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Applied Sciences
Niobe Way Rebels with a cause : reimagining boys, ourselves, and our culture 649.132 W357

Arts, Architecture & Crafts

Tamara de Lempicka Tamara de Lempicka 709 L545
William Blake William Blake : Dante's Divine comedy : the complete drawings 741.942 B636
Benoy K. Behl The Ajanta Caves : ancient Buddhist paintings of India 751.73 B395
Lloyd J. Harris Portrait in red : a Paris obsession 704.9426 H314
Laura Fenton The bunk bed book : 115 bunks, lofts, and cozy nooks 749.3 F342
Wendy Alpern Stein Divine light : the art of mosaic in Rome, 300-1300 AD 738.5 S819

Biography & Genealogy

Melissa Ludtke Locker room talk : a woman's struggle to get inside 070.92 L947
Claudia Marseille But you look so normal : lost and found in a hearing world 362.42 M364
Alaa Abd el-Fattah You have not yet been defeated : selected works 2011-2021 365.45 A135
Oliver Radclyffe Frighten the horses : a memoir 306.76 R125
Richard Flanagan Question 7 823 F583
Sandra E. Bonura The sugar king of California : the life of Claus Spreckels 338.1 S768
Zack Rogow Hugging my father's ghost : a memoir 813 R735
Steve Wasserman Tell me something, tell me anything, even if it's a lie : a memoir in essays 070.5 W322
Bill Zehme Carson the magnificent 792.092 C321
Melania Trump Melania 973.933 T87
Eugene Rodriguez Bird of four hundred voices : a Mexican American memoir of music and belonging 780.92 R696
Steve Hoffman A season for that : lost and found in the other southern France 641.5092 H711
Orenda Fink The witch's daughter : my mother, her magic, and the madness that bound us 780.92 F499
Ina Garten Be ready when the luck happens : a memoir 641.5092 G244

Business & Economics

Priya Parrish Little book of impact investing : aligning profit and purpose to change the world 332.6 P261
Michael Michalko Thinkertoys : a handbook of creative-thinking techniques 650.019 M62

Chess

Cyrus Lakdawala From boy to man to challenger : the fiercest battles of Gukesh D 794.15 D672
Miguel Á. Sánchez José Raúl Capablanca : a chess biography 794.15 C23s
Emmanuel Neiman The Magnus method : the singular skills of the world's strongest chess player uncovered and explained 794.15 C284n

Computer Science

Frederick P. Brooks The mythical man-month : essays on software engineering 005.1 B873

Health

Bruce Ratner Early detection : catching cancer when it's curable 616.994 R236
Lisa Feldman Barrett Seven and a half lessons about the brain 612.82 B274

History

Christopher. Dickey With the Contras : a reporter in the wilds of Nicaragua 972.85 D551
Arsalan Noori The last days of the Afghan republic : a doomed evacuation twenty years in the making 958.1047 N818

Literature & Writing

Esteban Rodríguez Lotería : poems 811.6 R696
You are here : poetry in the natural world 811.6 Y67
Sheila Smith McKoy The bones beneath 811 Sm625
The best American poetry 2024 811.08 B56 2024
Elizabeth Acevedo The poet X : a novel 811.6 A174
Omar Khayyam. The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam : a new translation from the Persian 891.51 O54c
B. K. Fischer Radioapocrypha 813.6 F529
Marie Phillips Create your own midlife crisis : the best way to make the worst decisions 818.602 P558
Jewelle Gomez Leaving the blues : a play in two acts 812 G633L

Natural Sciences & Mathematics

Obi Kaufmann The state of fire : why California burns 577.24 K21
Marcia Bjornerud Turning to stone : discovering the subtle wisdom of rocks 551.092 B626
Alan D. Sokal Fashionable nonsense : postmodern intellectuals' abuse of science 501 S68f
Jeremy. Mynott The story of nature : a human history 508 M997
Kim Weston Carl Barks comics and stories : original art edition. MGM, volume 2 741.5 B247

Performing Arts & Music

Larry Tye The jazzmen : how Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie transformed America 781.65 T979
Melissa Fitzgerald What's next : a backstage pass to the West Wing, its cast and crew, and its enduring legacy of service 791.4572 F554

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion

1452-1507. Gtsang-smyon He-ru-ka The life of Milarepa 294.3923 M63
Dorothy L. Sayers The mind of the Maker 230 S274
Paula Fredriksen Ancient Christianities : the first five hundred years 270.1 F874
Annalee Newitz Stories are weapons : psychological warfare and the American mind 320.014 N548
E. A. Pravilova The ruble : a political history 332.4947 P918
Bob Woodward War 320.973 W899
Arlie Russell Hochschild Stolen pride : loss, shame, and the rise of the Right 320.52 H685

Social Sciences & Current Events

Jack L. Turban Free to be : understanding kids & gender identity 306.76 T931
Ta-Nehisi Coates The message 305.8 C652m
Malcolm Gladwell Revenge of the tipping point : overstories, superspreaders, and the rise of social engineering 302 G54r
Wilhelm Roscher Principles of Political Economy 330 R717
Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz The Indian card : who gets to be Native in America 305.897 S385
Wajahat Ali Go back to where you came from : and other helpful recommendations on how to become American 305.8 Al411
Lauren Markham A map of future ruins : on borders and belonging 325.21 M345
Manjula Martin The last fire season : a personal and pyronatural history 363.37 M379
Simon Read Scotland Yard : a history of the London police force's most infamous murder cases 363.2 R284

Travel & Geography

Rick Steves Rick Steves Scotland 914.11 S848sc
Roosje Nieman Paris walks 914.436 M818w 2024
Syren Nagakyrie The disabled hiker's guide to Northern California : outdoor adventures accessible by car, wheelchair, and on foot 917.94 N131
Raja Shehadeh A rift in time : travels with my Ottoman uncle 915.6 S542
Bob Sehlinger The unofficial guide to Las Vegas 917.931 U585
Marc Di Duca Puerto Rico 917.295 L847
Martin Dunford The rough guide to Naples, Pompeii & the Amalfi Coast 914.573 R856
Barcelona and Catalonia 914.67 E97
France : the Monocle handbook 914.4 M751
Nicola Williams Pocket Florence & Tuscany 914.55 L847f
Duncan Garwood Best road trips Italy : escapes on the open road 914.5 L847b
Paula Hardy Italy 914.5 E975
Thomas Bird The rough guide to Taiwan 915.124 R856
Brittany 914.41 E97
Robyn Bardgett Fodor's Bermuda 917.299 F65
Virginia DiGaetano Pocket Rome 914.56 L847
Rick Steves Rick Steves Provence & the French Riviera 914.49 S848
Lonely Planet Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei. 915.95 L847
Rick Steves' Ireland. 914.15 S848
Netherlands. 914.92 L847
Frommer's Ireland. 914.15 F93e
Sarah Reid East coast Australia 919.404 L847
Tim Binks The rough guide to Japan. 915.2 R856
Christabel Lobo Dubai & Abu Dhabi 915.357 L847
Nick Edwards The rough guide to India 915.48 R856
Chrissie McClatchie Provence & the Côte d'Azur 914.49 L847
Frommer's France 914.4 F93e
Broke-Ass Stuart Slouching towards Neverland : 20 years of writing about San Francisco 917.9461 B867

Posted on Nov. 27, 2024 by Heather Miles