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New Titles List for the Week of February 4

BOOKS

FICTION
Dana Czapnik The falconer
Maurice Carlos Ruffin We cast a shadow
Amanda Sthers Holy lands
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma House of stone

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Jane Corry The dead ex

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Will Hunt Underground: a human history of the worlds beneath our feet 624.19 H911
Sonia Shah Crude: the story of oil 665.5 S52c

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Kathleen A. Foster Thomas Eakins rediscovered: Charles Bregler's Thomas Eakins collection at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 750.92 E11fo
Jeffreen M. Hayes Augusta Savage: Renaissance woman 730.92 S921
Adrian Locke Mexico: a revolution in art, 1910-1940 709.72 L79
Richard Pérez Seves Eric Stanton & the history of the Bizarre underground 741.6 S262p

Biography & Genealogy
Tracy Borman Henry VIII & the men who made him 920 H522b
Ron Arons Mind maps for genealogy: enhanced research planning, correlation & analysis 929.1 A674m
Ron Arons Wanted! U.S. criminal records: sources & research methodology 929.1 A674

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Dorothy Butler Gilliam Trailblazer: a pioneering journalist's fight to make the media look more like America 070.92 G414

Business & Economics
John C. Bogle Stay the course: the story of Vanguard & the index revolution 332.6327 B675s
Emily Brandon Pensionless: the 10-step solution for a stress-free retirement 332.024 B734
Taylor Larimore The Bogleheads' guide to the three-fund portfolio: how a simple portfolio of three total market index funds outperforms most investors with less risk 332.6 L323b
Mike Weinberg New sales: simplified: the essential handbook for prospecting & new business development 658.85 W430

Chess
Ilia Odessky English defence 794.122 O238

Computer Science
Peter Kim The hacker playbook 3: practical guide to penetration testing 005.8 K493
Johan Vos Pro JavaFX 9: a definitive guide to building desktop, mobile & embedded Java clients 005.1 J415v

Food & Drink
Ali Rosen Bring it!: tried & true recipes for potlucks & casual entertaining 641.5973 R722
Michael Solomonov Israeli soul: easy, essential, delicious 641.5956 S689i
Amy B. Trubek Haute cuisine: how the French invented the culinary profession 641.5944 T761

Health & Medicine
Jessica Nutik Zitter Extreme measures: finding a better path to the end of life 616.029 Z695
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich A midwife's tale: the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812 618.2 B212u

History
James M. Longo Hitler & the Habsburgs: the Führer's vendetta against the Austrian royals 943.6 L864
James M. Spitze The Clampers & their hoax(es) 979.4 S494
David Reynolds (editor) The Kremlin letters: Stalin's wartime correspondence with Churchill & Roosevelt 940.532 K881

Literature & Writing
Hala Alyan The twenty-ninth year: poems 811.6 A97
Jessica Brody Save the cat! writes a novel: the last book on novel writing you'll ever need 808.3 B785
Pam Houston Deep Creek: finding hope in the high country 814 H84d
Charles Johnson The way of the writer: reflections on the art & craft of storytelling 808.3 J630
John McPhee The patch 814 M17p
Meghan O'Gieblyn Interior states 814.6 O4i
Denis Roche Eros énergumène = Eros raving: followed by Poem of 29 April 1962 841 R583

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Sabine Hossenfelder Lost in math: how beauty leads physics astray 530.15 H794
David L. Hu How to walk on water & climb up walls: animal movement & the robots of the future 573.79 H860

Performing Arts & Music
Andrew DeGraff Cinemaps: an atlas of great movies 791.43 D364

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Anne Lamott Almost everything: notes on hope 234.2 L23a
Nadia Bolz-Weber Shameless: a sexual reformation 261.83 B694s
The essential Lotus: selections from the Lotus Sutra 294.38 E742

Politics & Government
Ann Coulter Resistance is futile!: how the Trump-hating left lost its collective mind 320.51 C85r
Donna Zuckerberg Not all dead white men: classics & misogyny in the digital age 320.53 Z833
Derek Leebaert Grand improvisation: America confronts the British superpower, 1945-1957 327.73 L483g

Social Sciences & Current Events
Emily Bernard Black is the body: stories from my grandmother's time, my mother's time & mine 305.48 B456
Bridgett M. Davis The world according to Fannie Davis: my mother's life in the Detroit numbers 306.85 D290
Andrew Heben Tent city urbanism: from self-organized camps to tiny house villages 362.583 H353
Laboria Cuboniks The xenofeminist manifesto: a politics for alienation 305.42 C892
Stephanie Land Maid: hard work, low pay & a mother's will to survive 331.4 L229
Deborah E. Lipstadt Antisemitism: here & now 305.892 L76a
Evan Ratliff The mastermind: drugs, empire, murder, betrayal 364.109 R189
Katherine S. Newman Downhill from here: retirement insecurity in the age of inequality 306.38 N55d

Sports & Games
Greg Everett Olympic weightlifting: a complete guide for athletes & coaches 796.41 E26
Steven G. Mandis The Real Madrid way: how values created the most successful sports team on the planet 796.334 M312

Travel & Geography
Frommer's easyguide to New York City 2019 917.471 F93e
Frommer's EasyGuide to Washington, D.C. 2019 917.53 F93e
Frommer's France 914.4 F93
Frommer's Seattle day by day 917.977 F93d

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION
DVDs
Incredibles 2

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EBOOKS
Jeremy Brown Influenza: the hundred year hunt to cure the deadliest disease in history
Nick Bunker Young Benjamin Franklin: The Birth of Ingenuity
John D. Caldwell Anatomy of Victory: Why the United States Triumphed in World War II, Fought to a Stalemate in Korea, Lost in Vietnam & Failed Iraq
Kara Cooney When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
David Edwards Creating things that matter: the art & science of innovations that last
Tyler Green Carleton Watkins: Making the West American
Edith Hall Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
J.K. Lasser's your income tax 2019
Charles Krauthammer The point of it all: a lifetime of great loves & endeavors
Robert Lyman Under a Darkening Sky: The American Experience in Nazi Europe: 1939-1941
Don Norman The Design of Everyday Things
Martha C. Nussbaum The monarchy of fear: a philosopher looks at our political crisis
Louise Penny Kingdom of the blind
Deborah L. Plummer Some of my friends are ...: the daunting challenges & untapped benefits of cross-racial friendships
Blythe Roberson How to date men when you hate men
Shashi Tharoor Why I Am a Hindu
Jon Ward Camelot's End: Kennedy Vs. Carter & the Fight That Broke the Democratic Party
Elizabeth White 55, Underemployed & Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better Life
Helen Zia Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
Alpha

Drama
Blackkklansman
Colette

Foreign Language
1945 DVD European
A bag of marbles = Un Sac De Billes DVD French
Amerika square DVD European
The fencer DVD European
Where do we go now DVD Middle East

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Bad times at the El Royale
Sharp objects

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Sorry to bother you

Nonfiction
Long strange trip: the untold story of the Grateful Dead DVD 780.92 G771L
McQueen DVD 746.92 M459
Scotty & the secret history of Hollywood DVD 791.4 B78
A thrilling ride through Kooza: rires et frissons DVD 791.3 C57t
Cruz Reynoso: sowing the seeds of justice DVD 340.9 R338
Kà extreme: Cirque du Soleil DVD 791.3 C57k

Posted on Feb. 7, 2019 by Cherilyn Chang