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New Titles for the Week of November 14

BOOKS

FICTION
W. Bruce Cameron The midnight plan of the repo man
Michel Faber The book of strange new things
Molly Gloss Falling from horses
William Hazelgrove Real Santa
Farnoosh Moshiri The drum tower
Jojo Moyes The ship of brides
David Nicholls Us
Bill Roorbach The remedy for love

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
John Connolly The wolf in winter
Catherine Coulter & J.T. Ellison The lost key
Clive Cussler & Dirk Cussler Havana storm
Alex Marwood The killer next door
Alexander McCall Smith The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe
Stuart Neville The final silence
Lynn Shepherd The pierced heart
Jeffrey Siger Sons of Sparta
Ashley Weaver Murder at the Brightwell

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
William Gibson The peripheral
Anne Rice Prince Lestat
Patrick Rothfuss The slow regard of silent things

Short Stories
The Black Lizard big book of locked-room mysteries: the most complete collection of impossible crime stories ever assembled SS B6265L

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Tim Hanley Wonder Woman Unbound: the Curious History of the World's Most Famous Heroine 741.5973 W872

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NONFICTION
Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Nick Davies Hack attack: the inside story of how the truth caught up with Rupert Murdoch 072 D255

Business & Economics
Craufurd D. Goodwin Walter Lippmann: public economist 330.156 L766

Food & Drink
William Bostwick The brewer's tale: a history of the world according to beer 663.42 B747
Margarita Carrillo Arronte Mexico: the cookbook 641.5972 C317
Ted Genoways The chain: farm, factory & the fate of our food 338.766 G335
Slow cooker revolution. Volume 2: the easy prep edition 641.588 S634

Health & Medicine
Atul Gawande Being mortal: medicine & what matters in the end 362.17 G284
Jen Sincero The straight girl's guide to sleeping with chicks 613.96 S615

History
Roger Moorhouse The devils' alliance: Hitler's pact with Stalin, 1939-1941 940.532 M825

Literature & Writing
Terry Pratchett A slip of the keyboard: collected nonfiction 824.9 P912

Travel & Geography
Arthur Krim Route 66: iconography of the American highway 388.1 K926

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
Kelley Armstrong Visions: a Cainsville novel

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Philip Pullman The subtle knife

Posted on Nov. 14, 2014 by Sarah Cruz

New Titles for the Week of November 7

BOOKS

FICTION
Jonathan Carroll Bathing the Lion
Christopher Galt Biblical
Eliza Granville Gretel & the dark
Santa Montefiore Secrets of the lighthouse
Jason Mott The wonder of all things
Chuck Palahniuk Beautiful you

Historical Fiction
Philip Freeman Saint Brigid's bones: a Celtic adventure

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Sandra Brown Mean streak
Conor Fitzgerald Bitter remedy
Conor Fitzgerald The memory key
Helen Giltrow The distance
John Grisham Gray Mountain
Carolyn Hart Ghost wanted
Patricia Highsmith Strangers on a train
Craig Johnson Wait for signs: twelve Longmire stories
Jonathan Kellerman The Golem of Hollywood
Dennis Lehane The drop
James Naughtie The madness of July
Tony Park The Delta
Tony Parsons The murder man
Lev Raphael Assault with a deadly lie: a Nick Hoffman novel of suspense
James Rollins The 6th Extinction: a Sigma Force novel
Urban Waite Sometimes the wolf
S. Craig Zahler Mean Business on North Ganson Street

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Peter F. Hamilton The abyss beyond dreams

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Rick Remender Black Science. Volume 1, How to fall forever 741.5 B627

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Larry R. Squire Memory: from mind to molecules 612.82 S774

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Thomas Dumm My father's house: on Will Barnet's paintings 759.13 B261
Richard Misrach Destroy this memory 779 M678d
Anne Sinclair My grandfather's gallery: a family memoir of art & war 709.2 S616
Ossian Ward Ways of looking: how to experience contemporary art 709.05 W256

Biography & Genealogy
Richard W. Etulain The life & legends of Calamity Jane 92 C141
Bettina Stangneth Eichmann before Jerusalem: the unexamined life of a mass murderer 92 E343s
John S.D. Eisenhower American general: the life & times of William Tecumseh Sherman 92 S553e

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
The librarian stereotype: deconstructing perceptions & presentations of information work 020.92 L697p

Business & Economics
Gary S. Cross Packaged pleasures: how technology & marketing revolutionized desire 658.8 C951
David E. O'Connor Deciphering economics: timely topics explained 330 O183
Helaine Olen Pound foolish: exposing the dark side of the personal finance industry 332.024 O455

Computer Science
Final Cut Express 4 005.3 A257b

Food & Drink
Tony Magee So you want to start a brewery?: the Lagunitas story 338.766 M191
Diane Morgan Roots: the definitive compendium with more than 225 recipes 641.65 M847

History
After empire: towards an ethnology of Europe's barbarians 940.1 A258
Susan Bordo The creation of Anne Boleyn: a new look at England's most notorious Queen 942.05 B729
Reese Erlich Inside Syria: the backstory of their civil war & what the world can expect 956.91 E69
Neil Foley Mexicans in the making of America 973.0468 F663
Gregg Herken The Georgetown set: the establishment elite who waged--and won--the Cold War 975.3 H548
Harold Holzer Lincoln & the power of the press: the war for public opinion 973.71 H762
Samuel Hynes The unsubstantial air: American fliers in the First World War 940.44 H997
Edward J. Larson The return of George Washington: 1783-1789 973.4 L334
Alexander Lee The ugly Renaissance: sex, greed, violence & depravity in an age of beauty 945.05 L477
Henrik O. Lunde A warrior dynasty: the rise & fall of Sweden as a military superpower, 1611-1721 948.5 L962
Brian Moynahan Leningrad: siege & symphony 940.542 M938
Geoffrey C. Ward The war: an intimate history, 1941-1945 940.5373 W256
Alexander Watson Ring of steel: Germany & Austria-Hungary in World War I 940.414 W337

Home & Family Management
Susan Sachs Lipman Fed up with frenzy: slow parenting in a fast-moving world 649.1 L764

Literature & Writing
Bohemians, bootleggers, flappers & swells: the best of early Vanity fair 810.8 B676
Steven Pinker The sense of style: the thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century 808.04 P655

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Anthony D. Barnosky Dodging extinction: power, food, money & the future of life on Earth 576.84 B262
Michele Raffin The birds of Pandemonium: life among the exotic & the endangered 639.97 R137
Tom Shachtman Gentlemen scientists & revolutionaries: the Founding Fathers in the Age of Enlightenment 509.2 S524

Performing Arts & Music
Maureen Callahan Champagne supernovas: Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen & the '90s renegades who remade fashion 746.9 C156

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Darlene Cohen Turning suffering inside out: a Zen approach to living with physical & emotional pain 294.34 C678
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Lectures on the history of philosophy 109 H4622
Jo Piazza If nuns ruled the world: ten sisters on a mission 255 P584

Politics & Government
William M. LeoGrande Back channel to Cuba: the hidden history of negotiations between Washington & Havana 327.73 L578

Social Sciences & Current Events
Bob Herbert Losing our way: an intimate portrait of a troubled America 305.55 H536
Lucy Worsley The art of the English murder 364.152 W931

Sports & Games
Erin Beresini Off course: inside the mad, muddy world of obstacle course racing 796.426 B491
Nicholas Romanov The running revolution: how to run faster, farther & injury-free -- for life 796.42 R759

Travel & Geography
Alec Wilkinson The happiest man in the world: an account of the life of Poppa Neutrino 910.92 N497

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

DVDs
Because of Winn-Dixie

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DVDs
Comedy
Casanova
Hung. The complete first season

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Agatha Christie's Poirot. Series 1
Masterpiece theatre. Death comes to Pemberley

Posted on Nov. 12, 2014 by Sarah Cruz

New Titles for the Week of October 31

BOOKS

FICTION
David Cronenberg Consumed
Jodi Picoult Leaving time
Colm Toibin Nora Webster

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Tasha Alexander The counterfeit heiress
Nicolas Freeling Not as far as Velma
Bill James The girl with the long back
Andrew Taylor The scent of death

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Audrey Auden Realms unreel

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Jeff Lemire Trillium 741.5 T829
Bryan Lee O'Malley Seconds 741.5 O543s
Greg Pak Make comics like the pros : the inside scoop on how to write, draw, and sell your comic books and graphic novels 741.51 P152

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Michael Fallon Creating the future : art and Los Angeles in the 1970s 709.7949 F196
Patricia J. Graham Japanese design : art, aesthetics & culture 745.0952 G738
Jane Daggett Dillenberger The religious art of Pablo Picasso 709.2 P586
Margaret Radcliffe The knowledgeable knitter : understand the inner workings of knitting and make every project a success 746.43 R125k
Robert Shore Post-photography : the artist with a camera 779 S559p

Biography & Genealogy
Hayley Campbell The art of Neil Gaiman 92 G141
Harlow Giles Unger John Marshall : the chief justice who saved the nation 92 M368u

Business & Economics
Ron A. Carucci Rising to power : the journey of exceptional executives 658.4 C329
Nigel Dodd The social life of money 332.4 D639
Aaron Hurst The Purpose Economy : How Your Desire for Impact, Personal Growth and Community Is Changing the World 330.1 H966
Steven H. Jaffe Capital of capital : money, banking + power in New York City 1784-2012 332.1 J232
Martin Wolf The shifts and the shocks : what we've learned -- and have still to learn -- from the financial crisis 330.9 W853

Chess
Fred Wilson 606 puzzles for chess nuts 794.124 W746s

Computer Science
Kate Hartman Make : wearable electronics 004.167 H333

Food & Drink
Jean-Pierre Moullé French roots : two cooks, two countries, and the beautiful food along the way 641.5944 M926

History
Anand Gopal No good men among the living : America, the Taliban, and the war through Afghan eyes 958.1 G659
Dan Jones The Wars of the Roses : the fall of the Plantagenets and the rise of the Tudors 942.04 J762

Languages & Linguistics
Stephin Merritt 101 two-letter words 428.1 M572
Jonathon Green The vulgar tongue : Green's history of slang 427 G79v

Law
Peter Baldwin The copyright wars : three centuries of trans-Atlantic battle 346.404 B181

Literature & Writing
Louise DeSalvo The art of slow writing 808.02 D441
Lord Emsworth's annotated Whiffle : the care of the pig by Augustus Whiffle 823 W83Yhl

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Eugene Potapov The gyrfalcon 598.96 P859
Scott Richard Shaw Planet of the bugs : evolution and the rise of insects 595.7 S534

Performing Arts & Music
Rhonda K. Garelick Mademoiselle : Coco Chanel and the pulse of history 746.9 C45gm
Cary Elwes As you wish : inconceivable tales from the making of The princess bride 791.43 E523
Ellen T. Harris George Frideric Handel : a life with friends 780.92 H23hl
Anne Helen Petersen Scandals of classic Hollywood : sex, deviance, and drama from the golden age of American cinema 384.8 P484
Herbie J. Pilato Glamour, Gidgets, and the girl next door : television's iconic women from the 50s, 60s, and 70s 791.45 P637g
Sci-fi chronicles : a visual history of the galaxy's greatest science fiction 791.43 S416h
Chris Taylor How Star Wars conquered the universe : the past, present, and future of a multibillion dollar franchise 791.43 T239

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Sahar Amer What is veiling? 297.5 A512
Joseph Berger The pious ones : the world of Hasidim and their battles with America 973.0492 B496
Kathryn Gin Lum Damned nation : hell in America from the Revolution to Reconstruction 236.25 G492
Dr. Joel M. Hoffman The Bible's cutting room floor : the Holy Scriptures missing from your Bible 220.1 H699
Wayne Muller A life of being, having, and doing enough 291.44 M958L
Tom Sturges Every idea is a good idea : be creative anytime, anywhere : how songwriters and other working artists get it done 153.35 S935
Edward O. Wilson The meaning of human existence 128 W746

Politics & Government
Jonathan Darman Landslide : Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Reagan, and the dismantling of modern American politics 320 D222
Heather Cox Richardson To make men free : a history of the Republican Party 324.273 R521

Reference
Guinness book of world records 032 G96 2015

Social Sciences & Current Events
Maziar Bahari Then they came for me : a family's story of love, captivity, and survival 365.45 B151
David C. Banks Soar : how boys learn, succeed, and develop character 371.821 B218
Matt Barreto Latino America : how America's most dynamic population is poised to transform the politics of the nation 320.973 B273
Alexis Coe Alice + Freda forever : a murder in Memphis 364.152 C672
Caitlin Doughty Smoke gets in your eyes : and other lessons from the crematory 363.75 D732
Dana Goldstein The teacher wars : a history of America's most embattled profession 371.102 G624
Steven Johnson How we got to now : six innovations that made the modern world 338.06 J661
Nigel McCrery Silent witnesses : the often gruesome but always fascinating history of forensic science 363.25 M132
Terry Mutchler Under this beautiful dome : a senator, a journalist, and the politics of gay love in America 306.76 M992
Karen Piper The price of thirst : global water inequality and the coming chaos 333.91 P665
Katha Pollitt Pro : reclaiming abortion rights 363.46 P775

Travel & Geography
Mary Burk Stairway walks in San Francisco 917.946 B16 2014
Eyewitness Caribbean 917.29 E97
Eyewitness India 915.4 E97
Eyewitness Ireland 914.15 E97
Fodor's Los Angeles 917.9494 F65
Lonely Planet Bangkok 915.93 L847b
Lonely Planet New Zealand 919.3 L847
Moon handbooks. Carolinas & Georgia 917.5 M818
Moon handbooks. Coastal California 917.94 M818c
Moon handbooks. Costa Rica's Caribbean Coast 917.286 M818c
Moon handbooks. Florida Gulf Coast 917.59 M818
Moon handbooks. Houston & the Texas Gulf coast 917.641 M818
Moon handbooks. Los Cabos 917.224 M818
Moon handbooks. Montréal & Québec City 917.142 M818
Moon handbooks. Nashville 917.685 M818
Moon handbooks. Oregon 917.95 M818
Moon handbooks. Vancouver & Victoria 917.112 M818
Moon handbooks. Wisconsin 917.75 M818
Moon outdoors. Pacific northwest camping 917.95 M818o
Make the most of your time on Earth : the rough guide to the world 910.2 R856m
Martin Yate Knock 'em dead : the ultimate job search guide, 2015 650.14 Y31 2015

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DVDs
Comedy
Melvin and Howard

Drama
The juror
Seven days in May

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
The complete Inspector Lewis. Disc 1 & 2
The complete Inspector Lewis. Disc 3 & 4
The complete Inspector Lewis. Disc 5 & 6
The complete Inspector Lewis. Disc 7 & 8
The complete Inspector Lewis. Disc 9 & 10
Inspector Lewis. Series 5
Inspector Lewis. Series 6
Mr. Moto takes a chance
Thank you, Mr. Moto
Think fast, Mr. Moto

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Species

Posted on Oct. 31, 2014 by Sarah Cruz

New Titles for the Week of October 24

BOOKS

FICTION
Ken Follett Edge of eternity
Marlon James A brief history of seven killings

Historical Fiction
Philippa Gregory The king's curse

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Margaret Coel Night of the white buffalo
Judith Cutler Death in Elysium
Erin Kelly Broadchurch

Short Stories
The best American mystery stories SS B563 2014
The best American short stories SS B56 2014
McSweeney's SS M175 no.47

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Joanne E. Drinan Water & wastewater treatment: a guide for the nonengineering professional 628.1 D779
Celia Lewis The illustrated guide to cows: how to choose them, how to keep them 636.2 L673
George Monbiot Feral: rewilding the land, the sea & human life 639.9 M736
Gareth Williams The Viking ship 623.821 W721

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Kari Chapin The handmade marketplace 745.5 C463h
Exhibition 709.05 E963
Leonard Maltin's movie & video guide. REF 791.4 M261 2015
Miles J. Unger Michelangelo: a life in six masterpieces 750.92 M623u
Photographer's market. REF 770 P565 2015
Sexuality 704.949 S518

Biography & Genealogy
Margot Asquith's Great War diary 1914-1916: the view from Downing Street 92 A8435g
Jonathan R. Eller Ray Bradbury unbound 92 B798el
Jared Cade Agatha Christie & the eleven missing days 92 C5552ca
Paul Sorrentino Stephen Crane: a life of fire 92 C889so

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Gail Sheehy Daring: my passages 070.92 S541
Sheila Weller The news sorority: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour-- & the (ongoing, imperfect, complicated) triumph of women in TV news 070.19 W448

Business & Economics
John Lanchester How to speak money 330.1 L248
Jeff Madrick Seven bad ideas: how mainstream economists have damaged America & the world 330.973 M183h
Brian Portnoy The investor's paradox: the power of simplicity in a world of overwhelming choice 332.6 P853
Robert Sher Mighty midsized companies: how leaders overcome 7 silent growth killers 658.4 S551
Jeff Sutherland Scrum: the art of doing twice the work in half the time 658.4 S966
Peter Thiel Zero to one: notes on startups, or how to build the future 658.11 T431

Computer Science
Walter Isaacson The innovators 004.092 I738

Food & Drink
Best food writing 641 B56 2014

Health & Medicine
Jonathan Eig The birth of the pill: how four crusaders reinvented sex & launched a revolution 618.18 E346
Bessel A. van der Kolk The body keeps the score: brain, mind & body in the healing of trauma 616.8521 V228

History
Nick Bunker An empire on the edge: how Britain came to fight America 973.3 B942
Christopher M. Bell Churchill & sea power 359.03 C563
Richard Cohen Israel: is it good for the Jews? 956.94 C678i
Lucy Delap Knowing their place: domestic service in twentieth-century Britain 941.082 D338
Nic Fields AD 69: emperors, armies & anarchy 937 F461
Ruth Goodman How to be a Victorian: a dawn-to-dusk guide to Victorian life 941.08 G653
Guy Halsall Worlds of Arthur: facts & fictions of the Dark Ages 942.014 H196
Tim Harris Rebellion: Britain's first Stuart kings, 1567-1642 941.06 H313
R.A. Houston Bride ales & penny weddings: recreations, reciprocity & regions in Britain from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century 941.02 H843
Alex King Memorials of the great war in Britain: the symbolism & politics of remembrance 940.4 K521
Henry (Yoshitaka) Kiyama The four immigrants manga: a Japanese experience in San Francisco, 1904-1924 979.461 K628 Comics
William Kornblum At sea in the city: New York from the water's edge 974.71 K846
A.J. Langguth After Lincoln: how the north won the Civil War & lost the peace 973.8 L278
James Mitchell The Scottish question 941.108 M681
Mary Elise Sarotte The collapse: the accidental opening of the Berlin Wall 943.087 S246
Desmond Seward The demon's brood: a history of the Plantagenet dynasty 942.03 S514
Christopher A. Whatley The Scots & the Union: then & now 941.106 W555

Home & Family Management
Mark Nelson The wastewater gardener: preserving the planet one flush at a time! 628.16 N424

Languages & Linguistics
Ella Frances Sanders Lost in translation: an illustrated compendium of untranslatable words from around the world 410 S215

Literature & Writing
Novel & short story writer's market REF 655.52 N937 2015
The Best American essays 814.8 B56 2014
The best American nonrequired reading 814.8 B561 2014
Italo Calvino Collection of sand: essays 854 C168
Guide to literary agents REF 655.52 G941 2015
Poet's market. REF 655.52 P745 2015

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
The best American science & nature writing 500 B56n 2014
Armand Marie Leroi The lagoon: how Aristotle invented science 570.1 L617
Randall Munroe What if?: serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions 500 M968

Performing Arts & Music
Rob Jovanovic God save The Kinks: a biography 780.92 K556
Joan Rivers Diary of a mad diva 792.092 R622d

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Katherine Carté Engel Religion & profit: Moravians in early America 284.6 E571
Walter Mischel The marshmallow test: mastering self-control 155.2 M678
Thich Nhat Hanh Savor: mindful eating, mindful life 294.3 N57s
Paul D. Tieger Do what you are: discover the perfect career for you through the secrets of personality type 155.2 T561

Politics & Government
Francis Fukuyama Political order & political decay: from the industrial revolution to the globalization of democracy 320.1 F961

Reference
Dictionary of untranslatables: a philosophical lexicon 103 D554
The Old farmer's almanack 051 O44c 2015

Social Sciences & Current Events
Linda Martín Alcoff Visible identities: race, gender & the self 305.8 A354
Anne Berest How to be Parisian wherever you are: love, style & bad habits 305.4 B491
Jason Boog Born reading: bringing up bookworms in a digital age 372.4 B724
Naomi Klein This changes everything: capitalism vs. the climate 363.738 K644
Rebecca Solnit Men explain things to me 305.42 S688

Sports & Games
The Best American sports writing 796 B56a 2014

Travel & Geography
The Best American travel writing. 910 B561 2014
Frommer's easyguide to Seattle, Portland & the Oregon coast 917.9 F93e
Frommer's Seattle day by day 917.977 F93d

Posted on Oct. 24, 2014 by Sarah Cruz

New Titles for the Week of October 17

BOOKS

FICTION
Martin Amis The zone of interest
Takahashi Hiraide The guest cat
Zia Haider Rahman In the light of what we know
Alice Simpson Ballroom
Garth Stein A sudden light

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Lisa Black Close to the bone
Archer Mayor Proof positive: a Joe Gunther novel

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Ann Leckie Ancillary sword

Short Stories
Hilary Mantel The assassination of Margaret Thatcher
Paul Theroux Mr. Bones: twenty stories

Westerns
Lin Enger The high divide

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
William Kentridge Six drawing lessons 701 K374

Biography & Genealogy
James Anderson Winn Queen Anne: patroness of arts 92 A6132w

Business & Economics
Jeremey Donovan How to deliver a TED talk: secrets of the world's most inspiring presentations 658.45 D687
Stefan Heck Resource revolution: how to capture the biggest business opportunity in a century 658.4 H448
Lewis C. Lin Decode & conquer: answers to product management interviews 658.5 L735
Elizabeth Woyke The smartphone: anatomy of an industry 384.53 W938

Chess
Casey Bush Grandmaster from Oregon: the life & games of Arthur Dake 794.15 D135b
Attack with G.M. Julian Hodgson 794.1 H691
Van Perlo's endgame tactics: a comprehensive guide to the sunny side of chess endgames 794.124 P451

Health & Medicine
Eula Biss On immunity: an inoculation 616.079 B623
Terrence Holt Internal medicine: a doctor's stories 616 H758

History
J.M. Beattie The first English detectives: the Bow Street Runners & the policing of London, 1750-1840 941.07 B369
Jessie Childs God's traitors: terror & faith in Elizabethan England 942.05 C537
J. D. Dickey Empire of mud: the secret history of Washington, DC 975.3 D551
Paula Sutter Fichtner The Habsburgs: dynasty, culture & politics 943.6 F445
Peter Heather The restoration of Rome: barbarian popes & imperial pretenders 909.07 H441
Sarah Rees Jones York: the making of a city 1068-1350 942.84 R328

Performing Arts & Music
Greil Marcus The history of rock 'n' roll in ten songs 782.421 M322

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Benedict Carey How we learn: the surprising truth about when, where & why it happens 153.15 C273
Amy-Jill Levine Short stories by Jesus: the enigmatic parables of a controversial rabbi 226.8 L665
Lorin Roche The Radiance Sutras: 112 gateways to the yoga of wonder & delight 294.59 R673
Scott Sowerby Making toleration: the repealers & the Glorious Revolution 274.1 S731
Rick Strassman DMT & the soul of prophecy: a new science of spiritual revelation in the Hebrew Bible 204 S897

Social Sciences & Current Events
Edward E. Baptist The half has never been told: slavery & the making of American capitalism 306.362 B222
Mathew Burrows The future, declassified: megatrends that will undo the world unless we take action 303.49 B972
Nicholas Carr The glass cage: automation & us 303.483 C311
The roommates: true tales of friendship, rivalry, romance & disturbingly close quarters 302 R777

Sports & Games
Rob Steen Floodlights & touchlines: a history of spectator sport 796.09 S814

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DVDs
Nonfiction
GM Leonid Kritz Conquer with the King's Indian defence DVD 794.122 C753

Posted on Oct. 17, 2014 by Sarah Cruz

New Titles for the Week of October 10

BOOKS

FICTION
David Bezmozgis The betrayers
Tom Dolby The sixth form
Dylan Landis Rainey Royal
Brian Morton Florence Gordon
Lauren Oliver Rooms
Meg Rosoff Picture me gone
Brian Francis Slattery The family hightower
Chrysler Szarlan The Hawley book of the dead
Julie Lawson Timmer Five days left

Historical Fiction
Alix Christie Gutenberg's apprentice
Kate Forsyth Bitter greens

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Anne Cleeland Murder in retribution
Hy Conrad Mr. Monk helps himself
Deborah Crombie To dwell in darkness
Walter Mosley Rose Gold: an Easy Rawlins mystery
Kathy Reichs Bones never lie
Vidar Sundstøl Only the dead

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Larry Niven The Ringworld throne

Short Stories
Prison noir SS P959

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Cody Lundin 98.6 degrees: the art of keeping your ass alive 613.69 L962

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Calvin Tomkins Marcel Duchamp: the afternoon interviews 750.92 D826ta
Betty Halbreich I'll drink to that: a life in style, with a twist 746.9 H157
Roderick Kiracofe Unconventional & unexpected: American quilts below the radar 1950-2000 746.46 K581
Sarah Blake McHam Pliny & the Artistic Culture of the Italian Renaissance 709.45 M149
World press photo 778 W92 2014

Biography & Genealogy
Natalie Zemon Davis Women on the margins: three seventeenth-century lives 920.72 D261
Elizabeth Speller Following Hadrian: a second century journey through the Roman Empire 92 H132s
Geoffrey C. Ward The Roosevelts 920 R781
Justin Martin Rebel Souls: Walt Whitman & America's First Bohemians 920 W615
John Lahr Tennessee Williams: mad pilgrimage of the flesh 92 W7265La

Business & Economics
Gary Erickson Raising the bar: integrity & passion in life & business: a journey toward sustaining your business, brand, people, community & the planet 338.766 E682
Nathan Furr The innovator's method: bringing the lean start-up into your organization 658.4 F989
Steven Haines The product manager's survival guide: everything you need to know to succeed as a product manager 658.5 H153

Computer Science
Charles Seife Virtual unreality: just because the Internet told you, how do you know it's true? 025.04 S459

Food & Drink
Gunnar Karl Gíslason North: the new Nordic cuisine of Iceland 641.5949 G895
Alexander Lobrano Hungry for France 641.5944 L799

Health & Medicine
Paul A. Ruggieri The cost of cutting: a surgeon reveals the truth behind a multibillion-dollar industry 338.4761 R931

History
Tommaso Astarita Between salt water & holy water: a history of Southern Italy 945.7 A852
Neil Hanson Unknown soldiers: the story of the missing of the First World War 940.48 H251
Daniel Walker Howe Making the American self: Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln 973 H849
Susan P. Meisel The Hamptons: life behind the hedges 974.72 M515
Munro Price Napoleon: the end of glory 940.27 P945

Home & Family Management
Andrea Wulf Founding gardeners: the revolutionary generation, nature & the shaping of the American nation 712.0973 W961

Literature & Writing
Christopher Hilliard To exercise our talents: the democratization of writing in Britain 820.9 H654

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Zvi Artstein Mathematics & the real world: the remarkable role of evolution in the making of mathematics 510.9 A792
Tim Birkhead Ten thousand birds: ornithology since Darwin 598.09 B619
Lawrence M. Krauss Quantum man: Richard Feynman's life in science 530.92 F43k
Annette Giesecke The mythology of plants: botanical lore from ancient Greece & Rome 581 G455
Richard J. King The devil's cormorant 598.4 K521

Performing Arts & Music
Gregg Akkerman The last balladeer: the Johnny Hartman story 780.92 H333
Alejo Carpentier Music in Cuba 780.972 C297
Mark Griep Reaction!: chemistry in the movies 791.43 G848
Barbara Isenberg Tradition!: the highly improbable, ultimately triumphant, Broadway-to-Hollywood story of Fiddler on the roof, the world's most beloved musical 792.6 I78

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Linda Carroll Love cycles: the five essential stages of lasting love 152.4 C319
Paul Dolan Happiness by design: change what you do, not how you think 158 D659

Politics & Government
Lawrence Wright Thirteen days in September: Carter, Begin & Sadat at Camp David 327.73 W947

Reference
Annual register of grant support. 361.7 A61 2015
International literary market place. 655.52 I61 2015

Social Sciences & Current Events
Hunter S. Thompson Hell's Angels: a strange & terrible saga 364.106 T468
Ethan Zuckerman Rewire: digital cosmopolitans in the age of connection 302.23 Z942

Sports & Games
Luke Dempsey Club Soccer 101: the essential guide to the stars, stats & stories of 101 of the greatest teams in the world 796.334 D389

Travel & Geography
Frommer's France 914.4 F93
Lonely Planet Volunteer: a traveller’s guide to making a difference around the world 910.2 L847v

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
Lincoln Child The third gate
Pete Hamill Tabloid city
Michael Koryta The ridge
Jo Nesbø Phantom
Jo Nesbø Police
Jo Nesbø The redeemer
Tom Wolfe Back to blood

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AUDIOBOOKS
Nonfiction
Jane Goodall Seeds of hope: wisdom & wonder from the world of plants CD 580 G646

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CDs
Pop
Sinéad O'Connor The lion & the cobra CD Pop O'Connor

Posted on Oct. 10, 2014 by Sarah Cruz

New Titles for the Week of October 3

BOOKS

FICTION
Lauren Beukes Broken monsters
Philippe Djian Betty Blue: the story of a passion
Laird Hunt Neverhome
Eimear McBride A girl is a half-formed thing
Ian McEwan The children act
Joseph O'Neill The dog
Edward St. Aubyn On the edge
Sarah Waters The paying guests

Historical Fiction
Laila Lalami The Moor's account

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Jussi Adler-Olsen The Marco Effect: a Department Q novel
Reed Farrel Coleman Robert B. Parker's Blind spot: a Jesse Stone novel
James Ellroy Perfidia
Dan Fesperman Unmanned
Jane Haddam Fighting chance: a Gregor Demarkian novel
John Harvey Darkness, darkness
Peter Lovesey The stone wife: a Peter Diamond investigation
David Rollins Standoff

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Emily St. John Mandel Station eleven

Short Stories
Margaret Atwood Stone mattress: nine tales

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Joe Hill Wraith 741.5 W939

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Brian Clegg Final frontier: the pioneering science & technology of exploring the universe 629.4 C624

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Sitters & signatures: autographed portraits by Arnold Newman 770.92 N552s
Sanford Schwartz William Nicholson 750.92 N624
Public works: Public Bikes poster exhibition 741.67 P976
Leon Rosenstein Antiques: the history of an idea 745.1 R815
Cindy Sherman: working girl: decade series 2005 770.92 S553w
thtk (2010-present) 770 T531
Sylvia Wolf The digital eye: photographic art in the electronic age 775 W853

Biography & Genealogy
Adrian Goldsworthy Augustus: first emperor of Rome 92 A922g

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Charles M. Blow Fire shut up in my bones: a memoir 070.92 B657
Mark Y. Herring Are Libraries Obsolete?: An Argument for Relevance in the Digital Age 020.285 H567

Business & Economics
Ha-Joon Chang Economics: the user's guide 330 C456
James K. Galbraith The end of normal: the Great Crisis & the future of growth 330.9 G139
John A. Tracy How to read a financial report: wringing vital signs out of the numbers 657.3 T761

Chess
John Healy Coffeehouse chess tactics 794.1 H434
Géza Maróczy London 1922 794.15 M35L
Robert Sherwood Pasadena 1932 international chess tournament 794.157 S554
Sergei Soloviov Super tournaments 2003 794.15 S689
Jan van Reek Grand strategy: 60 games by Boris Spassky 794.15 S73r

Food & Drink
Jay R. Brooks California breweries north 663.42 B873
Marisa McClellan Preserving by the pint: quick seasonal canning for small spaces 641.4 M126p

History
Makers of modern Asia 950.4 M235
Peter Snow When Britain burned the White House: the 1814 invasion of Washington 975.3 S674

Literature & Writing
The best American poetry 811.08 B56 2014
Maureen Corrigan So we read on: how The Great Gatsby came to be & why it endures 813 F55c
Bill Hoogterp Your perfect presentation: speak in front of any audience anytime anywhere & never be nervous again 808.5 H779

Performing Arts & Music
Sheila E. The beat of my own drum 780.92 E111
W. Scott Poole Vampira: dark goddess of horror 791.45 P822

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Jacob Needleman What is God? 211 N375

Social Sciences & Current Events
Lewis Buzbee Blackboard: a personal history of the classroom 371.1 B992
Julia Reynolds Blood in the fields: ten years inside California's Nuestra Familia gang 364.106 R462

Travel & Geography
Atlas of Cities 912 A881
Eyewitness Top 10 Dubai & Abu Dhabi 915.357 E97t
Frommer's easyguide to Chicago 917.731 F93e

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Mary Lyn Ray ; illustrated by Chris Neal Go to sleep, little farm

Nonfiction
Kathryn Gibbs Davis ; illustrated by Gilbert Ford Mr. Ferris & his wheel 791.068 F394
Tracey Fern ; illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully Dare the wind 387.5 C913

DVDs
Frozen

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DVDs
Classics
Jane Eyre

Drama
The damned United
The great Gatsby
The guard
The professional
Renoir

Foreign Language
Divorce Italian style (Divorzio all'italiana)
The face of another (Tanin no kao)
I live in fear (Ikimono no kiroku)
The idiot (Hakuchi)
No regrets for our youth (Waga seishun ni kuinashi)
One wonderful Sunday (Subarashiki nichiyōbi)
Pitfall (Otoshiana)
Scandal (Shūbun)
The supplements to Three films by Hiroshi Teshigahara
Woman in the dunes (Suna no onna)

Musicals
Born to dance ; Lady be good
Till the clouds roll by ; Royal wedding

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
The Spanish prisoner

Nonfiction
Karpov's best games DVD 794.15 K188

Posted on Oct. 3, 2014 by Sarah Cruz

New Titles for the Week of September 26

BOOKS

FICTION
Dorothy Canfield The home-maker

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Joe Gannon Night of the jaguar
Claude Izner The disappearance at Père-Lachaise: a Victor Legris mystery
Todd Moss The golden hour
Anne Perry Blood on the water: a William Monk novel
Max Ruen The crooked finger
Frank Smith The cold hand of malice
Sally Spencer Backlash: a Monika Paniatowski mystery
Timothy Williams Another sun

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Jules Feiffer Kill my mother: a graphic novel 741.5 F297k
Jaime Hernandez The love bunglers 741.5 H5571L

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Jan Tschichold The new typography: a handbook for modern designers 686.2 T879

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Barbara Haskell Milton Avery 750.92 A954
Clare Elliott Forrest Bess: seeing things invisible 750.92 B557
Birth of Impressionism: masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay 759.4 B619
Brassai: Paris nocturne 770.92 B823p
John W. Dower The elements of Japanese design: a handbook of family crests, heraldry & symbolism 745 D746
The first Georgians: art & monarchy, 1714-1760 709.033 F527
Robert Frank Me & my brother 770.92 F82m
Steven Heller Shadow type: classic three-dimensional lettering 745.6 H477
Todd Hido Ohio 770.92 H632
Detlef Mertins Mies 720.92 M63m
Klaus Kertess Joan Mitchell 750.92 M673k
Marianne Mueller Noon 770.92 M958
Isamu Noguchi, space of akari & stone 730.92 N77s
Abner Nolan Away 770.92 N787
Lynn Saville Night shift: photographs 770.92 S267
Alec Soth Sheep 770.92 S717
Andreas Franzke Tàpies 750.92 T17f
Chris Stephens Brian Wall 730.92 W187
Teresa A. Carbone & Kellie Jones Witness: art & civil rights in the sixties 704.949 W825

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Tina Frolund Read on...history: reading lists for every taste REF 016.9 F929

Business & Economics
Joshua Horwitz War of the whales: a true story 333.95 H824
Twyla Tharp The collaborative habit: life lessons for working together 650.13 T367

Chess
Jon R. Edwards ChessBase complete: chess in the digital age 794.17 E261

Health & Medicine
Gregory Hickok The myth of mirror neurons: the real neuroscience of communication & cognition 612.82 H629
Sandeep Jauhar Doctored: the disillusionment of an American physician 610.92 J412
Jeffrey Kluger The narcissist next door: understanding the monster in your family, in your office, in your bed--in your world 616.8585 K667
Liza Long The price of silence: a mom's perspective on mental illness 362.2 L848
Emily Martin Bipolar expeditions: mania & depression in American culture 362.196 M379
Judy Melinek Working stiff: two years, 262 bodies & the making of a medical examiner 614.1 M522
Steven H. Richeimer Confronting Chronic Pain: a pain doctor's guide to relief 615.85 R527

History
Michael C. C. Adams Living hell: the dark side of the Civil War 973.71 A211
Luis Alberto Romero A history of Argentina in the twentieth century 982.06 R763

Home & Family Management
Dona Matthews Beyond intelligence: secrets for raising happily productive kids 649.1 M438

Languages & Linguistics
Bruce Donaldson Dutch: a comprehensive grammar 439.31 D676
Ramona Gönczöl-Davies Romanian, an essential grammar 459 G571
Carol Rounds Hungarian: an essential grammar 494.511 R859

Literature & Writing
Women poets of the Italian Renaissance: courtly ladies & courtesans 851.08 W872

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Marc Kaufman Mars up close: inside the Curiosity mission 559.9 K212

Performing Arts & Music
Philip Ziegler Olivier 792.092 O46z
Richard Havers Verve: the sound of America 781.65 V571h

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Linda Babcock Ask for it: how women can use the power of negotiation to get what they really want 158.5 B112
Lon Milo DuQuette Homemade magick: the musings & mischief of a do-it-yourself magus 133.43 D946
Craig Harline Way below the angels: the pretty clearly troubled but not even close to tragic confessions of a real live Mormon missionary 266 H285
Daniel J. Levitin The organized mind: thinking straight in the age of information overload 153.42 L666
Andrew Smart Autopilot: the art & science of doing nothing 155.9 S636
Glendyne R. Wergland One Shaker life: Isaac Newton Youngs, 1793-1865 289.8 Y811

Politics & Government
Ann Hagedorn The invisible soldiers: how America outsourced our security 355.033 H141
Henry Kissinger World order 327 K618w

Reference
Linda S. Godfrey American monsters: a history of monster lore, legends & sightings in America 001.944 G583

Social Sciences & Current Events
Diane Ackerman The human age: the world shaped by us 304.2 A182
Paul Roberts The impulse society: America in the age of instant gratification 306.3 R643
George E. Vaillant Triumphs of experience: the men of the Harvard Grant Study 305.31 V131

Posted on Sep. 26, 2014 by Sarah Cruz

New Titles for the Week of September 19

BOOKS

FICTION
Jonathan Coe Expo 58
Ann Hood An Italian wife
Jan Karon Somewhere safe with somebody good
Audrey Magee The undertaking
Randy Susan Meyers Accidents of marriage
Nayomi Munaweera Island of a thousand mirrors
Cecile Pineda Fishlight: a dream of childhood
Cecile Pineda Redoubt: a mononovel
Joanna Scott De Potter's grand tour

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Simon Brett The Cinderella killer
Tod Goldberg Gangsterland
Julia Keller Summer of the dead
Martin Limon The iron sickle
William J. Palmer. The detective & Mr. Dickens: being an account of the Macbeth murders & the strange events surrounding them

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Patricia Briggs Shifting shadows: stories from the world of Mercy Thompson

Short Stories
Ludmilla Petrushevskaya There once lived a girl who seduced her sister's husband & he hanged himself

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
The star wars 741.5 S795
Brian K. Vaughan Swamp Thing Volume 2 741.5 S971

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Scott Hunt The Practical Preppers complete guide to disaster preparedness 613.69 H939

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Calder & abstraction: from avant-garde to iconic 730.92 C14c
Michael Duncan Semina culture: Wallace Berman & his circle 709.794 D911
Eleanor Heartney The reckoning: women artists of the new millennium 704.042 H436
Jessye Norman Stand up straight & sing! 780.92 N842
A punch of color: fifty years of painting by Camille Patha 759.13 P297

Food & Drink
Claudia Lucero One-hour cheese 637.3 L935
Deborah Madison The new vegetarian cooking for everyone 641.563 M17n

Health & Medicine
Richard O'Connor Rewire: change your brain to break bad habits, overcome addictions, conquer self-destructive behavior 616.8582 O183

History
Edward Dolnick The rush: America's fevered quest for fortune, 1848-1853 979.404 D665
Dennis Evanosky San Francisco then & now 979.461 E92s
The Nixon tapes, 1971-1972 973.924 N736
Marcus Rediker Outlaws of the Atlantic: sailors, pirates & motley crews in the Age of Sail 387 R31o
Roger Stone The man who killed Kennedy: the case against LBJ 973.922 S877

Languages & Linguistics
John Whitlam Modern Brazilian Portuguese grammar: a practical guide 469.7 W613

Performing Arts & Music
Jan Swafford Beethoven: anguish & triumph 780.92 B415sw

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Jim Davies Riveted: the science of why jokes make us laugh, movies make us cry & religion makes us feel one with the universe 155.7 D255
Alan Ryan On Marx: revolutionary & utopian 335.4 R988
Joshua Wolf Shenk Powers of two: finding the essence of innovation in creative pairs 153.35 S546

Politics & Government
Ken Adelman Reagan at Reykjavik: forty-eight hours that ended the Cold War 327.73 A229
Alan Ryan On Tocqueville: democracy & America 320.973 R988

Reference
The Writer's market 2015 REF 655.52 W95 2015

Social Sciences & Current Events
David DeKok Murder in the stacks: Penn State, Betsy Aardsma & the killer who got away 364.152 D328
William Deresiewicz Excellent sheep: the miseducation of the American elite & the way to a meaningful life 378.73 D431
Amin Ghaziani There goes the gayborhood? 306.76 G411

Posted on Sep. 19, 2014 by Sarah Cruz

New Titles for the Week of September 12

BOOKS

FICTION
Jessie Burton The miniaturist
Elizabeth Jane Howard All change
Colleen McCullough Bittersweet
David Mitchell The bone clocks
Susan Elizabeth Phillips Heroes are my weakness
Michael Pitre Fives & twenty-fives
Susan Vreeland Lisette's list

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Arnaldur Indridason Strange shores
James R. Benn The rest is silence
Chelsea Cain One Kick
Lee Child Personal: a Jack Reacher novel
Tana French The secret place
Gregg Hurwitz Don't look back
Faye Kellerman Murder 101: a Decker/Lazarus novel
Ward Larsen Assassin's game
Peter May The Lewis man
Louise Penny The long way home
M.J. Trow Traitor's storm

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Lev Grossman The magician's land
John Scalzi Lock in
Peter Watts Echopraxia

Short Stories
The year's best science fiction SS Y39s

Westerns
Bruce Holbert The hour of lead

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Jim Benton Dog butts & love. & stuff like that. & cats. 741.5 B478
Denise Mina The girl who played with fire 741.5 M663f

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Christian Becksvoort With the grain: a craftsman's guide to understanding wood 684.08 B397
Joseph Moxon The art of joinery 684.08 M937
Christopher Schwarz The Anarchist's tool chest 684.08 S411
Robert Wearing The essential woodworker: skills, tools & methods 684.08 W362

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Appropriation 709.04 A652
The artist's joke 700 A791
Beauty 701 B384
Chance 701.8 C454
The cinematic 778.5 C574
Colour 701 C719
Craftivism: the art of craft & activism 745.5 C8837
Design & art 745.2 D449
Education 707.1 E244
The everyday 701 E936
Failure 709.04 F161
The Gothic 700.415 G684
Eye to eye: photographs by Vivian Maier 770.92 M217
Memory 709.04 M533
Painting 759.06 P148
Sam Piyasena Just draw it! 741.2 P694
Sam Piyasena Just paint it! 751.4 P694
Ruins 709 R934
Situation 709.04 S623
Sound 709.04 S724
The studio 702.8 S933
The sublime 701 S941
Utopias 700 U91
Luc van Malderen American architecture: a vintage postcard collection 720.973 V262
Tom Wilkinson Bricks & mortals: ten great buildings & the people they made 720.1 W686

Biography & Genealogy
William Howard Adams The Paris years of Thomas Jefferson 92 J45a
Wanda M. Corn Seeing Gertrude Stein: five stories 92 S818c
Andrew Sinclair Dylan the bard: a life of Dylan Thomas 92 T4553s

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
The archive 027 A672
Global muckraking: 100 years of investigative journalism from around the world 070.43 G5621

Business & Economics
Ben Arment Dream year: make the leap from a job you hate to a life you love 650.1 A728
Heather Brilliant Why moats matter: the Morningstar approach to stock investing 332.6322 B857
Gareth Murphy Cowboys & indies: the epic history of the record industry 338.4778 M978

Chess
Christoph Scheerer The greatest ever chess opening ideas 794.122 S315

Computer Science
IOS 7 programming cookbook 005.1 I64n

Food & Drink
John Hailman Thomas Jefferson on wine 641.22 J453

Health & Medicine
Jack Stern Ending back pain: 5 powerful steps to diagnose, understand & treat your ailing back 617.56 S839

History
Dinesh D'Souza America: imagine a world without her 973 D81a
Joel Christian Gill Strange fruit. Volume 1, Uncelebrated narratives from Black history 973.0496 G475 Comics
Michael Haag Alexandria: city of memory 962 H111
Paul Ham Hiroshima, Nagasaki: the real story of the atomic bombings & their aftermath 940.542 H198
Ken Hughes Chasing shadows: the Nixon tapes, the Chennault affair & the origins of Watergate 973.924 H893
Jim A. Loveland Dinner is served: fine dining aboard the Southern Pacific 385.22 L898
Julia Lovell The Opium War: drugs, dreams & the making of China 951 L89o
Lauren Mackay Inside the Tudor court: Henry VIII & his six wives through the writings of the Spanish ambassador 942.05 M153
Shigeru Mizuki Showa: a history of Japan, 1939-1944 952.03 M685 Comics
The Routledge history of Western empires 909.097 R869
Peter Schneider Berlin now: the city after the Wall 943.155 S358
Brandon Stanton Humans of New York 974.7 S792
Ilan Stavans A most imperfect union: a contrarian history of the United States 973 S798 Comics
Christian Wolmar To the edge of the world: the story of the Trans-Siberian Express, the world's greatest railroad 385.09 W86t

Languages & Linguistics
Dana Bielec Polish: an essential grammar 491.85 B587
Craig Conley One-letter words: a dictionary 423.1 C752
Thomas Ihde Colloquial Irish: the complete course for beginners 491.62 I251
Fred Karlsson Finnish: an essential grammar 494.541 K185
Tom Lundskær-Nielsen Danish: an essential grammar 439.81 L962

Law
Stephen Elias Special needs trusts: protect your child's financial future 332.024 E422

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Marc Abrahams This is improbable too: synchronized cows, speedy brain extractors & more WTF research 502 A159
Miranda Lundy Sacred geometry 516.1 L962
John Bemelmans Marciano Whatever happened to the metric system?: how America kept its feet 530.8 M319
Keith Parsons It started with Copernicus: vital questions about science 501 P267

Performing Arts & Music
Carolyn Abbate A history of opera 782.1 A123
Dance 792.8 D173
Robert Greenfield Ain't it time we said goodbye: the Rolling Stones on the road to exile 782.421 R75g
Ted Hope Hope for film: from the frontline of the independent cinema revolutions 791.43 H791

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Nature 111.85 N285

Politics & Government
Akhil Reed Amar America's unwritten constitution: the precedents & principles we live by 342.7302 A485
D.J. Mulloy The world of the John Birch Society: conspiracy, conservatism & the Cold War 322.44 M959

Reference
Guide to reference in business & economics REF 016.33 G946

Social Sciences & Current Events
Peter C. Brown Make it stick: the science of successful learning 370.15 B877
Robert Franek The best 379 colleges REF 378.73 F826
Elizabeth Green Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works (and How to Teach it to Everyone) 370.7 G795
Garret Keizer Getting schooled: the reeducation of an American teacher 373.1 K289
Monica R. Martinez Deeper learning: how eight innovative public schools are transforming education in the twenty-first century 371.2 M385
Postsecondary play: the role of games & social media in higher education 378.17 P858
Naomi Schaefer Riley Opportunity & hope: transforming children's lives through scholarships 371.2 R573
Michael S. Roth Beyond the university: why liberal education matters 370.11 R845

Sports & Games
Michael Spilling Long distance running for beginners 796.42 S756
Barry Wilner Crazyball: sports scandals, superstitions & sick plays 796 W744

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DVDs
Comedy
Barcelona

Drama
Prospero's books: an adaptation of The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Under the volcano

Foreign Language
Le petit lieutenant

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Crime of passion
Miss Morison's ghosts

Posted on Sep. 15, 2014 by Sarah Cruz