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New Titles List for the Week of February 15

BOOKS

FICTION
Suzanne Berne The dogs of Littlefield
John Fante 1933 was a bad year
John Fante Dreams from Bunker Hill
John Fante The road to Los Angeles
John Fante West of Rome
Lina Wolff Bret Easton Ellis & other dogs
Sunil Yapa Your heart is a muscle the size of a fist
Don Carpenter Fridays at Enrico's
Sebastian Faulks Where my heart used to beat
Elizabeth McKenzie The portable Veblen
Joyce Carol Oates The man without a shadow

Historical Fiction
Bernard Cornwell Warriors of the storm

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Piero Chiara The disappearance of Signora Giulia
Susan Cox The man on the washing machine
Tim Dorsey Coconut cowboy
Sarah Graves The girls she left behind
Alexander Lernet-Holenia I was Jack Mortimer
Ian Rankin Even dogs in the wild
Giorgio Scerbanenco A private Venus
Giorgio Scerbanenco Traitors to all
Marco Vichi Death in Florence

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
China Miéville This census-taker

Short Stories
Stuart Evers Your father sends his love
Katherine Heiny Single, carefree, mellow

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Brian Michael Bendis Jessica Jones: Alias. Vol. 1 741.5 A398 comics
Ramzi Fawaz The new mutants: superheroes & the radical imagination of American comics 741.5973 F278 comics

Joe Sacco Journalism 355.02 S119 comics

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Deborah Forman Color lab for mixed-media artists: 52 exercises for exploring color concepts through paint, collage, paper & more 701.8 F724
Dave Hickey 25 women: essays on their art 704.042 H628
James Hamilton A strange business: a revolution in art, culture & commerce in 19th century London 709.034 H218

Health & Medicine
Alex Kerten Goodbye Parkinson's, hello life!: the gyro-kinetic method for eliminating symptoms & reclaiming your good health 616.833 K418
R. Douglas Fields Why we snap: understanding the rage circuit in your brain 616.8914 F462

History
Dawn Anahid MacKeen The hundred-year walk: an Armenian odyssey 956.6 M154
Barry Cunliffe By steppe, desert & ocean: the birth of Eurasia 930 C972
Keith Jeffery 1916: a global history 909.821 J458
Frank M. Turner European intellectual history from Rousseau to Nietzsche 909.0982 T946

Home & Family Management
Reader's Digest Home hints & timeless tips: more than 3,000 tried-and-trusted techniques for smart housekeeping, home cooking, beauty & body care, natural remedies, home style & comfort & easy gardening 640 R286

Law
Irin Carmon Notorious RBG: the life & times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg 347.73 G493

Literature & Writing
Roy Peter Clark The art of X-ray reading: how the secrets of 25 great works of literature will improve your writing 808 C594
David Denby Lit up: one reporter, three schools, twenty-four books that can change lives 807.1 D391
Bill Morgan The Beats abroad: a global guide to the Beat Generation 810.9 M848b

Performing Arts & Music
Christina Rice Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's forgotten rebel 792.092 D988
David Wills The cinematic legacy of Frank Sinatra 791.4 S615
Charles Pignone Frank Sinatra 100 780.92 S61p

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Scott Barry Kaufman Wired to create: unraveling the mysteries of the creative mind 153.35 K214
Helga Nowotny The cunning of uncertainty 121.6 N948
The study Quran: a new translation & commentary 297.1 S933n

Politics & Government
Andrew Burstein Democracy's muse: how Thomas Jefferson became an FDR liberal, a Reagan Republican & a Tea Party fanatic, all the while being dead 320.01 B972
Jane Mayer Dark money: the hidden history of the billionaires behind the rise of the radical right 320.52 M468

Reference
ProQuest statistical abstract of the United States 317.3 S7977

Social Sciences & Current Events
Massive open online courses: the MOOC revolution 371.33 M418
Malala Yousafzai I am Malala: the girl who stood up for education & was shot by the Taliban 371.82 Y82
The Oxford handbook of philosophy of education 370.1 O984
Nancy Tomes. Remaking the American patient: how Madison Avenue & modern medicine turned patients into consumers 368.38 T656

Travel & Geography
Bill Bryson The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain 914.104 B916
Robert E. Johnson Berkeley walks: 18 revealing rambles through america's most intriguing city 917.9467 J688
Matt Kepnes How to travel the world on $50 a day: travel cheaper, longer, smarter 910.2 K38

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Lindsay Mattick Finding Winnie: the true story of the world's most famous bear

Nonfiction
Didier Cornille Modern houses: who built that?: an introduction to modern houses & their architects 728 C818
Didier Cornille Skyscrapers: who built that?: an introduction to skyscrapers & their architects 720 C818

Posted on Feb. 16, 2016 by Cherilyn Chang