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New Titles List for the Week of August 27

BOOKS

FICTION
Manzoor Ahtesham The tale of the missing man
Patrick deWitt French exit
Jessie Greengrass Sight
Seth Greenland The hazards of good fortune
Randy Kennedy Presidio
Norah Lange People in the room
Katharine Weber Still life with monkey

Historical Fiction
Frances de Pontes Peebles The air you breathe
Daniel Anselme On leave

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Gabriela Alemán Poso Wells
Lea Carpenter Red, white, blue
LK Chapman Anything for him
Sofka Zinovieff Putney

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Matt Ruff Fool on the hill

Short Stories
Nona Caspers The fifth woman Fic Caspers
Lamar Giles (editor) Fresh ink SS F892
J.M. Holmes How are you going to save yourself Fic Holmes

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Lisa Hanawalt Coyote Doggirl 741.5 H233c comics
Bill Morrison The Beatles yellow submarine 741.5 M834 comics
Jacques Tardi I, Rene Tardi, prisoner of war in Stalag IIB 940.5472 T173 comics
Martin Rowson The communist manifesto 335.422 R799 comics

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Neil Gaiman The make good art speech 701.15 G141m
Mazie M. Harris Paper promises: early American photography 770.973 H240

Biography & Genealogy
Lisa Brennan-Jobs Small fry 92 B750
Rosa Prince Theresa May: the enigmatic prime minister 92 M451
Allie Rowbottom Jell-O girls: a family history 929.2097 R783

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Donald A. Barclay Fake news, propaganda & plain old lies: how to find trustworthy information in the digital age 070.4 B235

Business & Economics
Rutger Bregman Utopia for realists: how we can build the ideal world 330 B746
Lucie Greene Silicon states: the power & politics of big tech & what it means for our future 338.47 G830
Douglas W. Hubbard How to measure anything: finding the value of intangibles in business 657.7 H861
Louis Hyman Temp: how American work, American business & the American dream became temporary 331.25 H996t

Food & Drink
Food52 ice cream & friends: 60 recipes & riffs for sorbets, sandwiches, no-churn ice creams & more 641.86 F686i

Health & Medicine
Dave Asprey Head strong: the bulletproof plan to activate untapped brain energy to work smarter & think faster-in just two weeks 612.8 A843h

History
Ronen Bergman Rise & kill first: the secret history of Israel's targeted assassinations 956.94 B499r
Shelley Alden Brooks Big Sur: the making of a prized California landscape 979.47 B791
Julian Jackson De Gaulle 944.083 J13d
Gregg Jarrett The Russia hoax: the illicit scheme to clear Hillary Clinton & frame Donald Trump 973.932 J293
Simon Levis Sullam The Italian executioners: the genocide of the Jews of Italy 940.5318 S531
Andrés Manuel López Obrador A new hope for Mexico: saying no to corruption, violence & Trump's wall 972.084 L881
Bart van Es The cut out girl: a story of war & family, lost & found 940.5318 V289
Lilia M. Schwarcz Brazil: a biography 981 S951

Home & Family Management
Gayle Pirie The Foreign Cinema cookbook: recipes & stories under the stars 641.5973 P666

Performing Arts & Music
Matthew Cutter Closer you are: the story of Robert Pollard & Guided by Voices 780.92 P761
Beth Genné Dance me a song: Astaire, Balanchine & Kelly & the American Film Musical 792.8 G287
Jorma Kaukonen Been so long: my life & music 780.92 K163
Paul Kildea Chopin's piano: in search of the instrument that transformed music 786.2 K552
Parker Posey You're on an airplane: a self-mythologizing memoir 792.092 P842
Steve Tribe Doctor Who: a brief history of Time Lords 791.45 T731

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Brian Dunning Conspiracies declassified: the Skeptoid guide to the truth behind the theories 001.9 D922
Joe Navarro The dictionary of body language: a field guide to human behavior 153.69 N228

Politics & Government
League of Women Voters of California Guide to California government 320.9794 L486

Social Sciences & Current Events
Julia Freeland Fisher Who you know: unlocking innovations that expand students' networks 371.102 F531
Joanne Lipman That's what she said: what men need to know (and women need to tell them) 306.3615 L664
Anthony Salvanto Where did you get this number?: a pollster's guide to making sense of the world 303.38 S386
Hana Schank The ambition decisions: what women know about work, family & the path to building a life 305.244 S163
Mark R. Warren (editor) Lift us up, don't push us out!: voices from the front lines of the educational justice movement 379.26 W251

Travel & Geography
Georgeanne Brennan Windows on Provence 914.49 B838w
Charleston: Wildsam field guides 917.579 W674
Denver: Wildsam field guides 917.888 W674
Desert Southwest: Wildsam field guides 917.9 W674
Los Angeles: Wildsam field guides 917.9494 W674
New England: Wildsam field guides 917.4 W674
San Antonio: Wildsam field guides 917.643 W674

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AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Joseph Goldstein Mindfulness: six guided practices for awakening CD 294.3 G578

Posted on Aug. 30, 2018 by Cherilyn Chang