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New Titles List for the Week of January 23

BOOKS

FICTION
Charles Dickens Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the riots of 'eighty
George Eliot Adam Bede
George Eliot Silas Marner: the weaver of Raveloe
Thomas Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Stephen King The stand
Adam Levin Hot pink
Mary McCarthy The company she keeps
Alice Munro The beggar maid: stories of Flo & Rose
Pola Oloixarac Savage theories
Padgett Powell The interrogative mood: a novel?
Sheila Radley Who saw him die?
John Steinbeck The pearl
Jane Austen Emma
Jane Austen Mansfield Park
Jane Austen Persuasion
Jane Austen Pride & prejudice
Jane Austen Sense & sensibility
Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre
Lewis Carroll Alice's adventures in Wonderland ; and, Through the looking-glass & What Alice found there
Charles Dickens A Christmas carol & other Christmas writings
Charles Dickens A tale of two cities
George Eliot Felix Holt, the radical
Samanta Schweblin Fever dream
Shanthi Sekaran Lucky boy
Angela Thirkell Pomfret Towers
Angela Thirkell Summer half
Angela Thirkell The Brandons
Oscar Wilde The picture of Dorian Gray

Historical Fiction
Robert Coover Huck out west

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Chris Bohjalian The sleepwalker
Paul Charles St. Ernan's blues
Agatha Christie Death in the clouds
Agatha Christie They do it with mirrors
Janet Evanovich Turbo twenty-three
Declan Hughes The wrong kind of blood
Ed McBain Blood relatives
Ed McBain Eight black horses
Ed McBain Give the boys a great big hand
Ed McBain Shotgun
Ed McBain The house that Jack built
Nicholas Petrie Burning bright
Ian Rankin Black & blue
Brad Taylor Ring of fire
Ronald Tierney Concrete pillow
Ronald Tierney Iron glove
Ronald Tierney Steel web
Ronald Tierney The stone veil
Katie Williams The space between trees
Alison Bruce A cry in the night
Alison Bruce The silence

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Warren Ellis Normal
Stephen King The shining
Alastair Reynolds Slow bullets
China Miéville The last days of new Paris

Short Stories
The Pushcart prize: best of the small presses 810.8 P98

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Kieron Gillen The wicked + the divine. Vol. 3, Commercial suicide 741.5 G476 comics
Alexandro Jodorowsky The Metabaron. Book 1, The techno-admiral & the anti-baron 741.5 J63m comics
Amy Kurzweil Flying couch: a graphic memoir 741.5973 K969 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
John Z. Komurki Stationery fever: from paper clips to pencils & everything in between 676 K819

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Susan Beal World of geekcraft: step-by-step instructions for 25 super-cool craft projects 745.5 B366
Nienke Denekamp The Vincent Van Gogh atlas 759.9492 G61
Austin Granger Elegy from the edge of a continent: photographing Point Reyes 779 G758
Owen Hatherley Landscapes of communism: a history through buildings 720.947 H363
Rob Stone Auditions: architecture & aurality 720.1 S877
William Allin Storrer The architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: a complete catalog 720.92 W94st
Robert Storr September: a history painting by Gerhard Richter 759.3 R535

Biography & Genealogy
John Kerner Combat medic, World War II 92 K398
Donald Trump Trump: the art of the deal 92 T871
John Edgar Wideman Writing to save a life: the Louis Till file 92 T574

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Julie A. Gerber Navigating Indieworld: a beginner's guide to self-publishing & marketing your book 070.5 G362

Business & Economics
Kelly Hoey Build your dream network: forging powerful relationships in a hyper-connected world 658 H696

Chess
Sam Collins Gambit busters 794.122 C712g

Food & Drink
Stanley Ginsberg The rye baker: classic breads from Europe & America 641.815 G493

Health & Medicine
Sylvia Tara The secret life of fat: the science behind the body's least understood organ & what it means for you 613.2 T176
Gary Taubes The case against sugar 613.2 T22c
Belisa Vranich Breathe: the simple, revolutionary 14-day program to improve your mental & physical health 613.192 V978

History
Ben Ehrenreich The way to the spring: life & death in Palestine 956.95 E335
Donnie Eichar Dead Mountain: the untold true story of the Dyatlov Pass incident 914.74 E341
Norma Watkins The last resort: taking the Mississippi cure 976.2 W335
Michael Kazin War against war: the American fight for peace, 1914-1918 940.3 K239
Myra MacDonald Defeat is an orphan: how Pakistan lost the great South Asian war 355.02 M135

Languages & Linguistics
Eleanor Dickey Learning Latin the ancient way: Latin textbooks from the ancient world 478.2 D551

Law
Barbara Weltman J.K. Lasser's 1001 deductions & tax breaks 2017: your complete guide to everything deductible 343.7305 J11
Barbara Weltman J.K. Lasser's small business taxes 2017: your complete guide to a better bottom line 343.7306 J11

Literature & Writing
James Harold Flye (editor) Letters of James Agee to Father Flye 816.54 A265
David Hathwell Muses 811 H364
Paul Simpson A brief guide to Oz 813.4 S613

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Donna J. Haraway Staying with the trouble: making kin in the Chthulucene 599.9 H254

Performing Arts & Music
Molly Haskell Steven Spielberg: a life in films 791.4 S755h
Tippi Hedren Tippi: [ a memoir ] 791.45 H456
Ethan Mordden When Broadway went to Hollywood 791.43 M834
Steve Roden I listen to the wind that obliterates my traces: music in vernacular photographs, 1880-1955 780.92 R687
Brad Tolinski & Alan di Perna Play it loud: the epic history of the style, sound & revolution of the electric guitar 787.87 T649
Jeff Burger (editor) Lennon on Lennon: conversations with John Lennon 780.92 L56bu

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Gary Gutting Talking God: philosophers on belief 210 G985
Andrew Klavan The great good thing: a secular Jew comes to faith in Christ 248.2 K637
Ian Robertson The stress test: how pressure can make you stronger & sharper 155.9 R649

Politics & Government
Richard Rorty Achieving our country: leftist thought in twentieth-century America 320.51 R787

Social Sciences & Current Events
Cleve Jones When we rise: my life in the movement 306.76 J762
T.N. Ninan Turn of the tortoise: the challenge & promise of India's future 330.954 N714

Travel & Geography
Rick Steves Venice 914.53 S848

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Rick Walton 10 little monsters visit San Francisco

Nonfiction
Pam Muñoz Ryan Our California Child 979.4 R988

Posted on Jan. 19, 2017 by Cherilyn Chang

New Titles List for the Week of January 16

BOOKS

FICTION
Aravind Adiga Selection day
Joanna Cannon The trouble with goats & sheep
Michael Chabon Moonglow
Beatrice Colin To capture what we cannot keep
Emily Fridlund History of wolves
Shirley Jackson The lottery & other stories
Derek B. Miller The girl in green
Tommy Wieringa These are the names
Zadie Smith Swing time

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Rennie Airth The death of kings
Federico Axat Kill the next one
Andrea Camilleri A voice in the night
Freeman Wills Crofts Mystery in the channel
Freeman Wills Crofts The Hog's Back mystery
Brendan DuBois Storm cell
Camilla Grebe The ice beneath her
W.E.B. Griffin Curtain of death
Robert Harris Conclave
Jack Higgins The midnight bell
David Morrell Ruler of the night
Thomas Perry The old man
Emily Ruskovich Idaho
Terry Shames An unsettling crime for Samuel Craddock
Phoef Sutton Heart attack & vine
Stuart Woods Below the belt

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
N. K. Jemisin Dreamblood duology
John Langan The fisherman
Victor LaValle The ballad of Black Tom

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NONFICTION

Chess
Erwin L'Ami The modern two knights 794.122 L213
Lawrence Trent The modern grand prix attack 794.122 L4151

History
Régine Pernoud The retrial of Joan of Arc: the evidence for her vindication 944.026 P452
Thomas Hodgkin The Barbarian invasions of the Roman Empire 937 H689

Literature & Writing
Peter Elbow Writing without teachers 808.04 E374

Politics & Government
Angela Y. Davis Freedom is a constant struggle: Ferguson, Palestine & the foundations of a movement 323 D261

Social Sciences & Current Events
John Edward Terrell A talent for friendship: rediscovery of a remarkable trait 302.34 T325

Travel & Geography
Lonely Planet's where to go when: the ultimate trip planner for every month of the year 910.202 L847
Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands 919.53 L847

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MAGAZINES
Juxtapoz
National Geographic history

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AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Steven Johnson Wonderland: how play made the modern world CD 790.1 J661
Brian Jay Jones George Lucas: a life CD 791.4 L933
James Kitfield Twilight warriors: the soldiers, spies & special agents who are revolutionizing the American way of war CD 355.033 K624
Robert Wagner I loved her in the movies: memories of Hollywood's legendary actresses CD 791.43 W132

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DVDs

Classics
San Quentin

Comedy
Mirror mirror

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple

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CDs
Classical
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Cello concertos CD Classical CPE Bach
Moritz Moszkowski Piano concerto in B minor, op 3 CD Classical Moszkowski

Folk
Leonard Cohen Popular problems CD Folk Cohen

Jazz & Blues
Norah Jones Day breaks CD Jazz Jones

Popular
Green Day Revolution radio CD Pop Green Day
Bruce Springsteen Chapter & verse CD Pop Springsteen

Posted on Jan. 12, 2017 by Cherilyn Chang

New Titles List for the Week of January 9

BOOKS

FICTION
Lauren Grodstein A friend of the family

Historical Fiction
Daisy Goodwin Victoria

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Christopher Fowler Strange tide
Martin Seay The mirror thief
James Rollins The seventh plague

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Adam Nevill The ritual

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Isabel Greenberg The one hundred nights of Hero 741.5 G798o comics
Mike Mignola Hellboy in Hell: the death card 741.5 H476hh comics

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NONFICTION
Business & Economics
Geoff Colvin Humans are underrated: what high achievers know that brilliant machines never will 650.1 C727
Kristine McKenna (editor) Notes from a revolution: Com/co, the Diggers & the Haight 335.83 N911

Food & Drink
Christine Carroll Come in, we're closed: an invitation to staff meals at the world's best restaurants 641.5 C319
Tom Douglas Tom's big dinners: big-time home cooking for family & friends 642.4 D733
Nathalie Fraise The whole coconut cookbook: vibrant dairy-free, gluten-free recipes featuring nature's most versatile ingredient 641.64 F812
Elise Richer Always in season: twelve months of fresh recipes from the farmer's markets of New England 641.5974 R529
Macy's Culinary Council Great gatherings: stars chefs entertain at home 641.5 M177

Health & Medicine
Simon Critchley Notes on suicide 362.28 C934

History
Julian S. Corbett The Seven Years War: a study in British combined strategy 940.25 C789
Adrian Goldsworthy The complete Roman army 937 G624
Philip Matyszak The sons of Caesar: imperial Rome's first dynasty 937 M446
Ben Shepherd Terror in the Balkans: German armies & partisan warfare 940.53 S548t

Law
The EY tax guide 2017 343.052 E714

Performing Arts & Music
Leslie Bennetts Last girl before freeway: the life, loves, losses & liberation of Joan Rivers 791.45 R622
Seiji Ozawa Absolutely on music: conversations 784.2 M972
Robert Sellers Peter O'Toole 792.092 O885
Ed Ward The history of rock & roll. Volume 1, 1920-1963 781.66 W256

Politics & Government
Gabriel Gorodetsky (editor) The Maisky Diaries: Red Ambassador to the Court of St James's, 1932-1943 327.47 G672
David Vincent Privacy: a short history 323.448 V768

Reference
J.K. Lasser's your income tax 336.24 J11

Social Sciences & Current Events
Babbette Hines Love letters, lost 306.7 B112
Robin Mamlet College admission: from application to acceptance, step by step 378.1 M265
Christopher Newfield The great mistake: how we wrecked public universities & how we can fix them 378.05 N547
Natasha K. Warikoo The diversity bargain: & other dilemmas of race, admissions & meritocracy at elite universities 378.73 W276

Travel & Geography
Moon Florida Gulf Coast 917.59 M818
Frommer's EasyGuide to Santa Fe, Taos & Albuquerque 917.895 F932
Lonely Planet Panama 917.287 L847
Lonely Planet Southeast Asia on a shoestring 915.9 L847
Explore Paris 914.436 I592
Michelin Chicago 917.731 M623
The rough guide to Ireland 914.15 R856
The rough guide to Provence & the Côte d'Azur 914.49 R856
The rough guide to Ecuador 918.66 R856
The rough guide to Naples & the Amalfi Coast 914.573 R856
Mick Ashworth (editor) History of the world in maps: the rise & fall of empires, countries & cities 911 T583h

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Steve Smallman Santa is coming to San Francisco

Nonfiction
Robert Cameron Above San Francisco Child 917.946 C182
Cindy Jenson-Elliott Antsy Ansel: Ansel Adams, a life in nature Child 770.92 A191
Kristina Rutherford Level the playing field: the past, present & future of women's pro sports Child 796 R975

Posted on Jan. 11, 2017 by Cherilyn Chang

New Titles List for the week of December 26

BOOKS

FICTION
George Eliot Middlemarch
George Eliot Scenes of clerical life
George Eliot The Mill on the Floss

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
James Church The gentleman from Japan
Loren D. Estleman Brazen
Mark Greaney Tom Clancy: true faith & allegiance
Anne Holt Beyond the truth
Jim Kelly Death ship
Charles Kingston Murder in Piccadilly
Val McDermid Out of bounds
James Patterson Cross the line

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Jim Butcher Storm front
James S. A. Corey Babylon's ashes
Hillary Monahan Gods & monsters: snake eyes

Short Stories
Martin Edwards (editor) Capital crimes: London mysteries SS C244

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Kieron Gillen The wicked + the divine. Vol. 1, The Faust act 741.5 G476 comics
Kieron Gillen The wicked + the divine. Vol. 2, Fandemonium 741.5 G476 comics
Brian K. Vaughan Saga 741.5 S1289 comics
Ronald Wimberly Prince of cats 741.5 W757 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
David Macaulay The way things work now: from levers to lasers, windmills to Wi-Fi, a visual guide to the world of machines 603 M117

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
John Massengale Street design: the secret to great cities & towns 711.4 M415
Francesca Tatarella Labyrinths & mazes: a journey through art, architecture & landscape 710 T216
Vern Yip Vern Yip's design wise: your smart guide to a beautiful home 747 Y519

Biography & Genealogy
Nicola Tallis Crown of blood: the deadly inheritance of Lady Jane Grey 92 D847t

Business & Economics
Chris Miller The struggle to save the Soviet economy: Mikhail Gorbachev & the collapse of the USSR 330.947 M647
Angus Burgin Great persuasion: reinventing free markets since the depression 330.122 B956

Chess
Boris Avrukh 1.d4 The Queen's gambit 794.122 A963q
Boris Gelfand Dynamic decision making in chess 794.1 G316d
Jorg Hickl The power of pawns: chess structure fundamentals for post-beginners 794.14 H628
Liliana Najdorf Najdorf x Najdorf 794.1092 N162
Parimarjan Negi 1.e4 vs the Sicilian III 794.122 P231
Nikolaos Ntirlis Playing 1. e4 e5: a classical repertoire 794.122 N961
Hans Renette H.E. Bird: a chess biography with 1,198 games 794.1092 R411
John Shaw Playing 1.e4. Caro-Kann, 1...e5 & minor lines: a grandmaster guide 794.122 S534p
Ilya Smirin King's Indian warfare 794.12 S641
Artur Yusupov Revision & exam. 1, The fundamentals 794.1 Y959
Daniel King Secrets of the English Chess School 791.1 K521
Vadim Milov Nimzo-Indian 4.f3 & Sämisch-Variation 794.1 M637

Food & Drink
Gina Homolka Skinnytaste fast & slow: knockout quick-fix & slow cooker recipes 641.563 H768
Sarah Lohman Eight flavors: the untold story of American cuisine 641.5973 L833

Health & Medicine
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang Rest: why you get more done when you work less 612 P191
Casey Truffo Be a wealthy therapist: finally, you can make a living while making a difference 610.23 T866b
Casey Truffo From clinician to confident CEO: your step-by-step guide to more ease, more time off & more profit 610.23 T866

History
Roger Boas Battle rattle: a last memoir of World War II 940.5412 B662
Saul Friedländer Where memory leads: my life 940.53 F911
Neil Kagan The secret history of World War II: spies, code breakers & covert operations 940.5485 K118
Tracy Borman The private lives of the Tudors: uncovering the secrets of Britain's greatest dynasty 942.05 B735
Ian Davidson The French Revolution: from Enlightenment to tyranny 944.04 D252
Anthony Everitt The rise of Athens: the story of the world's greatest civilization 938.5 E934
William J. Mann The wars of the Roosevelts: the ruthless rise of America's greatest political family 973.91 M281
Philip Mansel Aleppo: the rise & fall of Syria's great merchant city 956.91 M286
Chris Wickham Medieval Europe 940.1 W637

Performing Arts & Music
Paul Anderer Kurosawa's Rashomon: a vanished city, a lost brother & the voice inside his iconic films 791.4 K96a
David Bianculli The platinum age of television: from I love Lucy to The walking dead, how TV became terrific 791.45 B578
Steven Johnson Wonderland: how play made the modern world 790.1 J661
Robbie Robertson Testimony 780.92 R649
Brian Jay Jones George Lucas: a life 791.4 L933

Politics & Government
Jodi Dean Crowds & party 322.4 D281
Mark Lilla The shipwrecked mind: on political reaction 320.01 L729
Timothy Mitchell Carbon democracy: political power in the age of oil 320.01 M681
Serhii Plokhy The man with the poison gun: a Cold War spy story 327.12 P729

Social Sciences & Current Events
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Racism without racists: color-blind racism & the persistence of racial inequality in America 305.8 B715
Wesley Lowery They can't kill us all: Ferguson, Baltimore & a new era in America's racial justice movement 305.896 L917

Travel & Geography
Explore Copenhagen 914.891 I592
Eyewitness Egypt 916.2 E975
Eyewitness Hawaii 919.69 E975
Eyewitness Lisbon 914.694 E975
Eyewitness New England 917.4 E975
Eyewitness New Orleans 917.63 E975
Eyewitness Philadelphia & the Pennsylvania Dutch country 917.481 E975
Sharon Fernandes 111 places in New Delhi that you must not miss 915.4 F363
Fodor's Boston 917.446 F653
Fodor's Caribbean 917.29 F653
Fodor's essential Australia 919.4 F653
Fodor's Germany 914.3 F653
Fodor's Greek Islands 914.95 F653
Fodor's Los Cabos 917.22 F653
Fodor's Montréal & Québec City 917.14 F653
Fodor's New York City 917.471 F653
Jacques Garance Secret Paris 914.436 G212
Julian Holland World railway journeys 910.4 C712
Insight Australia 919.4 I592
Insight Explore Barcelona 914.672 I592
Insight Explore Hawaii 919.69 I592
Lonely Planet Belize 917.282 L847
Lonely Planet Central America on a shoestring 917.28 L847
Lonely Planet Spain 914.6 L847
Michelin Italy 914.5 M623
Michelin San Francisco, Bay Area & Wine Country 917.946 M623
Monocle Honolulu 919.693 M751
Monocle Paris 914.436 M751
Monocle Rio de Janeiro 918.153 M751
Monocle Sydney 919.44 M751
National Geographic Barcelona 914.67 N27
Rick Steves' Barcelona 914.672 S848
Rick Steves Florence & Tuscany 2017 914.55 S848
Moon Charleston & Savannah 917.579 M818
Nicholas Woodsworth Seeking Provence: old myths, new paths 914.49 W898

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

Nonfiction
Jessica Firpi (editor) Ripley's believe it or not!: wild & wacky edition 2017 Child 031 R589w

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
David Baldacci No man's land CD Fic Baldacci
Michael Chabon Moonglow CD Fic Chabon
Michael Connelly The wrong side of goodbye CD Fic Connelly
John Grisham The whistler CD Fic Grisham
Jodi Picoult Small great things CD Fic Picoult
Zadie Smith Swing time CD Fic Zadie
Colson Whitehead The Underground Railroad CD Fic Whitehead

Posted on Dec. 23, 2016 by Cherilyn Chang

New Titles List for the Week of December 19

BOOKS

FICTION
Deborah Hopkinson Into the firestorm

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
David Baldacci No man's land
F.H. Batacan Smaller & smaller circles
John G. Brandon A scream in Soho
Miles Burton The secret of High Eldersham
Michael Connelly The wrong side of goodbye
Patricia Cornwell Chaos
Adele Fasick A death in utopia
Adele Fasick Death visits a bawdy house
Claude Izner Strangled in Paris
Tony Parsons The Hanging Club
Peter Steiner A French country murder
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Southern seas
Clare Donoghue No place to die

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Beth Cato Breath of earth
Jim C. Hines Libriomancer
James S.A. Corey Nemesis games
Nnedi Okorafor Lagoon

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Jason Shiga Demon Volume 1 741.5 S555 comics

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NONFICTION

Biography & Genealogy
Laurence Bergreen Casanova: the world of a seductive genius 92 C333b
Robert Kanigel Eyes on the street: the life of Jane Jacobs 92 J171
Richard Sylla Alexander Hamilton 92 H217s

Chess
Vladimir Tukmakov Profession-- chessplayer: grandmaster at work 794.1 T916

Food & Drink
Miyoko Schinner The homemade vegan pantry: the art of making your own staples 641.5636 S336

Health & Medicine
Anthony William Medical medium life-changing foods: save yourself & the ones you love with the hidden healing powers of fruits & vegetables 613.2 W716
David France How to survive a plague: the inside story of how citizens & science tamed AIDS 362.196 F815

History
Michael Grant The classical Greeks 938 G761c
Sunil Khilnani Incarnations: a history of India in fifty lives 954 K456
Karina Urbach Go-betweens for Hitler 940.532 U722
F.M. Bailey Mission to Tashkent 947.084 B154
Patricia Bell-Scott The firebrand & the First Lady: portrait of a friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt & the struggle for social justice 973.917 B448
Ramon L. Jiménez Caesar against Rome: the great Roman civil war 937.05 J614
The Cambridge history of Russia 947 C178

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
James Lovelock The earth & I 570.1 L911

Performing Arts & Music
Lawrence Levy To Pixar & beyond: my unlikely journey with Steve Jobs to make entertainment history 791.43 L6681
William F. Buckley, Jr. On the firing line: the public life of our public figures 791.45 B924

John Pomfret The beautiful country & the Middle Kingdom: America & China, 1776 to the present 327.73 P786

Social Sciences & Current Events
James Patterson Filthy rich: a powerful billionaire, the sex scandal that undid him & all the justice that money can buy: the shocking true story of Jeffrey Epstein 364.153 P317

Travel & Geography
Bradt travel Ethiopia 916.3 B81
Insight Explore Fiji 919.61 I592
Insight Turkey 915.61 I592
Insight Vietnam 915.97 I59
Insight Scandinavia 914.8 I592
Lonely Planet Oman, UAE & Arabian Peninsula 915.3 L847
Michelin Green guide Dordogne, Berry, Limousin 914.47 M623
Michelin Green guide London 914.21 M623
Michelin Green guide Normandy 914.42 M623
Michelin Green guide Paris 914.436 M623
Michelin Green guide Sicily 914.58 M623
Michelin Green guide Spain 914.6 M623
National Geographic Germany 914.3 N27
National Geographic Vietnam 915.97 N27
National Geographic San Francisco 917.946 N27
The rough guide to walks in London & the southeast 914.21 R856w
Maine Coast & Islands: Key to a Great Destination 917.41 E966
Elizabeth Wenk One best hike: Mount Whitney: everything you need to know to successfully hike California's highest peak 917.9486 W475
Rory Stewart The Marches: a borderland journey between England & Scotland 941.37 S849

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Adam Gamble Good night, San Francisco
Eric James Santa's sleigh is on its way to San Francisco: a Christmas adventure
Elisa Kleven The horribly hungry gingerbread boy: a San Francisco story
Wendi Silvano Love is all around in San Francisco
Laurence Yep The Earth Dragon awakes: the San Francisco earthquake of 1906

Nonfiction
Zack Burgess Meet the San Francisco 49ers Child 796 B955
Fun facts & silly stories: odd around the world! Child 031 R589
Dorothy Hoobler What was the San Francisco Earthquake? Child 979.461 H776
Matt Weber San Francisco: the alphabet book Child 917 W373
Doug Williams 12 reasons to love the San Francisco Giants Child 796 W721

DVDs
The world of Sid & Marty Krofft

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Andrew Gross The one man CD Fic Gross

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EBOOKS
Fiction
Fredrik Backman A man called Ove
David Bianculli The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to the Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific
T.C. Boyle The terranauts
H.W. Brands. The general & the president: MacArthur & Truman at the brink of nuclear war
Michael Chabon Moonglow
Michael Connelly The wrong side of goodbye
Miranda Esmonde-White Forever Painless: End Chronic Pain & Reclaim Your Life in 30 Minutes a Day
Helen Fielding Bridget Jones's baby
Tana French The trespasser
Thomas L. Friedman Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
Kathy Griffin Kathy Griffin's Celebrity Run-Ins: My A-Z Index
John Grisham The whistler
Lauren Groff Fates & furies
Alice Hoffman Faithful
Alice Hoffman The marriage of opposites
P.D. James The mistletoe murder
Erika Johansen The invasion of the Tearling
Erika Johansen The queen of the Tearling Volume I
Michael Kranish Trump revealed: an American journey of ambition, ego, money & power
David Lehman Best American Poetry 2016
Joyce Meyer Worry-Free Living: Trading Anxiety for Peace
Bill O'Reilly Killing the rising sun: how America vanquished World War II Japan
T. Jefferson Parker Crazy blood
Jodi Picoult Small great things
Yiftach Reicher Atir The English teacher
Mark Ribowsky Hank: The Short Life & Long Country Road of Hank Williams
Bernie Sanders Our Revolution
Patricia Schultz 1,000 Places to See in the United States & Canada Before You Die
Martin Cruz Smith The girl from Venice
Zadie Smith Swing time
Jon Stewart The Daily Show: An Oral History
The Best of the Harvard Lampoon
J.D. Vance Hillbilly elegy: a memoir of a family & culture in crisis
Beatriz Williams A certain age
Stuart Woods Sex, lies & serious money

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DVDs

Classics
South riding

Comedy
Hotel Paradiso
Moscow on the Hudson

Drama
The mother

Foreign Language
Cat soup = Nekojiru-sou DVD Japanese
Kyuketsuki Hunter D = Vampire hunter D DVD Japanese
Er shi si cheng ji = 24 city DVD Chinese
Tous les matins du monde = All the mornings of the world DVD French

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Body of lies

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Dollhouse Season one

Nonfiction
Jack Pierce: the maker of monsters DVD 791.4 T238
The Cliff House & Sutro Heights DVD 979.4 C637

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CDs

Musicals & Soundtracks
Barry Lloyd Barry Lloyd live! CD Musicals/Soundtracks Lloyd

Posted on Dec. 15, 2016 by Cherilyn Chang

New Titles List for the Week of December 12

BOOKS

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Miles Hyman Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" : the authorized graphic adaptation 741.5 J124 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Suzanne Ashworth Seed to seed: seed saving & growing techniques for vegetable gardeners 635.04 A831

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Ruth Eaton Ideal cities : utopianism & the (un)built environment 758 E142
Charles Eley Design professional's guide to zero net energy buildings 720.47 E396
Mark D. Faram Faces of war : the untold story of Edward Steichen's WWII photographers 770.92 F219
Jonathan Fineberg (editor) When we were young : new perspectives on the art of the child 741.083 F495
Cory Korkow British portrait miniatures : the Cleveland Museum of Art 757.7 K845
Sam Lubell Mid-century modern architecture travel guide: West Coast USA 724.6 L928
@NatGeo : the most popular Instagram photos 779 N273
Lori Vermaas Sequoia : the heralded tree in American art & culture 709.73 V522
William C. Agee American vanguards : Graham, Davis, Gorky, De Kooning & their circle, 1927-1942 759.13 A265
Kerry Brougher Hiroshi Sugimoto 779.092 S947
Phillip Lopate Rudy Burckhardt 770.92 B948

Biography & Genealogy
Douglas Smith Rasputin : faith, power & the twilight of the Romanovs 92 R227s

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Joanna M. Burkhardt Teaching information literacy reframed : 50+ framework-based exercises for creating information-literate learners 028.7 B959

Business & Economics
Joel Mokyr A culture of growth : the origins of the modern economy 330 M716
James Rickards The road to ruin : the global elites' secret plan for the next financial crisis 332.042 R539

Food & Drink
Mary Berry Cooking essentials 641.5 B534
Kay Halsey (editor) Potatoes 641.65 C796
Donna Hay Salads + vegetables 641.83 H412
Lisa Leake 100 days of real food : fast & fabulous : the easy & delicious way to cut out processed food 641.563 L435
Lou Seibert Pappas Thanksgiving 641.568 P218

Health & Medicine
Ty M. Bollinger The truth about cancer : what you need to know about cancer's history, treatment & prevention 616.994 B692
Lynn Grodzki Building your ideal private practice : a guide for therapists & other healing professionals 616.8914 G873

History
Nicholas Best Seven days of infamy : Pearl Harbor across the world 940.54 B561
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita The Spoils of War : Greed, Power & the Conflicts That Made Our Greatest Presidents 355 B928
Stephen Harding Dawn of infamy : a sunken ship, a vanished crew & the final mystery of Pearl Harbor 940.54 H263
Catherine E. Hutchins (editor) Everyday life in the early republic 973.4 H974
Thomas F. Madden Istanbul : city of majesty at the crossroads of the world 949.61 M179
Donald Stratton All the gallant men : an American sailor's firsthand account of Pearl Harbor 940.54 S911
Averil Cameron The Mediterranean world in late antiquity, AD 395-600 909.0982 C182
Richard J. Evans The pursuit of power : Europe 1815-1914 940.28 E924
Garth Fowden Empire to commonwealth : consequences of monotheism in late antiquity 909 F784
Michael Grant A social history of Greece & Rome 937 G761
Michael Grant The founders of the western world : a history of Greece & Rome 938 G761f
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro Island people : the Caribbean & the world 972.9 J48
Michael Kulikowski The triumph of empire : the Roman world from Hadrian to Constantine 937.06 K962
Thomas R. Martin Ancient Greece : from prehistoric to Hellenistic times 938 M379
Pamela Mensch The Landmark Arrian : the campaigns of Alexander ; Anabasis Alexandrous 938.07 R766
Fergus Millar The Roman Near East, 31 B.C.-A.D. 337 939.4 M645
Readings in the classical historians 938 G761
James Romm Herodotus 938 R766
C.R. Whittaker Frontiers of the Roman Empire : a social & economic study 937.06 W624

Languages & Linguistics
John Simpson The word detective : searching for the meaning of it all at the Oxford English Dictionary 423 S613

Law
Ray D. Madoff Immortality & the law : the rising power of the American dead 346.7305 M183
Carol S. Steiker Courting death : the Supreme Court & capital punishment 345.73 S818

Literature & Writing
Heather Bell Kill the dogs 811 B433
Rachel Corbett You must change your life : the story of Rainer Maria Rilke & Auguste Rodin 831.9 C789
Cherríe Moraga (editor) This bridge called my back : writings by radical women of color 810.8 M827

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Lawrence DiStasi Mal occhio (evil eye), the underside of vision 133.42 D614
David Whyte The heart aroused : poetry & the preservation of the soul in corporate America 158.1 W629

Politics & Government
Brian H. Fishman The Master Plan : ISIS, Al Qaeda & the Jihadi Strategy for Final Victory 320.55 F537

Reference
Chase's ... calendar of events 394 C48

Social Sciences & Current Events
Ivy Anderson (editor) Alice : memoirs of a Barbary Coast prostitute 306.74 S642
Robert Harms The Diligent : a voyage through the worlds of the slave trade 306.362 H288
E. D. Hirsch, Jr. Why knowledge matters : rescuing our children from failed educational theories 372 H669
Jesmyn Ward (editor) The fire this time : a new generation speaks about race 305.896 W256

Travel & Geography
Ivana Della Portella Subterranean Rome 914.56 D357
Heinrich Harrer Seven years in Tibet 915.15 H29

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION
DVDs
Antz
Mary Poppins
Mulan ; Mulan II
The original Christmas classics
The Secret garden
Toy story

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AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Thomas L. Friedman Thank you for being late : an optimist's guide to thriving in the age of accelerations CD 303.483 F911

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DVDs
Action & Adventure

Classics
Anthony Adverse

Comedy
Blue murder at St. Trinian's

Drama
The Pallisers Set 1

Foreign Language
Early spring DVD Japanese
Equinox flower DVD Japanese
Late autumn DVD Japanese
Nights of Cabiria DVD Italian
The end of summer DVD Japanese
Tokyo twilight DVD Japanese

Nonfiction
Best of enemies DVD 808.53 B561
Good hair DVD 646.7 R682
Life, animated DVD 152.41 L722
Minimalism : a documentary about the important things DVD 304.2 M665
Sherpa DVD 796.52 S553
Tap world DVD 792.6 T175
Where to invade next DVD 303.4 M821

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CDs
Classical
Johann Sebastian Bach The unaccompanied cello suites = Suiten für Violoncello CD Classical Bach
George Frideric Haendel Water music ; Music for the royal fireworks CD Classical Handel
Wynton Marsalis Baroque music for trumpet CD Classical Marsalis
Proteus 7 Bernstein tribute CD Classical Bernstein

Jazz & Blues
Dave Anderson Blue Innuendo CD Jazz Anderson

Opera
Gioacchino Rossini Guglielmo Tell = William Tell CD Opera Rossini

World
Barbara Borden All hearts beating CD World Borden
Paul Winter & friends Celtic solstice CD World Winter

Posted on Dec. 8, 2016 by Cherilyn Chang

New Titles List for the Week of December 5

BOOKS

FICTION
Jack Thorne Harry Potter & the cursed child. Parts one & two
Randa Jarrar Him, me, Muhammad Ali
Sabahattin Ali Madonna in a fur coat
Ron Hansen She loves me not
Sonya Chung The loved ones

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Steven Price By gaslight
Clive Cussler Odessa sea
Kjell Eriksson Stone coffin
Sylvie Granotier The Paris lawyer
Mary Higgins Clark The Sleeping Beauty killer
Sharon Bolton A dark & twisted tide

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Jim Butcher The aeronaut's windlass

Short Stories
Karen Brennan Monsters

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Berkeley Breathed Bloom County. Episode XI, A new hope 741.5 B828 comics
Tom Tomorrow Crazy is the new normal 741.5 T661 comics
Simon Hanselmann Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam: & other stories 741.5 H2493m comics
Rihito Takarai Ten count. Volume 1 741.5 T136 comics
Andrew Carl (editor) The lost work of Will Eisner 741.5 S759L comics
G.B. Trudeau Yuge!: 30 years of Doonesbury on Trump 741.5 T866y comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
William C. Tweed King sequoia: the tree that inspired a nation, created our national park system & changed the way we think about nature 634.975 T971

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
John Berger Landscapes: John Berger on art 700 B496
Christopher Butler Postmodernism 700.411 B985
Kirsten Grove Simply styling: fresh & easy ways to personalize your home 747.1 G883
Bruce Conner The afternoon interviews 709.2 C752a
The complete letters of Vincent van Gogh: with reproductions of all the drawings in the correspondence 750.92 G61Le
W.M. Hunt The unseen eye: photographs from the unconscious 770 H939
Maggie Fergusson (editor) Treasure palaces: great writers visit great museums 701.1 F354
Bonnie Yochelson Esther Bubley: on assignment 778.9 B917
Paul V. Turner Frank Lloyd Wright & San Francisco 720.92 W94tu
Andrew Blauvelt (editor) Hippie modernism: the struggle for utopia 709.04 B645
Laurie Wilson Louise Nevelson: light & shadow 730.92 N51w
Paul Strand The world on my doorstep 779.092 S897
William L. Fox View finder: Mark Klett, photography & the reinvention of landscape 778.9 F791

Biography & Genealogy
Claire Dunne Carl Jung: wounded healer of the soul: an illustrated biography 92 J948d
Megyn Kelly Settle for more 92 K295
Jeff Hobbs The short & tragic life of Robert Peace: a brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy League 92 P355
Julia Baird Victoria the queen: an intimate biography of the woman who ruled an empire 92 V645b
Deborah Jaffe Victoria: a celebration of a queen & her glorious reign 92 V645j

Business & Economics
Bob Avakian The new Communism: the science, the strategy, the leadership for an actual revolution & a radically new society on the road to real emancipation 335.4 A945
Marc Levinson An extraordinary time: the end of the postwar boom & the return of the ordinary economy 330.9 L665
Edward Goldberg The joint ventured nation: why America needs a new foreign policy 337.73 G618

Chess
Viktor Korchnoi My best games 794.15 K84b
Lorin D'Costa Who dares wins!: attacking the King on opposite sides 794.12 D277

Computer Science
Guido Caldarelli Networks: a very short introduction 003 C145
George Plumley Teach yourself visually WordPress 005.3 W924p
Michael Sankey The manual to online public records: the researcher's tool to online resources of public records & public information 025.06 S227
Lisa Sabin-Wilson WordPress for dummies 005.3 W924s

Food & Drink
America's Test Kitchen What good cooks know: 20 years of Test Kitchen expertise in one essential handbook 643.3 A512
Clotilde Dusoulier Chocolate & zucchini: daily adventures in a Parisian kitchen 641.5944 D973
Craig W. Priebe Grilled pizzas & piadinas 641.82 P948
Lucinda Scala Quinn Mad hungry family: 120 essential recipes to feed the whole crew 641.5 S281
Barbara Abdeni Massaad Man'oushé: inside the Lebanese street corner bakery 641.5956 M414
Sylvia Casares The enchilada queen cookbook: enchiladas, fajitas, tamales & more classic recipes from Texas-Mexico border kitchens 641.5972 C335
Marcus Samuelsson The Red Rooster cookbook: the story of food & hustle in Harlem 641.59 S193
Rosie Daykin Butter celebrates!: delicious recipes for special occasions 641.8653 D275

Health & Medicine
Julie Barton Dog medicine: how my dog saved me from myself 615.8515 B293
Ruth Alvarez Find the right CCRC for yourself or a loved one 362.6 A473
Lee Gutkind (editor) Show me all your scars: true stories of living with mental illness 616.89 G984
Laura Holmes Haddad This is cancer: everything you need to know, from the waiting room to the bedroom 362.196 H126
Brad C. Breeding What's the deal with retirement communities? 362.6 B832
David Oshinsky Bellevue: three centuries of medicine & mayhem at America's most storied hospital 362.11 O826

History
David Welky A wretched & precarious situation: in search of the last Arctic frontier 910.91 W446
B. Jack Copeland Colossus: the secrets of Bletchley Park's codebreaking computers 940.54 C719
Frank Dunnigan Growing up in San Francisco's western neighborhoods: boomer memories from Kezar Stadium to Zim's Hamburgers 979.461 D924g
Robert Gerwarth The vanquished: why the First World War failed to end 940.5 G387
Tim Pat Coogan 1916: one hundred years of Irish independence: from the Easter Rising to the present 941.7 C769
Anthony Summers A matter of honor: Pearl Harbor: betrayal, blame & a family's quest for justice 940.542 S955
Ilkka Syvanne A military history of late Rome 284 to 361 937.08 S995
Michael Scott Ancient worlds: a global history of antiquity 930 S425
Chris McNab (editor) Armies of the Napoleonic Wars: an illustrated history 940.27 M169
J.K. Davies Democracy & classical Greece 938 D255
Jonathan Fenby France: a modern history from the Revolution to the war with terror 944 F331
Elaine K. Gazda (editor) Leisure & luxury in the age of Nero: the villas of Oplontis near Pompeii 937.7 G289
Ian Mortimer Millennium: from religion to revolution: how civilization has changed over a thousand years 909 M888
Mary T. Boatwright Peoples of the Roman world 937 B662
Thomas S. Burns Rome & the Barbarians, 100 B.C.-A.D. 400 937 B967
Charles Freeman The Greek achievement: the foundation of the Western world 938 F855
J.R. McNeill The human web: a bird's-eye view of world history 909 M169
Richard Jenkyns (editor) The Legacy of Rome: a new appraisal 940 J53
Charles Bonnet The Nubian pharaohs: Black kings on the Nile 932 B717
Paul A. Rahe The Spartan regime: its character, origins & grand strategy 938 R147
Karen Bassi Traces of the past: classics between history & archaeology 930.1 B321

Home & Family Management
Greg Michaels Mowbiz: the professional landscaper's handbook: everything you need to know to start & run your own landscaping or lawn care business 712.3 M621

Languages & Linguistics
Benjamin K. Bergen What the f: what swearing reveals about our language, our brains & ourselves 401.9 B495
Eleanor Dickey (editor) Colloquial & literary Latin 477 D551
Annie Heminway French demystified 448.2 H488
Ed Swick German demystified 438 S976
Jenny Petrow Spanish conversation demystified 468 P497
Josh Katz Speaking American*: *how y'all, youse & you guys talk: a visual guide 427.973 K197

Literature & Writing
Devorah Major And then we became 811.54 M234
Margaret Parton Laughter on the hill: a San Francisco interlude 818.5 P274
Alexander Pushkin Novels, tales, journeys 891.73 P98n
Carlos Fuentes The great Latin American novel 863 F95g
Regina L. Brooks Writing great books for young adults: everything you need to know, from crafting the idea to getting published 808.068 B873
Mary Kole Writing irresistible kidlit: the ultimate guide to crafting fiction for young adult & middle grade readers 808.068 K812
E.E. Cummings: Collected poems, 1922-1938 811 C97c

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Marcus Baynes-Rock Among the bone eaters: encounters with hyenas in Harar 599.74 B361
Stephon Alexander The jazz of physics: the secret link between music & the structure of the universe 523.1 A374

Performing Arts & Music
Simon Morrison Bolshoi confidential: secrets of the Russian ballet from the rule of the tsars to today 792.8 M878
David Hajdu Love for sale: pop music in America 781.64 H154
Todd Mayfield Traveling soul: the life of Curtis Mayfield 780.92 M468
Jace Clayton Uproot: travels in twenty-first-century music & digital culture 781.64 C622
John Powell Why you love music: from Mozart to Metallica: the emotional power of beautiful sounds 781.1 P882
Marc Myers Anatomy of a song: the oral history of 45 iconic hits that changed rock, R & B & pop 780.92 M996
Peter Ames Carlin Homeward bound: the life of Paul Simon 780.92 S5941

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Julian Baggini Atheism 211.8 B144
George Robinson Essential Torah: a complete guide to the five books of Moses 222.1 R658
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana Mindfulness in plain English 294.34 G975
Adam Gazzaley The distracted mind: ancient brains in a high-tech world 153.7 G291
Georg Rüschemeyer The new book of optical illusions 152.14 R951
Mark Manson The subtle art of not giving a fuck: a counterintuitive approach to living a good life 158.1 M289
Philip Benedict Christ's churches purely reformed: a social history of Calvinism 284.2 B463
The Dead Sea scrolls Bible: the oldest known Bible 221.4 A138
Wayne A. Meeks The origins of Christian morality: the first two centuries 241 M494
Tyndale's Old Testament: being the Pentateuch of 1530, Joshua to 2 Chronicles of 1537 & Jonah 221 T987

Politics & Government
Walter A. McDougall The tragedy of U.S. foreign policy: how America's civil religion betrayed the national interest 327.73 M137
Gregory Hood Waking up from the American dream 320.54 H776
Dennis W. Johnson Democracy for hire: a history of American political consulting 324.09 J661

Social Sciences & Current Events
Captain Paul E. Lobo Crossing the bar: the adventures of a San Francisco Bay bar pilot 387.1 L799
Curt Stager Deep future: the next 100,000 years of life on Earth 363.7 S779
Gregory L. Simon Flame & fortune in the American West: urban development, environmental change & the great Oakland Hills fire 307.12 S594
Rebecca M. Lyles From the errors of others: how to avoid embarrassing mistakes in writing & speaking 302.2 L985
Matt Goulding Grape, olive, pig: deep travels through Spain's food culture 394.12 G698g
Beth Terry Plastic-free: how I kicked the plastic habit & you can too 363.738 T329
José van Dijck The culture of connectivity: a critical history of social media 302.3 D575
Nicholas Booth The thieves of Threadneedle Street: the incredible true story of the American forgers who nearly broke the Bank of England 364.163 B725
Kerry Taylor Vintage fashion & couture: from Poiret to McQueen 391 T238
Thomas L. Friedman Thank you for being late: an optimist's guide to thriving in the age of accelerations 303.483 F911
David Sax The revenge of analog: real things & why they matter 306.3 S272
Leonardo Marques The United States & the transatlantic slave trade to the Americas, 1776-1867 306.362 M357

Travel & Geography
Robin Howie Another 100 Scotsman walks 914.1 H861
Darrin DuFord Breakfast for alligators: quests, showdowns & revelations in the Americas 910.4 D861
Great city maps: [a historical journey through maps, plans & paintings] 912.09 G786
Insight Thailand 915.93 K862
Tom Miller Seeking New York: the stories behind the historic architecture of Manhattan--one building at a time 917.471 M647
Joseph Rosendo (editor) Where to go when: the Americas: North, Central, South America & the Caribbean 917 W557
Katharine Harmon You are here NYC: mapping the soul of the city 912.747 H288

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AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Jack Kornfield Awakening is real: a guide to the deeper dimensions of the inner journey CD 294.3 K847a
with Ram Dass Conscious aging: on the nature of change & facing death CD 305.26 R169
Ram Dass Experiments in truth CD 204 R169
Jack Kornfield Guided meditation: six essential practices to cultivate love, awareness & wisdom CD 294 K847
Jack Kornfield Guided meditations for self-healing CD 294.3 K847g
Michael Krasny Let there be laughter: a treasury of great Jewish humor & what it all means CD 818 K899
Alan Watts Out of your mind: [essential listening from the Alan Watts Audio Archives] CD 294 W348o
Thich Nhat Hanh The present moment: [a retreat on the practice of mindfulness] CD 294.3 N576
Jack Kornfield The roots of Buddhist psychology CD 294.3 K847r
Michael Krondl The taste of conquest: the rise & fall of the three great cities of spice CD 641.3 K936
James Gleick Time travel: a history CD 530.11 G556
Jack Kornfield Turn toward the beautiful: creativity as a path of liberation CD 294 K847t
Alan Watts You're it!: on hiding, seeking & being found CD 294 W348
Jack Kornfield Buddhism for beginners CD 294.3 K847

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DVDs

Classics
5 fingers
City for conquest
Smash up: the story of a woman
The Rainmaker
Wings

Comedy
Blow dry
Election
Primary colors

Drama
The miracle worker

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Pretty poison
The third man

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Willard

Nonfiction
Peggy Guggenheim: art addict DVD 708 G94
Rigoletto DVD 782.5 V48r

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CDs
Classical
Grażyna Bacewicz Complete string quartets CD Classical Bacewicz
Roberto Carcassés Invitation CD Jazz Carcassés
Tchaikovsky Serenade for strings ; Souvenir de Florence CD Classical Tchaikovsky
Robert Schumann String quartets op. 41, nos. 1, 2 & 3 CD Classical Schumann
Antonio Maria Montanari Violin concertos CD Classical Montanari
Tchaikovsky Violin concertos CD Classical Bell
George Frideric Handel Water music CD Classical Handel

Folk
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Bluegrass rules! CD Folk Skaggs
Leonard Cohen You want it darker CD Folk Cohen

Jazz & Blues
Aaron Neville Apache CD Jazz Neville
Brad Mehldau Trio Blues & ballads CD Jazz Mehldau
Kim Nalley Blues people CD Jazz Nalley
Guillermo Klein Los guachos V CD Jazz Klein

Musicals & Soundtracks
Richard Rogers Victory at sea CD Musicals/Soundtracks Rodgers

Popular
Bon Iver 22, a million CD Pop Bon Iver
the Beatles Live at the Hollywood Bowl CD Pop Beatles

Posted on Dec. 6, 2016 by Cherilyn Chang

New Titles List for the Week of November 21

BOOKS

FICTION
Stephanie Wilbur Ash The Annie year
David Constantine The life-writer
Albert Cossery Proud beggars
Maddie Dawson The survivor's guide to family happiness
Alfred Doblin Bright magic
Alice Hoffman Faithful
Sheryl Monks Monsters in Appalachia
Edmundo Paz Soldán Norte
David Szalay All that man is
Melissa Yancy Dog years
Nanni Balestrini We want everything
Halldor Laxness Wayward heroes
Edward Hoagland In the country of the blind
Ha Jin The boat rocker
Javier Marías Thus bad begins

Historical Fiction
Henry Green Back
Wilbur Smith Pharaoh
Graeme Macrae Burnet (editor) His bloody project: documents relating to the case of Roderick Macrae, a historical thriller

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Charles Finch The inheritance
Timothy Hallinan Fields where they lay
Francesca Kay The long room
David Lida One life
Ed Lin Incensed
Jess Lourey Salem's cipher
Barry Maitland Ash Island
Julia Navarro Story of a sociopath
Anne Perry Revenge in a cold river

Short Stories
Clare Beams We show what we have learned & other stories
Best European fiction SS B5635

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Lisa Hanawalt Hot dog taste test: a cook [crossed out] book 741.5 H233 comics
Igort The Ukrainian & Russian notebooks 741.5 I248 comics
Edward Ross Filmish: a graphic journey through film 741.5 R823 comics
Riad Sattouf The Arab of the future 2: a graphic memoir: a childhood in the Middle East (1984-1985) 741.5 S253 comics

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
James Edward Deeds Jr. The Electric Pencil 740.92 D311
Henri Rivière Thirty-six views of the Eiffel Tower 769.92 R625
Franny Moyle Turner: the extraordinary life & momentous times of J.M.W. Turner 750.92 T94m

Biography & Genealogy
Robert Gottlieb Avid reader 92 G686
Alexander Masters A life discarded: 148 diaries found in the trash 92 F819
Marina Abramović Walk through walls 92 A1612
Lynn Downey Levi Strauss: the man who gave blue jeans to the world 92 S9124
Reiner Stach Kafka, the early years 92 K111se
James Stourton Kenneth Clark: life, art & civilisation 92 C5933st
Susan Higginbotham Margaret Pole: the Countess in the Tower 92 S167h

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Library assistant: test preparation study guide questions & answers 020.71 N277
Thomas Mann The Oxford guide to library research 025.5 M281

Business & Economics
Clayton M. Christensen Competing against luck: the story of innovation & customer choice 658.4 C554
Claudia Hammond Mind over money: the psychology of money & how to use it 332.024 H225
Tim Wu The attention merchants: the epic scramble to get inside our heads 659.1 W959
Carol Levine Planning for long-term care for dummies 332.024 L665

Food & Drink
Anthony Bourdain Appetites 641.5 B768a
Nancy Silverton Mozza at home: more than 150 crowd-pleasing recipes for relaxed, family-style entertaining 641.5945 S5878

History
Josephine Breen Del Deo The watch at Peaked Hill: outer Cape Cod dune shack life, 1953-2003 974.4 D345
Iris Engstrand San Diego: California's cornerstone 979.498 E588
Peter Fritzsche An iron wind: Europe under Hitler 940.53 F919
Greg Mitchell The tunnels: escapes under the Berlin Wall & the historic films the JFK White House tried to kill 943.155 M681
Steve Twomey Countdown to Pearl Harbor: the twelve days to the attack 940.542 T974
Marc Van De Mieroop A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000-323 BC 939.4 V226
Stanley Burstein (editor) Ancient African civilizations: Kush & Axum 939.78 B972
Peter Cozzens The Earth is weeping: the epic story of the Indian wars for the American West 978.02 C882
Susan Elkin (editor) Pearl Harbor: 75 years later: a day of infamy & its legacy 940.542 L722
Steven Hahn A nation without borders: the United States & its world in an age of civil wars, 1830-1910 973.5 H148
James D. Hornfischer The fleet at flood tide: America at total war in the Pacific, 1944-1945 940.5459 H816
Torsten Cumberland Jacobsen A history of the Vandals 936 J175
Shawn Levy Dolce vita confidential: Fellini, Loren, Pucci, paparazzi & the swinging high life of 1950s Rome 945.63 L668
Nancy J. Taniguchi Dirty deeds: land, violence & the 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committee 979.461 T164
The New Yorker The 60s: the story of a decade 909.826 F494

Home & Family Management
Carolyn P. Hartley The caregiver's toolbox: checklists, forms, resources, mobile apps & straight talk to help you provide compassionate care 649.8 H332
Sally Balch Hurme The ABA/AARP checklist for family caregivers: a guide to making it manageable 649.8 H966

Languages & Linguistics
Marcel Danesi Italian demystified 458 D179

Law
William D. Goren Understanding the ADA 342.7308 G667

Literature & Writing
Anne Carson Float 811 C321f
Kendra Levin The hero is you: sharpen your focus, conquer your demons & become the writer you were born to be 808.02 L665
Philippe Soupault Lost profiles: memoirs of cubism, dada & surrealism 840.9 S724
Shelley DeWees Not just Jane: rediscovering seven amazing women writers who transformed British literature 820.9 D516
Barry Forshaw Brit noir: the Pocket Essential guide to the crime fiction, film & TV of the British Isles 823.087 F732
J.H. Prynne Poems 821 P973p
J. H. Prynne The white stones 821 P973

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Mary Ellen Hannibal Citizen scientist: searching for heroes & hope in an age of extinction 576.84 H245
David Allen Sibley The Sibley guide to birds 598 S56

Performing Arts & Music
Daniel Bergner Sing for your life: a story of race, music & family 780.92 G795
Lloyd Sachs T Bone Burnett: a life in pursuit 780.92 T248
Songs in the key of Los Angeles: sheet music from the collection of the Los Angeles Public Library 780.26 K964
Ben Westhoff Original gangstas: the untold story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur & the birth of West Coast rap 782.421 W529
Peter L. Winkler (editor) The real James Dean: intimate memories from those who knew him best 792.092 D281w
Peter Ackroyd Alfred Hitchcock 791.4 H67ac
David Thomson Television 791.45 T482
Thomas Dolby The speed of sound: breaking the barrier between music & technology 780.92 D661

Politics & Government
Arlie Russell Hochschild Strangers in their own land: anger & mourning on the American right 320.52 H685
Geoffrey D.T. Shaw The lost mandate of heaven: the American betrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam 327.73 S534

Social Sciences & Current Events
Christopher Breward The suit: form, function & style 391.4 B847
Nancy Colier The power of off: the mindful way to stay sane in a virtual world 302.2 C696
Michael Fabricant Austerity blues: fighting for the soul of public higher education 378.05 F126
Silvia Federici Caliban & the witch 305.4 F293
Stephane Hallegatte Shock waves: managing the impacts of climate change on poverty 362.5 H184
Beverly Lowry Who killed these girls?: cold case: the yogurt shop murders 364.152 L921
Erin McKean The hundred dresses: the most iconic styles of our time 391.4 M154
Eugene Soltes Why they do it: inside the mind of the white-collar criminal 364.168 S691
Tim White The last good heist: the inside story of the biggest single payday in the criminal history of the Northeast 364.155 W582
Virginia Morris How to care for aging parents: a one-step resource for all your medical, financial, housing & emotional issues 382.6 M877

Travel & Geography
Andrew Duncan Secret London: exploring the hidden city, with original walks & unusual places to visit 914.21 D91
Nonstop metropolis: a New York City atlas 912.747 S688

Posted on Nov. 17, 2016 by Cherilyn Chang

New Titles List for the Week of November 14

BOOKS

FICTION
Richard Wiley Bob Stevenson
Anna Seghers Crossing
Banana Yoshimoto Lizard

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Kathleen Ernst A memory of muskets
Christopher Brookmyre Black widow
Barry Eisler Livia Lone
Lee Child Night school
P.D. James The mistletoe murder
John Grisham The whistler
Domenic Stansberry The white devil

Short Stories
The mammoth book of dieselpunk SS M265d
Black wings of Cthulhu. 2: eighteen new tales of Lovecraftian horror SS B632

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Mark Beyer Agony 741.5 B573 comics
Dave McKean Black Dog: the dreams of Paul Nash 741.5 M154 comics
Evie Wyld Everything is teeth 92 W982 comics
Daniel Clowes Patience 741.5 C648p comics
Hariton Pushwagner Soft City 741.5 P987 comics
Frederik L. Schodt The Astro Boy essays: Osamu Tezuka, Mighty Atom & the manga/anime revolution 741.53 S363a comics
Nick Spencer The fix. Volume one, Where beagles dare 741.5 S745 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Johanna Silver The bold dry garden: lessons from the Ruth Bancroft Garden 635.9 S587

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Sally Mann Remembered light: Cy Twombly in Lexington 770.92 M282r
Henri Cartier Bresson The decisive moment 770.92 C32c
Rudolf Frieling (editor) Bruce Conner: it's all true 709.2 C752i
Karin Breuer Ed Ruscha & the Great American West 709.2 R951c

Biography & Genealogy
John Preston A very English scandal: sex, lies & a murder plot in the houses of Parliament 92 T518
Nina Willner Forty autumns: a family's story of courage & survival on both sides of the Berlin Wall 929.2 W738
Alice Kaplan Looking for The Stranger: Albert Camus & the life of a literary classic 92 C211k
John Sutherland Orwell's nose: a pathological biography 92 O79u
Pico Iyer The man within my head 92 I97
Sarah Kaminsky Adolfo Kaminsky: a forger's life 92 K155
Johannes Fried Charlemagne 92 C474f
Robert Strauss Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS rating game & the legacy of the least of the lesser presidents 92 B9182s
Mark Ford Thomas Hardy: half a Londoner 92 H272f

Business & Economics
Tracy Kidder A truck full of money 338.761 K466
Bill Burnett Designing your life: how to build a well-lived, joyful life 650.1 B964
Nicholas Webb What customers crave: how to create relevant & memorable experiences at every touchpoint 658.812 W365
Rana Foroohar Makers & takers: the rise of finance & the fall of American business 332.0973 F727

Chess
Larry Evans New ideas in chess 794.1 E92n

Computer Science
Lesa Snider Adobe Lightroom CC & Photoshop CC for photographers 006.6 A643s
Robert I. Berkman Find it fast: extracting expert information from social networks, big data, tweets & more 025.04 B513

Food & Drink
Eric Ripert 32 yolks: from my mother's table to working the line 641.5 R588
Adam Hynam-Smith Curbside: modern street food from a vagabond chef 641.59 H997
Del Sroufe Forks over knives--the cookbook: over 300 recipes for plant-based eating all through the year 641.5636 S774
Milli Taylor Party-perfect bites: delicious recipes for canapés, finger food & party snacks 641.81 T238
Jessamyn Waldman Rodriguez The Hot Bread Kitchen cookbook: artisanal baking from around the world 641.815 R696

Health & Medicine
Joe Dolce Brave new weed: adventures into the uncharted world of cannabis 613.835 D662
Luke Dittrich Patient H.M.: a story of memory, madness & family secrets 616.8523 H111d
John McDougall The healthiest diet on the planet: why the foods you love -- pizza, pancakes, potatoes, pasta & more -- are the solution to preventing disease & looking & feeling your best 613.2 M137

History
Hugh Kennedy Caliphate: the history of an idea 909.097 K351
Tom Fitton Clean house: exposing our government's secrets & lies 973.932 F547
Frank Dunnigan Growing up in San Francisco: more boomer memories from Playland to Candlestick Park 979.461 D924m
Max Adams In the land of giants: a journey through the Dark Ages 942.01 A211
Susan J.P. O'Hara Mills of Humboldt County 979.412 O365
H.W. Brands The general vs. the president: MacArthur & Truman at the brink of nuclear war 973.918 B819
Dean Snow 1777: tipping point at Saratoga 974.7 S674
Mark Wilson Biblical Turkey: a guide to the Jewish & Christian sites of Asia Minor 939.2 W746
Alex Von Tunzelmann Blood & sand: Suez, Hungary & Eisenhower's campaign for peace 973.92 V948
Tyler Anbinder City of dreams: the 400-year epic history of immigrant New York 974.71 A537
Carlos A. Picón (editor) Pergamon & the Hellenistic kingdoms of the ancient world 939.2 P439
Christopher Davidson Shadow wars: the secret struggle for the Middle East 956.05 D252
Cynthia W. Shelmerdine (editor) The Cambridge companion to the Aegean Bronze Age 939.1 S545
James Kitfield Twilight warriors: the soldiers, spies & special agents who are revolutionizing the American way of war 355.033 K624

Law
David J. Barron Waging war: the clash between presidents & Congress, 1776 to ISIS 342.73 B277

Literature & Writing
I am a phenomenon quite out of the ordinary: the notebooks, diaries & letters of Daniil Kharms 891.78 K455
Luvvie Ajayi I'm judging you: the do-better manual 818.602 A312
Michael Krasny Let there be laughter: a treasury of great Jewish humor & what it all means 818.602 K899
Barbara Morgan (editor) On Story--screenwriters & filmmakers on their iconic films 808.23 O591
Stanley Fish Winning arguments: what works & doesn't work in politics, the bedroom, the courtroom & the classroom 808 F532
Ursula K. Le Guin Words are my matter: writings about life & books, 2000-2016 with a journal of a writer's week 818 L521
Latif Harris Barter within the bark of trees: first will & testament, poems of aging & memory 811 H313
Dante Alighieri Inferno 851 D19m
Dante Alighieri Paradiso 851 D19m
Dante Alighieri Purgatorio 851 D19m
Denise Riley Say something back 821 R573
Gerald Nicosia Night train to Shanghai: & other memories of China 811 N661

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Peter Wohlleben The hidden life of trees: what they feel, how they communicate: discoveries from a secret world 582.16 W846

Performing Arts & Music
Tavis Smiley Before you judge me: the triumph & tragedy of Michael Jackson's last days 780.92 J134s
Toby Gleason (editor) Music in the air: the selected writings of Ralph J. Gleason 780.904 G554
David Hepworth Never a dull moment: 1971: the year that rock exploded 781.66 H529
Simon Reynolds Shock & awe: glam rock & its legacy from the seventies to the twenty-first century 781.66 R462
Emilio D'Alessandro Stanley Kubrick & me: thirty years at his side 791.43 D141
Rich Cohen The sun & the moon & the Rolling Stones 782.421 R75c
Gavin Edwards The Tao of Bill Murray: real-life stories of joy, enlightenment & party crashing 792.092 M981
Alan Sepinwall TV (the book): two experts pick the greatest American shows of all time 791.45 S479
Toby Gleason (editor) Conversations in jazz: the Ralph J. Gleason interviews 781.65 G554
Paul du Noyer Conversations with McCartney 780.92 M12du
Brian Wilson I am Brian Wilson: a memoir 780.92 W746i
Nigel Cliff Moscow nights: the Van Cliburn story: how one man & his piano transformed the Cold War 780.92 C636
Adam Mars-Jones Noriko smiling 791.43 M372
Michael Jarrett. Pressed for all time: producing the great jazz albums from Louis Armstrong & Billie Holiday to Miles Davis & Diana Krall 781.65 J378

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Marshall Goldsmith Triggers: creating behavior that lasts-- becoming the person you want to be 155.24 G624

Politics & Government
Stephen Shames Power to the People: the world of the Black Panthers 322.42 S528
Elaine C. Kamarck Why presidents fail: & how they can succeed again 352.236 K151
Andrew Lownie Stalin's Englishman: Guy Burgess, the Cold War & the Cambridge spy ring 327.1 L919

Social Sciences & Current Events
Michael Doyle Radical chapters: pacifist bookseller Roy Kepler & the paperback revolution 381.45 D754
Ian Brown Sixty: a diary of my sixty-first year: the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning? 305.244 B877
Jeremiah Tower Table manners: how to behave in the modern world & why bother 395.54 T737
Nancy Weiss Malkiel Keep the damned women out: the struggle for coeducation 371.82 M251

Travel & Geography
Thomas Swick The joys of travel: & stories that illuminate them 910.4 S976

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Karen Branson Streets of gold Child Branson

Nonfiction
Ginger Wadsworth Seasons of the bear: a Yosemite story 599.78 W124

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EBOOKS
Larry Tye Bobby Kennedy: the making of a liberal icon
Ann Patchett Commonwealth
J.A. Jance Downfall
Christopher Andersen Game of crowns: Elizabeth, Camilla, Kate & the throne
Dinesh D'Souza Hillary's America: the secret history of the Democratic Party
Harlan Coben Home
Mark Bittman How to bake everything: simple recipes for best baking
William Kent Krueger Manitou Canyon
Anne Holt No Echo
Simon Winchester Pacific: silicon chips & surfboards, coral reefs & atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires & the coming collision of the world's superpowers
Clive Cussler Pirate
Linda Hirshman Sisters in law: how Sandra Day O'Connor & Ruth Bader Ginsburg went to the Supreme Court & changed the world
Mary Beard SPQR: a history of ancient Rome
Patrick Modiano The black notebook
Jenny Colgan The bookshop on the corner
Santa Montefiore The girl in the castle
Amy Schumer The girl with the lower back tattoo
Peter Wohlleben The hidden life of trees: what they feel, how they communicate: discoveries from a secret world
Timothy Egan The immortal Irishman: the Irish revolutionary who became an American hero
Karin Slaughter The kept woman
Douglas Preston The Obsidian chamber
Rinker Buck The Oregon Trail: a new American journey
John le Carré The pigeon tunnel: stories from my life
Ron Rash The risen
Max Hastings The secret war: spies, ciphers & guerrillas 1939-1945
Heather Mac Donald The war on cops: how the new attack on law & order makes everyone less safe
Emma Donoghue The wonder
Brian Kilmeade Thomas Jefferson & the Tripoli pirates: the forgotten war that changed American history
Amy E. Herman Visual Intelligence
Richard N. Bolles What color is your parachute?: a practical manual for job-hunters & career-changers
Nancy Isenberg White trash: the 400-year untold history of class in America

Posted on Nov. 10, 2016 by Cherilyn Chang

Mechanics' Institute Library Inventory Project

Just how many items do we have on our shelves, and how do we keep track of them?  With a tablet and scanner in hand, volunteers have graciously put in the time each week to scan each item by section. We started this inventory project in June, with the travel section on the second floor and have worked our way through the DVDs, short stories, large print, audio books, and are now currently in fiction. Over 11,000 items have been scanned so far, out of what we estimate to be 150,000 items.

With such a big collection, things do get misplaced. Going through each section has helped us locate several items that we thought were missing for good, or sometimes we may find items that are worn and need to be replaced, or they may have a cataloging record that the cataloging department can fix. This project cannot be accomplished without our volunteers, and we would like to put a face to the names of those who are diligently working to help us with this mammoth project.

Past and current volunteers, clockwise from upper left: Vesna Lerotic, Karina Amin-Salehi, Lily Hoshi, David Grenell, Judy Heggie, Jo Falcon, Michael Williams.

Thanks to our volunteers, the Library Inventory Project is well underway!

Posted on Nov. 8, 2016 by Cherilyn Chang