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New Titles List for the Week of October 2

BOOKS

FICTION
Victor Bridges Trouble on the Thames
Frédéric Dard The wicked go to hell
Alice McDermott The ninth hour
Rudi Raab Stumbling stone
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton A kind of freedom
Randi M. Sherman The lobby
Timothy Williams The second day of the renaissance
Janet Peery The exact nature of our wrongs

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Jussi Adler-Olsen The scarred woman
Martin Edwards The Dungeon House
Jessica Estevao Whispers of warning
Herbert Gold When a psychopath falls in love
Sophie Hannah Keep Her Safe
Mick Herron Spook street
Brian McGilloway Bad blood
Annalee Newitz Autonomous
David Rosenfelt Collared
Jonathan Skariton Séance Infernale
Nelson DeMille The Cuban affair
Anne Perry An echo of murder

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Malka Older Null states
Daniel Jose Older Shadowhouse fall

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Gabrielle Bell Lucky 741.5 B433L comics
Hervé Bouchard Harvey: how I became invisible 741.5 B752 comics
Fred Chao Johnny Hiro Vol. 1: half Asian, all hero 741.5 C461 comics
Jonathan Hennessey Alexander Hamilton: the graphic history of an American founding father 92 H217 comics
Faith Erin Hicks The adventures of Superhero Girl 741.5 H631 comics
I saw you: comics inspired by real life missed connections 741.5 W499I comics
Matt Kindt Pistolwhip: Kōkyōi = the Yellow Menace 741.5 K519 comics
Matt Kindt Pistolwhip 741.5 K519 comics
Fabien Nury The death of Stalin 741.5 N974 comics
John Porcellino Perfect example 741.5 P833p comics
Julia Wertz The infinite wait & other stories 741.5 W499 comics
Kate T. Williamson At a crossroads: between a rock & my parents' place 811.6 W729 comics
Connor Willumsen Anti-Gone 741.5 W742 comics

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Martha M. Evans Claude Raguet Hirst: transforming the American still life 759.13 H669
Prisoners' objects: the collection of the International Red Cross & Red Crescent Museum 709 P959

Biography & Genealogy
Beth Ditto Coal to diamonds: a memoir 92 D617
Bella Pollen Meet me in the in-between 92 P773
George Weigel Lessons in hope: my unexpected life with St. John Paul II 92 J6544we
Jimmy McDonough Soul survivor: a biography of Al Green 92 G795
Chris McNickle Bloomberg: a billionaire's ambition 92 B655

Business & Economics
Stephen J. Harvill 21 secrets of million-dollar sellers: America's top earners reveal the keys to sales success 658.85 H342

Health & Medicine
Beverly A. Potter Cannabis for seniors 615.323 P866

History
Madeleine Blais To the New Owners: A Martha's Vineyard Memoir 974.4 B635
Don Brown The last fighter pilot: the true story of the final combat mission of World War II 940.54 B877
William Dalrymple Koh-i-noor: the history of the world's most infamous diamond 954 D151
Amy Knight Orders to kill: the Putin regime & political murder 947.086 K692
Gerda Lerner Why history matters: life & thought 901 L616
William Drozdiak Fractured continent: Europe's crises & the fate of the West 940.56 D793
Michael Korda Alone: Britain, Churchill & Dunkirk: defeat into victory 940.542 K842
Bill O'Reilly Killing England: the brutal struggle for American independence 973.3 O667
Tom Shachtman How the French saved America: soldiers, sailors, diplomats, Louis XVI & the success of a Revolution 973.3 S524

Literature & Writing
Michael Rosen The disappearance of Émile Zola: a story of love, literature & the Dreyfus case 843.8 R813
Bruce Handy Wild things: the joy of reading children's literature as an adult 809.89 H236

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
David George Haskell The songs of trees: stories from nature's great connectors 577.3 H349s
Kate Marianchild Secrets of the oak woodlands: plants & animals among California's oaks 577.3 M333
J. Scott Turner Purpose & desire: what makes something "alive" & why modern Darwinism has failed to explain it 570.1 T944

Performing Arts & Music
Jim Shepard The tunnel at the end of the light: essays on movies & politics 791.43 S547
John Capouya Florida soul: from Ray Charles to KC & the Sunshine Band 781.644 C246

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Philip Jenkins Crucible of faith: the ancient revolution that made our modern religious world 200.9 J521
Tali Sharot The influential mind: what the brain reveals about our power to change others 158.2 S531

Politics & Government
Kevin Peraino A force so swift: Mao, Truman & the birth of modern China, 1949 327.73 P426
Katy Tur Unbelievable: my front-row seat to the craziest campaign in American history 324.973 T929

Reference
Guide to literary agents 2018 070.52 G946
Rachel Randall (editor) Novel & short story writer's market 2018 808.02 N937

Social Sciences & Current Events
Jessica Bruder Nomadland: surviving America in the twenty-first century 331.398 B888
Lenora Chu Little soldiers: an American boy, a Chinese school & the global race to achieve 370.951 C559
Eli J. Finkel The all-or-nothing marriage: how the best marriages work 306.81 F499
David Friend The naughty nineties: the triumph of the American libido 306.7 F911
Finbarr Livesey From global to local: the making of things & the end of globalization 337 L785
Todd Miller Storming the wall: climate change, migration & homeland security 304.873 M647
Lorraine Monroe Nothing's impossible: leadership lessons from inside & outside the classroom 373.747 M753
Leonard Sax Boys adrift: the five factors driving the growing epidemic of unmotivated boys & underachieving young men 371.823 S272
David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye Russian orientalism: Asia in the Russian mind from Peter the Great to the emigration 303.482 S335
Cathy N. Davidson The new education: how to revolutionize the university to prepare students for a world in flux 378 D252
David Grinspoon Earth in human hands: shaping our planet's future 304.2 G868
David Osborne Reinventing America's schools: creating a 21st century education system 371.01 O814

Sports & Games
Moira C. Harris Riding 798.2 D626

Travel & Geography
Fodor's Pacific Northwest: Portland, Seattle, Vancouver & the best of Oregon & Washington 917.95 F653

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
Gail Honeyman Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine Large Print Honeyman
David Lagercrantz The girl who takes an eye for an eye Large Print Lagercrantz
John Le Carré A legacy of spies Large Print Le Carré
Arundhati Roy The ministry of utmost happiness Large Print Roy
Amor Towles A gentleman in Moscow Large Print Towles

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Patricia McCormick Sergeant Reckless: the true story of the little horse who became a hero Child McCormick

Nonfiction
Jacqueline Briggs Martin Alice Waters & the trip to delicious Child 641.302 M379

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
John le Carré A legacy of spies CD Fic Le Carré

Nonfiction
John T. Edge The potlikker papers: a food history of the modern South CD 641.5975 E232
Sheryl Sandberg Option B: facing adversity, building resilience & finding joy CD 155.93 S213

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EAUDIOBOOKs
Jim Black River season

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EBOOKs
Catherine Coulter Enigma
Clive Cussler The Romanov ransom: a Sam & Remi Fargo adventure
Nelson DeMille The Cuban affair
Ken Follett A column of fire
Simon R. Green Death shall come
Sophie Hannah Keep Her Safe
Judith A. Jance Proof of life
Stephen King Sleeping beauties
John le Carré A legacy of spies
Alice McDermott The ninth hour
Anne Perry An echo of murder

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CDs

Popular
the Moody Blues On the threshold of a dream CD Pop Moody Blues
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Anthology: through the years CD Pop Petty
the Clash London calling CD Pop Clash
the Doors L.A. woman CD Pop Doors
the Doors Morrison Hotel CD Pop Doors
the Doors Strange days CD Pop Doors
the Doors The Doors CD Pop Doors
the Doors The soft parade CD Pop Doors
the Doors Waiting for the sun CD Pop Doors
the Smiths Singles CD Pop Smiths
the Smiths The Queen is dead CD Pop Smith
Elton John Elton John's greatest hits, volume II CD Pop John

Posted on Oct. 2, 2017 by Cherilyn Chang