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BOOKS

FICTION
Thomas Fuller Monsieur ambivalence: a post literate fable

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Robert Capa, photographs 770.92 C23p
Peter Galassi Robert Frank in America 770.92 F82ga

Business & Economics
Yefei Lu Inside the investments of Warren Buffett: twenty cases 332.6 L926

Chess
Cyrus Lakdawala Tal: move by move 794.15 T13La

Computer Science
Josh Lockhart Modern PHP: new features & good practices 005.2762 P575L

Food & Drink
Emelyn Rude Tastes like chicken: a history of America's favorite bird 636.5 R915
Bill Yenne San Francisco beer: a history of brewing by the bay 663.42 Y459

Law
David Pressman Patent it yourself: your step-by-step guide to filing at the U.S. Patent Office 346.048 P93p

Literature & Writing
A primer for the gradual understanding of Gertrude Stein 818 S81pr
William J. Higginson The haiku handbook: how to write, teach & appreciate haiku 808.1 H637
The previously uncollected writings of Gertrude Stein 818 S81ph

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Groovy science: knowledge, innovation & American counterculture 303.483 G876

Performing Arts & Music
Luis Buñuel My last sigh 791.4 B942
World film directors 791.4 W92w

Politics & Government
Mark Danner Spiral: trapped in the forever war 355 D188

Reference
Fiction core collection 016.803 F44

Social Sciences & Current Events
Brooks Roddan Mare Island 359.7 R686
Tom Stanton Terror in the city of champions: murder, baseball & the secret society that shocked Depression-era Detroit 364.152 S792

Sports & Games
David Goldblatt The game of our lives: the English Premier League & the making of modern Britain 796.334 G618

Travel & Geography
Russell A. Potter Finding Franklin: the untold story of a 165-year search 919.8 F83p

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DVDs

Nonfiction
Cartel land DVD 363.45 C322
Joseph Campbell, the power of myth DVD 291.13 C18
The act of killing DVD 323.49 A188
The age of Czeslaw Milosz DVD 92 M661
Troublemakers DVD 709.04 T859

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CDs
Classical
Antonín Dvořák Trio for piano, violin & cello, op. 65; Trio for piano, violin, & cello, op. 90: Dumky CD Classical Dvořák
Joseph Haydn Missa in angustiis: "Nelson mass" ; Te deum CD Classical Haydn
Mozart 3 piano sonatas: Klaviersonaten KV 309, 310 & 311 CD Classical Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento for violin, viola & cello in E-flat major, K. 563 CD Classical Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Fantasia in C minor, K. 475; Sonata in C minor, K. 457 ; Sonata in C, K. 279 ; Sonata in D, K. 576 CD Classical Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata in C, K. 545 ; Rondo in A minor, K. 511 ; Sonata in F, K. 533/494 CD Classical Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonate A-Dur KV 331 ; Sonate F-Dur KV 332 ; Fantasie d-Moll, KV 397 CD Classical Mozart

BOOKS

FICTION
Megan Abbott You will know me
Bill Broun Night of the animals
Kit de Waal My name is Leon
Dave Eggers Heroes of the frontier
Suzanne Feldman Absalom's daughters
Colleen Hoover It ends with us
Joe McGinniss Jr. Carousel court
Carolyn Parkhurst Harmony
Andrew Rosenheim Holly Lester
Sjón Moonstone: the boy who never was
Aaron Their Mr. eternity

Historical Fiction
J.G. Farrell Troubles
Eowyn Ivey To the bright edge of the world
Hubert Mingarelli A meal in winter: a novel of World War II

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Bernhard Aichner Woman of the dead
Stephen Booth Already dead
Rhys Bowen Crowned & dangerous
William Brodrick The discourtesy of death
John Connolly A time of torment
Linda Fairstein Killer look
Amy Gentry Good as gone
Alan Glynn Winterland
Kati Hiekkapelto The defenceless
Kati Hiekkapelto The hummingbird
Anne Holt Dead joker
Kate Horsley The American girl
Christobel Kent The killing room
Henning Mankell An event in autumn
Antonio Manzini Adam's rib
Peter May Entry Island
Marcia Muller Someone always knows
R. Jean Reid Roots of murder
Stella Rimington Breaking cover
Susan Spann The ninja's daughter
Sally Spencer Death in disguise
Janwillem van de Wetering The perfidious parrot
Ben H. Winters Underground airlines
Stuart Woods Dishonorable intentions
Anne Zouroudi The doctor of Thessaly

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
C.A. Higgins Supernova: book two of the Lightless trilogy
Jo Walton Necessity

Short Stories
Anton Chekhov The prank: the best of young Chekhov
Odie Lindsey We come to our senses
Robin MacArthur Half wild
Maryse Meijer Heartbreaker
Patrick Ryan The dream life of astronauts
Joy Williams Ninety-nine stories of God
The year's best science fiction SS Y39s

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Neil Gaiman Death: the time of your life 741.5 G14d comics
Joe Matt Peepshow: the cartoon diary of Joe Matt 741.5 M435p comics
Steffen Kverneland Munch 750.92 M96k comics

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
John Berger Understanding a photograph 770 B496
World press photo 778 W92

Biography & Genealogy
Willard Sunderland The baron's cloak: a history of the Russian Empire in war & revolution 92 U575s

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Information services today: an introduction 027 I437

Chess
Sam Collins A simple chess opening repertoire for white 794.1 C713
Dave Taylor Play the Ponziani 794.1 T239

Computer Science
Jon Manning Swift development for the Apple Watch 005.25 S977m

Food & Drink
Helene An Ăn: to eat: recipes & stories from a Vietnamese family kitchen 641.5959 A531
Gwyneth Paltrow My father's daughter: delicious, easy recipes celebrating family & togetherness 641.5973 P183

Health & Medicine
Mike Adams Food forensics: the hidden toxins lurking in your food & how you can avoid them for lifelong health 613.2 A215

Literature & Writing
Charles Baxter The art of subtext: beyond plot 809.3 B355
Mark Doty The art of description: world into word 808 D725

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Danica McKellar Girls get curves: geometry takes shape 516 M154g

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Shane Claiborne Executing grace: how the death penalty killed Jesus & why it's killing us 261.83 C585

Politics & Government
Dinesh D'Souza Hillary's America: the secret history of the Democratic Party 973.929 C6415d

Social Sciences & Current Events
Charleston syllabus: readings on race, racism & racial violence 305.8 C477
Herb Childress The PhDictionary: a glossary of things you don't know (but should) about doctoral & faculty life 378.2 C536

Travel & Geography
Kathy Morey Sierra North: backcountry trips in California's Sierra Nevada 917.944 S572n

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Magazines
Heritage news

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

DVDs
Matilda

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EBOOKS
Fiction
Jessie Burton The muse
Emma Cline The girls
Blake Crouch Dark matter
Delia Ephron Siracusa
Linda Fairstein Killer look
Joseph Finder Guilty minds
Alan Gordon A Death in the Venetian Quarter
Alan Gordon The lark's lament
Noah Hawley Before the fall
Graham Moore The last days of night
Liane Moriarty Truly madly guilty
Carolyn Parkhurst Harmony
Annie Proulx Barkskins
Daniel Silva The black widow
Brad Thor Foreign agent
Wendy Walker All is not forgotten

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
Hardcore Henry
Pride & prejudice & zombies
Vera Cruz

Classics
A double life

Drama
Cesar Chavez
I saw the light
Purple rain
The dark horse
The Winslow boy

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Harper
The bad seed

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Spider-Man 3

NONFICTION

Biography & Genealogy
Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff The missing Kennedy: Rosemary Kennedy & the secret bonds of four women 92 K3559

Computer Science
Nancy C. Muir iPad for seniors for dummies 004.1675 I646m

Literature & Writing
Love & ruin: tales of obsession, danger & heartbreak from the Atavist magazine 818 A862L

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Jonathan Balcombe What a fish knows: the inner lives of our underwater cousins 597 B174
Andrew Hacker The math myth: & other STEM delusions 510.71 H118
Danica McKellar Hot X: algebra exposed 512 M154h
Danica McKellar Kiss my math: showing pre-algebra who's boss 512 M154k

Performing Arts & Music
Lin-Manuel Miranda Hamilton: the revolution: being the complete libretto of the Broadway musical, with a true account of its creation & concise remarks on hip-hop, the power of stories & the new America 782.14 M672

Politics & Government
James E. Campbell Polarized: making sense of a divided America 320.973 C187

Social Sciences & Current Events
Robert Mazur The infiltrator: the true story of one man against the biggest drug cartel in history 364.133 M476
Judith D. Schwartz Water in plain sight: hope for a thirsty world 333.91 S399
Rebecca Solnit Hope in the dark: untold histories, wild possibilities 303.4 S688

BOOKS

FICTION
Caroline Angell All the time in the world
Sejal Badani Trail of broken wings
Gioconda Belli Infinity in the palm of her hand: a novel of Adam & Eve
Jenni Fagan The sunlight pilgrims
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Seasoned timber
R.J. Hernández An innocent fashion
Jonas Karlsson The invoice
Deborah Levy Hot milk
Stuart Nadle The inseparables
Maggie O'Farrell This must be the place
Alejandro Zambra Multiple choice

Historical Fiction
Catherine Banner The house at the edge of night
Lindsay Hatton Monterey Bay
Oliver Pötzsch The castle of kings
Damien Wilkins Max Gate

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Joseph Finder Guilty minds
Patrick Flanery I am no one
Peter Lovesey Another one goes tonight
Alexandra Oliva The last one
Renee Patrick Design for dying
Michael Robertson The Baker Street jurors
Tim Weaver Fall from grace

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Alfredo Véa The Mexican flyboy

Short Stories
Alexander McCall Smith Chance developments

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Lucy Knisley Something new: tales from a makeshift bride 741.5 K718s comics

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Judith Stein Eye of the sixties: Richard Bellamy & the transformation of modern art 709.2 B435s
Erin L. Thompson Possession: the curious history of private collectors from antiquity to the present 709 T468

Biography & Genealogy
Robert M. Dowling Eugene O'Neill: a life in four acts 92 O583d
Dean Jobb Empire of deception: the incredible story of a master swindler who seduced a city & captivated a nation, 364.163 K844
Larry Tye Bobby Kennedy: the making of a liberal icon 92 K3557ty
T.V. Petkevich Memoir of a Gulag actress 365.45 P491

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Jane Greenfield The care of fine books 025.7 G812
Gerri Hirshey Not Pretty Enough: the Unlikely Triumph of Helen Gurley Brown 070.5092 B878h

Business & Economics
Jon Acuff Do over: rescue Monday, reinvent your work & never get stuck 650.14 A189
Alex Becker The 10 pillars of wealth: mind-sets of the world's richest people 650 B395
Jeremy Dillahunt F*ck your resume: the revolutionary guide to getting hired in the digital age 650.14 D578
Spencer Jakab Heads I win, tails I win: why smart investors fail & how to tilt the odds in your favor 332.6 J257
Jim Keenan Not taught 650.1 K264
Stanley McChrystal Team of teams: new rules of engagement for a complex world 658 M478
Jacquie McNish Losing the signal: the untold story behind the extraordinary rise & spectacular fall of Blackberry 338.47 M169
Jeffrey Pfeffer Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces & Careers One Truth at a Time 658.4 P52L
Laura Vanderkam I know how she does it: how successful women make the most of their time 650.1 V234

Chess
Franco Zenón Spassky: move by move 794.15 F825s

Food & Drink
Grant Achatz Life, on the line: a chef's story of chasing greatness, facing death & redefining the way we eat 641.5 A176
Jessica Fechtor Stir: my broken brain & the meals that brought me home 641.5 F291

Health & Medicine
David Brady The fibro fix: get to the root of your fibromyalgia & start reversing your chronic pain & fatigue in 21 days 616.74 B812
Steven Brill America's bitter pill: money, politics, backroom deals & the fight to fix our broken healthcare system 368.38 B857
Daniel Kunitz Lift: fitness culture, from naked Greeks & acrobats to jazzercise & ninja warriors 613.7 K965
Donald G. McNeil Jr. Zika: the emerging epidemic 614.5 M169

History
Craig Pittman Oh, Florida!: how America's weirdest state influences the rest of the country 975.9 P689

Languages & Linguistics
Adam Ledgeway From Latin to romance: morphosyntactic typology & change 440 L473
Paul M. Lloyd From Latin to Spanish 465 L793
Keith Sidwell Reading medieval Latin 477 S569

Literature & Writing
Adrienne Rich Collected poems, 1950-2012 811 R498c

Performing Arts & Music
Derek Sculthorpe Van Heflin: a life in film 792.092 H461

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Brené Brown Rising strong 158 B877r
Elizabeth M. Edman Queer virtue: what LGBTQ people know about life & love & how it can revitalize Christianity 230 E241
Adam Galinsky Friend & foe: when to cooperate, when to compete & how to succeed at both 158.2 G158
Elle Luna The crossroads of should & must: find & follow your passion 158.1 L961
Martha C. Nussbaum Anger & forgiveness: resentment, generosity, justice 179.9 N975
Matthew Syed Black box thinking: why most people never learn from their mistakes-but some do 158.1 S982

Politics & Government
Irakly Areshidze Democracy & autocracy in Eurasia: Georgia in transition 320.94758 A681

Social Sciences & Current Events
William G. Bowen Lesson Plan: an agenda for change in American higher education 378.73 B786
Alex Cuadros Brazillionaires: wealth, power, decadence & hope in an American country 305.52 C961
Christopher Emdin For white folks who teach in the hood-- & the rest of y'all too: reality pedagogy & urban education 370 E533
Bob Fernandez The chocolate trust: deception, indenture & secrets at the $12 billion Milton Hershey School 371.826 F363
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Framed: why Michael Skakel spent over a decade in prison for a murder he didn't commit 364.152 K351
William Poundstone Head in the cloud: why knowing things still matters when facts are so easy to look up 306.4 P87
Kyle Schwartz I wish my teacher knew: how one question can change everything for our kids 370.11 S399
Scott D. Seligman Tong wars: the untold story of vice, money & murder in New York's Chinatown 364.106 S465

Travel & Geography
Corrado Augias The secrets of Italy: people, places & hidden histories 914.5 A921
Erin Mahoney Harris Visit California farms: your guide to farm stays, tours & hands-on workshops 917.94 H313

BOOKS

FICTION
Tahmima Anam The bones of grace
Alain de Botton The course of love
Nicole Dennis-Benn Here comes the sun
Dorothea Benton Frank All summer long
Amara Lakhous Dispute over a very Italian piglet
Amara Lakhous The prank of the good little virgin of Via Ormea
James Markert A white wind blew
George Orwell Burmese days ; Keep the aspidistra flying ; Coming up for air
Camille Perri The assistants
Jane Rogers Conrad & Eleanor
Emma Straub Modern lovers

Historical Fiction
Stephanie Dray America's first daughter
Ashley Hay The railwayman's wife
Christopher New The Kaminsky cure

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Max Barry Lexicon
Grant Blackwood Tom Clancy duty & honor
Clive Cussler The Emperor's revenge: an Oregon Files adventure
Lindsey Davis The graveyard of the Hesperides
Shane Kuhn The asset
Frédérique Molay The city of blood
Andrew Rosenheim The accidental agent
Brad Thor Foreign agent

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Kelley Armstrong Sea of shadows

Short Stories
Elizabeth Tallent Mendocino fire

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Charlotte Rivers Little book of book making: timeless techniques & fresh ideas for beautiful handmade books 686 R622

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
J.K. Dineen Here tomorrow: preserving architecture, culture & California's golden dreams 720.9794 D583
Christopher Curtis Mead Drawing into architecture: the sketches of Antoine Predock 720.22 P923

Biography & Genealogy
Thomas Alexander Hughes Admiral Bill Halsey: a naval life 359 H196

Computer Science
Jason R. Rich iPad & iPhone tips & tricks 004.1675 I647r

Food & Drink
Joumana Accad Taste of Beirut: delicious Lebanese recipes from classics to contemporary to mezzes & more 641.5956 A169
Chad Robertson Tartine Book No. 3: modern, ancient, classic, whole 641.815 R649t

Health & Medicine
Alzheimer's & dementia for dummies 616.831 A478
Stephen H. Gehlbach American plagues: lessons from our battles with disease 614.4 G311

History
Danielle Allen Our Declaration: a reading of the Declaration of Independence in defense of equality 973.313 A425
Alexander Nemerov Wartime kiss: visions of the moment in the 1940s 940.5373 N433

Languages & Linguistics
David A. Pharies A brief history of the Spanish language 460 P536

Literature & Writing
Christopher Bram The art of history: unlocking the past in fiction & nonfiction 808.3 B815
Beth Murray Cancer angel 811 M981

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
David Allen Sibley Sibley birds west: field guide to birds of western North America 598 S56w

Reference
Library & book trade almanac 020.5 L697

Social Sciences & Current Events
Hugh Hawkins Pioneer: a history of the Johns Hopkins University, 1874-1889 378.752 H393
Klaus Schwab The fourth industrial revolution: a Davos reader 303.483 S398

Sports & Games
Richard Hallett The bike deconstructed: a grand tour of the modern bicycle 629.227 H186

Travel & Geography
Fodor's Napa & Sonoma 917.9418 F65f
Insight Colorado 917.88 I59
Lonely Planet Colorado 917.88 L847
Lonely Planet Pocket Las Vegas 917.931 L847p
Lonely Planet Zion & Bryce Canyon national parks 917.92 L847
The Complete guidebook to Yosemite National Park 917.9447 M491
101 hikes in Northern California: exploring mountains, valley & seashore 917.94 O584
Eyewitness Arizona & the Grand Canyon 917.91 E97
Eyewitness Back roads California 917.94 E97b
Fodor's California 917.94 F65
Lonely Planet Discover California 917.94 L847d
Lonely Planet Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks 917.87 L847
Moon Coastal California 917.94 M818c
Lonely Planet Southwest USA 917.9 L847

BOOKS

FICTION
Ramona Ausubel Sons & daughters of ease & plenty
John Gregory Brown A thousand miles from nowhere
Swan Huntley We could be beautiful
Whitney Terrell The good lieutenant

Historical Fiction
Ralph Peters The damned of Petersburg

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Andrew Vachss Choice of evil
Michael Craven The detective & the Chinese high-fin
Spencer Kope Collecting the dead
Thomas Mogford Hollow Mountain
Susie Steiner Missing, presumed

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NONFICTION

Biography & Genealogy
William Carlsen Jungle of stone: the true story of two men, their extraordinary journey & the discovery of the lost civilization of the Maya 920 C363

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Abby Smith Rumsey When we are no more: how digital memory is shaping our future 025 R938

Business & Economics
Nihara K. Choudhri Preparing for baby: all the legal, financial, tax & insurance information new & expectant parents need 332.024 C552
Milton Friedman Capitalism & freedom 330.12 F911

Food & Drink
Yossy Arefi Sweeter off the vine: fruit desserts for every season 641.64 A678
Edward Behr 50 foods: a guide to deliciousness 641.01 B421
Melissa Hartwig The whole30: the 30-day guide to total health & food freedom 613.2 H337
Sarah Henry Farmsteads of the california coast: with recipes from the harvest 641.5979 H524

History
Dan Ephron Killing a king: the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin & the remaking of Israel 956.94 E63
Chuck Klosterman But what if we're wrong?: thinking about the present as if it were the past 909.83 K664
Srinath Raghavan India's war: World War II & the making of modern South Asia 940.53 R142

Literature & Writing
The best American magazine writing 814 B561

Performing Arts & Music
Rob Sheffield On Bowie 780.92 B78s

Politics & Government
Mohamed A. El-Erian The only game in town: central banks, instability & avoiding the next collapse 332.11 E392

Reference
Artist's & graphic designer's market: where & how to sell your illustration, fine art, graphic design & cartoons 700 A79
The Almanac of American politics 328.73 A44

Social Sciences & Current Events
Joshua Clover Riot. Strike. Riot.: the new era of uprisings 363.32 C647
Kevin Kelly The inevitable: understanding the 12 technological forces that will shape our future 303.483 K29i
Chuck Klosterman Sex, drugs & cocoa puffs: a low culture manifesto 306 K664
Oscar Martinez A history of violence: living & dying in Central America 303.6 M386
Mary Roach Grunt: the curious science of humans at war 355 R628

Travel & Geography
Rob Grader The Cheap Bastard's guide to New York City: secrets of living the good life--for less! 917.471 C514

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

DVDs
Disney Mickey Mouse. Season one
Stuart Little

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AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Charles Klosterman But what if we're wrong?: thinking about the present as if it were the past CD 909.83 K664

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
13 hours: the secret soldiers of Benghazi

Classics
Dishonored
The private lives of Elizabeth & Essex

Drama
45 years
A little chaos
Big Sur
Endgame
Into the storm
Island at war

Foreign Language
Der neunte Tag= The ninth day
E la nave va = & the ship sails on
La chambre bleue = The blue room

Musicals
Quadrophenia

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
In a lonely place
The Lincoln lawyer

BOOKS

FICTION
Jane Gardam Bilgewater
Ann Leary The children
Harry Parker Anatomy of a soldier
Max Porter Grief is the thing with feathers
Elizabeth Swados Walking the dog
The complete shorter fiction of Virginia Woolf
Anne Tyler Vinegar girl: The taming of the shrew retold
Virginia Woolf Night & day

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Parker Bilal City of jackals
Mark Billingham Die of shame
Jennifer Dwight The tolling of Mercedes Bell
Robert Goddard The corners of the globe
Noah Hawley Before the fall
Maureen Jennings No known grave
Craig Johnson Another man's moccasins
Ed Lin Ghost month
Sujata Massey The Kizuna coast
James Sallis Willnot

Short Stories
Anna Noyes Goodnight, beautiful women Fic Noyes

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Saul Griffith Howtoons: tools of mass construction 507.8 G854 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Sharon Bowers The useful book: 201 life skills they used to teach in home ec & shop 640 B786

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Lynne Chapman Sketching people: an urban sketcher's manual to drawing figures & faces 743 C466
Judy Chicago Through the flower: my struggle as a woman artist 750.92 C53

Biography & Genealogy
The collected letters of Robinson Jeffers: with selected letters of Una Jeffers 92 J447kc
Catherine Hanley Louis: the French prince who invaded England 92 L888.8

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Career transitions for librarians: proven strategies for moving to another type of library 020.23 C271
Chanan Tigay The lost book of Moses: the hunt for the world's oldest bible 098 T566

Business & Economics
Nick Bostrom Superintelligence: paths, dangers, strategies 006.3 B747
John Browne The glass closet: why coming out is good business 331.5 B882

Chess
Zenón Franco Rubinstein: move by move 794.1 R89f
Steve Giddins Alekhine: move by move 794.15 A36g
Danny Gormally Calculate like a grandmaster: learn from the world-class attacking players 794.12 G671
Matthew Sadler Chess for life 794.1 S117c
Jeremy B. Silman The dynamic Caro Kann: the Bronstein-Larsen & the original Caro systems 794.122 S584d

Food & Drink
Victoria Boutenko Raw & beyond: how omega-3 nutrition is transforming the raw food paradigm 613.26 B778r
Laena McCarthy Jam on: the craft of canning fruit 641.4 M123

Health & Medicine
Leo Galland The allergy solution: unlock the surprising, hidden truth about why you are sick & how to get well 616.97 G163

History
Lynn A. Bonfield Roxana's children: the biography of a nineteenth-century Vermont family 929.2 W352
James K. Galbraith Welcome to the poisoned chalice: the destruction of Greece & the future of Europe 949.507 G148
Frank Rich The greatest story ever sold: the decline & fall of truth from 9/11 to Katrina 973.931 R498
Olivier Wieviorka ; translated by Jane Marie Todd The French Resistance 940.5344 W652
Warwick Ball Rome in the East: the transformation of an empire 937 B187
Carlos M.N. Eire Reformations: the early modern world, 1450-1650 940.2 E359
Tony Judt The burden of responsibility: Blum, Camus, Aron & the French twentieth century 944.08 J932
Tom Killion California's wild edge: the coast in prints, poetry & history 979.4 K487
Christian Marek In the land of a thousand gods: a history of Asia Minor in the ancient world 939.2 M323

Languages & Linguistics
Ann Patty Living with a dead language: my romance with Latin 478.2 P322

Law
Peri H. Pakroo The small business start-up kit for California 346.065 P152

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Emily Voigt The dragon behind the glass: a true story of power, obsession & the world's most coveted fish 597.176 V891

Performing Arts & Music
Jesse Jarnow Heads: a biography of psychedelic America 782.421 J376
Bill Kreutzmann Deal: my three decades of drumming, dreams & drugs with the Grateful Dead 780.92 K925
James McBride Kill 'em & leave: searching for James Brown & the American soul 780.92 B878m
Felicia McCarren French moves: the cultural politics of le hip hop 793.3 M123
Colin Williamson Hidden in plain sight: an archaeology of magic & the cinema 777 W729

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Anders Ericsson Peak: secrets from the new science of expertise 153.9 E686
A.N. Wilson The book of the people: how to read the Bible 220.6 W746

Politics & Government
Daniel Trilling Bloody nasty people: the rise of Britain's far right 324.241 T829

Reference
Drewey Wayne Gunn The gay male sleuth in print & film: a history & annotated bibliography 016.813 G976

Social Sciences & Current Events
Anthony D. Barnosky Tipping point for planet earth: how close are we to the edge? 304.2 B262
James Barrat Our final invention: artificial intelligence & the end of the human era 303.4834 B269
David Dayen Chain of title: how three ordinary Americans uncovered Wall Street's great foreclosure fraud 330.973 D275
Nancy Isenberg White trash: the 400-year untold history of class in America 305.5 I78

Travel & Geography
Eyewitness Milan & the lakes 914.52 E97

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AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Roy Blount, Jr Save room for pie: food songs & chewy ruminations CD 641.3 B657

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DVDs

Drama
Her
Margaret

Foreign Language
Diplomacy= Diplomatie
Paris belongs to us = Paris nous appartient

Nonfiction
Gary Burton & Makoto Ozone, live at Montreux 2002 DVD 781.65 B974
Steve Jobs: the man in the machine DVD 92 J629
Valley uprising: Yosemite's rock climbing revolution DVD 796.52 V187

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CDs

Jazz & Blues
Pat Metheny The unity sessions CD Jazz Metheny

World
Fela Kuti The best of the black president CD World Fela

BOOKS

FICTION
Yaa Gyasi Homegoing
Jessica Levine The geometry of love
Norman Lock The port-wine stain: with an unfinished tale by Edgar A. Poe
Terry McMillan I almost forgot about you
Malka Older Infomocracy

Historical Fiction
Mark Beauregard The whale: a love story
Natashia Deón Grace
Annie Proulx Barkskins

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Cara Black Murder on the Quai
Matthew Carr The devils of Cardona
Maurizio de Giovanni The bastards of Pizzofalcone
Marguerite Duras Abahn, Sabana, David
Michael Harvey Brighton
Bill James Blaze away
David Krugler The dead don't bleed
Ross Macdonald The Galton case
Walter Mosley Charcoal Joe
Bill Schutt Hell's gate
Erik Axl Sund The crow girl
Martin Walker Fatal pursuit

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Pierce Brown Morning star
Anne Gross The conjured woman
Naomi Novik League of dragons

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Kazuo Koike Lone Wolf & Cub omnibus 741.5 L847 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Nathalia Holt Rise of the rocket girls: the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars 629.4 H758
Reuel B. Parker The sharpie book 623.8 P242
Rooftop garden 635.9671 R776

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Hubert Damisch Noah's ark: essays on architecture 720.1 D161
Ray Kass The sight of silence: John Cage's complete watercolors 750.92 C131
Ansel Adams & Dorothea Lange's Three Mormon towns 770.92 A21t
Gabriele Basilico Silicon Valley, 07 779.36 B312
Maureen Cassidy-Geiger The Philip Johnson glass house: an architect in the garden 720.92 J68c
Twenty over eighty: conversations on a lifetime in architecture & design 745.4 T971

Biography & Genealogy
Jenny Diski In gratitude 920 D611
Michael Shelden Melville in love: the secret life of Herman Melville & the muse of Moby-Dick 92 M531s

Business & Economics
Kalynn Amadio The boomer's ultimate guide to social media marketing: learn how to navigate the digital highway 658.872 A481
Todd G. Buchholz The price of prosperity: why rich nations fail & how to renew them 330 B919
Cracking the GMAT 650.07 P957
Ruchir Sharma The rise & fall of nations: forces of change in the post-crisis world 330.9 S531r

Health & Medicine
Siddhartha Mukherjee The gene: an intimate history 616.042 M953

History
Shelly Culbertson The fires of spring: a post-Arab Spring journey through the turbulent new Middle East 909.097 C967
Natalie Livingstone The mistresses of Cliveden: three centuries of scandal, power & intrigue in an English stately home 942 C642
Peter McPhee Liberty or death: the French Revolution 944.04 M172
Arkady Ostrovsky The invention of Russia: from Gorbachev's freedom to Putin's war 947.086 O857

Home & Family Management
Sunset western garden book of easy-care plantings: the ultimate guide to low-water beds, borders & containers 635.95 S95e

Languages & Linguistics
James Turner Philology: the forgotten origins of the modern humanities 409 T948

Literature & Writing
Marjorie Perloff Poetics in a new key: interviews & essays 810.9 P45p

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Priyamvada Natarajan Mapping the heavens: the radical scientific ideas that reveal the cosmos 523.1 N273

Performing Arts & Music
Ted Gioia How to listen to jazz 781.65 G495h

Politics & Government
Stephen Budiansky Code warriors: NSA's codebreakers & the secret intelligence war against the Soviet Union 327.73 B927
Barnes Carr Operation Whisper: the capture of Soviet spies Morris & Lona Cohen 327.47 C311
Debbie Cenziper Love wins: the lovers & lawyers who fought the landmark case for marriage equality 346.7301 C397
Mark Gerzon The Reunited States of America: how we can bridge the partisan divide 320.5 G388
Josh King Off script: an advance man's guide to White House stagecraft, campaign spectacle & political suicide 320.973 K534

Social Sciences & Current Events
Carol Anderson White rage: the unspoken truth of our racial divide 305.8 A545
Orrin H. Pilkey Retreat from a rising sea: hard decisions in an age of climate change 333.91 P639
Mychal Denzel Smith Invisible man, got the whole world watching: a young black man's education 305.242 S655
Rebecca Traister All the single ladies: unmarried women & the rise of an independent nation 306.81 T768
Wendy Warren New England bound: slavery & colonization in early America 306.362 W294

Travel & Geography
Marissa Guggiana 33 getaways from San Francisco that you must not miss 917.941 G942
Monocle Singapore 915.957 M751
James Roman Chronicles of old Los Angeles: exploring the devilish history of the city of the angels 917.9494 R758
Wild Writing Women Stories of world travel 910.8 S884
Rick Steves' France 914.4 S848

BOOKS

FICTION
Alan Furst A hero of France
Peter Geye The wintering
Leigh Himes The one that got away
Patrick Modiano Villa triste
Fernando del Paso News from the Empire
Fernando del Paso Palinuro of Mexico
Arturo Pérez-Reverte What we become
Steven Rowley Lily & the octopus

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Rachel Howzell Hall Trail of echoes
Stephen King End of watch
David Swinson The second girl

Short Stories
Helen Phillips Some possible solutions
The Soho Press book of 80s short fiction SS S682

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Masahiko Matsumoto Cigarette girl 741.5 M434 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Rachelle Bergstein Brilliance & fire: a biography of diamonds 553.82 B499

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Matthew Brehm Drawing perspective: how to see it, how to apply it 742 B834
Malte Herwig The woman who says no: François Gilot on her life with & without Picasso: rebel, muse, artist 750.92 G48h
Mario Andres Robinson Lessons in realistic watercolor: a contemporary approach to painting people & places in the classical tradition 751.42 R663
Arthur Lubow Diane Arbus: portrait of a photographer 770.92 A66L

Biography & Genealogy
Kyle Arnold The divine madness of Philip K. Dick 92 D54a

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Amy K. Garmer Rising to the challenge: re-envisioning public libraries: a report of the Aspen Institute Dialogue on Public Libraries 025.5 G233

Chess
Ivan Ivanisevic The taimanov bible: a complete manual for the Sicilian player 794.1 I933
Tibor Károlyi Lajos Portisch 794.1 P852
Tibor Károlyi Vlastimil Hort 794.1 H819k
Tibor Károlyi Yasser Seirawan 794.1 S46k
Lev Alburt Pirc alert!: a complete defense against 1. e4 794.122 A345

Computer Science
Jennifer Hodgdon Programmer's guide to Drupal 006.78 D795h

Food & Drink
Alain Ducasse Nature: simple, healthy & good 641.5944 D824
Cynthia Nims Salty snacks: make your own chips, crisps, crackers, pretzels, dips & other savory bites 641.53 N713
Jennifer Trainer Thompson Fresh fish: a fearless guide to grilling, shucking, searing, poaching & roasting seafood 641.3 T473

History
Gary Mitchell Palgon William Alexander Leidesdorff: first Black millionaire, American consul & California pioneer 979.461 L527
Nigel Hamilton Commander in chief: FDR's battle with Churchill, 1943 940.532 H219
Peter J. Holliday American Arcadia: California & the Classical Tradition 979.4 H739

Law
Michael J. Graetz The Burger Court & the rise of the judicial right 347.732 G735

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Dan Flores Coyote America: a natural & supernatural history 599.77 F634

Performing Arts & Music
David Suchet Poirot & me 791.45 S942

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Will Gompertz Think like an artist: & lead a more creative, productive life 153.35 G634
Amy Morin 13 things mentally strong people don't do: take back your power, embrace change, face your fears & train your brain for happiness & success 158.1 M858

Politics & Government
Barbara Boxer The art of tough: fearlessly facing politics & life 328.73 B788

Reference
American library directory; a classified list of libraries in the United States & Canada, with personnel & statistical data 027 A51

Social Sciences & Current Events
Barry Meier Missing man: the American spy who vanished in Iran 327.12 M511

Sports & Games
Karen M. Johnson The training game: an inside look at American racing's top trainers 798.4 J677

Travel & Geography
Voyager: travel writings Russell Banks Voyager: travel writings
The hour of land: a personal topography of America's national parks Terry Tempest Williams The hour of land: a personal topography of America's national parks
USA's best trips: ... amazing road trips USA's best trips: ... amazing road trips
Eyewitness Denmark Denmark
Fodor's the complete guide to Caribbean cruises Fodor's the complete guide to Caribbean cruises
Fodor's southern California Fodor's southern California
Moon California hiking Moon California hiking
Moon Tennessee Moon Tennessee

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

DVDs
The good dinosaur

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EBOOKS
Lene Kaaberbol The considerate killer
Lisa Lutz The passenger
Chris Pavone The travelers
J.K. Rowling Harry Potter & the chamber of secrets
J.K. Rowling Harry Potter & the goblet of fire
J.K. Rowling Harry Potter & the half-blood prince
J.K. Rowling Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
J.K. Rowling Harry Potter & the sorcerer's stone
Gerald Seymour Vagabond

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DVDs

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Foyle's war. Set 6
Mission: impossible. The third TV season

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Star Wars. Episode VII, The force awakens
The Hunger games. Mockingjay, Part 2

Travel & Geography
Over Alaska DVD 917.98 O962
Over Washington DVD 917.97 O962
Rainier, the mountain DVD 917.977 R157
Washington the beautiful DVD 917.97 W317

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Blurays

Action & Adventure
Django unchained

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CDs

Jazz & Blues
John Lee Hooker The ultimate collection, 1948-1990 CD Jazz Hooker

Popular
David Bowie Blackstar CD Pop Bowie
Cyndi Lauper Detour CD Pop Lauper