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New Titles Lists for the Week of June 6

BOOKS

FICTION
Lee Clay Johnson Nitro Mountain

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Nevada Barr Boar Island
G. S. Denning A study in Brimstone
Robert Dugoni In the clearing
Steve Hamilton The second life of Nick Mason
Joe Hill The Fireman
Craig Johnson The highwayman
Steve Martini Blood flag
Leif GW Persson Free falling, as if in a dream
Carlos Ruiz Zafón Marina

Short Stories
Jensen Beach Swallowed by the cold Fic Beach
Eldritch chrome: unquiet tales of a mythos-haunted future SS E379
Sherrie Flick Whiskey, etc. 813.6 F532W

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Maximillian Uriarte The white donkey: terminal lance 741.5 U762 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Jason Charles Emergency bag essentials: everything you need to bug out 613.69 C475
A.J. Somerset Arms: the culture & credo of the gun 683.4 S695

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
John D. Barrow 100 essential things you didn't know you didn't know about math & the arts 700.1 B278
The surrealism reader: an anthology of ideas 700.411 S962

Biography & Genealogy
Mark Bostridge Vera Brittain & the First World War: the story of Testament of Youth 92 B862
Jenny Lawson Furiously happy: a funny book about horrible things 070.92 L425f
Lindy West Shrill: notes from a loud woman 92 W518

Business & Economics
Helaine Olen The index card: why personal finance doesn't have to be complicated 332.024 O455i

Chess
B. P. Barnes Barnes about chess problems 2: exiting left 794.1 B261

Food & Drink
Françoise Blanchard A short guide to foodie French: ...with a touch of salt 641.5944 B639
The Tenderloin cooking school: smart meals for small spaces 641.5979 T291

Health & Medicine
The Princeton Review MCAT complete: for MCAT 2015 610.7 P957

History
Thomas S. Kidd American colonial history: clashing cultures & faiths 973 K465
Thad Carhart Finding Fontainebleau: an American boy in France 944.36 C276
Lara Feigel The bitter taste of victory: life, love & art in the ruins of the Reich 940.55 F297

Languages & Linguistics
Richard Marsden The Cambridge Old English reader 429 M364

Literature & Writing
Ashley Marshall The practice of satire in England, 1658-1770 827 M367
Richard Cohen How to write like Tolstoy: a journey into the minds of our greatest writers 808.3 C678
Poets 11: an anthology of poems from the San Francisco Poets 11 reading series 811 P7458
Bluestockings now!: the evolution of a social role 820.9 B658
Arcana: a Festschrift for Jack Hirschman 811 A668
The Cambridge companion to Wyndham Lewis 828.9 L677

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Kunal K. Das The quantum rules: how the laws of physics explain love, success & everyday life 530.12 D229
Hope Jahren Lab girl 570.92 J253
Stefan Klein We are all stardust: scientists who shaped our world talk about their work, their lives & what they still want to know 500 K644

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Christopher Phillips The philosophy of childing: unlocking creativity, curiosity & reason through the wisdom of our youngest 158 P558

Politics & Government
Fawaz A. Gerges ISIS: a history 363.325 G36h
Diana Johnstone Queen of Chaos: the misadventures of Hillary Clinton 328.73 C64j
Sean Wilentz The politicians & the egalitarians: the hidden history of American politics 306.2 W676

Social Sciences & Current Events
John Brooks The girl behind the door: a father's quest to understand his daughter's suicide 362.28 B873
Lawrence Goldstone Drive!: Henry Ford, George Selden & the race to invent the auto age 338.4 G624
Adam Plantinga 400 things cops know: street-smart lessons from a veteran patrolman 363.2 P714

Sports & Games
David Sklansky The theory of poker 795.41 S62

Travel & Geography
Douglas Trattner Cleveland 917.71 M818
Becky Lomax Yellowstone & Grand Teton 917.87 M818
Lonely Planet Amsterdam 914.923 L847
Lonely Planet Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan 914.75 L847
Moon North Carolina 917.56 M818

Posted on Jun. 2, 2016 by Cherilyn Chang