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New Titles List for the Week of October 22

BOOKS

FICTION
Kirstin Allio Buddhism for western children
Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen Secret passages in a hillside town
Alex Leslie We all need to eat
Guadalupe Nettel After the winter
James Baldwin Go tell it on the mountain
Andre Dubus III Gone so long
Louisa Hall Trinity
Haruki Murakami Killing commendatore
Jodi Picoult A spark of light

Historical Fiction
Therese Anne Fowler A well-behaved woman
Barbara Kingsolver Unsheltered

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Bruce Holbert Lonesome animals
Craig Johnson Depth of winter

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Andrew Michael Hurley Devil's day
Grady Hendrix Horrorstör
Dacre Stoker Dracul

Short Stories
Chaya Bhuvaneswar White dancing elephants Fic Bhuvaneswar
Andrea Camilleri Death at sea: Montalbano's early cases Fic Camilleri
Bonnie Chau All roads lead to blood Fic Chau
John Freeman (editor) Freeman's power SS F877
Gaito Gazdanov The beggar & other stories Fic Gazdanov
N. K. Jemisin (editor) The best American science fiction & fantasy 2018 SS B464

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Author: the portraits of Beowulf Sheehan 779.2 S353
Charles White: a retrospective 704.0396 W582

Biography & Genealogy
N. A. Teffi Memories: from Moscow to the Black Sea 92 T356m

Business & Economics
Nir Eyal Hooked: how to build habit-forming products 658.83 E13h
Andrew Aziz How to day trade for a living: a beginner's guide to trading tools & tactics, money management, discipline & trading psychology 332.64 A37
Alan Greenspan Capitalism in America: a history 330.973 G815c
Steven Pearlstein Can American capitalism survive?: why greed is not good, opportunity is not equal & fairness won't make us poor 330.973 P316

Chess
Barry Barnes Conquering kings: moves, manoeuvres & uses of the white king 794.12 B261c
Bill Price The history of chess in fifty moves 794.1 P931
Martin Weteschnik Chess tactics from scratch: understanding chess tactics 794.12 W539c

Computer Science
Martin L. Abbott Scalability rules: principles for scaling web sites 006.7 A26

Food & Drink
Tracye McQuirter Ageless vegan: the secret to living a long & healthy plant-based life 641.5636 M459
Meera Sodha Fresh India: 130 quick, easy & delicious vegetarian recipes for every day 641.5954 S16
Marti Buckley Basque country: a culinary journey through a food lover's paradise 641.5946 B856

History
Hugh Ambrose Liberated spirits: two women who battled over Prohibition 363.41 A182
Ian Carter The Second World War in colour 940.53 C245
Joseph J. Ellis American dialogue: the founders & us 973.3 E47a
Adam Hochschild Lessons from a dark time: & other essays 909.82 H685le
Bill O'Reilly Killing the SS: the hunt for the worst war criminals in history 940.5405 O667k
Michael Beschloss Presidents of war 355 B554p
Rupert Christiansen City of light: the making of modern Paris 944.36 C55ci
Max Hastings Vietnam: an epic tragedy, 1945-1975 959.7 H358v
James Horn 1619: Jamestown & the Forging of American Democracy 975.54 H813s
Daniel Schönpflug A world on edge: the end of the Great War & the dawn of a new age 940.3 S653

Law
Jane Sherron de Hart Ruth Bader Ginsburg: a life 347.73 G493d

Literature & Writing
William S. Burroughs Don't hide the madness 813.54 B97d
Tom Sleigh The land between two rivers: writing in an age of refugees 814.54 S25

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Jane Hurwitz Butterfly gardening: the North American Butterfly Association guide 595.78 H949
Susan Hand Shetterly Seaweed chronicles: a world at the water's edge 579.8 S594

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Anālayo Satipaṭṭhāna meditation: a practice guide 294.34 A5322
Brene Brown Dare to lead: brave work, tough conversations, whole hearts 158.4 B877d
Robert R. Cargill The cities that built the Bible 220.9 C191
Sara Miles City of God: faith in the streets 283.092 M643c
Steve Stewart-Williams The ape that understood the universe: how the mind & culture evolve 155.7 S491
Hannah Arendt Thinking without a banister: essays in understanding, 1953-1975 100 A68t

Politics & Government
John P. Carlin Dawn of the code war: America's battle against Russia, China & the rising global cyber threat 327.1 C194

Reference
Washington information directory 2018-2019 353 W317

Social Sciences & Current Events
Anand Giridharadas Winners take all: the elite charade of changing the world 303.4 G525w
Jon McGee Dear parents: a field guide for college preparation 378.1 M459
Can we all be feminists?: new writing from Brit Bennett, Nicole Dennis-Benn & 15 others on intersectionality, identity & the way forward for feminism 305.42 C160
America Ferrera (editor) American like me: reflections on life between cultures 305.8 A351f
Eleanor Ty Asianfail: narratives of disenchantment & the model minority 305.8 T95a

Travel & Geography
The Rough guide to the Cotswolds, Stratford-Upon-Avon & Oxford 914.24 R856
The rough guide to Wales 914.29 R856
Eyewitness travel Moscow 914.73 E97
Michelin green guide Germany 914.3 M623g

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Matias Faldbakken The waiter CD Faldbakken
Therese Anne Fowler A well-behaved woman CD Fic Fowler
Haruki Murakami Killing commendatore CD Fic Murakami
Jodi Picoult A spark of light CD Fic Picoult
Gary Shteyngart Lake Success CD Fic Shteyngart
Lawrence D. Burns Autonomy: the quest to build the driverless car-and how it will reshape our world CD 388.342 B937

Nonfiction
John Kaag Hiking with nietzsche CD 193 K11
The Fitch Bandwagon, Phil Harris & Alice Faye: stepping out CD 791.44 F551

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CDs
Classical
Anton Stepanovich Arensky String quartet no. 1 in G major, op. 11 ; String quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 35 ; Piano quintet in D major, op. 51 CD Classical Arensky
Johann Sebastian Bach Goldberg variations CD Classical Bach
Gabriel Fauré Quartet no. 1 in C minor, op. 15 ; Trio in D minor, op. 120 CD Classical Fauré
Gabriel Faure Violin sonata no. 1 in A major op. 13; Violin sonata no. 2 in E minor op. 108 CD Classical Fauré
Henryk Gorecki Beatus Vir Op. 38 CD Classical Górecki
Henryk Górecki Symphony no. 3, opus 36 (1976) CD Classical Górecki
Gustav Holst The planets CD Classical Holst
Nocturnes of John Field (1782-1837) CD Classical Field

Opera
Engelbert Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel CD Opera Humperdinck
Jules Massenet Don Quichotte CD Opera Massenet
Francis Poulenc Dialogues des Carmélites CD Opera Poulenc
Francis Poulenc Dialogues des Carmélites CD Opera Poulenc
Andre Previn A streetcar named Desire CD Opera Previn
Johann Strauss Der Zigeuner Baron CD Opera Strauss

Popular
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Organisation CD Pop Orchestral

World
Soul Brothers: music rough guide original recordings CD World Soul Brothers

Posted on Oct. 25, 2018 by Cherilyn Chang