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New Titles: April 21 - April 27, 2012

BOOKS

FICTION
S.G. Browne Lucky bastard
Amara Lakhous Divorce Islamic style
Robert Olmstead The coldest night
Ruta Sepetys Between shades of gray

Historical Fiction
Kate Furnivall The White Pearl
Katherine Howe The house of velvet & glass
Ron Rash The cove

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
David Baldacci The innocent
Tom Clancy Locked on
Denise Hamilton Damage control
Tony Hays The stolen bride
Philip Kerr Prague fatale
Camilla Läckberg The stonecutter
Jassy Mackenzie The fallen
Susan Elia MacNeal Mr. Churchill's secretary
Liza Marklund Last will
S.J. Parris Sacrilege: a thriller
Mark Allen Smith The inquisitor
Wallace Stroby Kings of midnight
Stuart Woods Unnatural acts: a Stone Barrington novel

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
John Long Darwin's devices: what evolving robots can teach us about the history of life & the future of technology 629.8 L848

Arts & Architecture
Christopher Simon Sykes David Hockney: the biography, 1937-1975: a rake's progress 750.92 H68s
Arthur Tress San Francisco 1964 979.461 T799

Biography & Genealogy
Swami Kriyanan Paramhansa Yogananda: a biography, with personal reflections & reminiscences 92 Y54k
Anne Lamott Some assembly required: a journal of my son's first son 92 L235
Jeanette Winterson Why be happy when you could be normal? 92 W788

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Joseph A. Dane What is a book?: the study of early printed books 002.09 D179
James W. Hall Hit lit: cracking the code of the twentieth century's best sellers 028.9 H177

Business & Economics
Nick Burcher Paid, owned, earned: maximizing marketing returns in a socially connected world 658.8 B947
Alexis Maybank & Alexandra Wilkis Wilson By invitation only: how we built Gilt Groupe & changed the way millions shop 381.14 M467
Frank A. Sloan & Chee-Ruey Hsieh Health economics 338.4736 S634
Standard & Poor's 500 guide REF 332.6 S78f

Chess
How to play the Najdorf. Vol. 2. [DVD-ROM] 794.122 H847

Computer Science
Earle Castledine & Craig Sharkie jQuery: novice to ninja 005.1 H874cas

Food & Drink
Liz Primeau In pursuit of garlic: an intimate look at the divinely odorous bulb 641.65 P95
Josh Schonwald The taste of tomorrow: dispatches from the future of food 641.3 S371

Health & Medicine
Larkin Barnett Practical centering: exercises to energize your chakras for vitality, relaxation & health 615.852 B261
David Healy Pharmageddon 338.4761 H434
Marion Nestle & Malden Nesheim Why calories count: from science to politics 613.2 M46w

History
Fergus M. Bordewich America's great debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas & the compromise that preserved the Union 973.6 B72
John P. Eaton & Charles A. Haas Titanic: triumph & tragedy: a chronicle in words & pictures 910.45 E14
Peter Englund The beauty & the sorrow: an intimate history of the First World War 940.3 E588
Catherine Horwood Women & their gardens: a history from the Elizabethan era to today 635.082 H824
Paul Preston The Spanish holocaust: inquisition & extermination in twentieth-century Spain 946.081 P937
Alasdair Roberts America's first Great Depression: economic crisis & political disorder after the Panic of 1837 330.973 R643
Craig Shirley December 1941: 31 days that changed America & saved the world 940.542 S558
J. C. A. Stagg The War of 1812: conflict for a continent 973.52 S779

Languages & Linguistics
Bente Elsworth Complete Danish 439.81 E499
Daniel L. Everett Language: the cultural tool 400 E933

Literature & Writing
Kevin J. Hayes A journey through American literature 810.9 H417
Liu Xiaobo June fourth elegies 895.1 L783y
Susan Sontag As consciousness is harnessed to flesh: journals & notebooks, 1964-1980 818 S69j

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Jesse Bering The belief instinct: the psychology of souls, destiny & the meaning of life 200.1 B511
Matthew Hutson The 7 laws of magical thinking: how irrational beliefs keep us happy, healthy & sane 153.4 H981
Leslie Kean UFOs: generals, pilots & government officials go on the record 001.942 K242
Lani Leary No one has to die alone: preparing for a meaningful death 306.9 L438
Marsha Lucas Rewire your brain for love: creating vibrant relationships using the science of mindfulness 158.2 L933
Dario Maestripieri Games primates play: an undercover investigation of the evolution & economics of human relationships 155.7 M186

Pure Sciences
Richard Fortey Horseshoe crabs & velvet worms: the story of the animals & plants that time has left behind 595 F738
Holly Menino Calls beyond our hearing: unlocking the secrets of animal voices 591.59 M545
Edward O. Wilson The social conquest of earth 599.93 W74

Social Sciences & Current Events
Hipolito Acosta The shadow catcher 363.285 A185

Sports & Games
Damn Yankees: twenty-four major league writers on the world's most loved (and hated) team 796.357 D162

Travel & Geography
Explorer's Guide Arkansas 917.67 E96
Explorer's Guide San Diego: a great destination 917.9498 E96
Eyewitness Travel The Italian Riviera 914.518 E97
Fodor's Belize 917.282 F65
Fodor's in focus Charleston 917.57 F65
Kent F. Frates & Larry Floyd Oklahoma hiking trails 917.66 F844
Frommer's Costa Rica 2012 917.286 F93
Frommer's Dubai 915.357 F93
Frommer's Grand Canyon National Park 917.9132 F93
Frommer's Moscow & St. Petersburg 914.72 F93
Frommer's portable Aruba, Bonaire & Curaçao 917.298 F93
Frommer's Portugal 914.69 F93
Frommer's Rome 914.56 F93
Frommer's Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks 917.87 F93
Insiders' guide to Connecticut 917.46 I591
Van Jordahl & Gerald Strom 20 great BWCA trips 917.76 J821
Lonely Planet Southwest USA 917.9 L847
Michelin green guide Switzerland 914.94 M623
The rough guide to Bolivia 918.4 R856
The rough guide to Denmark 914.89 R856
The rough guide to Italy 914.5 R856
The rough guide to Taiwan 915.124 R856

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
Elizabeth George Believing the lie
Jodi Picoult Lone wolf
James Sallis Driven

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Nonfiction
Carla Killough McClafferty The many faces of George Washington: remaking a presidential icon 92 W318mc

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AUDIOBOOKS
Nonfiction
Howard Schultz Onward: how Starbucks fought for its life without losing its soul 338.766 S387oc

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DVDs
Classics
Double wedding
Evelyn Prentice
I love you again
Intermezzo
Manhattan melodrama
Psycho

Comedy
Big
Broadcast news

Drama
The heart of me
A perfect world
Sweet bird of youth
Women in love

Foreign Language
The concert (Le concert )
L'eclisse
The Makioka sisters (Sasameyuki)

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
The fallen idol

Nonfiction
Pumping iron 796.41 P983
Treasures 5: the west, 1898-1938 791.43 T784w
Vintage San Francisco infrastructure film collection 979.461 V789
Why quilts matter 746.46 W629
Will the real terrorist please stand up 327.12 W689

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CDs
Classical
Jean Sibelius The wood-nymph (tone poem & melodrama versions) ; A lonely ski-trail ; Swanwhite
Alain Trudel Trombone concerti

Jazz
Barrelhouse boogie

Vocal
The Oxford American Southern music CD no. 13: Mississippi

World
Music from the forests of Riau & Mentawai
Music of Nias & North Sumatra: Hoho, Gendang Karo, Gondang Toba
Vocal & instrumental music from east & central Flores

Posted on Apr. 27, 2012 by Matt Montgomery