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BOOKS

FICTION
Aminatta Forna Happiness
Keziah Frost The reluctant fortune-teller
Clarissa Goenawan Rainbirds
Saad Z. Hossain Escape from Baghdad!
Bayard Johnson Damned right
Domenico Starnone Trick
Katherena Vermette The break

Historical Fiction
Anthony Grooms The vain conversation
William Melvin Kelley A different drummer
Mark Sullivan Beneath a scarlet sky

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
John Copenhaver Dodging & burning
Arjun Raj Gaind Death at the Durbar
Mario Giordano Auntie Poldi & the Sicilian lions
Nova Jacobs The last equation of Isaac Severy
Lars Kepler The sandman
Phillip Margolin The third victim
Peter May I'll keep you safe
Brad Meltzer The escape artist
Brad Parks Closer than you know
Tess Sharpe Barbed wire heart

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Philip K. Dick VALIS & later novels
Jeff VanderMeer The strange bird

Short Stories
Martin Edwards (editor) Foreign bodies SS F714
Will Mackin Bring out the dog Fic Mackin
The year's best science fiction: thirty-fourth annual collection SS Y39s

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Eleanor Davis Why art? 701.1 D261 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Paddy Cutts The complete cat book 636.8 C991c

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Riva Castleman A century of artists books 709.04 C353
Larry Fink on composition & improvisation 771 F499
Jean-Paul Lubliner Tour Eiffel: un voyage immobile 779.4 L929
Lyle Rexer Photography's antiquarian avant-garde: the new wave in old processes 770 R455
Lauren Pond Test of faith: signs, serpents, salvation 779.092 P796

Biography & Genealogy
Michael Jago The man who was George Smiley: the life of John Bingham 92 B614
Nicola Tallis Elizabeth's rival: the tumultuous life of the Countess of Leicester: the romance & conspiracy that threatened Queen Elizabeth's court 92 L526

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Elizabeth Powell Crowe Genealogy online 025.0692 C953

Business & Economics
Richard N. Bolles What color is your parachute?: a practical manual for job-hunters & career-changers 650.14 B69
Elena L. Botelho The CEO next door: the 4 behaviors that transform ordinary people into world-class leaders 658.4 B748
Ron Chernow The death of the banker: the decline & fall of the great financial dynasties & the triumph of the small investor 332.1 C521
Robert D. Kaplan The return of Marco Polo's world: war, strategy & American interests in the twenty-first century 327.73 K172
Elizabeth Willard Thames Meet the Frugalwoods: achieving financial independence through simple living 332.024 T366

Chess
Larry Evans Modern middlegame lessons 794.123 E924
John Nunn John Nunn's chess puzzle book 794.12 N972j
Vladimir Tukmakov Modern chess preparation: getting ready for your opponent in the information age 794.1 T916m
Alexander Cherniaev The Sämisch King's Indian uncovered 794.122 C521s

Food & Drink
Greg Malouf New feast: modern Middle Eastern vegetarian 641.5636 M258

History
John Avlon Washington's Farewell: the Founding Father's Warning to Future Generations 973.4 A959
Mark Bailey (editor) Nine Irish lives: the fighters, thinkers & artists who helped build America 941.5 B154
Victoria C. Gardner Coates The last days of Pompeii: decadence, apocalypse, resurrection 937.7 L349
Patricia Fara A lab of one's own: science & suffrage in the first World War 940.3 F219
James P. Gallagher With the Fifth Army Air Force: photos from the Pacific Theater 940.542 G162
Mary Hollingsworth The Family Medici: the hidden history of the Medici dynasty 945.5 H741
Karen Karbo In praise of difficult women: life lessons from 29 heroines who dared to break the rules 920.72 K182
Mackenzi Lee Bygone badass broads: 52 forgotten women who changed the world 920.72 L477
Jonathan Miles St. Petersburg: madness, murder & art on the banks of the Neva 947.21 M643
Witold Szablowski Dancing bears: true stories of people nostalgic for life under tyranny 947.086 S996
Matt Young Eat the apple: a memoir 956.7 Y681
Peter Dazeley Unseen London 942.1 D277
Lisbeth Haas Saints & citizens: indigenous histories of colonial missions & Mexican California 305.897 H112
Tom Quinn Backstairs Billy: the life of William Tallon, the Queen Mother's most devoted servant 941.085 Q73

Home & Family Management
Shawna Coronado 101 organic gardening hacks: eco-friendly solutions to improve any garden 635.04 C822

Literature & Writing
Théophile Gautier Selected lyrics 841.7 G277
Charles Simic The world doesn't end: prose poems 811 S589o
The best American nonrequired reading 2017 814.8 B561

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
The best American science & nature writing 2017 500 B56n
Linda H. Beidleman Plants of the San Francisco Bay region: Mendocino to Monterey 581.9794 B422

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Janice Kaplan How luck happens: using the new science of luck to transform life, love & work 158 K172
Geneen Roth This messy magnificent life: a field guide 158.1 R845

Politics & Government
Cass R. Sunstein (editor) Can it happen here?: authoritarianism in America 320.473 S958
Steve Swatt Game changers: twelve elections that transformed California 324.9794 S973

Reference
Photographer's market 2018: how & where to sell your photography 770 P565
VideoHound's golden movie retriever 791.4 V65

Social Sciences & Current Events
Zygmunt Bauman Liquid times: living in an age of uncertainty 303.4 B348
Emmanuel Carrère The adversary: a true story of monstrous deception 364.152 C314
Jeff Chang Who we be: the colorization of America 305.8 C456w
Garrett M. Graff The threat matrix: the FBI at war 363.325 G736
Chris Hughes Fair shot: rethinking inequality & how we earn 331.2 H893
Edward D. Kleinbard We are better than this: how government should spend our money 336.39 K645
Ritch C. Savin-Williams Mostly straight: sexual fluidity among men 306.76 S267

Sports & Games
The best American sports writing. 2017 796 B56a

Travel & Geography
Chris Champagne Secret New Orleans 917.63 C449
The best American travel writing 2017 910 B561
Jean-Claude Gautrand Paris: portrait d'une ville = portrait of a city = Porträt einer Stadt 914.436 P2325g

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
Jesmyn Ward Sing, unburied, sing Large Print Ward

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AUDIOBOOKS

Reza Aslan God: a human history CD 211 A835
Chris Matthews Bobby Kennedy: a raging spirit CD 92 K3557m
Neil deGrasse Tyso Astrophysics for people in a hurry CD 523.01 T994
Walter Isaacson Leonardo da Vinci CD 92 L581

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EAUDIOBOOKS
Catherine Anderson The Christmas room
Colin Bateman Dr. Yes
James R. Benn The devouring
R.D. Blackmore Lorna Doone
Kevin Brooks A dance of ghosts
Italo Calvino If on a winter's night a traveler
Kelly Grey Carlisle We are all shipwrecks: a memoir
Suzanne Chazin A place in the wind
Joanne Greenberg I never promised you a rose garden
William W. Johnstone Kingdom come
William W. Johnstone Rimfire
Kat Martin Beyond danger
Man Martin The lemon jell-o syndrome
Eric McCormack Cloud
Shani Mootoo Moving forward sideways like a crab
Stef Penney Under a pole star
Kwei Quartey Death by his grace
Ayn Rand Anthem
Francine Rivers The prince: jonathan
Rachel Sherman Uneasy street: the anxieties of affluence
William Taubman Gorbachev: his life & times
Madeleine Thien Dogs at the perimeter
Helene Tursten Who watcheth
Steve Yates The legend of the albino farm

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DVDs

Comedy
Lady Bird

Drama
John Huston's wise blood
Lucky
Three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

Foreign Language
Faces places DVD French
The square DVD Swedish

Musicals
La La Land
Young at heart

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CDs
Classical
Francis Poulenc Mélodies CD Classical Poulenc

BOOKS

FICTION
César Aira Dinner
Peter Carey A long way from home
Sue Halpern Summer hours at the robbers library
Atticus Lish Preparation for the next life

Historical Fiction
Robin Oliveira Winter sisters

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Kent Anderson Green sun
Alexia Gordon Death in D minor
David Mamet Chicago

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Nnedi Okorafor Binti: the night masquerade

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Chris Gooch Bottled 741.5 G645 comics
Matt Kindt Divinity: the complete trilogy 741.5 D618 comics
Loo Hui Phang The smell of starving boys 741.5 P535 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Nick Engler American country furniture 684.1 E582
Matt Hranek A man & his watch: iconic watches & stories from the men who wore them 681.114 H873
Judith M. Taylor An abundance of flowers: more great flower breeders of the past 635.9 T238

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Revolution: Russian art 1917-1932 709.47 R454

Biography & Genealogy
Jens Andersen Astrid Lindgren: the woman behind Pippi Longstocking 92 L745
John A. Hodgson Richard Potter: America's first Black celebrity 92 P867
Andrew Morton Wallis in love: the untold life of the Duchess of Windsor, the woman who changed the monarchy 92 W759mr
Joel Richard Paul Without precedent: John Marshall & his times 92 M368p

Business & Economics
Dan Ariely Payoff: the hidden logic that shapes our motivations 658.314 A698
Annelise Orleck We are all fast-food workers now: the global uprising against poverty wages 331.54 O717
David Semmelroth Data driven marketing for dummies 658.83 S472
Olivier Wagner U.S. taxes for worldly Americans: the traveling expat's guide to living, working & staying tax compliant abroad 336.2 W132

Chess
Andrew Soltis What it takes to become a chess master 794.12 S691
Andrew Soltis Your kingdom for my horse: when to exchange in chess 794.123 S691
George Huczek A to Z chess tactics: every chess move explained 794.12 H882

Computer Science
Edward C. Baig iPhone for dummies 004.1675 I647b

Food & Drink
James Syhabout Hawker Fare: stories & recipes from a refugee chef's Isan Thai & Lao roots 641.5959 S982

Health & Medicine
Nadine Burke Harris The deepest well: healing the long-term effects of childhood adversity 618.92 B959
Michael A. Ellis Caring for autism: practical advice from a parent & physician 618.92 E471
Alice Miller The drama of the gifted child: the search for the true self 616.85 M647

History
Catherine Kerrison Jefferson's daughters: three sisters, white & black, in a young America 973.46 K415
Otto Dov Kulka Landscapes of the metropolis of death: reflections on memory & imagination 940.5318 K963
Nicholas Morton The field of blood: the battle for Aleppo & the remaking of the medieval Middle East 956.01 M889
Pete Souza Obama: an intimate portrait 973.932 S729
Laura Ashe Richard II: a brittle glory 942.03 A824
Mary Beard The Parthenon 938.5 B368
David Cannadine Victorious century: the United Kingdom, 1800-1906 941.081 C224
Linda Porter Royal renegades: the children of Charles I & the English Civil Wars 942.06 P844

Home & Family Management
Graham Haley Haley's hints green edition 640.41 H168

Law
Liza W. Hanks Every Californian's guide to estate planning: wills, trusts & everything else 332.024 H241
Gillian Thomas Because of sex: one law, ten cases & fifty years that changed American women's lives at work 344.73 T454

Literature & Writing
Vladimir Nabokov Insomniac dreams: experiments with time 891.73 N117
Tracy K. Smith Ordinary light: a memoir 818.603 S642
Tracy K. Smith The body's question 811 S662b
Ayelet Waldman Kingdom of olives & ash: writers confront the occupation 808.84 K547

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Bart D. Ehrman The triumph of Christianity: how a forbidden religion swept the world 270.1 E339
Cait Flanders The year of less: how I stopped shopping, gave away my belongings & discovered life is worth more than anything you can buy in a store 153.8 F584
Anne Lamott Hallelujah anyway: rediscovering mercy 241 L235
Jordan B. Peterson 12 rules for life: an antidote to chaos 170.44 P485
John Shelby Spong Unbelievable: why neither ancient creeds nor the reformation can produce a living faith today 230 S763u
Lama Surya Das Letting go of the person you used to be: lessons on change, loss & spiritual transformation 294.34 S963

Politics & Government
Ezgi Basaran Frontline Turkey: the conflict at the heart of the Middle East 327.561 B297
Amy Chua Political tribes: group instinct & the fate of nations 327 C559
Carl Minzner End of an era: how China's authoritarian revival is undermining its rise 320.951 M668
Elizabeth Gillespie McRae Mothers of massive resistance: white women & the politics of white supremacy 320.56 M174

Reference
Intellectual freedom manual 025.21 I61

Social Sciences & Current Events
William Ayers You can't fire the bad ones!: & 18 other myths about teachers, teachers' unions & public education 371.1 A977
Virginia Page Fortna Does peacekeeping work?: shaping belligerents' choices after civil war 341.5 F743
Joshua B. Freeman Behemoth: a history of the factory & the making of the modern world 338.6 F855
Dee Gordon Bad girls from history: wicked or misunderstood? 305.4 G662
Nicholas Guyatt Bind us apart: how enlightened Americans invented racial segregation 305.8 G987
Jonathan Kauffman Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs & Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat 394.12 K211
Darren McGarvey Poverty safari: understanding the anger of Britain's underclass 305.562 M145
T. Christian Miller A false report: a true story of rape in America 364.15 M647
Angela Nagle Kill all normies: the online culture wars from Tumblr & 4chan to the alt-right & Trump 303.4833 N149
Steven Pinker Enlightenment now: the case for reason, science, humanism & progress 303.44 P655

Travel & Geography
Lonely Planet Antarctica 919.89 L847
Eyewitness Seville & Andalucía 914.68 E975
Fodor's Florida 917.59 F653
The rough guide to South India & Kerala 915.48 R856
Eyewitness Top 10 Los Angeles 917.9494 E97t
Fodor's Essential Morocco 916.4 F653
Fodor's The Carolinas & Georgia 917.5 F653
Frommer's Maui day by day 919.692 F932
Lebawit Lily Girma Belize 917.282 M818
Lonely Planet pocket Austin: top sights, local life made easy 917.643 L847
Lonely Planet Southwest USA's best trips: 32 amazing road trips 917.9 L847b
Lonely Planet Zambia, Mozambique & Malawi 916.89 L847
Jim Morekis Georgia 917.58 M818
Rick Steves Kraków, Warsaw & Gdansk 943.8 S848
The Nashville guide: experience local 917.685 N253

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AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Amy Chua Political tribes: group instinct & the fate of nations CD 327 C559

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CDs
Classical
Claude Debussy Orchestral music. II CD Classical Debussy

BOOKS

FICTION
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir Hotel Silence
Lydia Davis The end of the story
Brandon Hobson Where the dead sit talking
Herman Melville Moby-Dick, or, The whale
Patrick Nathan Some hell
Peter Stenson Thirty-seven

Historical Fiction
Janet Beard The atomic city girls
Rhys Bowen The Tuscan child

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
M.C. Beaton Death of an honest man
Arthur Conan Doyle The hound of the Baskervilles
Lexie Elliott The French girl
Charles Finch The woman in the water
Mark Greaney Agent in place
Gary Inbinder The man upon the stair
Joseph Knox Sirens
Walter Mosley Down the river unto the sea
Steven Saylor The throne of Caesar
Jim Thompson The kill-off

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Nnedi Okorafor Binti: home
Chuck Wendig Unclean spirits

Short Stories
Anjali Sachdeva All the names they used for God
Greg Sarris How a mountain was made

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Michio Kaku The future of humanity: terraforming Mars, interstellar travel, immortality & our destiny beyond Earth 629.45 K139

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Ed Bartlett (editor) Street art 751.73 L847

Biography & Genealogy
Warren Hinckle (editor) Who killed Hunter S. Thompson?: the picaresque story of the birth of gonzo 92 T468
Maude Julien The only girl in the world: a memoir 92 J943
Bill Minutaglio The most dangerous man in America: Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon & the hunt for the fugitive king of LSD 92 L4387m
Susan Ronald A dangerous woman: American beauty, noted philanthropist, Nazi collaborator: the life of Florence Gould 92 G696

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Michael Idov Dressed up for a riot: misadventures in Putin's Moscow 070.92 I21

Business & Economics
Jason Hickel The divide: global inequality from conquest to free markets 330.9 H628
Mike Steib The career manifesto: discover your calling & create an extraordinary life 650.1 S818

Computer Science
Anya Kamenetz The art of screen time: how your family can balance digital media & real life 004.6 K153
Al Sweigart Invent your own computer games with Python 005.1 S974
Max Tegmark Life 3.0: being human in the age of artificial intelligence 006.3 T261

Food & Drink
Mulunesh Belay Ethiopian feast: the crown jewel of African cuisine 641.5963 B426
Rhiannon Lambert Re-nourish: a simple way to eat well 641.5637 L222

Health & Medicine
Martie Haselton Hormonal: the hidden intelligence of hormones: how they drive desire, shape relationships, influence our choices & make us wiser 613 H347
A.J. Lees Mentored by a madman: the William Burroughs experiment 616.8 L487
Rocco Monto The fountain: a doctor's prescription to make 60 the new 30 612.67 M798

History
Misha Glenny The fall of Yugoslavia: the third Balkan war 949.7 G558
Norman M. Klein The history of forgetting: Los Angeles & the erasure of memory 979.494 K641
Sam McManis Crossing California: a cultural topography of a land of wonder & weirdness 979.4 M167
Agnès Poirier Left Bank: art, passion & the rebirth of Paris, 1940-50 944.36 P753
Noel Rae The Great Stain: witnessing American slavery 306.362 R135
Barry Stone The 50 greatest prehistoric sites of the world 930 S877
Unseen: unpublished black history from the New York Times Photo Archives 973.0496 U59
Tan Hecheng The killing wind: a Chinese county's descent into madness during the cultural revolution 951.056 T161
Joshua Zeitz Building the Great Society: inside Lyndon Johnson's White House 973.923 Z48

Home & Family Management
Jules Yap IkeaHackers.net: 25 biggest & best projects: DIY hacks for multi-functional furniture, clever storage upgrades, space-saving solutions & more 684.1 Y25

Literature & Writing
Malcolm Kushner Public speaking for dummies 808.51 K972
Leïla Slimani Chanson douce: roman 843 S633c

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
William E. Glassley A wilder time: notes from a geologist at the edge of the Greenland ice. 559.8 G549
Sang-Hee Lee Close encounters with humankind: a paleoanthropologist investigates our evolving species 569.9 L477
Daniel Stone The food explorer: the true adventures of the globe-trotting botanist who transformed what America eats 580.92 S877

Performing Arts & Music
Lamont "U-God" Hawkins Raw: my journey into the Wu-Tang 782.421 U27

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
David A. Hollinger Protestants abroad: how missionaries tried to change the world but changed America 266 H741
Thich Nhat Hanh The other shore: a new translation of the Heart sutra with commentaries 294.38 N576
Daniel H. Pink When: the scientific secrets of perfect timing 153.7 P655
Skip Prichard The book of mistakes: 9 secrets to creating a successful future 158 P947
Gregory Smithsimon Cause: & how it doesn't always equal effect 153.43 S664
Derek K. Wilson A magical world: superstition & science from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment 201.65 W746
Oprah Winfrey The wisdom of Sundays: life-changing insights from Super Soul conversations 204 W768

Politics & Government
Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz Loaded: a disarming history of the Second Amendment 323.43 D899
Steven Levitsky How democracies die 321.8 L666
Jefferson Morley The ghost: the secret life of CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton 327.12 M864
Robert B. Reich The common good 323.6 R347

Social Sciences & Current Events
Emily Chang Brotopia: breaking up the boys' club of Silicon Valley 331.4 C45
Zak Dychtwald Young China: how the restless generation will change their country & the world 305.2 D994
Alondra Nelson Body & soul: the Black Panther Party & the fight against medical discrimination 362.1 N424

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
George Orwell 1984 Large Print Orwell
Charles Todd The gate keeper Large Print Todd

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

DVDs
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Your name = Kimi no na wa

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EBOOKS
Christopher H. Achen Democracy for realists: why elections do not produce responsive government
Kevin Allocca Videocracy: How YouTube Is Changing the World . . . with Double Rainbows, Singing Foxes & Other Trends We Can't Stop Watching
Nir Baram ; A land without borders: my journey around East Jerusalem & the West Bank
Susan Wise Bauer Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child's Education
David Callahan The moral center: how progressives can unite america around our shared values
Stephen Davis Gold dust woman: a biography of Stevie Nicks
Mark Epstein Advice not given: a guide to getting over yourself
John Freeman How to Read a Novelist
David Frum Trumpocracy: the corruption of the American republic
Eric Hazan The Invention of Paris: a history in footsteps
Wendy Marie Hoofnagle The continuity of the conquest: Charlemagne & Anglo-Norman imperialism
David Cay Johnston It's even worse than you think: what the Trump administration is doing to America
Mike Lewis When to jump: if the job you have isn't the life you want
Robert H. Lustig The hacking of the American mind: the science behind the corporate takeover of our bodies & brains
Kevin D. Murphy (editor) Skyscraper gothic: medieval style & modernist buildings
The California Garden Tour: the 50 Best Gardens to Visit in the Golden State
Ijeoma Oluo So you want to talk about race
Matthew Pollard The introvert's edge: how the quiet & shy can outsell anyone
Julia Samuel Grief works: stories of life, death & surviving
Carl J. Schramm Burn the business plan: what great entrepreneurs really do
Philip Stokes Philosophy: 100 essential thinkers: the ideas that have shaped our world
The tao of Charlie Munger: a compilation of quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's vice chairman on life, business & the pursuit of wealth
Michael Wolff Fire & fury: inside the Trump White House
Miles Young Ogilvy on advertising in the digital age

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DVDs

Animation
Loving Vincent

Comedy
Battle of the sexes

Drama
Victoria & Abdul

Foreign Language
A touch of spice = Politiki kouzina DVD European
The death of Louis XIV DVD French

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Crooked house

Nonfiction
My journey through French cinema = Voyage à travers le cinéma français DVD 791.43 M995j
Walk with me DVD 294.34 W177

BOOKS

FICTION
César Aira The little Buddhist monk ; &, The proof
Amy Bloom White houses
Akwaeke Emezi Freshwater
Paul Goldberg The Chateau
Lindsey Lee Johnson The most dangerous place on earth
Meghan Kenny The driest season
Ryan McIlvain The radicals
Moriel Rothman-Zecher Sadness is a white bird
Ana Simo Heartland
Bram Stoker Dracula
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi Call me Zebra
Willy Vlautin Don't skip out on me
Leni Zumas Red clocks

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Ned Beauman Madness is better than defeat
Alex Berenson The deceivers
Alan Bradley The grave's a fine & private place
Steve Cavanagh The plea
Meg Gardiner Into the black nowhere
Simon Kernick The bone field
John Lescroart Poison
Jason Matthews The Kremlin's candidate
Nicolas Verdan The Greek wall
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir The legacy

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Iain M. Banks Excession
Nnedi Okorafor Binti

Short Stories
Jacob M. Appel The amazing Mr. Morality Fic Appel

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Roma Agrawal Built: the hidden stories behind our structures 624.1 A277
Gary Rogowski Handmade: creative focus in the age of distraction 684.1 R735

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Jennifer Otter Bickerdike Why vinyl matters 780.266 B583

Biography & Genealogy
Bruce A. Castleman Knickerbocker commodore: the life & times of John Drake Sloat, 1781-1867 92 S634

Business & Economics
Jan Cienski Start-up Poland: the people who transformed an economy 338.092 C569
Morten T. Hansen Great at work: how top performers do less, work better & achieve more 650.1 H24

Chess
Nikola Sedlak Winning with the modern London system: part two 794.1 S449

Food & Drink
Jessica Easto Craft coffee: a manual: brewing a better cup at home 641.877 E138
Marcus Samuelsson The soul of a new cuisine: a discovery of the foods & flavors of Africa 641.596 S193
Jamie Schler Orange appeal: savory & sweet 641.643 S341

Health & Medicine
Ali Kerr The bulimia help method: a revolutionary new approach that works 616.8526 K411
Martha C. Nussbaum Aging thoughtfully: conversations about retirement, romance, wrinkles & regret 613.0438 N975
Elaine Wyllie Cleveland Clinic guide to epilepsy: essential reading for families 616.853 W983

History
Elisabeth Åsbrink 1947: where now begins 909.824 A799
Omer Bartov Anatomy of a genocide: the life & death of a town called Buczacz 947.7 B293
Don Jordan The king's city: a history of London during the Restoration: the city that transformed a nation 941.066 J821
Mark Kurlansky 1968: the year that rocked the world 909.826 K968
Tilar J. Mazzeo Irena's children: the extraordinary story of the woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto 940.5318 M477
Geoffrey B. Robinso The killing season: a history of the Indonesian massacres, 1965-66 959.8 R658
Steve Coll Directorate S: the C.I.A. & America's secret wars in Afghanistan & Pakistan 958.104 C697
Kendra Taira Field Growing up with the country family, race & nation after the civil war 976.6 F453
Robin Waterfield Creators, conquerors & citizens: a history of ancient Greece 938 W325

Law
Stephen Fishman Tax guide for short-term rentals: Airbnb, HomeAway, VRBO & more 343.7306 F537t

Literature & Writing
Kathryn Harkup Making the monster: the science behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 823.7 H282
Stephanie Stokes Oliver (editor) Black ink: literary legends on the peril, power & pleasure of reading & writing 808.84 O484
Maggie Smith Good bones 811.6 S642
Warren Kinckle Ransoming pagan babies: the selected writings of Warren Hinckle 818.54 H659
George Hutchinson Facing the abyss: American literature & culture in the 1940s 810.9 H975

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Johnny Ball Wonders beyond numbers: a brief history of all things mathematical 510.9 B187

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Donald S. Lopez (editor) Buddhist scriptures 294.38 B927
Everything is light: the great explanatory Dzogchen Tantra Thig le kun gsal chen po'i rgyud: the circle of total illumination 294.34 E936
Martin Goodman A history of Judaism 296.09 G653

Politics & Government
Lanny J. Davis The unmaking of the president 2016: how FBI Director James Comey cost Hillary Clinton the presidency 324.973 D261

Reference
J.K. Lasser's your income tax 2018 336.24 J11
The EY tax guide 2018 343.052 E714
Barbara Weltman J.K. Lasser's 1001 deductions & tax breaks 2018: your complete guide to everything deductible 343.7305 J11
Barbara Weltman J.K. Lasser's small business taxes 2018: your complete guide to a better bottom line 343.7306 J11

Social Sciences & Current Events
Ben Austen High-risers: Cabrini-Green & the fate of American public housing 363.5 A933
Erin Banco Pipe dreams: the plundering of Iraq's oil wealth 338.2 B213
David Giffels Furnishing eternity: a father, a son, a coffin & a measure of life 306.874 G457
Yukon Huang Cracking the China conundrum: why conventional economic wisdom is wrong 330.951 H874
Andrew Keen How to fix the future 303.48 K264
Charles C. Mann The wizard & the prophet: two remarkable scientists & their dueling visions to shape tomorrow's world 363.7 M281
Robert B. Reich Economics in wonderland: a cartoon guide to a political world gone mad & mean 330.973 R347e
Benn Steil The Marshall Plan: dawn of the Cold War 338.91 S818

Sports & Games
Bill Heavey Should the tent be burning like that?: a professional amateur's guide to the outdoors 796.5 H442

Travel & Geography
Eyewitness Las Vegas 917.931 E975
Fodor's Florida Keys 917.594 F653
Fodor's San Diego 917.9498 F653
Fodor's Vancouver & Victoria 917.11 F653
Lonely Planet Morocco 916.4 L847
Moon Phoenix, Scottsdale & Sedona 917.91 M818p
Anne Vipond Alaska by cruise ship: the complete guide to cruising Alaska 917.98 V812

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Bill Richardson The alphabet thief Child Richardson

Nonfiction
Dave Eggers Her right foot Child 974.71 E295
Annette Bay Pimentel Girl running: Bobbi Gibb & the Boston Marathon Child 92 G437
Tanya Lee Stone Ada & the computer: how Ada Lovelace imagined computers 100 years before they existed! Child 92 L898

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
John Lescroart Poison CD Fic Lescroart

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
Dunkirk

Comedy
Paris when it sizzles

Drama
Dickensian

Musicals
Deep in my heart

Nonfiction
Last train home = Gui tu lie che DVD 331.12 L349

BOOKS

FICTION
Will Boast Daphne
Matt Haig How to stop time
Lisa Halliday Asymmetry
Kristin Hannah The great alone
Kristan Higgins Now that you mention it
Tayari Jones An American marriage
Jojo Moyes Still me
Sigrid Nunez The friend
Laksmi Pamuntjak The Birdwoman's palate
Jessica Shattuck The women in the castle
Julia Sonneborn By the book

Historical Fiction
Mary Lynn Bracht White chrysanthemum

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Sara Blaedel The undertaker's daughter
David Casarett Murder at the house of rooster happiness
Brendan Duffy The Storm King
J. Jefferson Farjeon Seven dead
Jane Harper Force of nature
Gregg Hurwitz Hellbent
M. R. C. Kasasian Death descends on Saturn Villa
Alexander McCall Smith A time of love & tartan
Renée Shafransky Tips for living
Cynthia Swanson The glass forest
Charles Todd The gate keeper

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Sue Burke Semiosis
Ursula K. Le Guin The found & the lost
Chandler Klang Smith The sky is yours
Tom Sweterlitsch The gone world

Short Stories
Robert Coover Going for a beer Fic Coover
Danielle Lazarin Back talk Fic Lazarin

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Brian K. Vaughan Saga. Volume eight 741.5 S1289 comics

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NONFICTION

Biography & Genealogy
J. Randy Taraborrelli Jackie, Janet & Lee: the secret lives of Janet Auchincloss & her daughters, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis & Lee Radziwill 92 K354ta

Business & Economics
Mark Jeffery Data-driven marketing: the 15 metrics everyone in marketing should know 658.83 J457
Daymond John Rise & grind: outperform, outwork & outhustle your way to a more successful & rewarding life 650.1 J653
Carlota Perez Technological revolutions & financial capital: the dynamics of bubbles & golden ages 338.5 P438

Food & Drink
Harumi Kurihara Everyday Harumi: simple Japanese food for family & friends 641.5952 K968

Health & Medicine
Susan Schenck Beyond broccoli: creating a biologically balanced diet when a vegetarian diet doesn't work 613.2 S324

History
Edgar Feuchtwanger Hitler, my neighbor: memories of a Jewish childhood, 1929-1939 940.5318 F422
Jerald T. Milanich Laboring in the fields of the Lord: Spanish missions & Southeastern Indians 975.9 M637
Francis Pryor Stonehenge: the story of a sacred landscape 936.2 P973
Laurie Gwen Shapiro The stowaway: a young man's extraordinary adventure to Antarctica 919.89 S529
Matthew Restall When Montezuma met Cortés: the true story of the meeting that changed history 972.02 R436

Languages & Linguistics
Timothy Donaldson Shapes for sounds: (cowhouse) 421.1 D676

Law
Paul Bergman The criminal law handbook: know your rights, survive the system 345.7305 B499
Frederick W. Daily Tax savvy for small business: a complete tax strategy guide 336.24 D136

Literature & Writing
Martin Amis The rub of time: Bellow, Nabokov, Hitchens, Travolta, Trump: essays & reportage, 1994-2017 824.914 A517
Leïla Slimani Dans le jardin de l'ogre 843 S633
Zadie Smith Feel free 824.914 S642

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Adam Nicolson The seabird's cry 598.177 N653

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
H.A. Guerber The myths of Greece & Rome 292 G929

Social Sciences & Current Events
Niall Ferguson The square & the tower: networks & power, from the Freemasons to Facebook 302.3 F352
Francisco Cantú The line becomes a river 363.285 C233
Marcus Eriksen Junk raft: an ocean voyage & a rising tide of activism to fight plastic pollution 363.738 E687
Alexander Langlands Cræft: an inquiry into the origins & true meaning of traditional crafts 306.46 L282
Andrew McAfee Machine, platform, crowd: harnessing our digital future 303.4833 M113
David Pilling The growth delusion: wealth, poverty & the well-being of nations 338.9 P641
Kayleen Schaefer Text me when you get home: the evolution & triumph of modern female friendship 302.34 S294

Sports & Games
Hanafuda: the flower card game 795.41 H233

Travel & Geography
Amy Bizzarri 111 places in Chicago that you must not miss 917.731 O584
Fodor's Caribbean cruise ports of call 917.29 F653
Fodor's Maine, Vermont & New Hampshire: with the best fall foliage drives & scenic road trips 917.41 F653
Lonely Planet New England's best trips: 31 amazing road trips 917.404 L847
Moon Buenos Aires 918.211 M818
Moon Alaska 917.98 M818
Moon Arches & Canyonlands National Parks 917.92 M818
Moon Honolulu & O'ahu 919.693 M818
Moon Napa & Sonoma 917.9418 M818
Moon Virginia & Maryland: including Washington DC 917.55 M818
The rough guide to Southwest USA 917.9 R856

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
A.J. Finn The woman in the window Large Print Finn
Robert Harris Munich Large Print Harris

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
A. J. Finn The woman in the window CD Fic Finn

Nonfiction
Francisco Cantú The line becomes a river: dispatches from the border CD 363.285 C233
David Giffels Furnishing eternity 306.874 G457
Nadine Burke Harris The deepest well: healing the long-term effects of childhood adversity CD 618.92 H313
Zadie Smith Feel free CD 824.914 S642
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MAGAZINES

Journal of Alta California

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CDs

Jazz & Blues
Les Paul The best of Les Paul, Mary Ford: the Capitol years CD Jazz Paul

BOOKS

FICTION
Jillian Medoff This could hurt
Douglas Preston City of endless night

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Mick Herron This is what happened
Kem Nunn Chance

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
John Boardman The history of Greek vases: potters, painters & pictures 738.3 B662
Antony Penrose Man Ray/Lee Miller: partners in Surrealism 709.22 P964
Skyscraper gothic: medieval style & modernist buildings 720.483 M978

Biography & Genealogy
Ruth Scurr John Aubrey: my own life 92 A895
David C. Ward Charles Willson Peale: art & selfhood in the early republic 92 P359

Business & Economics
Luke L. Wiley The 52-week low formula: a contrarian strategy that lowers risk, beats the market & overcomes human emotion 332.6 W676

Food & Drink
Kathryn Bruton Skinny soups: 80 flavor-packed recipes of less than 300 calories 641.813 B913

Health & Medicine
Ronald Goldman Circumcision: the hidden trauma: how an American cultural practice affects infants & ultimately us all 617.46 G619
Elson M. Haas The new detox diet: the complete guide for lifelong vitality with recipes, menus & detox plans 613.2 H112
Raphael Kellman The whole brain diet: the microbiome solution to heal depression, anxiety & mental fog without prescription drugs 616.8527 K294

History
Lee Bruno Misfits, merchants & mayhem: tales from San Francisco's historic waterfront, 1849-1934 979.461 B898
William J. Bulman Anglican Enlightenment: Orientalism, Religion & Politics in England & its Empire, 1648-1715 942.06 B938
Wendy Marie Hoofnagle The continuity of the conquest: Charlemagne & Anglo-Norman imperialism 942.02 H778
Richard Cullen Rath How early America sounded 973.2 R234

Home & Family Management
Margareta Magnusson The gentle art of Swedish death cleaning: how to free yourself & your family from a lifetime of clutter 648.5 M199

Law
Bill Griffiths An introduction to early English law 349.42 G855
Michael Sfard The wall & the gate: Israel, Palestine & the legal battle for human rights 342.56 S453

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Albert Ellis A new guide to rational living 158.1 E471
The gospel of Sri Ramakrishna 181.4 R165
Alessandro Scafi Mapping paradise: a history of heaven on earth 236.24 S278m
Jeremy Vaeni Urgency 100 V125

Social Sciences & Current Events
Gunther Barth City people: the rise of modern city culture in nineteenth-century America 307.76 B284
C.M. Woolgar The great household in late medieval England 306.0942 W913

Sports & Games
James Weir Card tricks 795.43 W425

Travel & Geography
Bradt Serbia 914.971 B812
Eyewitness England's South Coast 914.22 E975
Eyewitness Morocco 916.4 E975
Insight Explore Dubai 915.357 I592
Lonely Planet Beijing 915.1156 L847
Lonely Planet Ethiopia & Djibouti 916.3 L847
Lonely Planet Romania & Bulgaria 914.98 L847
Lonely Planet The solo travel handbook: practical tips & inspiration for a safe, fun & fearless trip 910.202 L847s
Lonely Planet Botswana & Namibia 916.88 L847
Insight London city guide 914.21 I592
Lonely Planet Africa 916 L847
Lonely Planet West Africa 916.6 L847

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AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Richard Baum The fall & rise of China CD 951 B347
Joseph Turow The aisles have eyes CD 658.834 T956
Meik Wiking The little book of lykke: secrets of the world's happiest people CD 158.1 W663L

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EAUDIOBOOKS
Tim Akers The iron hound
Kianna Alexander Back to your love
Martin Bossenbroek The Boer war
Jim Butcher Urban enemies
Colin Cotterill The rat catchers' olympics
Nadine Dorries The mothers of lovely lane
Brenda Hampton Black president: the world will never be the same
Donna Ingham Texas bigger & brighter: 50 iconic lone star people, places & things
Lisa Renee Johnson Dangerous consequences
Elmer Kelton Manhunters
John Kessel The moon & the other
Karl Ove Knausgaard Autumn
Aya De Leon Uptown thief
Gail Z. Martin Scourge
Mike McCormack Solar bones
Eleanor Moran Too close for comfort
Cuyler Overholt A promise of ruin
Tony Parsons Die last
Benjamin Percy The dark net
Jamie Pope Hope blooms
Caro Ramsay Rat run
Walter Stahr Stanton: Lincoln's War Secretary
Jane Thynne Solitaire
Lynne Truss The lunar cats
Harry Turtledove Armistice
Carrie Vaughn Bannerless
Susan May Warren Wild Montana skies
Leah Weiss If the creek don't rise
J.D. Wilkes The vine that ate the south
Karen Witemeyer Heart on the line
David Young Stasi child

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DVDs

Classics
Humoresque
Marked woman

Drama
Beau Brummell: this charming man
Poster boy

Foreign Language
13 assassins = Jūsannin no shikaku DVD Japanese
The deluge = Potop DVD European

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
American gangster
The chase

Nonfiction
Qigong for cleansing DVD 613.714 Q12
Qigong for stress relief with Francesco Garripoli & Daisy Lee-Garripoli DVD 613.714 Q12s
Ricky Martin One night only DVD 781.63 M379
Ringers: lord of the fans DVD 791.43 R581
Without you I'm nothing DVD 792.2 B527

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CDs
Classical
Claude Debussy Mélodies CD Classical Debussy
the Boston Camerata A Renaissance Christmas CD Classical Boston Camerata
Arrigo Boito Mefistofele CD Classical Boito

Opera
Georges Bizet Les pêcheurs de perles CD Opera Bizet
Osvaldo Golijov Ainadamar = Fountain of tears CD Opera Golijov
Richard Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen CD Opera Wagner

Popular
Arnaldo Antunes Tribalistas CD Pop Antunes

BOOKS

FICTION
Xhenet Aliu Brass
Jacob M. Appel Millard Salter's last day
Leslie Cohen This love story will self-destruct
Leif Enger So brave, young & handsome
Emma Glass Peach
Kent Haruf The tie that binds
Dara Horn Eternal life
Thomas Pierce The afterlives
Mary Shelley Frankenstein: the 1818 text

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Carol Goodman The widow's house
Lauren Doyle Owens The other side of everything
Randall Silvis Walking the bones
Adi Tantimedh Her beautiful monster
Sarah Vaughan Anatomy of a scandal
Jessica Fellowes The Mitford murders

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Mimi Pond The customer is always wrong 741.5 P796c comics

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Ben Long Complete digital photography 775 L848
Robert Storr: interviews on art 709.22 S886
Molly Suber Thorpe Modern calligraphy: everything you need to know to get started in script calligraphy 745.61 T518
Ian Jenkins The Parthenon sculptures 733.3 J521

Biography & Genealogy
Helena Jobim Antonio Carlos Jobim: an illuminated man 92 J627
William C. Rempel The gambler: how penniless dropout Kirk Kerkorian became the greatest deal maker in capitalist history 92 K396

Business & Economics
Gretchen Bakke The grid: the fraying wires between Americans & our energy future 333.79 B168
John C. Bogle The little book of common sense investing: the only way to guarantee your fair share of stock market returns 332.6327 B675c

Food & Drink
Bonnie Frumkin Morales Kachka: a return to Russian cooking 641.5947 M828

Health & Medicine
Jennifer Koslo Lower your blood pressure: a 21 day DASH diet meal plan to decrease blood pressure naturally 616.13 K864
Lynne Robinson The pilates prescription for back pain: a comprehensive program for developing & maintaining a healthy back 617.5 R658
Nicolas Culpeper Culpeper's complete herbal & English physician 615.321 C968
Colin Spencer The gay Kama Sutra 613.96 S745
Selene Yeager The men's health big book of 15 minute workouts 613.7 Y37

History
David Cay Johnston It's even worse than you think: what the Trump administration is doing to America 973.933 J721
Karl Shaw Oddballs & eccentrics 920.02 S534
Leonard Dominic Stefanelli Garbage: the saga of a boss scavenger in San Francisco 979.461 S816
Rosemary Ashton One hot summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli & the great stink of 1858 942.1 A828
J.M. Roberts The new History of the world 909 R64

Home & Family Management
Donald Olson The California garden tour: the 50 best gardens to visit in the Golden State 635.0979 O524

Languages & Linguistics
Bradley's Arnold Latin prose composition 478.2 A752
Zeljko Cipris Making sense of Japanese grammar: a clear guide through common problems 495.6 C577
Robert Hasenfratz Reading Old English 429.5 H348
Tim R. Matheson Japanese verbs: saying what you mean 495.6 M427
Stephen Matthews Cantonese: a comprehensive grammar 495.1 M438
William McClure Using Japanese: a guide to contemporary usage 495.6 M128
R.I. Page An introduction to English runes 417.7 P132
Yip Po-ching Basic Chinese: a grammar & workbook 495.1 Y519
Masatoshi Yoshida Kodansha's furigana Japanese dictionary: Japanese-English, English-Japanese 495.63 K769
Yip Po-ching Intermediate Chinese: a grammar & workbook 495.1 Y519i

Literature & Writing
Maud Casey The art of mystery: the search for questions 809.3 C338
J.M. Coetzee Late essays, 2006-2017 809 C673L
David Corbett The art of character: creating memorable characters for fiction, film & tv 808.3 C789
Devin Kelly In this quiet church of night I say amen 811.6 K295
Barbara McVeigh Redemption: how Ronald Reagan nearly ruined my life 818 M176

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Alex Bellos Here's looking at Euclid: from counting ants to games of chance, an awe-inspiring journey through the world of numbers 513 B447
David R. Montgomery Growing a revolution: bringing our soil back to life 577.57 M787
Harold Mooney (editor) Ecosystems of California 577.09 M818
Obi Kaufmann The California field atlas 557.94 K214

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Jeff Bach Voices of the turtledoves: the sacred world of Ephrata 286 B118
Mary K. Greer Understanding the tarot court 133.324 G816
Nick Ortner The tapping solution: a revolutionary system for stress-free living 155.9 O779
Katherine Ozment Grace without God: the search for meaning, purpose & belonging in secular age 200.973 O997
Courtney Weber Tarot for one: the art of reading for yourself 133.324 W373
Eckhart Tolle Practicing the power of now: essential teachings, meditations & exercises from the power of now 204.4 T651

Politics & Government
Christopher H. Achen Democracy for realists: why elections do not produce responsive government 320.973 A177

Social Sciences & Current Events
Kevin Allocca Videocracy: how YouTube is changing the world... with double rainbows, singing foxes & other trends we can't stop watching 303.4833 A441
Elizabeth Anderson Private government: how employers rule our lives (and why we don't talk about it) 306.36 A545
Medea Benjamin Drone warfare: killing by remote control 355.009 B468
Richard Bookstaber The end of theory: financial crises, the failure of economics & the sweep of human interaction 338.54 B724
Dave Eggers The monk of Mokha 338.766 E295
Anna Feigenbaum Tear gas: from the battlefields of World War I to the streets of today 363.32 F297
Roger H. Martin Racing Odysseus: a college president becomes a freshman again 378.1 M379
Ijeoma Oluo So you want to talk about race 305.8 O529
Adam Segal The hacked world order: how nations fight, trade, maneuver & manipulate in the digital age 327.1 S454
Krista Halverson (editor) Shakespeare & Company, Paris: a history of the rag & bone shop of the heart 381.45 H197
David Pilgrim Watermelons, nooses & straight razors: stories from the Jim Crow Museum 305.896 P638

Sports & Games
Peter Shotwell Beginning go 794.4 S559

Travel & Geography
Eyewitness Jerusalem, Israel, Petra & Sinai 915.694 E97
Eyewitness South Africa 916.8 E97
Anthony Lambert Switzerland: a guide to exploring the country by public transport 914.94 B81
Moon Utah 917.92 M818
National Geographic Japan 915.2 N277
Bradt Azores 914.699 B81
Rick Steves' Vienna Salzburg & Tirol 914.36 S848
Time Out London 914.21 T583
Time Out New York 917.471 T583

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
R.J. Palacio Wonder Child Palacio
Christine Tagg Who will you meet on Scary Street? Child Tagg

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EBOOKS
Julie Barlow The Bonjour effect: the secret codes of French conversation revealed
Dale E. Bredesen The end of Alzheimer's: the first program to prevent & reverse cognitive decline
Tina Brown The Vanity fair diaries: 1983-1992
Mark L. Chambers Macs for seniors for dummies
Anthony Davenport Your score: an insider's secrets to understanding, controlling & protecting your credit score
Stephen Greenblatt The rise & fall of Adam & Eve
Max Lucado Anxious for nothing: finding calm in a chaotic world
Margareta Magnusson The gentle art of Swedish death cleaning: how to free yourself & your family from a lifetime of clutter
Dawna Markova Reconcilable differences: connecting in a disconnected world
Jonathan Peterson Social security for dummies
Lynn Stout The shareholder value myth: how putting shareholders first harms investors, corporations & the public
J. Randy Taraborrelli Jackie, Janet & Lee: the secret lives of Janet Auchincloss & her daughters, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis & Lee Radziwill
Peter Temin The vanishing middle class: prejudice & power in a dual economy
The Best American Magazine Writing 2016
The cities book: a journey through the best cities in the world
The O. Henry prize stories 2017
Greta Van Susteren Everything you need to know about social media: (without calling a kid)
Meik Wiking The little book of lykke: secrets of the world's happiest people

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DVDs

Comedy
Guess who's coming to dinner

Drama
Liberty Heights

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
A kiss before dying
Deathtrap
Swordfish

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
The island of Dr. Moreau

BOOKS

FICTION
Jane Hamilton The excellent Lombards
Charles Portis Masters of Atlantis
David Szalay London & the south-east
Aliya Whiteley The beauty
Steve Yarbrough The unmade world

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Jonathan Moore The night market
Nick Petrie Light it up
Michael Pronko The last train
Leila Slimani The perfect nanny
Lara Dearman The Devil's Claw
Robert Harris Munich

Short Stories
Philip K. Dick We can remember it for you wholesale Fic Dick
Denis Johnson The largesse of the sea maiden Fic Johnson

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Larry Gonick Hypercapitalism: the modern economy, its values & how to change them 330.12 G638 comics
Cyril Pedrosa Portugal 741.5 P372 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Erica McAlister The secret life of flies 595.77 M114
Christoph Ribbat Flickering light: a history of neon 621.32 R483

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Andrew J. Clark Understanding Greek vases: a guide to terms, styles & techniques 738.3 C592
B.F. Cook The Elgin marbles 733 C771
Donald Scarinci Coin of the Year: Celebrating Three Decades of the Best in Coin Design & Craftsmanship 737.4 S285

Biography & Genealogy
Stephen Davis Gold dust woman: the biography of Stevie Nicks 92 N632
Hans Magnus Enzensberger Tumult 92 E619

Business & Economics
Chris Guillebeau Side hustle: from idea to income in 27 days 658.1 G958
Josh Ryan-Collins Rethinking the economics of land & housing 333.3 R988
Carl J. Schramm Burn the business plan: what great entrepreneurs really do 658.11 S377

Chess
Jesus de la Villa Dismantling the Sicilian: a complete modern repertoire for white 794.122 V712

Computer Science
Tariq Rashid Make your own neural network 006.32 R224

Food & Drink
America's Test Kitchen, Kitchen hacks: how clever cooks get things done 641.5 A512k
Fannie Merritt Farmer Fannie Farmer 1896 cook book 641.5 F233
Ken Forkish The elements of pizza: unlocking the secrets to world-class pies at home 641.82 F721

Health & Medicine
Carolyn Thomas A woman's guide to living with heart disease 616.12 T454
Irvin D. Yalom Becoming myself: a psychiatrist's memoir 616.89 Y191

History
Richard Hurley California & the Civil War 979.404 H965
Daniel C. Kramer Staten Island: conservative bastion in a liberal city 974.71 K894
Joshua Levine Dunkirk: the history behind the major motion picture 940.542 L665
Amelia Sue Marshall East Bay hills: a brief history 979.465 M367
Jennifer Rudolph (editor) The China questions: critical insights into a rising power 951.06 R917
Iain Sinclair The last London: true fictions from an unreal city 942.1 S616L
Eric Hazan The Invention of Paris: a history in footsteps 944.36 H428
Alan West-Durán Cuba: a cultural history 972.91 W516

Languages & Linguistics
David Burke More street French: slang, idioms & popular expletives 447 B959m
David Burke Street French: how to speak & understand French slang 447 B959

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
David Lee Nature's fabric: leaves in science & culture 581.4 L477

Performing Arts & Music
June Carolyn Erlick Telenovelas in pan-Latino context 791.45 E69

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
David Berlinski The Devil's delusion: atheism & its scientific pretensions 215 B515
Mark Epstein Advice not given: a guide to getting over yourself 294.34 E645
Michael Furie Supermarket magic: creating spells, brews, potions & powders from everyday ingredients 133.4 F984
Anjali Kumar Stalking God: my unorthodox search for something to believe in 204.092 K963
Hugo Mercier The enigma of reason 128.3 M555
Thich Nhat Hanh How to love 294.3 N576
Julia Samuel Grief works: stories of life, death & surviving 155.93 S193

Politics & Government
Dinesh D'Souza The big lie: exposing the Nazi roots of the American left 320.51 D811
David Frum Trumpocracy: the corruption of the American republic 973.933 F944
Michael Wolff Fire & fury: inside the Trump White House 973.933 W855

Social Sciences & Current Events
Scott Adams Win bigly: persuasion in a world where facts don't matter 303.34 A211
Susan Wise Bauer Rethinking school: how to take charge of your child's education 371.19 B344
Vyvyan Evans The Emoji code: the linguistics behind smiley faces & scaredy cats 302.222 E924
Amy Goldstein Janesville: an American story 330.977 G624
Jim Motavalli High voltage: the fast track to plug in the auto industry 338.4762 M917
Christine Negroni The crash detectives: investigating the world's most mysterious air disasters 363.124 N394
The Women's March Together we rise: behind the scenes at the protest heard round the world 305.42 W872
Chantal Trubert-Tollu The House of Worth 1858-1954: the birth of haute couture 391 T865

Travel & Geography
Eyewitness Australia 919.4 E975
Eyewitness Brazil 918.1 E975
Eyewitness Czech & Slovak Republics 914.37 E975

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
Min Jin Lee Pachinko Large Print Lee

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AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Cory Taylor Dying: a memoir CD 128.5 T238

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EBOOKS
Robert Bausch In the Fall They Come Back
Elizabeth Berg The story of Arthur Truluv
Marc Cameron Tom Clancy's power & empire
Andrea Camilleri The pyramid of mud
David Casarett The missing guests of the Magic Grove hotel
Jennifer Chiaverini Enchantress of numbers
C.J. Cooke I know my name
Robert Crais The wanted
Garry Disher Signal loss
Harry Dolan The man in the crooked hat
Karen Ellis Map of the dark
Sam Graham-Felsen Green
Andrew Grant False witness
Nick Harkaway Gnomon
Robert Harris Munich
Denis Johnson The largesse of the sea maiden
Rachel Joyce The music shop
Jayne Ann Krentz Promise not to tell
Mira T. Lee Everything here is beautiful
Lawrence H. Levy Last stop in Brooklyn
Peter Lovesey Beau Death
Martin Merz Little Reunions
Jonathan Moore The night market
Katherine Hall Page The body in the casket
Nick Petrie Light it up
Douglas Preston City of endless night
Deanna Raybourn A treacherous curse
P.Z. Reizin Happiness for humans
Elif Shafak Three Daughters of Eve
Sam Shepard Spy of the first person
Brad Taylor Operator down
C. J. Tudor The chalk man
Tursten, Helene Protected by the Shadows
Andy Weir Artemis
Tim Wirkus The infinite future
Stuart Woods Unbound
Leni Zumas Red Clocks

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DVDs

Nonfiction
Tai chi: 6 forms ; 6 easy lessons DVD 613.71 T12
Tai chi: the 24 forms DVD 613.71 T129

BOOKS

FICTION
Naima Coster Halsey Street
Robin MacArthur Heart spring mountain
Lucy Hughes-Hallett Peculiar ground
Ali Smith Winter
Chloe Benjamin The immortalists
Hallgrímur Helgason Woman at 1,000 degrees

Historical Fiction
Gregory Blake Smith The maze at Windermere

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Luca D'Andrea Beneath the mountain
Michel Bussi Black Water lilies
Nathaniel Rich King Zeno
A.J. Finn The woman in the window
Christopher J. Yates Grist Mill Road
Boris Akunin The state counsellor
Sujata Massey The widows of Malabar Hill
Louisa Luna Two girls down

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Seanan McGuire Beneath the sugar sky
Nick Harkaway Gnomon
Joe Haldeman The forever war

Short Stories
Dave McKean (editor) The Weight of words SS M154

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Julia Wertz Tenements, towers & trash: an unconventional illustrated history of New York City 974.71 W499 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Scott Kelly Endurance: a year in space, a lifetime of discovery 629.45 K295

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Julie Adair King Digital photography for dummies 778.3 K521
Jewel Stern Modernism in American silver: 20th-century design 739.23 S839
Gail Buckland Who shot sports: a photographic history, 1843 to the present 779.979 B924
Rob Sheppard Landscape photography: from snapshots to great shots 778.93 S549

Biography & Genealogy
Edward O. Thorp A man for all markets: from Las Vegas to Wall Street, how I beat the dealer & the market 92 T517
Richard Branson Losing my virginity: how I survived, had fun & made a fortune doing business my way 92 B822

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
George Melloan Free people, free markets: how the Wall Street journal opinion pages shaped America 071.4 M527
Mark Purcell The country house library 027.1 P985

Business & Economics
Gerard Helferich An unlikely trust: Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan & the improbable partnership that remade American business 330.973 H474
Chris Burniske Cryptoassets: the innovative investor's guide to bitcoin & beyond 332.178 B966
Sean Ellis Hacking growth: how today's fastest-growing companies drive breakout success 658 E471
Matthew Pollard The introvert's edge: how the quiet & shy can outsell anyone 658.85 P771
Camille Fournier The manager's path: a guide for tech leaders navigating growth & change 658.3 F778
Carter Cast The right--and wrong--stuff: how brilliant careers are made & unmade 650.1 C346
Kevin Hjortshøj O'Rourke (editor) The spread of modern industry to the periphery since 1871 338.09 S768
The tao of Charlie Munger: a compilation of quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's vice chairman on life, business & the pursuit of wealth 332.6 M966
Timothy Ferriss Tribe of mentors: short life advice from the best in the world 650.1 F39t
Jesse Mecham You need a budget: the proven system for breaking the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle, getting out of debt & living the life you want 332.024 M486
Anthony Davenport Your score: an insider's secrets to understanding, controlling & protecting your credit score 332.7 D247

Food & Drink
Christine Ingram Vegetarian & vegetable cooking: the essential encyclopedia of healthy eating 641.5636 I542

Health & Medicine
Martha Clare Morris Diet for the mind: the latest science on what to eat to prevent Alzheimer's & cognitive decline-- from the creator of the MIND diet 616.831 M875
Victoria Sweet Slow medicine: the way to healing 610 S974
Baxter Bell Yoga for healthy aging: a guide to lifelong well-being 613.7 B433

History
Andrew Paul Mele Italian Staten Island 974.71 M519
Vanessa R. Schwartz Modern France: a very short introduction 944 S399
Clare Mulley The women who flew for Hitler: a true story of soaring ambition & searing rivalry 940.5449 M958
David Stevenson 1917: war, peace & revolution 940.3 S847

Home & Family Management
Jinny Blom The thoughtful gardener 712.2 B653

Languages & Linguistics
ShaoLan Hsueh Chineasy everyday: learning Chinese through its culture 495.1 H873

Literature & Writing
John Freeman How to read a novelist 808.3 F855
MLA Handbook 808 M689
Stephen Colbert's midnight confessions 818.602 C684

Performing Arts & Music
Terry Burrows The art of sound: a visual history for audiophiles 780.266 B972

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Eric Barker Barking up the wrong tree: the surprising science behind why everything you know about success is (mostly) wrong 158.1 B255
Haiming Wen Chinese philosophy 181.1 W467
Michael Shermer Heavens on earth: the scientific search for the afterlife, immortality & utopia 202.3 S553
Hattie Bryant I'll have it my way 179.7 B915
Philip Stokes Philosophy: 100 essential thinkers 109.2 S874
Nigel Warburton Philosophy: the classics 109 W254
Bryan W. Van Norden Taking back philosophy: a multicultural manifesto 101 V269
Abigail Marsh The fear factor: how one emotion connects altruists, psychopaths & everyone in-between 152.46 M365
Gretchen Rubin The four tendencies: the indispensable personality profiles that reveal how to make your life better (and other people's lives better, too) 155.2 R896
Robert H. Lustig The hacking of the American mind: the science behind the corporate takeover of our bodies & brains 152.42 L972
Nigel Warburton. Thinking from A to Z 153.43 W254
Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek Utilitarianism: a very short introduction 171.5 L431

Reference
Keith Jones (editor) Cancer sourcebook 616.994 C215
Robert H. Pantell Taking care of your child: a parent's illustrated guide to complete medical care 618.92 P197

Social Sciences & Current Events
Paulin Ismard Democracy's slaves: a political history of ancient Greece 306.362 I83
Gilles Kepel Terror in France: the rise of jihad in the west 363.325 K38t
Esther Perel The state of affairs: rethinking infidelity 306.736 P437
Brooke Erin Duffy (Not) getting paid to do what you love: gender, social media & aspirational work 302.23 D858
Michael Walzer A foreign policy for the Left 327.101 W242
Dieter Helm Burn out: the endgame for fossil fuels 333.82 H478
Jack Loeffler (editor) Voices of counterculture in the Southwest 306.1 L825

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AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Jennifer Romolini Weird in a World That's Not: A Career Guide for Misfits, F*ckups & Failures CD 650.1 R766
Sara Wachter-Boettcher Technically wrong: sexist apps, biased algorithms & other threats of toxic tech CD 303.4834 W114

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EBOOKS
Fiction
Rachel Rhys A dangerous crossing
Carla Cassidy Annie & the Outlaw & Her Cowboy Distraction--Annie & the Outlaw: The Wild West Series, Book 4
Bernard Cornwell Fools & mortals
Robin MacArthur Heart spring mountain
Lucy Hughes-Hallett Peculiar ground
Allegra Huston Say my name
Sarah Tarkoff Sinless
Nicci French Sunday silence
Neil Olson The black painting
Linda Lael Miller The bridegroom
Alex Gray The Swedish Girl: Lorimer & Brightman Series, Book 10
Jillian Medoff This could hurt

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DVDs

Nonfiction
Big idea DVD 791.43 B592

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CDs
Classical
Shai Wosner Impromptu: Beethoven, Chopin, Dvorak, Gershwin, Ives, Liszt & Schubert CD Classical Wosner
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky Symphonies 1, 2 & 5 CD Classical Tchaikovsky

Jazz & Blues
Vijay Iyer Sextet Far from over CD Jazz Iyer
Ahmad Jamal Marseille CD Jazz Jamal

Popular
LCD Soundsystem American dream CD Pop LCD Soundsystem
U2 Songs of experience CD Pop U2
Bob Dylan Trouble no more: bootleg series. Vol. 13, 1979-1981 CD Pop Dylan

BOOKS

FICTION
Sonali Dev A distant heart
Neel Mukherjee A state of freedom
Julie Murphy Dumplin'
Sam Graham-Felsen Green
William H. Gass Omensetter's luck
Simon Sebag Montefiore Red sky at noon
Becky Albertalli Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda
Patrick Modiano Such fine boys
Cherie Dimaline The marrow thieves
Gary Barwin Yiddish for pirates
Rachel Joyce The music shop

Historical Fiction
William T. Vollmann Fathers & crows

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Jeffrey Siger An Aegean April
Jennifer Ashley Death below stairs
John Bude Death makes a prophet
Thomas Perry The bomb maker
Andrea Camilleri The pyramid of mud
Robert Crais The wanted
Gary Blackwood Bucket's list
Andrew Grant False witness
Barbara Hambly Murder in July
Stuart Woods Unbound

Short Stories
Martin Edwards (editor) The long arm of the law: classic police stories SS L849

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
William Morrison Broadway theatres: history & architecture 792.0974 M878
Darryl Wheye Humans, nature & birds: science art from cave walls to computer screens 704.943 W569
Donn Salt Stone, bone & jade 736.24 S176
Todd Hido Todd Hido on landscapes, interiors & the nude 778.9 H632
Uta Barth: ... & of time 779.092 B284

Biography & Genealogy
Caroline Fraser Prairie fires: the American dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder 92 W673f

Business & Economics
Jennifer Romolini Weird in a world that's not: a career guide for misfits, f*ckups & failures 650.1 R766

Computer Science
Larry Ullman PHP & MySQL for dynamic web sites 005.1 P57u
Cory Althoff The self-taught programmer 005.1 A467

Food & Drink
Tsehai Fessehatsion Auntie Tsehai cooks: a guide to making authentic Ethiopian & Eritrean cuisine 641.5963 F413

Health & Medicine
Héctor García Ikigai: the Japanese secret to a long & happy life 613 G216
Gloria Valoris Overcome hoarding & transform your life: how to choose hope & life instead of things 616.8522 V199
Ridha Arem The thyroid solution: a revolutionary mind-body program for regaining your emotional & physical health 616.44 A679
Meredith Wadman The vaccine race: science, politics & the human costs of defeating disease 614.5 W123

History
Nicholas Blincoe Bethlehem: biography of a town 956.94 B648
Shelby Foote Shelby Foote, the Civil War, a narrative 973.7 F68c
Rick Beyer The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects & Other Audacious Fakery 940.5486 B573
Ron Field Silent witness: the Civil War through photography & its photographers 973.7 F453
Shaun Walker The long hangover: Putin's new Russia & the ghosts of the past 947.086 W177
Daniel J. Sharfstein Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard & the Nez Perce War 979.5 S531

Law
Stephen Fishman Every landlord's tax deduction guide 343.052 F537e

Literature & Writing
Annie Finch A poet's craft: a comprehensive guide to making & sharing your poetry 808.1 F492
Ursula K. Le Guin No time to spare: thinking about what matters 818 L521n
Homer The Odyssey 881 H76wi

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Christopher Kemp The lost species: great expeditions in the collections of natural history museums 508 K321

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Jen Hatmaker 7: an experimental mutiny against excess: clothes, shopping, waste, food, possessions, media, stress 248 H364
John Bargh Before you know it: the unconscious reasons we do what we do 154.2 B251
Massimo Pigliucci How to be a stoic: using ancient philosophy to live a modern life 188 P631
Thich Nhat Hanh How to fight 294.3 N57f
Richard Elliott Friedman The Exodus: how it happened & why it matters 222.12 F911
Meik Wiking The little book of lykke: secrets of the world's happiest people 158.1 W663L
Michael Puett The path: what Chinese philosophers can teach us about the good life 181.1 P977
David McRaney You are now less dumb: how to conquer mob mentality, how to buy happiness & all the other ways to outsmart yourself 153.4 M174
Abigail Williams The social life of books: reading together in the eighteenth-century home 002.09 W721

Social Sciences & Current Events
Stewart E. Tolnay A festival of violence: an analysis of Southern lynchings, 1882-1930 364.1 T652
Andrew Fisher Big hunger: the unholy alliance between corporate America & anti-hunger groups 363.8 F533
Rosemary Mahoney For the benefit of those who see: dispatches from the world of the blind 371.91 M216
Trebor Scholz (editor) Ours to hack & to own: the rise of platform cooperativism, a new vision for the future of work & a fairer internet 383.4833 S368
Sara Wachter-Boettcher Technically wrong: sexist apps, biased algorithms & other threats of toxic tech 303.4834 W114
William H. Miller, Jr. The fabulous interiors of the great ocean liners in historic photographs 387.2 M647f
William H. Miller, Jr. The first great ocean liners in photographs: 193 views, 1897-1927 387.2 M647g
William H. Miller, Jr. The Great luxury liners, 1927-1954: a photographic record 387.2 M647
Peter Temin The vanishing middle class: prejudice & power in a dual economy 339.22 T279
Mary Beard Women & power: a manifesto 305.42 B368
Deborah Tannen You're the only one I can tell: inside the language of women's friendships 302.34 T166

Travel & Geography
Lonely Planet France's best trips: 38 amazing road trips 914.4 L847b
Lonely Planet Italy's best trips: 40 amazing road trips 914.5 L847b
Luisa Grigoletto The 500 hidden secrets of Rome 914.56 G857

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
George Saunders Lincoln in the bardo Large Print Saunders

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MAGAZINES

Dow theory forecasts
France-Amérique
Investment quality trends
Latitude 38

AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Jesmyn Ward Sing, unburied, sing CD Fic Ward

Nonfiction
Michael Wolff Fire & fury: inside the Trump White House CD 973.933 W855
Sean Ellis Hacking growth: how today's fastest-growing companies drive breakout success CD 658 E471
Satya Nadella Hit refresh: the quest to rediscover Microsoft's soul & imagine a better future for everyone CD 338.761 N134
Kim Scott Radical candor: be a kick-ass boss without losing your humanity CD 658.4 S425
Gretchen Rubin The four tendencies: the indispensable personality profiles that reveal how to make your life better (and other people's lives better, too) CD 155.2 R896

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EAUDIOBOOKS
Helene Hanff 84, charing cross road
Alexander McCall Smith A distant view of everything
Joan Johnston Blackthorne's bride
Gary Corby Death on Delos
Scott Williams Haunted Texas: famous phantoms, sinister sites & lingering legends
Jodi Thomas Indigo Lake
Eve Babitz Sex & rage
Jay Posey Sungrazer
Miranda Lee Taken over by the billionaire
Georgie Lee The courtesan's book of secrets
Charles Stross The delirium brief
Sharon Kendrick The housekeeper's awakening
Kaia Roman The joy plan: how i took 30 days to stop worrying, quit complaining & find ridiculous happiness
Ellen Marie Wiseman The life she was given
Carolyn Purnell The sensational past: how the enlightenment changed the way we use our senses
Christie Golden Valerian & the city of a thousand planets

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EBOOKS
Luca D'Andrea Beneath the Mountain
Kristan Higgins Now that you mention it
James Lee Burke Robicheaux
Paullina Simons The girl in Times Square
Mark Henshaw The last man in Tehran
Anna Todd The Spring girls
Robyn Carr The wanderer
A.J. Finn The woman in the window
Tyrell, Johnson Wolves of Winter