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New Titles List for the Week of June 26

BOOKS

FICTION
Henry De Montherlant Chaos & night
Marcel Proust Sodom & Gomorrah

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Paolo Bacigalupi The doubt factory

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Jim Butcher Welcome to the jungle 741.5 B983 comics
Viktor Kalvachev Blue estate. Volume 2 741.5 K141 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Kristie Macrakis Prisoners, lovers, & spies: the story of invisible ink from Herodotus to al-Qaeda 652 M174

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Vivienne Bolton The big book of handmade cards & gift wrap: over 50 step-by-step projects 745.594 B694
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Revelations: art from the African American South 704.0396 R449
Sarah Kate Gillespie The early American daguerreotype: cross-currents in art & technology 772 G478
David Plowden The American barn 728.9 P732
Richard Sexton The cottage book 728.37 S518

Biography & Genealogy
Roxane Gay Hunger: a memoir of (my) body 92 G285
Deborah McDonald A very dangerous woman: the lives, loves & lies of Russia's most seductive spy 92 B927
Tony Robinson: the biography of a race mechanic|Ian Wagstaff 92 W136

Food & Drink
Alton Brown Good eats 2: the middle years 641.5 B878
Robin O'Sullivan American organic: a cultural history of farming, gardening, shopping & eating 641.3 O858
America's Test Kitchen Vegan for everybody: foolproof plant-based recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner & in-between 641.5636 A512

Health & Medicine
Andrea Petersen On edge: a journey through anxiety 616.8522 P484

History
Penrose Halson Marriages are made in Bond Street: true stories from a 1940s marriage bureau 306.73 H196
Lawrence James Empires in the sun: the struggle for the mastery of Africa 960.23 J272
Patrick K. O'Donnell First SEALs: the untold story of the forging of America's most elite unit 940.54 O261
Helen Thorpe Soldier girls: the battles of three women at home & at war 956.7 T518

Literature & Writing
Harold Evans Do I make myself clear?: why writing well matters 808.04 E924
Lynn Nottage Sweat 812 N918s
Jane Reichhold Writing & enjoying haiku: a hands-on guide 808.1 R351

Performing Arts & Music
Eddie Izzard Believe me: a memoir of love, death & jazz chickens 792.7 I99
Eric Frederick Jensen Debussy 780.92 D28j
Charlotte Rampling Who I am 792.092 R177
Charles Taylor Opening Wednesday at a theater or drive-in near you: the shadow cinema of the American '70s 791.43 T2381

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
A.N. WilsonJesus 232.9 W746

Politics & Government
Patrick J. Buchanan The greatest comeback: how Richard Nixon rose from defeat to create the new majority 324.973 B918

Social Sciences & Current Events
Elizabeth Currid-Halkett The sum of small things: a theory of the aspirational class 306.48 C976
Joan C. Williams White working class: overcoming class cluelessness in America 305.562 W721

Sports & Games
Tommy Caldwell The push: a climber's journey of endurance, risk & going beyond limits 796.52 C147

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Kent Haruf Our souls at night CD Fic Haruf

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CDs
Classical
Hugues Cuenod Socrate|Satie. French song cycles CD Classical Cuenod
Fritz Kreisler Original compositions & arrangements CD Classical Kreisler
Gustav Mahler Des knaben Wunderhorn: original piano versions CD Classical Mahler
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano concertos no. 17, K453 & no. 25, K503 CD Classical Mozart
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Songs & dances of death|Modest Mussorgsky. Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 CD Classical Mussorgsky
Lisa Batiashvili Tchaikovsky, Sibelius: violin concertos CD Classical Tchaikovsky
Valery Gergiev White nights: romantic Russian showpieces including 1812, Polovtsian dances CD Classical Gergiev

Musicals & Soundtracks
Dawn Upshaw I wish it so CD Musicals/Soundtracks Upshaw

Posted on Jun. 22, 2017 by Cherilyn Chang