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New Titles List for the Week of September 10

BOOKS

FICTION
Erika L. Sánchez I am not your perfect Mexican daughter
Robin S. Sharma The monk who sold his Ferrari: a fable about fulfilling your dreams & reaching your destiny

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Gianrico Carofiglio The cold summer
Kellye Garrett Hollywood ending
Malcolm Mackay For those who know the ending

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Ben Aaronovitch Whispers under ground
Christina Dalcher Vox
Somaiya Daud Mirage

Short Stories
Jennifer Baker (editor) Everyday people: the color of life--a short story anthology

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
David Small Home after dark 741.5 S139h comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Chantal Plamondon Life without plastic: the practical step-by-step guide to avoiding plastic to keep your family & the planet healthy 668.4 P691
Ulrich Raulff Farewell to the horse: a cultural history 636.1 R192

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Frank Bennett Fiske: the Standing Rock portraits 770 F545
Ekkehart Malotki Early rock art of the American West: the geometric enigma 709.01 M298
Stephen McLaren Photographers' sketchbooks 770 M459

Biography & Genealogy
Michael D'Antonio The shadow president: the truth about Mike Pence 92 P372
Antonia Felix Elizabeth Warren: her fight, her work, her life 92 W286e
John Kerry Every day is extra 92 K469
Craig Brown Ninety-nine glimpses of Princess Margaret 92 M3177n

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Samantha Barbas Confidential Confidential: the inside story of Hollywood's notorious scandal magazine 051 B232
Brianna H. Marshall (editor) The complete guide to personal digital archiving 025.197 C737

Business & Economics
Douglas M. Branson The future of tech is female: how to achieve gender diversity 658.4 B735
Nathalie Molina Niño Leapfrog: the new revolution for women entrepreneurs 658 M733
P. J. O'Rourke None of my business: P.J. explains money, banking, debt, equity, assets, liabilities & why he's not rich & neither are you 332 O74n
Peter Sims Little bets: how breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries 658.4 S587

Chess
Gennady Nesis Exchanging to win in the endgame 794.124 N45e
Alex Angos You move, I win!: a lesson in zugzwang 794.124 A47
F. Donald Bloss Rate your own chess 794.1 B623
Igor Khmelnitsky Chess exam & training guide. Tactics: Rate yourself & learn how to improve 794.12 K457c

Food & Drink
MaryJane Butters Wild bread: flour + water + air: sourdough reinvented 641.815 B982

Health & Medicine
Eric R. Kandel The disordered mind: what unusual brains tell us about ourselves 616.89 K131

History
Alice Sparberg Alexiou Devil's mile: the rich, gritty history of the Bowery 974.71 A279
Norman Eisen The last palace: Europe's turbulent century in five lives & one legendary house 943.71 E831
Frye Gaillard A hard rain: America in the 1960s, our decade of hope, possibility & innocence lost 973.923 G125
Yuval Noah Harari 21 lessons for the 21st century 909.83 H254t
Miriam Pawel The Browns of California: the family dynasty that transformed a state & shaped a nation 979.4 B825
Marci Shore The taste of ashes: the afterlife of totalitarianism in Eastern Europe 947 S559t

Home & Family Management
Katherine Reynolds Lewis The good news about bad behavior: why kids are less disciplined than ever--and what to do about it 649.64 L585

Languages & Linguistics
Gaetano Cipolla Learn Sicilian = Mparamu lu sicilianu: a comprehensive, interactive course 455 C495

Law
Justin Driver The schoolhouse gate: public education, the Supreme Court & the battle for the American mind 344.73 D833
David A. Kaplan The most dangerous branch: inside the Supreme Court's assault on the Constitution 347.73 K141
Miko Peled Injustice: the story of the Holy Land Foundation Five 345.73 P381i

Literature & Writing
Philip Gerard The art of creative research: a field guide for writers 808.02 G312
Paulette Perhach Welcome to the writer's life: how to design your writing craft, writing business, writing practice & reading practice 808.02 P417
Anne Boyd Rioux Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: the story of Little Women & why it still matters 813 R479

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Jo Boaler What's math got to do with it?: how teachers & parents can transform mathematics learning & inspire success 510.71 B630
Jim Holt When Einstein walked with Gödel: excursions to the edge of thought 500 H758w
Heather Won Tesoriero The class: a life-changing teacher, his world-changing kids & the most inventive classroom in America 507.1 T284

Performing Arts & Music
Bill Janovitz Exile on Main St. 782.421 J264
Maxwell King The good neighbor: the life & work of Fred Rogers 792.092 R631
William Shatner Live long and-- what I learned along the way 792.092 S529l

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
A palace of pearls: the stories of Reb Nachman of Bratslav 296 N115
Chris Bailey Hyperfocus: how to be more productive in a world of distraction 153.7 B151
Kutter Callaway Breaking the marriage idol: reconstructing our cultural & spiritual norms 261.8 C131
Allen J. Christenson Popol vuh: the sacred book of the Maya 299.7842 P814
Robert Iliffe Priest of nature: the religious worlds of Isaac Newton 230 I5p
Allan Jones Beyond vision: going blind, inner seeing & the nature of the self 204.4 J710
Rachel Marie Stone Birthing hope: giving fear to the light 242.6431 S711

Politics & Government
Christopher Andrew The secret world: a history of intelligence 327.12 A56se
Patrick J. Deneen Why liberalism failed 320.51 D411
Ralph Nader To the ramparts: how Bush & Obama paved the way for the Trump presidency & why it isn't too late to reverse course 324.973 N135t
Jason Stanley How fascism works: the politics of us & them 321.94 S251

Reference
Guinness world records 2019 032 G96

Social Sciences & Current Events
Michael Arntfield Monster city: murder, music & mayhem in Nashville 's dark age 364.152 A668
Lawrence D. Burns Autonomy: the quest to build the driverless car-- & how it will reshape our world 388.342 B937
Charlene A. Carruthers Unapologetic: a Black, queer & feminist mandate for radical movements 305.48 C237
Mark Galeotti The Vory: Russia's super mafia 364.106 G132
Margaret A. Hagerman White kids: growing up with privilege in a racially divided America 305.23 H122
Laura C. Martin A history of tea: the life & times of the world's favorite beverage 394.1 M363
Richard Rhodes Energy: a human history 333.79 R346
Mary Robinson Climate justice: hope, resilience & the fight for a sustainable future 363.7 R663c
Rebecca Solnit The mother of all questions 305.42 S688m

Sports & Games
Raymond Arsenault Arthur Ashe: a life 796.34 A351

Travel & Geography
Lonely Planet Devon & Cornwall 914.23 L847
Lonely Planet Puerto Rico 917.295 L847
Lonely Planet Taiwan 915.124 L847
Lonely Planet Thailand 915.93 L847d

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Eric Carle Dream snow Child Carle

Nonfiction
Rebecca Felix Earthquakes Child 551.22 F335
Rebecca Felix Fossils Child 560 F335f
Rebecca Felix Minerals Child 549 F335m
Rebecca Felix The rock cycle Child 552 F335r
Rebecca Felix Weather Child 551.6 F335w
Elsie Olson Volcanoes Child 551.21 O84

DVDs
A great day of discovery: laughter & learning
Babe, pig in the city

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EAUDIOBOOKS
Marion Zimmer Bradley Darkover landfall
Marion Zimmer Bradley The spell sword
Marion Zimmer Bradley The winds of darkover
William J. Caunitz Pigtown
Jay A. Conger The high potential's advantage: get noticed, impress your bosses & become a top leader
Tyler Cowen The complacent class: the self-defeating quest for the American dream
Thomas H. Davenport Competing on analytics: the new science of winning
Jennifer Delamere The captain's daughter
Teresa Dovalpage Death comes in through the kitchen
Martin Gibala The one-minute workout: science shows a way to get fit that's smarter, faster, shorter
Dorothy Gilman Mrs. Pollifax & the Hong Kong Buddha
Dorothy Gilman The elusive mrs. pollifax
Dorothy Gilman The unexpected mrs. pollifax
Mario Giordano Auntie poldi & the sicilian lions
Robert Glover No more Mr. Nice Guy: a proven plan for getting what you want in love, sex & life (updated)
Renee Grant-Williams Voice power: using your voice to captivate, persuade & command attention
Garrett B. Gunderson Killing sacred cows: overcoming the financial myths that are destroying your prosperity
Justin Gustainis Black magic woman
Justin Gustainis Evil ways
John Hamm Unusually excellent: the necessary nine skills required for the practice of great leadership
Hallgrimur Helgason Woman at 1,000 degrees
Cheris Hodges Deadly rumors
Tim Junkin Bloodsworth: the true story of the first death row inmate exonerated by dna evidence
Jon R. Katzenbach The wisdom of teams: creating the high-performance organization
Camryn King Stiletto justice
D.H. Lawrence The virgin & the gypsy
Jane Lovering Falling apart
Erin Lowry Broke millennial: stop scraping by & get your financial life together
Valerie Fraser Luesse Missing isaac
Todd Mitchem You, disrupted: seizing the life you want by shaking, breaking & challenging everything
Rachael O'Meara Pause: harnessing the life-changing power of giving yourself a break
Delores Phillips The darkest child
Matthew Pollard The introvert's edge: how the quiet & shy can outsell anyone
Cydney Rax A sister's secret
Shola Richards Making work work: the positivity solution for any work environment
Don Robertson The sum & total of now
Carol Sanford The responsible business: reimagining sustainability & success
Jamie Shanks Social selling mastery: scaling up your sales & marketing machine for the digital buyer
Thea Singer Spitzer The power of collaboration: powerful insights from Silicon Valley to successfully grow groups, strenghten alliances & boost team potential
Paul Sussman The final testimony of raphael ignatius phoenix
Bryan Sykes Adam's curse: a future without men
Michael Veltri The mushin way to peak performance: the path to productivity, balance & success
Alison Weir The six wives of henry viii
Brittani Williams Kiss the girls & make them cry
Eric Miles Williamson East Bay Grease
Carter Wilson Mister tender's girl
Anthony E. Wolf Get out of my life, but first could you drive me & Cheryl to the mall?: a parent's guide to the new teenager
Travis Wright Digital sense: the common sense approach to effectively blending social business strategy, marketing technology & customer experience

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
The messenger The story of Joan of Arc

Classics
Out of the past

Comedy
A league of their own
Chappelle's show. Season one uncensored!

Drama
A walk to remember
My girl

Nonfiction
Tori Amos: welcome to sunny Florida DVD 782.421 A69

Posted on Sep. 12, 2018 by Cherilyn Chang