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New Titles List for the Week of February 26

BOOKS

FICTION
César Aira The little Buddhist monk ; &, The proof
Amy Bloom White houses
Akwaeke Emezi Freshwater
Paul Goldberg The Chateau
Lindsey Lee Johnson The most dangerous place on earth
Meghan Kenny The driest season
Ryan McIlvain The radicals
Moriel Rothman-Zecher Sadness is a white bird
Ana Simo Heartland
Bram Stoker Dracula
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi Call me Zebra
Willy Vlautin Don't skip out on me
Leni Zumas Red clocks

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Ned Beauman Madness is better than defeat
Alex Berenson The deceivers
Alan Bradley The grave's a fine & private place
Steve Cavanagh The plea
Meg Gardiner Into the black nowhere
Simon Kernick The bone field
John Lescroart Poison
Jason Matthews The Kremlin's candidate
Nicolas Verdan The Greek wall
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir The legacy

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Iain M. Banks Excession
Nnedi Okorafor Binti

Short Stories
Jacob M. Appel The amazing Mr. Morality Fic Appel

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Roma Agrawal Built: the hidden stories behind our structures 624.1 A277
Gary Rogowski Handmade: creative focus in the age of distraction 684.1 R735

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Jennifer Otter Bickerdike Why vinyl matters 780.266 B583

Biography & Genealogy
Bruce A. Castleman Knickerbocker commodore: the life & times of John Drake Sloat, 1781-1867 92 S634

Business & Economics
Jan Cienski Start-up Poland: the people who transformed an economy 338.092 C569
Morten T. Hansen Great at work: how top performers do less, work better & achieve more 650.1 H24

Chess
Nikola Sedlak Winning with the modern London system: part two 794.1 S449

Food & Drink
Jessica Easto Craft coffee: a manual: brewing a better cup at home 641.877 E138
Marcus Samuelsson The soul of a new cuisine: a discovery of the foods & flavors of Africa 641.596 S193
Jamie Schler Orange appeal: savory & sweet 641.643 S341

Health & Medicine
Ali Kerr The bulimia help method: a revolutionary new approach that works 616.8526 K411
Martha C. Nussbaum Aging thoughtfully: conversations about retirement, romance, wrinkles & regret 613.0438 N975
Elaine Wyllie Cleveland Clinic guide to epilepsy: essential reading for families 616.853 W983

History
Elisabeth Åsbrink 1947: where now begins 909.824 A799
Omer Bartov Anatomy of a genocide: the life & death of a town called Buczacz 947.7 B293
Don Jordan The king's city: a history of London during the Restoration: the city that transformed a nation 941.066 J821
Mark Kurlansky 1968: the year that rocked the world 909.826 K968
Tilar J. Mazzeo Irena's children: the extraordinary story of the woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto 940.5318 M477
Geoffrey B. Robinso The killing season: a history of the Indonesian massacres, 1965-66 959.8 R658
Steve Coll Directorate S: the C.I.A. & America's secret wars in Afghanistan & Pakistan 958.104 C697
Kendra Taira Field Growing up with the country family, race & nation after the civil war 976.6 F453
Robin Waterfield Creators, conquerors & citizens: a history of ancient Greece 938 W325

Law
Stephen Fishman Tax guide for short-term rentals: Airbnb, HomeAway, VRBO & more 343.7306 F537t

Literature & Writing
Kathryn Harkup Making the monster: the science behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 823.7 H282
Stephanie Stokes Oliver (editor) Black ink: literary legends on the peril, power & pleasure of reading & writing 808.84 O484
Maggie Smith Good bones 811.6 S642
Warren Kinckle Ransoming pagan babies: the selected writings of Warren Hinckle 818.54 H659
George Hutchinson Facing the abyss: American literature & culture in the 1940s 810.9 H975

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Johnny Ball Wonders beyond numbers: a brief history of all things mathematical 510.9 B187

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Donald S. Lopez (editor) Buddhist scriptures 294.38 B927
Everything is light: the great explanatory Dzogchen Tantra Thig le kun gsal chen po'i rgyud: the circle of total illumination 294.34 E936
Martin Goodman A history of Judaism 296.09 G653

Politics & Government
Lanny J. Davis The unmaking of the president 2016: how FBI Director James Comey cost Hillary Clinton the presidency 324.973 D261

Reference
J.K. Lasser's your income tax 2018 336.24 J11
The EY tax guide 2018 343.052 E714
Barbara Weltman J.K. Lasser's 1001 deductions & tax breaks 2018: your complete guide to everything deductible 343.7305 J11
Barbara Weltman J.K. Lasser's small business taxes 2018: your complete guide to a better bottom line 343.7306 J11

Social Sciences & Current Events
Ben Austen High-risers: Cabrini-Green & the fate of American public housing 363.5 A933
Erin Banco Pipe dreams: the plundering of Iraq's oil wealth 338.2 B213
David Giffels Furnishing eternity: a father, a son, a coffin & a measure of life 306.874 G457
Yukon Huang Cracking the China conundrum: why conventional economic wisdom is wrong 330.951 H874
Andrew Keen How to fix the future 303.48 K264
Charles C. Mann The wizard & the prophet: two remarkable scientists & their dueling visions to shape tomorrow's world 363.7 M281
Robert B. Reich Economics in wonderland: a cartoon guide to a political world gone mad & mean 330.973 R347e
Benn Steil The Marshall Plan: dawn of the Cold War 338.91 S818

Sports & Games
Bill Heavey Should the tent be burning like that?: a professional amateur's guide to the outdoors 796.5 H442

Travel & Geography
Eyewitness Las Vegas 917.931 E975
Fodor's Florida Keys 917.594 F653
Fodor's San Diego 917.9498 F653
Fodor's Vancouver & Victoria 917.11 F653
Lonely Planet Morocco 916.4 L847
Moon Phoenix, Scottsdale & Sedona 917.91 M818p
Anne Vipond Alaska by cruise ship: the complete guide to cruising Alaska 917.98 V812

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Bill Richardson The alphabet thief Child Richardson

Nonfiction
Dave Eggers Her right foot Child 974.71 E295
Annette Bay Pimentel Girl running: Bobbi Gibb & the Boston Marathon Child 92 G437
Tanya Lee Stone Ada & the computer: how Ada Lovelace imagined computers 100 years before they existed! Child 92 L898

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
John Lescroart Poison CD Fic Lescroart

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
Dunkirk

Comedy
Paris when it sizzles

Drama
Dickensian

Musicals
Deep in my heart

Nonfiction
Last train home = Gui tu lie che DVD 331.12 L349

Posted on Feb. 22, 2018 by Cherilyn Chang