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New Titles List for the Week of February 1

BOOKS

FICTION
Sam Eastland Red icon
Tessa Hadley The past
Janice Y. K. Lee The expatriates
Helen Klein Ross What was mine
John Schulian A better goodbye
Elizabeth Strout My name is Lucy Barton

Historical Fiction
Robert Harris Dictator

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
William Bayer The Luzern photograph
Benjamin Black Even the dead
Grant Bywaters The red storm
Daniel Friedman Riot most uncouth
Kerry Greenwood Death by water
Thomas Perry Forty thieves
Brad Taylor The forgotten soldier
Mette Ivie Harrison His right hand

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Robert Charles Wilson The affinities

Short Stories
Best European fiction SS B5635

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Jonathan Case The new deal 741.5 C337 comics
Neil Gaiman The Sandman: overture 741.5 G14so comics

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Brian A. Curran Obelisk 731.76 O122
Joseph B. Pecora The storied houses of Alamo Square 728 P369
Juliet Hacking Lives of the great photographers 770.92 H121
Hilary Roberts Lee Miller: a woman's war 779 M648

Business & Economics
Lois Kelly Rebels at work 658.4 K297

Food & Drink
Ree Drummond The Pioneer Woman cooks. Dinnertime: comfort classics, freezer food, 16-minute meals & other delicious ways to solve supper 641.5979 D795
Ellie Krieger You have it made: delicious, healthy, do-ahead meals 641.555 K926
Cal Peternell Twelve recipes 641.5 P479

Health & Medicine
Paul Kalanithi When breath becomes air 616.994 K141
Andrew J. Roth Managing prostate cancer: a guide for living better 616.994 R845

History
Des Ekin The last armada: Queen Elizabeth, Juan del Águila & Hugh O'Neill: the story of the 100-day Spanish invasion 941.5 E367

Languages & Linguistics
Gaston Dorren Lingo: around Europe in sixty languages 306.44 D716

Literature & Writing
Christopher Castallani The art of perspective: who tells the story 808.3 C348
Bryan Doerries The theater of war: what ancient Greek tragedies can teach us today 882 D652
Lewis Carroll The annotated Alice: Alice's adventures in Wonderland & Through the looking-glass 823 C319

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Marty Crump Eye of newt & toe of frog, adder's fork & lizard's leg: the lore & mythology of amphibians & reptiles 597.8 C956
Lewis Carroll Epstein Thinking physics is Gedanken physics 530 E646

Performing Arts & Music
1001 movies you must see before you die 791.4 O585
Musicals: the definitive illustrated story 782.14 M987
Mary Ellen Snodgrass The encyclopedia of world ballet 792.8 S673

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Rob Brotherton Suspicious minds: why we believe conspiracy theories 153.4 B874
Gary Lachman The secret teachers of the western world 130 L138
Steve Levinson The power to get things done: (whether you feel like it or not) 158.1 L665
Reimagining the sacred: Richard Kearney debates God with James Wood, Catherine Keller, Charles Taylor, Julia Kristeva, Gianni Vattimo, Simon Critchley, Jean-Luc Marion, John Caputo, David Tracey, Jens Zimmermann & Merold Westphal 211 R363
Eric Weiner The geography of genius: a search for the world's most creative places from ancient Athens to Silicon Valley 153.98 W423
Phillip Luke Sinitiere Salvation with a smile: Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church & American Christianity 280 O851
The Stone reader: modern philosophy in 133 arguments 190 S879

Reference
The World almanac & book of facts 310 W92

Social Sciences & Current Events
Carole Haber The trials of Laura Fair: sex, murder & insanity in the Victorian West 345.794 F163
Maria Konnikova The confidence game: why we fall for it... every time 364.16 K825
Bill Nye Unstoppable: harnessing science to change the world 363.738 N994
Jon Wilkman Floodpath: the deadliest man-made disaster of 20th-century America & the making of modern Los Angeles 363.34 W687
Katherine Zoepf Excellent daughters: the secret lives of young women who are transforming the Arab world 305.42 Z85

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CDs
Classical
Franz Schubert The "great" C major symphony CD Classical Schubert

Jazz & Blues
Fred Hersch Solo CD Jazz Hersch

Popular
Adele 25 CD Pop Adele

Posted on Jan. 29, 2016 by Cherilyn Chang

New Titles for the Week of January 25

BOOKS

FICTION
Kathleen Alcott Infinite home
Mick Carlon Girl singer
Justin Cartwright Up against the night
Jill Ciment Act of God
Jackie Copleton A dictionary of mutual understanding
Simon Critchley Memory theater
Elizabeth LaBan The restaurant critic's wife
Christopher Nicholson Winter
Simon Sylvester The visitors
Beatriz Williams Along the infinite sea

Historical Fiction
James Lee Burke House of the rising sun
Jacopo della Quercia License to quill
Alyssa Palombo The violinist of Venice

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Sally Andrew Recipes for love & murder
Chris Carter An evil mind
Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke All dressed in white
Averil Dean The undoing
Christopher Fowler Bryant & May & the burning man
Anthea Fraser A tangled thread
Derek Haas A different lie
Antonia Hodgson The last confession of Thomas Hawkins
Katherine Howell Web of deceit
Lawrence H. Levy Second Street Station
Sara Moliner The whispering city
Vasudev Murthy Sherlock Holmes, the missing years: Japan
Tony Park Ivory
Oliver Pötzsch The Werewolf of Bamberg
Marcus Sakey A better world
Ben Sanders American blood
Douglas Schofield Time of departure
Terry Shames A deadly affair at Bobtail Ridge
Donald Smith The constable's tale

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
M. H. Boroson The girl with ghost eyes
Holly Messinger The curse of Jacob Tracy
Marcus Sakey Brilliance

Short Stories
John McManus Fox tooth heart

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Eddie Campbell Bacchus. Volume one of two 741.5 C187 comics
Pierre Paquet A glance backward 741.5 P219 comics
Bill Griffith Invisible ink: my mother's secret love affair with a famous cartoonist: a graphic memoir 741.5973 G853 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Richard Polt The typewriter revolution: a typist's companion for the 21st century 681 P779
David Quammen The chimp & the river: how AIDS emerged from an African forest 614.59 Q16

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Steven Heller Born modern: the life & design of Alvin Lustig 741.6 L972
Richard Meyer Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles 770.92 W394
Gregory Minissale The psychology of contemporary art 701.1 M665
Aja Raden Stoned: jewelry, obsession & how desire shapes the world 739.27 R127
Michael Siebenbrodt (editor) Bauhaus Weimar: designs for the future 707.1 B346
Karen Tsujimoto Images of America: precisionist painting & modern photography 759.13 T882
Manuel Alvarez Bravo: photopoetry 770.92 A473p
John B. Nici Famous Works of Art-- & How They Got That Way 701 N631
Kirsten Swenson Irrational judgments: Eva Hesse, Sol Lewitt & 1960s New York 709.747 S974

Biography & Genealogy
Kate Wililams Young Elizabeth: the making of the Queen 92 E4345wi

Business & Economics
Mario Morino Leap of reason: managing to outcomes in an era of scarcity 658.048 M859

Health & Medicine
Marc E. Agronin The dementia caregiver: a guide to caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease & other neurocognitive disorders 616.83 A281

History
Jim Chiddix Next stop Honolulu!: Oahu Railway & Land Company 1889-1971 385 C533
Martin Kitchen Speer: Hitler's architect 943.086 S74k
Niall Barr Eisenhower's armies: the American-British alliance during World War II 940.5332 B268
Roger Crowley Conquerors: how Portugal forged the first global empire 909 C953
Victor Sebestyen 1946: the making of the modern world 909.824 S443

Languages & Linguistics
Christopher Stevens Written in stone: a journey through the Stone Age & the origins of modern language 417.7 S844

Literature & Writing
The Pushcart prize: best of the small presses 810.8 P98

Performing Arts & Music
Kliph Nesteroff The comedians: drunks, thieves, scoundrels & the history of American comedy 792.7 N468
Debbie Reynolds Make 'em laugh: short-term memories of longtime friends 792.092 R4627m
Philippe Margotin Bob Dylan: all the songs: the story behind every track 782.421 D99m

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Deborah Schoeberlein David Living mindfully: at home, at work & in the world 294.34 D249
A.C. Grayling The challenge of things: thinking through troubled times 192 G783
Bill Mesler A brief history of creation: science & the search for the origin of life 576.8 M578
Susan Brind Morrow The dawning moon of the mind: unlocking the pyramid texts 299.31 M883

Politics & Government
Taxifornia 2016: 14 essaya on the future of California 320.51 T235

Reference
RIA California tax handbook 336.2 P48

Social Sciences & Current Events
Lynne Adele As above, so below: art of the American fraternal society, 1850-1930 366 A228
Jon Duschinsky Philanthropy in a flat world: inspiration through globalization 361.7 D971
Tracy Gary Inspired philanthropy: creating a giving plan: a workbook 361.74 G244

Sports & Games
Barry Allen Striking beauty: a philosophical look at the Asian martial arts 796.815 A425
Ed Caesar Two hours: the quest to run the impossible marathon 796.42 C128
Christopher B. Doob The anatomy of competition in sports: the struggle for success in major US professional leagues 796.04 D691
Davis Miller Approaching Ali: a reclamation in three acts 796.83 A398m

Travel & Geography
California coastal access guide 917.94 C1532
Marie Farman The 500 hidden secrets of Paris 914.436 F233
Kim Johnson Gross Packing: bags to trunks 910.202 G878
Leon McCarron The road headed west: a 6,000-mile cycling odyssey through North America 917.3 M123

Posted on Jan. 22, 2016 by Cherilyn Chang

New Titles for the Week of January 18

BOOKS

FICTION
Jonathan Barrow On the run with Mary
Andrew Battershill Pillow
C. Joseph Greaves Tom & Lucky (and George & Cokey Flo)
Amy Koppelman Hesitation wounds
Paul Meloy The night clock
Deborah Moggach In the dark
Scott Nadelson Between you & me
Shann Ray American copper
Andrew Roe The miracle girl
Joan Schweighardt The accidental art thief
Edward Lewis Wallant The pawnbroker
Elizabeth Day Paradise city
Rajia Hassib In the language of miracles

Historical Fiction
Marina Fiorato Beatrice & Benedick

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Chris Bohjalian The guest room
Donis Casey All men fear me
Bavo Dhooge Styx
Loren D. Estleman The sundown speech
Jonathan Kellerman The golem of Paris
Dean Koontz Ashley Bell
Denzil Meyrick The last witness: a Detective Daley thriller
Margaret Mizushima Killing trail: a Timber Creek K-9 mystery
Kristina Ohlsson Hostage
D.K. Wilson The traitor's mark

Short Stories
Mia Alvar In the country: stories
Tara Ison Ball: stories
Simon Van Booy Tales of accidental genius: stories

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Dan Mishkin The Warren Commission Report: a graphic investigation into the Kennedy assassination 364.152 M678 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Robert Hughes The spectacle of skill: selected writings of Robert Hughes 709 H89s
Africa junctions: capturing the city: Lard Buurman 779.092 B989
Anselm Kiefer ; translated by Tess Lewis Notebooks 709.2 K471n
Christopher Rothko Mark Rothko: from the inside out 750.92 R84r
Nato Thompson Seeing power: socially engaged art in the age of cultural production 700.1 T474
Dan Cruickshank A history of architecture in 100 buildings 720.9 C955
Richard Fernau Houses of Fernau + Hartman 720.47 F363
Susan Meller Textile designs: two hundred years of European & American patterns for printed fabrics organized by motif, style, color, layout & period 746.6 M525

Biography & Genealogy
David Potter Theodora: actress, empress, saint 92 T388p

Business & Economics
Amit Kumar Short selling: finding uncommon short ideas 332.6322 K963
Suzanne Mustacich Thirsty dragon: China's lust for Bordeaux & the threat to the world's best wines 338.4766 M991

Food & Drink
Steve Coomes The home distiller's guide to spirits: reviving the art of the American home still 663 C775
Gena Hamshaw Food 52 vegan: 60 vegetable-driven recipes for any kitchen 641.5636 H232
Kristen Miglore Food52 genius recipes: 100 recipes that will change the way you cook 641.5 M634

Health & Medicine
Scott H. Podolsky The antibiotic era: reform, resistance & the pursuit of a rational therapeutics 615.79 P742

History
John Higgs Stranger than we can imagine: making sense of the twentieth century 909.82 H637
Gerard Koeppel City on a grid: how New York became New York 307.12 K784
Samuel Podberesky Never the last road 940.5318 P742
Nancy Warner This place, these people: life & shadow on the Great Plains 978.2 W283
Robert S. Wells Voices from the bottom of the South China Sea: the untold story of America's largest Chinese emigrant disaster 363.123 W455
David Drake Paris at war, 1939-1944 940.5344 D761
David Horspool Richard III: a ruler & his reputation 942.04 H818
Janet E. Mullin A sixpence at whist: gaming & the English middle classes, 1680-1830 940.2 M959
John Robertson Iraq: a history 956.7 R651
Robert Service The End of the Cold War, 1985-1991 909.828 S491
The English Revolution c.1590-1720: politics, religion & communities 942.06 E586

Literature & Writing
Robert Alter Pen of iron: American prose & the King James Bible 810.9 A466

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Gerardo Ceballos The annihilation of nature: human extinction of birds & mammals 591.38 C387
David R. Montgomery The hidden half of nature: the microbial roots of life & health 579.17 M787
Alan P. Trujillo Essentials of oceanography 551.46 T866

Performing Arts & Music
David Evanier Woody 791.4 A43e

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Andy Clark Surfing uncertainty: prediction, action & the embodied mind 128.2 C592
Mormon feminism: essential writings 289.3 M865
Pope Francis Encyclical on climate change & inequality: on care for our common home 261.8 C363

Politics & Government
Irene L. Gendzier Dying to forget: oil, power, Palestine, & the foundations of U.S. policy in the Middle East 327.73 G325

Social Sciences & Current Events
Bill Ferster Teaching machines 371.3 F399
Roxane Gay Bad feminist: essays 305.42 G285
Edward Lucas Cyberphobia: identity, trust, security & the Internet 364.168 L933

Sports & Games
Bryan Soderholm-Difatte The golden era of major league baseball: a time of transition & integration 796.357 S679

Travel & Geography
Jonathan Franklin 438 days: an extraordinary true story of survival at sea 910.9164 F832

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DVDs

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
The Martian

Posted on Jan. 19, 2016 by Cherilyn Chang

New Titles for the Week of January 11

BOOKS

FICTION
Nadine Darling She came from beyond!
Chris Ewan Dark tides
Paolo Giordano Like family
Jim Kokoris It's. Nice. Outside.
Karen Olsson All the houses
Gwen Roland Postmark Bayou Chene
Carl-Johan Vallgren The merman
Christian Kracht Imperium

Historical Fiction
B. A. Shapiro The muralist
György Spiró Captivity

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Jo Bannister Desperate measures
Robert Crais The promise
Charles Cumming The hidden man
Mark de Castrique A specter of justice
Mark Greaney Tom Clancy: commander-in-chief
Kerry Greenwood Dead man's chest
Kerry Greenwood Murder on a midsummer night
Sue Ann Jaffarian A body to spare
Marek Krajewski The end of the world in Breslau
Kim Powers Dig two graves
David Poyer Tipping point: the war with China -- the first salvo

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Mary Robinette Kowal Word puppets

Short Stories
John Keene Counternarratives
Kelly Link Get in trouble
Mary Rickert You have never been here

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Gregory Benton Smoke 741.5 B4782 comics
Keef Cross DayBlack. Vol. 1 741.5 C951 comics
Oliver Morel Walking wounded 616.8521 M839 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Scott M. Mueller Upgrading & repairing PCs 621.3916 M947
Valerie Lester Giambattista Bodoni: his life & his world 686.2 B668L

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Michael Peppiatt Francis Bacon in your blood: a memoir 750.92 B12pi
Kaja Silverman The miracle of analogy, or, The history of photography 770 S587
Gabrielle G. Starr Feeling beauty: the neuroscience of aesthetic experience 700.1 S796
Richard Diebenkorn The sketchbooks revealed 759.13 D559s

Biography & Genealogy
Lucinda Hawksley Queen Victoria's mysterious daughter: a biography of Princess Louise 92 L8882
Richard H. King Arendt & America 92 A68k

Business & Economics
Isabelle Saporta Vino business: the cloudy world of French wine 338.4766 S241

Computer Science
Amelia Bellamy-Royds SVG colors, patterns & gradients: painting vector graphics 006.6 S968
Stephen Burge Joomla! 3 explained: your step-by-step guide 006.78 J81
Neil J. Salkind Excel statistics: a quick guide 005.3 M611s
John Savill Mastering Microsoft Azure infrastructure services 004.6 W359
Herbert Schildt Java: the complete reference 005.1 J415s
John Sharp Microsoft Visual C# step by step 005.1 C41s
Jessica Thornsby iWork 005.5 I969
Mahesh Venkitachalam Python playground: geeky projects for the curious programmer 005.1 P99v
Owen Yamauchi Hack & HHVM: programming productivity without breaking things 005.43 H118

Food & Drink
America's Test Kitchen the complete cooking for two cookbook: 650 recipes for everything you'll ever want to make 641.561 C737
Dynise Balcavage Pies & tarts with heart: expert pie-building techniques for 60+ sweet & savory vegan pies 641.865 B174
Andy King Baking by hand: make the best artisanal breads & pastries better without a mixer 641.815 K521
Julie Wampler Dinner for two: easy & innovative recipes for one, two, or a few 641.561 W243

Health & Medicine
Sara Gottfried The hormone reset diet: heal your metabolism to lose up to 15 pounds in 21 days 613.2 G685
Jeanne Marie Laskas Concussion 617.5 L345

History
Winston Groom The generals: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall & the winning of World War II 940.5412 G876
John Kelly Never surrender: Winston Churchill & Britain's decision to fight Nazi Germany in the fateful summer of 1940 940.5341 K297

Literature & Writing
Reginald Dwayne Betts Bastards of the Reagan era 811 B565
On life-writing|Zachary Leader (editor) 808 O581

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Stuart Firestein Failure: why science is so successful 501 F523
Edward F. Ricketts Between Pacific tides 591.926 R539

Performing Arts & Music
James Curtis William Cameron Menzies: the shape of films to come 791.4 M551
Karen E. Dill-Shackleford Mad men unzipped: fans on sex, love & the sixties on TV 791.45 D578
Wheeler Winston Dixon Black & white cinema 791.43 D621b
George Grella, Jr. Bitches brew 780.92 D26g
Strayhorn: an illustrated life 780.92 S913
Jim Beviglia Counting down the Rolling Stones: their 100 finest songs 780.92 R75be
Barbara Young The persona of Ingmar Bergman: conquering demons through film 791.43 B49y

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Alister McGrath The big question: why we can't stop talking about science, faith & God 201.65 M147
Thich Nhat Hanh How to relax 294.3 N57ho
Peter Singer Famine, affluence & morality 170 S61f
Allene Symons Aldous Huxley's hands: his quest for perception & the origin & return of psychedelic science 154.4 S988

Social Sciences & Current Events
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian The cosmopolites: the coming of the global citizen 364.16 A159
Sarah E. Fiarman Becoming a school principal: learning to lead, leading to learn 371.2 F441
Tim Flannery Atmosphere of hope: searching for solutions to the climate crisis 363.738 F585
Matt Ridley The evolution of everything: how new ideas emerge 303.483 R546

Sports & Games
Matthew Algeo Pedestrianism: when watching people walk was America's favorite spectator sport 796.5 A394
Gregg Easterbrook The game's not over: in defense of football 796.332 E135
Kevin Mitchell Break point: the inside story of modern tennis 796.34 M681

Travel & Geography
David L. Ulin Sidewalking: coming to terms with Los Angeles 917.9494 U39

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AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Sarah Vowell Lafayette in the somewhat United States CD 973.33 V97

Posted on Jan. 12, 2016 by Cherilyn Chang

New Titles for the Week of January 4

BOOKS

FICTION
Hassan Blasim The corpse exhibition & other stories of Iraq
Michael Bible Sophia
Josep Maria de Sagarra Private life: a novel
Toni Sala The boys
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar The Time Regulation Institute
Ludmila Ulitskaya The big green tent
Amy Witting Isobel on the way to the corner shop
Mary Rakow This is why I came

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Ann Cleeves Harbour street
Maurizio de Giovanni The bottom of your heart
Anders De La Motte MemoRandom
Marek Krajewski Phantoms of Breslau
Marek Krajewski The minotaur's head
Gilly Macmillan What she knew
Val McDermid Splinter the silence
Denise Mina Blood, salt, water
Nick Stone The verdict

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Andrus Kivirähk The man who spoke Snakish
Vladimir Sorokin The blizzard

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
David Mazzucchelli. Asterios Polyp 741.5 M478 comics
Jon Morris The League of Regrettable Superheroes 741.59 M876 comics
Shigeru Mizuki Showa, 1953-1989: a history of Japan 952.03 M685 comics
Joe Sacco Footnotes in Gaza 956.04 S119 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Michel Anctil Dawn of the neuron: the early struggles to trace the origin of nervous systems 611.8 A542

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Bryan Peterson Learning to see creatively: design, color & composition in photography 770.1 P485
Robert J. Chandler San Francisco lithographer: African American artist Grafton Tyler Brown 764.2 B877

Biography & Genealogy
Suki Kim Without you, there is no us: my time with the sons of North Korea's elite 92 K494
Ginger Strand The brothers Vonnegut: science & fiction in the house of magic 920 V94

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Sasha Abramsky The house of twenty thousand books 381 A161

Business & Economics
Leon Grunberg Emerging from turbulence: Boeing & stories of the American workplace today 338.762 G888

Food & Drink
Danny Bowien The Mission Chinese Food cookbook 641.5951 B786

Health & Medicine
Loretta Graziano Breuning Habits of a happy brain: retrain your brain to boost your serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin & endorphin levels 612.8 B846

History
Gordon Chin Building community, Chinatown style: a half century of leadership in San Francisco Chinatown 979.461 C5391
Christine L. Corton London fog: the biography 942.1 C831
Martha Hodes Mourning Lincoln 973.7 L73hom
Tony Judt When the facts change: essays, 1995-2010 907.2 J932
Raghu Karnad Farthest field: an Indian story of the Second World War 940.5412 M951
Colin Jones The smile revolution in eighteenth century Paris 944 J765
Kwasi Kwarteng Thatcher's trial: 180 days that created a conservative icon 941.085 K984
Tom Lewis Washington: a history of our national city 975.3 L676
Ian Mortimer The time traveler's guide to medieval England: a handbook for visitors to the fourteenth century 942.03 M888t
The wicked wit of Queen Elizabeth II 942.085 D661

Home & Family Management
Beth Baumgartel Successful serging: from setup to simple & specialty stitches 646.2 B348

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
David K. Love Kepler & the universe: how one man revolutionized astronomy 520.92 K38L
Randall Munroe Thing explainer: complicated stuff in simple words 500 M968t

Performing Arts & Music
Dusty Baker Kiss the sky: my weekend in Monterey at the greatest rock concert ever 781.66 B167

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Deborah Jian Lee Rescuing Jesus: how people of color, women & queer Christians are reclaiming evangelicalism 277.3 L477
Tim Whitmarsh Battling the gods: atheism in the ancient world 211.8 W615

Politics & Government
Philip Cafaro How many is too many?: the progressive argument for reducing immigration into the United States 325.73 C129
Richard Hofstadter The paranoid style in American politics & other essays 320.973 H713

Social Sciences & Current Events
Richard Adams Carey In the evil day: violence comes to one small town 364.152 C275
Caren Van Slyke GED test 2016: strategies, practice, & review 373.12 V279
Anna Wierzbicka Imprisoned in English: the hazards of English as a default language 306.44 W648

Sports & Games
Mollie Gregory Stuntwomen: the untold Hollywood story 791.43 G823

Travel & Geography
Better than fiction 2: true travel adventures from 30 great fiction writers 910.4 B565

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LARGE PRINT

Nonfiction
Julie Checkoway The three-year swim club: the untold story of Maui's Sugar Ditch kids & their quest for Olympic glory Large Print 797.2 C514

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AUDIOBOOKS

Fiction
Bill Clegg Did you ever have a family CD Fic Clegg
Philippa Gregory The taming of the queen CD Fic Gregory
Colum McCann Thirteen ways of looking: fiction CD Fic McCann
Don Winslow The cartel CD Fic Winslow

Nonfiction
Anthony Doerr Four seasons in Rome: on twins, insomnia & the biggest funeral in the history of the world CD 813 D652
Elizabeth Gilbert Big magic: creative living beyond fear CD 153.35 G464
Jenny Lawson Furiously happy: a funny book about horrible things CD 070.92 L425f
David McCullough Brave companions: portraits in history CD 920 M133b

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
St. Ives

Classics
Colorado territory
Malaya
Scrooge
Street scene
The Abbott & Costello show: who's on first?
The best of Abbott & Costello Volume 3

Comedy
Mixed nuts
Woodpecker
The Larry Sanders show: the complete series

Drama
The chosen

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Misery
Murder, my sweet
Spirits of the dead

Nonfiction
Nowhere to run DVD 332.024 N948
Harlem Street singer: the Reverend Gary Davis story DVD 780.92 D261
Walt Disney: he made believe DVD 791.4 D61h
Writing great fiction: storytelling tips & techniques DVD 808.02 W956h

Posted on Jan. 5, 2016 by Cherilyn Chang

New Titles for the Week of December 28

BOOKS

FICTION
Sinan Antoon I'jaam
Gillian Flynn The Grownup
Jon Foyt The mind of an American revolutionary
Michel Houellebecq Submission
Patrick Modiano Paris nocturne
Patrick Modiano The occupation trilogy: La Place de l'Étoile, The night watch, Ring roads
Michael J. Seidlinger The strangest

Historical Fiction
Christopher Buckley The relic master

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Winston Graham The merciless ladies

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Kyle Higgins C.O.W.L. Volume 1, Principles of power 741.5 C875 comics
Kyle Higgins C.O.W.L. Volume 2, The greater good 741.5 C875 comics
Nic Kelman How to pass as human 741.5 K299 comics
Peter Kuper Ruins 741.5 K967 comics
Peanuts, a tribute to Charles M. Schulz: over 40 artists celebrate the work of Charles M. Schulz 741.5 P358 comics
Rick Remender Low. Vol. 2, Before the dawn burns us 741.5 L912 comics
Alex Robinson Our expanding universe 741.5 R658 comics
Guy A. Sims Monster: a graphic novel 741.5 M996 comics
Jillian Tamaki SuperMutant Magic Academy 741.5 T153s comics
Stan Lee Amazing fantastic incredible: a marvelous memoir 741.5973 L481 comics
John Leguizamo Ghetto Klown: a graphic novel 92 L521 comics

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Hugh Ball Flight out of time: a Dada diary 700 B187
Nancy Marie Brown Ivory Vikings: the mystery of the most famous chessmen in the world & the woman who made them 736.6 B879
Syne Mitchell Inventive weaving on a little loom: discover the full potential of the rigid-heddle loom, for beginners & beyond 746.14 M682
Scott Schuman The sartorialist X 746.9 S392
Robert Walser Looking at pictures 709 W222

Biography & Genealogy
Christopher Buckley Holy days of obligation: essays on Santa Barbara & the writing life, at home & abroad 92 B924
Jonathan Bate Ted Hughes: the unauthorised life 92 H8945b
Lisa Hilton Elizabeth: Renaissance prince 92 E434h
Richard Holmes Wellington: the Iron Duke 92 W451ho

Chess
Lev Alburt Three days with Bobby Fischer & other chess essays: how to meet champions & choose your openings 794.12 A345t
Sam Collins Karpov, move by move 794.15 C713
Alex Dunne Great chess books of the twentieth century in English 016.794 D92
Nick de Firmian Modern chess openings: MCO-15 794.122 F524m
Hastings 1895: the centennial edition 794.157 H357
Dan Heisman The improving annotator: from beginner to master 794.1 H473ia
Garry Kasparov The test of time 794.15 K197t
Igor Khmelnitsky Chess exam & training guide: rate yourself & learn how to improve! 794.1 K457
John Nunn Understanding chess middlegames 794.123 N97u
John C. Owen The match tournament at St. Petersburg, 1895-6: a turning point in chess history 794.157 O971
Bruce Pandolfini Solitaire chess 794.15 P189s
Vasily Smyslov Smyslov's best games 794.15 S66sb

Food & Drink
Jorge Fernandez Rustic: simple food & drink, from morning to night 641.5 F363
Michael Mina Michael Mina: the cookbook 641.5973 M663

Health & Medicine
Anil Ananthaswamy The man who wasn't there: investigations into the strange new science of the self 616.8 A533
J. Eric Ahlskog The new Parkinson's disease treatment book: partnering with your doctor to get the most from your medications 616.833 A285

History
Diane C. Donovan San Francisco relocated 979.461 D687
Alistair Horne Hubris: the tragedy of war in the twentieth century 355.02 H815
Devon Cox The street of wonderful possibilities: Whistler, Wilde & Sargent in Tite Street 942.1 C877
Peter Rex The English resistance 941.02 R455
Anna Reynolds A royal welcome: making magnificence at Buckingham Palace 942.1 R462

Languages & Linguistics
The Horologicon: a day's jaunt through the lost words of the English language/ Mark Forsyth 420.9 F735

Law
Ben Carson A more perfect union: what we the people can do to protect our constitutional liberties 342.7308 C321

Literature & Writing
Matthew Beaumont Nightwalking: a nocturnal history of London Chaucer to Dickens 820.9 B379

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Newton's apple & other myths about science 001.96 N567
John Allen Paulos A numerate life: a mathematician explores the vagaries of life, his & probably yours 510 P33n

Performing Arts & Music
David Buckley Kraftwerk: publikation 780.92 K892
Peter Guralnick Sam Phillips: the man who invented rock 'n' roll 781.66 P563
Paul Lester In search of Pharrell Williams 780.92 W726
Selected letters of Berlioz 780.92 B51m
Warren Zanes Petty: the biography 780.92 P512

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Sam Harris Lying 177.3 H316
Immanuel Kant Critique of pure reason 193 K167cp
Ruth Davis Konigsberg The truth about grief: the myth of its five stages & the new science of loss 155.93 K824
The new Oxford annotated Bible 220.5 B58no
Robert Beaken The Church of England & the home front, 1914-1918: civilians, soldiers & religion in wartime Colchester 283.42 B365

Politics & Government
Judith Butler Notes toward a performative theory of assembly 323.47 B985

Social Sciences & Current Events
Jesse Berg Visual leap: a step-by-step guide to visual learning for teachers & students 371.3 B493
Jason Burke The new threat: the past, present & future of Islamic militancy 363.325 B959
Jenny Nordberg The Underground Girls of Kabul: the Hidden Lives of Afghan Girls Disguised as Boys 305.3 N828
Unequal Englishes: the politics of Englishes today 306.44 U566

Sports & Games
Bruce Bochy A book of walks 796.5 B664
Caleb Daniloff Running ransom road: confronting the past, one marathon at a time 796.42 D186
Steve Sieberson The naked mountaineer: misadventures of an Alpine traveler 796.52 S571

Travel & Geography
Lonely Planet Australia 919.4 L847
Lonely Planet Buenos Aires 918.211 L847
Lonely Planet East coast Australia 919.404 L847
Lonely Planet Jamaica 917.292 L847
Lonely Planet Puerto Rico 917.295 L847
Lonely Planet Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef 919.43 L847
Lonely Planet Tasmania 919.46 L847
Lonely Planet West coast Australia 919.41 L847
Lonely Planet Argentina 918.2 L847
Lonely Planet Chile & Easter Island 918.3 L847
Lonely Planet Colombia 918.6 L847
Lonely Planet Dominican Republic 917.293 L847
Lonely Planet Eastern Europe 914.7 L847e
Lonely Planet Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands 918.66 L847
Lonely Planet Mexico 917.2 L847
Lonely Planet South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland 916.8 L847
Lonely PlanetCuba 917.291 L847
Monocle Madrid 914.641 M751
Lucia Jay von Seldeneck 111 places in Berlin that you shouldn't miss 914.315 O584
Henry Stedman Kilimanjaro: the trekking guide to Africa's highest mountain 916.78 S812
John Summerson The complete guide to climbing (by bike) in California 917.94 S955
Siobhan Wall Quiet London Culture 914.21 W187cu
Siobhan Wall Quiet London Quiet corners 914.21 W187co
Wallpaper City Guide Austin 917.6431 W215
Wallpaper City Guide Berlin 914.315 W215
Wallpaper City Guide Chicago 917.731 W215
Wallpaper City Guide Istanbul 914.961 W215
Wallpaper City Guide Johannesburg 916.82 W215
Wallpaper City Guide Mauritius, Réunion & Seychelles 916.98 L847
Wallpaper City Guide Miami 917.593 W215
Wallpaper City Guide New York 917.471 W215
Wallpaper City Guide Osaka 915.2183 W215
Wallpaper City Guide Paris 914.436 W215
Wallpaper City Guide San Francisco 917.9461 W215
Wallpaper City Guide Santiago 918.3315 W215
Wallpaper City Guide Sao Paulo 918.161 W215
Wallpaper City Guide Singapore 915.957 W215
Wallpaper City GuideShanghai 915.113 W215
Wallpaper City GuideVancouver 917.112 W215
Michelin Châteaux of the Loire 914.45 M623g
Fodor's the complete African safari planner 916 F65

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AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Bob Woodward The last of the president's men CD 973.924 W899L

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EBOOKS
Mitch Albom The magic strings of Frankie Presto
Isabel Allende The Japanese lover
David Baldacci The guilty
Paul Beatty The sellout
James Lee Burke House of the rising sun
Robert Crais The promise
Rachel Cusk Outline
Philip K. Dick The Man in the High Castle
Janet Evanovich Tricky twenty-two
Joseph Fink Welcome to Night Vale: novel
Dolores Gordon-Smith The Chessman
Charles McCarry The mulberry bush
Val McDermid Splinter the silence
Kyle Mills The survivor: a Mitch Rapp novel
Denise Mina Blood, Salt, Water
Viet Thanh Nguyen The sympathizer
James Patterson Cross justice
Andy Weir The Martian

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DVDs

Nonfiction
Lang Lang Live in Versailles DVD 786.2 L269

Posted on Dec. 29, 2015 by Cherilyn Chang

New Titles for the Week of December 21

BOOKS

FICTION
Cesar Aira Conversations
Cesar Aira Ghosts
César Aira How I became a nun
César Aira Shantytown
Cesar Aira The hare
César Aira The literary conference
César Aira The miracle cures of Dr. Aira
César Aira Varamo
Catherine Armsden Dream House
David Baillie What we salvage
David Baker Vintage
Kevin Barry Beatlebone
Will Chancellor A brave man seven storeys tall
Teju Cole Every day is for the thief
Elisabeth Egan A window opens
Peter Golden Wherever there is light
Sonallah Ibrahim Beirut, Beirut
Sonollah Ibrahim That smell, and, Notes from prison
Dave Reidy Voiceover artist
Mercè Rodoreda War, so much war
Jonah C. Sirott This is the night
Mark R. Thornton Kid Moses
Enrique Vila-Matas Because she never asked
John Cheever The Wapshot scandal
Michael Golding A poet of the invisible world

Historical Fiction
Maurice Druon The lily & the lion
Oscar Hijuelos Twain & Stanley enter paradise
Renée Rosen White collar girl
Norah Vincent Adeline: a novel of Virginia Woolf

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Rhys Bowen Away in a manger
Ken Bruen The devil
Robin Cook Host
Judith Cutler Guilty as sin
Didier Daeninckx Nazis in the Metro
P. T. Deutermann Cold frame
Susan Dunlap Diamond in the buff
Carin Gerhardsen Cinderella girl
Carin Gerhardsen The gingerbread house
Carin Gerhardsen The last lullaby
Kerry Greenwood Blood & circuses
Kerry Greenwood Death at Victoria Dock
Kerry Greenwood Death before wicket
Kerry Greenwood Raisins & almonds
Antonia Hodgson The Devil in the Marshalsea
Craig Johnson The cold dish
Jennifer Kincheloe The secret life of Anna Blanc
Charlie Lovett First impressions: a novel of old books, unexpected love & Jane Austen
Barry Maitland Crucifixion Creek: a Belltree mystery
Gordon McAlpine Woman with a blue pencil
Bernard Minier The circle
James Patterson Cross justice
Karin Slaughter Pretty girls
Sarah Ward In bitter chill
Conrad Williams Dust & desire

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Gregory Maguire After Alice
Ilana C. Myer Last song before night

Short Stories
Michael Cunningham A wild swan
Marian Thurm Today is not your day
Buffalo noir SS B929
Zagreb noir SS Z18

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Shigeru Mizuki's Hitler 943.086 M685 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Cities, museums & soft power 069 C581
Molly Crabapple Drawing blood: a memoir 741.6 C883
Blair Jackson This is all a dream we dreamed: an oral history of the Grateful Dead 780.92 G771jt
John Berger Portraits: John Berger on artists 709.22 B49

Biography & Genealogy
Patrick Modiano Pedigree: a memoir 92 M691
Jon Meacham Destiny & power: the American odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush 92 B975m

Business & Economics
Peter Bregman 18 minutes: find your focus, master distraction & get the right things done 650.1 B833
Gabriel Metcalf Democratic by design: how carsharing, co-ops & community land trusts are reinventing America 334 M588
Ben S. Bernanke The courage to act: a memoir of a crisis & its aftermath 332.11 B517

Food & Drink
Dave Asprey Bulletproof: the cookbook: lose up to a pound a day, increase your energy & end food cravings for good 641.563 A843
Renee Behnke Memorable recipes: to share with family & friends 642.4 B419
John Clem Nordstrom entertaining at home cookbook: delicious recipes for memorable gatherings 641.5 C625
Linda West Eckhardt Pears 641.64 E192
Great cakes: home-baked creations from the Country living kitchen 641.8653 G786
Made with love: the Meals on Wheels family cookbook 641.5 M181
Man with a pan: culinary adventures of fathers who cook for their families 641.5973 M266
Nancie McDermott Southern cakes: sweet & irresistible recipes for everyday celebrations 641.8653 M134
Gabi Moskowitz The brokea$$ gourmet cookbook 641.55 M911
Diane Roupe Blue ribbon country canning: state fair award-winning traditional & modern favorite recipes 641.4 R861
Diane Rossen Worthington The taste of the season: inspired recipes for fall & winter 641.5 W933

Health & Medicine
Ramiel Nagel Cure tooth decay: remineralize cavities & repair your teeth naturally with good food 617.6 N147

History
Graham Hancock Magicians of the gods: the forgotten wisdom of Earth's lost civilization 001.94 H234
Ian Kershaw To hell & back: Europe, 1914-1949 940.5 K41
Lisa McGirr The war on alcohol: Prohibition & the rise of the American state 363.41 M145
Alex Perry The rift: a new Africa breaks free 960 P462
Marie Simon Underground in Berlin: a young woman's extraordinary tale of survival in the heart of Nazi Germany 940.5318 S594
Peggy Noonan The time of our lives: collected writings 973.927 N81t

Languages & Linguistics
William Shakespeare All's well that ends well 822 S521a

Literature & Writing
Vivian Gornick The odd woman & the city: a memoir 818 G671o
Werner Herzog Of walking in ice: Munich-Paris, 23 November-14 December 1974 838 H582
C. S. Lewis The Pilgrim's regress 823 C67p
Joseph Loconte A hobbit, a wardrobe & a great war 823 T64L
Walter Benjamin's archive: images, texts, signs 838 B468w

Patrick McGilligan Young Orson: the years of luck & genius on the path to Citizen Kane 791.4 W44m
Brian Seibert What the eye hears: a history of tap dancing 792.7 S457

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Heidi Grant Halvorson No one understands you & what to do about it 158.2 H197
Pico Iyer The art of stillness: adventures in going nowhere 204.3 I97

Politics & Government
Roger Scruton Fools, frauds & firebrands: thinkers of the new left 320.5 S435

Social Sciences & Current Events
Christopher Lukas Silent grief: living in the wake of suicide 362.28 L954
Karen Lynch Good cop, bad daughter: memoirs of an unlikely police officer 363.2 L987
Linsey McGoey No such thing as a free gift: the gates foundation & the price of philanthropy 361.763 M146

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Linda Bailey When Santa was a baby

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DVDs

Drama
Lost in Thailand

Nonfiction
Going clear: Scientology & the prison of belief DVD 299.93 G615

Posted on Dec. 22, 2015 by Cherilyn Chang

New Titles for the Week of December 14

BOOKS

FICTION
Isabel Allende The Japanese lover
Jean-Philippe Blondel The 6:41 to Paris
Barbara Comyns Our spoons came from Woolworths
Umberto Eco Numero zero
Mary Gaitskill The mare
Sara Jaffe Dryland
Sophie Kinsella Finding Audrey
Rick Moody Hotels of North America
Amy Sue Nathan The good neighbor
Hannah Rothschild The improbability of love

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Linda Castillo After the storm
Michael Connelly The crossing
David Downing One man's flag
Ruth Dugdall The woman before me
Marjorie Eccles Heirs & assigns
Charles Finch Home by nightfall
Brian Freemantle The cloud collector
Robert Galbraith Career of evil
Kerry Greenwood Queen of the flowers
John Irving Avenue of mysteries
Iris Johansen Shadow play
Jeffry P. Lindsay Tropical depression
Simon Mawer Tightrope
Kate Morton The lake house
Douglas Preston Crimson shore

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Philip K. Dick The cosmic puppets
Chuck Wendig Star wars. Aftermath

Short Stories
Matt Cashion Last words of the Holy Ghost
Stephen King The bazaar of bad dreams

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Daniel Alarcón City of clowns 741.5 A321 comics
Brian Azzarello Wonder Woman Volume 4, War 741.5 W872n comics
Victor Hussenot The spectators 741.5 H972 comics

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Raymond Loewy Never leave well enough alone 745 L827
Christina Banner. How to build a gingerbread house: a step-by-step guide to sweet results 745.5 B219

Biography & Genealogy
Heidi Julavits. The folded clock: a diary 92 J94
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst The story of Alice: Lewis Carroll & the secret history of Wonderland 92 C3195d
Boris Johnson. Churchill factor: how one man made history 92 C5632jo
John Stauffer Picturing Frederick Douglass 92 D737s

Food & Drink
Jocelyn Delk Adams Grandbaby cakes: modern recipes, vintage charm, soulful memories 641.86 A214

Elaine Sciolino The only street in Paris: life on the Rue des Martyrs 944.36 S417
Frederick Taylor Coventry: November 14, 1940 940.542 T241c

Home & Family Management
The complete photo guide to sewing 646.2 S617
Patricia Hoskins How to make slipcovers 646.21 H826
Lynn MacIntyre Easy guide to sewing: tops & t-shirts, skirts & pants 646.4 M152
Alison Smith The sewing book 646.2 S642
Yoshiko Tsukiori Stylish party dresses: 26 easy & inexpensive sew-it-yourself dresses for that special occasion 646.02 T882

Languages & Linguistics
Carmela Ciuraru Nom de plume: a (secret) history of pseudonyms 929.4 C581

Literature & Writing
Chris Laoutaris Shakespeare & the countess: the battle that gave birth to the Globe 828 L298

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Thomas Levenson The hunt for Vulcan: ...and how Albert Einstein destroyed a planet, discovered relativity & deciphered the universe 523.4 L657
George Musser Spooky action at a distance 530.11 M989

Performing Arts & Music
Illeana Douglas I blame Dennis Hopper: & other stories from a life lived in & out of the movies 792.092 D729
Dennis Lim David Lynch: the man from another place 791.4 L98L
Tony Sanchez Up & down with the Rolling Stones: my rollercoaster ride with Keith Richards 780.92 R516u
Aaron J. West Sting & The Police: walking in their footsteps 780.92 P766
James Kaplan Sinatra: the chairman 780.92 S61kac

Donald J. Trump Crippled America: how to make America great again 320.973 T871

Reference
RIA federal tax handbook 336.24 R10

Social Sciences & Current Events
Brad Evans Disposable futures: the seduction of violence in the age of spectacle 303.6 E924

Travel & Geography
Dave Hamilton Wild ruins: the explorer's guide to Britain's lost castles, follies, relics & remains 914.1 H217
Yukari Sakamoto Food sake Tokyo 915.2135 S158
Lonely Planet Cape Town & the Garden Route 916.87 L847
Lonely Planet Ethiopia, Djibouti & Somaliland 916.3 L847
Lonely Planet Israel & the Palestinian territories 915.694 L847
Lonely Planet Morocco 916.4 L847
Lonely Planet Pacific Coast highways road trips 917.94 L847r
Lonely Planet Zambia, Mozambique & Malawi 916.89 L847
Lonely Planet East Africa 916.76 L847
Lonely Planet Egypt 916.2 L847
Lonely Planet Jordan 915.695 L847
Lonely Planet Kenya 916.762 L847
Lonely planet Maldives 915.495 L847
Lonely Planet Philippines 915.99 L847
Lonely Planet Trans-Siberian Railway 915.7 L847
Lonely Planet Bhutan 915.498 L847

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Paolo Bacigalupi The water knife CD Fic Bacigalupi
Lee Child Make me CD Fic Child
Patricia Cornwell Depraved heart: a Scarpetta novel CD Fic Cornwell
Jonathan Franzen Purity CD Fic Franzen
Lauren Groff Fates & furies CD Fic Groff
David Lagercrantz The girl in the spider's web CD Fic Lagercrantz

Nonfiction
Andrea Wulf The invention of nature: Alexander Von Humboldt's new world CD 509.2 H91w

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CDs

Popular
Elvis Presley If I can dream CD Pop Presley

Posted on Dec. 15, 2015 by Cherilyn Chang

New Titles for the Week of December 7

BOOKS

FICTION
Bernard Minier The circle
Dan Rhodes When the professor got stuck in the snow
Ron Childress And West is West

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Cathy Ace The case of the Dotty Dowager
Ray Celestin The axeman
Felix Francis Front runner
Jeff Lindsay Red tide
Jennifer Pashley The scamp

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
James T. Kirk The autobiography of James T. Kirk: the story of Starfleet's greatest captain

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Catherine Bailey Tile makes the room: good design from Heath Ceramics 738 B154

Biography & Genealogy
Andrew Pettegree Brand Luther: 1517, printing & the making of the Reformation 92 L973p

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Thomas Vinciguerra Cast of characters: Wolcott Gibbs, E.B. White, James Thurber & the golden age of the New Yorker 051 V777

History
Max Blumenthal The 51 day war: ruin & resistance in Gaza 956.94 B6588f
François Furstenberg When the United States spoke French: five refugees who shaped a nation 944.04 F991

Literature & Writing
Carol J. Verburg Making contact: readings from home & abroad 808.04 V479

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Lauren Redniss Thunder & lightning: weather past, present, future 551.6 R318
Peter Williams Ernst Haeckel: art forms from the abyss: images from the HMS Challenger expedition 574.02 H133

Performing Arts & Music
Bernard Sumner Chapter & verse: New Order, Joy Division & me 780.92 S956

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Daniel Klein Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it: wisdom of the great philosophers on how to live 128 K641

Reference
RMA annual statement studies 338.0973 R11

Social Sciences & Current Events
David Rieff The reproach of hunger: food, justice & money in the twenty-first century 363.8 R553

Travel & Geography
Footprint Bolivia 918.4 F689
Footprint Guatemala 917.281 F689
Lonely Planet Botswana & Namibia 916.88 L847
Lonely Planet Dubai & Abu Dhabi 915.357 L847
Lonely Planet Istanbul 914.961 L847
Lonely Planet Japan 915.2 L847
Lonely Planet Kyoto 915.2186 L847
Lonely Planet Middle East 915.6 L847
Lonely Planet Mongolia 915.17 L847
Lonely Planet Rajasthan, Delhi & Agra 915.45 L847
Lonely Planet Shanghai 915.113 L847
Lonely Planet Sri Lanka 915.493 L847
Lonely Planet Tokyo 915.213 L847
Lonely Planet Goa & Mumbai 915.478 L847
Lonely Planet Hong Kong 915.125 L847
Lonely Planet Singapore 915.957 L847
Lonely Planet South India & Kerala 915.48 L847
Lonely Planet Taiwan 915.124 L847
The Monocle Hong Kong 915.125 M751
The Monocle London 914.21 M751
The Monocle New York 917.471 M751
The Monocle Tokyo 915.2135 M751
The National Geographic traveler California 917.94 N277
Chawadee Nualkhair Thailand's best street food 915.93 N962
The Rough Guide to Cape Town, the Winelands & the Garden Route 916.87 R856
The rough guide to Nepal 915.496 R856

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
John Irving Avenue of mysteries

Posted on Dec. 8, 2015 by Cherilyn Chang

New Titles for the Week of December 1

BOOKS

FICTION
Paul Murray The mark & the void

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Timothy Hallinan The hot countries

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
George R. R. Martin A knight of the Seven Kingdoms

Short Stories
William H. Gass Eyes

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
The best American comics 741.5 B56 comics
Kazuo Koike Lone Wolf & Cub omnibus 741.5 L847 comics
Craig Thompson Blankets 741.5 T468b comics
G. Willow Wilson Ms. Marvel 741.5 M939 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Wendy Williams The horse: the epic history of our noble companion 636.1 W721

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Allan Kaprow: art as life 709.2 K178
Robert Atkins Artspeak: a guide to contemporary ideas, movements & buzzwords, 1945 to the present 709.04 A873
Edmund de Waal The white road: journey into an obsession 738.2 D515
Ellen DeGeneres Home 747 D317

Biography & Genealogy
Vladimir Nabokov Letters to Vera 92 N11Lv
Lynn Oakley Moff: a photobiography of Edward Raymond Moffitt, legendary San Francisco craftsman 92 M695
Marta McDowell Beatrix Potter's gardening life: the plants & places that inspired the classic children's tales 92 P866m

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Roberto Calasso The art of the publisher 070.5 C143
Terence Brown The Irish Times: 150 years of influence 072 B881

Business & Economics
Moshe Milevsky King William's tontine: why the retirement annuity of the future should resemble its past 368.3 M643
Moshe Milevsky The 7 most important equations for your retirement 332.024 M643s

Chess
Gawain Jones The Dragon 1 794.122 J77d
Gawain Jones The Dragon 2 794.122 J77d

Food & Drink
Eating words: a Norton anthology of food writing 641.01 E142
Gordon Edgar Cheddar: a journey to the heart of America's most iconic cheese 637.3 E231

History
Piu Marie Eatwell The dead duke, his secret wife & the missing corpse 941.082 E148
Sheila Fitzpatrick A spy in the archives: a memoir of Cold War Russia 947.31 F559
Lawrence Malkin Krueger's men: the secret Nazi counterfeit plot & the prisoners of Block 19 940.5487 M251
Paul Theroux Deep South: four seasons on back roads 975 T412
Keith Thomson Jefferson's shadow: the story of his science 973.46 J45t
Mary Beard SPQR: a history of ancient Rome 937 B368
Antony Beevor Ardennes 1944: Hitler's last gamble 940.542 B415a
Richard H. Brown Revolution: mapping the road to American independence 1755-1783 973.3 B877
Sebastian Faulks (editor) A broken world: letters, diaries & memories of the Great War 940.48 B867
The 50s: the story of a decade (The New Yorker) 973.92 N53f

Home & Family Management
Katie Hurley The happy kid handbook: how to raise joyful children in a stressful world 649.1 H965

Literature & Writing
Clive James Poetry notebook: reflections on the intensity of language 809.1 J274
Ian F. Svenonius Censorship now!! 814.6 S968
Amber Tamblyn Dark sparkler 811 T155
Shawn Coyne The story grid: what good editors know 808.027 C881

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Liz Cunningham Ocean country: one woman's voyage from peril to hope in her quest to save the seas 333.95 C973

Performing Arts & Music
John Brady Frank & Ava: in love & war 780.92 S61b
Carrie Brownstein Hunger makes me a modern girl: a memoir 780.92 B885
Daniel de Visé Andy & Don: the making of a friendship & a classic American TV show 791.45 D496
Richard J. Hand Grand-Guignol: the French theatre of horror 792.0944 H236
Grace Jones I'll never write my memoirs 792.092 J772
Mary-Louise Parker Dear Mr. You 792.092 P242
Megan Pugh America dancing: from the cakewalk to the moonwalk 793.3 P978
David Thomson How to watch a movie 791.43 T482ho
Tracey Goessel The first king of Hollywood: the life of Douglas Fairbanks 792.092 F163g
Lewis Lockwood Beethoven's symphonies: an artistic vision 784.2 B41L

Politics & Government
David Talbot The devil's chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA & the rise of America's secret government 327.12 T138

Social Sciences & Current Events
Svetlana Alexievich Voices from Chernobyl 363.17 A366
Devery S. Anderson Emmett Till: the murder that shocked the world & propelled the civil rights movement 364.1 T574
Angus Deaton The great escape: health, wealth & the origins of inequality 339.2 D285
Oliver Morton The planet remade: how geoengineering could change the world 363.738 M891

Sports & Games
Alex Honnold Alone on the wall 796.52 H773
Tim Moore Gironimo!: riding the very terrible 1914 Tour of Italy 796.62 M824g

Travel & Geography
Lauret Edith Savoy Trace: memory, history, race & the American landscape 917.304 S269
Simon Winchester Pacific 909 W759
Kathleen Winter Boundless: tracing land & dream in a new Northwest Passage 910.9163 W785

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AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Robert L. Wolke What Einstein kept under his hat: secrets of science in the kitchen CD 641.3 W862

Posted on Dec. 1, 2015 by Cherilyn Chang