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New Titles for the Week of January 27

BOOKS

FICTION
Sandrine Collette Just after the wave
Jeanine Cummins American dirt
Robert Musil Agathe, or the forgotten sister
Vikram Paralkar Night theater
Samuel Shem The house of God
Jorge Comensal The mutations
Virginie Despentes Vernon Subutex 1
Luke Geddes Heart of junk
Michael Imperioli The perfume burned his eyes
Liska Jacobs The worst kind of want
Larry Kramer The American people. Volume 2, The brutality of fact
Stephen Wright Processed cheese

Historical Fiction
Isabel Allende A long petal of the sea
Rosa Liksom The colonel's wife

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Nancy Bilyeau Dreamland
Chad Dundas The blaze
Joseph Finder House on fire

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Daniel H. Wilson The Andromeda evolution

Short Stories
Nina MacLaughlin Wake, siren: Ovid resung

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Brian Augustyn Crimson: a tale of heaven & earth 741.5 A46t comics
Brian Augustyn Crimson: a tale of loyalty & loss 741.5 A46 comics
Brian Augustyn Crimson: earth angel 741.5 A46e comics
Brian Augustyn Crimson: redemption 741.5 A46r comics
Joe Madureira Battle chasers: a gathering of heroes 741.5 M267 comics
Strip AIDS USA: a collection of cartoon art to benefit people with AIDS 616.979 S867 comics
The art of Walter Simonson 741.5 S574 comics

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Donald M. Rattner My creative space: how to design your home to stimulate ideas & spark innovation 747 R189

Business & Economics
Marcia Chatelain Franchise: the golden arches in black America 338.7 C391
Brian M. Sagrestano The philanthropic planning companion: the fundraisers' & professional advisors' guide to charitable gift planning 658.152 S189
Christopher Knowlton Bubble in the sun: the Florida boom of the 1920s & how it brought on the Great Depression 333.33 K738

Chess
Alexey Dreev Dreev vs. the Benoni 794.1225 A56 D77
Gennadi Timoshcenko Sicilian defense: the Chelyabinsk variation: it's past, present & future 794.1225 B20 T585

Health & Medicine
Marsha M. Linehan Building a life worth living 616.891 L645

History
Andrea Bernstein American oligarchs: the Kushners, the Trumps & the marriage of money & power 973.933 B458
Steve Inskeep Imperfect union: how Jessie & John Frémont mapped the West, invented celebrity & helped cause the Civil War 910.92 I592

Literature & Writing
Donald Hall Essays After Eighty 814.54 H168
Major Jackson (editor) The best American poetry, 2019 811.08 B56
Patricia Marx You can only yell at me for one thing at a time: rules for couples
Will Self Will 823 S465

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Louise Callaghan Father of lions: one man's remarkable quest to save the Mosul Zoo 590.73 C130
Sy Montgomey (editor) The best American science & nature writing 2019 500 B56n
Kit Yates The math of life & death: 7 mathematical principles that shape our lives
Naomi Oreskes Why trust science? 501 O669

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Patricia S. Churchland Conscience: the origins of moral intuition 171 C475
BJ Fogg Tiny habits: the small changes that change everything 158 F688
Lynn S. Neal Religion in vogue: Christianity & fashion in America 261.57 N25
The Upanishads 294.59 U14

Social Sciences & Current Events
Richard Davies Extreme economies: what life at the world's margins can teach us about our own future 306.3 D286
Fred P. Hochenberg Trade is not a four letter word: how six everyday products make the case for trade
Daniel Susskind A world without work: technology, automation & how we should respond 303.483 S823
David Zucchino Wilmington's lie: the murderous coup of 1898 & the rise of white supremacy 305.8 Z82
Benjamin Breen The age of intoxication: origins of the global drug trade 382.4 B745

Travel & Geography
Moon Quebéc City 917.1404 M818
Moon 101 great hikes San Francisco Bay Area 917.946 M818o
Moon British Columbia 917.11 M818
Moon Maui 919.692 M818
Moon Mexico City 917.25 M818
Moon Montana: with Yellowstone National Park 917.866 M818
Moon Montréal 917.14 M818
Moon Northern California camping: the complete guide to tent & RV camping 917.94 M818n
Moon Prague, Vienna & Budapest 914.37 M818

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION
DVDs
Toy story 4 DVD Children's

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AUDIOBOOKS
Nonfiction
Jacob M. Appel Who says you're dead?: medical & ethical dilemmas for the curious & concerned CD 174.2 A485

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DVDs
Drama
Angel heart
Blindspotting
The bookshop
The last black man in San Francisco
Tolkien
Wit

Foreign Language
Tel Aviv on fire DVD Middle East
Unga Astrid = Becoming Astrid DVD Swedish
Zama DVD Spanish
Mother DVD Asian

Musicals
Help!: the Beatles
Rocketman

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
It. Chapter two

Nonfiction
Toni Morrison: the pieces I am DVD 813.54 M878p

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CDs
Jazz & Blues
Chez Toots CD Jazz Chez
Bill Evans The complete Village Vanguard recordings, 1961 CD Jazz Evans
Billie Holiday First issue: the great American songbook CD Jazz Holiday
Oscar Peterson Eight classic albums CD Jazz Peterson
Ike Quebec Blue & sentimental CD Jazz Quebec
Jimmy Scott The source CD Jazz Scott
Cecil Taylor The complete collection 1956-1962: nine original albums CD Jazz Taylor

Posted on Jan. 30, 2020 by Cherilyn Chang