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New Titles: April 28 - May 4, 2012

BOOKS

FICTION
Kris D'Agostino The Sleepy Hollow family almanac
Kirby Gann Ghosting
Douglas Kennedy Temptation
Nora Roberts The witness
Charlotte Rogan The lifeboat
Graham Swift Wish you were here

Historical Fiction
William Boyd Waiting for sunrise
Andrés Neuman Traveler of the century
Paul Waters The philosopher prince: a novel of battle & deception in the Roman Empire

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Jakob Arjouni Happy birthday, Turk!: a Kayankaya thriller
William C. Gordon The Chinese jars
Iris Johansen What doesn't kill you
Helen Knode Wildcat play: a mystery
Jens Lapidus Easy money
Joseph Olshan Cloudland
Kirk Russell Counterfeit road: a Ben Raveneau mystery
Lisa Scottoline Come home

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Stephen King The wind through the keyhole: a dark tower novel

Short Stories
Ferdinand von Schirach Guilt: stories

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NONFICTION
Arts & Architecture
Architecture of the sacred: space, ritual & experience from classical Greece to Byzantium 726 A673
Margaret Radcliffe Circular knitting workshop 746.43 R125

Biography & Genealogy
William Hjortsberg Jubilee hitchhiker: the life & times of Richard Brautigan 92 B826
Alice Kessler-Harris A difficult woman: the challenging life & times of Lillian Hellman 92 H4775k
Michael Kranish & Scott Helman The real Romney 92 R766
Peter Rader Mike Wallace: a life 070.92 W192r

Business & Economics
Simon Johnson & James Kwak White House burning: the founding fathers, our national debt & why it matters to you 336.3 J69
Timothy Noah The great divergence: America's growing inequality crisis & what we can do about it 339.2 N739
Ken Segall Insanely simple: the obsession that drives Apple's success 658.4 S448

Chess
John Donaldson & Nikolay Minev The life & games of Akiva Rubinstein, volume 2: the later years 794.1 R89d v.2
Dan Heisman A guide to chess improvement: the best of Novice Nook 794.1 H473g
William Lombardy Understanding chess: my system, my games, my life 794.15 L842

Food & Drink
Kris Hoogerhyde, Anne Walker & Dabney Gough Sweet cream & sugar cones: 90 recipes for making your own ice cream & frozen treats from Bi-Rite Creamery 641.86 H779

History
Brian Latell Castro's secrets: the CIA & Cuba's intelligence machine 327.12 C355
Michael Lind Land of promise: an economic history of the United States 330.973 L742
Chris Scarre Chronicle of the Roman emperors: the reign-by-reign record of the rulers of Imperial Rome 937 S286

Literature & Writing
Janet Burroway Imaginative writing: the elements of craft 808 B98

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Dylan Evans Risk intelligence: how to live with uncertainty 302.12 E925

Social Sciences & Current Events
John Bateson The final leap: suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge 362.28 B329
John R. Bowen Blaming Islam 305.6 B786
Alan Ehrenhalt The great inversion & the future of the American city 307.76 E33
Melvin Konner The evolution of childhood: relationships, emotion, mind 305.231 K82
Philip Warburg Harvest the wind: America's journey to jobs, energy independence & climate stability 333.92 W253

Sports & Games
Orin Starn The passion of Tiger Woods: an anthropologist reports on golf, race & celebrity scandal 796.352 W89sp

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Ralph Peters Cain at Gettysburg

Nonfiction
Philip Delves Broughton The art of the sale: learning from the masters about the business of life 658.85 B87
Frank McCourt Angela's ashes 929.2 M131c

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DVDs
Drama
The iron lady
The merchant of Venice
Millionairess
Suddenly, last summer

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
The girl with the dragon tattoo [2011]

Nonfiction
Stravinsky & the Ballets russes 792.8 S905
Walt & El Grupo 791.4 D61t
Woody Allen: a documentary 791.4 A43w

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CDs
Classical
Philip Pickett Musick from Shakespeare's plays
Ferdinand Ries Symphonies 1 & 2
Ferdinand Ries Symphonies 4 & 6
Mstislav Rostropovich Cello concertos
Franz Schubert Winterreise

Jazz
The Gene Harris Quartet Listen here!
Frances Lynne Remember

Musicals & Soundtracks
Elton John & Tim Rice The lion king: original Broadway cast recording
John Kandere Chicago: the musical

Opera
Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier (highlights)

Sacred
Byrd & Tallis Sacred choral music

Vocals
Paula Cole Harbinger

World
Brasil: a century of song. Carnaval
Havana & Matanzas, Cuba, ca. 1957: Batá, Bembé, and Palo songs
Latin lounge

Posted on May. 4, 2012 by Matt Montgomery