! : a White repertoire against the Indian defenses 794.1225 D70 W337
Lars Schandorff Playing the queen's gambit : a grandmaster guide 794.1225 D06 S311
Neil McDonald Main line Caro-Kann 794.1225 B15 M135
Chris Ward Unusual queen's gambit declined 794.122 W257u
Jaan. Ehlvest The Leningrad Dutch 794.1225 A81 E332
Todd Bardwick Chess tactics and combinations workbook : winning the battles between the pieces 794.1 B247w
Todd Bardwick Chess strategy workbook : a blueprint for developing the best plan 794.1 B247b
Todd Bardwick Chess workbook for children : the chess detective's introduction to the royal game Child 794.1 B247c
Lev Alburt The King in jeopardy 794.12 A345
Roman Pelts Comprehensive chess course. Volume I : learn chess in 12 lessons 794.1 P393
Roman Pelts From beginner to tournament player in 12 lessons 794.1 P393
Todd Bardwick Attacking the chess king workbook : patterns and strategies for successful attacks 794.1 B247a
Thomas Willemze World Chess Champion strategy training for club players : from Bobby Fischer to Ding Liren 794.15 W699
Todd. Bardwick Chess handbook : rules, tactics, and strategies for the improving player Child 794.1 B247
Todd. Bardwick Teaching chess in the 21st century : strategies and connections to a standards-based world Child 794.1 B247
Franco Zaninotto Super chess kids : win like the world's young champions! Child 794.1 Z31
John A. Bain Chess tactics for students Child 794.1 B162

Food & Drink

Scott Clark Coastal : 130 recipes from a California road trip 641.5979 C592
Neal D. Barnard The power foods diet : the breakthrough plan that traps, tames, and burns calories for easy and permanent weight loss 641.563 B253
Bill Harvey The engineer's cookbook 641.5 H341

Health

Naomi Watts Dare I say it : everything I wish I'd known about menopause 618.1 W348

History

Basil Henry Liddell Hart History of the Second World War 940.53 L71
Russell Shorto Taking Manhattan : the extraordinary events that created New York and shaped America 974.71 S56t
Nancy Goldstone The rebel empresses : Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France, power and glamour in the struggle for Europe 940.28 G624

Literature & Writing

Scaachi Koul Sucker punch : essays 814.6 K881
Viet Thanh Nguyen To save and to destroy : writing as an other 814.6 N576
Ira Madison Pure innocent fun : essays 814.6 M182
David Rieff Desire and fate 814 S69
Marcel Proust Marcel Proust : letters to his mother. 843 P968Le
Mayumi Inaba Mornings without Mii 895.63 I358
Richard Smith Not a soul but us : a story in 84 sonnets 811.6 S657

Natural Sciences & Mathematics

Thor Hanson Close to home : the wonders of nature just outside your door 577.56 H251
D. J. Spiegelhalter The art of uncertainty : how to navigate chance, ignorance, risk and luck 519.2 S75

Performing Arts & Music

Liz Pelly Mood machine : the rise of Spotify and the costs of the perfect playlist 780.285 P392
Paul Lisicky Song so wild and blue : a life with the music of Joni Mitchell 782.421 L769

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion

Philip Shenon Jesus wept : seven popes and the battle for the soul of the Catholic Church 282.092 S546
Dalai Lama XIV Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho Voice for the voiceless : over seven decades of struggle with China for my land and my people 294.3 B917v
Robert Paul Wolff The autonomy of reason : a commentary on Kant's Groundwork of the metaphysic of morals 171 K167
Mel Robbins The let them theory : a life-changing tool that millions of people can't stop talking about 158.1 R63

Social Sciences & Current Events

Colleen Dolan The ghost ship fire : a mother's search for answers 363.37 D659
Joseph F. Johnson Economic theory and social justice 330 J661
James Patterson The secret lives of booksellers and librarians : true stories of the magic of reading 381.45 P317

Sports & Games

Jordan Mechner The making of Prince of Persia : journals, 1985-1993 794.8 M486

Posted on May. 8, 2025 by Heather Miles