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New Titles List for the Week of June 13

BOOKS

FICTION
Tracy Barone Happy family
Milena Busquets This too shall pass
Ajay Close A petrol scented spring
Stephanie Danler Sweetbitter
Jarett Kobek I hate the Internet: a useful novel
Wojciech Żukrowski Stone tablets

Historical Fiction
Alison Anderson The summer guest
C.W. Gortner Marlene

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Frédérique Molay Crossing the line
Frédérique Molay The 7th woman
Matthew Palmer The wolf of Sarajevo

Short Stories
Abigail Ulman Hot little hands

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Civil war: Captain America, Iron Man, a Marvel comics event 741.5 C582 comics

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NONFICTION

Applied Sciences
American georgics: writings on farming, culture & the land 630.973 A512

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Hugh Howard Architecture's odd couple: Frank Lloyd Wright & Philip Johnson 720.973 H849
Roger S. Keyes Ehon: the artist & the book in Japan 741.64 K445

Biography & Genealogy
Anna Keay Last royal rebel: the life & death of James, Duke of Monmouth 92 M747

Business & Economics
Peter B. Doran Breaking Rockefeller: the incredible story of the ambitious rivals who toppled an oil empire 338.766 D693
Alan Weiss Million dollar maverick: forge your own path to think differently, act decisively & succeed quickly 658.4 W429m

Chess
GM best game collection DVD series 794.1 B884
Zhanibek Amanov Modernized: the open Sicilian 794.122 A484
Jon Edwards Sacking the citadel: the history, theory & practice of the classic bishop sacrifice 794.123 E265
Emmanuel Neiman Tune Your Tactics Antenna: Know when (and where!) to look for winning combinations 794.12 N414

Computer Science
Gayle Laakmann McDowell Cracking the coding interview: 189 programming questions & solutions 005.1 M138

Food & Drink
Maangchi Maangchi's real Korean cooking: authentic dishes for the home cook 641.5951 M111
Alan Tardi Champagne, uncorked: the house of Krug & the timeless allure of the world's most celebrated drink 641.22 T181

Health & Medicine
Emily Nagoski Come as you are: the surprising new science that will transform your sex life 613.95 N152

History
Svetlana Alexievich Secondhand time: the last of the Soviets 947.086 A366
Joel E. Dimsdale Anatomy of malice: the enigma of the Nazi war criminals 943.086 D582
Dion Nissenbaum A street divided: stories from Jerusalem's Alley of God 956.944 N726
Wendy E. Simmons My holiday in North Korea: the funniest/worst place on Earth 951.93 S592
David Fisher Bill O'Reilly's Legends & lies. The patriots 973.3 F533
Benjamin Madley An American genocide: the United States & the California Indian catastrophe, 1846-1873 970 M182

Languages & Linguistics
Martin Newman Latin: the eternal language 478 N554
Ben Parker A field guide to the f word 427 P238

Literature & Writing
David Orr The road not taken: finding America in the poem everyone loves & almost everyone gets wrong 811 F93o

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Jennifer Ackerman The genius of birds 598 A182

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Matthew Stewart Nature's God: the heretical origins of the American republic 277.3 S851
G.K. Chesterton Orthodoxy 239 C52

Politics & Government
Scott Shane Objective Troy: a terrorist, a president & the rise of the drone 363.325 S528

Social Sciences & Current Events
Robert J. Chadwick Finding new ground: Beyond conflict to consensus 303.69 C432
Shannon Meyer Little black dress: from mourning to night 391.4 M613
Keith M. Murphy Swedish design: an ethnography 306.47 M978
Sam Quinones Dreamland: the true tale of America's opiate epidemic 362.293 Q77

Sports & Games
Dave Newhouse Founding 49ers: the dark days before the dynasty 796.332 N548

Travel & Geography
Tricia Cornell Minneapolis & St. Paul 917.765 M818
Francis Lecompte Les 100 plus beaux lieux de Paris = The 100 most beautiful places in Paris 914.436 L465
Lonely Planet Netherlands 914.92 L847
Lonely Planet Slovenia 914.973 L847
Rick Steves' Greece: Athens & the Peloponnese 914.95 S848
Moon Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket 917.449 M818

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DVDs

Nonfiction
Einstein's relativity & the quantum revolution: modern physics for non-scientists DVD 530 W861e

Posted on Jun. 10, 2016 by Cherilyn Chang