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New Titles: February 21-28 2013

BOOKS

FICTION
Charles Dubow Indiscretion
Alexandre Dumas The conspirators, or, The Chevalier d'Harmental
Herman Koch The dinner
Santa Montefiore The woman from Paris
Stuart Nadler Wise men
Teddy Wayne The love song of Jonny Valentine

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue 
Deborah Crombie The sound of broken glass
Lisa Gardner Touch & go
Lee Goldberg Mr. Monk on the couch
Susan Moody Loose ends
Ian Rankin Standing in another man's grave
Manil Suri The city of Devi

Short Stories
Pamela Rafael Berkman Her infinite variety: stories of Shakespeare & the women he loved
Pamela Rafael Berkman The falling nun & other stories

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Will Ellsworth-Jones Banksy: the man behind the wall 750.92 B218
Jonathon Keats Forged: why fakes are the great art of our age 702.874 K255
Dorothy Wood Creative ideas with Hardanger 746.44 W874

Biography & Genealogy
Paula Byrne The real Jane Austen: a life in small things 92 A933b
Katherine Dalsimer Virginia Woolf: becoming a writer 92 W909db
Christoph Irmscher Louis Agassiz: creator of American science 509.2 A26
Amity Shlaes Coolidge 92 C774
Jenny Uglow The pinecone: the story of Sarah Losh, forgotten romantic heroine--antiquarian, architect & visionary720.92 L879
P.G. Wodehouse A life in letters 92 W838r

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Kay Ann Cassell & Uma Hiremath Reference & information services in the 21st century: an introduction 025.5 C344

Business & Economics
J.C. Carleson Work like a spy: business tips from a former CIA officer 658 C278
A.G. Lafley & Roger L. Martin Playing to win: how strategy really works 658.4 L164
Ed Whitacre American turnaround: reinventing AT&T & GM & the way we do business in the USA 338.762 W577

Health & Medicine
Werner R. Loewenstein Physics in mind: a quantum view of the brain 612.8 L827
Hope S. Warshaw Eat out, eat right: the guide to healthier restaurant eating 613.2 W295

History
Peter Andreas Smuggler nation: how illicit trade made America 364.133 A557
Paul Collins The birth of the West: Rome, Germany, France & the creation of Europe in the tenth century 940.14 C712
John Darwin Unfinished empire: the global expansion of Britain 909.097 D228
Jen A. Huntley The making of Yosemite: James Mason Hutchings & the origin of America's most popular national park 979.447 H973
Cheryl Mullenbach Double victory: how African American women broke race & gender barriers to help win World War II 940.53 M958
Frederik L. Schodt Professor Risley & the Imperial Japanese troupe: how an American acrobat introduced circus to Japan & Japan to the West 791.34 R595
Joachim Whaley Germany & the Holy Roman Empire. Volume 1, From Maximilian I to the peace of Westphalia, 1493-1648 943.02 W552 v.1
Joachim Whaley Germany & the Holy Roman Empire. Volume 2, From the peace of Westphalia to the dissolution of the Reich, 1648-1806 943.02 W552 v.2

Literature & Writing
Angles of ascent: a Norton anthology of contemporary African American poetry 808.81 A589
John Capecci & Timothy Cage Living proof: telling your story to make a difference: essential skills for advocates & spokespersons 808.5 C237

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
David Berlinski The king of infinite space: Euclid & his Elements 516.2 E86
Eva Saulitis Into great silence: a memoir of discovery & loss among vanishing orcas 599.536 S256
Leonard Susskind & George Hrabovsky The theoretical minimum: what you need to know to start doing physics530 S964

Performing Arts & Music
Adaptations: from short story to big screen: 35 great stories that have inspired great films 791.43 A221
Jonathan Cott Days that I'll remember: spending time with John Lennon & Yoko Ono 780.92 L56cd

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Richard Smoley Supernatural: writings on an unknown history 130 S666

Social Sciences & Current Events
Erik Brynjolfsson & Andrew McAfee Race against the machine: how the digital revolution is accelerating innovation, driving productivity & irreversibly transforming employment & the economy 303.483 B916
Cinema & the invention of modern life 302.2343 C574
Anne M. Fletcher Inside rehab: the surprising truth about addiction treatment--and how to get help that works362.29 F612
Carl F. Hobert Raising global IQ: preparing our students for a shrinking planet 370.116 H682
Chrisanna Northrup, Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D. & James Witte, Ph.D The normal bar: the surprising secrets of happy couples & what they reveal about creating a new normal in your relationship 306.7 N877

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
Agatha Christie The mysterious affair at Styles

Nonfiction
Favorite American poems 808.81 F275

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Katherine Applegate ; illustrations by Patricia Castelao The one & only Ivan

Nonfiction
Maurice Sendak My brother's book 811 S47

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Michael Chabon Telegraph Avenue
Michael Connelly The black box
Donna Leon The jewels of paradise

Nonfiction
Andrew Weil Healthy aging: a lifelong guide to your physical & spiritual well-being 612.67 W422c

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EBOOKS
James T. Patterson The eve of destruction: how 1965 transformed America

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
Captain Horatio Hornblower
Charlie's Angels: full throttle
Skyfall

Classics
Mutiny on the Bounty

Drama
Sex, lies & videotape

Foreign Language
Americano
Everlasting moments (Eviga Ögonblick)
The white ribbon (Das weisse Band: eine deutsche Kindergeschichte)

Nonfiction
America's greatest battles 355.4 A512
Clint Eastwood: gut instinct 792.092 E13
Craft in America: a journey to the origins, artists & techniques of American craft 745.5 C8852 v.1
Craft in America: the journey continues to the heart of American craft. Season two 745.5 C8852 v.2
Herbert von Karajan memorial concert 784 K18
History's mysteries: the true story of gladiators 937.06 T866
Humphrey Bogart: behind the legend 792.092 B67b
James Dean: outside the lines 792.092 D281b
Katharine Hepburn: on her own terms 792.092 H53b
Modern marvels: the Colosseum 937 C719
Paul Newman: Hollywood's charming rebel 792.092 N554b
Robert Redford: Hollywood outlaw 792.092 R31b
Rome: engineering an empire 937 E577
Somewhere between 362.734 S696
The life & times of John F. Kennedy 92 K355LL
Vermeer: master of light 750.92 V52m

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CDs
Classical
Benjamin Britten Young person's guide to the orchestra ; Simple symphony ; Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge

Jazz
Miles Davis Ascenseur pour l'echafaud
Everybody dance! 25 British dance bands of the thirties
Ella Fitzgerald The Jerome Kern songbook

Posted on Feb. 26, 2013 by Matt Montgomery