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New Titles List for the Week of January 9

BOOKS

FICTION
Lauren Grodstein A friend of the family

Historical Fiction
Daisy Goodwin Victoria

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Christopher Fowler Strange tide
Martin Seay The mirror thief
James Rollins The seventh plague

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Adam Nevill The ritual

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Isabel Greenberg The one hundred nights of Hero 741.5 G798o comics
Mike Mignola Hellboy in Hell: the death card 741.5 H476hh comics

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NONFICTION
Business & Economics
Geoff Colvin Humans are underrated: what high achievers know that brilliant machines never will 650.1 C727
Kristine McKenna (editor) Notes from a revolution: Com/co, the Diggers & the Haight 335.83 N911

Food & Drink
Christine Carroll Come in, we're closed: an invitation to staff meals at the world's best restaurants 641.5 C319
Tom Douglas Tom's big dinners: big-time home cooking for family & friends 642.4 D733
Nathalie Fraise The whole coconut cookbook: vibrant dairy-free, gluten-free recipes featuring nature's most versatile ingredient 641.64 F812
Elise Richer Always in season: twelve months of fresh recipes from the farmer's markets of New England 641.5974 R529
Macy's Culinary Council Great gatherings: stars chefs entertain at home 641.5 M177

Health & Medicine
Simon Critchley Notes on suicide 362.28 C934

History
Julian S. Corbett The Seven Years War: a study in British combined strategy 940.25 C789
Adrian Goldsworthy The complete Roman army 937 G624
Philip Matyszak The sons of Caesar: imperial Rome's first dynasty 937 M446
Ben Shepherd Terror in the Balkans: German armies & partisan warfare 940.53 S548t

Law
The EY tax guide 2017 343.052 E714

Performing Arts & Music
Leslie Bennetts Last girl before freeway: the life, loves, losses & liberation of Joan Rivers 791.45 R622
Seiji Ozawa Absolutely on music: conversations 784.2 M972
Robert Sellers Peter O'Toole 792.092 O885
Ed Ward The history of rock & roll. Volume 1, 1920-1963 781.66 W256

Politics & Government
Gabriel Gorodetsky (editor) The Maisky Diaries: Red Ambassador to the Court of St James's, 1932-1943 327.47 G672
David Vincent Privacy: a short history 323.448 V768

Reference
J.K. Lasser's your income tax 336.24 J11

Social Sciences & Current Events
Babbette Hines Love letters, lost 306.7 B112
Robin Mamlet College admission: from application to acceptance, step by step 378.1 M265
Christopher Newfield The great mistake: how we wrecked public universities & how we can fix them 378.05 N547
Natasha K. Warikoo The diversity bargain: & other dilemmas of race, admissions & meritocracy at elite universities 378.73 W276

Travel & Geography
Moon Florida Gulf Coast 917.59 M818
Frommer's EasyGuide to Santa Fe, Taos & Albuquerque 917.895 F932
Lonely Planet Panama 917.287 L847
Lonely Planet Southeast Asia on a shoestring 915.9 L847
Explore Paris 914.436 I592
Michelin Chicago 917.731 M623
The rough guide to Ireland 914.15 R856
The rough guide to Provence & the Côte d'Azur 914.49 R856
The rough guide to Ecuador 918.66 R856
The rough guide to Naples & the Amalfi Coast 914.573 R856
Mick Ashworth (editor) History of the world in maps: the rise & fall of empires, countries & cities 911 T583h

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Steve Smallman Santa is coming to San Francisco

Nonfiction
Robert Cameron Above San Francisco Child 917.946 C182
Cindy Jenson-Elliott Antsy Ansel: Ansel Adams, a life in nature Child 770.92 A191
Kristina Rutherford Level the playing field: the past, present & future of women's pro sports Child 796 R975

Posted on Jan. 11, 2017 by Cherilyn Chang