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New Titles for the Week of August 10

BOOKS

FICTION
David Gilbert & sons
Thomas E. Kennedy Kerrigan in Copenhagen: a love story
Goliarda Sapienza The art of joy

Historical Fiction
Philippa Gregory The white princess
Hanan al-Shaykh One thousand & one nights

Multi-Gen Literature
Natalie Standiford The boy on the bridge
Tara Sullivan Golden boy
Chuck Wendig Under the Empyrean sky

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
James R. Benn Billy Boyle: a World War II mystery
James R. Benn Death's door: a Billy Boyle World War II mystery
James R. Benn Evil for evil: a Billy Boyle World War II mystery
James R. Benn A mortal terror: a Billy Boyle World War II mystery
Mark Billingham The dying hours
C.J. Box The highway
Mel Bradshaw Fire on the runway: a Paul Shenstone mystery
Ben Coes Eye for an eye
Thomas H. Cook Sandrine's case
Maurizio De Giovanni Blood curse: the springtime of Commissario Ricciardi
Maurizio de Giovanni I will have vengeance: the winter of Commissario Ricciardi
Robert Galbraith The cuckoo's calling
Steve Hamilton Let it burn
Peter James Dead man's time
Lars Kepler The fire witness
Fuminori Nakamura Evil & the mask
Peter Turnbull Gift wrapped

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Maria Costantino Mary Cassatt 750.92 C34

Biography & Genealogy
Bernard Gotfryd Anton, the dove fancier: & other tales of the Holocaust 940.5318 G683

Business & Economics
David James & Rajeev Merchant The new Asia: business strategies for the economic region that is shaking up the world 330.95 J275

History
America's century: year by year from 1900 to 2000 973.9 A5129
Richard Balzer Peepshows: a visual history 790.138 B198
Giorgio Riello Cotton: the fabric that made the modern world 338.4767 R555

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Edward B. Burger & Michael Starbird ; original art by Alan Witschonke Illustration Coincidences, chaos & all that math jazz: making light of weighty ideas 510 B954
The New York Times book of mathematics: more than 100 years of writing by the numbers 510 N532
Gavin Pretor-Pinney The wavewatcher's companion 531.1133 P94

Performing Arts & Music
Billy Crystal 700 Sundays 792.092 C957
Richard Eyre & Nicholas Wright Changing stages: a view of British & American theatre in the twentieth century 792.09 E98
Alan Jay Lerner My fair lady: a musical play in two acts 782.8 L61m
Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River anthology 811 M42a

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Theodor W. Adorno Aesthetic theory 111.85 A241
Religious diversity in Ancient Israel & Judah 200.933 R382
Peter Sloterdijk You must change your life: on anthropotechnics 128 S634

Politics & Government
Conrad Black Flight of the eagle: the grand strategies that brought America from colonial dependence to world leadership 327.73 B627

Travel & Geography
Lonely Planet France's best trips: 39 amazing road trips 914.4 L847b
Lonely Planet Ireland's best trips: 34 amazing road trips 914.15 L847b
Lonely Planet Italy's best trips: 38 amazing road trips 914.5 L847b
Sacred places, North America: 108 destinations 203.5 S123

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Laurie Halse Anderson Forge

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Dashiell Hammett The Maltese falcon

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EBOOKS
Edward Hoagland Children are diamonds: an African apocalypse
Adam LeBor Tower of Basel: the shadowy history of the secret bank that runs the world
Rebecca Lee Bobcat & other stories
Alister McGrath C. S. Lewis: a life: eccentric genius, reluctant prophet

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DVDs
Comedy
The adventures of Priscilla, queen of the desert
Local hero

Drama
My dinner with André

Foreign Language
Rust & bone (De rouille et d'os)

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Poltergeist

Nonfiction
Twentieth Century Fox: the first fifty years 791.4 T971
Use your brain change your age: the fountain of youth is between your ears 612.82 A51u

Travel & Geography
White Pass & Yukon Route: the railway built of gold 385.0979 W587

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CDs
Jazz
Denny Zeitlin Wherever you are: midnight moods for solo piano

Musicals & Soundtracks
Stephen Sondheim A little night music: original London cast recording

World
Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri El sonido nuevo

Posted on Aug. 10, 2013 by Heather Terrell