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New Titles for the Week of July 28

FICTION
Sascha Arango The truth & other lies
Jami Attenberg Saint Mazie
Jane Austen Mansfield Park
Annie Barrows The truth according to us
Rebecca Dinerstein The sunlit night
Jane Green Summer secrets
Matthew Quick Love may fail

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Mary Higgins Clark The melody lingers on
Alex Gilly Devil's harbor
James Grippando Cash landing
Ellen Hart The Old Deep & Dark
Mai Jia Decoded
Patricia Skalka Death at Gills Rock

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Christopher Golden Tin Men
Terry Pratchett The long Utopia

Short Stories
Jack Livings The dog: stories

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Tom Devlin (editor) Drawn & Quarterly 741.59 D767 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Chris Impey Beyond: our future in space 629.4 I345

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Greg Battye Photography, narrative, time: imaging our forensic imagination 770 B336
Terence Conran Conran on color 747.94 C754
Joan Ford When bad things happen to good quilters: survival guide for fixing & finishing any quilting project 746.46 F699w
Systems 700.1 S995
Andy Tuohy A to Z great modern artists 709.22 T927
Trevor Winkfield How I Became a Painter 750.92 W774

Biography & Genealogy
Hugh Aldersey-Williams In search of Sir Thomas Browne: the life & afterlife of the seventeenth century's most inquiring mind 92 B884a
Matthew Dennison Behind the mask: the life of Vita Sackville-West 92 S1215d
Michelle Goldberg The goddess pose: the audacious life of Indra Devi, the woman who helped bring yoga to the West 92 D492
Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs Jonas Salk: a life 610.92 S16j
Christopher D. O'Sullivan Harry Hopkins: FDR's envoy to Churchill & Stalin 327.73 H793
Dana Perino And the good news is--: lessons & advice from the bright side 92 P445
Michelle Tea How to grow up: a memoir 92 T253

Business & Economics
Thomas J. Christensen The China challenge: shaping the choices of a rising power 327.51 C554
Richard Kirschenbaum Isn't that rich?: life among the 1 percent 305.52 K612

Computer Science
A.K. Dewdney The (new) Turing omnibus: 66 excursions in computer science 004 D515

Food & Drink
Susan Herrmann Loomis In a French kitchen: tales & traditions of everyday home cooking in France 641.5944 L86i

Health & Medicine
Carolyn A. Brent The caregiver's companion: caring for your loved one medically, financially & emotionally while caring for yourself 362.24 B839
Joe Herbert Testosterone: sex, power & the will to win 612.61 H536
Jeff Krasno Wanderlust: a modern yogi's guide to discovering your best self 613.7 K898

History
Richard Alston Rome's revolution: death of the republic & birth of the empire 937.05 A464
John Boardman The Greeks in Asia 950 B662
Rinker Buck The Oregon Trail: a new American journey 978 B922
Nancy Goldtone The rival queens: Catherine de' Medici, her daughter Marguerite De Valois & the betrayal that ignited a kingdom 944.028 G624
Nisid Hajari Midnight's furies: the deadly legacy of India's partition 954.04 H154
Philip T. Hoffman Why did Europe conquer the world? 909.08 H711
Colin M. MacLachlan Imperialism & the origins of Mexican culture 972 M161
Paul Moses An unlikely union: the love-hate story of New York's Irish & Italians 973.0451 M911
Randy Shaw The Tenderloin: sex, crime & resistance in the heart of San Francisco 979.461 S535

Home & Family Management
Audrey Levatino Woman-powered farm: manual for a self-sufficient lifestyle from homestead to field 630 L656

Law
Joseph L. Matthews Social security, Medicare & government pensions: get the most out of your retirement & medical benefits 368.42 M43
101 law forms for personal use 347.055 O584

Literature & Writing
I say: the Moves that Matter in Academic Writing They say 808.04 G736
William Styron My generation: collected nonfiction 814 S93m

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Tom Clynes The boy who played with fusion: extreme science, extreme parenting & how to make a star 539.7 W753
Richard Jones House guests, house pests: a natural history of animals in the home 591.75 J787
Claude Martin On the edge: the state & fate of the world's tropical rainforests: a report to the Club of Rome 577.34 M379
Terry Masear Fastest things on wings: rescuing hummingbirds in Hollywood 598 M396
Peter Moore The weather experiment: the pioneers who sought to see the future 551.5 M823
Christian Sardet Plankton: wonders of the drifting world 578.77 S244
Ian Tattersall The strange case of the rickety Cossack: & other cautionary tales from human evolution 599.93 T221s
Chris Woodford Atoms under the floorboards: the surprising science hidden in your home 502 W887

Performing Arts & Music
Bowie on Bowie: interviews & encounters with David Bowie 780.92 B78e

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Always present: the luminous wisdom of Jigme Phuntsok 294.34 J612
Maurice Merleau-Ponty The primacy of perception: & other essays on phenomenological psychology, the philosophy of art, history & politics 194 M564p
Ruwen Ogien Human kindness & the smell of warm croissants: an introduction to ethics 170 O347
John Durham Peters The marvelous clouds: toward a philosophy of elemental media 302.2 P482
Manuela Mischke Reeds 8 keys to practicing mindfulness: practical strategies for emotional health & well-being 158.1 R327
Mark R. Stoll Inherit the holy mountain: religion & the rise of American environmentalism 261.88 S875

Politics & Government
Joel K. Bourne Jr. The end of plenty: the race to feed a crowded world 363.8 B775
Walter Laqueur Putinism: Russia & its future with the West 947.086 L317

Social Sciences & Current Events
Adam Benforado Unfair: the new science of criminal injustice 364.3 B465
Peter Cappelli Will college pay off?: a guide to the most important financial decision you will ever make 378.3 C247
Jerome Gold In the spider's web 365.42 G618
Peter D. Kiernan American mojo: lost & found: restoring our middle class before the world blows by 305.55 K475
Dominic Tierney The right way to lose a war: America in an age of unwinnable conflicts 355 T564r

Sports & Games
John D. Williams, Jr Word nerd: dispatches from the games, grammar & geek underground 793.73 W721

Travel & Geography
Robert Kurson Pirate hunters: treasure, obsession & the search for a legendary pirate ship 910.916 K969
Chris Townsend Rattlesnakes & Bald Eagles: hiking the Pacific Crest Trail 917.9 T747
Lloyd Ultan The Bronx: the ultimate guide to New York City's beautiful borough 917.4727 U471

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
Catriona McPerson The day she died

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DVDs
Classics
The man who shot Liberty Valance

Posted on Jul. 28, 2015 by Cherilyn Chang