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New Titles List for the Week of January 1

BOOKS

FICTION
Sara Kersting Duty to warn
Rex Pickett Sideways
Liane Moriarty Nine perfect strangers
Lilliam Rivera The education of Margot Sanchez

Historical Fiction
Inês Pedrosa In your hands

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Laini Taylor Strange the dreamer

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Bessora Alpha: Abidjan to Paris 741.5 B278 comics
Steve Skroce Maestros 1 741.5 S64 comics
John Jennings Black comix returns 741.59 J441 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Kate Frey Ground rules: 100 easy lessons for growing a more glorious garden 635 F893g

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Edwin Mullins Van Gogh: the asylum year 750.92 G61mu

Biography & Genealogy
Clemantine Wamariya The girl who smiled beads: a story of war & what comes after 920 W18

Business & Economics
Kenneth Hopper The Puritan gift: reclaiming the American dream amidst global financial chaos 330.973 H778p
Eva Rosenberg The Trump tax cut: your personal guide to the new tax law 336.24 R8134

Computer Science
Peter Bruce Practical statistics for data scientists: 50 essential concepts 001.422 B830
Stephen L. Nelson QuickBooks® 2018: all-in-one 005.54 Q63n
Robin Nixon Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript: with jQuery, CSS & HTML5 005.2762 P575L
Brian Okken Python testing with Pytest: simple, rapid, effective & Scalable 005.1 P99o
Lea Verou CSS secrets: better solutions to everyday web design problems 006.74 C336v
Dmitry Zinoviev Python companion to data science: collect, organize, explore, predict, value 005.1 P99z

History
John D. Caldwell Anatomy of victory: why the United States triumphed in World War II, fought to a stalemate in Korea, lost in Vietnam & failed in Iraq 355.009 C127
Guy Laron The six-day war: the breaking of the Middle East 956.04 L327
Adrienne Mayor Gods & robots: myths, machines & ancient dreams of technology 930 M47g
Jenny L. Presnell The information-literate historian: a guide to research for history students 907.2 P926
Jason Berry City of a million dreams: a history of New Orleans at year 300 976.335 B459

Literature & Writing
Bill Henderson (editor) Pushcart prize XLII, 2018: best of the small presses 810.8 P98

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Anne Marie Skalka Discovering retroviruses: beacons in the biosphere 579.2569 S13
Jane Kim The Wall of birds: one planet, 243 families, 375 million years: an artistic journey 598.2 K560

Performing Arts & Music
Geeta Dayal Brian Eno's Another green world 780.2 D334
Evelyn McDonnell (editor) Women who rock: Bessie to Beyoncé, girl groups to riot grrrl 780.92 W842
Vikki Tobak Contact high: a visual history of hip-hop 784.5 T551

Politics & Government
John D. Dingell The dean: the best seat in the House 328.73 D613

Social Sciences & Current Events
Ari Seth Cohen Advanced love 306.8 C678a
Kate Devlin Turned on: science, sex & robots 306.7 D497
Mickey Hess A guest in the house of hip-hop: how rap music taught a kid from Kentucky what a white ally should be 305.896 H463
Scholastique Mukasonga The barefoot woman 305.8 M896
Mary Anna Robertson Growing up queer: kids & the remaking of LGBTQ identity 306.76 R545

Travel & Geography
Susan Schulten A history of America in 100 maps 911.73 S38h

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Kate DiCamillo Flora & Ulysses Child CD Fic DiCamillo

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Stephen Giles The boy at the keyhole CD Fic Giles
Stephen King Elevation CD Fic King
Walter Mosley John Woman CD Fic Mosley
Louise Penny Kingdom of the blind CD Fic Penny
M.K. O'Toole Read me a story: four wonderful short stories CD SS R282

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CDs
Classical
C. Hubert H. Parry Songs of farewell: plus other choral works CD Classical Parry
Ivan Ilić Reicha rediscovered. Vol. 1 CD Classical Reicha v.1
Ivan Ilić Reicha rediscovered. Vol. 2 CD classical Reicha v.2

Jazz & Blues
Josephine Davies Satori: in the corners of clouds CD Jazz Satori
SFJAZZ high school all-stars 2013-14 CD Jazz SFJAZZ
Lonnie Smith All in my mind CD Jazz Smith

Popular
Brandi Carlile By the way, I forgive you CD Pop Carlile

Posted on Jan. 2, 2019 by Cherilyn Chang