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BOOKS

FICTION
Jean-Paul Clebert Paris vagabond
Michelle Gable The summer I met Jack
Charles Soule The oracle year
Elizabeth Tan Rubik

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Tracy Clark Broken places
Karen Cleveland Need to know
Clive Cussler, Robin Burcell The gray ghost
Lynda La Plante Tennison
Matthew Pearl The Dante chamber
John Sandford Twisted prey
Ruth Ware The death of Mrs. Westaway

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Catherynne M. Valente Space opera

Short Stories
Helen DeWitt Some trick: 13 stories Fic DeWitt
edited by John Joseph Adams (editor) Dead man's hand: an anthology of the weird west SS D278

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Flying too close to the sun: myths in art from classical to contemporary 704.947 F648
Growing up with the impressionists: the diary of Julie Manet 759.4 M275
Stephanie Porras Art of the Northern Renaissance: courts, commerce & devotion 709.024 P838
Ruth Asawa 730.92 A798r

Biography & Genealogy
Andrew Carnegie The autobiography of Andrew Carnegie ; and, the gospel of wealth 92 C289c
Andrzej Franaszek Milosz 92 M661
Diarmaid MacCulloch Thomas Cranmer: a Life 92 C8911ma
Alexandra M. Nickliss Phoebe Apperson Hearst: a life of power & politics 92 H436
Maria Perry Sisters to the king: the tumultuous lives of Henry VIII's sisters -- Margaret of Scotland & Mary of France 929.2 H522
Matthew Polly Bruce Lee: a life 92 L4771
Jean Renoir Renoir: my father 92 R418

Business & Economics
Gary Burnison Lose the resume: land the job 650.14 B966
Timothy Falcon Crack Heard on the street: quantitative questions from Wall Street job interviews 650.14 C883
David Cusic California real estate license express: all-in-one review & testing to pass California's real estate exam 333.33 C986
Nancy Duarte Slide:ology: the art & science of creating great presentations 658.452 D812
Brian Johnson Option strategy hedging & risk management: an in-depth article introducing an interactive analytical framework for hedging option strategy risk 332.645 J661
Perry Marshall Ultimate guide to Facebook advertising 659.144 M367
Kevin Martin California real estate exam prep: the complete guide to passing the California Real Estate salesperson license exam the first time! 333.33 M379

Computer Science
Philip Japikse Building web applications with Visual Studio 2017: using .NET Core & modern JavaScript frameworks 006.78 V834

Food & Drink
Joanna Gaines Magnolia Table: a collection of recipes for gathering 641.5975 G142
Fany Gerson Paletas: authentic recipes for Mexican ice pops, shaved ice & aguas frescas 641.86 G382
Diane Lapis Cocktails across America: a postcard view of cocktail culture in the 1930s, '40s & '50s 641.874 L313
Erika Rappaport A thirst for empire: how tea shaped the modern world 641.3372 R221

Health & Medicine
Jeff Bercovici Play on: the new science of elite performance at any age 613.7 B486

History
Colin F. Baxter The secret history of RDX: the super-explosive that helped win World War II 662 B355
John L. Campbell American discontent: the rise of Donald Trump & decline of the golden age 973.933 C187
Jerome R. Corsi Killing the Deep State: the fight to save President Trump 973.933 C826
John Ferling Apostles of revolution: Jefferson, Paine, Monroe & the struggle against the old order in America & Europe 973.3 F357a
Travis Jeppesen See you again in Pyongyang: a journey into Kim Jong Un's North Korea 951.93 J549
Denise Kiernan The last castle: the epic story of love, loss & American royalty in the nation's largest home 975.6 K475
Wim Klooster Realm between empires: the second Dutch Atlantic, 1680-1815 909.097 K662
Andrew Lawler The secret token: myth, obsession & the search for the lost colony of Roanoke 975.6 L418
Olivier Magny WTF?!: What The French 944 M199
Jon Meacham The soul of America: the battle for our better angels 973 M479
Nancy Simons Peterson Raking the ashes: genealogical strategies for pre-1906 San Francisco research 929.1 P485
Jeff Weaver How Bernie won: inside the revolution that's taking back our country-- & where we go from here 973.932 W363
Rodney Castleden The making of Stonehenge 936.2 C353
Mick Sinclair The Thames: a cultural history 942.2 S616

Home & Family Management
Jessica Lahey The gift of failure: how the best parents learn to let go so their children can succeed 649.7 L183
The smart approach to design bathrooms 690 C912

Literature & Writing
Eric Sandberg (editor) 100 greatest literary detectives 809.38 O584

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
David Reich Who we are & how we got here: ancient DNA & the new science of the human past 572.86 R347

Politics & Government
Amy Goodman Democracy now!: twenty years covering the movements changing America 320.973 G653
John McCain The restless wave: good times, just causes, great fights & other appreciations 328.73 M121r
B. J. Mendelson Privacy & how to get it back 323.448 M537

Reference
Jeffrey A. Knight (editor) Genetics & inherited conditions 616.042 G328

Social Sciences & Current Events
Steven Brill Tailspin: the people & forces behind America's fifty-year fall--and those fighting to reverse it 306.0973 B857
Marcus Tullius Cicero How to grow old: ancient wisdom for the second half of life 305.26 C568
John Couch Rewiring education: how technology can unlock every student's potential 371.33 C853
Jo Ann Jenkins Disrupt aging: a bold new path to living your best life at every age 305.26 J521
L.A. Kauffman Direct action: protest & the reinvention of American radicalism 303.484 K211
Bill Kilday Never lost again: the Google mapping revolution that sparked new industries & augmented our reality 338.761 K482
Jaron Lanier Ten arguments for deleting all your social media accounts right now 302.23 L287
Michelle McNamara I'll be gone in the dark: one woman's obsessive search for the Golden State Killer 364.153 M169

Travel & Geography
Bradt Albania 914.965 B812
Fodor's 2018 London 914.21 F653
Fodor's the complete guide to African safaris 916 F65
Fodor's Vienna & the best of Austria 914.361 F653
Frommer's Costa Rica 917.286 F93
Frommer's Italy 914.5 F93
TimeOut Rome 914.56 T583

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Jocko Willink Marc's mission Child Willink
Andrew Clements The Losers Club Child Clements

Nonfiction
Nate Cohn San Francisco 49ers Child 796.33 C678
Tricia Martineau Wagner 50 wacky things animals do: weird & amazing animal facts Child 591.5 W132

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EAUDIOBOOKS
Daniel G. Amen Memory rescue: supercharge your brain, reverse memory loss & remember what matters most
The adventures of an it leader: updated edition/ Robert D. Austin
Julian Barnes The only story
Neal Bascomb Higher: a historical race to the sky & the making of a city
Neal Bascomb Hunting Eichmann: how a band of survivors & a young spy agency chased down the world's most notorious Nazi
Neal Bascomb Red mutiny: eleven fateful days on the battleship Potemkin
Neal Bascomb The perfect mile: three athletes, one goal & less than four minutes to achieve it
L. Frank Baum Life & adventures of Santa Claus
Marion Zimmer Bradley Planet savers/sword of aldones
Marion Zimmer Bradley Star of danger
Marion Zimmer Bradley The bloody sun
Gerald Brandt The rebel
Anne Canadeo Knit to kill
Myke Cole Siege line
MaryJanice Davidson Deja new
Jessica Ellicott Murder in an English village
Diana Gabaldon Lord John & the plague of zombies
Vijay Govindarajan The three-box solution: a strategy for leading innovation
Kyle Harper The fate of Rome: climate, disease & the end of an empire
Mick Herron The usual Santas: a collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers
Robert S. Kaplan What you really need to lead: the power of thinking & acting like an owner
Dean Koontz The whispering room
Alan B. Kreuger What makes a terrorist?
Anne LaBastille Woodswoman
Ken Liu Drowned worlds
Roger L. Martin Getting beyond better: how social entrepreneurship works
Alexander McCall Smith The good pilot Peter Woodhouse
Meeting infinity
Stephen Mitchell Beowulf
Yves Morieux Six simple rules: how to manage complexity without getting complicated
Salman Rushdie Shame
Salman Rushdie The moor's last sigh
Robert J. Sawyer The terminal experiment
Richard Norton Smith Patriarch: George Washington & the new American nation
R.E. Stearns Barbary Station
Victoria Thompson City of lies
Reavis Z. Wortham Hawke's prey
Todd Zenger Beyond competitive advantage: how to solve the puzzle of sustaining growth while creating value

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EBOOKS
Aimee Agresti Campaign widows
Rumaan Alam That kind of mother
Arif Anwar The storm
Dan Ariely Dollars & Sense: How We Misthink Money & How To Spend Smarter
John Avlon Washington's farewell: the founding father's warning to future generations
Jen Beagin Pretend I'm dead
Ted Bell Overkill
Matthew Betley Field of valor
Christopher Buckley The judge hunter
Jez Burrows Dictionary stories: short fictions & other findings
Craig Childs Atlas of a lost world: travels in ice age America
Christine Dimmick Detox your home: a guide to removing toxins from your life & bringing health into your home
Will Doig High-Speed Empire: Chinese Expansion & the Future of Southeast Asia
Cyrus Farivar Habeas data: privacy vs. the rise of surveillance tech
Raymond E. Feist King of ashes
Dorothea Benton Frank By invitation only
Sarah Haywood The cactus
Frances E. Jensen The teenage brain: a neuroscientist's survival guide to raising adolescents & young adults
Charles Johnson Night hawks
Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar The map of salt & stars
Jess Kidd Mr. Flood's last resort
Stephen King The outsider
Sally Koslow Another side of paradise
R.F. Kuang The poppy war
Rachel Kushner The mars room
Mackeni Lee Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World
Tim Marshall Prisoners of geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World
Aimee Molloy The perfect mother
Derek Molyneux Those of us who must die: execution, exile & revival after the Easter Rising
Mary Alice Monroe Beach house reunion
Christopher J. Olson 100 greatest cult films
Jennifer Palmieri Dear Madam President: an open letter to the women -- who will -- run the world
Charlton Pettus Exit strategy
Amy Poeppel Limelight
Leonard Sax Why gender matters: what parents & teachers need to know about the emerging science of sex differences
Edith Sheffer Asperger's children: the origins of autism in Nazi Vienna
Dwight Spivey iPhone for seniors for dummies
Danielle Teller All the ever afters: the untold story of Cinderella's stepmother
Edward Tenner The efficiency paradox: what big data can't do
Frans de Waal The bonobo & the atheist: in search of humanism among the primates
Ruth Ware The death of Mrs. Westaway
Randi Zuckerberg Pick three: you can have it all (just not every day)

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CDs

Folk
Bela Fleck Echo in the valley CD Folk Fleck

Jazz & Blues
Blue Note All-Stars Our point of view CD Jazz Blue Note

Popular
Foo Fighters Concrete & gold CD Pop Foo Fighters

Posted on Jun. 11, 2018 by Cherilyn Chang