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BOOKS

FICTION
Margaret Atwood Hag-seed: The Tempest retold
Lucy Jane Bledsoe A thin bright line
Marcy Dermansky The red car
A.L. Kennedy Serious sweet
Jonathan Lethem A gambler's anatomy
A.G. Mojtabai Shine on me
Magda Szabo Iza's ballad
Sarah Domet The Guineveres
Catherine Dunne The years that followed
Jodi Picoult Small great things
Francine Prose Mister monkey
Nell Zink Nicotine

Historical Fiction
Jonathan Crown Sirius: a novel about the little dog who almost changed history

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Alan Bradley Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd
Reed Farrel Coleman Robert B. Parker's Debt to pay
Clive Cussler Pirate: a Sam & Remi Fargo adventure
Robert Dickinson The tourist
Cédric Fabre (editor) Marseille noir
Felix Francis Triple crown
Tana French The trespasser
Joe Ide IQ
James Lasdun The fall guy
Ian McEwan Nutshell
Kyle Mills Order to kill
James Patterson Woman of God
Douglas Preston The Obsidian chamber
John Sandford Escape clause
Karin Slaughter The kept woman
Karen Lee Street Edgar Allan Poe & the London monster
Silas Dent Zobal The people of the broken neck
Ge Fei The invisibility cloak
Alexander McCall Smith Precious & Grace
Martin Cruz Smith The girl from Venice

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Daniel Polansky A city dreaming

Short Stories
Ali Smith Public library & other stories
Jojo Moyes Paris for one & other stories

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Sarah Cook (editor) Information 709.04 I434
Filipa Ramos (editor) Animals 700.462 A598

Biography & Genealogy
Heather Hendershot Open to debate: how William F. Buckley put liberal America on the Firing Line 070.92 B92h
Glen Jeansonne Herbert Hoover: a life 92 H790je
Robert Klara FDR's funeral train: a betrayed widow, a Soviet spy & a presidency in the balance 92 R778k
Emer O'Sullivan The fall of the house of Wilde: Oscar Wilde & his family 92 W671o
Ruth Bader Ginsburg My own words 347.73 G493g
Gareth Stedman Jones Karl Marx: greatness & illusion 92 M392st
Ronald C. White American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant 92 G763wh

Business & Economics
Jürgen Kocka Capitalism: A Short History 330.12 K768

Computer Science
Maximiliano Firtman High performance mobile web 006.7 F527

Food & Drink
Warren Bobrow Cannabis cocktails, mocktails & tonics: the art of spirited drinks & buzz-worthy libations 641.874 B663
Paul Freedman Ten restaurants that changed America 647.9573 F853
Rowan Jacobsen The essential oyster: a salty appreciation of taste & temptation 641.69 J17
Ali Maffucci Inspiralized: turn vegetables into healthy, creative, satisfying meals 641.65 M187

Health & Medicine
Sara Dubow Ourselves unborn: a history of the fetus in modern America 362.198 D818
Philip Moeller Get what's yours for Medicare: maximize your coverage, minimize your costs 368.38 M693

History
Brian Curtis Fields of battle: Pearl Harbor, the Rose Bowl & the boys who went to war 940.5481 C978
Ben MacIntyre Rogue heroes: the history of the SAS, Britain's secret special forces unit that sabotaged the Nazis & changed the nature of war 940.5412 M152r
Sean M. Kelley The voyage of the slave ship Hare: a journey into captivity from Sierra Leone to South Carolina 306.362 K293
Mary McAuliffe When Paris sizzled: the 1920s Paris of Hemingway, Chanel, Cocteau, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker & their friends 944.36 M478w
Anne Sebba Les Parisiennes: how the women of Paris lived, loved & died under Nazi occupation 940.5344 S443

Languages & Linguistics
Esther Schor Bridge of words: Esperanto & the dream of a universal language 499.99 S374

Law
Elizabeth F. Schwartz Before I do: a legal guide to marriage, gay & otherwise 346.0168 S399

Literature & Writing
Cheryl B. Klein The magic words: writing great books for children & young adults 808.068 K641

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Val Kells A field guide to coastal fishes. From Alaska to California 597 K295

Performing Arts & Music
John Mayer Steppenwolf theatre company of Chicago: in their own words 792.0973 M468
Amy Schumer The girl with the lower back tattoo 792.092 S392
Carole Bayer Sager They're playing our song: a memoir 780.92 S129

Social Sciences & Current Events
Emily Witt Future sex 306.7 W827

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DVDs

Foreign Language
Roberto Rossellini's War trilogy DVD Italian

BOOKS

FICTION
Blanca Busquets The house of silence
Courtney Elizabeth Mauk The special power of restoring lost things

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Patrick Hoffman Every man a menace
J. Robert Janes Clandestine
The best American mystery stories
J. A. Jance Downfall

Short Stories
The best American short stories SS B56

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Carol Tyler Soldier's heart: the campaign to understand my WWII veteran father: a daughter's memoir 92 T981s comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Chris Conrad The newbies guide to cannabis & the industry 633.79 C754
Dale Dougherty Free to make: how the maker movement is changing our schools, our jobs & our minds 600 D732
Peter P. Marra Cat wars: the devastating consequences of a cuddly killer 636.8 M358
Sy Montgomery The good good pig: the extraordinary life of Christopher Hogwood 636.4 M788
Jill Jonnes Urban forests: a natural history of trees in the American cityscape 635.977 J79

Biography & Genealogy
Joe Conason Man of the world: the further endeavors of Bill Clinton 92 C6405co
Candice Millard Hero of the empire: the Boer War, a daring escape & the making of Winston Churchill 92 C5632mi
Susan Quinn Eleanor & Hick: the love affair that shaped a First Lady 92 R776q

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Amy Hungerford Making literature now 070.5 H936
Alastair M. Johnston Dreaming on the edge: poets & book artists in the history of the book in California 686.2 J721

Business & Economics
Brian P. Moran The 12 week year: get more done in 12 weeks than others do in 12 months 650.1 M829
Amy Whitaker Art thinking: how to carve out creative space in a world of schedules, budgets & bosses 658.4 W577

Computer Science
Cathy O'Neil Weapons of math destruction: how big data increases inequality & threatens democracy 005.7 O586
Jeff Sauro Quantifying the user experience: practical statistics for user research 004.01 S259

Food & Drink
Americas Test Kitchen The best of America's Test Kitchen 2017: the year's best recipes, equipment reviews & tastings 641.5973 A512b
Alton Brown EveryDayCook 641.5 B87e
Ayesha Curry The seasoned life: food, family, faith & the joy of eating well 641.5 C976
Naomi Josepher There's always room for chocolate: recipes from the Chocolate Room 641.6374 J836

Health & Medicine
Hilary Tindle Up: how positive outlook can transform our health & aging 613.2 T588
Rachael Wonderlin When someone you know is living in a dementia care community: words to say & things to do 616.83 W872

History
Lloyd Clark Blitzkrieg: myth, reality & Hitler's lightning war-- France, 1940 940.54 C594b
Lawrence Douglas The right wrong man: John Demjanjuk & the last great Nazi war crimes trial 341.69 D381d
Aude Grouard de Tocqueville Atlas of lost cities: a travel guide to abandoned & forsaken destinations 930.1 G882
John Haywood Northmen: the Viking saga, AD 793-1241 948.022 H427
Olivier Wieviorka Normandy: the landings to the liberation of Paris 940.542 W652n
Mikhail Zygar All the Kremlin's men: inside the court of Vladimir Putin 947.086 Z99
Bastiaan Robert von Benda-Beckmann A German catastrophe?: German historians & the Allied bombings, 1945-2010 940.5449 B458
Craig Nelson Pearl Harbor: from infamy to greatness 940.542 N42p
Bill O'Reilly Killing the rising sun: how America vanquished World War II Japan 940.542 O66

Law
Katherine E. Stoner Prenuptial agreements: how to write a fair & lasting contract 346.7301 P927

Literature & Writing
Mark Greif Against Everything: Essays 814 G824
Joyce Carol Oates Soul at the white heat: inspiration, obsession & the writing life 814 O11s
The Best American essays 814.8 B56
The best American nonrequired reading 814.8 B561

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Tyler Nordgren Sun, Moon, Earth: the history of solar eclipses, from omens of doom to Einstein & exoplanets 523.7 N832
The best American science & nature writing 500 B56n

Performing Arts & Music
Dennis Bartok A thousand cuts: the bizarre underground world of collectors & dealers who saved the movies 791.43 B292
Carol Burnett In such good company: eleven years of laughter, mayhem & fun in the sandbox 792.092 B965i
Harlan Lebo Citizen Kane: a filmmaker's journey 791.43 L447
Bruce Springsteen Born to run 780.92 S769s

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Joyce Meyer Seize the day: living on purpose & making every day count 248.4 M612
Jessica Tracy Take pride: why the deadliest sin holds the secret to human success 152.4 T761

Politics & Government
Michael Savage Scorched earth: restoring the country after Obama 320.52 S264s
Phyllis Schlafly The conservative case for Trump 320.52 S338
Jay Sekulow Unholy alliance: the agenda Iran, Russia & jihadists share for conquering the world 327.11 S463

Social Sciences & Current Events
Jessica Bennett Feminist fight club: an office survival manual (for a sexist workplace) 305.42 B471
Jeff Chang We gon' be alright: notes on race & resegregation 305.8 C456
Jonathan F.P. Rose The well-tempered city: what modern science, ancient civilizations & human nature teach us about the future of urban life 307.12 R795

Sports & Games
Stephen G. Miller Ancient Greek athletics 796.09 M647
The Best American sports writing 796 B56a

Travel & Geography
Joshua Foer Atlas obscura: an explorer's guide to the world's hidden wonders 910.41 F654
The Best American travel writing 910 B561

BOOKS

FICTION
Viet Dinh After disasters
Michelle Tea Black wave
Hakan Günday More
Teddy Wayne Loner
Wilfried N'Sondé The heart of the leopard children
Derek Palacio The mortifications
Jade Chang The Wangs vs. the world
Maria Semple Today will be different

Historical Fiction
Paulette Jiles News of the world
Laurie Notaro Crossing the horizon
Affinity Konar Mischling
Thomas Keneally Napoleon's last island

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Craig Johnson An obvious fact
Peter May Coffin road
Patrick Hoffman Every man a menace
Bill James First fix your alibi
Harlan Coben Home
Camilla Läckberg The lost boy
Ann Cleeves The moth catcher
Susan Elia MacNeal The queen's accomplice

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Connie Willis Crosstalk
Marc Turner Red tide

Short Stories
Robert Oldshue November storm

Literature & Writing
Mark Greif Against Everything 814 G824

BOOKS

FICTION
Jane Alison Nine Island
Mauro Javier Cardenas The revolutionaries try again
Louise Doughty Black water
Laszlo Krasznahorkai The last wolf ; & Herman: the game warden, the death of a craft
Anuradha Roy Sleeping on Jupiter
Sasha Sokolov A school for fools
Eleanor Brown The light of Paris
Robert Olen Butler Perfume river
Rose Tremain The Gustav Sonata

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Shannon Baker Stripped bare
Maurizio de Giovanni Darkness for the bastards of Pizzofalcone
Christina Dodd Because I'm watching
Susan Dunlap Out of nowhere
Melanie Finn The gloaming
J. M. Gregson Final act
John Keyse-Walker Sun, sand, murder
Martin Limón Ping-pong heart
J.D. Robb Apprentice in death

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
N. K. Jemisin The fifth season

Short Stories
Stephen Dixon Late stories
Enrique Vila-Matas Vampire in love

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Frederik L. Schodt Dreamland Japan: writings on modern manga 741.53 S363 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
William Cook Repairing & restoring chairs: professional techniques to bring your furniture back to life 684.13 C771c

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
A.S. Byatt Peacock & vine: on William Morris & Mariano Fortuny 700.92 B993
Rick Darke The living landscape: designing for beauty & biodiversity in the home garden 712 D219

Computer Science
Alan A.A. Donovan The Go programming language 005.1 G573d

History
Salvatore Settis If Venice dies 945.31 S495

Home & Family Management
Anuschka Rees The curated closet: a simple system for discovering your personal style & building your dream wardrobe 646.3 R328

Literature & Writing
Lester D. Friedman Monstrous progeny: a history of the Frankenstein narratives 823 S54f

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Richard A. Muller Now: the physics of time 530.11 M95

Reference
Poet's market 655.52 P745

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DVDs
Drama
Falstaff: (Chimes at midnight)

Foreign Language
E la nave va = & the ship sails on DVD Italian
Francofonia DVD French
Mustang DVD Middle East
The complete Jean Vigo DVD French

BOOKS

FICTION
Jonathan Safran Foer Here I am
Alan Garner Red shift
Margot Livesey Mercury
Curzio Malaparte The skin
Ann Patchett Commonwealth
Nisi Shawl Everfair
Lionel Shriver The Mandibles, a family, 2029-2047
Amor Towles A gentleman in Moscow
Juan Gabriel Vasquez Reputations

Historical Fiction
Jennifer Chiaverini Fates & traitors: a novel of John Wilkes Booth

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
James R. Benn Blue Madonna
Frances Brody Death of an avid reader
Clare Donoghue Never look back
Jim Eldridge Assassins
Sophie Hannah Closed casket
Carl Hiaasen Razor girl
Herman Koch Dear Mr. M
Pierre Lemaitre Blood wedding
Stuart Neville So say the fallen
Ron Rash The risen
Amy Stewart Lady cop makes trouble
Peter Turnbull A dreadful past

Short Stories
Christine Sneed The virginity of famous men

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Toshio Ban The Osamu Tezuka story: a life in manga & anime 741.592 T356b comics
Lynda Barry The greatest of Marlys 741.5 B281g comics
Jules Feiffer Cousin Joseph: a graphic novel 741.5 F297c comics
Nick Hayes Woody Guthrie & the dust bowl ballads 741.5 H418w comics
Jonathan Hickman Secret wars 741.5 S446 comics
Aneurin Wright Things to do in a retirement home trailer park: when you're 29 & unemployed 616.029 W947 comics
Chip Zdarsky Jughead. Volume one 741.5 J936 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
William Cook Repairing & restoring tables: professional techniques to bring your furniture back to life 684.13 C771t

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Ross King Mad enchantment: Claude Monet & the painting of the water lilies 750.92 M74k

Biography & Genealogy
Kenneth D. Ackerman Trotsky in New York, 1917: a radical on the eve of revolution 92 T85a
John Le Carré The pigeon tunnel: stories from my life 92 L456L
W. Scott Poole In the mountains of madness: the life, death & extraordinary afterlife of H.P. Lovecraft 92 L897p

Business & Economics
Summer Brennan The oyster war: the true story of a small farm, big politics & the future of wilderness in America 338.371 B838
Mara Einstein Black ops advertising: native ads, content marketing & the covert world of the digital sell 659.1 E357

Chess
Yury Lapshun 7 ways to smash the Sicilian 794.122 L317s

Computer Science
Nina Amir How to blog a book: write, publish & promote your work one post at a time 006.7 A517
Joy Deangdeelert Cho Blog, Inc.: blogging for passion, profit & to create community 006.7 C545
Eric Matthes Python crash course: a hands-on, project-based introduction to programming 005.1 P99m

Food & Drink
John Currence Big bad breakfast: the most important book of the day 641.52 C976
Chungah Rhee Damn delicious: 100 super easy, super fast recipes 641.555 R469
Michael Romano Family table: favorite staff meals from our restaurants to your home 641.5973 R759
Carrie E. Holcomb (editor) Easy everyday cooking 641.5 E139

History
Peter Burke The French historical revolution: the Annales school, 1929-2014 907.2 B959
Marwa Al-Sabouni The battle for home: the vision of a young architect in Syria 956.91 A461
Cut these words into my stone: ancient Greek epitaphs 929.5 C988
Adrian Goldsworthy Pax Romana: war, peace & conquest in the Roman world 937 G62p
Dale Maharidge Bringing Mulligan home: the other side of the good war 940.542 M214
Gareth C. Sampson Rome spreads her wings: territorial expansion between the Punic Wars 937.04 S192

Languages & Linguistics
John McWhorter Words on the move: why English won't - & can't - sit still (like, literally) 417 M177w

Literature & Writing
Julio Cortázar Save twilight 861 C827
Benjamin Kunkel Buzz: a play ; My prediciment 812 K965
Dave Barry Best. State. Ever.: a Florida man defends his homeland 817 B27b
Christopher Riley The Hollywood standard: the complete & authoritative guide to script format & style 808.23 R57

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Bernd Heinrich One wild bird at a time: portraits of individual lives 598 H469
Peter S. Alagona After the grizzly: endangered species & the politics of place in California 591.68 A316
Mark Avery Remarkable birds 598 A954
Stuart Clark The unknown universe: a new exploration of time, space & cosmology 523.1 C595u
Mark Leiren-Young The killer whale who changed the world 599.536 L531
Neil deGrasse Tyson Welcome to the universe: an astrophysical tour 523.1 T994
Hugh Aldersey-Williams The tide: the science & stories behind the greatest force on Earth 551.46 A362

Performing Arts & Music
Simon Callow Orson Welles 791.4 W44Ycx
Ellis Cashmore Elizabeth Taylor: a private life for public consumption 792.092 T239c
Sean Egan (editor) Fleetwood Mac on Fleetwood Mac: interviews & encounters 780.92 F595
J.R. Jones The lives of Robert Ryan 792.092 R989
Joel Selvin Altamont: the Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels & the inside story of rock's darkest day 782.421 S469
Christian Thielemann My life with Wagner: fairies, rings & redemption: exploring opera's most enigmatic composer 780.92 T432
Mark A. Vieira Into the dark: the hidden world of film noir, 1941-1950 791.43 V658i

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Psychobook: games, tests, questionnaires, histories 150.28 P974

Politics & Government
Ann Coulter In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome! 324.973 C85
James D. Zirin Supremely partisan: how raw politics tips the scales in the United States Supreme Court 347.732 Z81
James Carville We're still right, they're still wrong: the Democrats' case for 2016 324.973 C33
Anja Manuel This brave new world: India, China & the United States 327.73 M294

Reference
Novel & short story writer's market 655.52 N937
Guide to literary agents 655.52 G941
Guinness world records 032 G96

Social Sciences & Current Events
Ian Bogost Play anything: the pleasure of limits, the uses of boredom & the secret of games 306.48 B675
Joe Lurie Perception & deception: a mind opening journey across cultures 303.482 L967
Tricia Tunstall Playing for their lives: the global El sistema movement for social change through music 780.7 T927
Sara Goldrick-Rab Paying the price: college costs, financial aid & the betrayal of the American dream 378.3 G621

Sports & Games
Shirley Babashoff Making waves: my journey to winning Olympic Gold & defeating the East German doping program 797.2 B112
Jeff Galloway The run walk run method 796.42 G174

Travel & Geography
R.J. Secor The High Sierra: peaks, passes, trails 917.94 S445

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
Copper Canyon

Classics
Race Street

Drama
Temple Grandin

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Foyle's war. Set 7
Foyle's war. Set 8

BOOKS

FICTION
Richard Bach Jonathan Livingston Seagull

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Anastasia Aukeman Welcome to Painterland: Bruce Conner & the Rat Bastard Protective Association 700.92 C752

Biography & Genealogy
Joseph Lelyveld His final battle: the last months of Franklin Roosevelt 92 R778Le
Laura Thompson The six: the lives of the Mitford sisters 920.72 M683
Kati Marton True believer: Stalin's last American spy 327.12 F453
Volker Ullrich Hitler: ascent, 1889-1939 92 H676u

Food & Drink
Kirk Lombard The sea forager's guide to the Northern California coast 641.3 L841
Hope S. Warshaw Eat out, eat well: the guide to eating healthy in any restaurant 641.563 W295

History
Ben H. Shepherd Hitler's soldiers: the German army in the Third Reich 940.5413 S548
Simon Hall 1956: the world in revolt 909.825 H174

Literature & Writing
D.C. Feeney Beyond Greek: the beginnings of Latin literature 870.9 F295

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
John Gribbin Einstein's masterwork: 1915 & the general theory of relativity 530.11 G846

Performing Arts & Music
Mark A. Altman The fifty-year mission: the complete, uncensored, unauthorized oral history of Star Trek: the next 25 years from The Next Generation to J. J. Abrams 791.45 A468
Steven Hyden Your favorite band is killing me: what pop music rivalries reveal about the meaning of life 781.64 H995
Mike Love Good vibrations: my life as a Beach Boy 780.92 L897
Sue Matheson The westerns & war films of John Ford 791.43 M427
Philip Norman Paul McCartney: the life 780.92 M12n
Michael Schulman Her again: becoming Meryl Streep 792.092 S914

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Boshan Great doubt: practicing Zen in the world 294.34 Y947
Diarmaid MacCulloch All things made new: the Reformation & its legacy 270.6 M133a
Ben Mezrich The 37th parallel: the secret truth behind America's UFO highway 001.942 M617

Social Sciences & Current Events
Daniel Shapiro Negotiating the nonnegotiable: how to resolve your most emotionally charged conflicts 302.3 S529
Nicholas Carr Utopia is creepy: & other provocations 303.483 C312

Travel & Geography
Alta Macadam Rome 914.56 B658
Nick Rennison The London blue plaque guide 942.1 R416
Carol von Pressentin Wright New York 917.471 B658
Lonely Planet Borneo 915.983 L847
Lonely Planet Brazil 918.1 L847
Lonely Planet Florida 917.59 L847
Lonely Planet Indonesia 915.98 L847
Lonely Planet Miami & the Keys 917.59 L847
Lonely Planet Rio de Janeiro 918.153 L847
Maui revealed 919.692 M449
Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commision Exploring Nevada County: an illustrated guide to local landmarks & historic sites 917.9404 N499
Oahu revealed: the ultimate guide to Honolulu, Waikiki & beyond 919.693 O11
Pocket New York City: top sights, local life made easy 917.471 L847p

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AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Paul Kalanithi When breath becomes air CD 616.994 K141

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DVDs

Foreign Language
Mustang DVD Middle East

BOOKS

FICTION
Graham Moore The last days of night
Colson Whitehead The Underground Railroad
Thornton Wilder The bridge of San Luis Rey & other novels, 1926-1948

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Caleb Carr Surrender, New York
Loren D. Estleman The perils of Sherlock Holmes
Philip Kerr The other side of silence
Gladys Mitchell Laurels are poison
Cynthia Robinson The Dog Park Club

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NONFICTION

Biography & Genealogy
Wendy Moore Wedlock: the true story of the disastrous marriage & remarkable divorce of Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore 92 S899
Richard Cohen She made me laugh: my friend Nora Ephron 92 E63

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Margaretta Barton Colt Martial bliss: the story of The Military Bookman 381.45 C724

Romain Edouard The chess manual of avoidable mistakes: volume 2: test yourself! 794.12 E243
Tibor Károlyi Nona Gaprindashvili 794.15 G211

Food & Drink
Katie Parla Tasting Rome: fresh flavors & forgotten recipes from an ancient city 641.5937 P252

Health & Medicine
Claudia Kalb Andy Warhol was a hoarder: inside the minds of history's great personalities 616.89 K142

History
Antiquity recovered: the legacy of Pompeii & Herculaneum 937.7 A633
Larry Ashmead Bertha Venation: & hundreds of other funny names of real people 929.4 A827
Thomas N. Bisson The crisis of the twelfth century: power, lordship & the origins of European government 940.18 B623
Olaf T. Engvig Shipping & culture: the Norwegian Fish Club of San Francisco, 1914-1996 979.461 E588
Walter Lüdde-Neurath Unconditional surrender: a memoir of the last days of the Third Reich & the Dönitz administration 940.542 L432
Peter Pagnamenta Prairie fever: British aristocrats in the American West, 1830-1890 978.02 P139
Simon Winchester The fracture zone: a return to the Balkans 949.6 W759
Alan Taylor American revolutions: a continental history, 1750-1804 973.3 T238

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Ben Goldacre I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that 500 G618i

Performing Arts & Music
Melanie Dawson Laboring to play: home entertainment & the spectacle of middle-class cultural life, 1850-1920 790.1 D272
Antoine de Baecque Éric Rohmer: a biography 791.4 R738

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Mary Aiken The cyber effect: a pioneering cyber-psychologist explains how human behavior changes online 155.9 A291
Daniel J. Levitin A field guide to lies: critical thinking in the information age 153.42 L666f

Politics & Government
Susan Pedersen The guardians: the League of Nations & the crisis of empire 341.22 P371

Social Sciences & Current Events
Nicholson Baker Substitute: going to school with a thousand kids 371.1 B168
Stephanie Sammartino McPherson Doping in sports: winning at any cost? 362.29 M172

Sports & Games
Keith Dunnavant Montana: the biography of football's Joe Cool 796.33 M76d

Travel & Geography
Tom Greig The 500 Hidden Secrets of London 914.21 G824
Lonely Planet Grand Canyon National Park 917.91 L847g
Moon Memphis 917.6819 M818
Moon Northern California hiking 917.94 M818nh

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AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Stephen E. Ambrose Undaunted courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson & the opening of the American West CD 917.8 A49
Ethan Michaeli The defender: how the legendary Black newspaper changed America: from the age of the Pullman porters to the age of Obama CD 071.73 M621

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EBOOKS
James Lee Burke The jealous kind
Orson Scott Card The swarm
Catherine Coulter Insidious
Janet Evanovich Curious minds
Nathan Hill The nix
China Mieville The last days of new Paris
Louise Penny A great reckoning
Susan Elizabeth Phillips First star I see tonight
Mark Pryor The Paris librarian
Scott Stambach The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko
Charles Todd The shattered tree
Colson Whitehead The Underground Railroad

BOOKS

FICTION
Samina Ali Madras on rainy days
Renée Carlino Swear on this life
Nathan Hill The nix
Imbolo Mbue Behold the dreamers

Historical Fiction
James Lee Burke The jealous kind
Andrew Gross The one man

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Jeff Abbott The first order
W. Bruce Cameron Repo madness
Massimo Carlotto For all the gold in the world
Gianrico Carofiglio A fine line
Augusto De Angelis The hotel of the three roses
Augusto De Angelis The murdered banker
Matthew Dunn Slingshot
Janet Evanovich Curious minds
Janet Evanovich The pursuit
Janet Evanovich Tricky twenty-two
Karin Fossum Hell fire
Jérémie Guez Eyes full of empty
L.S. Hilton Maestra
Hannah Kohler The outside lands
Alex Marwood The darkest secret
Sujata Massey Shimura trouble
Jason Overstreet The strivers' row spy
James Patterson Bullseye
Louise Penny A great reckoning
Wendy Walker All is not forgotten
Ruth Ware The woman in cabin 10
Charles Phillipp Martin Neon panic

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Orson Scott Card Gatefather
Richard Kadrey The everything box
A torch against the night

Short Stories
Rion Amilcar Scott Insurrections

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Jason Hanson Spy secrets that can save your life: a former CIA officer reveals safety & survival techniques to keep you & your family protected 613.69 H251

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Dana Thomas Gods & kings: the rise & fall of Alexander McQueen & John Galliano 746.92 M173

Biography & Genealogy
Jean Cocteau The difficulty of being 92 C668d
Andrew Scott Cooper The fall of heaven: the Pahlavis & the final days of imperial Iran 92 M699c
David Cay Johnston The making of Donald Trump 92 T871j

Business & Economics
Kenneth S. Rogoff The curse of cash 332.4 R735
Twila Slesnick IRAs, 401(k)s & other retirement plans: strategies for taking your money out 332.024 S632

Computer Science
Al Sweigart Automate the boring stuff with python: practical programming for total beginners 005.1 P99s

Health & Medicine
Marcia Naomi Berger Marriage meetings for lasting love: 30 minutes a week to the relationship you've always wanted 616.8915 B496
David A. Kessler Capture: unraveling the mystery of mental suffering 616.89 K425

History
Neal Bascomb The winter fortress: the epic mission to sabotage Hitler's atomic bomb 940.5486 B298
Alexandra Churchill Somme: 141 days, 141 lives 940.4 C563

Law
Sally Smith Marshall Hall: a law unto himself 340.092 M368

Literature & Writing
Annie Baker John 812 B167
Ian Frazier Hogs wild: selected reporting pieces 814 F84h

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
J.A. Baker The peregrine 598.96 B167
Peter Crane Ginkgo: the tree that time forgot 585.7 C891
Marco Fontani The lost elements: the Periodic Table's shadow side 546.8 F681

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Nadia Bolz-Weber Accidental saints: finding God in all the wrong people 284.1 B694
Anthony Gottlieb The dream of enlightenment: the rise of modern philosophy 190 G686
Michael A. Singer The surrender experiment: my journey into life's perfection 204 S617

Politics & Government
Jeffrey Toobin American heiress: the wild saga of the kidnapping, crimes & trial of Patty Hearst 322.4 H436

Reference
Washington information directory 353 W317

Social Sciences & Current Events
Sebastian Junger Tribe: on homecoming & belonging 302.3 J953
Tavis Smiley Death of a King: the real story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final year 323.092 S641
Tales of two cities: the best & worst of times in today's New York 305.5 T143

Sports & Games
Brian Kenny Ahead of the curve: inside the baseball revolution 796.357 K367

Travel & Geography
Eyewitness Dordogne, Bordeaux & the southwest coast 914.47 E97
All aboard!: the complete North American train travel guide 917.304 L863
Lonely Planet Argentina 918.2 L847
Lonely Planet Bolivia 918.4 L847
Lonely Planet Cambodia: a travel survival kit 915.96 L847
Lonely Planet Eastern USA 917.4 L847e
Lonely Planet Madagascar 916.91 L847
Lonely Planet Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei 915.95 L847
Lonely planet Vietnam 915.97 L847
Michelin New York City 917.471 M623g
Moon handbook Wyoming 917.87 M818
Moon handbooks Coastal Maine 917.41 M818
Moon handbooks Vermont 917.43 M818
Rough Guide Iceland 914.91 R856
Rough Guide Italy 914.5 R856
Rough Guide Mexico 917.2 R856
Rough Guide Paris 914.436 R856
Rough guide Turkey 915.61 R856
The people's guide to Mexico 917.2 P419
The unofficial guide to Washington, D.C. 917.53 U585

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Mary Higgins Clark Just take my heart CD Fic Clark

BOOKS

FICTION
Nancy Toforo-Murphy Ann Mary, contraception & the Pope of Rome: a novel of mid-century San Francisco

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Félix Nadar When I was a photographer 770.92 N128
Witold Rybczynski Now I sit me down: from klismos to plastic chair: a natural history 749.3 R989
Wallace Berman: American aleph 700.411 B516

Biography & Genealogy
Michael Kranish Trump revealed: an American journey of ambition, ego, money & power 92 T871k
Sandra Tsing Loh The madwoman in the Volvo: my year of raging hormones 92 L833

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Keith Houston The book: a cover-to-cover exploration of the most powerful object of our time 002.09 H843

Business & Economics
Peter Coughter The art of the pitch: persuasion & presentation skills that win business 658.45 C854

Computer Science
Kristina Chodorow MongoDB: the definitive guide 005.75 M743
Tilman M. Davies The book of R: a first course in programming & statistics 005.55 R111

History
Miriam Dobson Khrushchev's cold summer: Gulag returnees, crime & the fate of reform after Stalin 947.085 D635
Maurice Sartre The Middle East under Rome 939.4 S251

Literature & Writing
Claudia L. Johnson Jane Austen's cults & cultures 823 A933jo
Zeina Hashem Beck 3arabi song 891.5 H348

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Tristan Gooley How to read water: clues & patterns from puddles to the sea: learn to gauge depth, navigate, forecast weather & make other predictions with water 551.46 G659
Philip Hoare The whale: in search of the giants of the sea 599.5 H679
Beth Pratt-Bergstrom When mountain lions are neighbors: people & wildlife working it out in California 333.95 P913
Noah Siegel Mushrooms of the redwood coast: a comprehensive guide to the fungi of coastal northern California 579.6 S571

Performing Arts & Music
Carey Perloff Beautiful chaos: a life in the theater 792.092 P451

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Angela Duckworth Grit: the power of passion & perseverance 158.1 D836
Albert J. Raboteau Slave religion: the "invisible institution" in the antebellum South 299.6 R116

Politics & Government
Lawrence Wright The terror years: from al-Qaeda to the Islamic State 363.325 W951

Reference
The Old farmer's almanack 051 O44c

Social Sciences & Current Events
Sarah Jaffe Necessary trouble: Americans in revolt 303.484 J237
Glennon Doyle Melton Love warrior 306.89 M528

Travel & Geography
Tom Dalzell Quirky Berkeley 917.9467 D153
Daniel Bacon Walking San Francisco on the Barbary Coast trail 917.946 B12
Fodor's Oregon 917.95 F65
Moon handbooks. Washington 917.97 M818
The Unofficial guide to Disneyland 917.9496 U585
Lonely Planet Alaska 917.98 L847
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DVDs
Action & Adventure
The driver

Drama
The mambo kings

Foreign Language
Mandariinid = Tangerines DVD Russian
Theeb = Wolf DVD Middle East
Twenty-four eyes DVD Japanese

BOOKS

FICTION
Bryn Greenwood All the ugly & wonderful things
Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg The little old lady who broke all the rules
Lisa McInerney The glorious heresies
Liane Moriarty Truly madly guilty
Sarah Pinborough The language of dying
Scott Stambach The invisible life of Ivan Isaenko
Iman Verjee Who will catch us when as we fall
Juan Pablo Villalobos I'll sell you a dog
Jacqueline Woodson Another Brooklyn

Historical Fiction
Elizabeth Cobbs The Hamilton affair
Julian Fellowes Belgravia
Philippa Gregory Three sisters, three queens
Rae Meadows I will send rain

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Parker Bilal Dogstar rising
Cate Holahan The widower's wife
Maureen Jennings Dead ground in between
Craig Johnson Any other name
Michael Koryta Rise the dark
James Patterson The games
Peter Robinson When the music's over
Guillermo Saccomanno Gesell dome
Mamen Sánchez The altogether unexpected disappearance of Atticus Craftsman
Carl-Johan Vallgren The boy in the shadows
Chuck Wendig Invasive

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Blake Crouch Dark matter
N.K. Jemisin The obelisk gate
James Howard Kunstler The harrows of spring
Sabaa Tahir An ember in the ashes
The big book of science fiction
Yoss Super extra grande

Short Stories
Kirstin Allio Clothed, female figure
Leopoldine Core When watched
Louisa Ermelino Malafemmena
Danielle McLaughlin Dinosaurs on other planets
Michael Swanwick Not so much said the cat

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Nessa Carey Junk DNA: a journey through the dark matter of the genome 572.86 C275
Wayne Pacelle The humane economy: how innovators & enlightened consumers are transforming the lives of animals 636.083 P115
Tony Rook Roman building techniques 690.0937 R777

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Sebastian Smee The art of rivalry: four friendships, betrayals & breakthroughs in modern art 700.92 S637

Biography & Genealogy
Mary Mann Hamilton Trials of the earth: the true story of a pioneer woman 92 H219
David G. Moore William S. Rosecrans & the Union Victory 92 R799
Louisa Thomas Louisa: the extraordinary life of Mrs. Adams 92 A2149

Business & Economics
Samuel W. Buell Capital offenses: business crime & punishment in America's corporate age 364.168 B928
Diane Coyle GDP: a brief but affectionate history 339.3 C881
Joseph E. Stiglitz The euro: how a common currency threatens the future of Europe 332.494 S855

Chess
Ivan Sokolov Ivan's chess journey: life & stories 794.15 S683i

Food & Drink
Stacie Billis Make it easy: 120 mix-and-match recipes to cook from scratch with smart store-bought shortcuts when you need them 641.5 B598
Joanne Chang Baking with less sugar: recipes for desserts using natural sweeteners & little-to-no white sugar 641.5638 C456
Simran Sethi Bread, wine, chocolate: the slow loss of foods we love 631.58 S495
Jane Ziegelman A square meal: a culinary history of the Great Depression 641.5973 Z661

Health & Medicine
Peter Abaci Conquer your chronic pain: a life-changing drug-free approach for relief, recovery & restoration 616.047 A116
Spike Briggs Outdoor medical emergency handbook: first aid for travelers, backpackers & adventurers 616.02 B854
Kulreet Chaudhary The prime: prepare & repair your body for spontaneous weight loss 613.25 C496
Peter D. Kramer Ordinarily well: the case for antidepressants 615.78 K895
Matthew Wharton Choose FITness not FATness today! 616.398 W554

History
Dale Maharidge Bringing Mulligan home: the other side of the good war 940.542 M214
Richard Moe Roosevelt's second act: the election of 1940 & the politics of war 973.917 M693
Sam Shueh Silicon Valley 979.473 S562
Narda Zacchino California comeback: how "failed state" became a model for the nation 979.405 Z13
Eric Hazan (editor) Paris Magnum 944.36 P232h

Home & Family Management
Lauren Rosenfeld Breathing room: open your heart by decluttering your home 646.7 R813

Languages & Linguistics
Tom Wolfe The kingdom of speech 401.9 W855

Literature & Writing
Fakes: an anthology of pseudo-interviews, faux-lectures, quasi-letters, "found" texts & other fraudulent artifacts 818 F176
Alice Mattison The kite & the string: how to write with spontaneity & control - & live to tell the tale 808.3 M444
The Best American short plays 812.8 B56a

Performing Arts & Music
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong Seinfeldia: how a show about nothing changed everything 791.45 A735s
Arthur Grace Robin Williams: a singular portrait, 1986-2002 792.092 W726

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Jonathan Barnes Aristotle: a very short introduction 185 B261
Kristin Dombek The selfishness of others: an essay on the fear of narcissism 155.232 D667
Robert A. Glover No more Mr. Nice Guy!: a proven plan for getting what you want in love, sex & life 155.33 G566
Eve Herold Beyond human: how cutting-edge science is extending our lives 174.2 H561
Martha Whitmore Hickman Healing after loss: daily meditations for working through grief 242 H628
William MacAskill Doing good better: how effective altruism can help you help others, do work that matters & make smarter choices about giving back 171 M116
Kevin J. Madigan Medieval Christianity: a new history 270.3 M182
Roy Sorensen A cabinet of philosophical curiosities: a collection of puzzles, oddities, riddles & dilemmas 160 S713

Politics & Government
Rosa Brooks How everything became war & the military became everything 355 B873

Reference
The Writer's market 655.52 W95

Social Sciences & Current Events
A thinking person's guide to America's national parks 333.78 T443
Rabia Chaudry Adnan's story: the search for truth & justice after Serial 364.152 S982
Charlie Mitchell Hacked: the inside story of America's struggle to secure cyberspace 384.3 M681

Sports & Games
Joe Drape American Pharoah: the untold story of the Triple Crown winner's legendary rise 798.4 D765a
Robert Moor On trails 796.5 M819
Bernie Schneider Glory & heartbreak: the history of intercollegiate men's basketball in the SF Bay Area 796.3 S358
Arete: Greek sports from ancient sources 796.09 A682

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Annette Bay Pimentel Mountain chef: how one man lost his groceries, changed his plans & helped cook up the National Park Service

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AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Edward Behr The food & wine of France: eating & drinking from Champagne to Provence CD 641.5944 B421

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EBOOKS

Doris Kearns Goodwin The bully pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft & the golden age of journalism
S.C. Gwynne Rebel yell: the violence, passion & redemption of Stonewall Jackson
Yuval Noah Harari Sapiens: a brief history of humankind
Anne Lamott Small victories: spotting improbable moments of grace
John McCain Thirteen soldiers: a personal history of Americans at war
David G. McCullough 1776
Richard O'Connor Rewire: change your brain to break bad habits, overcome addictions, conquer self-destructive behavior
Jay Sekulow The rise of ISIS: a threat we can't ignore

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DVDs

Foreign Language
Letters from Iwo Jima DVD Japanese
Son of Saul = Saul fia DVD European
Le pont du Nord DVD French

Nonfiction
Devil's Playground DVD 289.7 D494

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CDs
Classical
Mendelssohn Quartet in A minor, op. 13; Octet in E♭ major, op. 20 CD Classical Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Shostakovich Under Stalin's shadow: Symphonies Nos. 5, 8, 9 CD Classical Shostakovich
Stravinsky The rite of spring; The nightingale CD Classical Stravinsky

Jazz & Blues
Branford Marsalis Quartet Upward spiral CD Jazz Branford Marsalis Quartet

Musicals & Soundtracks
Lin-Manuel Miranda Hamilton: original Broadway cast recording CD Musicals/Soundtracks Miranda

Opera
Alban Berg Wozzeck CD Opera Berg

World
Aziza Brahim Abbar el hamada CD World Brahim