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BOOKS

FICTION
James Conaway Nose
Jonathan Dee A thousand pardons
Indira Ganesan As sweet as honey
William H. Gass Middle C
Kent Haruf Benediction
Guy de Maupassant Bel Ami
Cormac McCarthy The orchard keeper
Ellen Meister Farewell, Dorothy Parker
Edward Kelsey Moore The Supremes at Earl's all-you-can-eat
Ruth Ozeki A tale for the time being
Taiye Selasi Ghana must go
Marisa Silver Mary Coin
Vladimir Sorokin Ice trilogy
Nicholas Sparks Safe haven

Historical Fiction
Mary Beth Keane Fever
Dewey Lambdin Hostile shores: an Alan Lewrie naval adventure

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
C.J. Box Breaking point
Harlan Coben Six years
Kishwar Desai Witness the night
Elly Griffiths A dying fall: a Ruth Galloway mystery
C.S. Harris What darkness brings: a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery
Erin Kelly The burning air
Becky Masterman Rage against the dying
Denise Mina Gods & beasts
Andrew Pyper The demonologist
Sally Spencer A walk with the dead: a Monica Paniatowski mystery
Stephan Talty Black Irish Fic
Joseph Weisberg An ordinary spy

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Anne Bishop Written in red: a novel of the Others
Queen Victoria's book of spells: an anthology of gaslamp fantasy

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Ben Katchor Hand-drying in America & other stories 741.5 K19h
The mammoth book of best war comics 741.5 M265w
Batman. Volume 2, The City of Owls 741.5 B333n v.2

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Roger Wiens Red rover: inside the story of robotic space exploration, from Genesis to the Mars rover Curiosity 629.8 W647

Biography & Genealogy
J.L. Heilbron Galileo 520.92 G15
Tom Hickman Churchill's bodyguard 92 T478
Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen & Jim DeFelice American sniper: the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history 356.162 K993
Aldo Schiavone Spartacus 92 S737
Jonathan Sperber Karl Marx: a nineteenth-century life 92 M392s
Elie Wiesel Open heart 92 W651o

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Guy Kawasaki, Shawn Welch APE: author, publisher, entrepreneur: how to publish a book 070.5 K22
Lauren Leto Judging a book by its lover: a field guide to the hearts & minds of readers everywhere 028 L649

Business & Economics
Jake Breeden Tipping sacred cows: kick the bad work habits that masquerade as virtues 650.1 B832
Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell Lean in: women, work & the will to lead 658.4 S213
Christopher Steiner Automate this: how algorithms came to rule our world 332.01 S822

Chess
Tim Harding Why you lose at chess 794.1 H263w
Bogdan Lalič & Vladimir Okhotnik Carpathian warrior book two: secrets of a master new opening theory 794.122 L195cw

Food & Drink
John Baxter The perfect meal: in search of the lost tastes of France 641.5944 B35
Scott Haas Back of the house: the secret life of a restaurant 647.9574 H112

History
Richard Cartwright Austin Building utopia: erecting Russia's first modern city, 1930 947.41 A937
James P. Delgado Gold rush port: the maritime archaeology of San Francisco's waterfront 979.461 D35
Bill Fawcett Doomed to repeat: the lessons of history we've failed to learn 909 F278
Denise Kiernan The girls of Atomic City: the untold story of the women who helped win World War II 976.873 K475
Charlene Mires Capital of the world: the race to host the United Nations 341.23 M674
Lee Sandlin Storm kings: the untold history of America's first tornado chasers 551.55 S217
Jerry Toner Homer's Turk: how classics shaped ideas of the East 950.072 T664

Home & Family Management
Stu Campbell Let it rot!: the gardener's guide to composting 631.875 C191
Barbara Reich Secrets of an organized mom: from the overflowing closets to the chaotic play areas: a room-by-room guide to decluttering & streamlining your home for a happier family 648 R347

Languages & Linguistics
Nataly Kelly & Jost Zetzsche Found in translation: how language shapes our lives & transforms the world 418.02 K298

Law
Denis Clifford Quick & legal will book 346.054 C63
Lisa Hanks & Carol Elias Zolla The trustee's legal companion: a step-by-step guide to administering a living trust 346.052 L551
Leila Schneps & Coralie Colmez Math on trial: how numbers get used & abused in the courtroom 345.07 S359

Literature & Writing
The New Oxford book of Irish verse 821 N532

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Linus Pauling General chemistry 540 P32
Ian Stewart Visions of infinity: the great mathematical problems 510 S84v

Performing Arts & Music
Anne Sinai Reach for the top: the turbulent life of Laurence Harvey 792.092 H341

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
The best spiritual writing 200.973 B56

Politics & Government
Lee Fang The machine: a field guide to the resurgent Right 320.52 F211

Reference
Frederick G. Ruffner, Jr. & Laurence Urdang Ruffner's allusions: cultural, literary, biblical & historical: a thematic dictionary 081 R924
Pocket Oxford Chinese dictionary: English-Chinese, Chinese-English 495.1 P739
Current biography yearbook 920 C976

Social Sciences & Current Events
Jonah Berger Contagious: why things catch on 658.834 B496
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger & Kenneth Cukier Big data: a revolution that will transform how we live, work & think 303.4833 M468
L. Todd Rose with Katherine Ellison Square peg: my story & what it means for raising innovators, visionaries & out-of-the-box thinkers 371.9 R796
Craig Simons The devouring dragon: how China's rise threatens our natural world 363.7 S611

Travel & Geography
Damron women's traveller 910.2 D166w
The golden shore: California's love affair with the sea 917.94 H48
How to travel the world on $50 a day: travel cheaper, longer, smarter 910.2 K38
Andalucía 914.68 L847
East Africa 916.76 L847
Ecuador & the Galápagos Islands 918.66 L847
Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania 914.79 L847
Finland 914.897 L847
New Orleans 917.63 L847
Singapore 915.957 L847
Tanzania 916.78 L847
Prague & the Czech Republic: true stories 914.371 T779
Angkor Wat & Siem Reap encounter 915.96 L847e

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Elizabeth George This body of death: an inspector Lynley novel
Louise Penny The cruelest month: a Three Pines mystery

Nonfiction
Allen C. Guelzo The American mind 191 G925

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DVDs
Classics
Random harvest
Reach for the sky

Comedy
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Two girls & a guy

Drama
Somebody up there likes me
The verdict

Foreign Language
Osaka elegy
Sisters of the Gion
Street of shame
Women of the night

Nonfiction
The invisible war 355.0082 I629
Saving the bay: the story of San Francisco Bay 304.2 S2676

Opera
Madama Butterfly 782.1 P97m

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CDs
Jazz
Norah Jones Feels like home
Don Pullen's African-Brazilian Connection Ode to life
Marcus Roberts The joy of Joplin

Musicals & Soundtracks
Eddie Vedder Into the wild: music from the motion picture

Vocals
U2 The Joshua tree

World
Omar Sosa Afreecanos

Posted on Mar. 28, 2013 by Heather Terrell