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BOOKS

FICTION
Fabio Bartolomei Alfa Romeo 1300 & other miracles
Joshilyn Jackson Someone else's love story
Patricio Pron My fathers' ghost is climbing in the rain
Adriana Trigiani The Supreme Macaroni Company

Historical Fiction
Angus Donald Warlord: a novel of Robin Hood
Elizabeth Speller The first of July

Multi-Gen Literature
Louise Rennison Withering tights

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Siân Busby A commonplace killing
Donato Carrisi The lost girls of Rome
Tom Clancy Command authority: a Jack Ryan novel
Michael Connelly The gods of guilt
Janet Evanovich Takedown twenty
Ewart Hutton Good people
Peter Quinn Dry bones

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Scott Lynch The Republic of Thieves

Short Stories
McSweeney's 44. M175 no.44

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Justice League of America. Volume 1, World's Most Dangerous 741.5 J966 v.1
Sara Ryan Bad houses 741.5 R989

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Art & place: site-specific art of the Americas 700.973 A784
Artist's & graphic designer's market: where & how to sell your illustration, fine art, graphic design & cartoons REF 700 A78
André Kertész: the early years 770.92 K41e
Inez van Lamsweerde Pretty much everything 770.92 L241
Barbara London Photography: the essential way 770 L847p
Carl Potts The DC Comics guide to creating comics 741.51 P871 Comics
Screen world REF 791.4 S43
Diana Vreeland Memos: the Vogue years, 1962-1971 746.9 V97m

Biography & Genealogy
John Batchelor Tennyson: to strive, to seek, to find 92 T312
Allie Brosh Hyperbole & a half: unfortunate situations, flawed coping mechanisms, mayhem & other things that happened 792.7 B874 Comics
Rose Kennedy's family album: from the Fitzgerald Kennedy private collection, 1878-1946 929.2 K35r
Beau Riffenburgh Pinkerton's great detective: the amazing life & times of James McParland 363.289 M478
Alison Weir Elizabeth of York: a Tudor queen & her world 92 E433

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
George Brock Out of print: newspapers, journalism & the business of news in the digital age 070.4 B864
Joshua Hanagarne The world's strongest librarian: a memoir of Tourette's, faith, strength & the power of family 020.92 H233

Business & Economics
Joseph R. Blasi The citizen's share: putting ownership back into democracy 338.6 B64
Benjamin Graham Security analysis 332.6 G73 1934
Kelly Mitchell Gold wars: the battle for the global economy 332.45 M681
Fred Vogelstein Dogfight: how Apple & Google went to war & started a revolution 338.47 V879

Computer Science
Nick Bilton Hatching Twitter: a true story of money, power, friendship & betrayal 006.7 T97b

Food & Drink
Samira Kawash Candy: a century of panic & pleasure 394.12 K22
Sara Lewis Ice cool: an enticing guide to making ice cream & ice desserts with over 55 irresistible recipes--from creamy vanilla to rich chocolate ripple 641.862 L676

Health & Medicine
Patricia Barry Medicare for dummies 368.42 B281
Dick Cheney Heart: an American medical odyssey: the story of a patient, a doctor & 35 years of medical innovation 617.412 C51
Mark Epstein The trauma of everyday life 616.8521 E64
Mark Fainaru-Wada League of denial: the NFL, concussions & the battle for truth 617.1 F162
Margaret Lock The Alzheimer conundrum: entanglements of dementia & aging 362.19 L813
Gary Null No more diabetes: a complete guide to preventing, treating & overcoming diabetes 616.46 N96
Heather Tick Holistic pain relief: Dr. Tick's breakthrough strategies to manage & eliminate pain 616.047 T556

History
John Buckley Monty's men: the British Army & the liberation of Europe, 1944-5 940.5412 B924
Christian Hartmann Operation Barbarossa: Nazi Germany's war in the East, 1941-1945 940.542 H333
Clint Hill Five days in November 973.922 H645
Wendy Jehanara Tremayne The good life lab: radical experiments in hands-on living 978.967 J476
Stephen Kinzer The brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles & their secret world war 327.12 D883
Andro Linklater Owning the earth: the transforming history of land ownership 333.3 L756
Paul-André Linteau The history of Montréal: the story of a great North American city 971.428 L761
Denise A. Spellberg Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an: Islam & the founders 323.442 J45

Home & Family Management
John Seymour The forgotten household crafts 640 S521
Traditional country skills: a practical compendium of American wisdom & know-how 630.973 T763

Literature & Writing
The best American magazine writing 814 B561
Jorge Luis Borges: The last interview & other conversations 868 B73j
Homer The Iliad 881 H76ip
Giacomo Leopardi Zibaldone 858 L58z
Donald Maass Writing the breakout novel 808.3 M111
Bruce McCall & David Letterman This land was made for you & me (but mostly me): billionaires in the wild 817 M122
Timothy Morton Ecology without nature: rethinking environmental aesthetics 820.9 M891
Jules Verne Journey through the impossible 842 V531

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Marc Bekoff Why dogs hump & bees get depressed: the fascinating science of animal intelligence, emotions, friendship & conservation 591.5 B42w
Christopher Cooper Our sun: biography of a star 523.7 C776
Gordon Haber Among wolves: Gordon Haber's insights into Alaska's most misunderstood animal 559.773 H114
Lyanda Lynn Haupt The urban bestiary: encountering the everyday wild 591.75 H374

Performing Arts & Music
Chris Nashawaty Crab monsters, teenage cavemen & candy stripe nurses: Roger Corman, king of the B movie 791.4 C81n
Matt Pagett The best dance moves in the world-- ever!: 100 new & classic moves & how to bust them 793.3 P135
Furious cool: Richard Pryor & the world that made him 792.092 P97f
Lawrence Schiller Marilyn & me: a photographer's memories 792.092 M75s

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
John L. Allen Jr. The Catholic church: what everyone needs to know 282 A427
Paul Bloom Just babies: the origins of good & evil 155.418 B655
Valerie Curtis Don't look, don't touch, don't eat: the science behind revulsion 152.4 C981
Thomas Suddendorf The gap: the science of what separates us from other animals 156 S943
Noson S. Yanofsky The outer limits of reason: what science, mathematics & logic cannot tell us 001.01 Y24

Politics & Government
Christopher M. Davidson After the sheikhs: the coming collapse of the gulf monarchies 320.9536 D252

Social Sciences & Current Events
Matt Apuzzo & Adam Goldman Enemies within: inside the NYPD's Secret Spying Unit & Bin Laden's final plot against America 363.325 A655
Allan B. Chinen Beyond the hero: classic stories of men in search of soul 398.2 C539
John Gray The silence of animals: on progress & other modern myths 306 G779
Stephen Jimenez The book of Matt: hidden truths about the murder of Matthew Shepard 364.152 S547
Adam Minter Junkyard planet: travels in the billion-dollar trash trade 363.7282 M667
Eric Schlosser Command & control: nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident & the illusion of safety 363.179 S345
Jeremy Shere Renewable: the world-changing power of alternative energy 333.79 S551

Sports & Games
Nicholas Dawidoff Collision low crossers: a year inside the turbulent world of NFL football 796.33 D269
Chas Smith Welcome to paradise, now go to hell: a true story of violence, corruption & the soul of surfing 797.32 S644

Travel & Geography
Isabella Bird The Golden Chersonese 915.951 B622
Richard F. Burton First footsteps in East Africa, or, an exloration [i.e. exploration] of Harar 916.773 B97
Fodor's Thailand 915.93 F65
Henrietta Heald La vie est belle: the elegant art of living in the French style 747.0944 H434
Lonely Planet Brazil 918.1 L847

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
Jhumpa Lahiri The lowland
Donna Tartt The goldfinch

Nonfiction
Linda Ronstadt Simple dreams 780.92 R774

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Lemony Snicket ; art by Seth When did you see her last?

Nonfiction
Erin Dealey ; illustrated by Nick Ward Deck the walls!: a wacky Christmas carol 782.421 D279

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Eugen Ruge In times of fading light

Nonfiction
Malcolm Gladwell David & Goliath: underdogs, misfits & the art of battling giants 155.24 G54c
Chris Hadfield An astronaut's guide to life on earth: what going to space taught me about ingenuity, determination & being prepared for anything 629.45 H129c
J.Craig Venter Life at the speed of light: from the double helix to the dawn of digital life 303.483 V46c

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EBOOKS
Sally Bedell Smith Grace & power: the private world of the Kennedy White House
Iris Chang The rape of Nanking: the forgotten holocaust of World War II
Timothy Egan The worst hard time: the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl
Charles Emmerson 1913: in search of the world before the Great War
Adam Hochschild To end all wars: a story of loyalty & rebellion, 1914-1918
Exploring iPad for dummies
George Lange The unforgettable photograph: 228 ideas, tips & secrets for taking the best pictures of your life
Gail MacColl To marry an English Lord
Eric Maisel Why smart people hurt: a guide for the bright, the sensitive & the creative
Scott Thorson Behind the candelabra: my life with Liberace

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DVDs
Drama
The file on Thelma Jordon

Foreign Language
The Apu trilogy: Pather panchali, Aparajito, The world of Apu

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Red lights

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CDs
Jazz
Marian McPartland Timeless

Posted on Dec. 14, 2013 by Sarah Cruz