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New Titles List for the Week of June 11

BOOKS

FICTION
Jess Arndt Large animals
Fredrik Backman Us against you
Jenna Blum The lost family
Adrienne Celt Invitation to a bonfire
Gaël Faye Small country
Carla Guelfenbein In the distance with you
Helen Hoang The kiss quotient
Silas House Southernmost
Allison Pearson How hard can it be?
Sarah Pekkanen The ever after
Zachary Schomburg Mammother
Kristin Kaye Tree dreams

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Tara Isabella Burton Social creature
You-Jeong Jeong The good son
Rae DelBianco Rough animals
Eduardo Halfon Mourning
Mick Herron London rules
Paddy Hirsch The devil's half mile
Stephen Holgate Madagascar
Anthony Horowitz The word is murder
Adam LeBor District VIII
Leif G.W. Persson The sword of justice
Catherine Steadman Something in the water
Carsten Stroud The shimmer
Stuart Woods Turbulence

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Jim Butcher Brief cases: more stories from the Dresden files
Ian McDonald Time was

Short Stories
Lauren Groff Florida Fic Groff
Nick White Sweet & low Fic White

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Tomm Coker Undying love. Vol. 1 741.5 C682 comics
Babs Tarr Motor crush. Vol. 2 741.5 F612 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Julian Guthrie How to make a spaceship: a band of renegades, an epic race & the birth of private space flight 629.47 G984

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Michael Walsh The fiery angel: art, culture, sex, politics & the struggle for the soul of the West 709 W223

Biography & Genealogy
Seymour M. Hersh Reporter 92 H572
Ken Langone I love capitalism!: an American story 92 L284
Fiona Sampson In search of Mary Shelley 92 S5445
Tony Scherman Backbeat: Earl Palmer's story 92 P173
Richard Schwartz The man who lit Lady Liberty: the extraordinary rise & fall of actor M.B. Curtis 92 C978
RJ Smith American witness: the art & life of Robert Frank 92 F82
Jeff Sparrow No way but this: in search of Paul Robeson 92 R653sp

Business & Economics
Ken Auletta Frenemies: the epic disruption of the ad business (and everything else) 659.1 A924
Teresa Ghilarducci Rescuing retirement 332.024 G424r
Jonathan Haskel Capitalism without capital: the rise of the intangible economy 338.5 H349
Yanis Varoufakis Talking to my daughter about the economy, or, how capitalism works-- & how it fails 330 V324
Linda Yueh What would the great economists do?: how twelve brilliant minds would solve today's biggest problems 330.9 Y947

Chess
Sergey Kasparov The exchange sacrifice 794.123 K192
Robert Huebner World champion Capablanca 794.124 C23w
Peter Heine Nielsen The Sicilian Dragon for the tournament player. Vol. 1, Main Line with 9. Bc4 794.122 N66s
Peter Heine Nielsen The Sicilian Dragon for the tournament player. Vol. 2, All Lines except 9. Bc4 794.122 N66s
Simon Williams Killer French Defence. Part 1, Advanced & Tarrasch Variations 794.122 K485
Simon Williams Killer French Defence. Part 2, Winawer, exchange, KIA & other possibilities 794.122 K485

Health & Medicine
Leonard Leinow CBD: a patient's guide to health with medicinal cannabis 615.78 L531
Laura Spinney Pale rider: the Spanish Flu of 1918 & how it changed the world 614.518 S757
Mary Pilon The Kevin show: an Olympic athlete's battle with mental illness 616.8982 H174

History
Max Boot The road not taken: Edward Lansdale & the American tragedy in Vietnam 959.7 B725
Jay Cost The price of greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison & the creation of American oligarchy 973.4 C837
J. D. Dickey Rising in flames: Sherman's March & the fight for a new nation 973.737 D551
Michael Haag The Durrells of Corfu 949.507 H111
Eva Hoffman After such knowledge: memory, history & the legacy of the Holocaust 940.5318 H699
Steven J. Zipperstein Pogrom: Kishinev & the tilt of history 947.6 Z79

Literature & Writing
Jacob M. Braude Complete speaker's & toastmaster's library 808.51 B825
Eleanor Fitzsimons Wilde's women: how Oscar Wilde was shaped by the women he knew 828.8 W671
Diane Frank Canon for bears & Ponderosa pines 811.6 F828
Tony Hoagland Priest turned therapist treats fear of God 811 H6787p
Michael Robertson The last utopians: four late nineteenth-century visionaries & their legacy 809.93 R649
David Sedaris Calypso 814 S447c
Michel Houellebecq Unreconciled: poems, 1991-2013: a bilingual edition 841.9 H837

Performing Arts & Music
Jim Fusilli Pet sounds 780.2 B365
Robert E. Price The Bakersfield sound: how a generation of displaced Okies revolutionized American music 781.642 P945
Daniel Warner Live wires: a history of electronic music 789.48 W279
Hugo Wilcken Low 780.2 B786

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Stephen T. Asma Why we need religion 200.1 A836
Seth Godin The dip: a little book that teaches you when to quit (and when to stick) 158.1 G58
Lesley Hazleton Agnostic: a spirited manifesto 211.7 H431

Politics & Government
Thomas B. Reston Soul of a Democrat: the seven core ideals that made our party--and our country--great 324.273 R436
David Runciman How democracy ends 321.8 R939
Andrew Selee\ Vanishing frontiers: the forces driving Mexico & the United States together 337.73 S464
Quentin Skinner The foundations of modern political thought 320.5 S628

Social Sciences & Current Events
Richard C. Blum An accident of geography: compassion, innovation & the fight against poverty 339.46 B658
Pamela Druckerman There are no grown-ups: a midlife coming-of-age story 305.244 D794
Karen M. Dunak As long as we both shall love: the white wedding in postwar America 392.5 D897
Robert W. Fieseler Tinderbox: the untold story of the Up Stairs Lounge fire & the rise of gay liberation 364.152 F467
Kali Nicole Gross Hannah Mary Tabbs & the disembodied torso: a tale of race, sex & violence in America 364.152 G878
Alex Perry The good mothers: the true story of the women who took on the world's most powerful mafia 364.106 P462
Joan Wallach Scott Gender & the politics of history 305.4 S425

Travel & Geography
Stephen Ausherman Walking Albuquerque: "30 Tours of the Duke City's Historic Neighborhoods, Ditch Trails, Urban Nature & Public Art" 917.896 A932
Fodor's Brooklyn 917.4723 F653
Frommer's Easyguide to Rome, Florence & Venice 914.5 F93e
A walk across Africa: J.A. Grant's account of the Nile expedition of 1860-1863 916.76 G761

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LARGE PRINT

Nonfiction
Al Franken Al Franken: giant of the Senate Large Print 328.73 F829

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Sophie Blackall Hello lighthouse Child Blackall
Marlon Bundo A day in the life of Marlon Bundo Child Bundo

Nonfiction
Brittany Canasi San Francisco Child 917.946 C213
Maya Gonzalez When a bully is president: truth & creativity for oppressive times Child 302.343 G643
Rob Sanders Pride: the story of Harvey Milk & the Rainbow Flag Child 92 M644

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EAUDIOBOOKS
Rochelle Alers The perfect present
Scott D. Anthony Dual transformation: how to reposition today's business while creating the future
Mary Balogh Someone to wed
S.M. Beiko Scion of the fox
Tyrone Bentley Pearl tongue
Bridging infinity
John Seely Brown The social life of information
Davis Bunn Firefly cove
Italo Calvino The road to san giovanni
Mary Connealy Too far down
James S.A. Corey Persepolis rising
B.J. Daniels Cowboy's legacy
B.J. Daniels Hero's return
Jane Fallon My sweet revenge
Fearsome magics: the new solaris book of fantasy 2
Jon Gordon Life word: discover your one word to leave a legacy
Nicholas Guild The Macedonian
Claire Hajaj Ishmael's oranges
Amy Cooper Hakim Working with difficult people: handling the ten types of problem people without losing your mind
Lisa Harris Vanishing point
Jonathan Haskel Capitalism without capital: the rise of the intangible economy
Ronald A. Heifetz Leadership on the line: staying alive through the dangers of change
David Hewson The house of dolls
Kristan Higgins Now that you mention it
J. Kelly Hoey Build your dream network: forging powerful relationships in a hyper-connected world
Mitch Horowitz Awakened mind: how thoughts become reality
Dave Hutchinson Europe in Autumn
K.M. Jackson The betting vow
Leanne Jacobs Beautiful money: the 4-week total wealth makeover
Howard Jacobson The dog's last walk
John Jantsch Seo for growth: the ultimate guide for marketers, web designers & entrepreneurs
William W. Johnstone A Texas hill country Christmas
William W. Johnstone A time for vultures
William W. Johnstone Bad men die
William W. Johnstone Kill or die
Elmer Kelton Joe Pepper
Ronie Kendig Conspiracy of silence
Cassandra Khaw Food of the gods
Jane Kirkpatrick All she left behind
Jeremie Kubicek 5 voices: how to communicate effectively with everyone you lead
Peter Laws Purged
Ashton Lee Book club babies
Paul Leinwand Strategy that works: how winning companies close the strategy-to-execution gap
Peter Lovesey Beau death
Deirdre N. McCloskey The bourgeois virtues: ethics for an age of commerce
Annie McKee How to be happy at work: the power of purpose, hope & friendship
Gloria Origgi Reputation: what is it & why it matters
Ada Palmer The will to battle
George Patton War as I knew it
Kate Pearce The bad boy cowboy
Malene Rydahl Happy as a dane: 10 secrets of the happiest people in the world
Samuel Smiles Self help
Matt Smith Judge Dredd: year one
Sarah Stovell Exquisite
Irene Yuan Sun The next factory of the world: how Chinese investment is reshaping Africa
Kiki Swinson Dirty tricks
Robert Verganti Overcrowded: designing meaningful products in a world awash with ideas
Joe Vitale The prosperity factor: how to achieve unlimited wealth in every area of your life
Dan Wakefield Expect a miracle: the miraculous things that happen to ordinary people
Martha Wells All systems red
Chuck Wendig Unclean spirits

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DVDs

Drama
I, Tonya

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Winchester

Nonfiction
Latcho drom = Bonne route = Safe journey DVD 780.9 L351
The pervert's guide to ideology DVD 140 P471
The Wrecking Crew! DVD 782.421 W944

Posted on Jun. 14, 2018 by Cherilyn Chang